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Are we all just going to ignore the fact that Chrono Cross takes place in the exact same dimension as Chrono Trigger does? Hell, Another World is Chrono Trigger's good future and Home World is Chrono Trigger's bad future, so technically EVERY single possibility seen on Trigger is represented in Cross.

Also
>direct sequel
Reptites, Schala, Masamune, Guardia, Mother Brain, and Lavos are all just not "referenced", but developed and their stories DIRECTLY continue from that in Trigger.

The only reason people think Cross isn't a "direct sequel" or doesn't take place in the "same universe" is because the story/setting progression from CT to CC isn't linear due to time travel, and many players are too lazy to actually pay attention to the game.

And no this isn't a "it's 2 deep 4 u" thing, you don't have to "get" Cross. The way its world and story follows Trigger is expounded at length several times and it's pretty easy to understand if you read what's there.

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The main reason is that its style was too different from Trigger. A less popular (and much more valid) reason is that the plot pacing was atrocious and it was too Evangelion/Xenogears-esque in scope, which is true. However unlike Xenogears Cross didn't have half an hour of chair narration about the cool things your characters do but you don't get to play as.