Functions
After the clock is set, a screen showing the Second Impact will
appear for several seconds before the baby Angel hatches from its bakelite
container.
There are four growth stages: baby, cocoon, adult, and special.
There are four growth stages: baby, cocoon, adult, and special.
It will stay as a baby for 24 hours before evolving into a cocoon, and the
cocoon will be able to evolve to the adult stage three hours later, when the A
button is pressed. If the adult Angel reaches the conditions for a special
evolution within 72 hours, it will become a cocoon again and then evolve into a
special character; otherwise, it will depart on its own.
There are no on-screen icons, and therefore all information is
conveyed through the screen, buttons, and sounds.
If the Angel needs something, you can press the C button for an animation to see what it needs. If the Angel shows a dizzy emote, it's hungry; if it shows a scowling emote, it's unhappy. If both Hungry and Happy meters are partially filled, it will perform a happy animation. If the Happy meter is full and the Hungry meter is not entirely empty, it will perform a Close Up.
If the Angel needs something, you can press the C button for an animation to see what it needs. If the Angel shows a dizzy emote, it's hungry; if it shows a scowling emote, it's unhappy. If both Hungry and Happy meters are partially filled, it will perform a happy animation. If the Happy meter is full and the Hungry meter is not entirely empty, it will perform a Close Up.
Pressing the A button opens the main menu:
- FEEDING
- GAMES
The meal is an S² Engine,
and the snack is a watermelon. The meal fills up hunger meter, and the snack
(and playing the games) fills up happiness meter. You need to feed it 4 meals
to fill up the hunger meter. You need to feed it 4 snacks (or win 4 times when
playing a game) to fill up the happiness meter.
Cocoon
Stage
After 24 hours, the baby will evolve into a Cocoon. During this
time, you will not be able to feed it, play games, or check the status,
only switch to the clock and turn the sound on and off. After three hours, the
evolution noise will play and the cocoon will stop wiggling. If you press the A button, the cocoon will evolve into its next growth stage.
Waiting longer periods of time to evolve it will alter which Angel it becomes.
It will become a cocoon a second time if an adult Angel reaches conditions
necessary for a special evolution.
Baby (24 hours) |
Cocoon (can be hatched after 3+ hours) |
Games
There are two games, referred to as "Simulations".
Battle Training
Targeting
LCL
Cleaning
Throughout the day, the LCL around the Angel will get dirty.
Pressing the A button will clean it. The longer you wait to clean it, the
dirtier the LCL will become. You will not be able to feed the Angel or play
games with it until the LCL is clean.
A.T. Field
If the Angel is neglected for a long period of time, it will put
up an A.T. field around itself. The user can coax it out by pressing the A
button. While the Angel has the A.T. field up, you can't feed it or play the
games, but you can still check the clock, turn the sound on and off, and check
needs with the C button.
Daily
Events
Throughout the day, animations of various other characters from
the Evangelion franchise will appear. Pressing any button will trigger the
animation to end, with some showing an additional screen before closing. The
animations will not play during the cocoon stage.
Sleep
When the Angel is asleep, pressing the A button brings up the
Lights On / Off menu. In the baby stage it goes to sleep at 8 PM, in the adult
stage it goes to sleep at 10 PM, and both stages wake up at 7 AM.
Death and
Departure
The Evatchi has two known ending sequences:
If you maintain good care and make enough care mistakes, the Angel
will depart on its own and trigger the Third Impact, leaving a black screen
with the message
If you neglect the Angel and fail to coax it out of its A.T. field,
it will be killed by NERV, leaving an image of a giant cross explosion. The
animation differs slightly between each Angel, showing which character from the
series killed it just before the explosion.
In both instances, pressing A and C together will trigger a new baby
to appear.
* Source: TamaWikia (copied and slightly edited)