{"id":36020,"date":"2024-08-27T18:40:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T09:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=36020"},"modified":"2024-08-27T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T09:40:37","slug":"neon-genesis-evangelion-collab-sends-goddess-of-victory-nikke-soaring-up-japans-app-store-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/neon-genesis-evangelion-collab-sends-goddess-of-victory-nikke-soaring-up-japans-app-store-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Neon Genesis Evangelion collab sends Goddess of Victory: Nikke soaring up Japan&#8217;s app store charts\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Goddess of Victory: Nikke\u2019s ongoing Neon Genesis Evangelion collaboration has caused a spike in the game\u2019s rankings on Japan\u2019s Apple App Store. According to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/391241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gamebiz<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/according%20to%20a%20report%20by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>, Nikke rose to 3rd place during the first day of the Evangelion collab, rising fifteen places from its previous 18th spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE\u3011\u00d7\u3010EVANGELION\u3011 Collaboration PV Full Ver.\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ppSXNgDLqYI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231214-24443\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goddess of Victory: Nikke\u2019s cute and alluring female soldiers are its biggest draw<\/a>, so it makes sense that the inclusion of iconic Evangelion characters helped bolster its player count. Popular female characters Rei Ayanami, Asuka Langley Soryu, Mari Makinami Illustrious, and Misato Katsuragi can be recruited for a limited time alongside character-specific costumes, music, and more. Asuka is currently available to recruit until September 19, with Rei coming on August 29, and Mari on September 5. Misato can be unlocked by completing the special \u201cYou Can (Not) Evade\u201d and \u201c21 Days Login Event: Memories of NERV\u201d collaboration events.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240827-36020-001.jpg\" alt=\"Nikke Evangelion collaboration\" class=\"wp-image-36030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240827-36020-001.jpg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240827-36020-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240827-36020-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over on the Google Play charts in Japan, Nikke was recently reported at number 16 in the list of top grossing games (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/app.sensortower.com\/overview\/com.proximabeta.nikke?country=JP&amp;tab=category_rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sensor Tower<\/a>). It remains to be seen whether Nikke will soar higher on the dates when Rei and Mari join the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikke&#8217;s recently-launched Evangelion collaboration, featuring popular characters like Rei and Atsuka, is a hit in Japan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":36029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[73,17],"class_list":["post-36020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anime","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neon Genesis Evangelion collab sends Goddess of Victory: Nikke soaring up Japan&#039;s app store charts\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Goddess of Victory: Nikke&#039;s Evangelion collaboration, featuring popular characters like Rei and Atsuka, is a hit in Japan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/neon-genesis-evangelion-collab-sends-goddess-of-victory-nikke-soaring-up-japans-app-store-charts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neon Genesis Evangelion collab sends Goddess of Victory: Nikke soaring up Japan&#039;s app store charts\u00a0 - 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