Nomura Answers The 3rd Birthday Questions

It's the weekend, and I believe most of Japan is celebrating summer or the dead or something of the sort. But not Tetsuya Nomura! Square Enix's super producer, character designer and head of zipper placement has been Tweeting responses to fan questions about The 3rd Birthday.

Rather than clutter the site with The 3rd Birthday stories, I'll be putting summaries of Nomura's responses for the rest of the day in this article. Check back every now and then. I'll leave a note when I've stopped updating, so you'll know when you can stop checking.

(Note: this isn't a live blog. I'll update it periodically -- like every couple of hours or so. I think Nomura is also placing a bit of time between his posts.)

Upate 23:59 -- It looks like Nomura only answered a couple of questions today, so I've stopped updating the story.

Characters and Enemies From PE2 (added 10:37)

Someone asked if enemies and characters from part 2 will appear in the game.

Regarding enemies, The 3rd Birthday's foes are the Twisted creatures, so enemies from PE2 will not appear in the game. Nomura feels that the strange form of the Twisted will become one of The 3rd Birthday's symbols.

As for characters, Nomura has previously hinted that we will see other series characters in the game, due to The 3rd Birthday taking place in the same time frame as past Parasite Eve games. He said to wait for a followup report.

Hyde, shown in white, will get his full reveal in upcoming magazine coverage, Nomura recently said.

Aya's Age (added 10:37)

Aya was 25 years old in the first Parasite Eve. When The 3rd Birthday was announced, she was set to be 35 years old. However, the setting was changed to make her around 39 or so. The reason they're so concerned with the specifics of Aya's age is that the game takes place in the real New York, and if they don't have Aya age with accordance to real time, she won't match up with the game's time setting.

Visually, none of this matters because due to the effect of her special cells, Aya's physical appearance stopped changing at 25. This is a setting that carries over from Parasite Eve 2.

That's one good looking 39-year-old!

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