Hyperdimension Neptunia begins with one of the most esoteric plots seen in an RPG. Perhaps, I should say RParody?

“First and foremost, I always put myself in the player’s shoes. ‘If I were a player how would I think of this? How would I explore?’ and then I take another step,” Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya explained when we were reflecting on level design.

During NIS America’s Cave Story 3D event we also spoke with Steven Carlton, Editor, to get some answers about DLC, how Qoga was localized, and since it was “liked” so many times we sent a request for Ar Tonelico HD remakes.

“I learned a lot after releasing Cave Story for DSiWare and WiiWare,” Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya replied with a humble tone. “There were a lot of positive comments, but there were other people who didn’t like the graphic style.”

“I see… Men are really fond of their drills,” says Saki.

After our interview with Daisuke Amaya, I got to explore the first cave in Cave Story 3D.

Cave Story will get its first retail release and NIS America is publishing it. Cave Story 3D is a 2.5D remake of Cave Story with polygon environments and characters.

Lift, lift, lift…and lift some more. Throw, throw, throw…and throw some more.

… then comment in this post! We’re going to be at NIS America’s press event this week and one of the things we’re doing is a fan powered Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel interview.

Pick up a premium box to get an art book and soundtrack CD as a bonus.

NIS America are pricing Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle at $19.99.

We promised La Pucelle fans we’d get them the final word on the subject, so here it is.

Localization process, pre-order bonuses, and cultural differences between games like Neptunia and more mainstream titles — it’s Part 2 of our fan-powered Q&A!

Part 1 of our Q&A focuses on the game’s localization.