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Chrono Cross


Chrono Cross
Developer: Square-Enix
Publisher: Square-Enix
Release date: 2000
Genre: RPG
Game modes: Single player
ESRB rating: Teen (T)
Platforms: PlayStation
Media: CD

Chrono Cross is a PlayStation RPG created by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) with a story that parallels Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger had a "sequel" released in Japan called Radical Dreamers for the Satellaview add-on for the Super Famicom, but it was text-based only. When Chrono Cross was being designed, part of the Radical Dreamers' plot and characters were used. But Chrono Cross can't be viewed as a mere remake of Radical Dreamers as they have a lot of differences and incompatibilities. Chrono Cross was well received in the United States, but lacking Japanese sales led some to speculate that the Chrono series was halted.

Chrono Cross was released in United States in the year 2000 and features music composed by Yasunori Mitsuda.

The game has over 40 possible party members to acquire, although only about 10 of them have strong subplots, relate much to the overall game plot, or have distinctive abilities of their own.

The story of Chrono Cross revolves around the character Serge, who, as a small child, is supposed to drown, but is saved by a powerful force. The resulting shift in the world's history creates two distinct parallel dimensions. In one dimension, he survives and lives for 10 years before the game begins. In the alternate dimension , he drowns in a beach near his home.

The plot itself revolves around Serge's unknowing efforts to free Schala from the Time Devourer, a fusion of Lavos, the ultimate enemy with the capacity to destroy the planet from Chrono Trigger, and Schala, a princess of Zeal and sister of Magus who has immense magical power and disappeared to the Darkness Beyond Time accidentally due to Crono's influence in history. Years in the future, Belthasar, a former guru of Zeal, discovered that the Time Devourer had formed and planned to consume all spacetime; he thus set in motion an almost ludicrously complex chain of events meant to give rise to and guide Serge to venture to the Time Devourer and use an artifact known as the Chrono Cross to restore the dimensions to one and free Schala from Lavos's grasp.

While Chrono Cross incorporates elements from Radical Dreamers, the stories of the two games are incompatible. To resolve the scenario continuity issue and to acknowledge the existence of Radical Dreamers, the designers suggested that the events of Radical Dreamers did happen, but took place in a parallel dimension. This can be found by reading one of the computer consoles in Chronopolis, a city which was pulled back in time due to a failed experiment. Chronopolis now monitors the El Nido Archipelago, in an attempt to prevent a paradox from occurring which would prevent its existence in the future.

Chrono Cross title screen
Chrono Cross title screen

Squaresoft trademarked the name Chrono Break in late 2001, resulting in speculation by fans of the possibility of a sequel. However, Squaresoft dropped the trademark in the United States on November 13, 2003, confirmed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This is possibly due to series creator Masato Kato leaving Square Enix for Monolith Soft in 2003.

See also

Chrono Cross Timeline

External link

  • Timelines at chronocompendium.com http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Chronology



Last updated: 02-08-2005 09:20:28
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