is a
2011 role-playing video game developed by
Idea Factory and
Compile Heart, with assistance from
Nippon Ichi Software,
Gust Corporation,
5pb., and the recently founded company
Comcept by
Keiji Inafune. It is the sequel to the previous game named
Hyperdimension Neptunia, announced on April 12, 2011 for the
PlayStation 3, as the second installment in the
Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise, and is followed by
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory. It was released on August 18, 2011 in Japan, and was released in February 2012 in the United States and Europe. The
ESRB allocated the game a Mature rating. The sequel contains both new and returning characters, and the gameplay has been updated so as to remove the random encounter feature. New maps and a brand new world feature as well, and the cutscenes have been upgraded from the old 2D visual novel style cutscenes. Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 was made available as a downloadable title on the
PlayStation Network in August 2012.