Where to Start: Neptunia 

There’s only one sentence for this one. _“Fan service at its finest.”_

This series has so many remasters this video will be outdated in half a year...

don’t let rom running in circles distract you from the fact that he said “fresh of breath air.”

12:17 "But it's a fresh of breath air" Beautiful.

Neptune's english VA is a blessing on this bleak world.

"fresh of breath air" sorry but i lol

Well I know what's next. 'Where to start Senran Kagura'. Great video as always

Also, vert is green in French, noire is black, and blanc is white :) so that’s where the names kinda come from :)

I started this series a few months ago... *AND I DON'T PLAN ON ENDING ANY TIME SOON

It always makes me happy to hear someone praise HDN1's story, which I think is almost the best in the series, second only to VII.

VII has always been my fav Nep game since it came out, the story is pretty good and the soundtrack is bloody amazing for me

I am greatly enjoying the neptunia series and i love the forth wall breaking humor and the references to games and anime. This series is a real riot

Nepping neppers!

"if the series tried a serious game" I Have one word for you CONQUEST

I was interested in this series for a while, I mean, the whole "videogamesland" theme sounds cool and I love RPGs, thanks for the help buddy, I think am gonna start for the Vll for the PS4. Have a nice day.

*"having your clothes ripped off means you can transform sooner"* 13:33

I got into the Neptunia series since I saw Re;birth1 on Steam, and I liked the design. The characters being illustrated by Tsunako, who also did Date A Live's illustrations, helped. And I just fell into deeper into the Rabbit hole afterwards.(Looks at my complete Neptunia +Fairy Fencer F collection on Steam). I really have got to go through with them.

I only just discovered your channel last night and asked myself this very question after watching your collection video. Clicking that 'sub' button is already paying off :D

“It’s a fresh of breath air”, I love you. You made the same mistake i occasionally make & i thought i was the only one. Great video!

For someone that wants to see the evolution of the franchise, I'd say that playing the base PS3/4 games is a good way to go. If you're okay with repetition, then re:birth is an acceptable option. I'd say to only play the spin offs if you really love the characters in the franchise. Other acceptable option would be Re:birth 1 and then PS3 for Mk2 and V, but that's mainly because I like Gust and Nisa.

Good to see these videos out. I wanted to get in HDN back in 2014, ended not doing it because I didnt know where to start. Eventually got into because of a Steam sale in 2016.

12:18 *fresh of breath air*

Just started Rebirth 1 yesterday and the gameplay is very fun and addicting. Found myself leveling to level 8 in the first little tutorial area just having fun with the system.

Keep up the great work man. I hope more people from this niche find your channel!

Despite being a remaster, the "R" in "VIIR" is actually stands for "Revisited." That's why the game starts assuming that we played "VII" before. Nice video btw. It certainly explain the series in general. Edit: There's the correction. Read the replies.

Nep dating sim when?

ty for such an informative video, decided to start checking out the series via re;birth 1 as per your recommendation and loving the game so far it really is a fun experience.

Neptunia Need More Love 💕!!!These games are great 👍🏻 .

Note: Re;Birth1 is not actually canon either. The continuity officially starts at Re;Birth2.

I love the Neptunia series. The Rebirth remakes are so much better than the original ps3 versions. Though i think the recent 4 Goddess Online spin off game is my favorite in the series. I love the action battle system. Also Iris Heart is probably my favorite character. Its too bad shes only in Neptunia 3 Victory, despite Plutia appearing in other games.

Great overview! As a big Neptunia fan, I think you nailed it :)

I got Rebirth 1 a long while back and got confused and overwhelmed after finding out the whole preferences and canon timelines the series has. This was really helpful!

I got this is my recommendation feed. Now you got a new subscriber!

Great video, I just started Super Neptunia RPG and Im loving it on my Switch, interested in more of the franchise but there are so many...got yourself a like, a sub and a notificationslll

Was looking to get into this series and this video was super helpful so thanks

Great video, didn't expect such quality, dropping a sub for sure

I love this series so much. Last summer I binged Rebirth 1-3 and then played V2 on the PS4. I would absolutely recommend the list you gave with how to start. I tell people to start with 1 but you can skip it if you want since it's very grindy and the story is not the best. (The first boss fight in Rebirth 1 is infamous for being the hardest boss fight in the entire series) But once you get past that, it's smooth sailing. I love Rebirth 2 but Rebirth 3 and V2 are my favorites in terms of main entries due to their interesting/funny stories and all the new wacky characters that get introduced. In terms of spin offs, Noire's game is a surprisingly excellent tactics RPG that is great for newcomers to that genre and veterans. I really enjoyed the zombie game too because the story is hilarious. Sega Hard Girls kinda fell flat for me because the combat system is so easy to break and the game is not hard at all. I have not played Producing Perfection and I also didn't like the repetitive/no story of Hyperdimension U: Action Unleashed. I really need to play Cyberdimension because there are a ton of positive reviews for that and I'm super pumped for Super Neptunia RPG.

I agree - best place to start is Neptunia Re:Birth 1 for the character introductions. There's a concurrent storyline between Re:Birth 2, Re:Birth 3 and either version of VII in which Re:Birth 1's timeline is unrelated in it, but starting Re:Birth 2 without already being acquainted with the characters is a bit of a rough introduction. You don't care enough about the goddesses yet to have any form of feeling when you see they're kidnapped. Always great to find a fellow Nep fan. I literally owe Neptunia a lot in my life, and that isn't an exaggeration.

I got into the neptuni series last week. I started with rebirth 1 and I'm liking this story so far.

I just started the series last year but finally got around to actually playing more than an hour of it a week ago. So my first one was Megadimension Neptunia VII. I’m in love with this series and wanna play them all.

Whoah! Good job! You actually acknowledged the superior lore/story/world of the original original! I also think it's what made Noire the fan favorite character back in the day, she had a much deeper personality. But after that she becomes nothing but a memebait tsundere or something, really quite sad. She'll be my fave character because of the original. I also liked how while the original had some of the mascot enemies like dagoos and pixelvaders, not every single enemy was a cute little game mascot thing. There were some actual monster looking monsters, I mean more than a handful, but most of them actually, and did a great job of making the game more serious without making it too serious like you mentioned. One of my biggest gripes of the series though is that the cpus represent the consoles, and everything in the games is a homage to gaming and gamers essentially. Yet why then are they so poor at providing any remote level of challenge to a gamer. It's like it's balanced towards super casuals. I mean I'm not against casual players wanting to enjoy games too, that's cool. But I wish there was some setting to provide difficulty to both types of gamer (Just not like the origina's difficulty setting which was a joke). I sense the creator of this video likes nepgear =P

This is a good list of Neptune games

Gold man, you hit on everything perfectly

Thanks for this video it was really helpful in deciding which game to get

I'm curious on others' thoughts on Fairy Fencer F. It feels very similar to Victory and the Re;Birth games, with similar dungeon designs, reused textures, and some reused enemy designs. It's got a similar combat mechanic, the same transformation mechanic, and similar humor and storytelling style. The only thing that really sets it apart from the Neptunia games are the characters and story. It feels kind of like a spin-off or side story to me. I'd recommend it to any Neptunia fan if they may have overlooked it.

Thanks for the Vid!

I love your channel, this Video was super helpful, thank you !

Very well made video, I appreciate it a lot friend

I had no idea the characters were based on consoles.

Started with Rebirth 2 and loved it. Played Victory and didn't care for the way SP worked or the character's behavior. VII made everything right again and in my opinion is the best game so far. I did eventually go back to play Rebirth 1 and while the story is good I admit the later games have spoiled me mechanically. Looking forward to Super Neptunia RPG.

Man, I gotta say that your channel's contents are just awesome and well made, I am not the type that susbscribes to a channel after one or two typical average videos, but that was not the case here, after your Neptunia Re;birth 2 review took all its time in my "watch later" playlist, I decided to check your channel, and after knowing that you like the Neptunia series, Senran Kagura series and gaming devices, more specifically, after watching the latest PSVita video, it was instant sub. And this "Where to Start: Neptunia" video was just posted surprisingly right _after_ the day I subscribed to YSN!

Thank you so much for your work. It helped big times

Neptunia is a great franchise and I recommend anyone who wants to just have fun to try this series out, the games are always a blast to play through and they have given me another series to enjoy.

I’d say start at rebirth1 if you want to get into the series it’s a pretty good game

Thank you for the video. It is truly useful!

Proud Neptunia fan good job with the explanation man 😎👍🏾

I just bought all the games that were released on steam I'm crazy as well

Thanks for the recommendations and I strongly agree to go with the rebirth games because not they look better but I like the fact that all 3 games of rebirth are actually connected to each other and consistent unlike the originals for example the first original game ain't canon and not connected to mk2, victory, and megadimension though both the originals and remakes are different story wise but considering megadimension uses the same gameplay type the rebirth games have and I'll also be checking out both the original and remake of megadimension because they taken place at the same time though the remake is a retelling but then again I like to think of it as a epilogue of the original version still thanks for the recommendations

Great explanation of the neptunia series great video to introduce people to the series

I started with OG Victory (PS3.) haven’t had the opportunity to catch up and the series has exploded in popularity since.

This is the point i realize I've fallen too far into the weeb vortex

The Steam Hyperdimension Neptunia sale happened a couple of weeks ago so... let’s just say I’m stacked on rpgs to play over the summer 😅

Pretty much everything new players need to know, cool video !

I love this franchise, Neptunia games are incredibly fun.

I got into the series from a friend recommendation. My first Nep Nep game was Rebirth2, which is my personal favorite cause Nepgear is best girl. He said to skip 1 since he said the series really kicks off with the introduction of the sisters. VII is definitely the best one of the canon series and the best spin off is Sega hard girls

I started with rebirth 2 liking it so far, I would've started with 1 but it isn't psTV compatible

Thanks for the video. I just purchased megadimension vii.

thanks for your video, i was bored of my traditional RPG and JRPGs, so i want some freshy and fun and nothing more and i think i will have a good time with Neptunia Series, thank you for bring this content with so much love and easy understand even for me as not native English speaker

Neptunia is amazing indeed... BUT I have to say that they did a good job with the second Fairy Fencer game as well as Death;End Request. You should definitely check them out too if you played through the main Neptunia games. (Although they have different characters and are not part of the Neptunia universe... but the same developers and publisher ofc 😊 Death;End story is amazing man. )

Best game series ever. I like how the appearance and personality of the goddesses resemble the hardware ("size") and their players. Noire for example is a loner because PS3 had less online players than XBox 360. Vert on the other hand is a online game junkie. Also there are countless video game references in the dialogues, someone should start a list. Producing Perfection should be ported to PC. I had a lot of fun with it and like it even more than the hack'n'slash spinoffs. Btw, the stage effects have to be timed with the audience to get more points. I played it more for the fun story. I prefer turn based because it's is more relaxing, especially after work.

Thanks for the vid, it saved me a lot of trouble (and money) in the steam sale

Good guide, think I will start on Rebirth 1.

Just start with whatever you want... I Don't even know where the story is going anymore...

"The Neptunia series is lighthearted" *laughs very loud in Conquest*

Thank you so much for the info 😊

Majority of the games are on the PS VITA platform soo yeah! Love this series

Trivia: Vert's voice has changed since MegaNepV2. Noire's voice has changed since Cyberdimension Neptunia.

Nice guide video, but you've forgotten two things. RB1 was recently ported to PS4 in Japan as RB1+ and it's highly possible that that will get localized as well as Idea Factory/Compile Heart porting RB2 and 3 to PS4 as well. There's also the brand new Nep game that was announced, which is Super Neptunia RPG or Brave Neptunia in Japan.

This is the type of series that will get me put on a list.

My first touch with the Neptunia games was the Re;Birth1 and honestly speaking I enjoyed it a lot more than I had initially expected. Something about the wacky humor and the characters and 4th wall breaking was appealing to me. To be honest, I didn't expect there would eventually be so many Neptunia games (including the spin-offs) on pc. If I hadn't got into the series who knows how many years ago then I'm sure all those games would have confused me a lot and this kind of video would most likely had helped me in that situation.

“It’s a fresh of breath air”

#NepNepIsBestCPU She’s is adorkable and adorable and I love her for it 🙂😊👍 Anyways, great video! Keep up the great work 👍

This video helped so much. I just started the anime and was gonna play the games after but I had no idea where to begin. I guess I'll buy the rebirth games on my PC and go from there. I really wanna play VIIR since I actually own a vr headset

Been needing a video like this. I only have a ps4 so limits what I can play

Those jiggle physics though.

Technically, Rebirth 1 is not in the main timeline so to speak. MK2/RB2 was a reboot of the timeline. So if you want to play the games that follow the main plotlines (though the future ones do give enough background to let newbies start in those spots), you would play Rebirth 2, Rebirth 3 then Victory II (whether original or Realize). However Rebirth 1 is an EXCELLENT starting point because it gives a great introduction to the main characters. The other thing to think about in the debate on which Victory II game you play, is whether you want the DLC characters and their own side events. VII R doesn't have the DLC characters.

Thanks, this video was really helpful for me :-)

After watching the anime and your videos i really love the Neptunia series. Also my favorite character is Rei

Omg I had no idea that the sisters are based on handhelds. No wonder why very never got a sister. Poor Vert

Starting at the originals !! That's the only way.

I asking myself yesterday where to start and then your video just appears =)

EXCELLENT video! I love my Plu-Plu!!!! 😍😍

I agree that Starting with Rebirth 1 is a good idea because of character introductions. Also I would at least play Rebirth 3 at least before going on to VII/VIIR because of some backstory. And I would at least play VII/VIIR before playing Cyberdimension because there is a interesting Easter Egg that people who played VII/VIIR would get. Also another difference between VII and VIIR is the VO/VA because of Noire's VA changing to the one she had in Cyberdimension. I also enjoyed Noire's game it was fun and I liked the various characters. I also liked Superdimension as well and I liked the Time aspect of it because it added a uniqueness to the Nep games. I prefer Megatagmension over Nep U because of improved battle mechanics and overall story. Also about Nepunia Victory I would say that game still holds because there is really no difference between Victory and Rebirth 3 as far as game play goes but the Menu system on the overworld map is different. Unlike mk2 and Rebirth 2 and the Original and Rebirth 1. I watch an LP of the original Neptunia on PS3 and man I didn't like the true ending at all. I preferred the normal ending.

Broccoli is the spawn of satan and will NEVER *EVER* replace Gust.

Great video. I only found out yesterday that hyperdimension neptunia re 1 is getting a ps4 port a few days ago. It feels mad. I first played the series with the first game on ps3 back when it was released and while it wasn't perfect I loved it for what it was. I still keep buying the games over and over despite owning them already and having duplicates xD. I have hyperdimension neptunia 1 on ps3, ps vita and pc which I really don't need it that many times. The series I find fantastic. sure it's got fan service but I love the games for its goofy humour and gaming references. what a great series. Thank you for spreading the word on neptunia :).

this helped me a lot 👍

I guess that this particular video should have so many more views around this time, because of the Neptunia collaboration event that is happening right now in the international version of the mobile game Azur Lane. And I also guess that this _same_ rise should happen with Azur Lane's global popularity, as this game is considerably new (the international version came up around June or July of this year), and Neptunia, as a game series, is considerably popular worldwide right now.

2:42 since when was the ds so cute? xD

recently start rebirth 1 on vita,enjoying the game so far

I am tired of western RPGs and started looking into JRPG genre recently. I stumbled upon your channel and your "Where To Start" videos are godsend to me. Great content geared toward JRPG fans.