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Chrono Confusion: Why Have Sony and Square Failed to Produce a Worthy Sequel to the Popular Series?

Considering the enormous success of Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, why have Square and Sony elected to keep the franchise silent?

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Snookies123726d ago (Edited 3726d ago )

Because the team that did the Chrono games isn't together anymore? Also, the same reason Square has been reluctant to remake FF VII... The fact that they're scared of messing it up, so they don't even bother trying. Imagine the amount of hate they would get if they screwed something like a Chrono game up, or an FFVII remake.

KonsoruMasuta3726d ago (Edited 3726d ago )

I doubt Square Enix is afraid of messing up a FF VII remake. All they would have to do is get the right team to do it. Just give it to the devs that worked on Crisis Core.

travis405083726d ago

Yeah, if you don't make a sequel for a highly anticipated game, I'm not entirely sure what you make a sequel for.

Fishermenofwar3726d ago

Exactly!!!

Loved me some Crisis!!!

Would be a perfect combination

3-4-53725d ago

Chrono was a team consisting of mixed Square & Enix dev's that formed together to make this game.

After that they continued on with their lives.

Shows what true talent and good leadership can accomplish though when everyone is on the same page.

XSpike3726d ago

Cause they hate giving fans what they want, they'd make to much money! Its the only explanation.

KonsoruMasuta3726d ago

I haven't heard that many people asking for a continuation of the Chrono games. These games are like forgotten gems.

zeroskie3725d ago

But why do they keep re-releasing Chrono Trigger then? I think they're aware of the games' popularity.

majiebeast3726d ago

Because Square Enix is incompetent.

They dont like money why else would they not put BBS and Crisis core on the Vita store.

Fishermenofwar3726d ago

Unfortunately you are 100% correct...

ifrit_caress3726d ago

I never liked Chrono Cross, I would like to try out Chrono Trigger eventually.

Blank3726d ago

Umm just play chrono trigger for the DS dont worry I wasnt one of the people that pushed disagree just play it! Even if its not the DS version I wont say OTHER methods but just get a legit copy you will treasure that cartridge or disk.

LordMaim3725d ago

Hey, I'm right there with you. I couldn't even tell you what the plot of Cross was, but I can recall the entire plot of Chrono Trigger beat by beat. It was a much better game. The sequel was disappointing.

ifrit_caress3725d ago

@Lord Maim: I played Chrono Cross, and about 15 hours into the game, I got bored and never played it again. If there comes an HD remake of the game, then I might give it another try. But Chrono Cross was not worth my time.

Agent_hitman3726d ago

I just really hope the SE would remake Chrono Cross. But of course I doubt it would happen since SE don't listen to their fanbase

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Super Mario RPG Remake Brings Us One Step Closer To Chrono Trigger

It's long been thought that a Chrono Trigger remake is impossible, but the Super Mario RPG remake could pave the way.

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Ataraxias301d ago

It's already been said that they weren't motivated to do anything with the series unless the gang was back together, not really for any legal reasons.

FinalFantasyFanatic300d ago

I'm honestly happy with the Steam port of the game.

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Mobile Games Killed The Dream Of Chrono Trigger 3

A third Chrono series game called Chrono Break was planned, but Square prioritized an MMORPG, and Chrono Break’s concepts were used in mobile games.

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Ronmaest419d ago

Square isn’t what it used to be.

CrimsonWing69419d ago

It’s true.

Squaresoft used to be like the equivalent of Naughty Dog back in the day. When you heard Squaresoft was making a game you knew it’d be a banger.

god I miss those days.

porkChop419d ago

Yeah they used to be the best in the industry. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is the worst decision they ever made. While they had previously talked about merging with Enix, that film flopping so hard left them with no other option.

CrimsonWing69418d ago

@porkChop

My understanding is that merger was happening before the film and the flop of the film freaked them out because they thought Enix would call it off.

I personally wish Square Pictures was a success. I thought the Matrix shirt they did was cool and they were pushing computer animation into a more mature realm.

Unfortunately, Spirits Within noted many and wasn’t the FF movie a lot of fans wanted. I thought it was decent, but something like Advent Children should’ve been the direction they went.

Ronmaest413d ago

To me, Naughty Dog is now Naughtycucks.p after that god awful story in LoU 2.

It was people like Yasumi Matsuno that held it for me, at Squaresoft. The company thought them too radical and ran them out. And now they yearn for people like that. They’re short sighted and pathetic.

GoodGuy09419d ago

Square ruined pretty much every great old franchise they've had.

franwex419d ago

Kinda misleading title, even from reading the article itself.

The staff and management couldn’t come to an agreement and the team moved on. Part of the team went to creat ff11 and the rest to Monolith software. Ideas for this game were implemented in some form to mobile games-later on. Which make sense as early 2000s mobile phones were not as powerful.

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Top 20 Soundtracks From the 16-Bit Era

In the 16-bit era, game devs and composers could finally change the type of tones used in the music, simulating a wider array of instruments and creating a whole lot of great soundtracks in the process.

It wasn’t easy picking out the best of the best because there were so many great ones. Even middle-of-the-road soundtracks seemed to deserve a bump if the game was just that damn good, and so many from that era are that damn good!

Here's the Ghetto Gamer list of top 20 soundtracks from the 16-bit era.

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