Posted by Dr. Casey on 5/30/2009, 10:54 pm, in reply to "Square-Enix shuts down fan modification"
Besides, it would have been a better sequel than Chrono Cross.
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: (crossposted from eljay )
:
: So there's this group that was- until
: recently- making an enormous, fan-made rom
: hack of the original Chrono Trigger called
: Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes to create a
: gaiden/unofficial sequel of sorts. The
: project began in '04, and was nearing
: completion- featuring (according to their
: website) 35 hours of gameplay and 10
: different endings. Judging from the
: trailers, it uses some plot elements from
: Chrono Cross and follows an attempt by Queen
: Zeal to change history to prevent her empire
: from falling.
:
: This month, they got a cease-and-desist
: letter from Square.
:
: I'm not really sure how I feel about this.
: On one hand, this kind of surprises me, as
: I'd always been under the impression that
: japanese companies on the whole were pretty
: laid-back about fan works and copyrights; on
: the other hand, this hack seems to recycle a
: lot of the original material, so Square may
: have been concerned about diluting their
: brand or obfuscating canon. Personally, as
: someone who's usually happy to see 'fan
: energy' like this: while there's no doubt in
: my mind that Square is within their legal
: rights, this is still a pretty shit move on
: their part.
:
: I hope to see the team move on to something
: else; my comrade-in-arms Hunty wrote about
: a similar kerfluffle a few years ago.
:
: - HC
:
