

The Nintendo Direct featured footage and info about the next games in franchises like Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Nintendo Switch Sports, which is a new iteration of the Wii Sports series with online play* Mario Strikers: Battle League and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Nintendo also shared new details about previously announced games, including when players will be able to get their hands on them. Somewhere in this universe, Crono and Marle from Chrono Trigger, alongside Serge and Leena are waiting to appear in a third game, and in an age of remakes and remasters, perhaps its time to see what these characters are doing, and how a game on our modern consoles and handhelds will work across time periods and alternate worlds.REDMOND, Wash.-( BUSINESS WIRE)- The future for Nintendo Switch players in 2022 and beyond holds so many possibilities! In the latest Nintendo Direct video presentation, Nintendo announced a diverse lineup of new games and content arriving for the Nintendo Switch system throughout this year. We're already seeing reboots and sequels that we wouldn't have thought would be possible in recent years, with Resident Evil 2 Remake, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and the sequel, Return to Monkey Island all a reality. Hopefully, this remaster may mean another entry in the Chrono series could occur. This will all lead to one of 11 endings that may mean that Serge and his party find the happy epilogue or the sad conclusion of the story.


Without spoiling the game, the endings are dependent on facing certain bosses at certain moments, alongside answering questions to characters in certain ways. Chrono Cross' story reminds me of a lyric from the song 'Two of Us', from The Beatles' 'Let it Be' album, "You and I have memories, longer than the road that stretches out ahead." That's what Serge's story is here, across the parallel worlds, with multiple endings. We've all had those sliding doors moments, where we wonder what would had happened if we'd acted differently in the moment. Chrono Cross is a prime example of how it makes you think about second chances, and what could have been if you took one route instead of the other.
