Evangelion 2

Kiel · Postby **Kiel** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 10:41 pm

Maybe I'm out of the loop, but I still have a lot of unanswered questions about the Eva PS2 game!

Since I'm unable to import Japanese copy, my only hope would be if it was ported and shipped to NA.

Anyone know who would port it, or even if it's being released in North America at all? :shock:

Any feedback would be awsome

arigato

The Eva Monkey · Postby **The Eva Monkey** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:25 pm

Its a Bandai game, and bandai brings quite a few of its anime-ish games stateside, such as Gundam and Dragon Ball games. However, Evangelion 2 is not only extremely atypical of American video games, but it is also a niche interest without any mainstream exposure to warrant porting the game to US PS2.

Believe me, I wish it would come out over here, but it just isn't happening anytime soon.

wildarmsheero · Postby **wildarmsheero** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:30 pm

But, you must remember, there is the live action movie coming out. Perhaps it'll be released along side that?

The Eva Monkey · Postby **The Eva Monkey** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:35 pm

That is assuming the movie actually gets made before the Game/PS2 is obsolete.

wildarmsheero · Postby **wildarmsheero** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:42 pm

True. Also, if they did release the game it would probably be based on the live action movie rather than the TV seires.

Kiel · Postby **Kiel** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:45 pm

Yeah

thanks for the info

Bandai brought out Lupin the 3rd and is porting the Cowboy Bebop PS2 game as we speak

maybe there is some hope

EVA-01X · Postby **EVA-01X** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 2:49 pm

Yeah, but those games go with series that were on CN and EVA will never be on that... I hope...

coff · Postby **coff** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:59 pm

EVA-01X wrote:Yeah, but those games go with series that were on CN and EVA will never be on that... I hope...

It already has.

Dave · Postby **Dave** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:03 pm

Well, the first two episodes have. I seriously doubt they'd air anything more than that though. Some of the later episodes would require massive scene cuts just to make it on Adult Swim, so a daytime airing is out of the question. :(

EVA-01X · Postby **EVA-01X** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:36 pm

But wait...... arn't there quite a few of us EVA fans out there? I mean come on! Just look at how many fansites, forums, fanart, fanfics and other EVA-related things there are out there! The market for the game is there, Bandai just dosn't relize it yet!

RubberSoul · Postby **RubberSoul** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:57 am

Maybe if the Anime Network(The 24/7 channel, Presuming it will show Evangelion) really takes off and becomes successful perhaps the Eva2 PS2 game will be considered for a NA release.

coff · Postby **coff** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:14 am

RubberSoul wrote:Maybe if the Anime Network(The 24/7 channel, Presuming it will show Evangelion) really takes off and becomes successful perhaps the Eva2 PS2 game will be considered for a NA release.

Anime Network? Is there such a thing?

wildarmsheero · Postby **wildarmsheero** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:26 am

Yeah, by ADV. Where have you been, man?

The Eva Monkey · Postby **The Eva Monkey** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:46 am

Trust me, I'm fairly well read when it comes to the video game industry.

1) Eva 2 is essentially a choose your own adventure with a dating sim system, something that is the complete polar opposite of American gaming.

2) Eva has quite a few fans over here, but not all Eva fans are gamers. You play games and you like Eva, and you assume the rest of the Eva fans are gamers. However, not everyone is.

3) A product has to do well outside of the fanbase. There has to be plenty of copies bought by people who aren't that into it. There has to be appeal outside of the fanbase. Eva 2 is a game that caters to hardcore Eva fans, this negates that spill over.

If I've done my math, Bandai would have to sell something like 25,000-50,000 copies of a ported title like Eva 2 to turn a profit. That is a considerable amount of copies. And I doubt there are that many Eva fans out there willing to buy the game.

Kiel · Postby **Kiel** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 4:26 pm

So!

Bandai could simply port a smaller quantity of the games to NA.

Bandai could possibly do a tv commercial for the game (on Cartoon Network for better synergy)

I'm sure both anime fans and gamers alike would agree that it's about time that a Japanese "Choose your own Adventure" game was brought stateside, er....Canada-side :oops:

I'm not asking for a huge endevour on Bandai America's part, I just think it couldn't hurt (profit wise) to give it a shot

Anybody know about a petition going on for the game?

ganbatte

EVA-01X · Postby **EVA-01X** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 8:58 pm

I would sign the damn thing.... I so want to see Unit-04 kick a little ass!

quatre1453 · Postby **quatre1453** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:12 am

we all would sign it.
if the game was released in the us it could spark a intrest in eva to the public but bandai will not risk losing millions of dollars in a north american eva 2 realese.
i sencerly hope they do and i could be wrong it is just so unlikely
but if there is a petition i will sign it

Hand of God · Postby **Hand of God** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:27 pm

if the NGE LA movie comes out than IÂ´going to have a eva VG because if u think about it a lot of big movies has that, The Matrix and LOTR

anatrok · Postby **anatrok** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:31 pm

no they'll just do some lame tie-in.

Play Shinji, wining, and getting hit by Asuka. Yay!

The Eva Monkey · Postby **The Eva Monkey** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:00 pm

If the movies gets made, by the time it does, the PS2 game will be old news. They'll probably make a really terrible tie in game that won't be worth anyone's time.

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