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Zenan Plains - Site Discussion => Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion => Topic started by: ZeaLitY on May 23, 2006, 05:20:49 pm

Title: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZeaLitY on May 23, 2006, 05:20:49 pm
Have at it!

http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Chrono_Break_Request_Form.html
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Atlas on September 06, 2006, 11:01:54 pm
is it safe to do this, they wont spam your email with buy this, buy that things for emailing them will they?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Realchaos1 on October 27, 2006, 12:41:31 am
I recently started a new website. You guys have my old Chrono Cross website listed under the Community Map. I sent in an email saying that I will be updating it soon. For now, I'm focusing on a Chrono Trigger fan website:

http://cryosynthesis.com/chrono/

Hope I don't get killed for posting that link, please be easy  :x I'm new here. I will work the petition thingy into my site to help the community raise awareness.  :D
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Burning Zeppelin on October 27, 2006, 08:51:44 am
Nice site! Professional and everything.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Realchaos1 on October 27, 2006, 06:56:40 pm
I just added the link, damn I need to get some links going for that site. I added the link from my original geocities account aka my CC website I never completed  :(
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Azure on November 14, 2006, 06:45:36 pm
What was suppose to happen when we sent the email? all I got was a reply saying there was no intent of a new game yet...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lavodox on November 15, 2006, 02:53:30 pm
I don't know about you guys, but we, the people of CC, are already sort of making a few of our own games. Chrono Stream, Chrono Crisis (can't wait!), and I can't remember the other games... :?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: kalluafc on December 14, 2006, 08:13:09 pm
hi, i'm new in this forum.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZeaLitY on December 14, 2006, 09:17:10 pm
Welcome. Zabuza rules.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Romana on December 15, 2006, 12:46:38 pm
Welcome. Zabuza rules.

He truly does, doesn't he? The end of the fight on the bridge made me respect him...

Oh, anyways, welcome to the forum, man. :)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: kalluafc on December 15, 2006, 01:02:53 pm
yeah, man. The best are zabuza and haku (merluza and hamtaro)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZeaLitY on April 07, 2007, 02:47:18 am
What bitter, awful fruit is this, where fans are left to struggle with diminishing returns and even a retranslation cannot excite people?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Kyronea on April 07, 2007, 02:55:18 am
What bitter, awful fruit is this, where fans are left to struggle with diminishing returns and even a retranslation cannot excite people?
I think it's a case of fan involvement only going so far. Without a real new Chrono game things can look bleak. But, as I've said before to you, Zeality, glimmers of hope exist. Chrono Crisis and Chrono Trigger +, together, may be the key to reawakening the fan community.(Hell, I'd love to see the two projects work together a bit...perhaps with references to Crisis hidden in + somewhere.) A release of Chrono Trigger to the Virtual Console may yet prove to Square that the market exists for a new Chrono game to be created by them, as it most certainly does.

There's a lot more to the fan community than those who speak up, Zeality. Far too often--sadly--the majority is not truly vocal. When it comes to actually participating they do not speak but merely observe. That's why you have so many registrants here who never post, why so many view the website without even registering, and so on and so forth. You see the same elsewhere; one good example is voting in the United States, where at most 35-40% of the country actually votes, while more than that may be vocal but never actually bother to fully participate.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Azure on April 07, 2007, 01:33:50 pm
I agree with you 100%. Its a sad but true situation...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ekstrom546 on April 19, 2007, 02:35:30 pm
Can I Ask?
Does Anyone here have the website to download chrono trigger...
I Have Find All The Website But I Can't find anyone...
please help me..
thank you very much...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Glennleo on April 21, 2007, 01:03:16 am
Can I Ask?
Does Anyone here have the website to download chrono trigger...
I Have Find All The Website But I Can't find anyone...
please help me..
thank you very much...

NO YOU CAN'T!!!!!!





Google is your friend though.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Dark Serge on May 17, 2007, 04:30:41 am
I recently started a new website. You guys have my old Chrono Cross website listed under the Community Map. I sent in an email saying that I will be updating it soon. For now, I'm focusing on a Chrono Trigger fan website:

http://cryosynthesis.com/chrono/

Hope I don't get killed for posting that link, please be easy  :x I'm new here. I will work the petition thingy into my site to help the community raise awareness.  :D

Ah, how I love that music... Really a treat to the ear  :D

And I've been hearing about Chrono Crisis, but what exactly is it? Is it finished? Is it still in progress? Is it about Crono or Serge, or about a new batch of characters? Is it about Lavos? About the TD? About the Dragon God? lol

And Chrono Trigger+, wasn't that the Chrono Trigger remake project? I thought that got canceld because Squeenix demanded so.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: satchel_dawg on May 25, 2007, 09:10:11 pm
Can I Ask?
Does Anyone here have the website to download chrono trigger...
I Have Find All The Website But I Can't find anyone...
please help me..
thank you very much...

NO YOU CAN'T!!!!!!





Google is your friend though.

abbreviate the word emulator, and put the fun word paradise behind it and possibly a dot org.
if you want the game figure it out.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Corona!01 on June 02, 2007, 10:06:24 pm
Emuparadise? You can't get a THING from them! What I'm getting sick of is that we get the same answer every time we ask about a new Chrono series game: "We aren't working on it, but there's a chance of one eventually." Isn't that like giving us false hope? Anytime we try a good remake or fangame (CT: Resurrection, for instance) it gets a "cease and decist". It's like they want to starve us all off or something while gorging Final Fantasy fans. Anyone heard about that new game "Blue Dragon"? A good portion of the Dream Team is working on it together. They said getting them to work together was part of the problem behind a new Crono game, so I think this proves they want to avoid the Crono series as best as they can.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Kyronea on June 02, 2007, 10:43:19 pm
Emuparadise? You can't get a THING from them! What I'm getting sick of is that we get the same answer every time we ask about a new Chrono series game: "We aren't working on it, but there's a chance of one eventually." Isn't that like giving us false hope? Anytime we try a good remake or fangame (CT: Resurrection, for instance) it gets a "cease and decist". It's like they want to starve us all off or something while gorging Final Fantasy fans. Anyone heard about that new game "Blue Dragon"? A good portion of the Dream Team is working on it together. They said getting them to work together was part of the problem behind a new Crono game, so I think this proves they want to avoid the Crono series as best as they can.
Remember, kids: companies always like to piss off their customers and think of nothing else but ways to do so, nevermind the fact that would seriously harm their profits and go against what a company stands for!

No, they're not ignoring the Chrono series at all. If anything, they've simply been delaying till both the DS and Virtual Console could fully prove themselves. Now that they have, they will probably test the waters with a port of Chrono Trigger to either system, and if the waters are warm and inviting...we could see a new Chrono game.

So, what I would suggest is that absolutely everyone who can--no matter what!--purchases a copy of either the Virtual Console port or the DS port, whichever comes out. I don't have a DS, but if it comes out on DS I'll buy a copy anyway, because the idea is to show as much support for the Chrono series as possible.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Chrono'99 on June 03, 2007, 06:12:19 am
Anyone heard about that new game "Blue Dragon"? A good portion of the Dream Team is working on it together.

A "good portion"? There's the co-supervisor Sakaguchi, the character designer Toriyama, and the assistant interim composer Uematsu. That's just 3 people, who weren't even the leading ones on CT.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: nightmare975 on June 03, 2007, 12:43:08 pm
Anyone heard about that new game "Blue Dragon"? A good portion of the Dream Team is working on it together.

A "good portion"? There's the co-supervisor Sakaguchi, the character designer Toriyama, and the assistant interim composer Uematsu. That's just 3 people, who weren't even the leading ones on CT.

Better than nothing, right?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Chrono'99 on June 03, 2007, 01:57:38 pm
Better than nothing, right?

Yeah, but not better than Baten Kaitos...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: nightmare975 on June 03, 2007, 02:29:26 pm
Better than nothing, right?

Yeah, but not better than Baten Kaitos...

Touché
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: satchel_dawg on June 04, 2007, 07:44:30 pm
Emuparadise? You can't get a THING from them!

they do have the ct rom, its a pretty good copy too, with the exception of somewhat distorted music.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZeaLitY on June 04, 2007, 08:05:29 pm
I really doubt that Emuparadise magically has some special version with bad music. It was probably your emulator.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: justin3009 on June 04, 2007, 11:18:44 pm
Emuparadise is terrible site to get anything from.  The downloads are slow, half the links are broken, etc...I'm more fund of getting stuff from rom-nation or romhustler or w/e.  Alot quicker and easier to get.  Of course with a few minor pop ups here and there.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Corona!01 on June 05, 2007, 10:08:08 pm
True, I got shortchanged mid-way through downloading Chrono Cross from there, and yes, I know now that there isn't any truely big names on the project, now. When I typed that, I'd just read one news article, and an inaccurate one at that. Seriously, though, I've noticed SE has a bad habit of giving the fans the short end of the stick, just look at the non-Japanese Final Fantasy numbering system.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Kyronea on June 05, 2007, 10:17:28 pm
It's not that they have a bad habit of giving their fans the stick so much as they act like a company and make business decisions. The market for their games is typically higher and incurs less expenses due to shipping of the software in Japan than in North America. Only recently with games such as Kingdom Hearts II has this proven otherwise, and even then Square-Enix is reluctant to change their minds, as seen by the obvious lack of a North American Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+, though there is still the possibility of an announcement of a North American port. Further, you must take into account the general Japanese attitudes, especially for the older citizens. While many of the younger citizens will have more open-minded attitudes, most of the older citizens tend to be xenophobic, caused by the singular lack of any sort of real ethnic diversity on the Japanese islands for thousands of years. Families can literally trace their ancestors back over a millennia or more.

In fact, Square-Enix is anything but mean when it comes to the Japanese fanbase. A large portion of their games early on were given solely to the Japanese, and this practice continues with their expanded content games such as Final Fantasy X-2: Internationl+ Last Mission or whatever that bloody long title was.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Kebrel on June 08, 2007, 06:55:16 pm
Square Enix is Making a profit off re-release The Final Fantasy that is enough to keep any company afloat. Then the next big money maker is the Dragon quest series. This means A) Chrono Trigger will not be on any virtual console sense Square Enix can make just as much money as any new, Retail game. And B)They are vary safe, they know Chrono trigger will MOST LIKELY sell, and sell big, but why do that when they know Final Fantasy, And Dragon quest  WILL sell, and sell big.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ProjectoR on June 09, 2007, 07:25:07 pm
there probably isnt going to be a chrono 3, cause no1 has even truly finished chrono CROSS yet, the locked door remains locked in the developers room.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Chrono'99 on June 09, 2007, 07:27:38 pm
Almost no one has ever managed to beat the totally broken final boss in SaGa Frontier 2, and yet we still got Unlimited Saga...

Well, at least this time almost nobody even played that weird Unlimited Saga game at all.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ProjectoR on June 10, 2007, 04:25:49 am
looool  :D
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Kebrel on June 27, 2007, 07:17:18 pm
Almost no one has ever managed to beat the totally broken final boss in SaGa Frontier 2, and yet we still got Unlimited Saga...

Well, at least this time almost nobody even played that weird Unlimited Saga game at all.

I loved Unlimited Saga. :x
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Chrono Master on July 20, 2007, 06:49:35 pm
[/glow]In all retrospect I don't think there is any one who comes in (metaphorically speaking) contact with this site who Dosen't want a new Chrono game. So I think the real question is who dosen't want a new Chrono game? I'lll guess that maybe 1...or 2 people will say yes, C'mon were all fans of this series so our answer is yes so lets start discussing an how to get Square-Enix to notice the fan community. lets band together and have a convention, and call it Chrono Con. If were lucky a gaming mag. Company will take notice and then an article of the event is in their Magizine and S-E (hopefully) sees and takes notice of the Chrono fan base. we have to show them there is greater profit in creating another Chrono game than making another Final Fantasy.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Zanis on July 25, 2007, 01:59:12 am
actually in the aug 2007 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly mag there is a section towards the back about sequels that never came but are wanted and chrono trigger is listed. so at least one magazine agrees with our plight.. although it doesnt mean another game is coming.. unfortuneatly........   in an unrelated matter i read somewhere on a news report type site that the makers of Super Smash Bros. were in talks w/ square enix to put crono in SSBB. ne one kno nething about that?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Radical_Dreamer on July 25, 2007, 02:18:58 am
in an unrelated matter i read somewhere on a news report type site that the makers of Super Smash Bros. were in talks w/ square enix to put crono in SSBB. ne one kno nething about that?

No. What site?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Zanis on July 25, 2007, 03:39:54 am
ahh shoot i cant find the website ne more (as i saw it several months ago like in may) sorry.. but from wut i can remember they were talking to third company parties that had games on ne nintendo system.. i.e. capcom, square soft.. err enix.. the article said it's sources were from some swedish site.. havent heard nething about it since..ah well we can only hope..
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Ryokushin on September 05, 2007, 11:46:58 pm
Okay let me put it like this for everyone.  I would love to have a new Chrono game, I would love for a remake of Chrono Trigger.  But as much as I would love it, there are rarely superior sequels to games.  I mean, A Link to the Past, and Secret of Mana are perfect examples.

A Link to the Past was a wonderful game, and that put the first two games to shame.  And Ocarina of Time, and Majora's Mask were still good, however they were all for naught because they didn't fulfill the shoes that A Link to the Past had put down for them to step into.  And all of the following games were decent, but they still didn't fulfill the legacy that A Link to the Past put down.  ( I haven't played Twilight Princess, so I don't know about that )

Secret of Mana was great, too.  Legend of Mana, Dawn of Mana, Children of Mana and Sword of Mana(I think that's the name?) didn't fill the shoes Secret did. 

And I don't know about you guys, but I loved Chrono Trigger much more than I loved Chrono Cross.  It may just be my opinion, but Chrono Trigger is the best game ever made.  And for them to make a sequel or a prequel to this game could either hurt our thoughts of what Squaresoft(enix) can do now or make them an even better group.  But to make a sequel or a prequel they would have to get the original team back and work on the game.

I loved Chrono Trigger, and I do want them to make another Chrono game, however I don't want to be terribly disappointed at what may or may not have been done.  That's just my opinion.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on September 06, 2007, 07:58:31 pm
Most people will argue with you about LttP>OoT, but I won't. ^_^

Sword of Mana was a remake of the original Seiken Densetsu and it definately did overfill those shoes. As for those other Mana games, I haven't played them and don't know if the same teams worked on them all, but I HAVE played Seiken Densetsu III/"Secret of Mana II" and it is better than Seiken Densetsu II/Secret of Mana.

I don't think anyone wants a disappointing Chrono sequal, but the fact is that the team behind the Chrono series has yet to disappoint us, so I think we can trust them with a fourth game.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Glennleo on September 06, 2007, 08:12:41 pm
Most people will argue with you about LttP>OoT, but I won't. ^_^

As for those other Mana games, I haven't played them and don't know if the same teams worked on them all, but I HAVE played Seiken Densetsu III/"Secret of Mana II" and it is better than Seiken Densetsu II/Secret of Mana.

Quoted for TRUTH.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Corona!01 on October 08, 2007, 09:36:39 pm
i read somewhere on a news report type site that the makers of Super Smash Bros. were in talks w/ square enix to put crono in SSBB. ne one kno nething about that?
I heard about that, too. It was actually just a contest Nintendo of Japan opened up. They took multiple non-Nintendo owned game characters (MegaMan, Solid Snake, Crash Bandicoot and the like) and asked fans who they'd like to see in Brawl. Guess Crono was on that list, but we all know who won :|
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Frog Lady on October 13, 2007, 05:53:29 am
I heard about that, too. It was actually just a contest Nintendo of Japan opened up. They took multiple non-Nintendo owned game characters (MegaMan, Solid Snake, Crash Bandicoot and the like) and asked fans who they'd like to see in Brawl. Guess Crono was on that list, but we all know who won :|

What a pity. I can just imagine Crono in there. He'd own with his cyclone (I think they would put that in) and very probably his Lightning magic.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Gamer8585 on December 10, 2007, 10:11:45 pm
I heard about that, too. It was actually just a contest Nintendo of Japan opened up. They took multiple non-Nintendo owned game characters (MegaMan, Solid Snake, Crash Bandicoot and the like) and asked fans who they'd like to see in Brawl. Guess Crono was on that list, but we all know who won :|

What a pity. I can just imagine Crono in there. He'd own with his cyclone (I think they would put that in) and very probably his Lightning magic.


Personally, I think they would have had Crono play too much like Link, with only a couple of unique flourishes for fan service (The temptation would be there). Well I would have still played it and pretended like it was Chrono 3 regardless.

I wish there was a way to get SE moving on a 3rd Chrono game. Its kinda hard to show support for the franchise if they don't put out any material to buy. Even if its not a game, they could license merchandise (T-Shirts, Action Figures, Sound Tracks, Costumes, Props, etc.) they could pimp out CT/CC characters for other franchises: Chrono in Dragon Quest, Frog in Zelda, Lucca in Resident Evil, Ayla in DDR, Magus in Legacy of Kain, Marle in Mario, Serge in Suikoden, Nikki in Guitar Hero, Kid in Tomb Raider...C'mon people this stuff writes itself.

Although if they do make Chrono 3 and it includes a new cast and unconnected story, ala Cross, I would hope there would be a few returning characters (ie. Crono, Serge, Magus, Schala (Sara)/Kid etc.) playable or at least few side quests to flesh out what happened to them. I would have soooo loved if they kept Magus in CC...couldn't they have axed 10-20 other characters instead of Magus? He's worth at least that many!

BTW: OOT > ALTTP. ALTTP is one of my favorite game (I wore out the SNES cart), but I gotta say OOT is a superior game overall.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on December 16, 2007, 10:56:31 pm
Crono Moveset

B moves

Standard - Cyclone: all of you are expecting it to be like Links I bet. WRONG! It's more like Jiggles' rollout attack but it u can control it's movement(I know Jiggles can to but I mean full control) or let it stand if you want.

Side - *haven't decided*

Up - Confuse - Jumps up into the air, then comes downs with a couple of slashes that are like Kirby's up B.

Down - Lightning 2 - Basically like Pikachu's down B except wider and goes from him, upwards.

Smash Moves

Side - Slash - Drags his katana across the ground and lifts it up to the air in a slash. The slash also goes and equivalent of two kirby and a half far.

Up - no name just a stab up into the air

Down - once more no name just drags the katana across the ground forward to back and forward to back

Final Smash - Luminair
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on February 14, 2008, 01:56:05 am
actually...  crono was never a character considered for smash brothers brawl...

he was just one of the many (as said, with mega man, solid snake, etc.) POSSIBLE choices that non-nintendo companies could add.  cloud strife and sephiroth were mentioned, too...

(please - no more sephiroth!)

and here's the thing.  i think square enix KNOWS about us (the fan community) and our innate desire to see a third Chrono game.  i think it comes down to logistics:
1.) to unite everyone involved to create Chrono 3
2.) to ensure their assets (we all know that in recent years square enix has not necessarily been what it once was)

i think the most logical point right now is a DS port of Chrono Trigger...

...and thats my two cents.

namaste.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Glennleo on February 14, 2008, 05:50:14 pm
actually...  crono was never a character considered for smash brothers brawl...

he was just one of the many (as said, with mega man, solid snake, etc.) POSSIBLE choices that non-nintendo companies could add.  cloud strife and sephiroth were mentioned, too...

(please - no more sephiroth!)


Oh noes! The Zeality signal is going haywire!!!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on February 14, 2008, 11:31:33 pm
Quote from: Gamer8585
I wish there was a way to get SE moving on a 3rd Chrono game.

4th, dammit, FOURTH!!!

Quote from: Boo the Gentleman Caller
i think the most logical point right now is a DS port of Chrono Trigger...

Well now, seeing the sales figures for FFIV DS so far...

Quote from: FFInsider (http://www.ffinsider.net/2008/02/11/final-fantasy-iv-ds-sells-over-half-a-million.php)
Final Fantasy 4 DS, a game that is only available on one console in one country (for less than two months) is selling like hot-cakes!

How hot are these hot-cakes, you ask? Well, how about more than half-a-million copies, or 564, 895 copies since December 20, 2007, to be more precise!

...I'd imagine that we can expect more oldschool 3D DS remakes coming our way from Square-Enix...Chrono, plz, plz? ^_^
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on February 15, 2008, 12:38:04 am
my point exactly: 3d remake of chrono trigger.  for the DS.

i mean, how else could they utilize the dual screen awesomeness (depending on your personal opinion) of the DS...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on February 15, 2008, 01:06:44 am
Meh, I just see the dual touch screen as a lame little gimmick, myself...just there to make emulating harder. lol

What'd you have in mind? From what I hear on FFIII DS, the dual touch screen screen didn't really come into play at all...I think it was just a map screen most of the time...*shrugs* I wouldn't want them to mess w/it too much...but a nice official retranslation would be neat...better sound quality too of course...Maybe remake Radical Dreamers slightly & stuff that bad boy in there as well. ^_^
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on February 15, 2008, 01:08:12 am
RD would actually make a great addition.  like you only have access to it after you beat CT or something...

we may be on to something here...!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on February 15, 2008, 01:20:52 am
Well Kato's said he didn't want to make RD an addition on the Chronicles version of CT because he wasn't that proud of it or w/e...so I figure a real remake (instead of just the inspired game Chrono Cross) would be ideal...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on February 15, 2008, 01:53:15 am
i've heard that, too, but...

it would still be a fan service to those who HAVEN'T played the english translation of RD.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on February 15, 2008, 02:28:36 pm
If he was that interested in fan service he'd have made Chrono 2: Magus Magus MAGUS! instead of Chrono Cross. It's probably better the way it is...>_>
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: placidchap on February 25, 2008, 11:57:07 pm
(please - no more sephiroth!) *or Magus!*

Hurrah!

Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Patchy on February 26, 2008, 01:44:21 am
I feel that it's our duty as a fan community to make an effort to purchase a Trigger remake on DS if it ever occurs - the sales figures from those will weigh in majorly on any sort of decison to produce new content for the series by upper management. The almighty dollar sadly calls the shots.

Off the top of my head I can think of two major victories by fan communities, albeit not in video games:

1) Firefly. The staggering sales of the DVD Seasons spawned Serenity.
2) Dead Like Me. Same as above, although the movie is still in production / nearing completion.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Kebrel on February 26, 2008, 02:30:30 am
1) Firefly. The staggering sales of the DVD Seasons spawned Serenity.
Well how could we deny this its just reward?

(http://www.geocities.com/fadingendlessly/jayne1.gif)
(http://www.geekroar.com/film/archives/firefly_cast_small.jpg)
(http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs10/300W/i/2006/116/8/0/Firefly__s_Serenity_Cast_by_nillia.jpg)
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/wallpaper01_800x600.jpg)
(http://www.markshields.com/images/serenity-firefly-movie-logo.jpg)
What? ZeaLitY gets to do it for Grimmjow and Sephiroth all the time.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: placidchap on February 26, 2008, 08:21:59 am
I feel that it's our duty as a fan community to make an effort to purchase a Trigger remake on DS if it ever occurs - the sales figures from those will weigh in majorly on any sort of decison to produce new content for the series by upper management. The almighty dollar sadly calls the shots.

Off the top of my head I can think of two major victories by fan communities, albeit not in video games:

1) Firefly. The staggering sales of the DVD Seasons spawned Serenity.
2) Dead Like Me. Same as above, although the movie is still in production / nearing completion.

3) Jericho.  They canned the series but due to fan protest they decided to un-can it and they did another season.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on February 26, 2008, 08:43:37 am
You could ad the cancellations of Family Guy...and Futurama, which came back for a couple new eps...

But anyways...if they did it, I'd try my ass off to buy a Chrono Trigger DS remake game even though I don't own a DS! Or I'd buy it for people I knew had DS at least. Gotta spread the Chrono love!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Patchy on February 26, 2008, 10:06:04 am
Gotta spread the Chrono love!

 :D This made my morning.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on February 26, 2008, 10:37:21 pm
i would BUY a DS for chrono.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Oatmeal1209 on February 26, 2008, 10:43:31 pm
I'd totally buy a Chrono or RD remake for DS, or maybe even for PSP.  I own both, so it's all good to me, as long as it's handheld.  Also, a Dead Like Me movie is being made?  *checks google*
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: placidchap on February 27, 2008, 08:30:59 am
I probably wouldn't, mainly because I have student loans coming out of my ass, among everything else.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on February 27, 2008, 05:23:23 pm
yeah, student loans here, too...  but i could always NOT buy some other games (or trade stuff in) and get a cheap DS (see: used)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on March 07, 2008, 03:46:34 pm
You could just buy the CT DS & then get a DS emulator! Don't have to bother supporting Ninny itself, just the Chrono series! :P
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on March 07, 2008, 03:48:03 pm
true dat...  true dat...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on April 13, 2008, 12:04:03 pm
I still want it to be remade for PS3 because of the awesome graphics.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Kebrel on April 13, 2008, 12:13:36 pm
I am surprised, many games(not all) I can't tell the difference between ps3 and 360. Sure I now the ps3 is stronger but its the creators skill more then the console. look at shadow of the colossus on the ps2 for example. the ps2 is the weakest system in its generation and yet that was by far one of the most beautiful game of its generation, and still better then many current gen games.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: VincentGAU8 on April 14, 2008, 05:11:36 am
Yes indeed Kebrel, what an awesome game Shadow of the Colossus was. Games are not only flashy graphics though, its also the heart.  :)  Chrono Trigger did that for me, and by the time i first played it, the ps1 and its numerous higher graphic quality games were already out.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: MagilsugaM on April 30, 2008, 03:01:45 am
It's like God of War for PSP, the PSP is weaker than the PS2 but this guysmade a great work...
In CT I saw almost PSX 2d graphis for the Super Nintendo.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Korro on May 24, 2008, 09:54:41 pm
For a new chrono game, we oughta do some of the downright insane things that starmen.net does.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: x_XTacTX_x on May 24, 2008, 09:56:51 pm
It's like God of War for PSP, the PSP is weaker than the PS2 but this guysmade a great work...
In CT I saw almost PSX 2d graphis for the Super Nintendo.

Anyone rememb er the Kingdom Hearts Card Battling game for the GBA? They put CGI sequences into that, if I remember correctly. That's just downright amazing.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: brifye19 on May 26, 2008, 01:13:52 am
 :x I'm so sick of people wanting Square Enix To do a chrono Trigger Game. Square Enix Does Not have the same people Square soft had. The Game would get butchered thus resulting in pissed off Chrono Trigger Fans. If you don't believe me than look at how the Final Fantasy Series was butchered and destroyed by Square Enix.

Chrono Trigger was developed by a group that Square called the "Dream Team", consisting of Hironobu Sakaguchi, Kazuhiko Aoki, and composer Nobuo Uematsu—known for their works on the Final Fantasy series—and Yuuji Horii and artist Akira Toriyama, developers for the Dragon Quest series.

*note* These people are now not the Brains behind Square Enix, So the people who would create the game would just slaughter it. 

Now If the Dream Team Made a new chrono game it would be awesome. some of the dream team still work together lost odyssee was a great game that kept the basics.

I Prefer Graphics Over Gameplay!!

I would Dread Playing a Chrono Game on a handheld Console. I want to play it on a normal screen! Geez The best bet for a new Chrono game is the fan made ones.

Us Fans truly have the game at heart!


Next time don't double post, please.
                              ~V_Translanka

Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on May 26, 2008, 02:07:04 am
Sakaguchi was just a supervisor...His directorial work gave us Spirits Within!...hooray...? >_> I think we can let him go off with his Blue Dragon & Lost Odyssey...Unnecessary for a new Chrono game.

Aoki, producer (hooray for nothing titles!), brought together the CT team...otherwise...? He recently did battle design for FFIII DS so he's still working for Square.

Uematsu, who ended up doing very little arranging for CT, also still works with Square (he's gonna be working on the XIII with Masashi Hamauzu...The REAL composer for the Chrono series is and always will be Yasunori Mitsuda, who is freelance.

Horii, creator of the DQ series, was another supervisor for CT (how many damn supervisors did it need?)...Well, whatever...he heads Armor Project, which deals EXCLUSIVELY with Square-Enix.

Akira Toriyama, who did an awesome job w/CT's character designs...continues to work w/Square-Enix as the character designer for the Dragon Quest series (as he always has been)...

Masato Kato, the man you didn't mention and that wasn't part of the big hubabaloo known as the "Dream Team" (which was really more of an attention grabbing name w/a lot of attention grabbing names in it when you look at that list carefully), was the main Story Planner behind the series and thus the guy that matters most if we want a true Chrono game. TRUE he's now a freelance scenario writer, having left Square after FFXI came out...BUT he's since worked w/Square in a few Seiken Densetsu/Mana games.

So, the only thing in the way of we the fans and a sequel is getting the people that MATTER...and right now they seem busy or whatever...getting together the right team is essential...

But, I think people were mainly talking about a remake, which wouldn't require as much to be great (as seen in FFIII DS, FFIV DS, & DQIV DS)...and who cares if the remake is on a handheld? Handheld games are great...and besides, if you want it on a bigger screen, emulate, HA!

Quote from: brifye19
Us Fans truly have the game at heart!

Have you read the bad fanfics out there? Not all fans know it very good at all. Heck, not even people in the Compendium have it down pat. Kato is the only real god of the Chronoverse. We just live in it. ^_^
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: brifye19 on May 26, 2008, 01:33:47 pm
This isn't telling me much. The fact that their hasnt been much talk on a new chrono game or a re-release goes to show me that the franchise isn't thought about that much. The only people who are talking about new games is the fans of the game.

So what can you do.

My marquee meant to say

I prefer gameplay over graphics!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on May 26, 2008, 06:43:04 pm
You know, I've always had this nagging feeling in the back of my mind that Square Enix is intentionally stalling on a new Chrono game.  Obviously they have their eyes on us, the fan community.  They are constantly watching us and if something gets out of line (in their eyes), such as both Chrono Trigger 3-D remakes, they shut it down.

So that much we know: Squeenix is watching us.

But we're a very fervent and sometimes aggressive crowd, and we are (for the most part) extremely protective over all things Chrono.  I wonder if good ol' Square Enix hasn't been hesitant simply afraid to create something that would anger us (the buyers, the money spenders).

But most importantly we're so fervent in our passions for Chrono that we have reached the point where we ENTERTAIN ourselves.  Not only are we beyond fan art and fan fiction, but we are in the midst or creating our own Chrono games.  If we are capable of entertaining ourselves, why would Square Enix feel the need to make another game?

Not saying that any of the above is true, but it's all things that have passed through my mind.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on May 26, 2008, 07:02:06 pm
Their eyes were shifted to those because they were 3D remakes of one of their games...if it had been a fan 3D remake of FFIV instead the same thing would have happened. I think the stall is simply because the team has been busy with other stuff.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: x_XTacTX_x on May 26, 2008, 08:29:15 pm
Alright, on paper this sounded utterly retarded, but what if... What if SE knows about the Compendium? And what if one of our members is actually one of their moles!? Reading what boo wrote, I can only think that one of us might be one of Square's spies.


dun-dun-dunnnnn
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: FaustWolf on May 26, 2008, 09:55:21 pm
Square may have already lost a significant amount of profit by fibrillating on a Virtual Console release of Chrono Trigger, because fans have now managed to distribute it via Virtual Console for free. I'll not provide a link, just in case there be a spy among us. *looks around suspiciously*

Even though the Chrono fan community has gained the skills necessary for entertaining ourselves as Boo has pointed out, I imagine that a new Chrono story by Masato Kato would still grab our collective attention, especially since Kato tends to "up the ante" instead of rehashing old material and characters.

Hey, remember when everyone said that Final Fantasy XI was preventing us from seeing a new Chrono because it sucked up much of the talent that otherwise could have been employed in producing Chrono Break? Well, guess what:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled_Square_Enix_project
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/e305/nextgeneration/na.html

Though I haven't a clue as to who will be involved in that other than Hiromichi Tanaka, so I'm unsure how this will impact the probability of seeing a new "official" Chrono.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on May 26, 2008, 10:01:11 pm
Quote
Hey, remember when everyone said that Final Fantasy XI was preventing us from seeing a new Chrono because it sucked up much of the talent that otherwise could have been employed in producing Chrono Break? Well, guess what:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled_Square_Enix_project

Uh, that's Infinite Undiscovery...and what did FFXI have to do w/the Chrono team???
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: brifye19 on May 26, 2008, 11:03:38 pm
So do you guys think they will come out with a remake or a new game altogether when the time comes?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: FaustWolf on May 27, 2008, 12:50:34 am
I think it's a totally separate project from Infinite Undiscovery -- ID is a single-player game, whereas the one Tanaka talks about is a MMORPG, unless it changed into ID during its development? There's separate Wikipedia articles for each game too.

The best evidence I can readily find regarding FFXI's influence on the Chrono franchise is this quote from Richard Honeywood:
Final Fantasy XI is pretty much it for a while. We still have a lot of possible expansion packs we could do, and plenty of support to give. As far as Chrono is concerned, that's huge; but we can't do two or three things at the same time, and it's tough to do FFXI and another Chrono game at the same time or too close together. We'd love to do one though, but yeah, not yet. (2003-05-14).

That's from the Chrono Break Wikipedia article. If members of the "Dream Team" who were tied up by FFXI also get tied up in this new MMORPG, it's good bye Chrono for the time being, again. Hopefully I'm wrong on that, and hopefully this doesn't answer brifye's question above.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: brifye19 on May 28, 2008, 12:44:18 am
I love my nostalgic games, but I need to see more games that will give me that special feeling. So far I have not came across anything yet. I'm so hating the New Final Fantasy Games so Square needs to deliver with a new Chrono Game!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on May 28, 2008, 02:18:05 pm
or the RPG in question is 'Rapture'.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: FaustWolf on May 28, 2008, 02:52:27 pm
That's the codename under which it's being developed, at least. I have no clue if that's the name they'll finally go with (or if it's been made the official name already). I just worry that it's going to suck away resources right at the time that Kato and Mitsuda are getting back together for World Destruction -- though that's admittedly being developed by Sega and not Square Enix, it shows that Kato and Mitsuda still have a strong working relationship, and might both be hired again to work on another Chrono if only Square had the wherewithal to undertake the project.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Katie Skyye on July 24, 2008, 07:49:59 pm
Better than nothing, right?

Yeah, but not better than Baten Kaitos...

You are officially awesome now.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ChronoSuper on October 10, 2008, 05:18:29 pm
Somebody want another game? PM me to become arbiter of a summarized game idea involving Magus, and events proceeding CC. Maybe someone will take it into consideration, and won't end up like me; Forever Zero. First come first serve- only one person gets this trophy! Call now!

Never mind, I'll post it in the Kajar Laboratories.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: soulsurfer on October 15, 2008, 09:10:31 pm
Hey all,

I'm new to this forum but have been a loooong time chrono fan. First of all, I'd like thank Zeality et al for such a great site...very complete and well laid out :)

I'd love to see a new game out, but I wan't too optimistic until I saw the CT-DS game coming out this November. Made me wonder why, of all the hit games Squaresoft had to choose from, did they remake this and not, say another FF game (the DS is powerful enough to pull this off..so why not?). In addition, the kids that play DS were probably not old enough to know CT from the SNES, so why re-introduce it with all the work that goes into porting a game (especially to a more eye-candy intensive generation)? It's almost like if there were a port of "Kid Icarus" for the N64...it would make you wonder.

My guess is that they are gauging interest in CT not just from us stalwarts, but also from new, younger gamers. If the game's sales beats their markeing expectations, I'd expect Chrono Break to be slated for production once Square-Enix has the resources in place to do it (Kato being the primary creative necessity). So...buy buy buy as many copies as you can! ;-P

Anyway, here's to being hopeful of a new game in this great series...I just hope the plot is a little less complicated and better paced than CC (although I still liked that one too).
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Maokun on October 26, 2008, 07:50:22 am
Hey all,

I'm new to this forum but have been a loooong time chrono fan. First of all, I'd like thank Zeality et al for such a great site...very complete and well laid out :)

I'd love to see a new game out, but I wan't too optimistic until I saw the CT-DS game coming out this November. Made me wonder why, of all the hit games Squaresoft had to choose from, did they remake this and not, say another FF game (the DS is powerful enough to pull this off..so why not?). In addition, the kids that play DS were probably not old enough to know CT from the SNES, so why re-introduce it with all the work that goes into porting a game (especially to a more eye-candy intensive generation)? It's almost like if there were a port of "Kid Icarus" for the N64...it would make you wonder.

My guess is that they are gauging interest in CT not just from us stalwarts, but also from new, younger gamers. If the game's sales beats their markeing expectations, I'd expect Chrono Break to be slated for production once Square-Enix has the resources in place to do it (Kato being the primary creative necessity). So...buy buy buy as many copies as you can! ;-P

Anyway, here's to being hopeful of a new game in this great series...I just hope the plot is a little less complicated and better paced than CC (although I still liked that one too).

I agree with this. Please try to make people buy this game as much as possible. We need it to be a great success for Squeenix to considerate worth another sequel. If this game fails to meet their expectations, you can pretty much say goodbye to the franchise forever :(
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Magus22 on December 01, 2008, 07:16:49 pm
Quote from: CHRONO BREAK REQUEST FORM

Sample 1 USA Letters

Dear Square Enix,

I am a fan of the Chrono series, which includes the games Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. I very much enjoyed these titles, and am part of a large community of fans who share in my experiences. I am writing you to express my desire for a new Chrono game, and my full support in purchasing a new title. The series is unique, engaging, and very fun, and I would be overjoyed to see a new addition to its already outstanding lineup of games.

Sincerely,

Name

I remember this!! The old letter I created and had translated to Japanese on the same paper that I sent to SE. Good to see it is posted here for others to use as well. Though over many months old since a new reply, the truth comes down to this. In all honesty, the harder us fans push for such an action, the increased chance we have to obtain a response - especially coming from overseas.

We have so much to gain and so little to lose.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Xenterex on December 01, 2008, 10:23:54 pm
Quote
My guess is that they are gauging interest in CT not just from us stalwarts, but also from new, younger gamers. If the game's sales beats their markeing expectations, I'd expect Chrono Break to be slated for production once Square-Enix has the resources in place to do it (Kato being the primary creative necessity)

Well, we've certainly at least seen the reverse of this several times in the video game industry  (Like Xenosaga being shorted due to lack of sales)  While I think a new game added to the series could be nice, Kato would probably be best off remaining as one of the creatives, and not so much the primary, assuming he'd even allow that much.  After reading some older interviews again, it feels like these games are more of a chore to him, and in my growing opinion he's not so much the single handed brain-trust of Chrono that people rave him to be on these forums.  Writing he certainly can be, but I think directing capabilities are a tad much.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Vagrant on December 05, 2008, 03:28:59 am
Given the state of Square-Enix for the past several years, I wouldn't want them to make a new Chrono game.

Unless they could get the old Dream Team back together, but I don't see it happening.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: mikeb123 on December 08, 2008, 10:38:46 pm
Given the state of Square-Enix for the past several years, I wouldn't want them to make a new Chrono game.
                                                                                                                                                                               Agreed. After seeing them screw up Seiken Densetsu 3, I got really fed up.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Magus22 on December 08, 2008, 11:48:07 pm
If CT DS sells well, perhaps we will get a CC remake (hopefully).

After Ultimania's release of the CT DS guide and such, we need to blast SE with new letters about a new Chrono game. This will be the perfect opportunity... then again FFXIII is coming soon, so all of their man-power may be aimed elsewhere.

Do you think that due to the amount of fan games out there is why we do not have a new Chrono game yet?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Paradox244 on December 22, 2008, 06:44:19 pm
I don't think so.  They're probably just too busy trying to sell me Final Fantasy IV for the twentieth fucking time.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on December 22, 2008, 09:37:46 pm
Yeah, getting a 3rd party to do a remake FFIV must have been really taxing on their talent...>_>
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Afinho on December 27, 2008, 12:58:03 pm
Square Enix is Making a profit off re-release The Final Fantasy that is enough to keep any company afloat. Then the next big money maker is the Dragon quest series. This means A) Chrono Trigger will not be on any virtual console sense Square Enix can make just as much money as any new, Retail game. And B)They are vary safe, they know Chrono trigger will MOST LIKELY sell, and sell big, but why do that when they know Final Fantasy, And Dragon quest  WILL sell, and sell big.

Isn't it funny to look bad at what we say in the past.  :o
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: KebreI on December 27, 2008, 06:43:04 pm
What? I said that it wouldn't be a downloadable game it would be its own, which is correct. Plus I said that there other games would get more attention during production which is true. I wasn't wrong in any way.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Afinho on December 27, 2008, 07:07:19 pm
What? I said that it wouldn't be a downloadable game it would be its own, which is correct. Plus I said that there other games would get more attention during production which is true. I wasn't wrong in any way.

Oops,k didn't read the "virtual"
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Schala Zeal on December 27, 2008, 07:09:46 pm
I've been interested in C++, game development, and internet development for a while. I would want to make a Chrono MMO if I actually knew how. Heck, I can't even get Allegro to work. Bah!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Feldschlacht IV on December 29, 2008, 02:58:42 pm
Seven pages! How successful do you guys think this has been? Have we gotten anyone's attention? I'd love to see a new Chrono game.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: x_XTacTX_x on December 30, 2008, 05:13:35 pm
I'm going to write my letter to SE as my New Year's resolution.

My 30 page letter.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Magus22 on December 31, 2008, 03:04:32 pm
I'm going to write my letter to SE as my New Year's resolution.

My 30 page letter.

I am definitely game to send another letter. However, I had sent one directly to the Japanese HQ with both English and Japanese translations and never received a reply. That close to 2 years ago... perhaps I should send one to SE here in the states.

That is a perfect resolution XTacTX !!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: TriforceofEternity on February 18, 2009, 03:22:01 am
Before we have a new Chrono game I would like a Chrono Trigger PC and have their be extended side-quest by downloading patches for free.   (See What If: Chrono Trigger PC) thread for more info)   

For those who have a laptop imagine playing an improved Chrono Trigger on the go?  much better then the DS version.


I am tired so good night before I become stupid. :picardno
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Jutty on February 18, 2009, 06:41:49 am
Before we have a new Chrono game I would like a Chrono Trigger PC and have their be extended side-quest by downloading patches for free.   (See What If: Chrono Trigger PC) thread for more info)   

For those who have a laptop imagine playing an improved Chrono Trigger on the go?  much better then the DS version.


I am tired so good night before I become stupid. :picardno

We already have CT on PC. It's called ZSNES or No$GBA.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: idioticidioms on February 18, 2009, 06:47:10 am
it's been my theory that they've been working on a sequel since Cross came out and have just been fine-tuning it to look really badass when they release it.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Jutty on February 18, 2009, 06:57:15 am
it's been my theory that they've been working on a sequel since Cross came out and have just been fine-tuning it to look really badass when they release it.


That kind of development time would rival "Too Human" lol.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: idioticidioms on February 18, 2009, 07:11:29 am
one can hope, Jutty. One can hope.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on February 18, 2009, 07:56:58 am
So you think they've been working on a sequel even during all of the time that Kato & Mitsuda were not only working on other projects, but were working completely separate from Square...?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: idioticidioms on February 18, 2009, 08:46:35 am
I didn't say they were doing it quickly... lol
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Jutty on February 19, 2009, 07:59:45 am
Objection!
Your suggestion lacks conviction!  :shock:
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: TriforceofEternity on February 20, 2009, 11:00:14 pm
No a real Chrono Trigger PC that makes it unique.    Similar but not exactly Chrono Resserection.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: TheSwordsFrog on February 27, 2009, 10:55:04 am
I'm still hoping not only in a sequel of the game,but in a comic or animated series as well...I know It's hopeless but one can dream right  :roll: I mean come on this game just CALLS for a series dammit! there's a lot of mangas or oavs coming out of other square games,so why not this one?it would be a blast! but no,they had to do that demential nuumamonga or what its name  :picardno but that's off topic sorry hehe..anyway,I'd love a new game,at least  :wink:
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on February 27, 2009, 10:58:10 am
I think because of all the big-wigs involved (the Dream Team) in the making of CT that there's a lot of red tape surrounding the creation of supplemental materials...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on February 27, 2009, 09:25:14 pm
That's probably why there are no Chrono collectibles or anything of the sort on their web site to.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on February 27, 2009, 09:41:42 pm
Yeah, it almost seems like only Mitsuda has a fondness for the series anymore...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Magus_Brokenhart on March 08, 2009, 08:04:29 am
We must not let the Chrono series die. We must bug them until they make enough sequels to make a Gametailers Retrospective. >_>
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Setheus on March 11, 2009, 10:53:05 am
Just sent SquareEnix USA and Japan emails =) Ill try to get some typed out letters sent as well. But yes, we must get them to make us some sort of sequel!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Setheus on March 11, 2009, 04:35:09 pm
Well Ive already received an email back from SquareEnix already. . .

We hope this letter answers your questions.

Our parent company, SQUARE ENIX of Japan, has no current plans to create a sequel to that particular title at this time.  This is not to say that it will never happen, it's just that their development teams are currently focusing on numerous other projects.

We hope this information has been of assistance.

Thanks,
Neil- SQUARE ENIX Customer Support


. . .Im still sending them a typed letter >:)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on March 11, 2009, 05:19:26 pm
Wow, you must be like six. Square Enix of America and Europe do nothing. They are just business and translations, for now at least. Unless you can get that to Japan, which most likely would still do nothing, you're wasting time.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Magus22 on March 14, 2009, 02:42:53 pm
Wow, you must be like six. Square Enix of America and Europe do nothing. They are just business and translations, for now at least. Unless you can get that to Japan, which most likely would still do nothing, you're wasting time.

I don't see anyone else here taking some action, so as far as I am concerned, Setheus has stepped up rather than joining the silent majority here on the Compendium and doing nothing.

I had sent a letter to SE Japan many years ago, translated into their language and I never received a response. But maybe that letter did do something... I really think it turned the cogs over there in Japan; either me or a collection of other types of documents got CT:DS going; or maybe it was the Japanese fans of their native country that did something - Because one American who would go as far as doing something like that [I doubt] would have that much of a strong voice when their are Japanese fans who are more motivated than me.

Who knows... I guess anything is possible - But if I had any hand in it, then there is more I can do and everyone else too. I can't stress this enough. This is the right time to be contacting them and sending them feedback on another Chrono title or even a remake of CC. There is nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on March 14, 2009, 08:05:04 pm
You can go on, I just think it is a waste of time, then again who knows what will happened then?
Well, in Whoville they would say
that Square's small heart grew three sizes that day.
And then the true meaning of Chrono came through,
and Chrono Brake found the popularity of ten Chronos plus two.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Setheus on March 16, 2009, 11:41:01 am
lol Well for one I'm not six, 21 to be exact =P But I'm never put down by peoples half assed insults or whatever you call what you said to me xD
I really don't feel like I wasted the whole 3 minutes it took to send a few emails. Though I doubt it really did a whole lot but at least I tried =)

And thank you Magus22 for the backup.  :D
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Jutty on April 21, 2009, 11:50:16 pm
Wow, you must be like six. Square Enix of America and Europe do nothing. They are just business and translations, for now at least. Unless you can get that to Japan, which most likely would still do nothing, you're wasting time.

Since doing nothing has achieved so much.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on April 22, 2009, 03:41:22 am
Yeah, if nothing else I'm sure they take note of what series people are asking about, regardless of whether it's a subsidiary or not. If you whine about it, will they make it? FIELD OF CHRONO DREAMS???
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on April 22, 2009, 04:39:22 pm
I think if it were to get recognition we would need everyone on the site to send an individual e-mail on the same day.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Thought on April 22, 2009, 05:20:40 pm
Nothing says "make a new game" like (what they might consider to be) a denial of service attack.

EDIT: Hmm... has anyone ever watched "Done the Impossible"? If Browncoats can get a movie made of a TV show that was canceled before the first season was even over, it seems like we should be ableto get a sequel made for one of the most successful video games of the 90's. But... I never saw that movie so I'm not sure how the browncoats did it.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: IAmSerge on April 25, 2009, 04:45:42 am
a few minutes on an email couldnt hurt, seriously.

itll probably do nothing but i mean, for what its worth, if an email can get a new Chrono game, im up for it.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Jeff Zero on May 04, 2009, 12:29:16 pm
I did the emails to Square's USA and Japan sites, tweaking the former to make it a bit more individualized so no one starts thinking it's spam from the same person. Kept the latter as-is for obvious technical reasons.

When I have the opportunity, I'll start with the hand-written schpiel. This isn't the first time I've done all this, mind, but it's fun to do it again.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lennis on December 27, 2009, 03:28:50 am
I think the way to pull off this seemingly impossible dream is simply to keep this community strong and vibrant.  Just sending in petitions and letters to Square/Enix isn't necessarily the best course.  Everyone who has the talent should keep creating works of fan-art and fan-fiction to keep interest in the franchise high.  Above all, just keep talking about Chrono Trigger and spread the word.  Does someone you know not like video games?  So what?  Chrono Trigger can stand on its own as a great story with great characters.  Talk to them anyway.  The people at Square/Enix, after all, do not live in a closet.  They take notice of the community, and the larger that community becomes, the more likely they are to take the demand for Chrono Trigger seriously.

I remember in the early 2000's when I saw an increasing number of college students wearing t-shirts with the Autobot or Decepticon symbol proudly displayed on the front.  Being a big G-1 fan myself, I was both surprised and thrilled that that old franchise was being noticed by people younger than me.  But I figured it was just a passing retro fad.  I wouldn't have believed that kind of attention would spawn a Hollywood film and a sequel only a few years later.  Whether you think those movies were any good is beside the point.  A studio exec didn't suddenly wake up one morning and say "Let's do Transformers!".  There had to be an already existing demand for it.  And that demand comes from us.  Every day.

A strong Chrono Trigger community sends a bigger message than 10,000 signed petitions.  We would be wise to remember this.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ShoeMagus on January 22, 2010, 02:05:37 am
I know this thread is a tad older, but recently I sent an email to the North American one and Japan. They replied the form that was put up earlier from the North American office. Yahoo sent me a failure notice on the Japan email. Of course my next step is to get around to writing letters (or in the case of the Japanese office, printing one out).

It's obvious that Square pays attention to the fans. What baffles me is that they aren't more willing to make the games. Obviously there might be logistical problems of getting the creators together. But, honestly, I've never seen another fan community like this. Perhaps I'm not looking in the right places online. But I've never seen this much devoted to a video game. The Mario Bros don't get this kind of analysis and half crazed, frothing at the mouth collection of theory and they've made ten million games starring them (granted that's a different company, but the principle is the same). They say "buy more" in the Wikipedia article for Chrono Break, but curiously Wiki also says that Chrono Trigger DS has sold about seven hundred thousand copies (as of December 2008). Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/21/790K-people-bought-chrono-trigger-ds-and-other-square-sales/) says that as of May 31st that the game stands at seven hundred and ninety thousand copies, which puts it not far behind some of it's better selling DS games like Dragon Quest V which is somewhere over a million.

The stupid thing is, there are probably people who aren't exactly die hard fans who go "Oh they're just reselling Chrono Trigger; I'll go play that on my Playstation" who would still go out and buy a brand new Chrono game if it suddenly appeared.

I just don't get it. I don't even play very many new video games anymore, but I would play any Chrono game that ever comes out. I mean I pretty much ignore the Final Fantasy series these days, nothing ever quite living up to VII. But I'd buy Chrono in a heartbeat.

Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Toan on January 22, 2010, 02:48:26 pm
Well, we can be certain that Square will probably remake Cross first. I know this is kind of far-fetched, but the Chrono Trigger ending hinted at Chrono Cross. Besides, what if a person played Chrono Trigger series for the first time on the DS? That person would want to know what happens to the gang after Crono and Marle get threatened by Dalton and Magus looses his memories. A remake/port of Cross would bridge the two together, and clear out the contradictions in the Cross plot and hopefully have a better ending. Then if the reception is good enough, then a new game would most likely appear.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on January 22, 2010, 09:53:26 pm
I still don't think it possible. Chrono Trigger is the only one of the two that gets any love outside of the fandom. However I could see it going on PSN or XBLA.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Magus22 on January 23, 2010, 02:08:27 am
Well, we can be certain that Square will probably remake Cross first. I know this is kind of far-fetched, but the Chrono Trigger ending hinted at Chrono Cross. Besides, what if a person played Chrono Trigger series for the first time on the DS? That person would want to know what happens to the gang after Crono and Marle get threatened by Dalton and Magus looses his memories. A remake/port of Cross would bridge the two together, and clear out the contradictions in the Cross plot and hopefully have a better ending. Then if the reception is good enough, then a new game would most likely appear.

As long as SE made a considerable amout of profit, and as long as the fan-base still exists, then I still see it in the realm of possibilities. ZealKnight brings up an interesting point. If they re-released it on PSN (most likely first since it's Sony), Cross or Trigger for the matter, and profits are once again collected, then who knows :)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Toan on January 23, 2010, 05:00:50 pm
I can grant you that there is a big fan base in Japan for Cross. Everyday, there is a new fan art on Pixiv or playthrough/walkthrough videos on Nico Nico. Plus there is a bunch of Japanese fan sites for Cross as well.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on January 24, 2010, 02:21:16 am
But, honestly, I've never seen another fan community like this. Perhaps I'm not looking in the right places online. But I've never seen this much devoted to a video game. The Mario Bros don't get this kind of analysis and half crazed, frothing at the mouth collection of theory and they've made ten million games starring them (granted that's a different company, but the principle is the same).

Mario also happens to have a bazillion more hacks than our beloved series...I think them Mother/Earthbound folk get almost as high up there on the fandom meter though...Halo too, really...and the FF series if you count that (there are a couple sites that get to nigh-Compendium status on that front)...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ShoeMagus on January 24, 2010, 04:15:33 am
I would expect FF sites to maybe get to this point. I can hear all the mad theories about how VII and X take place on the same planet/world/universe. Still, I think sites like this are pretty rare.

Another thing: Chrono Cross, when it was released, sold something like 1.5 million copies. Granted this is not the seller that the FF titles are. But isn't that motivation enough for another sequel? Do they really have to resell both games before they're motivated? Granted the FF series eclipsed these sales (making a killing with FF VIII and IX). But look at other series. They've continued the Mana series. Don't get me wrong, I like the Mana series and everything. I loved Secret of Mana. But Chrono Cross outsold Legend of Mana which was also released in 1999/2000.

These are all numbers gleaned from Wiki, so I may be horribly wrong in my perception. But from purely a numbers point of view, Cross did way better and would be far more logical for another game. Not only did it sell more, it got what seems to be unanimously better reviews. The only possible factor would be the rumored "politics" of getting the Chrono team together, but even that doesn't seem so hard with so many of the main people working either with Square or just closely to them.

Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Toan on January 24, 2010, 05:00:15 am
Of course. Chrono Cross is much better than half of the games that SE remakes, like Valkyrie profile. If you go to the game rankings site, Cross is number 128th for all of the games made so far. Trigger is 13th. That isn't half as bad, considering the fact that Cross beats some of the FF's. I just say give SE some time, if they remake games like Secret of Mana and whatnot, they have to remake gems like Cross.

It would be nice if they graphically revamped Cross in addition to some voice actors (like what they did with FFIV). Although it would be rather difficult to voice some of the characters. >.>
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Dapifer on January 24, 2010, 05:03:07 am
Well... Cross sold more copies, but I wouldn't say it was better than Valkyrie Profile, it's just that VP was a true sleeper hit.

Still, I see your point though, Front Mission gets another game but Chronoverse? Only gets shafted...

I don't think Cross is getting a remake, a port maybe, but not a remake like FF IV. Highly unlikely IMHO.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Toan on January 24, 2010, 01:46:42 pm
Well, I made that statement that Cross was better than VP through reviews that I have read. If Cross received a port, I would think it would get new dialogue scenes and/or FMV's. They would have to add some new things.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on January 24, 2010, 03:48:01 pm
VP is exactly made by SE. Tri-Ace would definitely remake that and bring another sequel.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Dapifer on January 24, 2010, 04:54:04 pm
VP has already a sort of port with added features, and a sequel for the PS2 (Silmeria) and I think one more game.

I am not defending the game, I like Cross, but let's face it, SE just doesn't care for the Chronoverse.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on January 24, 2010, 05:42:12 pm
Oh I know. I mean they would do it again. TA only has VP and SO. Hopefully EndOfEternity will do well. Point is you cant compare Valkyrie Profile to Chrono.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Dapifer on January 24, 2010, 07:28:21 pm
Exactly, specially since Tri-Ace is behind VP, whereas Chrono's dream team has all but diluted into SE, mistwalk, monolithsoft etc.(I could be wrong here)

I don't really know where they are at the moment, and nevertheless, SE doesn't really seems to care for the Chronoverse anyways.

Still, we can dream, and I am still hoping a new chrono game happens, perhaps the next generation of SE developers would be Chrono fans and would push for it.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on January 25, 2010, 11:44:15 am
The main people necessary to continue the Chrono series are Kato & Mitsuda, who as far as I know are both currently freelance (having recently worked with Sega)...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Toan on January 25, 2010, 06:59:40 pm
I don't think that completely limits the idea of a Cross Remake/Port. I believe Mitsuda and Kato were both freelancers when Trigger received its port.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on January 25, 2010, 09:32:07 pm
I don't think that completely limits the idea of a Cross Remake/Port. I believe Mitsuda and Kato were both freelancers when Trigger received its port.

Except Wada is cheap. He would never pay someone to make a game when he has FF.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: _Janus_ on February 11, 2010, 12:15:03 pm
Well,earlier this week SE announced they were working on 5 projects, two of them have been revealed: KH3 and Deus EX:Human Revolution.

Let's hope that, on the other 3 there's at least a port of CC for the PSP
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on February 11, 2010, 06:07:17 pm
No one said it was Square of Japan. And also I can assure you one is FF15. Im telling you that will be E3's announcement. And it will be multi platform until they see the sales of 13 on the 360. Then it will be pure PS3. But do we have anything on KH3? or just that its being made? Also we know of a FF7 project too. That leaves one we don't know.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: _Janus_ on February 12, 2010, 09:01:30 am
KH3 was just confirmed, no platform announced.
What FFVII project?Another sequel/prequel?Square already said that they weren't going to remake VII for the PS3, so...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Radical_Dreamer on February 13, 2010, 04:51:26 pm
No one said it was Square of Japan. And also I can assure you one is FF15. Im telling you that will be E3's announcement. And it will be multi platform until they see the sales of 13 on the 360. Then it will be pure PS3. But do we have anything on KH3? or just that its being made? Also we know of a FF7 project too. That leaves one we don't know.

Why would they announce FF15 when FF14 isn't out yet? And on what basis are you assuming that the 360 version will fail?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: IAmSerge on February 13, 2010, 05:06:45 pm
Because:

A: Its square

B: Its final fantasy.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: HeadlessFritz on March 03, 2010, 03:18:24 am
Has anyone bought their 3rd copy of CT:DS yet ? That's what the VP asked us fans to do. Buy more.

I wonder what is happening at Square-Enix. The cease and desist letters almost seem generic as if they hired a bunch of burocrats in California doing this specific job (searching for legal issues), independently of the Japan HQ. If this is not the case, why would Square want to protect this copyright so bad ? They showed us many time that they don't care about chrono by

1-Working on less successful series instead (like Mana). Obviously, Square is a company, and companies want to make cash. Since chrono sold more that mana, it's an illogical decision, put that way.
2-This ugly, painful and "electronic art'ish" comment of the VP
3-Wasting the chrono team on that zeppelin FFXI and XIV

A few years ago, they mentioned that reuniting the original team was hard. This is a bad excuse because for CC they haven't reunited the Dream Team. More importantly, Yasunori Mitsuda and Masato Kato were favorable to a new iteration and as we all know they are the heart of the series. What really frustrates me with these CD letters is that they don't even care about the series.

With all that said, there is still hope, but it's very slim. Someone would have to make a silent crimson echoes and release it without warning with an anonymous name.


Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on March 09, 2010, 06:59:13 am
Well, they DID just come out with statues for the Chrono series...so they obviously know there's a community (whether it actually being Chrono fans and/or Toriyama fans) willing to buy it...as for the "silent crimson echoes", if you just mean that others should make ROM hacks then that IS still going on. The Chrono series fans have had THREE C&D's so far...that's not simply insane for the fact that it's a waste to toss aside an entire fanbase so flippantly but it also shows the Chrono fans' dedication! A third will not stop the fans, but hopefully it will simply teach the fans how not to get a fourth! There are still projects out there...

With a time machine, there's ALWAYS hope...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on March 12, 2010, 06:23:27 pm
No one said it was Square of Japan. And also I can assure you one is FF15. Im telling you that will be E3's announcement. And it will be multi platform until they see the sales of 13 on the 360. Then it will be pure PS3. But do we have anything on KH3? or just that its being made? Also we know of a FF7 project too. That leaves one we don't know.

Why would they announce FF15 when FF14 isn't out yet? And on what basis are you assuming that the 360 version will fail?

Well actually, when I posted that, 13 was out in japan. Second, it would be out by E3. Also 13 was announced the year 12 was released, about 5 months before. Also 14 is going to be out this summer. Also square isn't stupid this gap between 12 and 13 was because of goddamn jump from ps2 to ps3. Then the success of the 360. Next I never said that it was going to fail on 360, I just that it will be out sold by the ps3 by A LOT.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: LancerEvo on March 24, 2010, 10:39:47 pm
According to a page I read on wikipedia, FFXV has a release date of 2013... odd.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Acacia Sgt on March 24, 2010, 10:46:24 pm
According to a page I read on wikipedia, FFXV has a release date of 2013... odd.

Not really, considering it's Wikipedia. Unless there was also a link to the source, it's more likely to be speculation than fact.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: HeadlessFritz on April 14, 2010, 02:16:32 am
I may be wrong, but I've heard FFXV was coming out this year. This would be wise (at least in America) because there is a void right now in the MMORPG genre (WoW still on trone, star trek online flopped, Warhammer and Conan almost dead and SW:TOR still in development). I have high expectations for that game (being an ex-wow player).

Speaking of online games, wouldn't a MMO in the Chrono universe be cool ? Time travelling would add a lot to exploration ! You could be a human (from any time), a Mystic or a Robot. Just a thought. ;)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on April 14, 2010, 05:33:05 pm
1. that's 14 and 2. No MMOs are a fad WoW is die and Square is just trying to keep a steady flow of income. However I'm telling you FFXV is being announced either at this E3 or at the next TGS. Versus 13 will be talked about as well as Agito at E3 in my opinion. I'm sure 15 is being developed, if not Square is either stupid or could possibly be ending FF(unlikely).
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: HeadlessFritz on April 15, 2010, 12:44:53 am
1. that's 14 and 2. No MMOs are a fad WoW is die and Square is just trying to keep a steady flow of income. However I'm telling you FFXV is being announced either at this E3 or at the next TGS. Versus 13 will be talked about as well as Agito at E3 in my opinion. I'm sure 15 is being developed, if not Square is either stupid or could possibly be ending FF(unlikely).

My bad yeah I meant 14. Dunno if I'll play 15 considering the direction the series has taken.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on April 16, 2010, 06:54:15 pm
Speaking of online games, wouldn't a MMO in the Chrono universe be cool ? Time travelling would add a lot to exploration ! You could be a human (from any time), a Mystic or a Robot. Just a thought. ;)

Eh, it'd have to dull the ability to change things in the past, or else anybody exploring in the future would be confused as hell all the time (assuming an MMO would be massively multiplayer, there would be massive amounts of changes made)

I don't think it'd work without curbing the time travel. Perhaps in a Cross-type scenario, dimensional travel that doesn't have an effect on the dimension you're leaving.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZackFair on April 17, 2010, 12:46:33 pm
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/04/16/square-enix-unannounced-game-will-shock-you/

New Chrono, please.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Toan on April 17, 2010, 04:44:49 pm
Lots of the members of that site are predicting that it is Chrono Break.  :)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on April 17, 2010, 08:00:44 pm
Lol, lots of people would be shocked for many things. I doubt Chrono anything. Remember we didn't buy enough. Maybe Harressies 13. It will probably be something that is more appealing to the western mainstream obvious. Maybe a FPS. I'm expecting 15. And it will probably be something radically different from what we expect from FF.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: FaustWolf on April 17, 2010, 08:10:31 pm
Nevertheless, I'm intrigued by the sudden appearance of these Chrono Trigger collectible figures a few months ago. Is Chrono the only long-discontinued property for which SE has released figures recently? It's a little late to cash in on CT:DS with these, but the release would be well-positioned to coincide with the announcement of a new Chrono game.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on April 17, 2010, 10:52:21 pm
Remember to read carefully. The "announcement" is coming from SE USA, not from Japan.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: HeadlessFritz on April 19, 2010, 01:51:48 am
Effectively, I wouldn't get too excited if it's just Squeenix Usa. The best we could get is one of those two :

Secret of Evermore 2
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Wii

The japanese company clearly let us know that we were not buying enough chrono ports. Maybe they should sell the franchise after all. I'm sure there are a lot of good developpers who would be interested in making a sequel and do a better job. Who would want a linear chrono with no towns ?

Also, Mitsuda and Kato are independant so they could work for other companies.

Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on April 23, 2010, 05:33:43 pm
Nevertheless, I'm intrigued by the sudden appearance of these Chrono Trigger collectible figures a few months ago. Is Chrono the only long-discontinued property for which SE has released figures recently? It's a little late to cash in on CT:DS with these, but the release would be well-positioned to coincide with the announcement of a new Chrono game.

No, Disney Peanuts and FF9 recently got stuff. Also did anyone notice that on the SE of America site the sell Resident Evil figures?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Phillies64 on April 27, 2010, 01:31:02 pm
Here's the surprise...

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/04/07/square_enix_peace_walker_figures/

Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on April 27, 2010, 06:14:33 pm
Really that's it? wow
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: HeadlessFritz on April 30, 2010, 03:03:20 am
Wasn't it supposed to be Square Enix Usa ? It's that dumb vp who wants to sell more CTDS.  :picardno
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Nexus on August 08, 2010, 07:50:57 am
So has there been any word on what the "Shocking Surprise" was or if there are still any other mystery games being developed?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: HeadlessFritz on August 11, 2010, 10:37:43 pm
It was some crappy MGS related event or something.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on August 18, 2010, 10:23:33 pm
I have tried to find the right words to express my own thoughts on a new Chrono game. I want one. Badly. And here's a quote I found from about 5.5 years ago from captain Z himself, and even if his sentiment has changed, I find this my belief entirely:
Quote
"I have a rule on things like this...a personal philosophy.

If the chances are not good for a good sequel, I would still like to see something. I would not care if Chrono Break is utter crap; it would be expanding upon the series, and it would give us a new area to delve into.

Trigger and Cross have their own worth. An interloping game cannot subtract from those games. It can tarnish the name of the Chrono series, but I can live with that."
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Philo on October 01, 2010, 01:45:34 pm
I recently started a new website. You guys have my old Chrono Cross website listed under the Community Map. I sent in an email saying that I will be updating it soon. For now, I'm focusing on a Chrono Trigger fan website:

http://cryosynthesis.com/chrono/

Hope I don't get killed for posting that link, please be easy  :x I'm new here. I will work the petition thingy into my site to help the community raise awareness.  :D

Hey the link was broken for me, it took me to some random site. Is your site still up and running? If so I would love to see it :)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: MagilsugaM on November 08, 2010, 11:05:02 pm
I recently started a new website. You guys have my old Chrono Cross website listed under the Community Map. I sent in an email saying that I will be updating it soon. For now, I'm focusing on a Chrono Trigger fan website:

http://cryosynthesis.com/chrono/

Hope I don't get killed for posting that link, please be easy  :x I'm new here. I will work the petition thingy into my site to help the community raise awareness.  :D

Hey the link was broken for me, it took me to some random site. Is your site still up and running? If so I would love to see it :)
Haha... That's over 4 years old... Maybe got deleted.

I wonder if a new game will ever be made... Maybe suddenly one day the Dream Team will be reunited! To make a new game.. not necessarily a new Chrono game but at least something related.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lennis on December 05, 2010, 09:51:54 pm
There needs to be a serious shake-up in Square/Enix's leadership for that to be even remotely possible.  Such a thing may lie in the near future considering how Final Fantasy 14 turned out, but I wouldn't count on it.  Those executives are still in the denial stage of grief.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Magus22 on December 06, 2010, 05:06:31 am
There needs to be a serious shake-up in Square/Enix's leadership for that to be even remotely possible.  Such a thing may lie in the near future considering how Final Fantasy 14 turned out, but I wouldn't count on it.  Those executives are still in the denial stage of grief.

Don't get your hopes up! When the time is right, all your questions shall be answered.

In the meantime, continue to support the series by buying CTDS and showing off your Chrono merchandise. Make sure you wear Chrono-related shirts and walk in front of news cameras shooting parades, national events, or other news related features.

Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on December 06, 2010, 02:05:00 pm
There needs to be a serious shake-up in Square/Enix's leadership for that to be even remotely possible.  Such a thing may lie in the near future considering how Final Fantasy 14 turned out, but I wouldn't count on it.  Those executives are still in the denial stage of grief.

I think SE is finally understanding that everyone hates them now. Didn't this happen with Capcom? And now they're one of the most fan loving companies out there. They picked the SSF4 characters by popularity and fan request over balancing. Hopefully they become a new friendly Square.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lennis on December 07, 2010, 12:22:15 am
When was Capcom unfriendly to gamers, out of curiosity?  Was it during the Street Fighter III era, or was it later?  I don't follow Capcom that closely, but I do follow the fortunes of JRPG developers like S/E and Tales Studio.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ShinGundam on December 07, 2010, 12:02:11 pm
What i found amusing is that they didn't release CC on PSN.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on December 07, 2010, 11:48:29 pm
What i found amusing is that they didn't release CC on PSN.
I actually checked for it on a regular basis for a while but gave up.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on December 10, 2010, 12:54:10 am
For a long time capcom didnt make any games but remakes of resident evil 2 and remakes of street fighter 2.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: chi_z on December 12, 2010, 12:28:18 am
not to play devil's advocate, but is there even a need for a new one? CC had a tough time getting things going as it was, the fact that CT didn't specifically go into detail about Sara's whereabouts is the only thing that led to RD/CC stories sprouting from Trigger in the first place.....what loose ends are left? if we remove CC/RD from the picture, the only loose end is what happens to Sara. And no, I don't count the fact that we really don't know what would've become of 2300AD/Robo. Not that big of a deal.
CT dealt with time
CC dealt with dimensions
CB would have to do something even more out there, such as space travel or even multiverse travel (hell, why not time travel through various dimensions).
I'd rather not have a rehash sequel, and I seem to be in the minority in enjoying the fact that Kato didn't just rehash CT when he made CC. So what could they possibly do? In the dream splash fanfics, all I see is completely made up scenarios, none based off any canon loose ties.
CE did the same.

So if anyone can recall any important loose ends other than Sara's unknown whereabouts (Robo's  whereabouts really aren't all that important, not enough to spawn off a new game at least. they can't do everything)....then I really see no reason for another one, CC had a tough enough time coming to fruition as it was.

I would, however, enjoy next gen remakes of CT and CC. I'd love one of RD but Kato seems really really embarrassed by it (I thought his scenario was really good personally).
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lennis on December 12, 2010, 10:24:45 pm
Offhand, I can't think of any loose ties other than Schala.  And that's the only one that's really worthy of spinning out a sequel story.  It's interesting that Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross have in common the very same loose end: Schala.  Yeah, she was saved by Serge in Chrono Cross, and then she reset time.  What happens to her after that is really not clear.  I, of course, have a theory, and I'm in the process of writing that story myself.  Schala's fate, as I have written, is surprisingly simple and yet profound.  I didn't want to muddy the water too much with head-scratching plot points.  I wish I could say more, but I don't want to ruin the surprise for people.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: chi_z on December 13, 2010, 12:45:01 am
yea please don't, all the more reason to read your fanfic.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on December 13, 2010, 05:34:13 am
I'd be happier with the next one if they didn't try to one-up themselves with everything (chrono break-featuring interdimensional time and space teleportation travel and 276 gotta-catch-em-all playable characters with nothing but triple techs? Nooo thx)

But if they just add to the story and make something fun they'd really be doing themselves a favor. There are a fuckton of loose ends in both games, which do two things. First they inspire a sense of mystery, then they make you think "well wtf DID happen?" Example: Crono's dad. Best thing I could think of on the spot.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on December 13, 2010, 08:07:18 pm
I would love to see an old-school, SNES-era style sequel. I'd prefer they tone down the conceptual intensity of Chrono Cross and make it fun and lighthearted again, akin to Chrono Trigger (not saying that Trigger was lighthearted, but side by side with Cross, Trigger looks like a game of hopscotch). Eight characters, time travel mechanics, and a modern twist (perhaps something akin to the Djinn/class changes in the Golden Sun series?). Just a thought...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: skylark on December 13, 2010, 08:51:40 pm
....All this talk of loose ends simply serves to remind me that I need to continue my continuation parody. I need to stop procrastinating.

Tomorrow...

..............

Perhaps......

Maybe.....

 :P
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on December 13, 2010, 09:51:01 pm
I would hope Brake has more to do with changing the future. I would love to go to different types of futures. Also I bet distortions were what they were going to do like random parts of the map are different times and just walk though them doing something there will change the map.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: chi_z on December 14, 2010, 01:27:57 am
sounds like dark chronicle/dark cloud 2
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Rocky on December 14, 2010, 03:19:56 pm
Speaking in terms of the vantage point of just the original, Chrono Trigger, I don't even think Schala's fate was any more important of a loose thread to tie up than other things like Robo's.  We don't see Schala vanish, we just last see her slumped over in the Ocean Palace as it's going down.  And all that's said about her is that 'no one has seen her since.'  So until Chrono Cross (and RD) expounded upon what happened to her, I think it was reasonable for me to just assume she perished in the palace collapsing, nothing more.  Which would mean that to me, there were NO important loose ends that needed addressing.  Isn't that at least a valid thought?

I understand that things change as series continue - all I'm saying is if they could make a second entry based on one unknown eventuality (Schala) that might not even be noteworthy to some players of CT, they could certainly make a third from some other loose thread from CC that we don't think much of YET merely because nothing's been made of it yet.  I hope I'm explaining my thoughts well enough lol.

I guess overall, I thought that CT was complete in and of itself, but CC opened it wide up and left it vulnerable while at the same time making it so complicated that it was hard for me to grasp it, all happening because of one loose thread that I didn't even agree was an important or existing loose thread in the first place.  So I'd either have liked it to just stay one game, or I'd like a 3rd, to help me grasp the 2nd better.  But just leaving it at 2 games, and hard to grasp, leaves me feeling a bit empty about the whole thing....  Even for those who don't feel the same way, do you at least understand what I mean?

Anyway, that's just how I feel.  Nothing more than that.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on December 14, 2010, 04:27:03 pm
Chrono Cross is on JpPSN now.
http://www.destructoid.com/jp-psn-gets-chrono-cross-as-a-twitter-follower-reward-189613.phtml
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on December 14, 2010, 04:38:33 pm
Speaking in terms of the vantage point of just the original, Chrono Trigger, I don't even think Schala's fate was any more important of a loose thread to tie up than other things like Robo's.  We don't see Schala vanish, we just last see her slumped over in the Ocean Palace as it's going down.  And all that's said about her is that 'no one has seen her since.'  So until Chrono Cross (and RD) expounded upon what happened to her, I think it was reasonable for me to just assume she perished in the palace collapsing, nothing more.  Which would mean that to me, there were NO important loose ends that needed addressing.  Isn't that at least a valid thought?

Your post totally makes sense. Schala is just another character in the first game. For all we know, the third official "Chrono" title could be entirely about the fortune-teller from Cross, and go in a third direction, being nothing like Trigger OR Cross.

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I understand that things change as series continue - all I'm saying is if they could make a second entry based on one unknown eventuality (Schala) that might not even be noteworthy to some players of CT, they could certainly make a third from some other loose thread from CC that we don't think much of YET merely because nothing's been made of it yet.  I hope I'm explaining my thoughts well enough lol.

I guess overall, I thought that CT was complete in and of itself, but CC opened it wide up and left it vulnerable while at the same time making it so complicated that it was hard for me to grasp it, all happening because of one loose thread that I didn't even agree was an important or existing loose thread in the first place.  So I'd either have liked it to just stay one game, or I'd like a 3rd, to help me grasp the 2nd better.  But just leaving it at 2 games, and hard to grasp, leaves me feeling a bit empty about the whole thing....  Even for those who don't feel the same way, do you at least understand what I mean?

Anyway, that's just how I feel.  Nothing more than that.



The general consensus is that Chrono Trigger could stand alone just fine on its own. Chrono Cross needs Chrono Trigger to make actual sense, but doesn't work as well as a stand-alone game. It is a middle-piece we've all been told to accept as the end, hence this huge website and fanbase constantly talking about what the third in the series would be like.

Things come in 3 for a reason. It's because it makes things (especially in storytelling) much easier to comprehend. People like knowing there's 1, the beginning, 2, the middle, and 3, the ending.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: utunnels on December 14, 2010, 08:20:37 pm
Could it be a prequel?
Not sure whether that works well for Chrono series, but a story about the rise of Zeal, or about how young Janus became Magus would be nice.

Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on December 14, 2010, 08:27:30 pm
Could it be a prequel?
Not sure whether that works well for Chrono series, but a story about the rise of Zeal... would be nice.



That's my fan project. (http://www.chronocompendium.com/Forums/index.php/topic,8510.0.html)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: utunnels on December 14, 2010, 08:32:43 pm
Yeah, I stole your idea. :P
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on December 14, 2010, 08:49:49 pm
End of the universe! :-o
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: skylark on December 14, 2010, 10:33:47 pm
End of the universe, huh?

Well, if I'm going out, I'm going out happy.

*Plucks a random Schala cosplayer from somewhere and pulls her into a deep kiss.*

...................

....................

Uhh, sorry for the hijack. :P
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lennis on December 17, 2010, 12:49:28 am
On the subject of "Chrono Break", in my view a Chrono Break is that which can sever a temporal causality loop and essentially free the future to follow whatever path it sees fit.  Seeing how Chrono Cross ended, I think that would be the most fitting interpretation of the term.  What does everyone else think?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on December 17, 2010, 04:29:44 am
I would see it as something like physically breaking the timeline into different pieces, and putting them in the "wrong" order. Sounds like something Dalton would do.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on December 17, 2010, 08:01:33 pm
What if it was a direct sequel to Cross. In that Serge finds out he only lives because of the Break. Which either versions of those two ideas would work.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Manco on December 18, 2010, 03:06:47 am
Chrono Break was the U.S. changing the name from Chrono Brake in Japan. So Chrono Break is an incorrect title and has expired anyway. Chrono Brake is still trademarked.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on December 18, 2010, 03:25:17 am
Chrono Break was the U.S. changing the name from Chrono Brake in Japan. So Chrono Break is an incorrect title and has expired anyway. Chrono Brake is still trademarked.

To stop time (Brake) and to make time not work right (Break) aren't necessarily that different.

And I wouldn't say Break is incorrect any more so than any other localization difference. Vinnegar? I prefer Ozzie. Brake? Like the car part? I prefer Break.

EDIT: Until we see some semblance of a game materialize.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lennis on December 19, 2010, 05:23:11 pm
I have to wonder if the Japanese got the word wrong and really meant "break".  "Brake" would imply freezing time, which had already been done in Chrono Trigger to save Crono's life.  A "break" would seem to have more story possibilities, whether you interpret it as a literal shattering of the space-time continuum, or a severing of an undesirable time-loop.  In either case, a Chrono Break is probably not an artifact.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on December 19, 2010, 05:36:45 pm
Agreed, it sounds more like an event.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on December 20, 2010, 05:45:21 pm
Why wouldn't it follow the trend of being an item?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: tushantin on December 20, 2010, 05:54:50 pm
It could! Perhaps Chrono Break is a Space and Time shattering Anti-Matter like bomb which the protagonist has to recover but he uses it instead thinking it's gonna give him superpowers, and suddenly he ceases to exist!

Either that or I'm going crazy without the need of an acid.

Need a Break? Have a Chrono-Kat. But all I can say is that Kato was seriously thinking beyond any ordinary Time and Space thingy. Perhaps a buffed up version of...

(http://www.impawards.com/2010/posters/inception.jpg)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on December 20, 2010, 10:53:24 pm
It did seem like the next emphasis would be placed on Dreams or sleeping somehow. I dunno, after the memory erase thing in Cross, and the added Dream Devourer in CT, it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility for a plot. Like TAKING a "Break" from time and/or space.

I'd like to see a Chrono type game where time has stopped and it turns out you've left your mind and entered someone else's, maybe through one of a series of porals casually and conveniently located in the End of Rhyme. And maybe each portal goes to someone else's mind. And in the end you've been amnesiac Magus all along. I dunno.

Like a multiverse sequel to Being John Malkovich. :lol: But in a way that sounds appealing. If anybody wants to steal this idea and make a game out of it (Square Enix, I know you're reading this) feel free. I will buy it back from you, in mass distribution form.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on December 21, 2010, 08:46:12 pm
I could see dreams being a major factor. And the protagonist being two people (Laugna/Squall thing). They could be from different time periods or different dimentions, where doing something as your dream character changes the real world. I guess the dream character would be in the real world. (like Turnip or Masa Mune and Doreen) Well I still like the idea, and the one where putting the different time periods on one map. (like Chronopolis)

EDIT:
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2010/10/exclusive_behind_the_scenes_of_3.php

Remember how I said SE might realize that they're stupid? They're being pretty open about what went wrong. I do not recall Square ever being honest before. A sign of good things to come perhaps?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lady Marle on January 07, 2011, 02:48:56 pm
i would BUY a DS for chrono.

True story... I DID buy a DS specifically for Chrono Trigger's release on it. I was happy with the re-translation however I did miss Frog's old dialect. He still had it but it was less Shakespearean. Oh well... But I was the first in my group of friends to buy it and many followed soon after XD

Anyway, on the subject of the potential new Chrono game, I understand the desire to have one. I think it could go multiple different directions. All I'm saying is I'd like to see something that ties the three games previous together in the fourth one. I've seen a lot of fan projects that did well and received cease and desists before their completion (You'd think they'd take a hint...), among them such projects as Crimson Echos :kz (which I REALLY wanted to play...) but alas, we cannot have nice things.  :(

I know it all comes down to dollars and cents. No matter how much we all muse and dream, it all comes down to that. Apart of me wishes we could all merge together with everything we have... fan-art, fan-made merchandise, fanfiction, discussion, fan's letters (respectful, of course) and make a book then send it to SquareEnix Japan and America and be like "Look, here is what you COULD be doing and what we'd be willing to support." The compendium of all of that would be HUGE but perhaps send a strong message. It's been done before when fans back something they love such as TV shows and series previously mentioned in this thread. I think the letters idea started here was wonderful and the more people who actually write the better!

I'd love to see another game in the series. I think it could be wonderful if they reassembled the original "Dream Team" for it. It's been 15 years so far, hopefully we can inspire something to be done all this time later... I mean, hell if they can beat the Final Fantasy series like a dead horse, why not this one? I can dream ^.^

 
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Crono666 on February 04, 2011, 03:46:12 pm
A part of me has hope that we will get a new Chrono game. I never thought that Nintendo would give us Donkey Kong Country fans a new game, but after seeing, and playing Donkey Kong Country Returns I got this hopeful feeling for the future of games. It really seems like there's a retro revival going on right now.
Then again Square-Enix might just keep milking the Final Fantasy games for all there worth.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on February 04, 2011, 08:04:47 pm
Uh, DKC was Rare, not Nintendo..."retro revival" is just the gaming industry's term for "reboot", which you may have noted is also happening elsewhere and has been for a while now....

As for SE, I think they're just letting Nomura do w/e since they know it'll make 'em moneys and because they've always got DQ to fall back on (& them KH games are pretty popular too I hear and they also publish all Taito & Eidos games now...) if the FF moneytrain ever does anything but chug along...I just want FFVI for 3DS.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on February 04, 2011, 09:27:07 pm
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True story... I DID buy a DS specifically for Chrono Trigger's release on it. I was happy with the re-translation however I did miss Frog's old dialect. He still had it but it was less Shakespearean. Oh well... But I was the first in my group of friends to buy it and many followed soon after XD

Same here! I finally got my Nintendo DS in order to get Chrono Trigger... Wise investment. And not just for Chrono Trigger!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lady Marle on February 06, 2011, 12:01:50 am
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True story... I DID buy a DS specifically for Chrono Trigger's release on it. I was happy with the re-translation however I did miss Frog's old dialect. He still had it but it was less Shakespearean. Oh well... But I was the first in my group of friends to buy it and many followed soon after XD

Same here! I finally got my Nintendo DS in order to get Chrono Trigger... Wise investment. And not just for Chrono Trigger!

Agreed. I have a lot of other great games on it :)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ShinGundam on February 06, 2011, 05:34:49 am
Uh, DKC was Rare, not Nintendo..."retro revival" is just the gaming industry's term for "reboot", which you may have noted is also happening elsewhere and has been for a while now....

As for SE, I think they're just letting Nomura do w/e since they know it'll make 'em moneys and because they've always got DQ to fall back on (& them KH games are pretty popular too I hear and they also publish all Taito & Eidos games now...) if the FF moneytrain ever does anything but chug along...I just want FFVI for 3DS.
Chrono, Saga and other Square/Enix IPs aren't expanding because producers who work on these games aren't interested in making games anymore. Tanaka isn't interested in Chrono that is why we don't have a new Chrono game. Also, outside of Nomura, no producer at Square-Enix has produced a real hit in years. It really has nothing to do with the sales of the DS remake and everything to do with there not being any team leader at Square-Enix who wants to spearhead a Chrono series.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on March 01, 2011, 07:37:20 pm
It's funny how everyone kind of forgot about KH until Birth by Sleep, good thing it was well done too. It pretty much was KH3, except you know Sora was not the main character. But KH is very well planed. I dont think he wants to make more than a trilogy, which is why he is milking it in between for all it's worth. But correct, Nomura seems to be the only real producer SE has and does his job properly. But now he needs to stop making dissidia, finish VS13, make KH3, and start FF15! Honestly, I wouldn't mind Kato and Mitsuda teaming up with Nomura for Brake.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: HeadlessFritz on March 11, 2011, 04:51:40 pm
KH is actually the only series I enjoy from Square right now. There are also... remakes of old games if that counts !
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Iyellalot on April 17, 2011, 03:39:30 pm
I personally don't want a new Chrono game if Kato's the only one writing the script. I no longer trust him with the original Chrono Trigger cast after Chrono Cross.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: GenesisOne on April 17, 2011, 05:43:49 pm

I personally don't want a new Chrono game if Kato's the only one writing the script. I no longer trust him with the original Chrono Trigger cast after Chrono Cross.

The purpose of Chrono Cross was not to be an actual sequel to Chrono Trigger. As such, the cast was different, and Kato was simply handling different characters. I'd still trust him with a new Chrono game.

Getting back in touch with your creative roots is like riding a bike: you never forget.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Iyellalot on April 19, 2011, 10:10:47 pm
Yeah, but if he did make a true sequel, he'd probably write things that go on and on about how the original Chrono Trigger cast were terrible people for wanting to save the future, and how time travel is bad, and how the original game's central theme of creating your own destiny is inherently wrong, thus completely missing the point of what the franchise is supposed to be.

Then he'd kill off the cast in the least satisfying way possible.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: GenesisOne on April 19, 2011, 10:29:41 pm

Well, Iye, you know what they say about assuming: I can't assume that you're wrong, but I can't that you're right, either. Or "it makes an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'"

If you could actually prove to me that Kato would write such things in what you assume to be a "true sequel", I'd be more inclined to believe it. But to say such a pretentious thing about Kato's content without any proof is, well, very pretentious.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Mr Bekkler on April 20, 2011, 04:58:31 am
Gotta agree with Genesis on this one. It's Kato's job to write stories good enough to drive people to play through one of the most time consuming forms of art in the world. That's his job, as far as we know that's all he does. Since he's one of the reasons CT is so good, and since he's still doing it, it is safe to assume he's good at it. The main problems with CC, imo, were a result of SE bigwigs and board-types getting too involved, setting restrictive deadlines, pressuring for more characters, new battle system, new magic, and other stuff that takes time they didn't have.

If anything, Iyell might be confusing Kato as being "The Man" like the oppressive president of ShinraEnix is "The Man" when it's really more like how Blue Rocket Johnny is "The Man"
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: tushantin on April 21, 2011, 01:15:04 pm
Yeah, when in working in the media industry, be it film, music or gaming, the deadlines are pretty unreasonable most of the time and for any fuck-ups the under-workers are blamed for it. Still, deadlines are good things nevertheless. Artists/writers who can make their stuff in all its glory despite their rush hold my respect.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Iyellalot on April 26, 2011, 04:30:17 pm
Even if he was being pressured by Square executives, he still had the gall to kill off Lucca and Robo, imply the deaths of Crono and Marle, have Porre overthrow Guardia, and retcon Lavos's defeat so that it made him substantially more powerful, essentially voiding anything the original CT cast fought for.

Saying Kato is one of the reasons that CT was so awesome is like saying George Lucas is the reason the original Star Wars trilogy was good; both are true, but it's also true that Lucas is one of the reasons that the prequels suck, and it's also true that Kato is at least partially responsible for CC playing out like a poorly-written attempt at a "darker and edgier" fanfic.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: chi_z on April 26, 2011, 06:30:57 pm
I felt as though CC had excellent writing, could care less how they tie it to CT as even as a standalone game CC is perhaps the best game ever made, along with some FF,CT, LoD, and DW/Q. Very few things in this world give me goosebumps, about 5 pieces of music, 3 films, diarrhea, and the above mentioned games are really it. that and X'ing out to some electronic music.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Iyellalot on April 26, 2011, 09:33:43 pm
I won't deny that everything else about CC is great if you manage to ignore its ties to CT.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: tiny260 on April 26, 2011, 09:38:01 pm
I won't deny that everything else about CC is great if you manage to ignore its ties to CT.

But... wait, I thought the whole point of CC was to tie up the loose ends left behind from CT (IE Schala and... actually, that's pretty much it).
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Iyellalot on May 06, 2011, 05:51:14 pm
You know, I wonder if anyone's ever openly criticized Kato for his writing in Chrono Cross.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: maggiekarp on May 11, 2011, 04:31:46 pm
KATO'S WRITING SUCKED IN CHRONO CROSS


...oh wait you meant anyone important :(
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: redandblack64 on May 12, 2011, 02:47:04 am
You know, I wonder if anyone's ever openly criticized Kato for his writing in Chrono Cross.

Well, the most common criticism is that the pacing for roughly half the game was bad; it seemed Kato ran out of time near the end and had to sqeeze in the rest of his ideas into the game. This is why Chrono Cross NEEDS to be remade. The game could only have lived up to its fullest potential if it had an extra year or two of development. A remake like CTDS would at give Kato the oppurntunity to right his wrongs in the game. Here's hoping for an enhanced remake on the 3DS/NGP.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Clockwork_Hedgehog on May 13, 2011, 08:42:21 pm
Hey all, long time lurker, finally signed up!

I just completed Chrono Cross for the first time, and as much as I enjoyed it, the writing clearly needed a lot of editing. There are some pretty bad pacing issues and dialogue between playable characters is nearly nill for most of the game, as in the characters never seem to discuss anything and are happy to just go along with the next development. 

I blame this on the excessive amount of playable characters. 40+ is just way too many. I'm not sure what convinced the CC team to include this many. If they were cut down to say 10 or less then I think the writing/story would be hugely improved. Although the big info dump at the end doesn't help.

Also around the internet I've seen many a comments that CC was not necessarily intended for those who had played CT but could be considered a stand-alone game. Honestly this strikes me as a faintly ridiculous notion as CC's most emotional/involving moments will only really resonate with the player if they've played CT. Plus, the framing of the main storyline and final boss are all heavily interlinked with CT. 

So.. uh, yeah! :D
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Iyellalot on May 13, 2011, 10:54:55 pm
More bad news. (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/05/13/square-enixs-plan-is-to-focus-on-ten-strong-series/)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: tiny260 on May 13, 2011, 11:28:26 pm
Hm... well, SHOULD we really have a new Chrono game? I mean... don't get me wrong, I love the series as much as the next guy, but... it seems to me everything's been explained and wrapped up in the first two installments. I feel like that if the series is continued, the later installments will keep sucking more and more and eventually the series will get a bad rep just because of the suckitude of the later games.

(Admittedly, Kingdom Hearts managed to come out with six games already and it's still going strong... though as a counter-argument to that, re:Coded feels more like a prolouge to a game than an actual game...)
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Licawolf on May 14, 2011, 12:59:24 am
Welcome to the forums, Clockwork_Hedgehog

I agree with you that the idea of CC as a stand-alone game doesn't make sense, the game was clearly made to tie in with CT, wheter if it was done the proper way or not is debatable, though.

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I feel like that if the series is continued, the later installments will keep sucking more and more and eventually the series will get a bad rep just because of the suckitude of the later games.

I think, if they were many many new installments, it's more possible the series would become a mixed bag, with some good, some bad and some regular games, like the Final Fantasy series.

There are other long series that are still doing pretty well, like the Zelda games, each game is a promise of a fun quality game. But that's because Nintendo cares more about the playability and the fun factor of each installment over the overall plot of the series.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: tiny260 on May 14, 2011, 01:06:49 am
Oh, good point Licawolf...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on May 14, 2011, 09:09:06 pm
I have always considered Chrono to be a trilogy myself. Seeing as Cross left an open ending, I would like to see the aftermath of Cross.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on May 14, 2011, 09:41:18 pm
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(Admittedly, Kingdom Hearts managed to come out with six games already and it's still going strong... though as a counter-argument to that, re:Coded feels more like a prolouge to a game than an actual game...)

re:Coded was a prologue, though. It ultimately sets up the events for Kingdom Hearts III. Which is supposedly the ending for the trilogy. The new 3DS will better bridge the cap between re:Coded and KHIII, though. As long as there are Disney worlds to fall back on, I can see the games continuing for quite some time (if they so chose).
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Crono666 on May 28, 2011, 09:16:55 am
But... wait, I thought the whole point of CC was to tie up the loose ends left behind from CT (IE Schala and... actually, that's pretty much it).
Was Schala that much of a loose end that needed to be resolved?
I'm sure that there were some fans who just assumed that she died at the Ocean Palace.

What bugs me is how we still don't know the fates of Crono and Marle.
And if we never get another Chrono game then there fates will always be a cliffhanger.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: tiny260 on May 28, 2011, 09:55:35 am
Crono and Marle? Well, I think it's simple what happened to them:

Crono used his powers over manipulation of Space/Time to say one word, which sent both he and Marle to an alternate dimension in which Porre never took over!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: HeadlessFritz on June 06, 2011, 03:03:51 am
Maybe Crono and Marle had a son like Gohan who killed his parents in fury with Ice-Lightning attacks !

Maybe not...
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Lennis on July 12, 2011, 09:23:28 pm
I have always considered Chrono to be a trilogy myself. Seeing as Cross left an open ending, I would like to see the aftermath of Cross.

I'm working on it...  :wink:
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: ZealKnight on July 15, 2011, 03:53:55 pm
Lennis, don't make me disappointed.You wont like me when I'm disappointed.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Iyellalot on August 08, 2011, 04:58:13 am
Eh, Chrono Break will never "officially" happen anyway, so I really think its up to the fans.

It's up to you guys to find a way to retcon out all the "Darker and Edgier" shit we had to put up with due to Chrono Cross.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: brifye19 on October 04, 2011, 08:00:27 am
HeHe, PM me if you want to play an awesome Chrono Game
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Dialga_Palkia on October 08, 2011, 04:31:49 pm
Has anybody ever thought of a Chrono tactics kind of game? You command an army of imps, rolypolys, Krakens (!) , and other creatures from the Chrono universe. Oh and the main character isn't human; moreover, the character would be Spekkio! Oh and Nu could be the character to sell armory and stuff. What do you think? Something like Fire Emblem?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Redline57 on September 02, 2018, 02:48:27 am
I like it. FF Tactics is a game that I can't quantify as anything but crappy but I love it and I have no idea why.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: chrono.source on September 06, 2018, 08:35:02 am
A Fire Emblem style game would be awesome. I wonder if anyone has cooked up anything, even basic, regarding this.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Acacia Sgt on September 06, 2018, 11:37:32 am
A strategy game? That wouldn't be a bad idea.

Don't know about anyone having made something, but recently this maker, SRPG Studio, was recently released on Steam. Personally, I had plans to get it for FE-style game making, but if anyone ever does a Chrono tactics game, I'd be glad to offer help.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: chrono.source on September 26, 2018, 10:55:43 am
A strategy game? That wouldn't be a bad idea.

Don't know about anyone having made something, but recently this maker, SRPG Studio, was recently released on Steam. Personally, I had plans to get it for FE-style game making, but if anyone ever does a Chrono tactics game, I'd be glad to offer help.

What Engine would you think would work best?
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Acacia Sgt on September 26, 2018, 10:59:09 am
Well, that depends in the end what kind of genre you want the game to be.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Kodokami on September 26, 2018, 01:38:27 pm
Having been playing Fire Emblem Heroes, a Chrono tactics game would be really cool. Could be an "all-star" game, recruiting characters from across time and space. Not sure where we'd get sprites for Cross characters however.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: chrono.source on September 27, 2018, 11:46:58 am
Having been playing Fire Emblem Heroes, a Chrono tactics game would be really cool. Could be an "all-star" game, recruiting characters from across time and space. Not sure where we'd get sprites for Cross characters however.

As a FE fan myself, I haven't really been a fan of Heroes. I don't seem to like summoning type games on mobile platform though, so maybe that's why.

I would much rather see a classic FE style layout and linear storyline, but again, that's just my taste.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Kodokami on September 27, 2018, 03:19:22 pm
As a FE fan myself, I haven't really been a fan of Heroes. I don't seem to like summoning type games on mobile platform though, so maybe that's why.

I would much rather see a classic FE style layout and linear storyline, but again, that's just my taste.

Oh, definitely. I really don't like gacha style games and would much prefer a pay-once-and-done method. Maybe I should just buy FF Tactics.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on September 28, 2018, 08:45:00 am
I have been playing gatcha games for a while now off and on, and I am totally over them. Kingdom Hearts Cross X, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, Final Fantasy Record Keeper, most recently Star Ocean Amnesis... I recently threw my hands up and have pretty much said to hell with them. Unless you're pouring money into the games - which I do not - it is very hard to stay ahead.

The only one I'm mostly okay with is 3DS Yokai Watch games. There's a gatcha element to it, but no real currency can be used outside of buying the actual game. But still, it's frustrating to have to rely on luck and chance to obtain some yokai. Japan has a few Yokai Watch mobile games, and I suspect that they are just as bad as the actual ones.

Gah! Burns me up.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Boo the Gentleman Caller on April 02, 2021, 02:16:14 pm
There's some interesting conversations going on here about Crimson Echoes!

https://www.reddit.com/r/chronotrigger/comments/mijrkk/just_finished_chrono_trigger_flames_of/

I figured all Chrono fans knew about it, but apparently not!
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Asadayyyy on October 07, 2021, 08:22:52 pm
 :roll:
Years upon years pass by.
And the ending of Chrono Cross never really addressed any of the open issues of Chrono trigger. Those ends are still loose and a third game is absolutely necessary man i mean come on. Everything in life has some sort of a closure. Why can’t this.
Can’t the fans all at once reach out to SE through some platform at a single time?
Maybe catch their attention and make them realise that we’re here?
😪😪😘
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: V_Translanka on October 09, 2021, 01:28:58 am
...the ending of Chrono Cross never really addressed any of the open issues of Chrono trigger.

It told us what happened to both Schala & Lavos...

Everything in life has some sort of a closure...

Really? You live a blessed life then, friend...👀👀👀
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Beach Bum on October 09, 2021, 09:40:36 am
It didn't really tell us what happened to Schala. We still don't know for sure if she merged back with Kid, or if they stayed inidividual entities, and what she was up to after Cross. And then there's the harrowing void of Magus' story never seeing closure. We still don't know how much Serge remembers and what the fate is of the Chrono Trigger heroes in the unified timeline.

Only Masato Kato could write the story for the third game, if he still remembers. But I think it's been too long.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Asadayyyy on October 09, 2021, 08:51:28 pm
Chrono Cross was a game of it's own kind. But to me, it handed out more questions then it answered. As already mentioned by Beach Bum. Cross was not a closure. It's as if they intentionally bordered the entire story on the lines of Chrono Cross and carefully avoided answering any of the questions that were necessary in the the second instalment.

And if you really think about it, the ending of Cross is also VERY ambiguous. It's open to our interpretations  but it never gives away a solid answer to what our actions have done.
Kind of like, here, you did this. Now think of what impact your choices made. Good luck!

Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Acacia Sgt on October 10, 2021, 01:19:44 am
I suppose we might see that sooner or late on Another Eden. Since the whole thing surrounding Eden himself is pretty much Schala's story revisited.
Title: Re: Want a new Chrono game?
Post by: Asadayyyy on October 10, 2021, 08:44:17 am
I’m currently deployed and the only thing in this desert is sandy food.
I’ll get Another Eden as soon as i get back home and see how it goes!  :lol: