Chrono Trigger DS

[Wildcat]

Monster breeding, eh? A cool idea, I suppose. I like the monsters of CT.

And I have the SNES version, but portability is a major interest factor for me. I don't emulate (I just don't have much of an interest), but this is one of my favorite games of all time, and I don't have a problem buying it for the DS. It has a few new things to make it more worth my while, and they didn't screw around with it too much, so I'm pretty content.

[Da Robot]

Here's some more detailed info and pictures on the monster battling aspect of CT:DS

Source.



"Chrono Trigger isn’t turning into Chronomon. You aren’t going to wander through time trapping monsters for the monster arena feature introduced in the DS release. The four Nu-like creatures pictured on the top left are smidges, baby monsters assigned to one of the four elements in the world of Chrono Trigger. The stable master in the Arena of Ages gives you a smidge of your choice for free and the infantile creature can be trained by sending it to different time periods. The Middle Ages era boosts the strength attribute.


Once you feel ready your monster can be sent into the arena to fight computer controlled monsters or a friend through DS wireless play. Monsters automatically attack when their time gauge fills, but you can alter the attack they use. Items like the Hawk Talon, Seafang, and Duskeye which activates shadow-based attacks give players limited control of their monsters. It sounds like the monster arena opens early since Square Enix mentions you can “unlock eras” to further train your monster. One thing is clear, you will be able to enter the Arena of Ages before you reach the Kingdom of Zeal."

[BeamClaws]

I don't know what to think about this. and I see that font is different than the SNES one. I liked that font, too.

[Kohta]

I'm really looking forward to playing this when it comes out. I managed to play the SNES one for all of 5 minutes

It doesn't really matter about the extras for me because the whole game will be an extra hehe.

[mrmolecule]

Sept 21, 2008 22:34:13 GMT -5 Da Robot said:

A new feature of CT DS has been revealed!

Monster Battling!

In a new minigame you will breed up to 50 monsters and take them into the battle arena. Rare items can be won and it can be played on Wi-Fi.

Monster breeding and battling? What is this, a Pokémon knockoff?

[Wildcat]

Molecule:

Chrono Trigger isn’t turning into Chronomon. You aren’t going to wander through time trapping monsters for the monster arena feature introduced in the DS release. The four Nu-like creatures pictured on the top left are smidges, baby monsters assigned to one of the four elements in the world of Chrono Trigger. The stable master in the Arena of Ages gives you a smidge of your choice for free and the infantile creature can be trained by sending it to different time periods.

[Da Robot]

Here's some more good info about CTDS, there will not be one new dungeon, there will be three!

It also sounds like the dungeon "Singing Mountain" that was going to be in the original game will be one of them.

Source.

[Wildcat]

Three, eh? All the more reason to be excited.

[Da Robot]

The animated cutscenes from the PSX version of CT are in the DS game.

Here's one (near the bottom of the page) in this preview of the game from IGN.

[Wildcat]

Heh, awesome. Maybe they'll be compressed a little better. All the more reason to sell my Final Fantasy Chronicles!

[jaken23]

The price they're asking for the game + CD at Amazon Japan is beyond ridiculous. 9380JPY?
Bastards.

[Da Robot]

This is a pretty cool print ad for the game.



And here's the website.

www.goodmorningcrono.com/


EDIT: Not exactly related to the above post but here's footage of a guy proposing to his girlfriend through a hacked version of Chrono Trigger.

[Da Robot]

Here's some more features that are going to be in CTDS.

- Movie theater: Watch the animated movies from the Playstation re-release of Chrono Trigger
- Music Library: enjoy your favorite Chrono Trigger tracks whenever you want
- view data on any monster you want
- Treasure Chest Map Mode: now you can find missing treasure chests just by using this handy feature
- Another ending to the game has also been added.


Also I think instead of 3 new dungeons, it may actually be 2.

[Wildcat]

Heh, looks like many of the PS1 extras are included here. Awesome.

[Da Robot]

Two Japanese commericals for the game. I don't want to spoil it but the first commercial is quite funny to see.

Link and link.