Material Requiring Translation
The following documents need to be translated to achieve a greater understanding of the Chrono series. If you would like to volunteer, please contact chronocompendium@gmail.com. Your work will be invaluable in helping us crack the last few mysteries whose answers have been forever barred from Western audiences.
- Priority List
We're prioritizing the items below in this order. If you feel like volunteering, definitely start at the top if you can!
- Chrono Trigger V-Jump Preview 2
- Brut Press Volume
- Chrono Trigger V-Jump Player's Guide Interview
- Chrono Trigger Prerelease Coverage
- Chrono Cross V-Jump Interview Video
- Mitsuda interviews from Más allá del Tiempo
- Chrono Trigger OAV Manga
- Chrono Trigger Prerelease (Undecipherable Text from Earlier Builds)
- Youtube Another Eden and FF Interviews
Contents
Chrono Trigger Prerelease[edit]
Script[edit]
- Translated Text (CTP) (undecipherable portions from earlier builds); note that RyogaMasaki probably has translated this as well as will ever be possible at this point
Chrono Trigger[edit]
1995 Gendai Plus Chrono Trigger Feature[edit]
Discusses workplace life at Square. Download here. Any help translating what is said would be appreciated.
Chrono Trigger OAV Manga[edit]
It's around ~160 pages and intended for a young reading level, so perhaps it won't be as difficult to translate as other stuff. If possible, a scanlation would be mind-blowingly awesome.
- V-Jump Chrono Trigger Nuumamonja Manga (ZIP, ~247 MB)
NOTE: EVERYTHING THROUGH GATE 3 HAS BEEN TRANSLATED AT THIS TIME (PAGES 26-27.JPG). IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP, START WITH 28, AND THANKS!
Chrono Trigger V-Jump Player's Guide[edit]
This guide is a goldmine of interviews and special features, including some early character sketches by Toriyama (see Official Art) for those.
Chrono Trigger Prerelease Coverage[edit]
Includes material on Chrono Cross, as well. We're hoping for something unique in here. The translations will be kept on that page.
Brut Press Volume, December 1994[edit]
Recovered by Cabbusses's Retro Obscurities here. Download the original file here (MP4, 250 MB). Original NicoNico URLs, now down:
- http://nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21657890
- http://nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21628083
- http://nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21657890
A rip of a Brut Press volume from Dec. 1994 (sm21657890 + sm21628083 + sm21657890 -【非売品】ブルートプレス Vol 17 19). Contains previews for various Super Famicom and PC-FX titles. Chrono Trigger coverage starts at roughly ~15:43. Among the findings:
- Different dialogue box
- Different instrumentation for some songs (Chrono Trigger, Lavos's Theme, Battle 1 (very briefly))
- A possible demo version of Battle 1's percussion/drum track
- Mock-up battles (Goon on Zenan Bridge; Gato on the Blackbird)
Translation is hopefully forthcoming.
Chrono Cross[edit]
Chrono Cross V-Jump Preview Video[edit]
No transcription of the spoken text exists. The video isn't very long. It can be downloaded here (MP4, 22.2 MB).
Chrono Break or Other Interviews[edit]
Mas alla del Tiempo[edit]
The book Más allá del Tiempo was published in 2015 and later translated to French, containing interviews with Masato Kato and Yasunori Mitsuda:
The Kato interview has been translated:
2015 - Masato Kato, by Mariela Gonzalez
The Mitsuda interview has not been translated to English. If any Spanish-speaking of French-speaking Chrono fans can provide the Mitsuda interview, it would be hugely appreciated.
Youtube Interviews[edit]
We also need someone to watch these and provide the gist of any portions that talk about the Chrono series. A Japanese fansite that tracks interviews confirms they do, but the Chrono content is unknown.
- アナデンまつり2018春 アナザーエデン超感謝!祝リリース1周年生放送 (supposedly, Kato talks about Chrono Break on this one)
- FFXI もぎたてヴァナディール!第45回 (テスト放送付き)
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