Chrono Trigger not bound for Europe this year

by Ross Miller { Aug 7th 2008 at 2:00AM }

As with most of Square Enix's release dates, it's best to put a clarifying asterisk next to it. For Infinite Undiscovery, that simultaneous worldwide release was actually a 9-day span. For Final Fantasy XIII, it's PS3 Only ... in Japan (at least for now). Let's revisit the end of that Chrono Trigger DS teaser: "2008. Winter.* (Except for Europe)." Those across the pond will have to wait until Early 2009, according to Square Enix (via CVG). All we can offer is condolences and some screenshots that -- surprise -- look exactly like the 1995 rendition.

[Via DS Fanboy]

Gallery: Chrono Trigger

Tags: 2009, chrono-trigger, europe

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

David @ Aug 7th 2008 2:15AM

Well poop to that.

V Mehta @ Aug 7th 2008 2:39AM

I guess they didn't want to give away the story too much, even though I bet most people interested in this game already know it. Still, they could have picked way better screenshots to send out!

dude @ Aug 7th 2008 2:54AM

And yet no word for Super Mario RPG in the US Virtual Console...

deft @ Aug 7th 2008 3:21AM

nor Earthbound or other great games for that matter...

(thanks for Homebrew though ;D)

deft @ Aug 7th 2008 3:23AM

Nor Earthbound or other great games for that matter...

(Good thing for Homebrew though ;D)

Paul @ Aug 7th 2008 3:01AM

I was planning to import the American version anyway as I had no idea this was actually finally comming to Europe.

Okänd @ Aug 7th 2008 4:52AM

But they are going to release it?

The SNES version never got released here in Europe. What if they screw us over again?

Kye - Me_DF @ Aug 7th 2008 6:03AM

Let me clean this up for you:

Chrono Trigger DS 2008. Winter.*

* = Except for Europe^
^ = Well, not legally anyway

Snowblind @ Aug 7th 2008 8:13AM

Anyone who wants to play it in Europe is going to import it anyway. Look at Final Fantasy IV for example, is anyone in Europe still waiting to play that? Does it even have a release date here?

I've in the UK and I've had it since last week AND payed less than what it'll be when it comes here. I'll be doing the same with Chrono Trigger.