Chrono Cross coming to Japanese PSN

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 15 December, 2010

You know what to do.

Cult Square Enix role-playing game Chrono Cross will release as a download from the Japanese PlayStation Network.

Chrono Cross is the sequel to Chrono Trigger – considered by many to be the greatest Japanese role-playing game ever made.

The PlayStation One game was first released in 1999 in Japan. A year later it launched in the US. It was never released in Europe.

The Chrono Cross announcement is the result of the Square Enix Members Twitter account reaching 20,000 followers, Andriasang reports. Producer Shinji Hashimoto, who manages the Square Enix Members Twitter, failed to mention when the game would launch.

The game's release is limited to the Japanese PlayStation Store, but it's not impossible to create a Japanese PS3 account, is it?

Check out Rob Fahey's summation of Chrono Cross for more on the JRPG.

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Comments (16) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • hayisforhorses #1 1 year ago

    Still not much use if it is in japanese, unless of course you are japanese.

  • OnlyMe #2 1 year ago

    This is vital information for a european!!!!

  • Jazzy_Geoff #3 1 year ago

    but it's not impossible to create a Japanese PS3 account, is it?

    No but you need to also find a Japanese psn card and learn Japanese for fuck sake
    Edited by Jazzy_Geoff at 15/12/10 @ 09:34

  • GamesConnoisseur #4 1 year ago

    If only there was an English subs option with Chrono Cross .... then my Japanese PSN account would be worth it!

    But no... just only hope that there will be US Chrono Cross version in US PSN! Forget any hope of ever seeing it in the EU store, it was never sold here!

  • Toothball #5 1 year ago

    Having multiple accounts isn't a great option for PSP owners, as you can't switch without access to a PS3 or PC. Means that if you go out with a JP account, you can't play any of your Euro games until you get back. I've been trying to stick to one PSN account as a result, but with Sony's evident disdain for Europe it looks like I'll be missing out on this one again.

  • InvisibleCrane #6 1 year ago

    I find it kinda odd how Nintendo is willing to sell games that never orignally came out in the UK on the EU Virtual Console store but Sony won't do the same thing...then again we missed out on a lot of PS1 games in the UK including off the top of my head...

    -Parasite Eve
    -Einhander
    -Echo Night
    -Clock Tower 2
    -Juggernaut (IIRC a Myst style point and click game)
    -Fox Hunt (FMV game...yeah I know it sucks but I'm still listing it)
    -Chrono Cross
    -Arc The Lad
    -Brave Fencer Musashi
    -Threads of Fate
    -Thousand Arms
    -Persona
    -Final Fantasy Tactics
    -Azure Dreams
    -RPG Maker
    -Xenogears

    Actually now that I think of it a lot of those games I listed that never came out over here were released by Sqaure-Enix (back when they were Sqauresoft)...and I think also it was because a lot of their games had anime themes to them and anime was not as well known in the UK as it is today (but still somewhat pales to how well known anime is in the US)

  • InvisibleCrane #7 1 year ago

    "but with Sony's evident disdain for Europe it looks like I'll be missing out on this one again."

    Oh stop being a pessimistic crybaby please, Sony do not hate Europe, the only reason we don't get many stuff as the US and Japan is because of licensing and translation and such

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #8 1 year ago

    On the Sony blog they have also stated that foreign PS1 titles are going to be coming to the Euro PSN store, i would bet most likely American ones as they will at least be in English, but they could be Japanese ones, as the US PlayStation store has already seen releases of Japanese PS1 titles.

  • Colin8703 #9 1 year ago

    Chrono Cross is one of Square's best RPG's.
    It may only be in Japan for the time being but the game has been translated to English so worst case scenario, it should at least get a US release which although not a great help as the UK PSN store is very underwhelming in comparison to other territories, it is preferable to learning Japanese etc.

  • Abscido #10 1 year ago

    Worth it for the work of Mitsuda alone. One of gaming's greatest soundtracks.

  • b0bb1ns #11 1 year ago

    @FluffyTucker: I disagree, as I had a great time with this RPG back in the PS1 days. It solves a lot of the problems that affect the typical Final Fantasy games, including no random encounters and the ability to choose who you like in your party at any time.

  • StolenGlory #12 1 year ago

    @InvisibleCrane.

    You get +1 from me for just having the balls to list Fox Hunt.

  • Toothball #13 1 year ago

    @InvisibleCrane

    Licensing and translation are issues that other platform holders seem to be able to overcome. You pointed out yourself what Nintendo have been able to do. On the other hand, there are some games on the US and JP PSN that I've been waiting years to see in Europe, and it's still not uncommon to see delays between US and Euro content. Whatever it is that's keeping content out of Europe needs to change.

  • ZuluHero #14 1 year ago

    I also got stung importing it for around £60 back in the day, and while I am not as prone to outbursts like FluffyTracker, I still echo his sentiments. I guess after the sublime Chrono Trigger my expectations were too high?

    I still have the import sitting on my shelf though, even though I have nothing to play it on :)

  • Kaminari #15 1 year ago

    "Chrono Cross is the sequel to Chrono Trigger – considered by many to be the greatest Japanese role-playing game ever made."

    On the Super Famicom, that is.

  • telboy007 #16 1 year ago

    Xenogears was great, bonkers but great. The combo combat system was inspired.