Is anyone waiting on Chrono Trigger DS?

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:28 am

I know its pretty much going to be the same CT that was released on the snes, but is anyone waiting for it?

For some reason I am, but maybe just for nostalgia sake.

fbb · Post by **fbb** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:32 pm

wait...
its gonna be THE SAME????
not a remake?

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:26 pm

It's the same, though I guess they've added a new dungeon and there are maps on the second screen now.

Post by **odditude** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:09 pm

*sigh* ...yes

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:09 pm

Glad they're not porting to the GBA...the DS has better sound, anyway. Then there's the Colosseum Mode where monsters fight each other. Either way, reminds me of reading something back in 2003 in EGM, not sure what month, but they mentioned in Japan that Square Enix (?) did a poll to see what games people would like to be remade and they mentioned FFIV, FFV, FFVI, etc. Do you find it odd that they've now ported FFIV, V and VI to the GBA and now they're porting CT to the DS? Coincidence?

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:55 pm

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:Coincidence?

... no?

fbb · Post by **fbb** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:55 pm

why not a remake???
WHY?????

anyway
a new dungeon sounds good

Snark · Post by **Snark** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:19 pm

SquareHead wrote:I know its pretty much going to be the same CT that was released on the snes, but is anyone waiting for it?

I already have an Snes and the SFamicom cart so.. no :/

I'm personally waiting for the new Castlevania on DS that's coming out in less than two weeks...*does the Homer Simpson drooling*

ZH/Franky · Post by **ZH/Franky** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:27 pm

The DS has a smaller pixel resolution (horizontally, that is) than that of a normal resolution that the snes would output. So, a cropped image while playing CT? I suppose they would make up for it with the whole widescreen aspect ratio of the screen, that and the DS has TWO screens, where one is a touchpad; but really, touchpad to play CT?

A few extra dungeons, tacked-on useless extra features and whatnot are not worth 30 of my british pounds, thank you.
I'd much rather play CT on my linux machine, using bsnes.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:52 pm

I'd stuff it on my flash cartridge, but I already played the SNES version to death with SnemulDS less than a year ago. I think I'll take something else on my next trip.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:15 pm

Franky wrote:The DS has a smaller pixel resolution (horizontally, that is) than that of a normal resolution that the snes would output. So, a cropped image while playing CT?

The DS should be powerful enough for rescaling...

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:44 pm

Franky wrote:The DS has a smaller pixel resolution (horizontally, that is) than that of a normal resolution that the snes would output. So, a cropped image while playing CT?

"Cropped" SNES graphics were fine on the GBA, let alone the DS.

creaothceann wrote:The DS should be powerful enough for rescaling...

Rescaling? From 256x224 to 256x190? Are you insane?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:54 pm

blackmyst wrote:
Franky wrote:The DS has a smaller pixel resolution (horizontally, that is) than that of a normal resolution that the snes would output. So, a cropped image while playing CT?
"Cropped" SNES graphics were fine on the GBA, let alone the DS.

creaothceann wrote:The DS should be powerful enough for rescaling...
Rescaling? From 256x224 to 256x190? Are you insane?

There is one thing going for the DS.

Edit: Besides, I'd want to bitchslap the boatload of you that has a request to "fix" or "remove the cropping" the SNES version.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:56 pm

blackmyst wrote:
creaothceann wrote:The DS should be powerful enough for rescaling...
Rescaling? From 256x224 to 256x190?

Remember that the 256x224 are stretched by the TV to a 4:3 ratio. 256/192 is also 4/3.

A sharpening filter applied afterwards to the text boxes (or the entire screen) would probably help, too.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:45 pm

Yeah, but half the time, SNES to GBA ports made the game way to bright due to the lack of a backlight, but on a GBA emulator, it looks too vibrant. Not to mention inferior sound.

megamanzer0 · Post by **megamanzer0** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:37 am

I already have it preordered.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:03 am

my R4 awaits

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:41 am

I might get it just because I never (legally) owned the English version (though I have an SFC cart that works perfectly) and want a portable version.

Cyrus · Post by **Cyrus** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:09 am

I'm still holding my breath for a 3D remake of it. Just as I'm holding my breath for a remake of FF7. They really should have remade CT using the same engine used for Dragon Quest VIII, that would have been perfect.

neoblaze · Post by **neoblaze** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:43 am

Needs moar Mother 3!

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:49 am

No, because I haven't touched my SNES cart in a few years, after playing it to death.
...
And the fact that I'm not looking forward to it doesn't mean I won't wind up buying it anyways. I know me.

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:12 pm

creaothceann wrote:
blackmyst wrote:
creaothceann wrote:The DS should be powerful enough for rescaling...
Rescaling? From 256x224 to 256x190?
Remember that the 256x224 are stretched by the TV to a 4:3 ratio. 256/192 is also 4/3.

A sharpening filter applied afterwards to the text boxes (or the entire screen) would probably help, too.

Ok, so it's clear that you don't really know what you're talking about.

That's ok though.

The TV does an analogue stretch. The image is still 256x224, and every one of those pixels appears as sharp as it would at any other stretch ratio.

The way the TV does it, it's like an elastic band. On the DS' LCD screen though, mapping an image of 256x224 to a screen with a digitally set resolution of 256x192 would be like trying to put 10 apples into 8 boxes. Not gonna be pretty. It's completely incomparable.

And... a sharpening filter? 60 times a second? You do know what kind of processors you're dealing with here, right?

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:12 pm

Horizontal stretching (the "elastic band" effect) is not needed, only vertical stretching.

Yes, maybe not 100% pretty, but still readable.

megamanzer0 · Post by **megamanzer0** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:51 pm

Cyrus wrote:I'm still holding my breath for a 3D remake of it. Just as I'm holding my breath for a remake of FF7. They really should have remade CT using the same engine used for Dragon Quest VIII, that would have been perfect.

agreed. That's what I always imagined they would do.

fbb · Post by **fbb** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:54 pm

thats what EVERYBODY imagined they would do

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