Chrono Cross
| Chrono Cross | |
| Developer: | Square-Enix |
| Publisher: | Square-Enix |
| Release date: | 2000 |
| Genre: | RPG |
| Game modes: | Single player |
| ESRB rating: | Teen (T) |
| Platforms: | PlayStation |
| Media: | CD |
Chrono Cross is a PlayStation RPG created by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) with a story that builds upon Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger had a "sequel" released in Japan called Radical Dreamers for the Satellaview add-on for the Super Famicom, but it was text-based only. When Chrono Cross was being designed, part of the Radical Dreamers' plot and characters were used. But Chrono Cross can't be viewed as a mere remake of Radical Dreamers as they have a lot of differences and incompatibilities. Chrono Cross was well received in the United States, but lacking Japanese sales led some to speculate that the Chrono series was halted.
Chrono Cross was released in United States in 2000 and features music composed by Yasunori Mitsuda.
The game has 44 possible party members to acquire, all of whom come with several abilities of their own, with some combining into Double and Triple Techs. Template:Spoiler The story of Chrono Cross revolves around the character Serge, who, as a small child, is supposed to drown, but is saved by a powerful force. The resulting shift in the world's history creates two distinct parallel dimensions. In one dimension, he survives and lives for 10 years before the game begins. In the alternate dimension, he drowns in a beach near his home.
The plot itself revolves around Serge's unknowing efforts to free Schala from the Time Devourer, a fusion of Lavos, the ultimate enemy with the capacity to destroy the planet from Chrono Trigger, and Schala, a princess of Zeal and sister of Magus who has immense magical power and disappeared to the Darkness Beyond Time accidentally due to Crono's influence in history. Years in the future, Belthasar, a former guru of Zeal, discovered that the Time Devourer had formed and planned to consume all spacetime; he thus set in motion an almost ludicrously complex chain of events meant to give rise to and guide Serge to venture to the Time Devourer and use an artifact known as the Chrono Cross to restore the dimensions to one and free Schala from Lavos's grasp.
While Chrono Cross incorporates elements from Radical Dreamers, the stories of the two games are incompatible. To resolve the scenario continuity issue and to acknowledge the existence of Radical Dreamers, the designers suggested that the events of Radical Dreamers did happen, but took place in a parallel dimension. This can be found by reading one of the computer consoles in Chronopolis, a city which was pulled back in time due to a failed experiment. Chronopolis now monitors the El Nido Archipelago, in an attempt to prevent a paradox from occurring which would prevent its existence in the future.
Chrono Cross title screen
Squaresoft trademarked the name Chrono Break in late 2001, resulting in speculation by fans of the possibility of a sequel. However, Squaresoft dropped the trademark in the United States on November 13, 2003, confirmed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This is possibly due to series creator Masato Kato leaving Square Enix for Monolith Soft in 2003.
Characters and Techs
(A = Another Dimension, H = Home Dimension)
| Name | Innate | Weapon | Level 3 Tech | Level 5 Tech | Level 7 Tech | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serge | White | Swallow | Dash&Slash (3 Stars) | Luminaire (15 Stars) | FlyingArrow (35 Stars) | Beginning |
| Kid (Kidd) | Red | Dagger | Pilfer (3 Stars) | RedPin (15 Stars) | HotShot (Enter the password -L1, Triangle, R1 and Triangle- into the machine in Lucca's house) | Agree to go with her to Termina/When you get there |
| Leena | Blue | Utensils | MaidenHand (3 Stars) | MaidenHeart (15 Stars) | MaidenFaith (Talk to H Leena's Grandma after Serge regains his body -Answer positively at at H Opasa Beach, and say "I'm Serge!" at A Dock-) | Don't go with Kid |
| Poshul | Yellow | Glove | K9-Ball (3 Stars) | DoggyDunnit (15 Stars) | Unleashed (Talk to Home Leena after Serge regains his body) | Give Poshul a Heckran Bone/Unlock Leena |
| Mojo/y (Lucky Dan) | Black | Glove | VoodooDance (3 Stars) | Cartwheel (19 Stars) | HoodooGooroo (Talk to the fisherman in H, then go back to the Another location, and examine the cats in order: Staring, Electric and Licking) | Get the Shark Tooth from the fisherman in H and show it to him in A after fighting Karsh. Mojo will join after. |
| Guile (Alf) | Black | Rod | WandaIn (3 Stars) | WandaSwords (15 Stars) | LightninRod (35 Stars) | Witness the event at Viper statue (same as Nikki & Pierre) then talk to Guile (You can't talk to Nikki's manager or Pierre) |
| Nikki (Slash) | Blue | Pick | GrandFinale (3 Stars) | ChillOut (19 Stars) | LimeLight (Bring A Nikki to H Nikki) | Talk to Nikki's manager. Go to the Shadow Forest and save Nikki from the enemies |
| Pierre | Blue | Sword | MedalSome (3 Stars) | FoiledAgain (15 Stars) | CyrusPunch (Show Pierre the Prop Sword) | Show Pierre the Hero Medal |
| Korcha | Blue | Fishing Lure | Headbutt (3 Stars) | Hook&Sinker (15 Stars) | BigCatch (Examine the tank in Termina with Korcha, talk to the man, and go down and talk to the Mermaid) | Do the Hydra quest. Joins after Glenn talks about Fort Dragonia. |
| Macha (Mamacha) | Red | Utensils | BottomsUp (3 Stars) | Folding (15 Stars) | DirtyDishes (35 Stars) | Say you can't save Kid. Joins after Glenn talks about Fort Dragonia. |
| NeoFio (Fio) | Green | Glove | PopPopPop (3 Stars) | SlurpSlurp (15 Stars) | BamBamBam (Talk to the octopus on H Sky Dragon Isle, leave the screen, come back, and choose to help the butterfly) | Get the Green Tinkler from the Dwarf in the Guldovian Bar after choosing whether to save Kid, then go to A Hydra Marshes and use it on the plants that you use to walk on. Get the Sparkle of Life in the deep recesses of the Marshes, and bring it to the balcony where Kid gets stabbed, and use it on the flower in the pond. |
| Razzly (Lazzuly) | Green | Rod | RazStar (3 Stars) | RazHeart (15 Stars) | Raz-Flower (Don't use her in Hydra quest, and use her in Ice Breath quest) | Go up in the Marshes and fight the bug. Go on until the ground breaks, and you'll fall on a squid. Examine Razzly, and the squid attacks. She joins afterwards. |
| Greco (Jillbert) | Red | Glove | Clothesline (3 Stars) | Flip-Flop (19 Stars) | GraveDigger (Talk with the woman in his home in H Termina) | Talk to him after the Mansion sequence |
| Glenn (Grenn) | Green | Sword | Dash&Gash (3 Stars) | SonicSword (19 Stars) | Dive&Drive (35 Stars) | Choose not to save Kid, and Glenn will join when you leave Termina. |
| Luccia (Lutianna) | Black | Shot | Pin-UpGirl (3 Stars) | Mix&Match (19 Stars) | TestAmeba (Take Luccia to the kitchen, and go into the grate. Examine the blob) | Talk to her after Kid is wounded |
| Pip (Tumalu) | White | Glove | Pounce (8 Stars) | Soothe (15 Stars) | (Level 7 Tech and his transformations are too complicated to fit here) | Unlock Pip's cage in Luccia's lab, and find him on the S.S. Invincible (-Can be found again as Lynx in A World on S.S. Invincible-) |
| Mel | Yellow | Boomerang | Snatch (3 Stars) | Doodle (19 Stars) | Tantrum (40 Stars) | Talk to her after you leave for Fort Dragonia with Kid |
| Doc | White | Shot | HighFive (3 Stars) | Gnarly (19 Stars) | HangTen (Show Doc the Medical Book from the Dead Sea) | Don't help Kid, and he automatically joins later |
| Draggy (DragChild) | Red | Glove | CoughDrop (3 Stars) | CoughMix (19 Stars) | BigBreath (Bring Draggy to the big skull in A Fossil Valley) | Take the Egg from the Dodo nest, and bring it to A Fort Dragonia. Put it in one of the incubators, and Draggy is hatched |
| Lynx (Yamaneko) | Black | Swallow | GlideHook (3 Stars) | FeralCats (15 Stars) | ForeverZero (35 Stars) | Automatic |
| Harle (Tukoyomi) | Black | Shot | MoonBeam (3 Stars) | MoonShine (19 Stars) | Lunairetic (25 Stars) | Joins soon after you become Lynx |
| Sprigg (Spriggan) | Green | Staff | DoppelGang (Default) | N/A | N/A | Joins soon after you become Lynx |
| Radius | Green | Staff | LongShot (3 Stars) | QuickDraw (15 Stars) | VitalEnergy (35 Stars) | Joins after you fight him as Lynx |
| Funguy (Kinoko) (Male) | Yellow | Axe/Hammer | Lumberjack (3 Stars) | SporeCloud (15 Stars) | Myconoids (When you turn back to Serge, bring him to his cave, and have him eat a mushroom) | Beat a Headless blocking a cave in H Sewers, and a man will give you a mushroom. Give a man in a cave it in exchange for his treasure, and he turns into a mushroom man and joins |
| Zappa | Red | Axe/Hammer | HammerBlow (3 Stars) | HammerThrow (19 Stars) | BallsOfIron (40 Stars) | Keep speaking with him until he joins |
| Van (Bancliff) | Green | Boomerang | JumpThrow (3 Stars) | WetPaint (15 Stars) | PiggyBank (35 Stars) | Back up Van's story, and he will eventually join you |
| Norris (Ishito) | Yellow | Gun | SpiralRay (3 Stars) | SunShower (15 Stars) | TopShot (Take H Norris to A Norris) | Joins in Viper Manor (H) |
| Starky (StarChild) | White | Gun | StarLight (3 Stars) | StarBurst (19 Stars) | StarStruck (Search his ship again after getting the anti-grav device) | Find the Star Fragment in his UFO at El Nido Triangle, and take it to White Dragon Isle. Open the chest and MegaStarky attacks |
| Janice (Jyaness) | Red | Carrot | BeatIt (3 Stars) | 24Carrots (19 Stars) | What'sUpDoc (Have Janice talk to the land octopus in the Bend of Time) | Beat her three times in the Grand Slam on the S.S. Zelbess |
| Sneff (Snef) | Yellow | Shot | BigDeal (3 Stars) | HPShuffle (15 Stars) | SwordTrick (35 Stars) | When you beat the Sage, talk to Sneff at the Casino, and then Backstage |
| Irenes | Blue | Pick | WaterBreath (3 Stars) | MerMelody (19 Stars) | SirenSong (Can only do this if you watched Nikki's concert. Once you get Serge back, bring Irenes to H Marbule, talk to the witch doctor in the first hut twice) | Turn into a cat and go across the rope on the crow's nest to Nikki's boat, and witness the scene between Nikki and Irenes. Beat the Sage, and then return to the dressing room and talk to her |
| Miki | Red | Glove | HeadBopper (3 Stars) | SexyWink (15 Stars) | DanceOnAir (35 Stars) | After beating all of the Lagoonates, go immediately to the restaurant on the S.S. Zelbess, and talk to her |
| Karsh | Green | Axe/Hammer | DragonRider (3 Stars) | AxialAxe (19 Stars) | Axiomatic (Get after fighting Solt & Peppor on the Isle of the Damned) | Go into Termina Bar in Another, and a woman will tell you to come into the door by the bar. Go inside, past Guile, into a hidden door. Karsh and Zoah will be there, and eventually, you'll have to choose which one you want to come with you. If you choose Karsh, Zoah will join later |
| ZOAH | Yellow | Glove | DragonRider (3 Stars) | Gyronimo (15 Stars) | Toss&Spike (Put Zoah in the front of your party, and have him open the chest in his room) | Go into Termina Bar in Another, and a woman will tell you to come into the door by the bar. Go inside, past Guile, into a hidden door. Karsh and Zoah will be there, and eventually, you'll have to choose which one you want to come with you. If you choose Zoah, Karsh will join later |
Combos
Like Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross has many different combos. Here they are.
Double Techs
| Double Tech | Character and Tech | Character and Tech | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-Strike (Red) | Serge - Dash&Slash (Level 3) | Glenn - Dash&Gash (Level 3) | Does large damage to one enemy |
| VitalForce (White) | Radius - VitalEnergy (Level 7) | Viper - AirForce Level 5) | Does massive damage to one enemy |
| DragonSpike (Green) | Karsh - DragonRider (Level 3) | Zoah - Toss&Spike (Level 7) | Does large damage to one enemy |
| PitchBlack (Black) | Grobyc - StrongArm (Level 7) | Norris - TopShot (Level 7) | Does large damage to all enemies |
| SwordStorm (Black) | Guile - WandaSwords (Level 5) | Sneff - SwordTrick (Level 7) | Does large damage to one enemy |
| TossedSalad (Green) | Turnip - VegOut (Level 7) | NeoFio - BamBamBam (Level 7) | Does large damage to one enemy |
| DraggyRider (Yellow) | Leah - TripleKick (Level 7) | Draggy - BigBreath (Level 7) | Does large damage to one enemy |
| DoubleTake (Red) | Kid - Pilfer (Level 3) | Mel - Snatch (Level 3) | Increases the chance of stealing an item |
| Flamenco (Red) | Nikki - LimeLight (Level 7) | Miki - DanceOnAir (Level 7) | Temporarily raises all characters stats. |
Triple Techs
| Triple Tech Name | Character and Tech | Character and Tech | Character and Tech | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeltaForce (White) | Serge - Luminaire (Level 5) | Leena - MaidenFaith (Level 7) | Razzly - Raz-Flower (Level 7) | Does Massive Damage to all enemies |
| Z-Slash (Blue) | Serge - FlyingArrow (Level 7) | Kid - RedPin (Level 5) | Sprigg [in Slash doppelgang Form] - DashSlash | Does Massive Damage to all enemies |