Forgive me if I am misinterpreting, but weren't all seven scenarios of Radical Dreamers causatively independent of one another? That is, weren't they seven different flavors of the same story, and thus existing in seven different alternate realities? That's what I took from the diary readings at the end of each scenario. If this is the case, then Chrono Cross is simply another possible reality
True.
In contrast, parallel universes are simultaneous universes that are bound together in time, so that their events strangely reflect one another despite countless instances of variation and distinction that would otherwise cause them to diverge beyond any similarity. Parallel universes share no common root; they were never a single entity.
They are Parallel universes.
Otherwise, if the history was identical, the events of 'Radical Dreamers' and 'Chrono Cross' would be the same.
Just wondering - is anyone here is familiar with the theory of relativity, the quantom theory and the chaos theory (and the 'butterfly effect')?
My point is that it might be worthwhile to consider some or probably all of the Radical Dreamers scenarios as belonging to parallel universes, which offer a distortion of the Chrono story we know. These parallel worlds would not share the Chrono Trigger history that we played on the SNES and to which Chrono Cross is a direct sequel occuring in the same universe.
'Radical Dreamers' diffrent scenarios ARE diffrent scenarios which happen in parallel universes.
That's why in the end of each scenarios you are reminded that this story ends but in antoher time and another place, similiar events occured, but the characters aren't aware of their other selves.
Anyway, you can't say that 'Chrono Cross' is a sequel to 'Chrono Trigger' just as much as you can't say that 'Radical Dreamers' is.
This conveniently allows even the wackiest of the scenarios to remain legitimate within their own real, valid parallel universe within the greater Chronoverse, while reserving for Chrono Cross the preferential status of direct sequel.
Exactly.
I've always been under the impression that both RD & CC are based in alternate dimensions/timelines (whichever)
Parallel universes.
CC takes place in a dimension/timeline with the Fall of Guardia, which I still vehemently state does not happen in the actual CT ending.
It is New Game+ material and is thusly alternate dimension/timeline.
Actually, you don't know what happens after the end of 'Chrono Trigger'.
Either than that, there's no "actual" ending.
Actually, what GrayLensman said is TRUE.
Masato Kato confirmed it in interview about Chrono Cross :
Quote:
Weekly Famitsu: First of all, this game doesn't seem to have the name "Dream Project" associated with it. Is it truly a sequel to Chrono Trigger? And why isn't it called "Chrono Trigger 2"?
Kato: There's a long story behind that, but to keep it short... After finishing Chrono Trigger, we created a game called "Radical Dreamers". Although we hadn't planned it that way initially, Radical Dreamers eventually ended up as a sort of sequel to one of the subplots in Chrono Trigger which we weren't able to tie up in Chrono Trigger itself. When Radical Dreamers was finished, we did Xenogears, and when talk turned to what to do after that, we decided to redo Radical Dreamers properly. That's why we didn't give the new project the name "Chrono Trigger 2".
I remember this interview.
But still, please notice that it wasn't *PLANNED* INITIALLY as a sequel but it did ended up as one. It ties up a lot loose ends.
It's not like the game was finished and then it was decided to change a few line so it will end up somewhat related to 'Chrono Trigger' because it's "cool". -___-
If you don't consider 'Radical Dreamers' a sequel then you can't consider 'Chrono Cross' as a sequel either.
'Chrono Cross' is somewhat of a remake of 'Radical Dreamers' but since it's diffrent than the story of 'Radical Dreamers', it's considered to be another, diffrent, universe.