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Chrono Cross is really a sequel to the visual novel Radical Dreamers, which is included in this Switch release (but which, IMHO, is a pretty blah experience, particularly if you're not a huge visual novel fan, as I'm not). At some point in its development, a decision was made to bring it into the Chrono Trigger series, but the game does not have any real intrinsic connection. (The contemporaneous PS1 RPG Xenogears has a bit more of a Chrono Trigger-esque "feel," in my opinion, though it has never been released for Switch.)
There certainly *are* plot points in Chrono Cross which make explicit connections with Chrono Trigger, but no familiarity with the prior game is needed and if anything, familiarity with the prior game will only frustrate your expectations. The battle system, characters, and plot are all fairly different, and apart from the occasional plot connection, Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger are not much more similar than any other two Squaresoft JRPGs.
Chrono Cross is, in the end, a good JRPG that has always suffered in comparison with the GOAT JRPG.
That said, if you haven't played Chrono Trigger... do yourself a favor and play it!
You will have a much better experience playing them elsewhere.
I need some new re-releases of Final Fantasy Tactics and Star Ocean: The Second Story to rebuy but never replay.
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Any opinions on FFIX?
FF IX is great and IMO the Switch ports of VII-IX are all awesome. 👍
I would love some Dragon Quest ports - but why the hell are these new "art" so ugly? If I could toggle the old style I'd bite.
The developers themselves even said that the game was inspired by CT.