We see Doan from the ruined future in the main ending to CT, and he specifically talks about the meeting between him and the CT cast.
^ ... all this (well, except I disagree with FF Seraphim that it was a fun game). You''re better off listening to the Chrono Cross soundtrack on Youtube than you are playing the game.
The game play is fine. I literally beat it again just a year or two ago and it holds up as well as any jrpg of the era.
I think the implication in CT is that the timelines coexist. The Doan we see is specifically from the ruined future, while Robo is able to travel to a better future, so to me what makes the most sense is that both exist much like the two separate worlds exist in CC.
I don't think CT fans really get that salty over it. Personally I think it's pretty easy to separate CT from CC so it's not like I'm mad at it for existing or anything. I'm glad many people love it even if I don't.
It's because of years of CT cult fans crapping on Cross any chance they got, or get.
We've had very different experiences then. It's only recently that people have started coming around or praising Cross.
Honestly I don't think anyone in CT's writer room sat down and wrote down how CT Time Traveler worked. Like Marle is wiped out of existence because her ancestor got kidnapped, but it doesn't create any paradoxes in the present and Crono and Lucca still remember her. Ayla is her ancestor too and despite her being a party member nothing happens to the timeline.
I believe it. And It's fine not to like Cross given how cherished the CT cast is to a lot of fans. Frog is amazing, and their fates in CC are tragic. It's just that every discussion I've seen on Cross and CT has had people diss Cross like it was an unworthy successor.
It gets tiresome when pretty much any discussion about Cross devolves into a CT-was-better argument.
CC has always been fairly well regarded though, it got solid reviews and has had a solid fanbase from the start.
The Marle thing does have a really vague possible explanation. The game brings up the possibility of some kind of entity wanted the heros to go on their journey, and the thing that sets that off is Marle's disappearance, and we know it has some kind of control over time since it's the reason Lucca saves her mom. Something that could have been worth exploring in a sequel.
Go play the game again sometime. This opinion that CC would work better stand alone does not make any sense, CT's story and aftermath are woven all throughout the game (aside from the first couple hours which are world and character building).
It really isn't unreasonable for someone to assume a character said to have been killed and never shows up again is dead. Sure there's room to say Lucca survived, but it's wishful thinking until it ever gets confirmed.
Huh, you're right, Frog is absent from Cross. Did he say what the premise of that game would be? I presume Lavos's final destruction in a point of time and space.
We seem to have opposing anecdotes. I can agree that CC has its share of shortcomings from a gameplay standpoint. But as an example, FFXIII was a critical success and yet has its very persistent detractors. CT is a universally praised game, I've never seen people claim it's bad or that Cross is superior. When nostalgia comes on, it's always CT. You don't ever see a post that straight up calls it a bad game.
This... no idea where this narrative of CC is a critical and commercial darling is coming from, and every chrono cross thread ever made will have someone drive bying on how much CT is better.
The problem is there isn't a third game, and little reason to expect one at this point. It's really hard for me to get interested in the potential of it, and even if it happens and turns out to be good, I'll still feel the cost of ignoring them is ultimately detrimental to CC's story.
People saying CT fans only love it for nostalgia is not as uncommon as you might think. The hate is definitely not one sided, and it's such a shame.
And the drive by posts about how CC is so much better than CT are just as common at this point.
That one line really did muss things up for people looking for answers to certain questions, since it wasn't made painfully obvious who Gaspar was referring to. It got so bad that the official Nintendo game tip automated hotline (you had to ask for a live counselor by that point) had a pre-recorded message addressing what that line meant when asking for CT tips.
You are correct, it was indeed trademarked with different spellings in both regions. wiki link
Schrodinger's Schala.
By all means... point them out for me. If you do, I'll do the same for the ones saying something to the effect of "CC is bad" or "CT is better" and we can compare numbers.
I would argue the "look at how salty CT fans get at CC" post i responded to that started all this counts as a drive by post. This thread was overall filled with more positive comments towards CC, with just a couple low effort posts saying it's bad.
People are influenced by the times, their environment and the people they know. It would be far more stupid if she was a 1 to 1 replica.
I dunno why you're quoting me to drag me into this shit but the title of that thread was intentionally inflammatory. Context matters.
I am fairly sure but I can't provide any evidence. I was pretty heavy into the lore back in the day. Now that I think about it could have also been a QandA question interview with Kato as well but Im still pretty sure it's in JPN CT.
What implies that Kid is Schala's clone apart from the game telling you so? Everything about Kid being a Schala clone is arbitrary for the most part.
