gjc2007 posted...
I have 2 possible reasons swirling around in my head.
1. It's stuck in some kind of legal limbo and an agreement couldn't be reached, or there's some kind of contract preventing it from happening, or whatever. Those fucking lawyers...I guess it could be because they released it on the DS not that long ago and it wouldn't be all that different, but still.
2. It's getting the 3DS treatment like Samus Returns and they want to blow people's minds after everyone is all like "where the FUCK is Chrono Trigger?!" after the SNES Classic announcement.
It's just such a glaring omission that, IMO, those are the only two explanations that make sense...God I hope it's the second one.
Again, though, Chrono Trigger DS was almost a decade ago. There's really no difference between a 2008 release for it and a 2007 GBA release for FF6. It has been a considerable amount of time for both by now. But they're also both on mobile, too, and Square tends to regard that as the ultimate destination for their legacy titles. So I guess it's neither here nor there, heh.
I strongly doubt the latter is correct. I just don't see Square bothering with the game in any meaningful way ever again. But I appreciate your optimism and it's a very nice dream. :P
RySenkari posted...
My hypothesis is that Square is only letting Nintendo put two of their games on the SNES Classic (plus Mario RPG). Nintendo picked Final Fantasy VI because you pretty much HAVE to have a Final Fantasy on there, and then picked Mana to push the multiplayer functionality.
I'd definitely put the blame on Square over Nintendo, since I'd imagine if it was up to Nintendo they'd rather have games like Chrono Trigger, ActRaiser, and Final Fantasy IV on there than stuff like Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts and Kirby's Dream Course.
The multiplayer functionality is definitely the reason Secret of Mana got in, yeah. Although... I think it's impossible to do three-player with this new hardware? That's a little bit of a shame, but hey, still pretty cool. I'd vastly prefer SD3, but...