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That's awesome. CT is still one of my favorite games of all time. | |
Can an object contain so much awesome that it tears a hole in the time space continuum? | |
That... was just... awesome... I... Someone lend me some money! | |
Wow! Awesome! I love Chrono Trigger and what's the DS port like any good? Edit - *Goes googling for Chrono Trigger* Looks like I'll have to buy the DS version now. | |
I'd buy them, if I had every played Chrono Trigger. It sounds like a good RPG, but I'm not shelling out for an NES/SNES just to play one game. | |
WHAT?! *Thumps fist on desk* Bastards! I wish I had know about this sooner. I heard about the rom hack, which may have had some legal backing to it, but this is unforgivable. I think I have just lost all faith in Square Enix.
You could get it on DS, you know. It's also on PS1.
It was excellent. The FMVs from the PSX version were included, the translation was tidied up, the menu/inventory system was revamped for touch controls (very good, IMO) and it allows you to choose between traditional controls and a very intuitive touch-menu in battle. | |
It's like the original, but you can have the inventory screen on the bottom screen.
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It's exactly the same as the original. You can switch back to the original interface if you don't like the new touch controls. | |
Awesome stuff, though the Magus statue is a little hard to see since Magus somehow ended up in the blurred background of the photo. | |
WANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANT. So whose up for stealing this gem? I'm not waiting until August. | |
... I will give you money to have me with you. | |
Then, on the way out, I will stab you in the back and keep the loot for myself. There's no trust among thieves. I think that reference is kinda obvious. | |
Sold it to pay off a massive internet bill. | |
Oh that's totally awesome...must clea a space on my figure shelf | |
Oh yeah, it looked amazing too. You can probably google and find images. | |
Well, buy a new one! Then buy Chrono Trigger, and any other of the DS' library of excellent games! | |
Awesome plus, now if I can only convince my girl to open some space on the shelves for this CT awesomesauceness... plus. | |
I'll quote myself.
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That's why I added the "excellent games library" part. Because you can buy it for more than just CT | |
those statues look awesome! | |
Square no longer HAS the capacity to make a Chrono game on par with the original, hell I doubt they could even make Cross again. They don't have Hironobu Sakaguchi, nobody can get Itoi to work on anything that isn't a Dragon Quest game, I don't think Mitsuda has done the music for a Square game in ages and I think Akira Toriyama has retired... also by all indications *cough* Sands of Destruction *cough* most of the Chrono Trigger guys have lost their touch. | |
they ported it to ds | |
I just saw it. Out of pure spite, I will never, in my life, buy another Square Enix product again. | |
Collectibles like this can be bought in every second Anime shop in Taiwan | |
I'm inclined to agree, simply because the original was so well done. It sits up there with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Final Fantasy VI as one of the flawless games of that generation. I doubt even the original team could make that game again. | |
Hmm, they seem to have left Marle out of any of the statues. Just an observation. | |
We really need to analyze why we all love Chrono Trigger so much. It certainly wasn't the performance delivered by the main character. | |
If I may say so, I think it might be best to leave Chrono Trigger as it was. An unmitigated masterpiece that defies re-creation or crappy psuedo-sequels like Cross. Much like FFVII, CT is something that cobbled cash-ins and remakes would irrevocably damage. A strong reason that I choose to avoid FFVII-based cash-ins. | |
I want!!! | |
As far as I can tell the main thing that was wrong with Chrono Cross was the fact that Itoi, the famous creator of Dragon Quest, was absent from the project. Thus it came out more like a Final Fantasy Title, less like the crazy DQ/Final Fantasy/Madly Original fusion the original was. But yeah, Sakaguchi TRIED with Blue Dragon (it had Nobuo Ueametsu and Akira Toriyama) and look how that turned out. Masato Kato and Yasonori Mitsuda tried with Sands of Destruction, and that also sucked. It's clearly impossible to recapture whatever mad magic made the original. | |
Really? I don't see it :) OT: I want them to remake this more then i want them to remake FF7. There used to be a plan to remake it BUT.....http://www.opcoder.com/projects/chrono/ | |
I don't have Chrono Trigger, but I know a bunch of people that love it to death and they'd love this. Seriously, this is great. | |
That has already been said, if you'd look at other people's posts before you do, it would be helpful. | |
Its funny how true this is. | |
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Incredible Chrono Trigger Statues Shown at Toy Fair 2010
Sadly, a new Chrono Trigger game may never be made, but at least Square is giving us something.
One only has to look at my avatar to know of my love for classic SNES RPG Chrono Trigger, which is why I was so surprised by the reveal of some incredible new Chrono Trigger collectibles at Toy Fair 2010 this week. These aren't just figurines in the shape of the characters from the greatest RPG of all time, but depictions of battle scenes and private moments.
Chrono Trigger is a Square RPG that is universally beloved by everybody. That's right, nobody in the world hates Chrono Trigger, not even one little bit. Though it was originally released for the SNES, it later hit the PlayStation and was most recently ported to the Nintendo DS.
Chrono Trigger's battle system works in such a way that the three character party can join together to perform a very powerful move, called a triple-tech. Double-techs are also possible, though not normally as powerful. Every tech has a different power level and graphical effect. In the one statue, it looks like characters Crono, Robo, and Ayla are getting ready to do their triple-tech, which is awesome.
Another statue shows girl genius Lucca fixing Robo, the game's strangely emotional robot. Crono and Frog are depicted in the third, while Magus hovers above an attacking Crono in the fourth. Only four statues were shown off in total, but they look incredibly detailed and represent Akira Toriyama's character designs well.
The collectibles might help me to forgive Square Enix for sending cease-and-desist letters to all groups developing popular Chrono Trigger fan-made projects, such as a planned full 3D remake, and an expansive ROM-hack. Still, Square Enix has given no indication that it plans to create any more Chrono Trigger games, as the DS port may not have met sales expectations. Maybe if enough people buy the statues, Square Enix will reconsider? They'll be available in August, so get out there and buy them!
A full gallery of all four statues is available over at UGO.
(Image via UGO)
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