Chrono Break - Registration

Registration

The registration followed a press report of talks about a new Chrono series game. Within this report, Hironobu Sakaguchi mentioned that the team of Chrono Cross, especially Masato Kato, was interested in developing a new game in the series, and that script and story ideas were currently being considered. The project had not been greenlighted. Kato had previously mentioned in the Ultimania guide for Chrono Cross that he wanted to create a direct sequel to Chrono Trigger to wrap up certain story elements and plot threads, and that the pitfalls of a direct sequel prompted them to do Chrono Cross instead. While Square did not publish any official news, this registration led many in the video game community to believe that a sequel to Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross was in full development. However, Masato Kato and others who worked on Chrono Cross - such as Yasuyuki Honne - meanwhile departed the company, mainly for Monolith Soft, and Square published no news concerning a sequel. On November 13, 2003, the trademark was dropped in the U.S. It expired on December 14, 2011 in the European Union, and on July 26, 2012 in Japan.