How has the story changed from the PlayStation 3 game? One example is NISA had a major role in the PlayStation 3 game, but I don’t think the Heroine of Justice is in Re birth1. The story in Re Birth1 has been remastered in the Japanese version, so our localization team worked on the new story using familiar terminology in order to keep the world feeling the same. We kept the Neptunia terminologies consistent with the original games. Haru Akenaga, CEO of Idea Factory International: Idea Factory International has an experienced translator and editor who are familiar with Japanese RPG titles, and they both enjoy Idea Factory titles as well.

Can you tell us about the team that localized the Vita game? Hyperdimension Neptunia Re Birth1 has a new localization. The reason that the Scout System is not included in Neptunia Re Birth is because we have a new Remake System which is somewhat similar. With this strong passion, we decided to implement the latest battle system into the first game. The staff who worked on the original Neptunia expressed their desire to revamp the first Neptunia using the skills and knowledge they had gained in creating the first three games in the series. We’re grateful that we have so many hardcore fans of the series, but we know that we weren’t 100% satisfied with the original game’s system and our own development skills at the time, since it was the first game in the series. Also, we had a handful of staff at Idea Factory who wanted to use Neptunia V’s battle system for Neptunia Re Birth1. Shingo Onodera, Director at Idea Factory: The main reason for the change was that after Neptunia V, we heard from many fans that they would love to play the original Neptunia game using the battle system from Neptunia V.

It has only been a few years since the PS3 game why did Idea Factory remake Hyperdimension Neptunia? Why did you choose the battle system from Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory and why was the Scout System removed?

In this interview, Siliconera spoke with Hyperdimension Neptunia Re Birth1 director Shingo Onodera and Idea Factory International CEO Haru Akenaga about how Re Birth1 changed. Idea Factory also completely changed the story to make it more comical and switched out characters like NISA for Neptunia V’s cameo characters. Instead of using the original battle system, the game uses Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory as a base. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re Birth1 is a remake of the first game in the Neptunia series.

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