How The 3rd Birthday Really isn't Quite Parasite Eve

On Christmas Eve, I embarked on a quest to save New York City from horrible mutant monsters. In fact, my efforts encompassed three different Christmas Eves. Specifically, on Christmas Eve 2010, I began playing The 3rd Birthday (the PSP sequel to 1998 PlayStation classic Parasite Eve), a game that revolves around heroine Aya Brea's efforts on Christmas Eve 2013 to project her consciousness into the minds of people who witnessed an otherworldly invasion of NYC on Christmas Eve 2012. The multiple layers of parallel holidays isn't really important to the game experience, but it was a nice little touch that made playing The 3rd Birthday a little more memorable.

Of course, this little bit of synchronicity only worked out for people playing the Japanese import of The 3rd Birthday; the game won't be released abroad until (presumably) sometime in March or so. So its initial release date was a trivial little touch that really only benefits the game's Japanese audience -- but in a way, that seems like a fitting metaphor for the game itself.

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