Finding a guide for Hyperdimension Neptunia is an oddly difficult task! So here I’ve assembled a list of guides to help you progress, grind or trophy hunt in each game.
Know something I don’t? Leave a comment below if you find something else to add (links are okay). You can also reach me on Twitter or email contact at sirtaptap dot com.
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Table of Contents
Meta Guides
Guides for understanding/enjoying the series as a whole rather than looking for help playing a specific game.
Mega Guide
That’s this guide you’re reading now. It functions as a top-level listing of all sorts of relevant guides and info and is a good resource for people completely lost in the series.
Release Date Calendar
All Hyperdimension Neptunia game releases and their release dates.
Which Game is Which??
I know some people have problems with this due to the unusual naming, remakes and sidegames. There are four main games, and each “Rebirth” is a remake of the three PS3 games. So info for HDN1, Mk2 and Victory is largely similar for Rebirth 1, 2 & 3, though all had moderate to major changes as well so it’s best to use a guide for the remake if possible, but stuff like ending conditions is probably pretty close.
Here is a guide on understanding the series release timeline! (By yours Truly, Sir TapTap)
The Vita and PC versions of the Rebirth games are basically the same as far as guides are concerned, and I think the achievements are the same so just use the trophy guide for Steam. Note that there’s always trophies for each ending so use the trophy guide to find ending conditions too.
Main Games
Hyperdimension Neptunia (PS3)
A surprisingly complete walkthrough, though I haven’t played the game to vet it’s accuracy.
Editors Note: Don’t start with Neptunia 1 PS3. Play Mk2, Rebirth 1 or 2. Combat system is really bad and it’s not a good intro to the series.
Neptunia Mk2 (PS3)
More detailed and spoilery ending guide
Neptunia Victory (PS3)
Big Spreadsheet of everything for 100%/True Ending/Etc by Master LL
Another Big Spreadsheet of Everything
Megadimension Neptunia Victory II (PS4/PC)
Sir TapTap’s (that’s me!) Megadimension Neptunia Victory 2 Guide
CyberDimension Neptunia 4 Goddess Online (PS4/PC)
Sir TapTap’s Cyberdimension Neptunia guide
Sir TapTap’s Cyberdimension Neptunia Import Guide (for Japanese version)
Remakes
All remakes are on PS Vita and PC.
Neptunia Re;birth 1
General Mechanics guide for beginners
Stuck on Black Heart? Strategy and save file here!
Editor’s Note: Rebirth 1 has a few difficulty-spike bosses that will ruin your day. I’m sorry. Maybe start with Rebirth 2 then 1 honestly, but most importantly know that the difficulty spikes aren’t really in the other games.
Neptunia Re;birth 2: Sisters Generation
Big Spreadsheet of Everything. Use the tabs at the bottom
Monster drops (kind of a mess)
Neptunia Re;birth 3: V Century
Neptunia VIIR
No guides yet, feel free to submit any you find!
Side Games
These aren’t really as complex so I’m not sure what’d you’d need beyond a trophy guide, but as always let me know if there’s stuff to link. Most of these are on PC and Vita.
Neptunia PP: Producing Perfection
This game is minor-missable central so read a guide if you really want 100%
Neptunia U: Action Unleashed
Trophy list Note that there are a few missable quests early on, don’t do the red quests until all others are done and view all events immediately and you should be good, the rest is mostly grinding.
Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart
Again there are missables, and also a totally insane amount of totally mindless lilly grinding. Can’t recommend going for platinum. They really need to chill with some of the trophy requirements.
Extreme Dimension Tag Blanc + Neptune VS Zombie Army
SuperDimension Neptune vs Sega Hard Girls
My guide with all trophies, most of a walkthrough and more!
Neptunia Shooter
Mega Miracle Force
Hyperdimension Neptunia Articles
A collection of relevant interviews, articles, and other information about the series as a whole rather than guides.
Localized Terms in Hyperdimension Neptunia by Sik
Name Changes in Neptunia Localizations by Sik
Fun Stuff
Neptunia Title Generator by Sik
Neptunia’s Gamindustri Font (with download!) by Sik
Interviews with Neptunia staff
[2012-01-09] http://www.siliconera.com/2012/01/09/idea-factory-answers-your-hyperdimension-neptunia-mk2-questions/
[2012-09-28] http://kotaku.com/5947178/hyperdimension-neptunias-creator-dreams-of-a-fighting-game
[2012-10-01] http://ready-up.net/features/naoko-mizuno-on-hyperdimension-neptunia-victory/
[2013-02-18] http://www.siliconera.com/2013/02/18/hyperdimension-neptunia-victory-interview-on-the-1980s-and-godly-games/
[2013-02-22] http://www.siliconera.com/2013/02/22/neptunia-producer-talks-about-the-dark-twist-in-hyperdimension-neptunia-mk2/
[2014-08-07] http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2014/08/07/hyperdimension-neptunia-rebirth1-interview/
[2015-01-12] http://www.siliconera.com/2015/01/12/hyperdevotion-noire-goddess-black-heart-takes-place-different-world/
[2015-08-21] http://nichegamer.com/2015/08/21/dengeki-interview-celebrating-5-years-of-neptunia-a-talk-with-series-creators/
[2015-12-04] http://operationrainfall.com/2015/12/04/interview-haru-akenaga-masashiro-yamamoto/
[2015-12-11] http://www.rpgsite.net/interview/4651-idea-factory-international-interview-on-steam-otome-games-and-the-topic-of-censorship
[2016-01-25] http://dashingnerds.com/dashing-nerds-interview-idea-factory-international/
[2016-01-29] http://www.tech-gaming.com/qa-with-neptunias-naoko-mizuno/
[2016-04-18] http://www.siliconera.com/2016/04/18/hyperdimension-neptunia-editor-nick-doerr-talks-localization/
[2016?] http://parallaxplay.com/an-interview-with-idea-factory-international/
The ReBirth 1 spreadsheet is fixed! If any other links go dead please let me know and I’ll try to move them to resources I have direct control over. Trust no one, not even yourself; that’s why I make sure my site is accessible by Archive.org so even if I go crazy y’all can read my stuff.
My R;B1 guide got linked! *squee*
Just wanna note that I also have a guide for Neptunia U under the same forum account on PlaystationTrophies that my R;B1 guide is on. Also, I made trophy guides for both the Japanese and English versions of R;B1, so if you’re at all interested in updating, you can link my JP and EN guides seperately (not sure how this thread is on posting links, so I won’t post links right now).
Good timing, I was just about to spruce this guide-guide up with my full Victory 2 guide and Sega Hard Girls guide, probably missing a bit more too.
Links are fine, they might get get stuck in Disqus’ filter but I manually check all my comments so they’ll get posted within a day at most.
BTW, if you import Cyberdimension let me know, I’d like people to play it with
I can link to some other guides that may be of interest.
Blanc (EN) Trophy Guide: http://psnprofiles.com/guide/4403-MegaTagmension-Blanc-+-Neptune-VS-Zombies-Trophy-Guide
Blanc (JP) Trophy Guide: http://psnprofiles.com/guide/3493-%E6%BF%80%E6%AC%A1%E5%85%83%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0-%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%8B%E3%83%8D%E3%83%97%E3%83%86%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8CVS%E3%82%BE%E3%83%B3%E3%83%93%E8%BB%8D%E5%9B%A3-Trophy-Guide
Megadimension Trophy Guide: http://psnprofiles.com/guide/3905-Megadimension-Neptunia-VII-Trophy-Guide
Re;Birth3 Trophy Guide: http://psnprofiles.com/guide/3025-Hyperdimension-Neptunia-Re;Birth3-V-GENERATION-Trophy-Guide
I’m on a quest to get every Nep plat possible (26/40 so far with only stacks left and I’d have 28 if I wasn’t saving SHG (Korean) and Blanc (CH) for a trophy competition later), so I’ll definitely be importing Cyberdimension. Just waiting to see what the rest of the Famitsu DX Pack looks like before I decide whether to splurge or just go for the standard edition.
Thanks, I’ll edit those in.
You’re more hardocre than me, I’ve planned to get all the platinums of the english releases and I try to collect games when I can, but I’m too busy to double platinum or anything. I barely finish RPGs at all. Hoping to go freelance eventually and be able to spend more time playing and covering games.