is a 2017 role-playing videogame developed by Crim for the

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and

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. Set in modern-day Tokyo, ''The Lost Child'' is a follow-up to 2011's '' El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron''.

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

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with the intention of expanding it under his newly-formed development studio Crim. In 2017 at a Tokyo Sandbox presentation, Takeyasu teased a "major announcement" relating to the IP to be made within the next two weeks, which was officially revealed ten days later in ''

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'' as ''The Lost Child'', a role-playing game for the

and

set in the ''El Shaddai'' universe. It was announced in August 2017 that

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would be publishing and providing localisation of the game in Chinese territories. In September 2017, it was announced by NIS America that the game would be receiving a Western release, with a

port also being announced for the West in February 2018.

Reception

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

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