Connor Beaton writes: "I've never been as huge a fan of animé as some of my friends and colleagues have been. Unlike a lot of other gamers and otaku across the globe, I've never even watched a single episode of Escaflowne or had a One Piece marathon into the early morning. However, there's something about Neon Genesis Evangelion that's always attracted me to it. Perhaps it's the deep, convoluted plot, or the well-developed three-dimensional characters – hell, maybe it's just the giant robots – but it's one of the few animé that I watch and love.
"A few days ago I decided to widen my review demographic by expanding to import games. So far, not a single Neon Genesis Evangelion game has been localised and released in an English-speaking territory, so being such a huge fan of the franchise, I thought: why not review an Evangelion game?"
Now that Evangelion is easily accessible by a wide audience, thanks to Netflix putting it up for streaming in 2019, a whole new audience is discovering the anime. This might get people wondering if there are games to go with it. The answer is yes. But, unfortunately, none of them are available in English. They were only available in Japan. Which is a shame, because some of them were really weird in a very interesting game. In addition to the action games you would expect from the series, odd stuff showed up. I’m not just talking about the Mahjong games either. I’m talking about things like Princess Maker-style simulations and rhythm games.
always made me sad when i watched an anime, checked for games and they were japan only :(
"Shinseiki Evangelion Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku DS with Asuka Hokan Keikaku" or
"Neon Genesis Evangelion Ayanami Raising Project DS with Asuka Completion Project" in English, is a simulation game in which you will "raise" the heroines Rei and Asuka (from the anime Evangelion), into girls of your liking.
This DS version is a port of the Japanese PC game, with extra added customs and ending variations that the PC players should also check out.
Player will take the role of Rei and Asuka's guardian, keeping their schedules and giving them actions to do which will raise their stats. The player will have a period of one year to raise them, the ending will vary depending on their different stats and event cut-scenes during the game.
There will also be a quiz mode to test your Evangelion knowledge.
The game will be released on 8/28 for 5040 yen in Japan.
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Editor's Note: The above are information taken and translated by me from the original Japanese Famitsu article. The story URL links to a google translate of the original article; it doesn't make much grammatical sense which is why I decided to translate the important parts. Credit URL links to the original Famitsu article.
