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[ferricide]

Neither of these assertions are true. Members of the Xenosaga (ep. 1) team certainly worked on BK, including the art director, while the VP battle director wasn't involved as far as I know.

even if the battle director from VP worked on it, it's in no way indicative of anything meaningful. BK's battles aren't reminiscent of VP at all.

if anything, they -- like the rest of the game -- are more like chrono cross. certainly aesthetically, and pacing-wise, although the card system is pretty unlike CC. the elemental system is pretty much the same one from CC, but it functions differently due to the cards.

 

[Bizarro Sun Yat-sen]

The Chrono Cross battle system was in fact inspired by CCGs, according to its producer. Element grid setup was a stand-in for deck construction, and building up your element level through attacks was a stand-in for building up mana or the like.

 

[ferricide]

The Chrono Cross battle system was in fact inspired by CCGs, according to its producer. Element grid setup was a stand-in for deck construction, and building up your element level through attacks was a stand-in for building up mana or the like.

well there you go!

to be perfectly honest i only half-remember the intricacies of CC's battle system at this point. been awhile...