Meitantei Evangelion [PS2/JPN]

NEW GAME...... Start sleuthing as Shinji
DATA LOAD...... Resume a game from memory card save data
OPTIONS......... Adjust sound volumes, toggle vibration, etc

» Start a new game and white space appears followed by a female's voice. Gendo Ikari appears. The female voice says, "Dosan" and then screams as Gendo is shown with a big bloody pool around his head. Shinji wakes up in a sweat while bugs screech in the background. As he sits there, the familiar Evangelion theme song "A Cruel Angel's Thesis," plays as sung by Yoko Takahashi.

» The Year is 2015, April 3.
Police sirens sound in the distance as Katsuragi is seen standing on a corner in a somewhat shaken state. In the next scene, Shinji pops out in front of a clothing stand and notices the sirens. The scene shifts again to inside NERV HQ where images of bloody bodies are shown on a telescreen. Bodies of dead policemen. A strange girl with tentacles where her arms should be appears on the monitor. Shinji is shown running and he spies the tentacle girl. He's transfixed by the sight and freezes but Rei pushes him out of the way. For her helpful gesture, Rei gets smacked down by the strange girl's tentacles. As Rei recovers, the girl-creature's tentacles grab Rei. Shinji doesn't know what to do as stares at the amazing sight. Back at NERV, the crew assesses the situation. Suddenly, Shinji grows a pair and yells out a battle cry before rushing into battle.

» Control Shinji with the L-analog and punch the creature-girl by pressing the SQUARE button to land a few punches or the X button to kick. Guard against attacks by pressing the O button while the TRIANGLE button forces to him duck in a defensive posture. To grab the tentacles and pull them away for a slingshot twang, press the L2 or R2 trigger and he'll grab. If you take too long, Rei dies and the game ends. To prevent that, you'll have to attack the girl with a bunch of punches and then use the L2 and R2 to pull both of her tentacles away. After you do that to both tentacles, Shinji will pull Rei away and Katsuragi will drive into the scene and crash into the girl. She survives the impact however and leaps away and into the deserted town. Katsuragi drives after her and Shinji helps Rei while images of dead and bloody policemen may be seen in the background. An ambulance arrives and brings Rei into the infirmary at NERV.

» Meitantei Evangelion is an interactive adventure game with action sequences interspersed within the storyline. Shinji's actions are chosen from four activity boxes located on the bottom of the screen. In the early part of the town scenario, Shinji runs into his friend Kensuke Aida. As Shinji goes through the town, he'll encounter various characters and interact with them by choosing actions from the four aforementioned activity boxes. In front of the donut shop, he'll meet Hikari Horaki. While in town, he sees a girl that looks strangely like Rei Ayanami except her eyes are seemingly Kamen-Masked. He follows her into a mall where he bumps into Touji Suzuhara who is enraged temporarily. The two see the Rei-clone again and they puzzle over her appearance.

» All of the dialogue is accompanied by speech including Shinji's dialogue

» To review the script of dialogue and storyline at any time, press the TRIANGLE button.