**UPDATE**
not a big one though, just an email.
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******** - SQUARE ENIX Customer Support
www.square-enix.com-----Original Message-----
From: ********
Sent: May 22, 2009 2:37:29 PM
Subject: Chrono Trigger - Crimson Echoes
Hello Square-Enix
As a fan of Square-Enix and all of it's works, I am giving you information
that will let you understand some misinterpreted information in the
situation about Chrono Trigger Crimson Echoes and the Cease and Desist that
was sent. The email that was sent on April 9th, 2009 at approx 2:32 PM, Has
been proven to contain false information about the release of Chrono Trigger
Crimson Echoes. The following information can be proven false by either
contact of the accused or by doing further research into the matter than
what has already been done.
"A certain group of people is creating a hacked version of the Chrono
Trigger Super Nintendo game, called Crimson Echoes, using the characters and
music from Chrono Trigger and are trying to make a profit off it.
They have claimed that they intend to charge people money so people can buy
the game. I believe this kind of thing should not be allowed, and perhaps
you'll agree with me in that you should take action against this."
The truth is: Yes, a group of people has been creating a hacked version of
Chrono Trigger for the Super Nintendo, also using your characters and music,
but the creators had no intentions of distributing anything for profit.
There are no claims at all of which the group said that they wanted to
charge people money for the finished game.
"The project is being led by several people whom most can be found at the
Chrono Compendium,
www.chronocompendium.com, but the one who is in charge is
********, asministrator there and an individual who has tried to claim your
copyrights of Chrono Trigger and Cross several times before."
The truth is: ******** has never claimed your copyrights, and even in the
demo of the game, it is stated that the copyrights had been used without
permission.
Also, in the Cease and Desist letter that was sent, It has been made out
that Temporal Flux is used to bypass piracy protection on the Nintendo DS
version of Chrono Trigger. That is also false. Temporal flux is used to edit
sprites, maps, events, dialogue etc in the Super Nintendo version of Chrono
Trigger. The anti piracy method is bypassed by temporarily editing the
memory through Action Replay Codes.
Also, The hack was meant to be distributed through IPS patch, so as to avoid
distributing the illegal image of the game. In any case, It would make you
more money in the fact that people will buy the game in order to legally
obtain a backup. Another thing is that in the plan, it was intended in the
very beginning of Crimson Echoes to have an advertisement for Chrono Trigger
for the DS and that if the person did not own a copy of Chrono Trigger that
they should not even have a copy of Crimson Echoes.
Further proof that the email has false information is this.
It is a post taken from the Kagero Studios forum. The link to the post is
here:
http://kagerostudios.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=330&st=135The information from the email can be found here:
http://kagerostudios.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=330&st=120"How very perceptive of you, *******. But also how terribly naive of you
to confuse me with Him.
Originally, he was going for Crisis. It pleasured us greatly when Crisis
died, but frustration came again when Lena decided to start off on her own.
However, CE was also nearing completion and becoming a problem. I went
through the slight trouble of sending a couple of e-mails to Square Enix,
filling them up with a small lie here and there to tempt them. I never
imagined they would really make a move, though. But what was far greater was
the shock that arrived here and the newly assembled Ark team deciding to
drop the Chrono name. Truly, things have worked out far better then we could
have imagined.
And as such, both Crisis and Ark have finally come to an end. You have been
a fine amusement to everyone, and it pleasures me greatly so see this
happen.
Now, press on with your, what was it, "Praxis"? Or was it Devil Theory?
I sincerely hope you won't forgive me.
Bye-bye."
I hope you find this information useful. In my best hopes, I wish that the
Chrono Compendium be granted a fan license not only for being your largest
Chrono Trigger fanbase, but for having the temperament that they had during
the whole situation.
Sincerely,
*******
