My god, it's full of stars!

Oh. Oh yes.

For those who don't know: Chrono Trigger is one of the best games ever done. I found it late, on an emulator on the PC, and it was so amazingly good that it completely broke my Counterstrike addiction for three solid weeks.... a week on the emulator, until I got to a spot that wasn't correctly emulated at the time, and then two more weeks on the real used SNES and CT I immediately bought. I still fire it up on a regular basis, and absolutely love it.

The story is involved and intricate, involving time travel, and what you do in the past will very much affect you in the future. There are many puzzles and side quests involved with this mechanic. They did some really clever stuff, which unfortunately I can't be too specific about without spoilers. That's actually pretty frustrating, because there's one bit in particular I'd just LOVE to talk about, but I can't without messing it up.

The sheer size and scope of the game is breathtaking; it just keeps going and going, into new areas and new stories and new critters to fight. I can't even imagine the amount of engineering involved in getting a game that enormous into just four megabytes. They must have been rewriting routines over and over and over to shave off a few bytes here, a few more bytes there... and even at that, they weren't quite able to get everything they wanted in, and there are a few loose ends that are never tied up.

It's easily a fifty-hour game on the first playthrough, and with thirteen separate endings, you can most likely count on at least one more full playthrough. The combat system's tons of fun, the leveling is interesting, and the characters are imaginative and colorful.

Keep in mind that I played this game AFTER Baldur's Gate 2 and Final Fantasy 7, so when I give it 'best game ever', that's an educated opinion by an adult, not a first game love by a teenage fanboy. Even now, even after all this time, this is a great game, and I highly encourage you to buy it ASAP.

Set aside some time, go in with a clear head, remember it was written in 1994 and had to fit in four megs... and I think you'll be as blown away as I was.

Bah? BAH?!

I'm sort of with you. I like seeing some of my favorite games remade, but most of them have been a huge disappointment and weren't as good as they were on the SNES. There's always something off, be it sound, loading, graphical glitches, annoying translation changes, or all of them together. I think I'd be up for a higher-res version on the PSP, but I don't think I want a 3D remake like FFIV. Chrono Trigger is already beautiful, and this would be a step down visually for me. I could certainly go for a sequel. It took me a while to get into Chrono Cross, but it ended up being one of my favorite games as well. There's a lot they could do with a sequel. That said, I couldn't help but get excited when I saw that site.

Did anyone ever play the adventure game semi-sequel Radical Dreamers? The team that translated the rom did an incredible job and it was very interesting.

I am so excited This is the reason to own a DS

I love this game so much, it's amazing

I can't wait for Chrono Trigger DS, this has been an amazing week with Diablo 3 and Chrono Trigger DS

I would love a sequel as well but I could see this as a testing ground to see if Chrono Trigger DS will sell and than release a sequel if it sells good enough.

I couldn't see that. We're talking about Square-Enix here. Their current business model seems to be capitalizing on remakes of older games and pimping out Dragon Quest/Final Fantasy. Hell, even most of their Final Fantasy related products are remakes of previous Final Fantasies. I certainly don't expect new content from them, nor testing for new content, and should new content arrive I doubt the quality of said new content.

I'm with SommerMatt on this one. Bah. Look, I loved Casablanca as a movie but I don't think anything would be gained if someone re-released it in color. Leave well enough alone and make some new games!

This is on the official Square-Enix Japanese site:

If you click on it, it links to the "Chrono Trigger" site. Looks like we might know more about this game on the 7th.

I think this is a great announcement... However, i DO NOT want a 3D remake. The 3D remakes of the final fantasies (3 and the other one) look like crap! I really do not want that. They never released CT here though i have played through 90% of it on a ROM.

Hrm, I remember I picked up the psx version of chrono trigger that was packed with FFIV and being terribly dissappointed. The load times between battles were just awful, if I can get a snes emulator running on my psp I'll probably just play it there

Malor speaks the unmitigated truth -- even though I prefer FF6 on personal level, this was the best JRPG of the 16 bit era, and everyone who enjoys the genre should play it.

However, I'd rather see an entirely new game as well -- sequel or new IP -- that embodied the creative and joyful spirit of Chrono Trigger, rather than just a remake.

Confirmed!

Remake plus a new dungeon. Wifi battles as well.

http://kotaku.com/5021416/square-enix-confirms-chrono-trigger-ds

I bet it's the same graphics from the orignial. The original has great graphics and looks good to this day. Do not mess it up by changing anything.

Totally in, so long as they don't screw it up with any stupid mandatory touchscreen elements.

I want one for the PSP! Curse you gaming gods...how dare you give my DS a meaningful use! Chronotrigger is just awesome plain and simple. I will be keeping an eye on this.