Arena feature and Japan release date revealed

[BFG]

You know, the idea of stuffing Dalton in a PokeBall does have some appeal...

Just so long as one of the "rare items" is my WolfLobe Sword, I'll be happy.

[Ralkai]

S**t... I hoped to see the Singing Mountain in this release  ...

[Romana]

S**t... I hoped to see the Singing Mountain in this release  ...

Hey, it's still possible. Dragon's Sanctuary may actually be Singing Mountain... or just using its tileset. Either way, that's nice. Especially if they use the Singing Mountain track for it.

...Wait, Dragon's Sanctuary? And it involves Reptites? I'm gonna assume this is a Chrono Cross continuity nod thing?

[thegreatentropy]

...Wait, Dragon's Sanctuary? And it involves Reptites? I'm gonna assume this is a Chrono Cross continuity nod thing?

Yeah, I thought the same some time ago...

Do we have some indication of when the dragon god was created? This could be a Lavos Timeline version of it.

Of course, it can be something completely unrelated, but...

[Nickolz]

...Wait, Dragon's Sanctuary? And it involves Reptites? I'm gonna assume this is a Chrono Cross continuity nod thing?

Yeah, I thought the same some time ago...

Do we have some indication of when the dragon god was created? This could be a Lavos Timeline version of it.

Of course, it can be something completely unrelated, but...

Probably, many people thought it may be CC related. (I did)

But still, I can't completely believe in the veracity of these dungeons. Their descriptions sounded vague, generalist and "That's what fans wanna see!" kind of thing, what makes me believe it may be fake. But, yes, I do want it to be true.

[KebreI]

http://kotaku.com/5057889/first-look-at-the-new-nintendo-dsi-in-action
New DS is coming out if you haven't heard and CT is one of the games chosen to show it off. See Frog in all his shinning glory.

[Shinrin]

Here's a quick update, in both the trailer kebreI mention, and the website, the release date for Chrono Trigger DS in japan i snow 11/20/08. No word on a date change for the USA. But we might know later today.

[V_Translanka]

I forget which of these News updates it was mentioned in, but Echoes of Time is the subtitle for the new Crystal Chronicles on DS coming out...

[mav]

Echoes of Time is going to be the next Crystal Chronicles, eh? Well, I guess it's not too bad--even though Chrono Trigger: Echoes of Time, sounded pretty fantastic.

At least all the news we've heard about CTDS hasn't been too bad. This whole Arena mode sounds a little kiddish to me, but the new dungeons are gonna be a plus.

[Azure]

So, is it just me or are the "Dark Ages" called "Antiquity" ...

[Shinrin]

yeah, i saw that. They also made Frog talk normal..

I wonder if Dalton Farts in this or not...

[mav]

I don't see why they wouldn't let the man fart...

I've heard that there are going to be a handful of changes to the translation, but it should stay faithful to the original. Keeping that in mind, some of us didn't consider the English translation particularly faithful to the Japanese, so you think they're gonna bring the DS version a little closer to the Japanese translation? Dropping Frog's accent seems to be a good indication of that...

[V_Translanka]

How else would they make a retranslation? Censor it more?

[mav]

Well, of course not, but some of the slight changes that were made have become sensible to us: do you expect them to change Ozzie's name back to Vinegar? Censorship wasn't the only ploy pulled last time around...

[V_Translanka]

I don't expect it since they left all of the main characters' names alone, but I would certainly like it better if they did. I want translations, not adaptations.