Although the rights to most recent games in the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise are now handled by Idea Factory International, Nippon Ichi Software America still seem to be handling Hyperdimension Neptunia, Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 and Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory – all three being publishing by them on the PlayStation 3 during 2011-2013.
Last month, the publisher announced that they would be doing a special Arland “trilogy” bundle for the three PS3 Atelier games they handled prior to the franchise being taken over by Koei Tecmo Games. They have today announced that they will be offering a similar collection for the first three Hyperdimension Neptunia games, titled the Hyperdimension Neptunia Collection. All three games will be in their original form, with none of the features introduced in the PlayStation Vita Re;Birth enhanced ports.
This PS3-exclusive collection will be a retail only release, with no plans for distribution via the PlayStation Store at this time. It will be retailing at a price of €39.99/£39.99, and will be available for purchase from April 3rd 2015. More information on all three games in the collection can be found below:
Hyperdimension Neptunia: Four goddesses preside over a parallel world called Gamindustri. Aside from the warring goddesses of Celestia, the human world below brims with monsters released by the evil powers of Arfoire. One girl, Neptune, falls to the human world during a scuffle between the goddesses. Once there, Neptune hears a cry from the tome Histoire, who has been sealed and kept away from the goddesses by Arfoire.
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2: Shops are boarded up, creators are overworked and starving, and death looms over all Gameindustri. However, humanity perseveres on! In the years past, the deserted lands of Gamindustri were known as the ‘realm of chaos’. Since the advent of ASIC – the Arfoire Syndicate of International Crime – morality has all but vanished. As much as 80 percent of all students are rumored to worship the being known as Arfoire.
Parents, knowing this is a poor object to worship went ahead and taught their children to do so. The government turned a blind eye instead of crushing this crisis in its infancy. Thus, Gameindustri fell into complete and utter disarray. The citizens have come to accept all of the corruption as normal. They take no issue with acquiring items illegally. Those who were victims of this mentality became exhaused and were sent to wander the Gameindustri Graveyard forever.
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory: It has been several years since the Deity of Sin was defeated. In spite of a little trouble here and there, the world is at peace and the CPUs have been leading a life of leisure. Until one day, the CPU of Planeptune, Neptune, was sent to another dimension. There, everything felt old yet strangely familiar – it was like the Gamindustri of the 1980’s!
However in this more retro Gamindustri, there exists a mysterious organization called the Seven Sages that seeks to spread its anti-CPU message at any cost. In order to return to her world and protect this other Gamindustri, Neptune sets off on her new adventure.
