good day to all the hardcore chrono fans it's been a long wait, but there seems to be hope for a CT 2 because of the new ending, or a Chrono Cross port with extra content, as for Mr. Faustwolf's first 2 questions:
Question 1: Is this ending canonical? and Question 2: There are two Maguses?
a.) i think it is canonical if the event happened before fighting the True Lavos in 1999 AD, and with Crono and company's memories of that event are erased by Schala (we have no idea what happened with them they just got teleported away by Schala - to the End of Time with their memories erased maybe?), if you bring Magus with you, he will have a ! reaction (Magus: !) upon seeing himself so it's feasible the Schala did erase the memories of the people present because if Party Magus saw Future Magus and Dream Devourer he and Crono (and company) would have an idea where to find Schala and find a way to help her (they have a Time Machine right?) hence the need to erase their memories (Schala i think is capable of this and she is still sane unlike the CC Time Devourer)
ok i know some people will counter with the Dream Devourer cannot be formed without first defeating Lavos argument so i'll quote:
Voice (Magus): Here, Lavos is no more. This is the future in which
we've defeated him.
Magus clearly states that Crono and the gang including him defeated Lavos and this is the future without Lavos so this is the same Magus in your party albeit stronger and he has apparently a way to go to the Time Eclipse (aka Darkness Beyond Time confirmed by Mr. Shinja).
Magus: Whether that is the future of the world from which you've come, i do not know.
Magus confirms that the Crono Team in front of him could have come from a dimension where Lavos has not been beaten.
Magus: There are as many worlds as there are potentialities.
this statement suggests that there are parallel worlds (ie Chrono Cross) even before Schala splitted the world to Home and Another World or
maybe it is already 1010 AD onwards here in this Dimension and the world could have been split because of Serge, but i think this theory of mine still has a lot of holes so it's a big
maybe.
Magus: A new foe has arisen here, in this endless expanse that is Time's Eclipse, it feasts upon thoughts, dreams, and memories.
Still waiting for confirmation if the Dream and Time Devourer are one and the same, name localization changed perhaps?
@radicalblues: we have similar theories in the memory wiping event
b.) or this ending happened with just Magus and the Dream Devourer, this is also feasible because Magus could have powered up or Schala could still teleport him away because she is still sane afterall. i forgot his/her name but i've read someone had the same sentiment as my b.) statement
i have some questions of my own...
we need to remember that Time's Eclipse or DBT can only be accessed after finishing the Dimensional Vortex, question is why? in Chrono Cross you need the Time Egg, here after somehow assimilating the Crono, Marle and Lucca shades you had access to DBT, and what powers did the shades really grant Crono, Marle and Lucca plot wise? Why didn't Ayla, Frog, Robo or Magus fought their Shades? and the Lost Sanctum surely has some significance because Kato supervised it (eventhough it really didn't affect CT after all but maybe just maybe..... sequel....) and Dalton and the Rise of Porre scenario should be explained in full (the rise of porre article could really fit the bill but i want it to be official! sequel!)
and last statement:
if you really looked at Dalton and when you fight with him as Once-King Dalton he looks just like a joke character (the soundtrack in his boss battle was Jolly Ol' Spekkio BTW) so it's a little hard to take him seriously as the cost of the fall of guardia. But alas it's CANON
and just like Eket i want to know the Fates of Crono, Marle and Lucca!
thanks for reading
