February’s Nintendo Directhad something of a surprise: The reveal of Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition.
The announcement hit me like a tsunami of nostalgia.
It’s hard to illustrate what a big deal Chrono Trigger was for RPG fans in the ’90s.
Four years later, its sequel, Chrono Cross, was released.
Many, myself included, were a little disappointed.
It simply missed the magic of Chrono Trigger.
What I didn’t know at the time: Square had released a side-story in Japan called Radical Dreamers.
Radical Dreamers was also almost entirely a text-only game, similar to a choose-your-own-adventure book.
Sadly, it was never made available to fans in the US.
While I enjoyed the nostalgia, this game isn’t for everyone.
Players step in the feet of Serge, the main character of Radical Dreamers as well as Chrono Cross.
Kid, Lynx and the Frozen Flame play a big role in Chrono Cross.
Magil is the third member of the group with a mysterious background that’s revealed later in the game.
