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AKA, IF I DON'T GET THIS GAME IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
I'M LOOKING AT YOU, SQUARE!
WHY ON CELL PHONES?! [SIZE="5"]WHY SQUARE?[/SIZE] [SIZE="7"]WHY!?[/SIZE]
I'M LOOKING AT YOU, SQUARE!
Executive Producer: Yoshinori Kitase
Creative Producer and Concept Design: Tetsuya Nomura
Director: Hajime Tabata (BCFFVII, CCFFVII, FFXIII Agito, KH Coded)
Scenario Director: Motomu Toriyama (FFX, FFX-2, FFXIIRW, FFXIII)
Art Director: Isamu Kamikokuryo (FFX, FFXII)
Don't get too excited -- Square Enix announced the long-awaited third chapter in its thought-to-be-defunct horror-RPG franchise at the publisher's Tokyo event
today, but it's not what you'd think. Sadly, this game will be produced exclusively for mobile phones...and we're not even clear as to what type of game it will be. The exceptionally brief trailer featured nothing more than a sexy new drawing of heroine Aya Brea (holding a gun to her mouth!) and a poignant remix of the game's main musical theme. Ugh. Well, at least this proves that the series isn't over...
Generally speaking, Square Enix reserved its most fan-oriented Tokyo Game Show 2007 content for its closed mega-theatre, a small arena that seated about 100 gamers at a time. Here, they were treated to glimpses of upcoming blockbuster sequels still early enough in development that the company can only show CG art, rather than actual gameplay. While most of the mega theatre content revolved around Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, there were a few exceptions -- the most notable being the first trailer for Parasite Eve: The Third Birthday.
First revealed at May's Square Enix party as nothing more than a single sketch of heroine Aya Brea, the new Parasite Eve prompted quite a bit of gamer heartache over the fact that it's headed directly to cell phones. Whether that's ultimately a good or bad thing remains to be seen -- U.S. phones are gradually playing catch-up to Japan's slim-but-powerful devices, and cell phone games can be great when their developers remember to take their input limitations into account -- but it's much too early to say either way just yet, because all Square Enix has revealed of the game is a cryptic pre-rendered video clip.
The point here wasn't to give any sense of the game itself but show a modern rendition of Aya (she was last seen in 2000's Parasite Eve 2, and Square Enix's CG prowess has advance considerably since then). The secondary purpose: hey, this game is being staffed by people with big names -- character designs by Tetsuya Nomura! (FFVII, Kingdom Hearts), story by Motomu Toriyama! (FFXIII), music by Yoko Shimomura! (Kingdom Hearts, Legend of Mana). The message, in other words, is you shouldn't write it off simply because it's a mobile game.
The video itself depicts Aya (looking even younger than her age-reduced self in PE2) standing in a wedding gown at the altar of a church. Then, the church begins to crumble and a pair of spent shell casings clatter to the floor in slow motion. A man's silhouette appears in the door of the church, holding the form of what appears to be a woman. Aya's wedding ring flies into the air and she draws a pistol and aims it into the camera. The ring drops to the floor and rolls away, finally coming to a rest in the aisle, where it's surrounded by a pool of blood
Creative Producer and Concept Design: Tetsuya Nomura
Director: Hajime Tabata (BCFFVII, CCFFVII, FFXIII Agito, KH Coded)
Scenario Director: Motomu Toriyama (FFX, FFX-2, FFXIIRW, FFXIII)
Art Director: Isamu Kamikokuryo (FFX, FFXII)
Don't get too excited -- Square Enix announced the long-awaited third chapter in its thought-to-be-defunct horror-RPG franchise at the publisher's Tokyo event
today, but it's not what you'd think. Sadly, this game will be produced exclusively for mobile phones...and we're not even clear as to what type of game it will be. The exceptionally brief trailer featured nothing more than a sexy new drawing of heroine Aya Brea (holding a gun to her mouth!) and a poignant remix of the game's main musical theme. Ugh. Well, at least this proves that the series isn't over...
Generally speaking, Square Enix reserved its most fan-oriented Tokyo Game Show 2007 content for its closed mega-theatre, a small arena that seated about 100 gamers at a time. Here, they were treated to glimpses of upcoming blockbuster sequels still early enough in development that the company can only show CG art, rather than actual gameplay. While most of the mega theatre content revolved around Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, there were a few exceptions -- the most notable being the first trailer for Parasite Eve: The Third Birthday.
First revealed at May's Square Enix party as nothing more than a single sketch of heroine Aya Brea, the new Parasite Eve prompted quite a bit of gamer heartache over the fact that it's headed directly to cell phones. Whether that's ultimately a good or bad thing remains to be seen -- U.S. phones are gradually playing catch-up to Japan's slim-but-powerful devices, and cell phone games can be great when their developers remember to take their input limitations into account -- but it's much too early to say either way just yet, because all Square Enix has revealed of the game is a cryptic pre-rendered video clip.
The point here wasn't to give any sense of the game itself but show a modern rendition of Aya (she was last seen in 2000's Parasite Eve 2, and Square Enix's CG prowess has advance considerably since then). The secondary purpose: hey, this game is being staffed by people with big names -- character designs by Tetsuya Nomura! (FFVII, Kingdom Hearts), story by Motomu Toriyama! (FFXIII), music by Yoko Shimomura! (Kingdom Hearts, Legend of Mana). The message, in other words, is you shouldn't write it off simply because it's a mobile game.
The video itself depicts Aya (looking even younger than her age-reduced self in PE2) standing in a wedding gown at the altar of a church. Then, the church begins to crumble and a pair of spent shell casings clatter to the floor in slow motion. A man's silhouette appears in the door of the church, holding the form of what appears to be a woman. Aya's wedding ring flies into the air and she draws a pistol and aims it into the camera. The ring drops to the floor and rolls away, finally coming to a rest in the aisle, where it's surrounded by a pool of blood
WHY ON CELL PHONES?! [SIZE="5"]WHY SQUARE?[/SIZE] [SIZE="7"]WHY!?[/SIZE]
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