>>11803712Not sure if that Nintendo Power cover is real or a mockup but in April 2000, Club Nintendo magazine from latin america had an article about the game at least.
I'd say at the time, people in latin america started knowing Evangelion, thanks to Locomotion, a cable channel that had Eva.
I think maybe in USA it was a little later? However, USA already had the official VHS and DVD releases from ADV (which is the version Locomotion had).