[ p a r a s i t e e v e ]
  • Players1 Player
  • MediumMultiple Discs
  • AvailableMarch 29th '98
  • PlatformPlayStation
  • DeveloperSquare/Square USA

    • tiny mitochondria dormant for millions of years awaken, ready to revolt..at any moment...

    The makers of Final Fantasy 7 combined with Hollywood Digital Arts bring Parasite Eve. The cinematic RPG from Square Co. Ltd and Square USA LA.


    Story
    Based on the plot of the novel in Japan, it centers around a woman who contains intelligent mitochondria, Eve who believes that all forms of non mitochondrial power must cease to exist. Animals and other organisms are controlled by the mitochondria who are set on a mission to do one thing, and that is to destroy and infest others.


    System
    You control the Rookie detective, Aya Brea of the NYPD to shut stop the cause of the mitochondrial attack. With pre-rendered backrounds like those found in Resident Evil and Final Fantasy 7, the games main focal point of movement takes place with polygonal characters, and scrolling text to give a much more dramatic lovie-like experience. As for graphic quality, expect nothing less than Square, only more detailed than those of FF 7 with a cleaner resolution in 640x480. One of the many vital points of Parasite Eve is that the game features heavy exploration aspects which many games tend to fail on. Square seems to be moving on to more of a movie like experience not in a sense of better explanation, but in a sense that movies have something over games that can be used to touch the gamer in a way no other can. That is what I believe Square tries to accomplish when they incorporate movie aspects in their games.


    Battle System
    The game's battle sequences will utilize Square's patened ATB (active time battle) used in FF Tactics and FF7 as well as 5 & 6. Battles will be turned based with a little flair of action like those scene in The Secret of Mana, meaning more movement.


    Staff
  • Hironobu Sakaguchi
    President of Square USA, Vice President/Represenative of Square Co. Ltd, the acclaimed producer of the Final Fantasy series, Mr. Sakaguchi is the reason behind Final Fantasy's success. Leads Square into pursuit to shape development entertainment.

  • Takashi Tokita
    Executive Producer of Square, the key man behind the Final Fantasy series, Mr. Sakaguchi is the reason behind Final Fantasy's success.

  • Yoshihiko Maekawa
    Worked on battle design of Super Mario RPG and Final Fantasy 6. Battle design of Parasite Eve.

  • Ryota Toyama
    One of the LA area coordinaters for Final Fantasy 7 and assistant producer for Parasite Eve

  • Tetsuya Nomura
    Character designer of Parasite Eve, Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy 5

  • Yoko Shimomura
    Music for Parasite Eve, Live A Live, Mario RPG, and Front Mission.

  • Bruce Jurgens
    CG Supervisor. CG action tema leader. Part of FOX warner Brothers television. Art director of Parasite Eve.

  • Caleb Owens
    CG Supervisor. JVC Musical Industries. World Trade center visual evidence.

  • Caleb Weissberg
    CG Supervisor. CG Effects for commercials. Animation director for Cloud in Final Fantasy 7.

  • Jennifer Pearce
    CG Supervisor for FIFA'96 and NBA'96 series as well as movies like Apollo 13, and True Lies. CG on Carnegie hall.

  • Lisa Foster
    CG Supervisor for CliffHanger, Wolf, and Die Hard 3 as well as a 2D animator of the sorts. Intro scene of New York in Parasite Eve.

  • Peter Warner
    CG Supervisor for Cable Guy, worked on 2D/3D Effects for Die Hard 3. Animator. Technical Director. Mitochondria CG.

  • Sharon Packer
    CG Supervior-Burger King, Nabisco commercial. Part of a team within Final Fantasy 7, Chocobo de Battle, and Parasite Eve.


    • CG Animation
    (from left to right)

    Cell Breakdown...
    (1)Mitochondria:hungry....
    (2)Ooh dinner!!
    (3)Gash--Blurp...yumme.

    Rat Mutating...
    (1)Normal Rat, or so it seems.
    (2)Mitochondria hard at work. Not just another day at the office.
    (3)Ngaaaaaahhh.
    (4)"Feel the wrath of...the RAT"

    Eve's evil mitochondrial powers at work...
    (1)Eve's soprano voice stuns the crowd.
    (2)La La La La La.
    (3)Combustion of the crowd-1st stage.
    (4)Stage 2, everybody--burn I command.
    (5)Stage three people try to flee, others on fire. Probably no hope for survival.



    Characters

    (from left to right)
    Eve, Aya Brea, Daniel "Bo" Dallas, and Kunihiko Maeda


    New York
    Presented by Vail (Ryan Tanaka)

    Images and info from Square Co Ltd


    World Map
    Carnegie Hall-Night


    Carnegie Hall-Day


    NYPD-Night


    NYPD-Day