The 3rd Birthday Official Site Opens

[News Bot]

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/3rd_birthday/

I jizzed.

Like.

Everywhere.

AYA <3

[atlier00]

Im glad this game is being made. Totally cant wait to play it. (Chills from the music)

I hope it sells well so that a next gen game can be made, that would really blow me away.

Also, thank you SE for my new desktop background.

[MeanBob]

*GASP*

Dude, that's awesome. Just hoping people will translate some of the stuff on there or better yet, an English site.

(Chills from the music)

OMG ME TOO!!!

[BBboy20]

Ordinary cop looking vanquished and depressed (or "moping") while equipped with the latest in military weaponry.

Damn it, Square, took you long enough. =/

(Chills from the music)

[Wesker_101]

Wow. Aya looks soooooo young. Forgot she stated in PE2 that her Mitochondria keeps her looking young, tho.

And yes, that theme took me way back to my childhood and gave me chills, too. I can't wait to learn more about this one.

[MeanBob]

Here's your new trailer for the game, straight from GamesCom 2010

http://www.viddler.com/explore/Joystiq/videos/4210/0.634

[Darkmoon]

Hmmm, not sure I'm impressed. The storyline sounds bizzare, even by Parasite Eve standards, and thats an awful lot of run and gun in my RPG.

[Enrico Marini]

Thats an aweful lot of Agent Smithing in my RPG.

Not too sure about this. Only time will tell if it becomes the 2nd game I'd ever buy for my PSP. First game being SH:Origins and no others used on my psp :S.

[News Bot]

Thats an aweful lot of Agent Smithing in my RPG.

To be fair, Aya's "image" is not actually taking over the soldiers, from the perspective of the game's story. Aya herself remains in C.T.I. HQ, naked in the Overdrive system, which sends her conciousness out into the battlefield. The soldier's appearance remains the same in the story.

The story could go either way in my opinion, as long as they explain the time travel and Aya's "mysterious past" isn't complete shit, considering her backstory has always been fairly fleshed out and consistent...

Also I'm leaning towards "Aya" not being Aya at all, but Eve, her clone from Parasite Eve 2.

[Darkmoon]

I must admit, I'm agreeing with that. Given the whole 3rd Birthday thing I'm guessing Eve grew very, very fast.

[Enrico Marini]

Aya herself remains in C.T.I. HQ, naked in the Overdrive system

I essentially got that, basically the premise of Quantum Leap but its the whole body dying, switching to a different soldier near by that I was referring to Agent Smith, and essentially the mechanic that leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.

[News Bot]

I must admit, I'm agreeing with that. Given the whole 3rd Birthday thing I'm guessing Eve grew very, very fast.

She's only 10 months old in Parasite Eve 2, actually. But has the body of a 10 (or 12, can't remember) year old. If you examine the x-rays in the surgery room in the laboratory in PE2, Aya gets quite confused over it. That's one of the reasons I think its actually Eve in the 3rd Birthday. It either has to be her, or she's dead from advanced ageing. The director/producers have already stated that there is a reason why the Aya in the 3rd Birthday has a different "image" to the Aya in PE1 and PE2. Plus, apparently Aya's suffering from Solid Snake Syndrome and believes that her only home is the battlefield, which is a horrible, horrible piece of writing if its the real Aya Brea.

I essentially got that, basically the premise of Quantum Leap but its the whole body dying, switching to a different soldier near by that I was referring to Agent Smith, and essentially the mechanic that leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.

Actually, the soldier's don't die unless you let them get killed in combat. Aya just leaps with her conciousness from body to body.

[Archelon]

The director/producers have already stated that there is a reason why the Aya in the 3rd Birthday has a different "image" to the Aya in PE1 and PE2.

It's because, apparently, you can't create an attractive female character in her thirties.

No, seriously.

I'll see if I can dig up the interview, but one of them said that the reason Aya looks even younger in this game is because they wanted to keep her as attractive as possible, and they didn't see how they could do it if she looked her age.

That's not going to be the story-related reason, obviously.

[Vector]

Depending on the success of The 3rd Birthday, the Parasite Eve series could come to the PS3.

http://www.videogamer.com/news/parasite_eve_could_come_to_ps3.html

[Darkmoon]

...well, a good reason to buy the game new for once.