History VideoGame / NeptuniaGameMakerREvolution

* ArtEvolution: Tsunako's designs for the new characters - specifically the Failure Goddesses themselves - are more in-line with her current art style she uses in her other works (''King Proposal'', ''Anime/EngageKiss'', and the later volumes of ''Literature/DateALive'') than she did in her [[VideoGame/SuperNeptuniaRPG last game]], or even Katsuyuki Hirano's designs that take heavy inspiration from Tsunako's pre-2019 works. The same applies to Older Neptune and Croire, who are given new portraits as opposed to reusing the old ''VII'' portraits like with the Gold Third.

*** ... Retain their original identities in Goddess/HDD form, something that was only limited to the Candidates. [[note]]Yellow Heart's personality also remained intact, but that was the result of being brainwashed by the Seven Sages, thus preventing her from maturing[[/note]]

*** ... Have [[UnusualHalo halos]] attached to top of their heads.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Older Neptune is the main character this time around, where her main role in the story is to help the Failure Goddesses win back the respect of the people in their world, after having lost to the other Game Makers in the battle for market share.

** The Failure Goddesses are the first non-major goddess/[=CPUs=] to...

*** ... Retain their identity in Goddess/HDD form, something that was only limited to the Candidates. [[note]]Yellow Heart's personality also remained intact, but that was the result of being brainwashed by the Seven Sages, thus preventing her from maturing[[/note]]

*** ... Be non-Planeptune goddesses/[=CPUs=] [[spoiler:to not (former) antagonists who later join the part mid-way into the game.]]

** In regards to the Failure Goddesses, it's also the first time we see Goddesses outside of the 4 nations, and ones that are main characters from the start.[[labelnote:note (spoilers)]]Peashy and Maho only joined the party and became a Goddess Candidate respectively midway through their games, while Rei was the main villain of her game[[/labelnote]] They're also the first Goddesses in the series to retain some aspects of their human form when transformed (hair, personality,[[note]]Yellow Heart's personality also remained intact, but that was the result of being brainwashed by the Seven Sages, thus preventing her from maturing[[/note]] body type, voice, and, in Pippih and Jagaa's case, outfits), not go with the "[Color] Heart" naming scheme,[[note]]Though not the first, the aforementioned Rei Ryghts was the villain of her home game[[/note]] and have [[UnusualHalo halos]] on top of their heads.

* AlternateSelf: Besides [[DimensionalTraveler Older Neptune and Croire]], the returning characters featured in the Failure Goddesses unnamed world, while identical to their main counterparts in terms of design, are businesswoman competing against each other to see who can sell the most games, as opposed to leaders protecting their nation. The Gold Third even have their own businesses. Notably, the four goddesses and their sisters are referred to here as the "First Makers" and "Second Sisters" respectively.
* ArtEvolution: The designs for Tsunako's characters are given a major upgrade compared to the [[VideoGame/CyberdimensionNeptunia4GoddessesOnline last time]] she drew them, being more in-line with her current art style. This only applies to Older Neptune, Croire, and the Failure Goddesses though; the main Goddesses, Gold Third and Arfoire reuse their portraits in ''VII'', while F-Sha and the Pirate Makers are still designed by Katsuyuki Hirano.

* ColorCodedCharacters: The main heroines each have a designated color attached to them: Older Neptune is {{purple|IsPowerful}}, Pippih is [[VibrantOrange orange]], Jagaa is {{red|Is heroic}}, and Reedio is {{blue|Is heroic}} (and in the earlier promos, [[GoodWearsWhite white]]).

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'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTELn6FAq7I Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6qnfOpNNvc 1st Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2eg0ahAiGU 2nd Trailer]], [[note]] This is a re-upload from Compile Heart's official [=YouTube=] channel; the original trailer was privated. [[/note]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw1thGJ62X8&t Gameplay Showcase]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8cUBa_DpJs Opening Movie]], and [[https://youtu.be/PAE-Mr9_ZxA US release Trailer]]

!! Tropes that apply to this game
* AlternateSelf: The 2nd trailer states that the 4 Goddesses and Goddess Candidates are the ones from Pippih, Jagaa and Reedio's dimension. While they don't look different from their Hyperdimension counterparts, here the 4 goddesses are referred to as the "First Makers" while the Candidates are referred to as the "Second Sisters". Additionally, the Gold Third of this dimension have their own nations instead of working with the Goddesses from their nations (though they still assist them here).
* ArtEvolution: The art in this game is given a major upgrade compared to the [[VideoGame/NeptuniaSistersVsSisters previous game]], due to Tsunako returning as chief character designer of the game since her departure from the series in late 2019, having last designed the characters all the way back in 2017 with ''VideoGame/CyberdimensionNeptunia4GoddessesOnline''.

** In regards to the Failure Goddesses, it's also the first time we see Goddesses outside of the 4 nations, and ones that are main characters from the start.[[labelnote:note (spoilers)]] Peashy and Maho only joined the party and became a Goddess Candidate respectively midway through their games, while Rei was the main villain of her game. [[/labelnote]] They're also the first Goddesses in the series to retain some aspects of their human form when transformed (hair, personality,[[note]] Yellow Heart's personality also remained intact, but that was the result of being brainwashed by the Seven Sages, thus preventing her from maturing [[/note]] body type, voice, and, in Pippih and Jagaa's case, outfits), not go with the "[Color] Heart" naming scheme,[[note]] Though not the first, the aforementioned Rei Ryghts was the villain of her home game. [[/note]] and have [[UnusualHalo halos]] on top of their heads.

** The Gold Third return in this game, after being PutOnTheBus since their debut game, which was ''eight years ago''. [[note]] They ''did'' make an appearance in ''Sisters'', but only as Chipper icons. [[/note]] In this game, they have their own factions on par with the rest of the goddesses.

* ColorCodedCharacters: In all of the promotional videos and the game proper, each of our main heroines have a color attached to them: Older Neptune is {{purple|IsPowerful}}, Pippih is [[VibrantOrange orange]], Jagaa is {{red|Is heroic}}, and Reedio is {{blue|Is heroic}} (originally [[GoodWearsWhite white]] in the teaser and the first trailer).

* PowerTrio: The Failure Goddesses. Pippih is the confident [[TheLeader Leader]] (until Adult Neptune showed up), Jagaa is TheStoic [[TheBigGuy Big Girl]], and Reedio is a DitzyGenius [[TheSmartGuy Smart Girl]].

* RetCanon: Older Neptune's Generator Unit outfit that was created for [[Anime/HyperdimensionNeptuniaTheAnimation the anime's]] 3rd OVA, ''Nep-Nep Festival'', is used in this game. [[note]] This wouldn't be the first time though, as the preceding spin-off title ''Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP'', a RecursiveAdaptation of the anime, also uses her design. [[/note]]
* StoryBranching: While the game lacks the series' usual MultipleEndings, Chapters 3-5 have multiple routes through them depending on where you choose to go first. The events at the start of each route are helpfully named simply for what route they are. [[spoiler: Chapter 3 has three routes, Planepgear, Lastnita, and Dual Small, Chapter 4 has two with Planeptune and Lastation routes, and finally Chapter 5 has two as well with the Helping C-Sha and Helping S-Sha routes.]] The chosen routes also end up determining a few of the Sub Events in the following Chapters, meaning Chapter 6 will also have slight variations in it before the game gets back on a singular path.

''Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution'' (''Choujigen Game Neptune: [=GameMaker=] R:Evolution'') is the fourteenth spin-off game in the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series. Developed by Creator/CompileHeart and Creator/IdeaFactory, it was released on August 10th, 2023 in Japan for the Platform/Playstation4, Platform/Playstation5, and Platform/NintendoSwitch alongside the Switch port of ''VideoGame/NeptuniaSistersVsSisters'', and would be slated to release in May 2024 in the US and Europe for the aforementioned consoles, though a Platform/{{Steam}} port has yet to be announced.

''Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution'' (''Choujigen Game Neptune: [=GameMaker=] R:Evolution'') is the fourteenth spin-off game in the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series. Developed by Creator/CompileHeart and Creator/IdeaFactory, it was released on August 10th, 2023 in Japan for the Platform/Playstation4, Platform/Playstation5, and Platform/NintendoSwitch alongside the Switch port of ''VideoGame/NeptuniaSistersVsSisters'', and would be slated to release sometime in 2024 in the US and Europe for the aforementioned consoles, though a Platform/{{Steam}} port has yet to be announced.

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