The Lost Child (video game)

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The Lost Child
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Developer(s) Crim
Publisher(s)
Director(s) Hitoshi "Zin" Hasegawa
Producer(s) Sawaki Takeyasu
Designer(s)
  • Kise Oota
  • Moyuru Matsumoto
Artist(s)
  • Sawaki Takeyasu
  • Narayuki Takahashi
  • Kentaro Maruta
Composer(s) Takayuki Nakamura
Platform(s)
Release
  • JP: August 24, 2017 (PS4, PSV)
  • NA: June 19, 2018
  • EU: June 22, 2018
  • AU: July 6, 2018
Genre(s) Role-playing, dungeon crawler
Mode(s) Single-player

The Lost Child [lower-alpha 1] is a 2017 role-playing videogame developed by Crim for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Nintendo Switch. Set in modern-day Tokyo, The Lost Child is a follow-up to 2011's El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron . The game was removed from all digital platforms in the European, American, Asian and Oceania regions on the 18/6/2023 and can no longer be purchased. This was due to Dragami Games taking over the publishing rights.

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Development

In May 2013, it was announced that Sawaki Takeyasu, creator, director and lead artist of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron , had purchased the rights to the El Shaddai IP from UTV Ignition Games with the intention of expanding it under his newly-formed development studio Crim. [1] In 2017 at a Tokyo Sandbox presentation, Takeyasu teased a "major announcement" relating to the IP to be made within the next two weeks, [2] which was officially revealed ten days later in Famitsu as The Lost Child, a role-playing game for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita set in the El Shaddai universe. [3]

It was announced in August 2017 that Sony Interactive Entertainment would be publishing and providing localisation of the game in Chinese territories. [4] In September 2017, it was announced by NIS America that the game would be receiving a Western release, [5] with a Nintendo Switch port also being announced for the West in February 2018. [6]

Reception

The Lost Child received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Reaction to delisting

The game was delisted on the 18/6/2023, this sparked minor outrage online due to the delisting being sudden, the game still remains downloadable on devices that already purchased the game.

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ザ・ロスト・チャイルド, Hepburn: Za Rosuto Chairudo

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