Archive EntryPreservation Record

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster

Shelf markLIB-0225

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

2024Game

Catalog Information

Original Title: エルシャダイ・アセンションオブザメタトロン HDリマスター
Release: 2011 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) · 2024 (Nintendo Switch, April 28; Limited Run Games #226)
Developer: crim
Publisher: crim · Limited Run Games
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Region: Region-free · Switch Limited Run #226 · HAC-P-A959A
Medium: Nintendo Switch game card · Limited Run Games edition
Subjects: Action · Platformer · Mythology · El Shaddai · Limited Run Games · Preservation

Archival Status

Custody: Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy: Nintendo Switch game card in retail case · Limited Run Games #226 edition
Filed: October 5, 2026

Curator Notes

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is director Takeyasu Sawaki’s action game drawn from the apocryphal Book of Enoch: the scribe Enoch pursues seven fallen angels to avert the Flood, through stages rendered like moving paintings. It first released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2011. Sawaki’s studio crim, which acquired the property, remastered it in HD, adding the post-game novella Lucifel’s Fall. The Nintendo Switch version released on April 28, 2024, and Limited Run Games produced its Western physical edition as Switch Limited Run #226. This filing opens the El Shaddai lineage on the shelf.

Collection Documentation

The retained object is Switch Limited Run #226, Limited Run Games’ physical edition of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster. Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware: Nintendo Switch; compatible Nintendo Switch family hardware
Original Hardware: Nintendo Switch
Playback Compatibility: Nintendo Switch software is region-free. The retained game card is the primary access copy and runs on any Nintendo Switch console.
Preservation Concerns: Game cards are flash media; long-term charge retention, contact wear, and loss of the small card from its case are the principal risks. Any content delivered as an eShop download or update depends on Nintendo’s servers and is not preserved by the card alone.
Edition History: Original release in Japan on April 28, 2011 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360); North America August 16, 2011. HD Remaster on PC in September 2021. Nintendo Switch release April 28, 2024; Limited Run Games issued the physical edition (HAC-P-A959A) as Switch Limited Run #226 in standard and Deluxe editions.
Access Status: Limited Run Games’s physical edition was a limited production and now circulates through the secondary market. The digital Switch edition was issued separately on the Nintendo eShop.

Connections

Series: El Shaddai
Editorial Record: Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.

Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

Oct 5, 2026
Collection Documentation entered
Oct 5, 2026
Connections established
El Shaddai recorded.
Oct 5, 2026
Official artwork entered
Official Nintendo Switch front cover filed under the Library accession path.
Oct 5, 2026
Curator Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0225.
Oct 5, 2026
Preservation Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Published to the public shelf