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Nepgear V2

Nepgear (ネプギア Nepugia), also known as Purple Sister (パープルシスター Pāpuru Shisutā), is the CPU Candidate of Planeptune and Purple Heart's younger sister and the secondary protagonist of the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise. Much like her sister who represents a fictitious Sega Console, Nepgear represents a fictitious Sega Handheld.

Due to the Neptunia series being a game that revolves around different universes and dimensions, there are multiple Nepgears throughout the series though all of them retain more or less the same personalities and core aspects regardless of the setting.

Hardware Information

N-Gear

Nepgear's personified handheld is fictitious, much like Neptune's. She represents what is called the N-Gear, a portable gaming device researched and developed in Planeptune. It has various functions, such as processing and organizing physical items as well as data.

The name for her personified handheld is a reference to the actual Sega Game Gear and her name, hence the 'N' and 'Gear'.

Other Appearances

Games

Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection

When the idol group known as MOB48 appears, Nepgear supports Neptune who has taken on the role of an idol to reclaim their lost shares.

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed

Nepgear acts as one of the playable CPU Candidates.

MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies

Nepgear is a high school junior student who stars as Number 2, various Zombies, a Senior and the Transmission Engineer.

Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls

Nepgear acts as the CPU of the Game Gear Era.

Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online

Nepgear is a beta tester who has chosen the Mage class.

NepNep☆Connect: Chaos Chanpuru

Nepgear is a supporting character who has been corrupted by Chaos Energy and as an obtainable card.

Neptunia x SENRAN KAGURA: Ninja Wars

Nepgear appears as one of the characters on NinChat.

Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP

Nepgear appears as a wingmate.

Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution

Nepgear is the president of the game maker Planepgear and one of the Second Sisters.

Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos

Although not physically appearing, She is mentioned by Blanc, stating that she won't be targeted, with Vert implying that her "little sister" is Nepgear.

Drama CDs

Moshi Megami Kouhosei ga Imouto de Shinmitsuna KA·N·KE·I Dattara CD (Hyperdimension Re;birth2 Drama CD: If CPU Candidates was your little sister)

On the Moshi Megami Kouhosei ga Imouto de Shinmitsuna KA·N·KE·I Dattara CD Drama CD Nepgear brings her big brother some refreshments while he's studying, but is surprised to see that instead of studying like he's supposed to, he's playing video games. She says that because he rarely ever says he's going to study that she went through the effort of preparing it for him, but since he was insincere she won't give him anything.

Nepgear then says that she is merely joking and that she actually brought it because she thought it'd be around the time where he started losing concentration. She then serves him his coffee and cookies, but her brother asks why there are two coffees instead of only one. She tells him that she brought it so that she can drink with him as she hadn't been able to see him all day.

The two of them then take turns taking a mouthful of each other's coffee. Now understanding what kind of coffee her big brother likes to drink, she says she'll make him that type of coffee from now own. Nepgear then realizes that she drank from the same cup as her big brother which means that the two of them indirectly kissed. She then quickly tries to play it off and says it was nothing to fool him.

After that, Nepgear wishes that her brother would pay more attention to her so she decides to tease him by pretending to feed him a cookie only to eat it herself. This upsets him, as he was looking forward to eating that cookie. Nepgear feels like her attempts at making him pay attention to her were successful and fed him a cookie for real the second time.

Imouto to Oputon no Naka de Ichaicha Shichau CD

Megami Kohosei wo TsunTsun Shichau CD

Anime & Books

Hyperdimension Neptunia: Megami Tsuushin

Nepgear is first mentioned in the last chapter of Volume 1. She was to go swimming with her sister but she was too exhausted after teaching Noire how to swim.

In Volume 2, Nepgear investigates the mystery of Dreamcass Island. Next, she tracks down her sister to get her to a dentist to deal with her cavity. Later, she helps Blanc deliver presents to her sister discreetly. Nepgear joins her sister in her new idol group, makes chocolate for her sister. She also tries to get Uni to get along with her sister. Finally, Nepgear rescues her sister from ASIC's trap in Pammycom Land and defeats them.

In Volume 3, Nepgear has little less focus for her. Her adventures consist of:

  • Turning into a baby
  • Saving Mega Dragons with Plutia and Neptune
  • Watching Neptune fail her New year's Resolution
  • Leading the candidates in making chocolate for their sisters

In Volume 4, Nepgear appears in the later half where she is rescued by Aragami. Afterwards, Nepgear and the goddesses befriend Rei Ryghts but deals with the consequences of that action.

Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation

Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation: Hello New World

Chou Jigen Game Neptune: High School

Non-Neptunia Appearances

  • Neptune-Nepgear yPhone skin
    Touch Shot! Love Application: Nepgear makes an appearance in the game as part of a custom skin that can be used on the main character's yPhone. The skin features both her and Neptune from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 and uses their Chirper Gamipics as part of the icons on the protagonists phone while the wallpaper of the phone is taken from the official wallpaper from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 that features both Neptune and Nepgear.
  • Mugen Souls: Nepgear's clothing is available for peons and characters via downloadable content that can only be obtained from a DLC Code in one of the Dengeki PlayStation magazines. The DLC pack is included in the game's PC version for all regions.
  • Mugen Souls Z: As part of the Vert's Delusional Sisters Costume Set downloadable content, the player can obtain equipment that can allow Peons to dress up and resemble Nepgear. This DLC pack includes, Nepgear's entire outfit, her hairstyle, her face, and a portrait of her.
  • Adventure Quiz Kingdom: Nepgear appears alongside the CPUs and other CPU Candidates as part of the Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation collaboration.[1]
  • High School DxD New Fight: Nepgear, alongside other characters make an appearance as part of a collaboration.[2]
  • Million Arthur: In a number of collaboration event gachas alongside other characters in Neptunia.[3][4][5]
  • Ange Vierge: As part of the Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online collaboration event gacha with the other goddesses.[6]
  • SHOWMAKER: Nepgear is the very first priced DLC to appear during the app's Early Access state.[7]
  • Azur Lane: Crosswave: Nepgear makes a cameo appearance in Neptune's EX event where she talks to Belfast.[8]
  • Sangoku Taisen Smash!: As a playable unit as part of a collaboration.[9]
  • Houkai Gakuen 2/Guns Girl Z: As an obtainable skin as part of a collaboration alongside the CPUs and other CPU Candidates.[10]
  • Artery Gear: As part of the Megadimension Neptunia VII collaboration alongside Neptune and Noire.[11]

Musical Themes

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Name Game Description Audio
Nepgear's Theme Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 Nepgear has her own theme titled Nepgear's Theme that plays very rarely during the story of the game. It is the sixteenth track on the Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 OST and is composed by Kenji Kaneko.
Smile Spiral Neptune and Nepgear's character song duet for the Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 Hyperdimension Neptunia Duet Sisters Vol.1 album.
M.P.B.L Most Pure Brave Lady Nepgear's solo song on the Hyperdimension Neptunia Duet Sisters Vol.1 album.
Smile Spiral_Remix A remixed version of Smile Spiral released on the Hyperdimension Neptunia Share Complete Discs set.
Nepgear's Theme Ver.V Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory Nepgear has her own theme composed by Nobuo Uematsu's Band, the Earthbound Papas that is a remixed version of her theme from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2. Despite being called Nepgear's Theme it notably serves as the theme that plays whenever a character uses an EXE Drive skill during battle.
Perfect Purple Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed Neptune and Nepgear's theme which plays whenever either transforms.
Nepgear's Theme (Retro Portable Arrangement) Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters A remixed version of Nepgear's theme from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 included in the Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters Next-Gen Tunes soundtrack.

Etymology

Due to Nepgear being the younger sister of Neptune and thus representing a handheld console instead of home console like her sister, Nepgear's name is derived from the Sega Game Gear handheld.

Trivia

  • In the Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 popularity poll, Nepgear has placed third with a total of 1032 points, just behind Neptune. This makes her the most popular CPU Candidate.[12]
    • In the 2014 popularity poll, Nepgear was ranked seventh place with 18,229 points.[13]
    • In the Neptunia Great Thanksgiving poll, Nepgear was ranked first place on the category "Which character do you support?"[14]
    • She is one of the most popular character of the series, along with Neptune and Noire.
  • Nepgear's special M.P.B.L is a reference to the song Most Pure Brave Lady. Most Pure Brave Lady is the song she sings from the Hyperdimension Neptune Duet Sister Song Vol.1 CD.
  • Nepgear's weapon after transformation and her special M.P.B.L mimics the main weapon of MBV-04-G Temjin from Cyber Troopers Virtual-On.
  • In Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, it is revealed that Nepgear absolutely loves robots, and gets sad if they are destroyed.
  • In Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, through certain events, Nepgear gets to summon Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man. In Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, the honor of summoning Inafune goes to Neptune instead, however, Nepgear (also through an event) later gets to summon a slew of manga characters, all made by the renowned Osamu Tezuka.
  • In Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, when Nepgear joins the party, she actually describes herself as either a tanky character or a red mage. While Blanc is more of a tank than Nepgear, Nepgear does make a good red mage given her good stats as well as having not only offensive skills but healing and support skills as well.
  • Nepgear's Slash Wave skill actually changes name upon transformation, changing into M.P.B.L. However, she is not the only character to do so, with both Plutia and Peashy changing all of their skill names upon transformation. 
  • In the games, Nepgear is often mistaken to be the older sister between herself and Neptune due to her older appearance and being more mature then Neptune.
  • In HDD form, Nepgear remains the most unchanged between the other CPUs and CPU Candidates. This might be a reference to the fact that Sega's handheld consoles consist solely of the Game Gear, and has not developed further.
  • Nepgear is the tallest of the CPU Candidates.

References

  1. ソーシャルクイズRPG「冒険クイズキングダム」がTVアニメ「超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ」とタイアップ企画実施(Japanese). Kayac(June 27, 2013). Archived from the original on July 10, 2013.Retrieved on September 27, 2022.
  2. ハイスクールDxD NEW FIGHT 6月5日(金)ゲイムギョウ界女神パネルガチャ販売開始!(Japanese). Marvelous Inc.(June 5, 2015). Archived from the original on June 9, 2015.Retrieved on July 30, 2022.
  3. 『拡散性ミリオンアーサー』×『超次元アクション ネプテューヌU』(Japanese). Square Enix(2014). Retrieved on July 17, 2022.
  4. 『拡散性ミリオンアーサー』×『新次元ゲイム ネプテューヌVII』(Japanese). Square Enix(July 8, 2015). Retrieved on September 26, 2022.
  5. 新次元型ネプギア -展望台-(Japanese). 3DS版 拡散性ミリオンアーサー 攻略Wiki. Retrieved on July 17, 2022.
  6. 【コラボ開催】ネプテューヌシリーズ「四女神オンライン CYBER DIMENSION NEPTUNE」×アンジュ・ヴィエルジュ~ガールズバトル~コラボ(Japanese). Sega(May 12, 2017). Archived from the original on May 15, 2017.Retrieved on July 18, 2022.
  7. https://store.steampowered.com/app/798901/SHOWMAKER_Nepgear_Pack/
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxlEp6AVN8E Nepgear's cameo appearance in Azur Lane: Crosswave
  9. 【さんすま】ネプテューヌコラボ情報まとめ(Japanese). さんすま攻略wiki. Altema(July 14, 2022). Retrieved on July 14, 2022.
  10. 【转发抽奖】崩坏学园2×超次元游戏:海王星 联动情报正式公开-崩坏学园2社区-米游社(Chinese). miHoYo(September 20, 2022). Archived from the original on April 4, 2023.Retrieved on September 22, 2022.
  11. アーテリーギア-機動戦姫- on X(Japanese)(March 27, 2024). Archived from the original on March 27, 2024.Retrieved on March 27, 2024. “◤コラボ決定◢ 『#アーテリーギア』×『#新次元ゲイムネプテューヌVII』コラボの開催が決定🎉 ゲイムギョウ界の守護女神、華麗に登場! コラボ記念キャンペーン 1 @arterygear_jp をフォロー 2 このツイートをRT 抽選で10名様に【結晶石×1800】をプレゼント🎁 #アテギア #ネプテューヌ”
  12. キャラクター人気投票企画「ゲイムギョウ界大選挙!!」結果発表(Japanese)pp. 1. Compile Heart(October 2011). Archived from the original on October 22, 2011.Retrieved on May 13, 2022.
  13. ゲイムギョウ界総選挙|超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ(Japanese)pp. 1. Compile Heart(December 2014). Archived from the original on December 25, 2014.Retrieved on May 13, 2022.
  14. ねぷねぷ大感謝祭(Japanese). Compile Heart(April 28, 2022). Retrieved on May 13, 2022.

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