Two weeks ago I reported that an interview with a character designer for Final Fantasy XIII revealed that FFXIII probably wasn't coming out this year. A bunch of other sites thought I was lying until the full interview transcript showed up and then they freaked out with FF withdrawal setting it. The interview also mentioned that a Chrono Cross sequel would be out of the question, but now we have another interview translation (with Square Enix vice president Hiromichi Tanaka) revealing that they are considering another Chrono game, although nothing is planned yet:
AR: *Ahem* Recently Chrono Cross was mentioned in an interview with you and you stated there would not be a sequel to Chrono Cross because it would be too difficult to get the original team together again…? Does this rule out any possibility for the Chrono series in the future at all? Because Nintendo fans are always asking about a Chrono Trigger remake…
HT: There’s still a possibility, but since the main director is not working for Square Enix now – he’s working on other titles in a different company, Namco Bandai, it’s a bit difficult to ask him to come back and be the head of a team again. And also, Kato-san is working on the fourth game in the Mana series. So there’s still a possibility that he might think he might want to make it again…
A lot of people get upset about games being remade left and right these days, but I actually really like it. If old school fans are willing to give their favorite companies more money, and newcomers to gaming get a chance to play a potentially great game they never would have known about, then everybody wins. Seeing classic games get remade is just a sign of how far the gaming industry has come to be established as a successful entertainment business. I'm not sure how they would handle a remake, but it it looks anywhere near as cool as the fan made Chrono Resurrection project that got discontinued by Square Enix, then it'll definitely make a lot of money.
