Welcome to the 1st PC exclusive for the franchise and quite possibly the hardest Neptunia title you will ever play. The game is quite short but very challenging. It will take mastery over ALL 6 characters to attain 300,000 and accomplish a no miss clear (or the others for that matter).

There isn't much achievements to obtain but the sheer difficulty will have you replaying the game dozens of times over in order to memorize enemy placements within the levels and studying all boss patterns. Even then it still might not be enough given how frustrating the game can be.

Neptune (Default)

Specialty: Standard shooting. Neptune shoots to the right in typical shmup fashion.



Compa (Stage 1)

Specialty: The "bomber". Compa shoots pills in a downward arc to attack enemies at the bottom of the screen or at least midway. Her range is pretty terrible for aerial enemies from afar



IF (Stage 2)

Specialty: Same as Nep except fires to the left



Noire (Stage 3)

Specialty: Balloons..... no that's not a joke. Noire is good for attacking enemies from above the screen especially those annoying Yellow Dogoos that like to take cheap shots from above the level later on in the game



Vert (Stage 4)

Specialty: Strike Dash. Vert needs to charge up for a bit before she can unleash a powered dash across the screen that kills all enemies that come into contact. Don't abuse it too much as she appears to be vulnerable when retracting back



Blanc (Stage 5)

Specialty: Shield. Blanc encases herself in a shield that can block enemy projectiles and can be used offensively too.



Tips

• 30,000 points = extra life (You only start off with 3 with no option to increase or decrease the amount)
  
• There are NO continues in this game which means every life counts
  
• There's no difficulty options either which means the game is hard all around
  
• Can't confirm but I swear this game has input lag when switching characters which can get you killed when cornered
  
• Get used to using all the characters as you'll be forced to use them one way or another and boss fights will end quickly if you know how to utilize them correctly
  
• Yes it is possible to do a pacifist run if you desire. These are estimate times when the bosses will be automatically defeated without doing anything.
  
  0:56 Compa (including 2 Giant Red Dogoos)
  0:48 IF
  2:01 Noire
  2:16 Vert
  1:38 Blanc
  2:38 Arfoire
  
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Boss: Compa

The 1st phase of the fight will have 2 giant red dogoos erupting miniature dogoos. Take this as an opportunity to rack up some serious points especially if you're positioned correctly while the eruption occurs.





The 2nd phase will have Compa appear who will have mini red dogoos circling around her. You'll need to shoot her through the opening while avoiding pills that she will constantly throw.





Note: It's also possible to cheese Compa by getting close before the Red Dogoo shield surrounds her. Just be sure to follow her movements to avoid being hit.

Boss: IF

1st pattern: Neptune

IF is pretty self-explanatory by spraying bullets while throwing cellphones(?). Use Neptune during this phase and try to stay as close as possible to her while avoiding her spread fire.



2nd pattern: Compa

After a while IF will roam the lower end of the screen firing leaf bow upwards towards your character. Use Compa to fire pills while IF's below to do some damage before she reverts back to the 1st pattern or simply wait it out as Neptune if you want to play it safe

Boss: Nowa

1st pattern: Neptune

Noire will start the fight up going in an and upwards and downwards pattern while firing Red Dogoos that explode and release bullets in all directions.



Note: It's possible to negate the Red Dogoos if you stay very close to her while keeping up with down and upwards movements.



2nd pattern: IF

This is when the game starts becoming BS. Noire will start fire bullets along with green homing lasers that can thankfully be easily avoided if you stay along the bottom of the screen while moving forward or backing away from Noire. I swear there's a glitch concerning the homing lasers when avoided from below the screen as sometimes they'll appear stuck in the middle of the scree.





3rd pattern: Compa or IF

Noire will begin summoning balloons onto the field (Who the **** uses balloons in this scenario? What is this Neptunia Shooter or Balloon Fight). Anyways Noire will begin grabbing the balloons as leverage to shoot you as she's ascending. Use Compa to hit both the balloon her in the process from below and use IF if Noire is about halfway above the screen.

Boss: Vert

1st pattern: Neptune

Vert will begin the fight by firing missiles which are easy to avoid so keep blasting her with Neptune



She'll also perform a dash that fires bullets vertically while leaving a tiny opening between shots




2nd pattern: IF

Vert will then proceed to fire rings of tiny dogoos that can be avoided by evading the circles entirely or from the inside where there's a giant space. Use IF to shoot her on the left side of the screen.



3rd pattern: Noire

I guess those balloons will come in handy for something...

Vert will start firing blue orbs and green dogoos that transform into stalagmites. Use Noire to destroy everything above before she moves on onto the 4th pattern



4th pattern: ???

Vert continuously dashes across the screen like she does after her 1st pattern so I recommend just dodging until she recycles her routine starting from phase 1.

Boss: Blanc

1st pattern: Neptune or Vert

Blanc will begin by releasing fireballs (I guess that hot temper comes in handy for all situations) while summoning dogoo pillars from above and below the screen. Just avoid and fire away with Nep or charge with Vert



2nd pattern: Noire



Next she will begin firing pink lasers that will move horizontally when passed while summoning dogoo pillars from the left and right of the screen. Noire can easily hit Blanc from above

3rd pattern: IF

Seems to be the same **** with Neptune except she sprays bullets all over the place. Just avoid the dogoo pillars while pumping her full of lead.



4th pattern: Compa

Same as Noire except without the lasers.



5th pattern: Neptune



Blanc will encase herself with Shogi(?) pieces and fire them across the field in hopes of defending against your attacks while dishing out pin in the process. She'll leave little openings which is enough for Neptune to shoot her from afar.

???

Should be earned by Stage 3. Defeating a ton of Red Dogoos at the beginning of the Compa fight will grant a tons of points as well as the Blue Dogoo that appears before Noire's Boss Battle that spawns a ton of Dogoos for even more points

Should be earned by Stage 5. Provided you did the previous 2 tasks listed for the previous achievement. Defeating almost all of the Giant Dogoos in Stage 4 is a must as and the Giant Metal Dogoos in Stage 5 as both grant lots of points.

Should be earned after defeating Arfoire. You'll need to do all of the previous tasks from the 2 previous achievements, kill almost every enemy you come across as well defeat almost all the Giant Green Dogoos that try to crush you from above.

Defeating the exploding Dogoos that Noire fires or the ones from Arfoire can also help towards this goal provided you don't get killed or take too long before they're automatically defeated.