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Iggy

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"Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 00:22

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1) Squenix has something in stock for the game.
2) They just don't want people to do things in their place.

Does Squenix has any remake in stock anyways ? I think it was over after FF1, 2, RomaSaga1, FM1 and Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu ?

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Freeter

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"Re(1):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 00:25

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1) Squenix has something in stock for the game.
2) They just don't want people to do things in their place.

3) They don't want it to make Chrono Break look bad.

NARUTO

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"Re(2):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 01:11

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3) They don't want it to make Chrono Break look bad.

for that they should release it before resurection, and so far nothing at all have surfaced about the game, not even a screen shot.

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DarkZero

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"Re(2):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 01:19

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1) Squenix has something in stock for the game.
2) They just don't want people to do things in their place.

3) They don't want it to make Chrono Break look bad.

4) Trademark law in the United States and some other countries states that you must protect your trademark in order for it to hold water in court. If substantially similar titles and/or copyrighted works are used in the same context as a trademarked product (in this case, the context of video games), then the trademark could be declared void.

The most likely reason for this is that a lawyer for Squenix found out about the site and realized that there's a slim possibility that Squenix could sue him out of house and home if they ever tried to defend the trademark and the name "Chrono Resurrection" came up. It happens all the time, like when CrackerJap.com was sent a cease and desist letter from Nintendo for having "Pokemon" in their meta tags. The entire process is random enough that sites like Chrono Resurrection can get shut down while 8-Bit Theater and Bob & George thrive.

Ammadeau

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"Re(3):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 03:14

5) Square still sucks.

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Gojira

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"Re(1):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 05:55

Isn't SquareEnix doing a remake of Chrono Trigger for the PSP? It really wouldn't make any sense for them to leave this alone if they were planning the same game.

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Grave

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"Re(2):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 08:32

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Isn't SquareEnix doing a remake of Chrono Trigger for the PSP? It really wouldn't make any sense for them to leave this alone if they were planning the same game.

I've heard nothing of this, but if they are doing one, I bet it's another lame direct SNES port with some video and load times thrown in. As sad as it is to say, I don't think Square would make a 3D remake anywhere near as respectful and true to the design of the original for any of their games.

Slayerz
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"Re(1):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 08:43:

Damn I was looking forward to this remake.... Ahhhhhhh Damn Square!!!

Wow the Trailer looks awsome.

Hope they don't shut down this remake too.....
http://www.chrono-trigger.com/index.php

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Juan

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"Re(1):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 11:22:

~~No one survives the legal step.~~

Bad news. I hope they would at least hire the team for a project. Shots like this one and this one are just awesome.

edit: D:

stfu

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Dragon-warrior

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"Re(2):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 11:37

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~~No one survives the legal step.~~

Bad news. I hope they would at least hire the team for a project. Shots like this one and this one are just awesome.

edit: D:

man it was really promising... DAM square we NEED this game!
hm wait a sec didn't Sony say they will reveal 2 major titles in september? this might be one of them :P

deisied
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"Re(3):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 11:48

pretty ridiculous...

wow i never saw that zombor screen before though, holy crap

OmegaDog

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"Re(3):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 11:57:

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hm wait a sec didn't Sony say they will reveal 2 major titles in september? this might be one of them :P

The front page message would've been different.

And yeah, it's a horrible shame it didn't make it through -- it was looking and sounding awesome, especially for a fan game. Commercial quality.

But I guess they risked having the project canned before completion when they let people know about it long before that point -- and it seems Square isn't like Sierra with their trademarks as regards interactive games. (But, had they dropped a completed version onto an unsuspecting public and Square had gained wind of it, probably much more than a Cease and Desist would've been issued.)

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deisied
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"Re(4):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 12:03:

i'd say more like the difference between console and pc game companies in general.

for people who talk about the game world like they do, you'd think console companies would respect independent stuff more than they do, but nope

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OmegaDog

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"Re(5):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 12:08

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i'd say more like the difference between console and pc game companies in general.

for people who talk about the game world like they do, you'd think console companies would respect independent stuff more, but nope

...?

How would a person think console companies respect independent stuff more (or differently)?

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deisied
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"Re(6):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 12:12

okay, i'd think*

not that pc work could really support consoles too much right now. and really i guess the only thing console guys get to think of right now when they think of stupid kids on their pcs today it's because of pirating, so fair enough

Maou

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"Re(1):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 21:25

Pretty unsporting of Square to wait so long in development to "notice," too bad given the quality of work they were doing...especially compared to Square's own miserable less-than-ROM-quality PS emulations of their classic 16-bit RPG's. Find Mat's CTR version of Toki No Kairou, Corridors of Time, it's amazing.

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exodus

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"Re(2):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Tue 7 Sep 21:44

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~~No one survives the legal step.~~

beat me to it!!

and fufufufuuuuuu, you're back!

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DarkZero

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"Re(2):Chrono Trigger Resurrection stopped" , posted Wed 8 Sep 00:09

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Pretty unsporting of Square to wait so long in development to "notice," too bad given the quality of work they were doing...especially compared to Square's own miserable less-than-ROM-quality PS emulations of their classic 16-bit RPG's. Find Mat's CTR version of Toki No Kairou, Corridors of Time, it's amazing.

It's worth noting that this isn't necessarily "Square" sending the cease and desist. In previous cases, it's turned out to just be the company's legal department, or a law firm that has been hired by the company, which has been giving the task of "stopping the production of derivative works" or some such. It's unlikely that anyone higher up in the company than the legal department was asked if this would be a good idea or not, and it's likely that most of Square-Enix of America's executives have no idea that this thing was ever in production, let alone that it ended.

Mind you, I'm not defending an obvious case of the big, lumbering giant stepping on the little guy. I just wanted to point out that this was more likely a random act, rather than someone higher up in Square saying, "Hey, that looks just like our secret project! We better put a stop to it!" It's the same thing that used to happen to fan sites for American TV shows. One end of the company would go to all of the trouble of setting up fan site programs and creating official forums and goodies for the fans, while the legal department simultaneously sends out cease and desist letters to fansites for violating their copyright by "illegally displaying copyrighted images" or "using the name of --insert show here-- without written consent". The lawyers don't think, they just threaten and sue. That's all they're there for.