So, Chrono Trigger DS...

[slimequest]

... looks exactly like the SNES version. I guess some people are happy about this, and I've got to agree that there's nothing wrong with the original's graphics or anything like that, but it just seems so lazy, you know? Basically, instead of a Virtual Console release which would be the same price as other SNES games, we get a $30 or so direct-from-SNES-to-DS port with just a few little things added.

I really would've loved to have seen a makeover like FF4DS or something, really using the power of the DS instead of what could've easily been a GBA port. At least give us some high-res sprites or something. I'm really surprised to see the "oh my god Dragonball Z art style rage" cropping up as a reason why people want the sprites to be kept as-is. You'd think with the ever-increasing popularity of Dragon Quest as well as stuff like Blue Dragon, people would find that Toriyama can crank out some good designs when he feels like it. I guess no one has quite recovered from DBZ, or something. Still, if you're going to bash him for the "all his characters look the same" reason, I'm going to point you in the direction of just about... every character designer ever. Nomura springs to mind, and I can't tell who the hell is who with Amano anyway.

I dunno, it just seems so lazy and a wasted opportunity. I really hope that anyone who has never played this game gets a chance to now, so it's a good thing that it exists, but it's kind of a hard sell for me. I beat the original like, what, 16 times? And the Playstation port once. I might get this eventually whenever I feel like replaying CT just to be able to have it portable and non-save-erasey, but it's not a pre-order kind of a deal. Unless there's some awesome preorder bonus. Dammit, you'd better not do that to me.

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[slimequest.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the fandom's really touchy about any kind of change, it seems. Still, most of them wet their pants when they saw screens from that fan-made Chrono Resurrection or whatever it was, before it got shut down.

Oh, crap, I just realized they might redo the script, what a shitstorm that'll produce among the fandom.

[sethimothy.livejournal.com]

They probably won't be "redoing" the script per se, so much as give it a more faithful translation than the one Ted Woolsey gave it over a decade ago. It'll be interesting, to say the least. It won't be like the FFIV GBA port's overall of the script.

[slimequest.livejournal.com]

That's basically what I meant. Purists really seem to hate it when scripts are made more accurate or faithful even if the overall quality ends up being better. And there are people who really like their Woolsey scripts out there. With the CT fandom being as it is, any sort of change would be controversial, at least to the purists among them.

I bet if the main character's name is made to be "Chrono" because they increase the amount of allowed spaces, some people will throw a blithering fit. I can see it now.

[sethimothy.livejournal.com]

Well, since the official trailer shows it as "Chrono" I'd put my money on that actually being his name. I'm curious at this point if they'll switch Ayla over to "Eira" and Frog "Kaeru", hahaha.

[slimequest.livejournal.com]

That would be the most hilarious day on the internet ever, and I would love S-E forever for it if they had the balls to do it.

[krile.livejournal.com]

NO CHRONO, IT'S CRONO. IT'S LIKE CHANGING CLESS TO CRESS. IT'S TECHNICALLY CORRECT, BUT IT'S WHAT WE'RE USED TO THAT COUNTS

Plus I always liked how his name was a little different from the game's title.

[slimequest.livejournal.com]

The press release has it as "Crono", so I'm doubting it'll be changed. Plus, as long as the rename feature is intact (unlike Tales of CRESS KANGAROO), it can be whatever your heart desires~~~