Novidades sobre The 3rd Birthday p/ Sony PSP

Depois de dar alegria e tristeza ao mesmo tempo ano passado, qdo revelou que o 3* game da serie Parasite Eve estava em desenvolvimento mas p/ Cellphones, a Square-Enix surpreendeu a todos este ano durante seu evento especial " DKΣ3713 Square Enix Private Show 2008 ". A softhouse revelou que o game agora terá uma versão PSP e ainda com Nomura e sua equipe dedicada ao desenvolvimento da mesma.

The 3rd Birthday Trailer Impressions
Aya Brea returns, and she's taking on the PSP.
by Jeff Haynes

It's been way too long since Square visited their Parasite Eve franchise; in fact, almost eight years have passed since Aya Brea took on the threats of dangerous mitochondrial beasts. At the DKΣ3713 Private party event in Harajuku today, Square showed off a trailer that marked Aya's return in The 3rd Birthday, which appears to have moved from the cell phone to the PSP.

While the trailer was rather short, it started out by focusing on events that occurred from the previous two games. This included many of the visually striking cutscenes in a montage that highlighted many of the monsters that Aya destroyed. This quickly moved into a scene where Aya walked down the aisle of an empty church in a wedding dress. However, it didn't appear that the wedding would fully take place, as a figure appeared in the doorway of the church. Suddenly, the glass and pews of the church crumbled and fell to the floor, as did the decorative flower arrangements inside. As Aya turned and raised a pistol, a wedding ring fell to the floor. With the floor slowly being covered in blood, the trailer ended and the logo flashed up on screen.

Clearly, we don't have enough information yet as to what the setting or the premise is behind The 3rd Birthday, nor was a release date provided. But the fact that another Parasite Eve game is in the works is a great extra for Sony and survival horror fans.

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Parasite Eve: The Third Birthday New Trailer Impressions
Teaser video reveals game in development for PSP, gives new hints on background settings.
By Hirohiko Niizumi, GameSpot

TOKYO--One of the surprising unveilings at Square Enix's DK Sigma3713 party was that The Third Birthday will be making its way to the PSP. This third installment in the Parasite Eve series was originally announced as a mobile phone game last summer, but the developers apparently decided that Sony's handheld would be a good platform as well.

Square Enix showed off a short trailer of The Third Birthday, and although there wasn't any new footage or in-game screens, the narration gave us some hints as to what to expect. The trailer started off with a grainy montage using flashback scenes from the past two Parasite Eve games. The Manhattan incident of 1997 from the original Parasite Eve was shown, followed by the scene in Parasite Eve II where a lady turns into a neo-mitochondrial creature (NMC). The narration explained that NMC sightings had dissipated since Aya's adventures in Parasite Eve II in 2000, and everything was back to normal. That is until 2009, when an outbreak of new creatures called the "twisted" appeared. In 2010, a system called the "Overdive" gets created as a solution to beat these new creatures, but Aya is the only person who can use it.

Following the montage of flashbacks, the trailer switches to the chapel scene that was shown last year at Tokyo Game Show 2007. Aya is in a wedding dress and is walking up to the altar. A man suddenly appears from the chapel's front door and starts shooting with a machine gun. Aya turns back and takes out a handgun to return fire, and her wedding ring flies off in the process. We see it falling on the ground, with blood spilling onto it a moment later. During the whole scene, we hear a somewhat cryptic narration that doesn't match up with what's happening. "This is my gift for her third birthday as she wakes up from her lost past. She may be a gift from heaven, who can save mankind that's trapped in the twist of time."

The trailer ended there, and the words "PSP version coming" appeared on the screen.

Novidades sobre a produção do game, relatadas pelo Nomura na revista Dengeki:

- Ele confirmou novamente que o game não está sendo desenvolvido internamente pela Square-Enix. Os personagens, enredo, gameplay, musicas sim, foram feitos pela Square-Enix, mas tudo está sendo agrupado por outra empresa.

- O scenario está completo.

- O estilo " TV Drama " de narrativa ainda faz parte do game.

- O game terá diversos elementos de RPG, mas o game será um Third Person Shooter. Nomura quer expandir os elementos de customização de armas, introduzido em Parasite Eve 1 e 2.

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