Long Rumoured Chrono Cross Remaster Could Be Revealed in February

I am on my first ever playthrough of Chrono Cross (finally got it two years ago for my birthday from the US as we didn't get it here), if they are remaking I may abandon my PS1 playthrough for the remaster. Just, make it worth it Square....

Never played the original but have heard good things, might well give it a go.

@somnambulance A nintendo direct is being rumored for february

@somnambulance Trials of Mana remake got announced in a Nintendo Direct so I'd guess that

Either a State of Play or Nintendo direct may happen (I'm fine with either but it would be great if we get both this Feb). Never had the chance to play Chrono Cross back then but I'd definitely play this if there's a remaster to be announced

Please don't be a colab for a mobile game.

Man, this game brings me back so many childhood memories, such a good game. Sadly I'm still trying to get a PS5 so I hope I get one before it launches.

Probably I won't be able to play on my Xbox since it'll probably be Playstation "timed exclusive" for 10 years with a contract restriction so Square cannot put the game ever on gamepass or another subscription service and all DLC's being exclusives as well and Spider-Man being one of the playable characters lol How I love Sony being such a good guy, such good practices for the industry and how I hate MS for launching their games Xbox exclusives, they're sooo bad (just joking guys, love Playstation 💙, love Xbox 💚, pls don't kill me)

@somnambulance either one is likely. Nintendo has directs in February so there is that. Perhaps PS may have one as well but who knows.

@Ashina I think a Nintendo Direct (of some sort) will happen in February most likely but I don't know about a State of Play.

It's probably a fairly conservative remaster, along the lines of the recent PS1 FF ones.

I've actually never played this, but I have access to it on my Vita, so I'd need a pretty compelling reason not to just play it on there.

@Foxx_64740 This will probably be on everything. Even Switch.

It looks like either Chrono Cross in a State of Play/Playstation Showcase or Xenoblade Chronicles 3 in a Nintendo Direct. Hoping for the former as I'd prefer a Xenoblade Chronicles X port to happen before a new Xenoblade.

@shadow2k I stopped playing Dragon Quest III for the second time ever once they announced the remake.

I slogged through the jittery ones and made it to 3 just to stop - lol

I hope they do Einhander and Brave Fencer Musashi next!

I remember playing and finishing this on psone ages ago, the graphics, music, and story is great, but the characters are forgettable and characters art are kind of bad.

I actualy hoping for chrono trigger remake/remaster, just give us the same graphics but with 4K resolutions and 16:9 aspect ratio.

With how much time they spent on it, it may as well be a remake not a remaster lol

@shadow2k higher resolution backgrounds and 3d models is not going to make chrono cross substantially better. if anything, i would not expect s-e to put resources into this that exceed that of legend of mana or saga frontier remasters. certainly not worth throwing out your original copy of chrono cross. i actually find that the new remasters feel very uneven with the blurry/upscaled background and much prefer the originals.

now if we are talking about an all out remake of chrono cross? sign me up but i'm being realistic here... that is not happening with the lions share of resources being poured into ff7r2 or kingdom hearts 4 lol

I remember struggling to get through this game, didn’t love it overall. I’d much prefer a remaster of Xenogears. Hands down one of the best RPG’s of all time.

Yeah but all these Mitsuda statements can also apply to Xenoblade 3, X2, Xenogears, Final fantasy tactics or ofc Chrono cross.

It's a toss which one it will be.

@Ear_wiG That is very unexpected. It's a well paced game and it still holds up today. I wonder if you are confusing it with something else. Or do you mean the story?
With that said, Xenogears is my favorite game of all time so i would be ok with that.

@Nem mitsuda did not work on ff tactcs or any ff game to my knowledge and we all know s-e forgot about xenogears so that is out as well

@Ear_wiG indeed. over 20 years on and i can still recall so many moments in that game. it was the first jrpg i ever completed so you can imagine it blew my mind. no jrpg has come close ever since other than perhaps the xenosaga series.

@Porco no one said anything about throwing it out, I love having a physical copy (if anything I feel bad that I unsealed it, it was even in its original wrapper when I acquired it in '20), I would just prefer to play on newer hardware and thanks to my never having experienced the game and its unique battle system I'm pretty sure my first play through save is garbage. Being 20 years late to the party (I'm in the PAL region and only got around to it on my recently cfw PS3 because I wanted to play on real hardware on an actual TV but don't have an NTSC-U PlayStation) doesn't help. Hell even if it's like the Final Fantasy VIII remaster that's enough, but I'm holding out for more than that because why then would Nvidia highlight it like they did if it was just an upscale?

@shadow2k i hope it turns out to be something special as well. chrono cross made a big impact on me back in the day — especially the soundtrack which is one of the greatest of all time. square was hitting them out of the ballpark, one after another during that era. if they were doing an outright remake, they would likely save the announcement for a big event such as e3 or at the least state of play (which is possible as rumours are pointing to one in february). but.... i just don't see a remake happening. i want to be proven wrong, though. my respect for s-e would go through the roof and the possibilities for other remakes would be very exciting.

Fingers crossed!

@nem Definitely meant Chrono Cross. I actually have memories of the story being interesting, but I remember the gameplay being kind of a slog. I dunno.. I’m just grumpy cuz I want Xenogears!
@porco Xenogears for life!

I thought this was off the table after that dumb mobile cross over thing was confirmed? Is this rumor still alive??
I'll be happy for anything that may lead to a Trigger remaster or remake.

@invictus4000 Well... a lot from the Nvidia leak came true, so it's possible bar cancellations.

I want a Parasite Eve Remaster

Hopefully a Switch and PC versions.

One of the best game of jRPG golden era, along with Xenogears, Crono Trigger and Final Fantasy 6/7.

It's a bit different than its predecessor in several ways. You have to save your world from a preannounced end of times, but instead of time travels here you travel between two parallel dimensions. Characters and plots intersect well with those of its predecessor, to which it is very attached although you understand this only going forward with the story.

I fondly remember it for its wonderful art style, great combat system and a cast of memorable characters. It also features one the best soundtrack ever made for a videogame.

Hopefully it wasn't a mobile game since they were probably working on the cross over at the same time.