EDIT: Chrono Trigger for the DS has been officially confirmed by Square Enix. It isn’t clear whether this is going to be more of a port or a complete 3D overhaul like Final Fantasy III and IV, but SE is promising touchscreen integration, a new dungeon, and a wireless multiplayer mode.
In recent years, Square Enix has devoted a great deal of resources to releasing a lot of its (or at least Squaresoft’s) old NES and SNES games on the Nintendo DS. Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV, and Dragon Quest IV have all seen releases on the other side of the Pacific, and FF III is already released here with both IV’s to follow. One of the most asked-about (not Final Fantasy VII) properties that Square Enix has not done much with may soon be making a reappearance, however. Squaresoft’s classic RPG Chrono Trigger has yet to see any kind of U.S. re-release or sequel aside from the port in Final Fantasy Chronicles and the side-storyish Chrono Cross, both released for the original Sony Playstation back in 1999. Square-Enix has launched a new flash website, though, and with an address like http://www.square-enix.co.jp/ctds/ and the nostalgic tick-tock accompanying the countdown, it’s hard to imagine that this doesn’t foreshadow a release of Chrono Trigger on the DS.
For those unfamiliar with this star of decades past, Chrono Trigger’s story revolves around a young boy named Crono who happenstantially finds himself hurled into various points in his world’s timeline only to end up saving it from an alien lifeform that has been quietly preparing for Armageddon since crash-landing in prehistoric times. An engrossing plot, a well-developed and engaging cast, and a terrific soundtrack made Chrono Trigger one of the biggest RPG successes of the SNES era. After watching Square-Enix ruthlessly crush the Chrono Resurrection project, a fan-based effort to bring the game into 3D, we can only hope that SE is finally making good on the implicit promise it made when it brandished its copyright. Watching the seconds count down, we’ll know one way or another in a week’s time.
Thanks to Kotaku for the news.
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