In a land known as Geimu-gyokai
(Game-industry), the world is split into two
divisions. Up on high is where the deities reside
and way down below goes the devoted rabble. Four
deities representing the consoles of today compete
against
each other for supremacy over the people and they
are:
» Purple Heart aka Neptune - Goddess
of Planetume (Sega Neptune)
» Green Heart aka Verd - Ruler of
Rinnebox (Xbox 360)
» Black Heart aka Noir - Lady of
Lasdition (Playstation 3)
» White Heart aka Blanc - Rani of
Ruwii (Nintendo Wii)
Since the goddesses sustain themselves with offerings from their
lowly subjects, they're in constant conflict with
each other for control over followers. In business
parlance, followers mean market share and the goal
for each goddess is to become the hostess with the
most.
However, there is another goddess in Geimu-gyokai who has the power
to threaten all four "Hearts" because she's evil.
Her named is
"Majikonne"
which sounds an awful lot like game copiers
called the Majicom and the Super Magicom from back in the
day. Nowadays, the term is used in Japan to refer to
game piracy in general. In any case, Majikonne is a like a Pirate Queen
and her theft of intellectual property could ruin
the
livelihoods of the four goddesess so Neptune and her
helpers must rise up and slap Majikonne down.
The
term "console wars" takes on a literal meaning in
Chou Jigen Game: Neptune where the rival deities battle
Neptune in turn-based 3D action.
In
addition to the regular edition, a limited edition
of Chou Jigen Game: Neptune is available which
includes two special items as follows:
1) Chou Jigen Game: Neptune Original Soundtrack
2) Eco-friendly totebag made of natural material
(not plastic)
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The Sega Neptune was a console which fused the Sega
MegaDrive and the 32X add-on accessory into one
compact console instead of the monstrosity that was
the Sega MegaDrive with the 32X mounted on top which
looked like a hot mess.
Product Specifications
Publisher: Sega | Compile Heart | Nippon Ichi | Idea
Factory | Gust
Compatibility: Playstation 3 (Region-Free)
Format: Blu-Ray Disc (Single-Layer)
Territory/Language: Japanese
Japanese
product title:
超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ
Website:
http://www.compileheart.com/neptune/
Product SKU:
BLJM-60247
Jan Code:
4995857100767
Famitsu Ranking:
(7/6/7/6)
NCS Game Notes » Upon booting up the Blu-Ray, players may choose
"NEW GAME" or "CONTINUE GAME" while listening to
music that sounds like a Christmas jingle. After
starting a new game, various parameters may be set
including audio volumes for BGM, SE, and VOICE,
setting the difficulty level, adjusting Dual Shock
vibration level, and setting the camera speed.
» The game starts with a soliloquy from Neptune
while a static image of the fabled book of knowledge
sits in the background. A big green gemstone pokes
out from the front of the gilded tome. In the next
scene, sounds of conflict may be heard and Green
Heart appears followed by White Heart. You'll begin
to notice harbingers of the lengthy load times in
the game at around this time. Black Heart and Purple
Heart join the conversation with the other girls and
all of the dialogue in the game is accompanied by
voice acting. When the girls are talking to each
other, they're congenial and observe decorum for the
most part.
» The introductory sequence takes about 13 minutes
to go through and a scripted battle between Neptune
and the three other goddesses/consoles kicks off
immediately after the first intro is over. At the
outset of the encounter, Verd strikes
Neptune first with a devastating attack followed by Noir's
theatrical attack.
Visual fireworks and booming sound effects accompany
the two sequential blows from the goddesses. Neptune
counterattacks Verd but Blanc follows up with an
aerial strike that basically ends the battle.
Neptune's hurt and she retreats.
» Another introductory sequence plays after the
canned battle which runs for another ~20 minutes of
simple animation and Japanese voice acting but not
from battle-goddess Neptune. This time around,
Neptune's reverted to her normal girl persona and
she's accompanied by a helper who appears to be a
representation of game publisher Compile Heart. At
one point, the helper appears to be molesting
Neptune who's wrapped in wisps of
bandages.
» A tutorial which takes place inside a dungeon
starts after the introductory sequence. At this
point, you've sat through nearly 35 minutes of
Neptune animation and voice acting. Players move
Neptune through a dungeon and she runs with a
girlish gait where her arms swing from side to side.
A treasure chest may be pushed open with both arms
and the initial encounter against blue slimes
demonstrates how the battle system works. It's built
on rudimentary turn-based attacks where the party
strikes the enemies and the monsters counterattack if
they're still alive. Each attack is accompanied by a
scream or snippet of dialogue and every blow that is
received is also accompanied by a scream or verbal
utterance. The music that plays during the tutorial
appears to be inspired by the 8-bit console era with
simple beeps and boops backed by bass. Another enemy
in the dungeon is a representation of the "Galaxians"
and the shooting sound effect from that game may be
heard during the encounter.
» At around the 1 hour mark into the game, we were
told to wrap it up for today's write-up. We'll
probably go back into Neptune later today but we're
a lot more interested in ACE: R which is a
monumental release.
NEWS
Preorders welcome for Xbox 360 Agarest Senki 2 [Regular
and Limited Edition], PSP
Boku ha Koukuu Kanseikan: Airport Hero Haneda, Release
outlook for the week
NEWS
Preorders
pop for
PS3
Me and My Pet, PSP
Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu Doujinshi Hajimemashita,
PSP
Tenchou no Igo, Update on
Wii
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle bonus
