Chrono Compendium
News and Updates => Site Updates => Topic started by: ZeaLitY on February 05, 2007, 10:00:38 pm
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With Tanaka's recent interviews, a lot of buzz is traveling around the community concerning a new Chrono game and the possibility of Chrono Trigger coming to the Wii or DS. On our side of the field, the situation is clear. We should find some way to support the development of a new Chrono game. I'm not speaking of petitions or that kind of thing; rather, I'm issuing an invitation for ideas of all sorts. There must be several ways we can show our support for a new Chrono game and at least help the process in some small way. We have sample letters, sure, but what else can we do? Let's devise new ways to enhance the popularity of the series and stoke support for a new entry in the franchise. Just click "Comment on the forums" below and you can get started by replying. Let this be a community-wide event. Post your ideas now!
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Chrono Break Facts: The Short Version
* Chrono Break was being discussed by the Cross team and Sakaguchi in 2001, but was not greenlighted for development
* Square registered the trademarks around the same time
* Masato Kato (series leader), Sakaguchi, and other key personnel left Square shortly after
* Richard Honeywood (Cross translator) in 2003 stated that they'd like to do another Chrono but were too busy with FFXI
* US trademark expires in 2003; Japanese trademark still registered
* Masato Kato returns to Square Enix in 2005
* In 2007, Tanaka notes that the issue of making a new game is getting developers of the former games back together (whether they're in different companies now or split among Square projects such as World of Mana and FFXI)
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Maybe if we hold some sort public event, like a special booth at a gamer's convention or trade show.
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Sorry to just rush in right after I post, but if someone has ideas for where I could post this abroad (other, receptive forums), let me know.
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YEAY AFTER A LONG WAIT THEY'RE FINALLY MAKING A CT SEQUEL!!!!!!!
We should held a forum between us fans & the development team to improve public relations & the chance where fans can add interesting ideas to the game.
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Read his interviews and the short list. He was giving reasons why the sequel isn't being made.
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Funny thing: in 2000-2001 I used to write some story (in french, as it's my mother language) called "Chrono Break".
That was BEFORE the name got registered by Squaresoft. You can imagine how I was astonished by learning that.
Of course my imagination and crazy mind (and some friends) were screaming "Kato speaks french, he read you!" I know it's just some coincidence.
Anyway, back on topic.
I think gamers want a third Chrono game (as much as people want a FFVII-remake). It's an awesome saga, but for doing something real good like Chrono Cross was, you need the good people for it. Not only Kato, but all those who made both these games awesome.
As Kato is now back in Square-Enix, there MAY be some possible project like that, as legal rights are owned by SE and that the "Chrono Master" is back there to be able to direct it (if possible).
I dream of something unexpected, some new project directed by Kato with a good team, Mitsuda on music, etc. Yet it's something I'm afraid that will never happen.
So what now? We can still do some things by ourselves, like some fan projects. I'm myself planning to take my own Chrono Break story into some kind of RD-like game, somehow.
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It'd be so much easier if we had a Japanese-speaking person on the Compendium... Tanaka said in an old interview that the FFXI developers often check FFXI community forums or outright play the game (with ordinary-looking pseudos of course). He confirmed this again in one of the recent Parisian interviews. If we could dump a translated version of this "Summit for Chrono Break" on some Japanese FFXI forums, maybe Tanaka and his folks could actually be aware of all this buzz.
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Yeah, from what I can tell, there's a HUGE difference between US and JP communities in FFXI.
If it's the same about Chrono, well, we're doomed :(
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I will post these ideas at some brazilian forums.
Everybody is so anxious for a Chrono sequel that I am sure they will try to help in some way.
And, one more thing... hmmm... writing in english to the japanese SE won't be a waste of time, will it? They will be able to read such a letter if I send it, won't they? o.O Just to be sure ^^
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I sent a letter to Square Japan some time ago concering a new Chrono game. I had the english and the Japanese translation below it. So yes, if you send a letter all in english, someone over there will most likely be able to read it. Our langauge is widely used and I am sure there employees had to learn english or take an american culture class before getting the job at Square.
Zeality, I could submit my Chrono Break idea concerning Dalton, the Lavos spawn atop Death Peak, and such. I could send it to you or post it here so the Compendium can critque and or polish it. I could then send it to Square like I have done in the past before with the other letter, this time without a translation.
Also, if Crono or any other Chrono character were to make an appearance in Super Smash Brothers Brawl, this may shine some old light on the series and bring about more of an audience to Mr. Sakurai's game. Doing so may rekindle what us fans have hoped to see for quite some time now.
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Hey. I've been hanging around this site for a good while now. I get excited whenever I hear any news on Chrono (even if they're not exactly possitive, but it's still better than no news at all =P)
After reading about the interview, I just can't sit quietly doing nothing! We have to promote this game somehow.
I may not have much say in all this... Let's see, I can understand some japanese, I can speak much more than I can read...
I also made a fan-game called Chrono Brink with RPG Maker 2000. (The story was kinda confusing, but the game had over 40 hours of gameplay, multiple endings, cross-over characters from Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, and 1 new character made by me).
I'd be glad to join this community. If you think I can help in any way, just say it. I'll be happy to.
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i think that if nintendo hadn't screwed over square back in the good old days then we'd probably have a bunch of chrono games. if nintendo somehow tagged on the series would probably never end, mainly because nintendo's like that. we can always hope nintendo gives a hand, they do have final fantasy games on their consoles.
hopfully if they do remake ct or make a new game they use the anime style and not the "LOOKING REAL IS BETTER" crap. the more realistic somthing is the crappier in at least most games.
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I don't think that the original Chrono Trigger Team's members are now in diferents company is the real problem. Today all is posible with money and Square isn't a poor company after all. So if they want to do a new Chrono game they will do it. It's only a motivation problem, i think. So we only need to give that motivation to the company. An only person can't do so much, the only thing i can do is "spread the game" here in Spain, and wait...
So the idea that somebody gave before of do or participate in a public event I thin is a good idea, also the ideo of the letter is good, but i don't think that one letter is usefull. If we want to do this with letter we will need a lot of letters, nearly to saturate his mailbox, with letters from a lot of diferents places and languages, that make they believe that half world wants a third chapter.
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I don't think that the original Chrono Trigger Team's members are now in diferents company is the real problem. Today all is posible with money and Square isn't a poor company after all. So if they want to do a new Chrono game they will do it. It's only a motivation problem, i think. So we only need to give that motivation to the company. An only person can't do so much, the only thing i can do is "spread the game" here in Spain, and wait...
So the idea that somebody gave before of do or participate in a public event I thin is a good idea, also the ideo of the letter is good, but i don't think that one letter is usefull. If we want to do this with letter we will need a lot of letters, nearly to saturate his mailbox, with letters from a lot of diferents places and languages, that make they believe that half world wants a third chapter.
Akira Toriyama should've been the art director for Chrono Cross. I hope if Square ever gets to gather the dream team, iat would include Akira Toriyama. I mean he's still in charge of the Dragon Quests' art. I'm sure he'd be more than willing to lend a couple designs for the next Chrono. Animated cutscenes were awesome. And though Chrono Cross had some good adaptations of Toriyama's designs (think Leah, Belthasar, Guile, Luccia, and Schala), it was kinda hard to feel at home with them. That's my only critique for CC. But the game's just as good as CT IMO.
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It'd be so much easier if we had a Japanese-speaking person on the Compendium... Tanaka said in an old interview that the FFXI developers often check FFXI community forums or outright play the game (with ordinary-looking pseudos of course). He confirmed this again in one of the recent Parisian interviews. If we could dump a translated version of this "Summit for Chrono Break" on some Japanese FFXI forums, maybe Tanaka and his folks could actually be aware of all this buzz.
I'll actually be going to Japan September '07 through July '08 as part of a study abroad program. Assuming that this will take more than a year, I'll be more than happy to help translate anything once I become (hopefully) fluent in that time.
Also, I think that a petition is more than capable of helping along our cause. Not an internet petition, by any means, but strictly a on-paper-and-sent-by-postal-service petition similar to the Chrono Trigger Remake Petition (http://www.ctremake.com/) (which, unfortunately, seems to have stalled). We could most DEFINITELY get some signatures if we setup something at a games expo, or something. Here in Indianapolis, for instance, it will be Gen Con's 40th anniversary. Combine that with the fact that they've permanently canceled Southern California's Gen Con, and you have a formula for biggest-ever Gen Con here in Indy come this August.
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I don't think that the original Chrono Trigger Team's members are now in diferents company is the real problem. Today all is posible with money and Square isn't a poor company after all. So if they want to do a new Chrono game they will do it. It's only a motivation problem, i think. So we only need to give that motivation to the company. An only person can't do so much, the only thing i can do is "spread the game" here in Spain, and wait...
So the idea that somebody gave before of do or participate in a public event I thin is a good idea, also the ideo of the letter is good, but i don't think that one letter is usefull. If we want to do this with letter we will need a lot of letters, nearly to saturate his mailbox, with letters from a lot of diferents places and languages, that make they believe that half world wants a third chapter.
Besides motivation, we need people in influential spots with motivation. I still think sending a letter to Yuuji Horii is a good idea. After all, he's probably the most influential person in SQEX. And besides that, he's in a good mood because of the Dragon Quest IX development (he's stated that developing DQIX gives him the same feeling that he had developing the first game in the series). And also, there's the possibility that an unusual suggestion (the suggestion of making a new/remaking a Chrono game) would go better with Horii because right now he's doing something that most would deem unusual -- developing a Dragon Quest game on a handheld.
If you guys want to go for it, I'd be more than happy to write up a draft in English, which we could then finalize and translate to Japanese to send...
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The linkshell community I am in on FFXI, the leader is the famous Milkman from 1up.com, and his articles get put into IGN every so often. Also he gets to attend E3 and other journalist/reporter only events. If we could get something together I could submit it to him and have something done that way.
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I really hope this works! I want a portable CT! I'm getting a PSP on Saturday and I'm going to put CT on it (don't whine I have the game, but I got it for free from my cousin), but I'd rather play a legal version.
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The linkshell community I am in on FFXI, the leader is the famous Milkman from 1up.com, and his articles get put into IGN every so often. Also he gets to attend E3 and other journalist/reporter only events. If we could get something together I could submit it to him and have something done that way.
Awesome! Yeah, speak to him! :D
And yeah, there are both SNES and PSX emu which works perfectly on PSP. Of course I play on SNES emu, and it's great.
I'm more and more planning to try to make my own Chrono Break as a PC text-RPG game, like RD in a way. The coding shouldn't be that hard for such a thing, and I've seen some game utilities for C++ dev (like HGE) that sound easier to handle.
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I am all for a Chrono Trigger/Cross sequel, seeing Magus and Schala saga concluded, possibly the complete origins of Lavos explained etc. However the Chrono Trigger/Cross story series is long and complicated and I believe both games would need to be remade in a style similar to Final Fantasy III on the Nintendo DS, and get this game out to PAL regions that missed out, (unfortunately, a condensed plot summary just doesn't cut it for me.)
Though I really, really want the entire "Dream Team" reunited for this, as it would be quite monumental for the gaming community. The Chrono series is the one of the most popular, and defining series in gaming, and and also one of the few that hasn't been abused like Final Fantasy and Mario. If there is going to be a sequel to Chrono Trigger/Cross, I am happy to wait for it... I don't want some crappy, half-arsed rehash that took ten minutes to make! I want to see it done right! The fans deserve justice!
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...I believe both games would need to be remade in a style similar to Final Fantasy III on the Nintendo DS, and get this game out to PAL regions that missed out...
That is true, in the PAL regions the only way we have to get the games is in a emu-version, so one of our petitions must be launch the game also in this regions.
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They WERE petitions.
I remember seeing one for Chrono Cross. As usual it didn't do a thing, even if the problem is a bit different for Chrono Cross because of the translation problems it would have made.
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I think we should all buy copies of FFVI for gameboy, as those usually come with little business reply surveys from Squaresoft. Every chrono fan who buys a copy should send word back to Square that we want some Chrono love. If not an actual next-gen sequel, at least bring the original to GBA or Wii's virtual console.
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why not go to all types of game forums and platform forums and discuss this
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Yeah I think ZeaLitY is totally on the mark,
Its do or die time. 8)
we as the hardcore Chrono fans should really make are push this year.
First,
I think we should hold a "Squaresoft classic game appreciation party", yes I know it sounds stupid and maybe nerdy but I think it might work. maybe even E-mail the idea to EGM and IGN(just ask them to mention it in there website or magazine maybe), maybe Square-Enix and a few other major players in the business. and hit up the guys that were working on the "Chrono Resurrection" project (http://www.opcoder.com/projects/chrono/) and the guys working on "The Chrono Trigger Remake Project" (chrono-trigger.com)
but above all!!! lets NOT go in like n00bs saying "ME WANT YOU TO MAKE CHR0N0 BREAK PLX!" or "SIGN THIS PETITION PLX or DIE!!"
Lets make it more like, We really enjoyed playing Chrono Trigger and/or Cross as well as Final Fantasy 7 etc and would really like the Chrono series continued.
Anyways long live chrono!
I am hear to offer my help.
Alex AKA LiquidSpikes
E-mail: AlexZimmerman A-T LiquidSpikes.com
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If we had a booth at a game and/or anime convention, it could help raise awareness.
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How about we exert our influence to Dota(A mod game for WC3) by proposing a new character in Dota?
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geeze lets just storm Square and take over! LOL
but i wish they would maked another Chrono Game!
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I don't think that DotA will have any influence on any descision of Square Enix. I would say have a little protest sort of thing outside of Square Enix America, but not demanding, simply showing how much we love the series... But that would be difficult for Chrono fans outside of the US...
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I don't think that DotA will have any influence on any descision of Square Enix. I would say have a little protest sort of thing outside of Square Enix America, but not demanding, simply showing how much we love the series... But that would be difficult for Chrono fans outside of the US...
Which is why we'd get fans in Europe to have a gathering of sorts outside of the Square Enix headquarters in Europe, and get the Japanese cult fans in Japan gathering outside of the main Square Enix headquarters. Of course, if anything would have any effect whatsoever, it's the last one, as Square Enix--at least the Squaresoft part--has always paid far more attention to Japan than anywhere else, as it should, since it's a Japanese company.
The issue with Europe has always been translation difficulties however. Many claim that Square Enix intentionally left Chrono Trigger out of the Final Fantasy PSX rereleases in Europe because they didn't want to create more European fans, and that's just idiotic ridiculous nonsense. Consider how many languages you have in the PAL region, vs. just one for the NTSC region. Now consider just how difficult it is to translate from Japanese to English. Also note that for a Chrono Trigger European release, they would have had to create a new translation for each individual language. Considering it was just a SNES emulated port of the game to begin with even for the NTSC region, it's not surprising it was left out, as doing a new translation for Europeans might have prompted doing a new translation for English as well, which would have caused problems as the United States and Canada also speak English, albiet two different dialects, and we would have been left out translation wise. Then they would have had complaints about no new translation for the Final Fantasy games and you can see where this would start being a serious problem, when the whole point to Final Fantasy Chronicles and Final Fantasy Anthologies was to garner more interest in Squaresoft products amongst Playstation fans who might not have been around or might have ignored Squaresoft during the SNES era for one reason or another.
This is why I have high hopes for a Gameboy Advance port. Given that Final Fantasies IV, V, and VI have all gained new translations in their ports to the GBA, and given that right now Square Enix has rated the chances of a Chrono Trigger port to GBA as 50/50, we may see this issue finally resolved. Now while I doubt they'll take the time to retranslate Chrono Cross and rerelease it to the PAL region, I certainly don't see why they wouldn't retranslate Chrono Trigger for the PAL region while doing the same for the NTSC region in a new GBA port. If anything, doing so would set the stage for a new Chrono game as it would introduce the series--officially--to the European market. And considering how many Japanese-only games have started to be released to Europe--among them, Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix(leading some Kingdom Hearts fans, including myself to hope that the Final Mix version of KH II will be released in the U.S.)--I daresay that the Europeans have a high chance of seeing Chrono Trigger released there in a GBA port.
So, that begs the question of whether we really need to do anything at all, doesn't it? If what I'm saying here has any basis in reality, then we might be fine. We might see a new Chrono game without any work at all. But I wouldn't go so far as to say that. In fact, that would probably be a bad assumption. So, what do we do?
...Damned if I know...
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Have a Chrono party outside Square-Enix. With events such as soda drinking contest, a band performing Jurassic Rythm, cosplay race, CT/CC scenes interpretations, etc.
If they try to kick you out, then, put up a good fight and yell "for Doan and the others".
Naah, ok seriously.
If we manage to make Square-Enix release CT for the GBA, they could possibly work on Break, since it'd be a rare chance for the Dream Team to be back together (Copyright reasons).
I just hope someday I could play CC on my DS.
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I don't think that DotA will have any influence on any descision of Square Enix. I would say have a little protest sort of thing outside of Square Enix America, but not demanding, simply showing how much we love the series... But that would be difficult for Chrono fans outside of the US...
On the contrary... If the people becomes more aware of CT & gains interest of it, the people from SE will certainly not pass this opportunity. We must use the popularity of other games to our advantage. The ultimate aim of my idea is to heighten the awareness & curiousity of CT/CC to all gamers throughout the world especially the next generation gamers. Furthermore, SE has the habit of using their popular character & apply it to other RPGs(e.g. Cloud & Sephiroth appeared to several crossovers because of their popularity including their appearance to KH series.)
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I don't think that DotA will have any influence on any descision of Square Enix. I would say have a little protest sort of thing outside of Square Enix America, but not demanding, simply showing how much we love the series... But that would be difficult for Chrono fans outside of the US...
On the contrary... If the people becomes more aware of CT & gains interest of it, the people from SE will certainly not pass this opportunity. We must use the popularity of other games to our advantage. The ultimate aim of my idea is to heighten the awareness & curiousity of CT/CC to all gamers throughout the world especially the next generation gamers. Furthermore, SE has the habit of using their popular character & apply it to other RPGs(e.g. Cloud & Sephiroth appeared to several crossovers because of their popularity including their appearance to KH series.)
If we're going to use other video games' popularity to help our cause, I strongly suggest we use the Kingdom Hearts series, as according to KH Ultimania(http://www.kh2.co.uk), the sales figures for the Kingdom Hearts series last year appeared to exceed the sales figures for the Final Fantasy series. We could kill two birds with one stone and try to get KH II: Final Mix+ released to the NTSC region as well while we're at it.
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If we're going to use other video games' popularity to help our cause, I strongly suggest we use the Kingdom Hearts series, as according to KH Ultimania(http://www.kh2.co.uk), the sales figures for the Kingdom Hearts series last year appeared to exceed the sales figures for the Final Fantasy series. We could kill two birds with one stone and try to get KH II: Final Mix+ released to the NTSC region as well while we're at it.
That's less likely that's gonna happen.... People from SE are too stubborn to include CT & CC to KH.
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If we're going to use other video games' popularity to help our cause, I strongly suggest we use the Kingdom Hearts series, as according to KH Ultimania(http://www.kh2.co.uk), the sales figures for the Kingdom Hearts series last year appeared to exceed the sales figures for the Final Fantasy series. We could kill two birds with one stone and try to get KH II: Final Mix+ released to the NTSC region as well while we're at it.
That's less likely that's gonna happen.... People from SE are too stubborn to include CT & CC to KH.
That's not what I meant, exactly. I know that Nomura is not likely to include any character he did not design in a Kingdom Hearts game. (It was hard enough for SE to convince him to add Vivi and Setzer to Kingdom Hearts II.) What I meant is that we should try to get that game released here as well as showing support for the Chrono series. Why? Simple, really. If a large number of KH fans, the ones driving these recent sales, show interest in the Chrono series as well, it would show SE that there would be a profit in making a new Chrono game. It would be neat to see Chrono characters in Kingdom Hearts III though. I can tell you one thing...we know we'll see a new Chrono game if any characters like that show up in KH III, if only because they did the same thing with Advent Children and the design of Cloud, Sephiroth, Aerith, and Yuffie in KH II.
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Are there any Chrono fans who live in Australia? I thought maybe there could be a gathering at Play! this year...
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Get an army of people dressed like Crono to march to the SQEX HQ. It might be ridiciulous, humorous, and impossible to organize, but damned if it doesn't get noticed.
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Hell, that...that's got me curious. Just getting someone to cosplay at Chrono, pull up at SE HQ, and start demanding a new Chrono game over a loudspeaker -- all while being recorded -- might provide for some viral stuff over Youtube. But getting a whole bunch of Cronos to stay on the public street and yell for a while might make actual gaming blogs. Okay, adding this as a viable idea!
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I could see them standing there in a line with a big banner that says "Silent protaganists for a new Chrono" LOL
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I could see them standing there in a line with a big banner that says "Silent protaganists for a new Chrono" LOL
That is simply brilliant!
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It'd be a little difficult to get enough people in the right place though, wouldn't it? Not to mention what it would take to make them all look like Crono or other characters from the series. Unless we want to start a money drive to purchase/make Crono costumes...
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I could see them standing there in a line with a big banner that says "Silent protaganists for a new Chrono" LOL
I am speechless...
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Are there any Chrono fans who live in Australia? I thought maybe there could be a gathering at Play! this year...
No need. I went to the Chicago premiere and of all the games, Mitsuda and Chrono Trigger got the largest, loudest, and longest standing ovation. I'm not exaggerating at all, either. Even Mario, Halo, Final Fantasy, and Zelda failed to get the kind of applause that Chrono Trigger got. Not even One-Winged Angel (the first play-through OR the encore) garnered the kind of applause that Chrono Trigger got.
It was amazing. I never knew that there were so many Chrono Trigger fans out there. I mean, very nearly everyone who has owned a Super Nintendo holds Chrono Trigger as one of the best games of all time, but I had figured that most people have moved on to Final Fantasy, Zelda, and Halo. It was touching, to say the very least. I'm reasonably sure that Nobuo Uematsu and Yasunori Mitsuda returned to Japan with a grand impression of just how much people loved Chrono Trigger after that symphony.
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Well I did my part today in the mission to get a new Chrono game. Well, I didn't do much, but anyways.
On the new Wii Channel, Everbody Votes, I submitted the question Should SquareEnix make a new Chrono series game?
Yea very insignificant I know, but every little bit helps right?
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We should ask for an interview from a gaming magazine after Crimson Echoes(or Chrono Crisis) is done. That could help spread the word.
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I think the Wii opens up mass potential for a Chrono game, whether it be new or a remake of Trigger. The remote and nunchuck would be great to use as Chrono's weapons in mid battle. That way you could actually get into the fighting style of crono.
What we wouldn't give to see chrono in all his 3D glory... w/o being shut down by cease and desist.
Oh well, worse thingas have happened... like FF:CC.
(actually it's a good game for a while...)
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I think that CT and CC would be awesome on DS, I mean Square have already told us that the DS prints money by moving the proper Dragon Quest series to it.
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How about some ideas for how the game would work? In Chrono Trigger, you traveled between times, in Cross, you traveled between dimensions, well what would be unique about Break? I would love for a sequel to be made, but not if it was a souless rehash or revival tour-esq. So what rules of space time are there left to break?
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How about some ideas for how the game would work? In Chrono Trigger, you traveled between times, in Cross, you traveled between dimensions, well what would be unique about Break? I would love for a sequel to be made, but not if it was a souless rehash or revival tour-esq. So what rules of space time are there left to break?
Faster than light travel? Go through space, time, and dimensions? Play as Balthasar and spend the whole game masterminding Chrono Cross?
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How about some ideas for how the game would work? In Chrono Trigger, you traveled between times, in Cross, you traveled between dimensions, well what would be unique about Break? I would love for a sequel to be made, but not if it was a souless rehash or revival tour-esq. So what rules of space time are there left to break?
It wouldn't surprise me if it'd be about space travel. In Chrono Cross, you can inspect Lucca's last invention in her house, and the description says:
There is a memo lying
on the floor here.
It reads...
Don't you children
ever touch my
'"Space Capsule!"'
A beautiful view of the
expanses of...space!?
I've always wondered what was the developers' intent in showing this machine and description.
Then again, I don't really think space travel is something very awesome. Maybe we'll have combinations of time travel, dimensional leaping, and a little bit of space travel...
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I would say that the space travel would probably be limited to going to another planet with a Lavoid for some reason. Perhaps the game will be about tracking down the origin of the Lavosian species and eliminating it? (Though that would be genocide, and I'd personally prefer it not to be a game about genocide.)
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Honestly, I think our idea of coming up with something bigger and more legitimate than the usual online petition is the only way we'd be able to help, but so far, aside from having booths at game shows to show our support, this is just looking like the billions of forum posts around the world in regards to the Chrono Series, (which I don't even know if its possible. Don't you have to be a gaming company/distributer or something to that effect to buy a booth at shows?)
My proposal, which although it sounds cliche at this point, even Hollywood has picked up on as far as marketing strategies; Chrono Compendium's Summit For Chrono Myspace page. If you look at any recent movie, music, game, hell, ANYTHING release, their promotions these days not only consist of a website, but they now encourage you to show your support via their Myspace page. How did Dane Cook, (just as an easy example,) get HBO's attention and all this NOW overexposure? Being Myspace's BIGGEST Friend. He has 1,782,148 Friends at the moment, and it escalates every day! (No bots either.) Now, I know even though we almost always hate to admit it, we've ALL got a Myspace, and I would be glad to be the 1st Friend of "Chrono Compendium's Summit For Chrono." I don't know the logistics of how it would be monitored, but surely we could have someone here at the Compendium post Blogs, fan pics, music and such while we comment the hell out of the page, tell our friends, and MAKE Square see what they're missing. I hate to say it, because surely if I were a game developer, (at least a paid one,) I would ABSOLUTELY JUMP on the idea of making a new Chrono, FREE! I know it sounds far fetched, but I would LITERALLY work for days, months, weeks, even YEARS on a new Chrono, even more so for a remake, without any pay. The end result would be payment enough. I'm sure a lot of us feel this way. OK, now I'm babbling, sorry guys, I just really think that's the best way to go, and once I start talking Chrono, it's kinda hard to kill my own joy. :)
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(Previously posted as Guest DJ Br'er Lappin)
Woops! I forgot to end one of those sentences. When I mentioned, "I hate to say it..." the point of it was that although I hate to throw this in as a reason for Square to move forward with this project, it's one of the most logical for them, which would be $. Undoubtedly, one of the 2 most requested remakes I've ever seen in the game industry, they couldn't go wrong, even if it flopped, (cuz although we all "hated" when Zelda went Cell Shaded, we STILL bought a copy nonetheless.) They could build their own Mammon Machine with the cash flow of such a game... (and in turn destroy us all!)
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:lee:
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Okay. Here's a major can of worms to be opened. New technology has been birthed.
.......Through the creation of the Xbox game "Blue Dragon".
Finally, someone has figured out how to transform Akira Toriyama's badass artwork
into total 3D characters and environments. Flawlessly transform them, mind you.
With this in existence, there comes the wondrous possibility of being able to do the
same artistic genius with the Chrono series. Just think of this (my lovely dream):
Get Akira Toriyama to work on this (duh), use Blue Dragon's awesome 3D modeling,
have a storyline that involves the original CT world and its characters (maybe not all
of them, but possibly children of them or something), have it involve time travel as
well as space travel (how else would the other characters get involved? I though it'd
rock if Lucca made a sort of "ChronoPhone" that'd allow for talking to people in other
time periods, and be able to see them as well), and to give the game incredible depth...
have this epic adventure take place on MORE than one planet. Best part: Discovering
that Lavos is not a normal creature, and in fact was created by an ancient alien race.
Their planet was destroyed by Lavos and its spawn, yet remnants of their civilization
still can be found on a few worlds they traveled to. Piecing together all that's available
on those planets, the heroes of this tale will quest for the ultimate goal - find the lost
creator of Lavos and put a stop to the fiend's world-defiling research and inventions.
Heh heh... you can bet your ass that this could involve Magus, for he would have the
greatest desire to put an end to that mad scientist's work - and his wretched life.
An epic tale of avenging those who were killed or had their lives ruined by Lavos.
Why no mentions of Chrono Cross stuff? I've never enjoyed the storyline for that
game, even though it was pretty interesting. It tried to reinvent the original and
make it suck (namely, it would've been different if Akira had worked on it and if
they had included some other characters from CT - like Magus and Crono).
Thus I have bared my heart and soul to you all, and how I long to speak with anyone
from Square-Enix on having my dream become a reality (or at least close enough).
May we succeed in having them realize they shouldn't give up on the Chrono series...
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We could each start our own "dummy remake project" somewhere, and have another report it and get ourselves a C&D.
I imagine if square had to shut down an undeniable amount of CC/CT projects in a small period of time, they would have to realize it garners a significant amount of interest.... though this is sort of a low-down scheme to say the least... and i imagine would require quite a bit of people buying websites and the such, to avoid something happening directly to the compendium
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I've said it at least twice so I'll say it again.
BOYCOTT!
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That website idea does sound interesting, but it sure would be depressing to those
who put their money and effort into such projects. Then again, if it made S-E come
to realize that CT is beloved by many and they long for another game, it might be
worthy in the end...
(and I sure would love to hear folks' opinions on my dream idea for a game)
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I am new here.
I am from Sweden, and I am 27 years old.
Hi everyone!
A Chrono sequel would be great.
What do you think would be good plot for Chrono 3?
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Good reputation can be “Chrono Over Time” to form a trilogy and to give to aim to this beautiful saga… sorry if my English is is bad, but I am occupying a translator since I speak Spanish and am a true fanatic of the sagas of chrono, in special of chrono cross, and it moves to me to be able to live a new adventure next to my favorite game…
Un buen nombre puede ser "Chrono Over Time" para formar una trilogia y dar fin a esta hermosa saga... sorry si mi ingles es es malo, pero estoy ocupando un traductor ya que yo hablo español y soy una verdadera fanatica de las sagas de chrono, en especial de chrono cross, y me emociona poder vivir una nueva aventura junto a mi juego favorito...
Atte. Jenifer Avendaño (Misao Kid Uchiha) from chile.
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(changed my name from "Maneo")
Let´s hope Square shows something at E3 in july.
They should make a new Chrono game!
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Maybe the game could be about Chrono´s childhood?
The story would be about the events before CT......
That would be interesting.
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(changed from Laneo to Maneo again. I won´t change again)
Maybe there will be some info at the Square Enix party May 12-13?
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(changed from Laneo to Maneo again. I won´t change again)
Maybe there will be some info at the Square Enix party May 12-13?
Why don't you register & join the compendium?
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Maybe later.
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Anyway back to business...
If someone would make a dojin project and sell it on comicon in japan & perhaps it will spark an interest to the public. Melty Blood was a doujin project and now it becomes a featured game in Tougeki.
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Anyway back to business...
If someone would make a dojin project and sell it on comicon in japan & perhaps it will spark an interest to the public. Melty Blood was a doujin project and now it becomes a featured game in Tougeki.
they worked directly with Type-moon on it so its not a doujin game, but plenty of other things start they way you were implying...
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http://na.square-enix.com/ffxi/newsletter/18/index.html#adventure
Square Enix has commissioned an official Final Fantasy XI webcomic written and drawn by Scott Ramsoomair of VG Cats. It's called "Adventure Log". Would it be inappropriate to contact Ramsoomair and ask him to insert some sort of Chrono Break reference in one of these comics?
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http://na.square-enix.com/ffxi/newsletter/18/index.html#adventure
Square Enix has commissioned an official Final Fantasy XI webcomic written and drawn by Scott Ramsoomair of VG Cats. It's called "Adventure Log". Would it be inappropriate to contact Ramsoomair and ask him to insert some sort of Chrono Break reference in one of these comics?
Are you serious?! VG Cats Scott is working for Square-Enix?! Neat!
Contact him immediately, I suggest...though we should let Zeality do it. Being the owner of the Chrono Compendium, he ought to hold at least a bit more weight than any random Chrono fan.
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On may the 12th and 13th is going to be held the square enix party and is open public!!!!
there we can gather a lot of people to try and convince square
Los Angeles (Mar. 27, 2007)
Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix™ interactive entertainment products in North America, announced the return of SQUARE ENIX PARTY. SQUARE ENIX PARTY 2007 is a two-day event held on May 12-13, 2007 at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba prefecture, Japan. Attendance to the event, which is open to the public, will be free for all attendees. The event held July 2005 drew a crowd of nearly 47,000 visitors.
At SQUARE ENIX PARTY 2007, attendees will be among the first to experience the newest games from Square Enix and discover exciting announcements from the company. They will also have the chance to experience other Square Enix products including mobile content, manga, merchandise, music and more.
About Square Enix Co., Ltd. and Square Enix, Inc.
Square Enix Co., Ltd. (Square Enix), with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, develops, publishes and distributes entertainment content including interactive entertainment software and publications in Asia, North America and Europe. Square Enix brings two of Japan's best-selling franchises - FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 75 million units worldwide, and DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 41 million units worldwide - under one roof. Square Enix is one of the most influential providers of digital entertainment content in the world and continues to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation.
Square Enix, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Co., Ltd. with offices in Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington. It handles operations in North America, including development, localization, marketing, and publishing of Square Enix titles. More information on Square Enix can be found on the Internet at http://www.square-enix.com.
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Now, I really hate to suffocate the excitement about the Chrono Sequel/Remake, but I would like to point out a few issues.
1.Remake or Sequel ?
If we have to make a request to SE, we have at least to decide amongst ourselves what we should ask them.
2.Other Games
I read that the people from the original Dream Project are all busy in different games.We don't know how/when/if they'll decide to stop anything else to concentrate themselves in a new Chrono game-and that's maybe the biggest problem of all.If the others titles they're working on are successfull, it's really unlikely they'll decide to stop them.
3.An Unusual Sequel
Even though each one of us has his own idea about how Chrono Break should be, there will be REALLY though to build up a storyline after all the mess done in CC, now matter how "simple" they might try to keep it-especially if they'll try to make something than a non-Chrono hardcore fan could possibly understand.
It's not my intention to ruin your projects, and I'd like to help you.I'm just saying that if we want to reach some conclusion in a reasonable time, we should focus on those things.
Point 1 could be easily decided through a poll in this website and those more popular (IGN,Gamefaqs,Gamespot and RPGFan)-and it would be quite a first step.
Point 2 has no solution whatsoever-let's wait and see.
Point 3 could be the most interesting.We could build up a "unified" Chrono Break storyline (if we want a sequel and not a remake, of course).It shouldn't be a novel or an entire script, but something like a scratch to propose to developers which could "solve" some problems for them.Can you imagine the idea of writing CB key points (the Fall of Guardia, for example) by using polls in this website involving the Chrono Community ? It would be fun-even if wouldn't help at all !
Pardon my ramblings... but try to think about it.
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Bring it on. That's all I have to say.
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why don't we raise money to place a billboard in a very famous and crowded place like new york for a day or something or a page in the new york times (like firefox), that way it'll get to the news, people will get interested and square-enix will see the monetary opportunity of making a sequel... what do you think? do you like it or are you gay?
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That actually sounds like a great idea. Remember, Firefox was developed by a bunch of programmers...basically people who didn't have a lot of money. This would be expensive, but hey, it just might work.
I'd recommend somewhere where Square-Enix employees are likely to see it, however...say...Los Angeles. That's the location of Square-Enix North America, right?
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Or we make our own Chrono float parade.
What? The nu would make it worthwhile.
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That actually sounds like a great idea. Remember, Firefox was developed by a bunch of programmers...basically people who didn't have a lot of money. This would be expensive, but hey, it just might work.
Programmers make bank.
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Could we get some sort of help from John Romero or something like this? He is the creator of Doom and Quake; his favourite game of all time is Chrono Trigger; his favourite OST of all time is Chrono Trigger too; he is well-known in the video game sector; he is a friend of Nasir Gebelli (the biological father of Final Fantasy I, II, III, and Secret of Mana himself); and he is easily accessible from his blog (http://rome.ro/) or forum. He even has a section of his forum dedicated to CT's 10th Birthday (http://rome.ro/smf/index.php?board=17.0).
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Romero would be wonderful assistance if we could garner it. I don't doubt for a second he would help with campaigning for a new Chrono game, and his influence in the video game industry--even if it is limited to the American industry--would be extremely handy.
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Romero would be wonderful assistance if we could garner it. I don't doubt for a second he would help with campaigning for a new Chrono game, and his influence in the video game industry--even if it is limited to the American industry--would be extremely handy.
well, first you should get a reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally good proposal. I would make a single website just for the campaing.
Here in my city there used to be a strange campaign that consisted in pasting on the walls white paper sheets with a simple black and white happy and it said "smile".
It was very dumb but still you could see it in all places of the city, and I mean ALL. Everyone downloaded the pattern from a website and then each one printed it in their house and pasted it whenever and wherever they wanted.
What is my point with this? well, my point is that, if you want to make media and over all, people interested, you need not only to make a campaign, 'causesooner or later you'll run out of money, time or whatever and then it'll be over, no, what we need is to make a movement.
Make people wonder what is Chrono Trigger, and Cross, make them interested why there's so much buzz about 'em and make them want to play them, to buy them, to be a fan like us... Maybe we'll make Square-enix a little bit more richer in the process, but IT'S the only way that they'll listen to the sector of fans of CT and CC, because that it's the only thing that surely moves big companies, money.
So, who want to plan a revolution?
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So, who wants to plan a revolution?
I do!
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So, who wants to plan a revolution?
I do!
anyone else?... Someone from chrono compendium staff would be good also... Or are you scared?
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Viva la revolution! Im in.
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Viva la revolution! Im in.
OK, I'll be back with news and a plan in two monts from today... Hold on.
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I have an Idea lets gather money about $2 million (each crono fan would have to at least put in $2) and pay square-Enix to make it (extra million for a returning character popular vote wins) :mrgreen: or we could go with the Chrono peraid I'll lead the Crono section others could will lead the Magus/Janus, Serge, Schala/Kid, Frog/Glenn, Lucca, and all other sections . so the peraid will be organized by Character and with in that tallest people of the section in the back shortest people of the section in the front. No I'm not looking down non short people just it may look more orderly this way (the main thing you want when doing somthing like this is appearence Squaer-Enix as well as any company will take notice of how well it was thought and will be more likely to comply)
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I have an Idea lets gather money about $2 million (each crono fan would have to at least put in $2) and pay square-Enix to make it
Square Enix don't need money, nor will they give into bribing.
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I have an Idea lets gather money about $2 million (each crono fan would have to at least put in $2) and pay square-Enix to make it (extra million for a returning character popular vote wins)
Isn't that illegal? Anyway, $2 million is like lunch money to Squenix compare how much it cost to make the game.
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I have an Idea lets gather money about $2 million (each crono fan would have to at least put in $2) and pay square-Enix to make it
Square Enix don't need money, nor will they give into bribing.
I have an Idea lets gather money about $2 million (each crono fan would have to at least put in $2) and pay square-Enix to make it (extra million for a returning character popular vote wins)
Isn't that illegal? Anyway, $2 million is like lunch money to Squenix compare how much it cost to make the game.
Hey don't get angry with me I'm olny making sugestions. I don't think offering money to a company to make a game is illegal? Is it??? *scratches off that idea on "Ideas on how to get S-E to make a new Chrono game out." list* Ok lets focus on the ideas of the Paraide and the revolution (both not mine, but I would figure out a way to organize them) We WILL get a new Chrono game and like the others after this one we'll problably want another if it dose not tie up some loose ends left in Cross also if they incude returning characters I hope they put Crono, and Serge in there.
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please a new game!!!!
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u314/lenneth267/mi%20album/Copiademc-stand2.jpg)
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I have an Idea lets gather money about $2 million (each crono fan would have to at least put in $2) and pay square-Enix to make it (extra million for a returning character popular vote wins)
Isn't that illegal? Anyway, $2 million is like lunch money to Squenix compare how much it cost to make the game.
I might say unethical, but never illegal. It's called being the executive producer or the investor.
Now, talking about 'ethics'... I was thinking... Is it ethical for us to force square-enix to do a third game?... More important, is it ethical to force the artists behind it?... Maybe some of them where satisfied ending it in chrono cross.
If there where an ethical way of doing it, it would be to show to square-enix, and again, more important, to the artists behind the game that we really care for it, to the expense that we can make a movement out of it... I mean ACTIONS, not only words, nor text on a virtual server or fan websites like many of them they are.
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Two words: Chrono Con.!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
next we have to decide a location, get some publicity for this event , make sure that every one there has something like the Chrono series' logo on or are in cos-play, and a bunch of TVs hitched up and are playing game in the Chrono series, and how long it will be? any one have sugestions? :?
Also forget about bribing, you're right, but I've sut up about it for a couple months though.