Even though Nippon Ichi Software America is known as a niche video game publisher, this recent acquisition announcement from them still comes as a bit of a surprise…. considering that the “idol management” style of game hasn’t really ever been tried in the international market before – even with The Idolm@ster (Only releasing Shiny Festa which was a rhythm rather than a management game).
However, the good news for fans of the Hyperdimension Neptunia fans is that NIS America have acquired Compile Heart’s idol management spin-off title Hyperdimension Neptunia PP on the Playstation Vita, set for release sometime in 2014. Your job this time is not necessarily to rescue Gamindustri, but forsake the girls duties as goddesses and have them become idols!
The player takes on the role of the main character, who happens to fall into Gamindustri and is immediately hired by one of the four CPUs—Neptune, Noire, Blanc, and Vert—to be their producer and manage their idol careers. Get your training wheels on, ladies, because a new producer is in town and the fate of Gamindustri hangs in the balance! Will you be able to properly raise these CPUs into idols, or will their citizens be stolen away from them by the popular idol group MOB-48!? Teach these girls to sing, dance, and properly promote themselves to the general populace thanks in part to your expertise in training video game idols back on Earth. As the girls’ popularity rises, they will be able to join one another in singing duets, or maybe even come together for a full ensemble!
