YARRPIRATES are getting PROTECTIOWNED after the blue rift scene at the start, and at some parts of the game. If only DS games aren't that expensive, I'll buy this little piece of funlove.

The new ending inspires only rage in my heart given how stupid it is from a story telling standpoint.

Actually that piracy protection thing was fixed the same day it was dumped online.

Yeah, I got it working. I'm using the cheat code on the M3 Real, everything's going smooth so far, except for that Trann Dome bug (you can't get out the dome after using the Enerton). If everything turns out fine, then I won't be patching my rom anytime soon.

YARR PIRATES!

I actually pre-ordered this one even though I already own enough of Chrono Trigger. XD (I got the NA/JPN cartridges, PS1 CD).

Since I couldn't wait for the game to ship, I got the game a little 'earlier' for my DS and I am just happy to play the game on portable form with no bugs. (Emulated versions were not really 100% perfect.)

It is a little disappointing that Square-Enix did not put much effort to the game (I really think the monster arena thing is stupid and useless addition) and I'd literally have bought 5 copies if they remade the game like the recent Final Fantasy series for DS. ;)

But I guess if the thing isn't broken, you don't need to change anything from it, as it still is the best RPG I ever played in my childhood.

I hope there's a sequel coming out in the future, not like the pseudo sequel Chrono Cross.

I don't see how Chrono Cross was a pseudo-sequel.

Masato Kato didn't help matters on that end, what with saying it wasn't a sequel and addressing some of the nerd backlash/backpedaling. New translation is tight. New ending is gay, and I see a certain someone who likes changing thread titles couldn't help but let us know that he, too seeks the penis.

Because too many people on here bitch about the only thing that made Chrono Cross a sequel was

I take it constructive answers are lost on you, Slash.

I've been up for too long...gimme a break lol.

Except I don't see how thats a constructive answer...I mean...thats the truth from what I've seen.

You know what, Diss taken back because that was stupid of me... honestly, if it were solely anyone's fault in the matter, then Chrono Cross wouldn't be as complicated a topic as far as games go. I'd say it's both. Kato said it wasn't meant to be a direct sequel in interviews but Square at the time marketed it as a sequel and it was all a giant cluster fuck from there.

I realize some folks don't always "get" Chrono Cross' story, but there's a reason for that. If it were so cut and dry and well told, Chrono Compendium wouldn't exist for the purpose it does.

I personally liked Chrono Cross. I mean I got confused a few times since I couldn't figure out which universe it was in but then something else caught my mind at the animated part of the CTDS Ending.

Probably my one beef with Chrono Cross is the need for 40+ Characters. That was just...different.

The anime cutscenes were around since the PSX days, though I never bought Final Fantasy Chronicles and played that at the expense of a friend. The alternate dungeons have been pretty cool thus far. Seeing Cross again wouldn't be bad depending on how they handled it. No, I don't like the original Cross, but that's an exhaustive argument waiting to happen considering people either want to revise history or play the polarity game.

They've added a lot of beefy new equipment, I'm kind of surprised honestly. Chrono Trigger was never that hard of a game, this new stuff really seems like overkill.

Yeah...I don't know what happened between me playing it in 95 on the cart and on here but it seemed way too easy and Falcon Strike seemed way too powerful lol.

I've managed to run through it at a decent pace, 13 hours and I'm already toward end game quests going at a nice pick up and put down pace. It's definitely not a hard game, though the first run is usually always the best in terms of enjoyment for players. Then you can just bulldoze your way through any boss that generally required a strategy. Vulnerable only to magic? High level spell. Need to destroy a certain part of the enemy? Hammer it with your best moves and high level equipment. New Game+ is fun like that, but it does eventually take the appeal away once you've done everything.

Where's everyone at in this game, anyway? Already beaten it? Thoughts on the new dungeons?

Is this overkill equipment available on the first playthrough? I hope it doesn't negate the need to keep bothering with the Rainbow Shell sidequest several times to get all that good stuff. The 70% critical rate on Crono's sword was already pretty crazy.

I won't get to play this until Christmas, so it'll be awhile before I get to see these changes firsthand.

I've already blazed through it once. Working on NG+...totally forgot that shiny thing on the telepad was a nice jump to mr. lavos v_v

The Dimensional Rift in 65,000,000 B.C. is available once you finish up the Kingdom of Zeal/Blackbird portion of the game. So going through there yields some stuff. The way it's available doesn't really hurt anything, I just think it adds on to already destructive uber equipment. But that's just for the main game, the new side bosses and what not may just call for this stuff for some players.

Yeah...Lost Sanctum is after the Blackbird, Dimensional Vortex is after the Black Omen which really wasn't that hard...

I just finished my first playthrough of Chrono Trigger DS. Haven't tried the bonus dungeons that pop up after Lavos dies, but as far as the Lost Sanctum goes, I'm sick and tired of that stupid Mt. Emerald.

It was much easier than when I remembered. I power-leveled my Techs with that 600AD Nu (Luminaire against Magus baby), and everything else was a cakewalk. I went on a stealing rampage, such that I finished with 30 Megaelixirs, 50 Elixirs, Gold Studs for everyone, and 800,000 G (from stealing from the Mt. Woe monsters and selling it off). Guess I better go on a buying spree before starting a new game plus...!

I died once, unexpectedly, to Mother Brain. Gah, shouldn't have destroyed those monitors and wasted 4 turns stealing her Blue Plate.

Gragh, Lost Sanctum is frustrating me. Just encountered the git with the golden hammer, and now can't find him. Walkthroughs are unhelpful. So. Stuck. Where is he?

edit: Disregard that, I just plain suck. Turns out you have to clear out all the other enemies first.

Man, the Arena is seriously the least fun shit ever, if only because doing it FOUR BILLION TIMES is fucking mandatory if you want to complete your item list this time around. I think I have more Mops than a house full of live-in mexican housemaids. Total bullshit.

I havent bothered to play the arena, after heard how "fun" it seems

Fun? Haha right.

As for completing everything, I'm not sure what's more annoying. Collecting all arena-specific items, or leveling to ** and finishing the bestiary by getting Red Nu Spekkio's profile...

Sure makes me want to use some level-up and item codes =)

The leveling is at least interactive and you can get it while doing the NG+ stuff for the endings, that's not really that hard.

The arena is hands off, so.

Shame Nu Spekkio is nullified by that new bit of Lucca armour though. So even Zerg might be able to not have trouble with him by that point.