UTV Ignition is re-releasing El Shaddai in Japan. The reprint, titled El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Encore Edition, is slated for release on May 17.

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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron’s opening credits where Enoch side-scrolls through a hundred years of time sets the tone for the game. The highlight of Ignition Japan’s first and sadly final game is its striking scenes.

Since the idea for El Shaddai came from UTV Ignition in Europe, I asked Takeyasu what kind of game does he want to create.

“A lot of people tell me Lucifel reminds them of me,” Takeyasu added. “I think some of my personality may have rubbed off on him. That’s another reason I had an idea of what Lucifel would look like right away.”

We have 25 invites to giveaway for Ignition’s El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Comic-Con party.

“There were a few things I was testing to make the design even more adventurous. Because we lost programmers and we had to finish the game by a deadline there were gimmicks that I was ready to implement, but didn’t make it in,” said Takeyasu.

Ignition pushed El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron out of Catherine’s path by moving the game’s release date from July 26 to August 16.

America gets El Shaddai in July, while Europe will see it two months later in September. Ignition also released a new trailer and screenshots along with the announcement.

Tale of the Last Promise and El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron make their debut in Japan.

Watch a prototype video of the game from 2007.

Instead of reading this you could be playing El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

Are you sure you can get the demo ready by April 14? No problem, says Ignition.

Ignition released a new video showing off the multiple ways in which you can use the Arch.