Square Enix dropped a Cease and Desist on a fan made game modification called Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes. Almost complete, this was a new story set in the Chrono Trigger universe, tying Trigger and Cross together. Before the party was crashed by Square Enix, the game had over 35 hours of game play, with ten endings.
Crimson Echoes was set to release on May 31st for free, but Square Enix called off all ROM modification activity with this letter (PDF file). In it they say that "ROM altering and modification is illegal," and that "statutory damages for willful copyright infringement are up to $150,000 per work."
We hereby request and demand that you immediately remove, take down, delete and destroy all work on CT:CE, as well as all other Square-Enix related ROM hacks currently on your sites.
Some of the wrist slapping extends to popular fansite Chrono Compendium for their research on ROM modification and listing of prior modifications.
Damn, tough break guys. Sorry to hear for your loss on years worth of work. Crimson Echoes (trailer below the jump) looked very interesting.
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12:00 PM on 05.11.2009
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I REALLY, REALLY doubt they were going to sell this anyway.
Two strikes, SquareEnix.
This almost pisses me off as much as when the shut down the Chrono Ressurection project.
Seriously, what the hell.
See a pattern here Square?
If you're going to keep shutting down fan projects, please make Chrono Trigger 2 already. Chrono Break or whatever Chrono Crap you want. I hate to tell anyone here about the 3D remake that square shut down a few years ago.
This stuff shouldn't get advertised, people should just make it, anonymously release it, and everyone love it.
I think it is a dick move and I hope to get a copy, even if it is not through official channels (whether patch or full ROM), but SquareEnix is doing right by current law.
This doesn't make sense though. The canon ending of Chrono Trigger is when they all die in a war when Porre invades. I might pirate FF13 is it is not huge like Lost Odyssey. If it is I'll just get the PS3 version.
Honestly, we should be complaining to S-E about this. When Bethesda, Blizzard, and Steam are releasing modification tools for their newest games, S-E is going out of its way to shut down a group of hardcore fans who MADE THEIR OWN TOOLS to modify a game that is FIFTEEN YEARS OLD and hasn't seen a sequel IN TEN YEARS! S-E wants to reform, become Western, and appeal to the U.S. again? Don't screw over your fans for a start!
Anyone interested in this?
Squeenix could've easily brought this under their wing to see if it was something they could release. Oh no, they have to kill it before even looking at what they're destroying this time. It would've been hundred times better than that bullshit attached to the DS Chrono Trigger port. Ooh, I'm pretty angry.
Frankly, Squeenix hasn't released anything good besides The World Ends With You since their god-damn merger. Flame me for all I care, but the quality simply isn't there anymore.
Um... that isnt the canon ending, sir.
go to 4chan and figure it out. its scary.
... uhhh DS?
These guys put a lot of work into it, and I respect them for attempting to release it for free.
R.I.P. CHRONO RESURRECTION!!!
It seems more spiteful than just "oh hey, we just noticed this".