Combined with the title's status as a fan-favorite, an eventual North American release is quite likely. Though the article and countdown only suggest a Japanese release of the project, Square Enix has localized nearly all of its recent Nintendo DS offerings. Square Enix's gratuitous use of compressed full-motion videos in its existing DS lineup-including Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings-implies that the developer would have no issues fitting the animated cutscenes on a DS cartridge. A sequel, entitled Chrono Cross, hit the PlayStation in 1999. Initially released on the Super Nintendo in 1995, Chrono Trigger was later brought to the original PlayStation, complete with animated cutscenes. Several previous Square Enix DS remakes-including Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV-have made use of 3D graphics engines, while others, such as Front Mission, remained 2D. A winter 2008 release was suggested for the Japanese edition, though a direct translation of the report was not available.Ī screenshot contained in the Jump article appears to show the game in its original 2D graphical style. It looks like Square used something like the HQ 2x filter, which will be close enough for this example. Probably not exactly like the one Square used in this remake, but surely they had something similar: Now let's run it through some random upscaler. While the page itself is titled "Countdown Clock", there is no indication offered as to when the countdown ends.ĭirector Takashi Tokita had previously suggested a DS remake of the game was feasible, assuming "demand is great enough."įurther evidence of an upcoming port comes from the pages of this week's issue of Japanese gaming magazine Jump, as relayed by users of gaming forum NeoGAF. Here's a tilesheet dump from Chrono Trigger. Pointing to a directory marked "ctds", the page (pictured left) shows the Nintendo DS logo juxtaposed with the series' iconic clock image.
Original Story: A new page on publisher Square Enix's Japanese website suggests that the company is planning to port its acclaimed SNES RPG Chrono Trigger to the Nintendo DS. The countdown has also appeared on Square's North American page, implying that, as expected, the project will hit North America. Update: More details are expected to arrive on July 7, going by text that accompanies the link on Square Enix's Japanese site.
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Update 2: The DS port of Chrono Trigger will sport a new dungeon along with a wireless multiplayer mode, according to Gamasutra.Īs one would expect from a DS release, the enhanced port is said to make use of the handheld's two screens and will feature some sort of touch screen functionality. The company noted that, beyond the changes listed below, the revamp "maintains all of the game's original elements." The team has also released the first image from the game’s menu and can be viewed below.Update 3: Square Enix has officially announced that the enhanced DS port of Chrono Trigger will hit North America "this holiday season." As we said, this project is still in early development. We should also note that this remake is based on the PSX version of Chrono Trigger and that it won’t be hitting the Internet anytime soon. The team is also using the CTR tracks by Matthew Valente as place-holders during development, though they might feature some remastered tunes for it. In other words, this whole project is pretty early in development. Basic game play is in place but there are currently no techs yet.
According to one of the game’s creator, the 1000 A.D environment is mostly mapped but some areas need another pass. This is done by fans for fans so it’s a pretty clever way to avoid those annoying C&D messages. Therefore, there won’t be any website for it and the makers won’t put their names on the game’s credits. Sadly, there aren’t juicy details about it as the team behind it wants to avoid a C&D message from Square Enix. Spotted by our friend ‘Nick Molyviatis’, this Chrono Trigger remake is powered by UDK.
An unknown team is working on a HD remake for SquareSoft’s masterpiece, Chrono Trigger.