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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel

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Gainax's Evangelion visual novel starring original character Mana Kirishima, a rival Eva type pilot who falls for Shinji. First released for Windows in 1997, it was later ported across Saturn, PlayStation, PS2, and PSP over the next decade.

Genre: Visual novel
Platform: Sega Saturn / PS1 / PS2 / PSP / PC (Windows/Mac)
Developer: Gainax
Publisher: Gainax (PC); Sega (Saturn); CyberFront (PSP)
Release Year: 1997
Japan Release Date: 1997-07-11
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Gameplay

The game is a lightly interactive visual novel. Players mostly read through scenes and occasionally choose where to go next, with one major decision late in the story branching into several possible endings.
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Story / Setting

Set between episodes 15 and 16, the story follows Mana Kirishima, a transfer student who grows close to Shinji before it emerges that she pilots one of the TRIDENT units, a rival program to the Evangelions, hence the title. Asuka's jealousy over the budding relationship runs through the plot.
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Development and Release

Gainax developed and published the original Windows and Macintosh release on July 11, 1997, with the TV series cast voicing their characters and character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto drawing Mana. Console ports followed on Sega Saturn and PlayStation in 1998, and special editions with extra content arrived on PS2 and PSP in the 2000s. The game won the Best Interactive Software award at Animation Kobe in 1997.
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