Game name
Shinseiki Evangelion Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku DS with Asuka Hokan Keikaku
Release date
September 28th, 2008
Game info
Ever play Princess Maker? Well, the genre of the game is exactly the same as Princess Makers, only with Evangelion. The game is played bookwise, ie sideways. In short, you take Rei (or Asuka, if you've unlocked her), from Evangelion, and you choose her schedule for every week on Sunday and train her. Your decisions affect your relationship with her, and can even change the plotline of Evangelion somewhat. For example, you can make Rei become an otaku, or you can make her fall in love with you. All lines (sans the main character, ie you) are voiced. If you've ever watched and enjoyed Evangelion, it should be fairly simple to go through this! The only problem one might face, I would imagine, would be the naming system, in which you write in hiragana or katakana to name yourself.
I'm absolutely sure this game won't make it out to the west. For one this, despite Evangelion's popularity, it's still more a cult hit. Secondly, Princess Maker type games aren't popular at all in the west, as evidenced by the cancellation of the Princess Maker 2 translation. I'm not sure about it's popularity in Japan, but it IS popular enough to have spawned 3 remakes!
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