Topic: Chrono Trigger Resurrection Update

[KDR_11k]

Tomb Raider died because there was little to no change between the too frequently released iterations of the series and the big game that was supposed to save it was a buggy POS (besides, there's a seventh Tomb Raider game in development). You can't tell me Final Fantasy N is just a rehash of Final Fantasy N-1.

3rdrocket: They could, but those minor projects don't mean anything to them. This one here is a major project that has proven its ability o reach a high level of quality and (unlike most fan games/mods) actually get finished. Since time spent playing CTR is time not spent playing new games CTR IS competing with SE's lineup (though one could argue that since CTR isn't a PS2 game the people who could have played it weren't SE's customers, anyway).

The late shutdown was because companies tolerate fan art to a certain degree (since telling the fans not to make fan art would just make them angry) and the less they C&D the better. Fan projects have a tendency to fall apart long before they finish anything playable so Square-Enix just assumed this one wouldn't reach completion, either. Then they saw that this team could actually pull it off and that CTR isn't going away without their intervention, so S-E sent a C&D letter.

[couchmonkey]

I think KDR's paragraph above sums up my feelings.  It sucks that Square Enix didn't do something sooner so that the team members didn't spend so much time on the project, but I think the company is well within it's rights, and I can't blame the company for protecting itself from such an ambitious project.  I don't think this game actually posed any real threat to Square-Enix, but in a world gone sue-happy, I can't blame companies for taking steps to avoid tougher legal battles later on.  

[Tuxedo.Bond]

How would this have been released anyway?

[KDR_11k]

For "dev kits" and PC. Read: Code injection.

[Magus_Forever]

i dont get it why would they want this to end....i mean chrono trigger was so great they should love to see someone remake it and make more people love it...  

[TheYoungerPlumber]

Wow, Magus_Forever dug this thread up!  Yes, everyone has the same feelings.  Unless I see some sort of Chrono Trigger 3D remake announcement at E3 this year, Square Enix is just being anal.  I mean, how many fan-made Zelda knock-offs are there floating around the internet?

[Caillan]

The Zelda ones got cease and desist notices as well. Graal and the 2D OoT are both either down or not Zelda anymore.

[Ms.Pikmin]

I think Mario said it best with "WTF BUMPZILLA"

[X-Hunter]

Wow, I learned about this way too late. I had heard about this a long time ago, but never saw anything like screenshots. This stuff looked amazing, and I honestly hope that S-E takes this idea and develops it fully: I've been waiting ages, and I mean AGES, for someone to take a classic game like that, or even FF3, and just re-animate the whole game into fully-3D graphics. There are so many games that could take this and do it and I think it may even work out well. But we have to remember the interface: Some games are built specifically on their Interface and we can't let that slip for pretty graphics and amazing renders.

Chrono Trigger just happened to be one of those games where the 3-D Rendering took off: An amazing game with an excelling story, great amount of replay and practically a small cult following. I think, though, that the companies of some of these games (I'm thinking along the lines of Secret of Mana and Zelda: Link to the Past) should perhapse look into the market of re-rendering their games, with similar viewpoints and control, but entering them into the realm of Full 3D.

I applaud the group who began the creation of CT:R, and I hope they look into completing the idea through communications with S-E, or perhapse approaching other companies with ideas on other games that may be worth investing in to bring to 3-D. I also look forward to any new projects they've been working on.

[mantidor]

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Originally posted by: Ms.Pikmin
I think Mario said it best with "WTF BUMPZILLA"

Indeed again, I was wondering why the hell the images were down until I looked at the post date...

[IceCold]

I mean AGES, for someone to take a classic game like that, or even FF3, and just re-animate the whole game into fully-3D graphics.

Lucky for you, Square is doing exactly that for the DS..

[KDR_11k]

I think he means FF6 because noone over there knows about FF3.

[Saturn2888]

So, what happened to the team that was making this project?

Did they start another one like they said they would?