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Detective Evangelion

Game

A PlayStation 2 mystery adventure that recasts Shinji Ikari as a NERV investigator chasing a killer through Tokyo-3, mixing visual novel style questioning and clue-gathering with occasional 3D battle segments, voiced by the anime's full original cast.

Genre: Adventure / mystery visual novel
Platform: PS2
Developer: Headlock
Publisher: Broccoli
Release Year: 2007
Japan Release Date: 2007-01-17
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Story / Setting

Gendo Ikari names Shinji a NERV special investigator alongside fellow pilots Asuka and Rei after Shinji shows a knack for detective work. The case opens with Shinji rescuing Rei from a tentacled attacker and spirals into a string of murders across NERV and the city. The trail eventually points to Kaworu Nagisa, revealed as the killer who murdered Gendo and framed others to cover his tracks.
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Gameplay

Most of the game runs like a visual novel: players explore locations and question NERV staff and other characters, picking apart their answers for clues and contradictions. The pace occasionally breaks into short 3D, third-person battle sequences between the investigative stretches.
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Development and Release

Headlock developed the game and Broccoli published it under the Evangelion license, releasing it in Japan on January 17, 2007, with no release outside the country. It shipped in three tiers, a standard edition, a premium edition, and a costly premium box that bundled a special multi-face analog wristwatch.
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