Sony’s Big PlayStation Remake Is Reportedly Chrono Cross, Coming to Multiple Platforms

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Folk singer Éabha McMahon revealed in October that she had recorded an Irish language theme for a “big” PlayStation remake that would be announced this Christmas. Speculation at the time had suggested that it could be a Metal Gear or Xenogears game, but according to XboxEra founder Nick Baker, the game is actually Chrono Cross—an action RPG with a beautiful soundtrack that Square Enix (then Squaresoft) released in 1999. Chrono Cross was heavily inspired by Radical Dreamers, a side story to Chrono Trigger that was released for the Satellaview in 1996.









“Chrono Cross Remastered, I think, was already on the NVIDIA leak list, so the game shouldn’t be a surprise – it was on NVIDIA’s list,” Baker noted in a recent XboxEra podcast. “But I was told that that VGC article is about Chrono Cross Remastered.”



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[Brian_B]

I never played this one, but Trigger is one of the all-time greats.

 

[DrezKill]

I never played this one, but Trigger is one of the all-time greats.

Believe me dude, you didn't miss anything (other than some exquisite environment art). I don't even really consider it a sequel to Chrono Trigger. CT is the only one you need to bother with.