Chrono Trigger News

[Cyrus Knight]

CTNP Signature Prizes; Chrono Crisis Site Up...

The Chrono Trigger Novel Project, as you know, is currently undertaking a written petition to convince Square Enix to allow them publishing rights. They are now offering prizes to the top signature gatherers for January and February. To see what the prizes are, you must register for the petition system and login here. You can also visit the forums at CTNP

Secondly, Chrono Crisis finally has its website up and running, and has listed some positions they'd like filled. Check it out if you're interested in contributing to a fan project.

This is sort of late news but here it is...

(From the Chrono Compendium)

Chrono Trigger Japanese Script & Retranslation Project

For over a decade, American fans of Chrono Trigger have wondered how the game originally appeared in Japan. While Ted Woolsey did a fantastic job making Trigger accessible to English-speaking audiences, some text was cut and altered according to Nintendo of America's censor standards. Today, thanks to JLukas, I am able to present to you the Japanese script of Chrono Trigger! It is saved in Unicode format and contains every text string from the original game. It is currently divided up into string blocks as they are stored in the game.

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Retranslation Homepage

But there's one problem, of course: it's in Japanese! To penetrate the mysteries contained in the original script, the Chrono Compendium is launching its own Chrono Trigger Retranslation. It will tentatively be accomplished by fans of the games who know Japanese; these contributing translators can come and go as they wish, doing as little or much as they desire. We will make every effort to involve great linguistic talent with the project; soon, we hope to present you a fully retranslated script. If you know anyone who would be interested in helping translate, please let them know about the project or have them e-mail [e-mail]. We need your assistance; we appreciate it!

Stay tuned for Radical Dreamers Week!

Also...

Time & Space Album on sale once more!

Mustin and the crew of OneUpStudios.com have issued a reprint of their noteworthy cover "Time & Space", which features music from Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and Xenogears as a tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda. If you missed the original print or the refurbished volume, now is the time to get these high quality Chrono arrangements!



Music Homepage

Also, stay tuned for the next couple weeks, as something great is on the way--



Well that's it...

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[Cyrus Knight]

Chrono Symphonic movie & new CT Flash series


Firstly, Namara has begun undertaking an emulated movie recorded in SNES9x of Chrono Trigger set to the music of Chrono Symphonic. This will effectively create 16-bit substance for the wonderful orchestral score from Claado Shou and the remixers. Namara requires some help in this regard, however, but fear not; this project is not vaporware in any sense of the world. Here is a trailer of how the finished product will appear:

Chrono Trigger Scene

Specifically, Namara needs help with the following:

1. Video/Audio Syncing
2. Someone creating alternate scenes for me mentioned in the script, but not in the game
3. Helping me achieve better quality clips (if available) than what I'm able to get off of a SNES9X emulator

If you would like to help complete this noble effort, contact Namara either by e-mail, private message, or registering at the official project forum. Good luck!

Here is the project forum.

Chrono Trigger Movie

Secondly, Lordchander and Luminaire85 are attempting to revive a failed project from last year -- a serious adaptation of Chrono Trigger in Macromedia Flash. Though some talent has already been recruited, the CT Flash team needs as much help as it can get; if you'd like to have a hand in the creation of a new series, e-mail Lordchander here. Stay tuned for a new article update this weekend!