You have to love NIS America. They bring us games from Japan that otherwise wouldn’t see the light of day in North America. Sometimes those series are way out there too, and it looks like that could be the case with their newest RPG entitled Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2 for the PS3.
Return once more to the world of Gamindustri, where the Criminal of the Free World, Arfoire, has defeated the four CPUs of Gamindustri.It is now up to their younger sisters to free them from captivity.Nepgear, the CPU Candidate of Planeptuneand younger sister to Neptune, sets out on her quest with IF and Compato regain Gamindustri’s prosperity, stop the syndicate of evil that Arfoirecreated, and set her sister free! During her travels across the world, Nepgearwill encounter friends new and old, meet the other CPU Candidates, and take care of any monsters that stand in her way in this classic JRPG tale of good versus evil!
I’m not even sure what to make of that description, but it certainly sounds anything but run of the mill. Check back for more info on this one once it becomes available.
Mike's first experience with a console was in the early 80’s when his dad brought home an Atari 400. It wasn’t the greatest gaming machine at the time but it did play a crude version of Pac-Man and it had a keyboard. But, Mike's love for videogames really got started when his friend invited him over to his house to show off his newly acquired NES with Super Mario Bros. Mike had never experienced a game like that before and his friend actually convinced him that jumping into one of the pits would give him a powerup. It was a cruel joke and Mario lept to his death. But from that moment on Mike was hooked.
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