Topic: The Offical Push Square Neptunia Thread

Greetings, fellow Neptunia fans (and anyone else reading this thread)! I didn't find something like this that already existed, so here it is. As the name suggests, it's a very straightforward thread, where anyone who participates can talk about anything Neptunia related: be it mainline games, spin-off games, the anime, the lore, the characters, the music, news and updates about the series, and more. Every time there is some major news about the series, I will try to bring it up in this thread (unless someone else beats me to it first). Speaking of, there is supposed to be a new mainline game announced by the end of this year, it's going to be interesting to see how that pans out.

As for what I'm doing with Neptunia at the moment, I'm playing Super Neptunia RPG on my PS4. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1+ is on the top spot of my Christmas list this year. And I'm currently rewatching the anime with my younger sister.

So, I haven't really been active on my PS4 lately, and don't really feel like it still in light of Sony's announcement last month, but I'm copying over a post i shared on Nintendo Life:

Okay, so it's only 15 more days until Neptunia Unlimited releases in Japan, for Switch 1, Switch 2, PS4 (digital only 😭), and PS5. Also, from what I can tell based on the look of the box art, the Switch 2 physical release isn't a Game Key Card ☺️🎉.

Now for the big question... assuming that the English translation comes out roughly a year later like usual, will it get an American Nintendo release. I kind of actually have hope that it will, especially with the gameplay footage and images that they have shown, the original Japanese this time around is way tamer than the earlier Neptunia games in terms of fanservice (heck, there hasn't even been a brand new Neptunia game with a hot spring scene since 2021). But then again... the Riders VS Dogoos DLC swimsuits weren't allowed on the American Switch for some reason (despite them being tamer than the average anime style game swimsuits 🤔), so... I'm keeping my plans open just in case. I really do hope that since this release is overall tamer from the get-go, Nintendo of America will accept it, and that the entire content of the game from the original Japanese would not need to be censored for an American Nintendo release. If not, that leaves me with PS4, PS5, and the practically inevitable Steam release that will follow a bit later.

Unfortunately, I do not yet have a PC, which leaves me with PS4 and PS5 in the timeline where NOA somehow doesn't allow the game. And I refuse to purchase any more digital games on the PS Store after the July 1st announcement (screw Sony!).

"But Nep-Nep-Freak, you don't have a PS5, and though you do have a PS4, the PS4 version is digitally only!"

Wait. Hold up. Let me cook. For the past two-ish years, all games published by Idea Factory (the Japanese publisher of Neptunia) have been digital only on PS4 but the worldwide publisher Idea Factory International has still been doing physical PS4 releases.

Scar-Lead Salvation? PS4 digital only in Japan, PS4 has physical copy elsewhere
Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy? PS4 digital only in Japan, PS4 has physical copy elsewhere
Calamity Angels Special Delivery? PS4 digital only in Japan, PS4 has physical copy elsewhere
Aria and the Elder Codex? PS4 digital only in Japan, PS4 has physical copy elsewhere
Neptunia Unlimited? PS4 digital only in Japan, TBA elsewhere

Considering the track record, a PS4 physical release elsewhere is honestly still possible. Assuming that the English translation takes a whole year to come out, which would mean that it comes out in August 2027, this new Neptunia game's English translation would be one of the last physical PlayStation games ever made. Again... screw Sony.

When the game does come out, I will probably pre-order the Limited Edition for whatever console it is on. And just like the Japanese release of the Limited Edition, it will most likely come with a code for the Season Pass DLC for that platform (that's what happened with the Japanese and worldwide Riders VS Dogoos Limited Editions, after all). But if I did end up having to get a PS4 one, and it came with a code for the Season Pass, I probably wouldn't use it because I didn't bother reconnecting my Playstation Network account to my console after an outage earlier on in the year and still haven't (putting it into storage kind of helped that), but after Sony's announcement, I definitely never will, which means I just wouldn't bother with the DLC at all if I really had to go that route. Or maybe the Limited Edition goodies won't appeal to me with this one. There's already one other Neptunia game Limited Edition that I don't intend on getting because I'm not interested in the bonus goodies that it includes, so... I won't dismiss the possibility. In that potential scenario, I'd just buy a physical copy by itself, and probably end up skipping the DLC... I don't know. Just throwing stuff out there since we don't have official details yet.

I'm keeping my options open and hoping for the best outcome 🙏. This is the game release that I have been most excited for this year, even though it's not coming out where I live yet. And the English translation that's most likely coming out in 2027 and Pokémon Winds and Waves are tied for next year's releases I'm most excited for.

Also, ever since I last posted in this thread back in November 2025, I've played and beaten the following Neptunia games:

Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online on PS4
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1+ on PS4
Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters on PS4
Via Asian English physical releases on Playasia:
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2 SISTERS GENERATION on Switch 2
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V GENERATION on Switch

Currently playing Megadimension Neptunia VII on Switch.

Yeah... not buying anything digital on the PS Store ever again, but there are still some physical PS4 games I want to find and buy.

Huh, I never would’ve expected to ever see a neptunia thread on PS, that’s kinda baller.
A Blanc meme to commemorate.

@Yousef- I like it 👍! Blanc is my favorite Goddess in the series.