
Console war moe anthropomorphisation RPG Hyperdimension Neptunia‘s English language release is apparently considered a little too raunchy for corpulent Walmart shoppers, as even some tame cleavage exposure finds itself expunged from the cover.
The Japanese release:

The western release:

The cover may have changed for the worse, but Japanese gamers seem quite envious of the plethora of extras available with the premium edition of the game:


The game is due February 9th in the US and march 4th in Europe.
The game itself is something of an odd choice for localisation – its characters and settings are all parodies of the war between the current generation of consoles, and they draw heavily upon the intensely hostile console rivalries fought out on 2ch’s gaming hardware boards, none of which is likely to be understood by most Japanese, let alone an international audience…
However, the game was nonetheless well received in Japan and boasts gorgeous art and good graphics – it may be necessary to heed the old adage about not judging a book by its cover.










More of the fine art associated with the game.
But..but..I needs my oppai!
Is there other game that has oppai been covered?
they should make a tenga girls war game.
OPPAI WHAT WOULD I DO NOW WITHOUT YOUUUUU!!!
*insert dramatic music here*
Uh, "has oppai covered" or "has covered oppai"? I'm worried!
Samurai Heroes 3 comes to mind, wasn't the American cover reworked in a similar way to make the cleavage of a female character less pronounced?.
Western cover made me lol. We're such prudes.
Looks interesting! Anyone know if you can change the voices to Japanese with English subtitles?
Btw I remembered something about censors in God of war 3 in Japan. Aphrodite got clothes on.
Haha feel bad for them they got covered oppai too.
I think so, the translator is Nippon Ichi and I remember them saying they leave the option in.
You can change to Japanese voices most likely. Do take in mind that only 50% of the original voices will probably remain(that's how they roll, as the space will be obviously used for the english voices)
I blame Equality Now.
Why doesn't anything make sense any more?
they replaced cleavage with a groping hand
@ Kwonnie yeah and the East are such prudes for censoring our games blood and violence.
do they think people can't print out Japanese cover and use it instead? (dunno about content of the game)
I was also thinking this.
You really got them there! Now Wal-Mart is going to print out the Japanese cover and sell it that way. Thanks bro!
I already ordered the Premium Edition at good old NIS (store.nisamerica . com), so get yours there now to enjoy the extra goodies:
NISA Exclusive Set Includes:
- Hyperdimension Neptunia PS3
- Hardcover, full-color art book
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Premium Edition package art
- Bonus Item: Official Neptunia CPU Playing Cards
Thank god I didn't want any of the extras. That way I didn't need to go to the spam posts site.
I wonder if Nis is going to handle the eternal lists of dlc released almost weekly for neptune jp if not i'll grab the free version.
Well damn, at least let me say goodbye to my wallet.
(though its so worth it)
Did I hear console wars?
Hoho, you got my ears.....
already pre ordered it!! can't wait. Still i'm saddened by the lack of oppai =(
It's not moe at all with all the oppai everywhere.
Well, at least one character is sexy.
Wait, WTF is this? Moe and ero are MOST DEFINITIVELY NOT mutually exclusive!
If your misconception is widespread I might finally understand why are so many haters of moe here, of all places.
Agreed. But I would say this case is 90% ero, 10% moe.
Neptune is incredibly moe! Her human form I mean.
I want to have sex with these consoles.
Yeah, I really need to "plug the cartridge into the slot", if you know what I mean...
does xbox-tan come with rrod ?
needs more moe antro...you know what i mean
If by RRoD you mean Raging Rod of Desire, she's coming with mine.
"Raging Rod of Desire" sounds like a rare item. :3
Alright, we have the first fanboy/anti-MS comment that has nothing to do with the game. Do you feel important after writting that? grow up kid and give us some constructive opinions, not fanboyism/anti-company comments.
U MAD?
Hahahaha.
Wonder if Xbox-tan is defeated, her eyes turn red.
and xbox-tan's deathliest weapon is bsod...fatality
More like when she is teased, her eyes and face turn red and she cannot do anything.
Yeah can't believe that little bit of cleavage would have to be removed like that. But what I really want to know is what the game is like.
OH! They got it wrong! Censorship is for JAPAN now, not the foreign countries. Silly Japanese, Ishihara will scold you with a crunchy tea-bagging later.
It's 2011 and people still have problem with 2D cleavage. This is extremely sad.
Not really. It's mostly those soccerdads of Government's fault for not knowing what art is.
You say that international audiences won't get it, but the international audience it's targeted to will.
I mean, have you ever been on /v/?
"LOL PS3 NO GAMES"
"Having fun with your Wii, you CASUAL MANCHILDREN?!"
"XBox Live < Having spikes driven through my skull"
As for the boobcoverage, it's understandable; I mean, would you rather have "THIS GAME MADE MY SON A PEDOPHILE!! THOSE GIRLS CAN'T BE ADULTS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY LOOK LIKE ADULTS bitchbitchscreamwhine"
Games don't make people pedophiles...
games don't make pedophiles. Horrible parents like you raise pedophiles.
And what real life-loli would have that kind of body?
You're making arguments that make sense to otaku. It seems if you're not part of the fold, then big eyes = 12 years old every single time, no matter what.
I don't get it either... It's retarded.
America the continent or america United States only?
Probably both.
Better call it Land of (Sarcastically) Freedom and Soccermoms from now.
I'm just glad that its coming overseas. I would've also liked the Japanese cover but it was either that or no game at all and that would be the real loss.
i already plan on getting this along with Atelier Rorona and Artonelico Qoga.
so yeah sucks for the cover though, but at least we get the game :)
This is ass
Hello ass.