Chrono Trigger's cool whereas Chrono Cross does drugs and called your mother a whore
 

If you insist.

Anyway, if I recall correctly Cross decided that it was Schala who was pulling all the portal shit, but this could be way off base because I really didn't play Cross at all and my knowledge is based entirely on hearsay.

All I have to say is this.

So much for my moratorium idea.

As I understand it the rift-between-dimensions that allowed Serge to go between his split-fate universe was caused by Schala whom was fused to Lavos, and something about their existing in disharmony ended up causing it.

Which is why you take the Chrono Cross element and have to use all of the colors first to get the 'great' ending, as you're bringing harmony to the Time Devourer's chaotic existence.

Also, seriously, I just said Time Devourer out loud and I now realize how bad it sounds.

So...

Why is Crono missing an H in his name? It always bothered me, for some reason.

Because they could only have 5 letter names. Technological restriction.

Five-letter name limit. His name actually is Chrono is Japan.

Ah, okay.

Of course, I always felt this opened the door for the events of Chrono Cross to be taking place in a separate continuity from Trigger, as it seemed like the entire planet itself was radically different from the one in the original game. For instance, it was stated in Cross that the events of the game Radical Dreamers took place in a different universe, though it was also stated officially that the "Gil" character in RD was, in fact, Magus.

Essentially, it would be a better way to reconcile the two stories without having to accept that the lovable heroes from Chrono Trigger all died like bitches.

Bah, I had this hugeass post ready for the last thread, and you guys went and closed it on me when I was typing >.>

Ooooooh, this looks like fun! *Jumps back in*

I meant the innerinner core (Fight three), but yeah; Lavos can quite simply be described as a very, VERY large parasitic life form. Chrono Trigger pretty much said so itself:

This right here is a matter of taste; I happen to think that they took a good approach to the idea, you don't. The point still stands that Cross is canon, is coherent with and expands upon Trigger's plot.

Now, about the translation issues... Here's a link to a page showing the original text, the japanese characters, and then a retranslation of the original japanese:

http://chronofan.com/Black/Publicati...ter%2025-1.htm

Ctrl+F 'Entity', and you'll find this under the retranslation:

Keep in mind that immediatly after this event, we get one of the more convincing pieces of evidence for the planet: The red gate that takes Lucca back to 990 AD. Up until that point, every era had featured some Lavos event predominently, save 2300 which showed a world utterly devastated by Lavos's power and Belthazar, whose machinations were a vital aspect of the adventure (There are further arguments possible for 2300's inclusion in the game, but they include Cross stuff, so I'll just keep it out for now >.>). Instead, we get a moment that nobody but Lucca, Taban, Lara (Her parents), and the planet itself would have experienced.

EDIT: Dammit, I KNEW I was forgetting something! The original line for Gaspar was "This is a battle between the planet and Lavos!", which was skewed by translation.

Schala essentially reached through the dimensions and saved Serge; I can't recall exactly how right now, maybe later >.>

Now, on to more light-hearted matters. Specifically, the FFVI-2 Volleyball game.

Yes. YES. Dear sweet God yes. WE NEED THIS GAME.

I would kill you, your brothers/sisters/aunts/uncles/parents/whatever for Lucca in a swimsuit. Seriously, there isn't enough Lucca porn, and if there is, I don't have it yet. Either way, a game like this would only cause there to be more of it.

...Err.

No, seriously. We need more of it. The current collections I've found aren't NEARLY vast enough. I'd sit through team after team of Strago/Tellah for Lucca to be in that game. Maybe we could add Harle, too? >.>

Or God, or Gasper--being at the point where all time lines intersect, or Lavos--watching the planet while feeding upon it and waiting for its DNA to ripen properly, or any thing else.

Honestly, any entity capable of manipulating space and time to such a degree as to be able to create rifts through time in an ordered and planned manner would be, arguably, able to find--in the time stream--the event Lucca regretted and open a portal to it.

Your theory is anything but iron clad.

Also: Dude, cut down the creepy with the porn. Seriously. Lucca and Harle are hot and all, but spouting off about porn is kinda... well it's just creepy.

Either you were trying to say "Harlot" or "Harley", but either way, totally.

Anyway.

Being totally honest Chrono Trigger has it's own paradoxes anyway, just because it's all about Time Travel anyway and those usually lead to strange incidents.

I am reminded of a fanfiction that takes the first moment of time travel from the game and puts it into real-world context, such as travelling 400 years into the future, the world rotating around the sun, and falling out of a portal 400 years in the future only to suffocate in space.

EDIT: Why do you people keep calling her "Harle?"

I think we all just need to face the facts that Chrono Cross was a decent game and that Fifthfiend is just a whore who didn't get paid by Chrono Cross after he gave it the reach around that it wanted, and thus is illogically biased on this matter.

And I don't think my brain could handle Harle porn EVER.