Chrono Compendium
Zenan Plains - Site Discussion => Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion => Topic started by: Vehek on April 03, 2010, 04:28:18 pm
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A few days ago, I was looking at some Japanese pages through Google Translate when I came across this post:
こんなもん見つけた。全文読みてえなあ
インタビュアー：サラとジャキというのは、バーチャファイターからきたんですか？
全員：ハハハハハ。
加藤：よく言われるんですけどね、全然意識してなかったです(笑)。
たまたまなんですよ、ほんとに。
北瀬：サラってけっこうあちこちで出てきてるんですよ。
よくある名前だからめずらしくないですよ。
インタビュアー：コンフュージョンっていうのも気になったんですよ。
全員：ハハハハハ(笑)。
加藤：あれもけっこう揉めたんですけどね。
時田：一時期はグレートコンバインっていってたんだよね(笑)。
加藤：あれもだから意識せずに書いたんですよ。
僕、マンガをあまり読まない人間なんで。
ＤＢとか全然関係なくて、ここはもうコンフュージョンしかねえよな、とか勝手に書いてたら、
あれはあまりじゃねえかとか言われて(笑)。
なにがあまりなのって言ったら、実はあれ鳥山マンガでやってるよって言われて。
ああ、それはまずいかもしれん、と思って一時期グレートコンバインになって(笑)。
全員：ワハハハ(笑)！！
時田：そんな名前じゃ、よっぽどわけがわからない。
加藤：そうしたら、そうしたで今度はモニターで賛否両論で、元に戻せだの、
コンフュージョンに戻したら戻したで、あれはパクリだのと(笑)。
いや、俺はもうコンフュージョンは真似して作ったんじゃないから、これで行くみたいなノリで、
最後はあのまま落ち着いたんですよ(笑)。
インタビュアー：ポーズも似てたんで、これはまちがいないなと。
加藤：あのポーズ自体はもう、モンスター班の攻撃のポーズとしてあったやつを、
これは使えるから変身ポーズに使っちゃえって勝手に流用しただけなんで(笑)。
インタビュアー：あのポーズはフュージョンを狙ったんですか。
加藤：本当に偶然が重なって、ああなったんです(笑)。
以上、Vジャンプ増刊号クロノ・トリガー攻略大特集
「チーム クロノ・トリガー スペシャルトーク ～クロノ・トリガーの真実～」より179~180ページを引用
From what I can tell, it doesn't seem to be anything special (it apparently starts with asking if the names "Sarah" and "Jaki" come from Virtua Fighter!), at least not in the quoted section.
Also, moving to a tangent, I don't believe we have any information about the guide it's said to be from.
I got this picture from an auction site:
(Image long since lost)
Edit:
When I was looking at the pictures (not in the image I posted), I thought something seemed familiar about the arrangement used, and I was right.
This is (http://cgi.ebay.com/Chrono-Trigger-V-Jump-magazine-1994-Complete_W0QQitemZ250297290438QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item3a46e18ec6) a currently ongoing Ebay auction.
(Previously edited on April 03, 2010)
Edit 2: Deleting old image link.
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Were any of the CT team involved in Tobal No. 1 besides Toriyama? If they really did pluck names from Virtua Fighter, I wonder if their appreciation for that game led to Squaresoft's own ventures into the fighting game arena (namely Tobal and Ehrgeiz, I guess).
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From what I can tell from machine translation, the "Virtua Fighter" thing is just speculation by the interviewer.
I'm more sure now that what I've quoted is only part of the interview. I'm currently trying to figure out what other things are said to be from the guide.
For a minor example, this very short snippet which is supposedly about "Cyrus Punch" (The poster apparently wanted to make a point with this):
http://www.unkar.org/read/schiphol.2ch.net/gamerpg/1227787527/#l521
時田：あれは結局なくしたの？
加藤：さすがにはずしました。
Or for example, this probably paraphrased description, apparently about that famous snow artwork:
また、重要な発言として、鳥山氏のイラストを再現するにあたって、クロノ、マール、カエルin雪山のイラストについて、
「これはゲームには雪山が無いらしくて、難しい」という坂口の発言があった。
ここで雑誌にも注釈で「このインタビュー時、死の山は存在していなかった」ともある。
この時すでに堀井はプロットを手放し、監修も終えている段階であるため、
これがトリガーのシナリオ中枢を担う古代編(死の山イベント含む)に一切関わっていなかったことの裏づけになる。
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Were any of the CT team involved in Tobal No. 1 besides Toriyama?
Not that it would have had much influence as far as pulling names goes, Yasunori Mitsuda was music producer and one of the many composers for the Tobal No.1 soundtrack. Noriko Matsueda also did a track for the score.
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Hi!
I have an extra copy of that magazine and I would love to provide scans if anyone is interested :).
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Hi!
I have an extra copy of that magazine and I would love to provide scans if anyone is interested :).
You would be a hero! We're definitely interested.
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Hi!
I have an extra copy of that magazine and I would love to provide scans if anyone is interested :).
You would be a hero! We're definitely interested.
Wonderful! I just finished scanning the interview portion; please let me know which the next step is ! (I'm very sorry for my poor English skills :().
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Ah, just try attaching the scans to an e-mail to zeality@gmail.com.
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Ah, just try attaching the scans to an e-mail to zeality@gmail.com.
Done! I hope that all the files had arrived without troubles. :)
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They're all there. These are brilliant, and an incredible contribution to the history of the series. I'll mark you down as the next Guru of Time.
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Thank you so much!!! :o :D
I’m currently scanning the rest of the magazine; hopefully it should be ready by the end of the next week. By the way, is the image resolution I’m currently using working fine? Or would you recommend a higher (or lower) one?
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That's fine; it's pretty hi-res.
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I just sent you the last files; I think everything is included but if there’s something missing or if something needs to be re-scanned just let me know :) (the numeration starts at page 21; the previous pages are the cards and posters).
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Thanks a ton.
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You're welcome! :) I also have the Nuumamonja manga and I can provide the scans if the Compendium doesn´t have them yet.
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Jeez, we never thought we'd get those. I imagine it'll be a lot of work, but if you want to do it, it'd be absolutely amazing.
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All files sent! :)
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Thanks a ton, Guru of Time!
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Going to get it added to Material Requiring Translation now, but I'm picking through to find areas of interest.
- What's the scratch-card thing?
- Frontcover2.jpg seems to have a framed Toriyama drawing as merchandise; we'll definitely add that to be translated.
Have to run to work; I'll be back.
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Going to get it added to Material Requiring Translation now, but I'm picking through to find areas of interest.
- What's the scratch-card thing?
- Frontcover2.jpg seems to have a framed Toriyama drawing as merchandise; we'll definitely add that to be translated.
Have to run to work; I'll be back.
Regarding the card:
I believe that you had to answer 6 questions related to the game and scratch the letter of the answer you choose (a, b or c, each answer you could choose caused you a certain amount of damage (0, 5 or 10 points). Then, to fight Magus, as Chrono, you had to choose 2 out of the 5 available main characters to make your team (each one of whom had a different amount of power) If you defeated Magus with at least 100 points (to get your total I believe you had to subtract the damage you received from the total power of the 2 characters you had chosen), you filled the card with your personal info and sent it and you could win one of the prices of the previous page (20 lithographs, 50 phone cards or 200 prism card packages).
I believe at the back of the card there’s also a small poll where you have to choose the 3 sections of the guide you liked the most.
Regarding the lithographs I added a link to a picture but now I’m not sure if they are the same thing since the price of the item in the picture is way too low for such an unusual object (which means there’s even more CT merchandise out there, which are good news anyway =)) . There’s no much info at the guide but there must be something interesting hidden in there ^-^.
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I'm so giddy :cry: tears of friggin joy
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Thanks. Got it all added to Material Requiring Translation.
http://www.chronocompendium.com/images/wiki/f/f2/P183.jpg
I am hoping like a crazy bastard that Kato's comic features :kz on the right. His dialogue is 我が前に立ちはだかるものは全て消す！！ (I shall destroy all those who stand in my way!!). We need to translate more to reveal his identity, I guess. It's probably Magus, but...
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(http://i.imgur.com/zUMVz.jpg)
Hey, DJ Robo! Blow mah speakers up, yo! LET'S BOOGEH!
Sorry, couldn't resist. :lol: I might animate that shit.
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Hi!
I have an extra copy of that magazine and I would love to provide scans if anyone is interested :).
I'm so jealous... THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!! :D <3
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It's always great to see these interviews, but kinda depressing in a sense, because it reminds us that today chrono is a relic of the past that Square (in particular) doesn't care much about.