Neon Genesis Evangelion 2
Neon Genesis Evangelions (Shinseiki Evangelion 2) is an Evangelion-based RPG video game, released in 2003 for PlayStation 2. It allows the player to follow several characters through several different versions of the plot of the series.
PS2 Version Scenarios
- Translations of the Scenario Titles and descriptions by Sailor Star Dust
Shinji Ikari- "Angel, Attack": Based on the events of the series, Shinji arrives in New Tokyo-3. (Battles happen out of order in this version of the Scenario).
Asuka Langley Soryu- "Asuka, arrives in Japan": Living with Shinji and Misato, Asuka adjusts to Japanese life while being an Eva pilot.
Rei Ayanami- "Rei, Beyond her heart": Rei questions her identity and discovers who she really is.
Misato Katsuragi- "A Woman's Battle": Misato has the feeling something strange is going on at Nerv and begins investigating.
Shinji Ikari- "The Final Messenger": This Scenario takes place during Episode 24 of the series.
Shinji Ikari- "Another World": An endless Scenario that's unique to the PS2 version, Shinji is not an Eva pilot. He's just a regular junior high school student that lives with Asuka and Misato (Misato is the only adult in this scenario). This light-hearted touch is similar to the Girlfriend of Steel 2 universe, but is still based on the personalties of the anime characters.
Toji Suzuhara- "Toji again": Toji is an Eva Pilot and fights against the Mass Production Evangelions.
Ryoji Kaji- "VS Seele": Kaji investigates the mysteries of Seele and Nerv. (Kaji needs to obtain ALL the Classified Information files to complete this Scenario.)
Kaworu Nagisa- "Angel Buster": Kaworu becomes an Eva Pilot and discovers his true identity.
Shinji Ikari- "Silver Muriatic Balance": Will give more information once Scenario is completed.
Gendo Ikari- "Human Instrumentality Project": Gendo attempts to reunite with his dead wife, Yui Ikari by causing Third Impact.
PSP Version Scenarios
- Credit for PSP game information goes to Llenoard Pler's Another Cases FAQ
- SCENARIO 01: Shinji Ikari- "Angel, Attack" This is the first Scenario you should play. It covers the whole series & movies story, and features plenty of tutorials.
- SCENARIO 02: Shinji Ikari- "I like this world, though" In this Scenario, Shinji must try to get along with every other character (except PenPen), so he can feel more comfortable with his life in New Tokyo-3.
- SCENARIO 03: Rei Ayanami- "Rei, beyond the heart" In this Scenario, you will control the Pilot of the EVA-00, Rei Ayanami.
- SCENARIO 04: Asuka Langley Soryu- "A kiss in a taboo place" In this Scenario, you will control the Pilot of the EVA-02, Asuka.
- SCENARIO 05: Misato Katsuragi- "A woman's fight" Misato suspects that something fishy is going on at Nerv. She must discover Gendo's true purposes to save the whole Humankind from the Human Instrumentality Project.
- SCENARIO 06: Gendo Ikari - TITLE: "Human Instrumentality Project" Gendo's dream is to reunite with his wife, Yui. But she is dead, so the only chance for Gendou is to go use Seele's Human Instrumentality Project for his own profit.
- SCENARIO 07: Kozo Fuyutsuki- "The dream of a brightful day in the end" Although Fuyutsuki is a rather secondary character in the series, he shared with Gendo the acknowledgment about most of Evangelion's deepest secrets. In this Scenario, he will undertake an investigation, trying to understand what happened to his love interest: Yui Ikari. Or is it an obsession?
- SCENARIO 08: Ritsuko Akagi- "Ardent woman" Ritsuko is jealous of Rei because Gendo spends a lot of time with her. So she plans a strategy: seducing other men, so Gendou starts feeling jealous too.
- SCENARIO 09: Maya Ibuki- "The peak of the young grass" Maya is very nervous and has problems eating. Maybe it has something to do with her Operator colleague, Shigeru Aoba. Or maybe it is because of the tasks that Ritsuko has just asked her to do, related to NERV's deepest secrets...
- SCENARIO 10: Makoto Hyuga- "Marvelous Sky" Hyuga is in love with Misato. Despite considering Hyuga a good friend, she is more interested in Kaji, with whom she is investigating NERV's deepest secrets. Because of this, Hyuga is worried abour his love interest.
- SCENARIO 11: Shigeru Aoba- "Cobalt Sky" When he was younger, at his college days, Aoba was the guitarist of a band called Cobalt Sky. Although he liked playing guitar, he felt like it was impossible to get a living from it. So he studied hard and started working as Operator at NERV, forgetting about his old friends.
- SCENARIO 12: Ryoji Kaji- "VS. Seele" Kaji is a triple spy: he works for Seele (spying NERV), he works for Gendo (spying Seele) and he also works on his own to uncover all the secrets. In his Scenario, you must get all the "Classified Information" files. That's right: all 4 levels of information for all 24 subjects.
- SCENARIO 13: Toji Suzuhara- "Prudence of the heart" Toji takes care of her little sister, which remains in hospital, recovering from the wounds suffered after Sachiel's battle. Toji blames Shinji for his clumsy controls of the EVA-01, but he ignores what destiny has planned for him.
- SCENARIO 14: Kensuke Aida- "Waking up from the dream" Uncover the secrets behind "EVAs' Development" and the "Marduk Institute", and become an EVA Pilot.
- SCENARIO 15: Hikari Horaki- "The person who watched the spring" This Scenario is not very difficult, although there are lots of scenes to activate. It is a rather light-hearted Scenario, like a high school comedy. Hikari is in love with Toji, but he doesn't seem very interested about it...
- SCENARIO 16: Kaworu Nagisa- "Broken Wings" Discover who you really are and avoid causing the Third Impact.
- Interestingly, this scenario is somewhat takes place in an alternate universe: Kaworu is one of the first Angels to attack, classified as the third Angel, and is stopped by Toji and Shinji from reaching Terminal Dogma.
- SCENARIO 17: Pen Pen- "Yet untouched by the hand of Humankind" You can't leave Misato's home in this Scenario. PenPen was watching TV and saw the advert of a Pet Shop. PenPen asked Misato to buy a dog-like robot called Nuigurumi, because he want to take care of this virtual pet. Therefore, Misato goes to the shop but Nuigurumi is too expensive. However, she is given a coupon sheet to take part on a raffle for various products from the Pet Shop.
- SCENARIO 18: Shinji Ikari- "Silver Muriatic Balance" You start living at Misato's apartment, and every character is already living at Neo Tokyo-3, even Asuka, Kaji and Kaworu. But even if there's 5 Pilots at NERV, it seems like Shinji aboard the EVA-01 will be the only one deployed in battle, so be prepared for some tough battles. The Angels appear at random order, and it looks like EVA-01 may turn Berserk more often.
PS2 and PSP version differences
coming soon
"Classified Information"
The game's biggest attraction was its "Classified Information" (Kimitsu Jouhou) files: the game was hyped to contain the answers to some of Neon Genesis Evangelion's most perplexing mysteries, and these "answers" came in the form of unlockable data files, isolated from the actual gameplay depending on the Scenario.
Series creator Hideaki Anno was extensively interviewed by the video game developers, so the information contained within the "Classified Information" files should probably be considered "second-tier" canon: it is fairly accurate and reveals many things which the series only vaguely explains, however it also mentions a few things which contradict things depicted in the series. For example, the series states that all Angels are trying to return to Adam, but the Classified Information files say that some Angels were trying to reach Lilith, while others were trying to reach Adam, and some simply had no purpose at all. Thus the information contained inside should probably be taken with a grain of salt, but individual facts revealed within the files are probably trustworthy so long as they do not directly conflict with information from the series itself.
For more information, please read the full translation of the Classified Information files.
F Type Equipment
We hear about B and D Type Equipment in the series. A and C are never mentioned, and, when it came time to fabricate a merchandising gimmick for the NGE2 game, they skipped straight to F. The F Type Equipment is ungainly magenta-and-orange-colored armor that is dumped right on top of EVA-01's normal purple getup. Not only does it look like it would impede her movement in general, it also, incomprehensibly, places a pylon right in front of the Eva's face… @_@ Fortunately, Yamashita — who was given the task of designing the thing — was well aware of the problematic nature of the F Type Equipment's concept (see the January 2004 issue of Newtype USA for further details), so he can be forgiven for this monstrosity. (Well, except for that one pylon, anyway.)
Notes
- A PSP version of the game, given the title Neon Genesis Evangelions: Tsukurareshi Sekai (Artificial World) - Another Cases was released in 2006 in Japan. It includes many extras and game enhancements, such as a total of 18 game Scenarios, some modified or new ones from the original 11 in the PS2 version.
- The game borrows a few things from the Evangelion manga and tweaks them slightly to fit better with the anime:
- For instance, when the power goes out at Nerv, if Kaworu has already arrived, he tells Rei "You are the same as me." Rei replies "I am me. I'm different from you." (During a chapter in volume the manga, Rei's replies to Kaworu's statement with: "We may be similar, but are not the same.") Also in the same sequence, Shinji and Asuka are wandering around HQ together. This is borrowed from the manga chapter where Shinji and Asuka almost kiss.
- Similar to the manga, Shinji in the Eva2 game lived with his Uncle and Aunt instead of his teacher like in the anime.
- Although Toji and Kaworu never meet in the series, the Eva2 game portrays them as not getting along. Toji because he acts hot-headed, and Kaworu because he acts calm about things.
