S-E: "To mark the 30th anniversary [of Chrono Trigger], we are planning a variety of projects over the next year"

[Julius]

Sorry, but I have zero idea where this should be put, especially with as little info as they've given, but it's something I want to recognise somewhere and so here's a thread for it 

To commemorate Chrono Trigger's 30th anniversary today in Japan, the official Square Enix JP Twitter account posted this:

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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of "Chrono Trigger" in 1995. This timeless masterpiece that transcends generations and is still talked about today was born from a dream project by Yuji Horii of "Dragon Quest," Akira Toriyama of "Dragon Ball," and Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of "Final Fantasy."

As we mark the 30th anniversary, we will be launching various projects that go beyond the world of the game over the next year to express our gratitude to everyone who has played Chrono Trigger so far.

The latest information will be posted on Square Enix Official X and @ChronoTriggerPR, so please look forward to it. 

This could be a lot of things, or a lot of nothing. It's Square Enix, so get ready for that monkey's paw to curl! 

Yeah, yeah, okay, let's be realistic first up: I imagine there'll be [Japan-only] concerts. Probably some merch. Maybe an anime or something. A stage play. A mobile game. I don't know, that's what Suikoden did sooooooo 

I think we should finally see a port of Chrono Trigger come to consoles at long last this year. It's long, long, long overdue at this point. I seriously have no idea why it's taken so long. The Steam version released in like 2018 is functional enough to just bring over virtually as-is, I feel like. 

On the outskirts of my mind, I do think there's a very, very, small, tiny chance at a HD-2D Remake announcement following the completion of the Erdrick Trilogy HD-2D Remakes after DQ I & II HD-2D release later this year. It really depends on how much Square Enix want to charge for it, but I just can't see them lazily porting it over for, say, £15 and being done with it when they could make so much more with a HD-2D Remake. 

Anyways, yeah, guess we'll need to wait and see! 

 

More importantly: happy 30th, Chrono Trigger!

Truly one of the greats 

Edited 18 hours ago by Julius

[Dcubed]

I expect nothing.

A smart company would let Team Asano do a HD-2D Remake, but S-E is not a smart company...

[Hero-of-Time]

It annoys and baffles me so much that Chrono Trigger isn't on modern consoles in some form. I'd even take a simple port of it.