46 OKUNEN MONOGATARI : HARUKANARU EDEN HE (E. V. O. - Search For Eden) 46億年物語 ―はるかなるエデンへ― ©1992 Almanic ©1992 Koichi Sugiyama ©1992 Cube ©1992 Enix Release: 1992-12-21 (¥9600) Cartridge (Backup Ram) SHVC-46 Action / Adventure game Released in America as E.V.O - SEARCH FOR EDEN ( SNS-46-USA ) 46 Okunen Monogatari (aka E.V.O in the west) is a side-scrolling action/RPG by Almanic Corporation and published by Enix. The goal of the game is to ensure that the primitive animals on Earth evolve and thrive, and each one of the various stages gives the player an evolutionary challenge to fulfil. The player's journey starts millions of years ago in the ocean - there, and as a simple fish, he must find a way to defeat the sharks before moving onto land. There, he soon prevents the sleek insects to take over the reptiles and the same reptiles to take over the mammals. The player's avatar, with the help of the beautiful Gaia (The Earth's spirit), evolves into different creatures and eventually reaches the ultimate human form in the Age of Eden. Each incarnated creature wins evolutionary points (AP) by eating other life forms, and the precious earned points can then be used to modify parts of the creature's body such as jaws, horns, neck, body, hands, feet, tails and so forth. Magic crystals can also be collected along the way to accelerate the evolution process. The game is first presented as an overhead view of the surrounding world and once a stage is selected, the whole gameplay turns into a traditional side view action game. Other animals are scattered along the way and either give the player information, short missions or, in most cases, simply try to eat him. The game is non-linear and it is up to the player to evolve an aggressive or more defensive creature (these choices are at the core of the gameplay and parts of the game branch out based on some of the player's actions). Interestingly, a collection of creatures can be stored on the game's cartridge. 46 Okunen Monogatari is single player only. Related none Interestingly, 46 Okunen Monogatari Harukanaru Eden e for the Super Famicom was not the first game in the series! It was actually based on Okunen Monogatari The Shinka Ron (46億年物語 THE進化論) originally released for the Nec PC 9801 in 1990. The game was more an adventure/RPG game with a top-down view of the various visited areas and turn-based battles. It also looks like the game had a much larger scale than its Super Famicom counterpart and the human phase was a lot more complex overall. Additionally, graphics were more realistic and less "cartoony" than the Super Famicom version. It is also interesting to notice that the Nec PC 9801 box art was curiously reused for the America Super Nintendo game but not for the Japanese Super Famicom version. Teaser text from the American version: Battle Your Way Through Over 60 Areas! The dawn of time... You are one of the first creatures to inhabit the earth! There were no peace treaties back in the early days, just your character in a jaw-clamping, teeth flying, survival of the fittest, right to live. With the new Multi-change option and "Book f Life" feature, you can create and save up to 50 of the biggest, baddest creatures you can conjure up! The only thing standing between you and the fabled land of Eden, are 4.6 Billion years worth of Mother Natures meanest creations! Game Staff (Copied from the end credits) : Almanic Staff Gamer Designed by Takashi Yoneda Programmed By Saburou Contora Tetsuya Furuta Hiromitsu Shioya Graphics Designed By Naoyuki Hayakawa Yasuo Hakatsuki Takashi Shichijo Hidetoshi Fujioka Special Thanks Hiroshi Yomkokura Masumi Goto Tommy Bon Bon Music Staff Music Composed By Koichi Sugiyama Music Arranged By Motoaki Takenouchi Sound Created By Cube Corporation Yoshiaki Kubotera Masanori Hikichi Tomohiro Endo Dogen Shibuya Hiroo Tengenji Enix Staff Takao Kawaguchi Yasuyuki Sone Teruhiko Hanawa Kouji Mitumori Keiko Ito Hideki Yamamoto Kazunori Takado Yasuhito Watanabe Junji Kuwahara Yushi Kikumoto Yasuko Sekiguchi Miwako Matumoto Special Thanks Shinichi Kouda Yomiko Nanaka Hiroomi Tanaka Ryuichi Moriya Shigeru Kitaori Masayo Ikeda Hirotomo Morisada Mieko Hukui Hajime Iesaka Keiko Hattori Kanako Kunimatsu Naoki Yasuda Yoshiaki Ujiie Art Staff Package Illustated By Kamui Fujiwara Art Designed By Micro Creative Brahman Yasumi Kawano Production Staff Art Directed By Masahiro Hirasawa Publicity Teruhiko Hanawa Assistants Teturou Shimoda Kenjiro Kano Assistant Producers Hiroki Fujimoto Keiko Taga Directed By Takashi Yoneda (Almanic) Produced By Keizou Mochizuki Published By Yukinobu Chida ©1992 Almanic ©1992 Koichi Sugiyama ©1992 Cube ©1992 Enix Game Staff (Copied from the American version end credits) : Almanic Staff Gamer Designer Takashi Yoneda Programmer Saburou Contora Tetsuya Furuta Hiromitsu Shioya Graphics Designer Naoyuki Hayakawa Yasuo Hakatsuki Takashi Shichijo Hidetoshi Fujioka Special Thanks Hiroshi Yomkokura Masumi Goto Tommy Bon Bon Music Staff Music Composer Koichi Sugiyama Music Arranger Motoaki Takenouchi Sound Creator Cube Corporation Yoshiaki Kubotera Masanori Hikichi Tomohiro Endo Dogen Shibuya Hiroo Tengenji Enix Staff Takao Kawaguchi Yasuyuki Sone Teruhiko Hanawa Kouji Mitumori Keiko Ito Hideki Yamamoto Kazunori Takado Yasuhito Watanabe Junji Kuwahara Yushi Kikumoto Yasuko Sekiguchi Miwako Matumoto Enix America Staff Keiji Honda Tsuneo Morita Robert Jerauld Special Thanks Mariko Iida Yukihiro Hamada Youichi Hayakawa Midori Takahashi Yurie Yamamoto Megumi Abe Yumiko Manaka Hiroomi Tanaka Ryuichi Moriya Shigeru Kitaori Masayo Ikeda Hirotomo Morisada Mieko Hukui Hajime Iesaka Keiko Hattori Kanako Kunimatsu Naoki Yasuda Yoshiaki Ujiie Art Staff Art Director Masahiro Hirasawa Assistant Shinicho Kouda Package Illust Tsuyosi Asami Designer Kwriter's Club Production Staff Assistants Teturou Shimoda Kenjiro Kano Vice-Producer Hiroki Fujimoto Keiko Taga Director Takashi Yoneda (Almanic) Producer Keizou Mochizuki Publisher Yasuhiro Fukushima E.V.O COPYRIGHT ©1992 Almanic ©1992 Koichi Sugiyama ©1992 Cube ©1992 Enix Licensed By Nintendo G O O D I E S Japanese Soundtrack Japanese Soundtrack Japanese Phonecard O M A K E Click on picture to enlarge S E C R E T S LK Add your Pov here ! P O V s 46 Okunen Monogatari is a great and unique game. It features one of the coolest game concept I have ever played and wraps it all together in a delightful and addictive game. Evolving your creature through different periods of time is a lot a fun and you'll be amazed by how extremely satisfying adding massive jaws to a tiny fish or wings to a big lizard can be. The replay value is incredibly high and the player's creatures can evolve into countless forms which, in return, affects the way how the various stages get unlocked (and the game is loaded with secrets). The soundtrack, composed by Koichi Sugiyama (Dragon Quest), is a wonderful treat as well. The original Japanese version can be a problem if you don't speak the language though - menus and in game text are all in Japanese and can make parts of the game tricky to figure out. But it's very possible to play and finish the game without knowing any Japanese, and keep in mind that the American version of the game is really hard to find and outrageously expensive. All in all, 46 Okunen Monogatari is a work of genius and a gem of a game.

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