Copy Clerk  Posts: 119 Joined: 18 Mar 2008     | |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 527 Joined: 19 May 2008   | I am both happy and pissed off at the same time. I am so greatful this game is getting a remake as I am a HUGE Chrono Trigger fan. Why am I pissed? NO PSP VERSION!! COME ON NOW. It's great that it will be on the ds at least but god damn I want my PSP version. :( |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3544 Joined: 25 Jan 2008     | The good news here is if Chrono Trigger is being redone, there's a chance Chrono Cross may hit the DS (don't know if the DS is powerful enough). |
Paperboy  Posts: 36 Joined: 26 Jun 2008 | ... My pants just got tighter... |
Anonymous Source Posts: 6 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 | Wow, this is amazing. My loins bristle with excitement. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 6 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 | Meh. Still no Chrono Break. I mean, this game was released, what, 12-13 years ago? (Crud...it's been that long? Time moves too fast). |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1082 Joined: 8 Apr 2008    | Ir better be a remake, and not just yet another port with a few tweaks and additions here and there. I'd love to hear a remastered version of "World Revolution" |
Anonymous Source Posts: 6 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 |
Doubtful. Yaz works for Monolith Soft now, and he's in the middle of working another game right now. Doubt he will contribute to the soundtrack. (Though I am annoyed he didn't sneak in any CT/XG/XS stuff in SSBB) |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 10 Joined: 28 May 2008  | Glee and happiness suffuse my being. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1082 Joined: 8 Apr 2008 |
Aww... that's a shame, I thought for sure after leaving he'd stay freelance. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1464 Joined: 2 Jan 2008     | Yay, I'll finally have a reason to play through this game again. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1393 Joined: 29 Mar 2008     | words cannot express the amount of happy i find in those for words |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3002 Joined: 8 May 2008  |
You could just play the original on your PSP. At least its something. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 119 Joined: 18 Mar 2008 | I'm wondering if the anime cutscenes are going to be ported. Could the DS handle it? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3544 Joined: 25 Jan 2008 | Good Question... Anyone know the DS's capabilities and how it stacks against a PSX? |
Muckraker  Posts: 328 Joined: 4 Jan 2008  | Looking at some of the cutscenes from the upcoming Final Fantasy IV, I doubt it should be a huge problem. |
Paperboy  Posts: 49 Joined: 4 May 2008 | Awesome! I finally get to play this and see what all the fuss is about! |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 925 Joined: 25 Jan 2008  | *Still doing a little dance of happiness* |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2408 Joined: 7 Feb 2008  | Meh, I already own this game twice. Now WHY don't they get off their asses and make a goddamn sequel already! Enough with the remakes, I want my Chrono Break already! |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 527 Joined: 19 May 2008 |
Indeed, as much as I love Final Fantasy, Chrono series has all the potential to become the next big RPG franchise. it could easily grow to be as expansive as the FF series. Cmon SE, take a break from final fantasy and give us more Chrono!! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2408 Joined: 7 Feb 2008 | The problem that SE has at the moment is that they've alienated all of the people who made CT what it was in the first place (few of them were involved in Chrono Cross, look how that turned out). Here are their main problems... They alienated Masato Kato, the guy who wrote most of the overall story. Yuuji Horri, one of the head designers, has a contract stating that he only works on Dragon Quest Games. Hironobu Sakaguchi will probably never work for Square again. They could probably get Yasunori Mitsuda (Soundtrack guy) again, but he's just the composer and while important, would not make the game great by himself. The best they could do is assemble a new "Dream Team" to work on one, which I guess is the problem. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 119 Joined: 18 Mar 2008 | Well if they are re-doing Chrono Trigger, maybe the sales figures for it will be the decider on whether they do Chrono Cross and any more sequels. |
Muckraker  Posts: 284 Joined: 5 Feb 2008 | Eh, I already have it for the SNES and PS1 as well as the ROM for my emulator on the PC.
Btw, you can just put an emulator on your PSP. I have no idea how that works though, since I don't own a PSP. I want a sequel! Or at the very least a Chrono Cross remake. Maybe the stylus comes to play, but...I can't pull any shred of enthusiasm out of my loins. I'm sorry. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 527 Joined: 19 May 2008 |
Oh I wholeheartedly know that. I am still sketchy on the whole custom firmware biz, but still, I would love to still have a remake for the PSP as well, ya know...just because. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3002 Joined: 8 May 2008 |
Wow didn't know there were people with a non hacked PSP. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 527 Joined: 19 May 2008 | I am a loyal PSP owner with an ever growing library of PSP games that I love and play in moderation. I have always wanted custom firmware but I would rather not do it myself only the fuck it up. Would be nice to play my favorite classics on it but my PSP games suffice. I still want my Chrono Trigger for PSP damit. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 54 Joined: 3 Jul 2008 |
My pants just broke. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 382 Joined: 21 Jun 2008 | This is great news, I would've liked an actual remake (as in redone graphics, updated soundtrack quality, voice? etc etc) but an enhanced port is fine with me. Is this the first time Chrono Trigger may get released 'officially' in PAL? I mean, we got kinda screwed on that one. |
Muckraker  Posts: 250 Joined: 29 May 2008 | This is sexy, sexy news. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 6 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 |
Well, here's the thing: The majority of the original team (sans Horii-san...though I must correct: His production company is under exclusive contract to work for Square Enix, which does not explicitly mean DQ games only) is working for either Monolith Soft (majority of the development team, Yaz to a certain extent) or Mistwalker (Sakaguchi and a few others). Kato-san, though he has been alienated by the company, still worked for SE up until very recently as a freelancer. Long story short, a joint MS/MW effort with Masato Kato could do the trick. Further, given that MS released Xenosaga, the series of which Square's Xenogears was intended to be based on, through Namco, it's not that far of a stretch to release the game under a different company. The only problem, however, is where these two devs stand. Mistwalker, for all intents and purposes, is controlled by Microsoft (though they have and will continue to release work for the DS) (M$ is their bankroll). Monolith Soft, on the other hand, is 83% owned by Nintendo (with 13% owned by Namco). In order for the situation to work out, a middle ground would have to be struck. Likelihood being, a joint effort would be for the DS. The other two problems are acquiring the trademark rights (at least in Japan), and the whether it would even be worth the effort, given that Chrono Cross was released almost ten years ago. A lot of us may be hardcore fans of the game, but even with this re-release, it will not likely motivate either MS or MW to work on that game on any level. I feel what's likely to happen, if it does develop, is take a Mother 3 approach with Kato/Sakaguchi being the equivalent to Itoi. But even there, there was actual development of that game for the N64 before it collapsed and resurfaced on the GBA 12 years after Mother 2/Earthbound (8 years after the initial cancellation of Mother 3/Earthbound 64). Here, it's been speculation, rumors, and trademark rights. Granted, Kato, Sakaguchi, and Yaz have expressed interest, but has anyone else? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 425 Joined: 5 Jul 2008  | I'm not seeing why anyone would be that excited about this, since it's not like the DS suffers from a drought of RPGs. Valkyrie Profile 3 is coming, so is Dragon Quest IX, Bioware's Sonic RPG seems interesting and I've yet to get the recently released FFTA2. Then there's the new FFCC, the FFIV remake...and yeah, you get the point. Yes, it was a great game over 10 years ago and still a good game now, but am I going to pay for something I've bought twice already? Hell no. Unless it's really a remake rather than a port, which is something I'm doubtful of. Hopefully I'm wrong. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 119 Joined: 18 Mar 2008 | Well I'm excited about it. Final Fantasy games have never really interested me all that much, but I loved Chrono Trigger. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3675 Joined: 29 Nov 2007  | FREAKING SWEET! I can't find a store nearby with Chrono Tirgger for either system. Now I gets it on da DS. |
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Official site: http://na.square-enix.com/ctds/
"On July 2, 2008, Square Enix announced that they were officially planning to bring Chrono Trigger to the Nintendo DS handheld platform. The updated rerelease is set to take advantage of the Nintendo DS hardware with a new dual-screen presentation, support for the touch screen, and a wireless play mode. The game will also add a brand new dungeon, though details of it are unknown." http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/chrono-trigger-returns-the-timeless,454846.shtml
Awesome. I'd been wondering why it hadn't appeared on the Virtual Console already. Can't wait.