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Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk.2 to Be Slightly More Mature Than Its Predecessor According to the ESRB

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Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk.2 to Be Slightly More Mature Than Its Predecessor According to the ESRB 1

When released last year, Hyperdimension Neptunia was able to get by with a Teen rating by the ESRB which is the North American game classification system. However, it turns out that with the next installment in the game, Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk.2, the game has increased in mature content giving it a rating of M for Mature. Fortunately as they post descriptions justifying their decision for most games, it gives us some incite on why they have given this increased rating to the game:

Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2
Platform:
 PlayStation 3
Rating: Mature
Content descriptors: Fantasy Violence, Language, Sexual Themes

Rating summary: This is a role-playing game in which players control a young goddess on a quest to rescue her sister from an evil organization. As players advance the storyline, they use swords, lances, over-sized syringes, and colorful light attacks to engage in turn-based combat against fantasy creatures (e.g., slime monsters, dragons, robots); damage is indicated by impact sounds and a loss of hit points. Some female characters are dressed in low-cut outfits that expose large amounts of cleavage or buttocks. A variety of scenes depict a supernatural villain who harasses female characters and makes sexually suggestive comments (e.g., “Come, come and sit on daddy’s lap. We’ll have fun exploring each other,” “You can be a cunning linguist, my dear,” “I’m dying to leer at her longingly,” and “Mmmm, the height of ecstasy, licking a nubile maiden’s wounds!”/“No, hey stop . . . I said stop it!”)—accompanying licking sounds can be heard off screen. In one sequence, a character moans as she is massaged by another woman; suggestive dialogue can be heard throughout (e.g., “Don’t carry any of those impure thoughts,” “Ahh, I’m so sensitive to this . . . Ahhhahahahaha! I can’t take it anymore!”). The words “sh*t” and “b*tch” also appear in dialogue.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk.2 to Be Slightly More Mature Than Its Predecessor According to the ESRB 2It has been a fair few months since I last picked up Hyperdimension Neptunia to play, however it is clear to see that the sexually suggestive content has been increased over the original game… which to be fair had some but focused more on the game parodies than putting more mature content out there. Some of the CG artwork is clearly more suggestive as well, such as this piece of CG artwork taken off the Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk.2 Japanese website that showcases characters in bondage in their CPU forms.

Of course, while this content might not be appropriate for the younger audiences, if you fall under the age category of “Mature” and would like to check the game out – it is shaping up to be an enhanced version of the original in many different ways and should be an interesting and comedic title to play through. For the sake of comparison, I have included the Hyperdimension Neptunia ESRB review below:

Hyperdimension Neptunia
Platform: 
PlayStation 3
Rating: Teen
Content descriptors: Comic Mischief, Fantasy Violence, Language, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes

Rating summary: This is a role-playing game in which players control a young goddess trying to unite other goddesses to fight evil forces. Players engage in turn-based battles and use swords, claws, over-sized syringes, and colorful light attacks to fight fantastical enemies (e.g., robots, bats, blob-like monsters); damage is indicated by the loss of hit points. Some goddess characters are depicted in low-cut outfits that expose a lot of cleavage; a photo gallery also contains images of female characters in revealing outfits (e.g., tops that barely cover characters’ breasts). Dialogue frequently references characters’ breasts (e.g., ‘Hey, don’t grab someone’s breasts from behind,’ ‘One grope of Compa’s left boob and we’ll call it even,’ and ‘Where are your two slutty girlfriends?’). In one cutscene, there is an extended reference to bathroom humor (e.g., ‘I’m all outta TP . . . can you leave me a roll by the door?’ and ‘Man, that was a doozy . . . I dropped a pound. I hope Iffy won’t be too mad about the clog.’). The words ‘sh*t,’ ‘t*t,’ and ‘b*tch’ appear in the dialogue.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk.2 is due for release on the Playstation 3 in February from Nippon Ichi Software America. Europe and Australian releases are to be released by Tecmo Koei and Namco Bandai Partners respectively shortly after.

Sam
Sam
Founder of The Otaku's Study. I have been exploring this labyrinth of fandom these last fifteen years, and still nowhere close to the exit yet. Probably searching for a long time to come.

2 COMMENTS

  1. “However it is clear to see that the sexually suggestive content has been
    increased over the original game… which to be fair had some but focused
    more on the game parodies than putting more mature content out there.”

    Absolutely not. Despite the absurd M rating given by ESRB (or the CERO C rating in Japan) the game is still pretty light in fanservice. Also blame NISA’s poor localization that actually increased something that was less prominent.

    • Thanks for informing me of that, haven’t really had hands on experience with the game so I wouldn’t be able to comment on anything except the limited resources I have seen. Either way I suppose we will see how the localization turned out when it is released next month.

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