Square Enix will be revisiting Chrono Trigger in several projects in 2025 to mark game’s 30th anniversary (UPD: 5M units sold worldwide)

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In a recent post on Twitter, Square Enix revealed that it will be marking Chrono Trigger’s 30th anniversary by revisiting the cult classic RPG in 2025. Although Square has yet to reveal any precise details, it seems that these celebrations will “go beyond the game world,” perhaps suggesting in-person events like exhibitions or concerts.



Post translation: Today marks the 30th anniversary of Chrono Trigger’s release in 1995. This timeless masterpiece, which transcends generations and is still talked about today, was born from a dream project by Dragon Quest’s Yuji Horii, Dragon Ball’s Akira Toriyama, and Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy. To mark the 30th anniversary, we will be launching various projects this year that go beyond the game world, to express our gratitude to everyone who has played Chrono Trigger so far. The latest information will be posted on the Square Enix Official X and ChronoTriggerPR accounts, so please look forward to it.

Although it was originally released on the Super Famicom in Japan on March 11, 1995, Chrono Trigger has subsequently been released on later consoles and is currently readily available on Steam and iOS/Android. However, Square Enix’s cryptic announcement has been met by calls for the game to be playable on modern consoles like Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PS5. It remains to be seen what Square Enix decides to do to mark the anniversary of this beloved RPG.

In other news, developers and fans alike have been sharing their memories of the game on Japanese social media today, and the game has shot up to No.4 on the Japanese Apple App store.

 
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Barakov

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Man, I don't know. Chrono Trigger is one of favorite games of all time but if they're not going all in on something substantial that is done in house I'd rather they leave alone. I'd be down for a 2D-HD remake, though.

If this is just stuff that outside of a new game, then it's whatever for me.
 

zokie

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" The first part of the 30th anniversary project, "CHRONO TRIGGER Music Special Live Stream" will be streamed The exquisite melodies that adorn the masterpieces will be streamed live on YouTube! Enjoy the masterpieces together in a live stream Scheduled to run from 12:00 on Friday, March 14th to around 21:00 on Saturday, March 15th " - translated by A.I



Mr Sakaguchi celebrates CT 30th anniversary
 

poodaddy

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Just make Chrono Break. If the game is so timeless, perfect and any other buzzword why do people want it to be remade?
It is certainly timeless, perfect, and all those buzzwords, and I don't want it remade. I don't trust modern Square Enix at all with it, and they fuck up everything they touch. It's crazy that there's not a definitive port of it on Switch though, I mean it's like Square doesn't want money.
 
It is certainly timeless, perfect, and all those buzzwords, and I don't want it remade. I don't trust modern Square Enix at all with it, and they fuck up everything they touch. It's crazy that there's not a definitive port of it on Switch though, I mean it's like Square doesn't want money.
Just needs a Remaster at best. Tired of these games with critical acclaim needing PS5 graphics because people are too cowardly to admit they don't like sprites.
 

poodaddy

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Just needs a Remaster at best. Tired of these games with critical acclaim needing PS5 graphics because people are too cowardly to admit they don't like sprites.
Agreed. The sprites in these classic games are absolutely beautiful, and are art of their time. I can't stand the idea that they need to be "updated for modern audiences." Noone would dare update a Van Gogh, so why would we update these classic titles? Just give the option of an orchestral arrangement, maybe a bunch of cool goodies in the menu like behind the scenes stuff, interviews, music player, art book, character glossary, what have you, but the game itself shouldn't be altered by modern developers. It deserves to be as it was, nothing to fix.
 
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Magic Carpet

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Square Enix games have become like socks with holes in them. Elastic all used up and big toe sticking out the end.
It's time I put these old worn out games in the trash.
 

Thabass

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I would like more figures for the Chrono series. It's very weird to me that they haven't done any ancillary products for Chrono, it feels like a marketing just not tapped into...
 
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Phobos Base

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Never understood why they didn't just release it for current or previous gen consoles. We don't need a full remake, just a few QoL features like in the FF remasters.
 

zokie

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your childhood/teen memories starts now!

i remember playing this with my younger bro until the snes adapter exploded and back then being kids we were scared to shit and later we tested the adapater was dead
i think we played for 12 hours straight and defintely the adapter is 3rd party/pirated :messenger_beaming:
 
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Danny Dudekisser

I paid good money for this Dynex!
Literally nothing they have planned is going to be interesting unless it includes an HD-2D remake.

Not that the game particularly needs a remake, but I could see it being really cool to have a fresh take on it.
 

Elios83

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Hopefully there's something like the FF pixel remaster coming for modern consoles.
Ideally they should do a 2.5HD remake but they're too scared it won't sell well enough to do it.
 
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Nah it's arranged. Compare and contrast the original vs the Remaster. It's not good.
Did you play the remaster? When you start the game, there is a menu where you choose to start Radical Dreamers or Chrono Cross. During that menu screen, which didn't exist in the PS1 version of Chrono Cross, arrangements of 7 tracks and one completely new track play. These tracks only play in that first menu. In the Chrono Cross remaster itself the music is the same. Yasunori Mitsuda himself said that because he likes the audio from the PS1 version and thinks that it is complete, he deliberately didn't add anything to it. Here is the X post:
 
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Synless

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Did you play the remaster? When you start the game, there is a menu where you choose to start Radical Dreamers or Chrono Cross. During that menu screen, which didn't exist in the PS1 version of Chrono Cross, arrangements of 7 tracks and one completely new track play. These tracks only play in that first menu. In the Chrono Cross remaster itself the music is the same. Yasunori Mitsuda himself said that because he likes the audio from the PS1 version and thinks that it is complete, he deliberately didn't add anything to it. Here is the X post:

Dudes cracked out. I platinumed the remaster and as a person who did everything in the original game on ps1, was a frequent listener of the OST for 20 years of my life, and playing through that remaster…. If it’s different, it’s negligible at absolute worst.
 

Buggy Loop

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I have doubts SE can do something worthwhile with it unless its the HD-2D team.

But anyway, I played it last year on Steam and in Ultrawide native support (wow)

Its already perfection. They were some of the best 16-bit RPG graphics for the time and they aged like fine wine. I love it this game to death, one of the GOAT. Trying to remake this has more chances of blowing up in their faces than acclaim...
 

SomeNorseGuy

Neo Member
I'm up for a 2DHD remake, but for the love of the emperor put someone capable in charge of making the in-game menus. Both the pixel-perfect FF collection and the Suikoden remakes have ugly, sterile, menus/fonts IMO.

FFVI - Remake top, OG bottom.
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Suikoden I - Remake top, OG bottom
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Might not be a issue at all for some people, but for me it's a big downgrade.
 
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