Chrono Break
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The name "Chrono Break" was registered as a trademark by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) at the same time as Unlimited Saga. While Squaresoft did not publish any official news, this registration led many in the video game community to believe that a sequel to the wildly popular games Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger was finally in the works; however, Squaresoft eventually unregistered the trademark, and nothing came of the name.
Hopes for a sequel have been recently raised with the planned distribution by Yasunori Mitsuda of a new arranged version of the Chrono Cross soundtrack. Additionally, he has collaborated with Masato Kato, creator of the Chrono series, for another project called Kirite whose affiliation with the series is unknown and probably unlikely. These, combined with Square Enix's recent polls that list Chrono Trigger as an option for game porting to handheld systems, suggest that interest in the Chrono series has not completely dwindled.
As of June 15, 2005, Square Enix has responded to fan inquiry by stating that no new sequel to the Chrono series is in the works, though this does not mean one will never be created.
External links
- US Patent and Trademark Office Entry for Chrono Break (http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76345716)fr:Chrono Break