One of probably the most revered role-playing video games ever made has turned 30 this week and followers are begging Square Enix to re-release it for contemporary consoles.
Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest could also be Square Enix’s bread and butter, however for many individuals, together with us, the corporate’s finest 16-bit role-player will at all times be Chrono Trigger. Despite the worldwide acclaim it’s obtained although, Square Enix has not often completed something with it.
There was solely ever one conventional sequel, Chrono Cross for the PS1 (which hasn’t aged as gracefully and has little gameplay or story connection to the unique), and a Japanese-only text-based visible novel known as Radical Dreamers, that’s since been built-in into the Chrono Cross remaster.
However, with a bit of luck, followers might be seeing extra of Chrono Trigger later this 12 months, as Square Enix has teased new Chrono Trigger associated tasks as a part of the sport’s thirtieth anniversary.
What is Chrono Trigger?
Chrono Trigger launched for the SNES in 1995 and depicts a band of heroes who should journey by means of completely different time durations to avoid wasting the world. It solely ever launched in Japan and the US, although, even when it was ported to the PS1 in 1999.
It didn’t grow to be obtainable within the UK till the 2008 Nintendo DS port, although these days you possibly can simply get the sport on cellular gadgets and PC through Steam.
However, it’s surprisingly nonetheless absent on fashionable consoles. Ideally, a brand new re-release is what Square Enix is hinting at in an X post it made earlier at present, to commemorate the sport’s unique launch in Japan.
‘As we mark the thirtieth anniversary, we might be launching varied tasks that transcend the world of the sport over the subsequent 12 months to precise our gratitude to everybody who has performed Chrono Trigger to date,’ it reads.
Judging by the responses, a re-release appears to be the most well-liked demand, with PlayStation 5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch owners all asking for their very own model to play.
Others, although, have urged a full-blown remake or remaster, particularly one completed in the identical HD-2D fashion because the Dragon Quest 3 remake.
Any Chrono Trigger remaster or remake, although, must be completed with out the ‘dream group’ credited for spearheading the unique recreation: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yuji Horii, and Akira Toriyama.
While Horii, who created Dragon Quest, remains to be with Square Enix, and at present busy with Dragon Quest 12, Sakaguchi left the corporate years in the past in 2003 and Toriyama (who served as a personality designer on Chrono Trigger and the Dragon Quest video games) sadly died final 12 months.
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