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'''Girlfriend of Steel''' is a video game based on ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', released in 1998. The game is essentially a visual novel which the player acts out. Set in the middle of the series (roughly before the attack of the Angel [[Ireul]]), the story revolves a new alternate robot design developed by a rival defense contractor (similar to [[Jet Alone]]), called [[The Geektionary T-Z#T-RIDEN-T Land Cruiser|TRIDENT units]] (alternatively, "Country Crawler"). One of the three TRIDENT pilots is "[[Extracanonical Characters#Mana Kirishima|Mana Kirishima]]", who enrolls in school with the Eva pilots. Mana develops a relationship with Shinji and they eventually go on a date and kiss (The kiss only occurs if Shinji chooses the option of considering Mana's feelings over his roommates, Misato and Asuka). Asuka is intensely jealous of Mana and thinks the girl is a spy, while Rei is largely in the background of the story. Eventually the TRIDENT unit goes berserk and the Evas have to stop it. | '''Girlfriend of Steel''' is a video game based on ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', released in 1998. The game has been announced to be re-released for the Playstation Portable in April 2009, although it will be the Special Edition version of the game (which was originally released for Playstation 2 in 2006). Girlfriend of Steel is essentially a visual novel which the player acts out. Set in the middle of the series (roughly before the attack of the Angel [[Ireul]]), the story revolves a new alternate robot design developed by a rival defense contractor (similar to [[Jet Alone]]), called [[The Geektionary T-Z#T-RIDEN-T Land Cruiser|TRIDENT units]] (alternatively, "Country Crawler"). One of the three TRIDENT pilots is "[[Extracanonical Characters#Mana Kirishima|Mana Kirishima]]", who enrolls in school with the Eva pilots. Mana develops a relationship with Shinji and they eventually go on a date and kiss (The kiss only occurs if Shinji chooses the option of considering Mana's feelings over his roommates, Misato and Asuka). Asuka is intensely jealous of Mana and thinks the girl is a spy, while Rei is largely in the background of the story. Eventually the TRIDENT unit goes berserk and the Evas have to stop it. | ||
Mana Kirishima's characterization is more or less a combination of Asuka and Rei; she is not as extroverted as Asuka, but is not introverted like Rei is. | Mana Kirishima's characterization is more or less a combination of Asuka and Rei; she is not as extroverted as Asuka, but is not introverted like Rei is. Mana's character design is even a bit of a cross between Rei and Asuka, having Asuka's reddish-brown hair, cut short in a pageboy haircut like Rei's is. | ||
"Gameplay" consists of essentially walking around until the next scripted event in the visual novel is triggered. The only real choice involved is at the end, where the player can choose between an ending focusing on Mana, Asuka, or Kaji. In the Mana ending, Mana does not die in battle but has to say a tearful goodbye to Shinji. In the Asuka ending, Mana does die in battle but she helps Shinji get over his loss, and the two of them grow closer as a result (in a scene with heavy romantic overtones). The Kaji ending doesn't focus on one character in particular, compared to the other endings, and Mana also survives but has to say goodbye to Shinji, with the hope that they'll meet again someday. | "Gameplay" consists of essentially walking around until the next scripted event in the visual novel is triggered. The only real choice involved is at the end, where the player can choose between an ending focusing on Mana, Asuka, or Kaji. In the Mana ending, Mana does not die in battle but has to say a tearful goodbye to Shinji. In the Asuka ending, Mana does die in battle but she helps Shinji get over his loss, and the two of them grow closer as a result (in a scene with heavy romantic overtones). The Kaji ending doesn't focus on one character in particular, compared to the other endings, and Mana also survives but has to say goodbye to Shinji, with the hope that they'll meet again someday. The Special Edition version of the game includes a fourth ending which is Shinji and Mana related, but not much is known about it. | ||
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*Mana Kirishima has the same [[seiyū]] as Rei Ayanami: [[Megumi Hayashibara]], however, the ''other'' video game only-created love interest for Shinji has somebody else. [[Second Impression]] [[Extracanonical Characters#Mayumi Yamagishi|Mayumi Yamagishi]]'s seiyuu is Kyoko Hikami. | *Mana Kirishima has the same [[seiyū]] as Rei Ayanami: [[Megumi Hayashibara]], however, the ''other'' video game only-created love interest for Shinji has somebody else. [[Second Impression]] [[Extracanonical Characters#Mayumi Yamagishi|Mayumi Yamagishi]]'s seiyuu is Kyoko Hikami. | ||
*The End Song for the video game is Yokan ("Premonition"), sung by [[Yoko Takahashi]]. | *The End Song for the video game is Yokan ("Premonition"), sung by [[Yoko Takahashi]]. | ||
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Revision as of 03:08, 16 February 2009
Girlfriend of Steel is a video game based on Neon Genesis Evangelion, released in 1998. The game has been announced to be re-released for the Playstation Portable in April 2009, although it will be the Special Edition version of the game (which was originally released for Playstation 2 in 2006). Girlfriend of Steel is essentially a visual novel which the player acts out. Set in the middle of the series (roughly before the attack of the Angel Ireul), the story revolves a new alternate robot design developed by a rival defense contractor (similar to Jet Alone), called TRIDENT units (alternatively, "Country Crawler"). One of the three TRIDENT pilots is "Mana Kirishima", who enrolls in school with the Eva pilots. Mana develops a relationship with Shinji and they eventually go on a date and kiss (The kiss only occurs if Shinji chooses the option of considering Mana's feelings over his roommates, Misato and Asuka). Asuka is intensely jealous of Mana and thinks the girl is a spy, while Rei is largely in the background of the story. Eventually the TRIDENT unit goes berserk and the Evas have to stop it.
Mana Kirishima's characterization is more or less a combination of Asuka and Rei; she is not as extroverted as Asuka, but is not introverted like Rei is. Mana's character design is even a bit of a cross between Rei and Asuka, having Asuka's reddish-brown hair, cut short in a pageboy haircut like Rei's is.
"Gameplay" consists of essentially walking around until the next scripted event in the visual novel is triggered. The only real choice involved is at the end, where the player can choose between an ending focusing on Mana, Asuka, or Kaji. In the Mana ending, Mana does not die in battle but has to say a tearful goodbye to Shinji. In the Asuka ending, Mana does die in battle but she helps Shinji get over his loss, and the two of them grow closer as a result (in a scene with heavy romantic overtones). The Kaji ending doesn't focus on one character in particular, compared to the other endings, and Mana also survives but has to say goodbye to Shinji, with the hope that they'll meet again someday. The Special Edition version of the game includes a fourth ending which is Shinji and Mana related, but not much is known about it.
Notes
- Girlfriend of Steel was only released in Japanese, although Fan translations exist on the internet.
- Mana Kirishima has the same seiyū as Rei Ayanami: Megumi Hayashibara, however, the other video game only-created love interest for Shinji has somebody else. Second Impression Mayumi Yamagishi's seiyuu is Kyoko Hikami.
- The End Song for the video game is Yokan ("Premonition"), sung by Yoko Takahashi.
