{"id":135951,"date":"2026-02-05T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197140"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:00:00","slug":"chrono-trigger-xenogears-writer-is-releasing-a-brand-new-rpg-on-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/05\/chrono-trigger-xenogears-writer-is-releasing-a-brand-new-rpg-on-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrono Trigger, Xenogears Writer Is Releasing A Brand New RPG On Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/613fdbc9c6020\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/613fdbc9c6020\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"G41po-Mr2_I\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G41po-Mr2_I?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a blink-and-you&#8217;ll-miss-it moment during today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/nintendo-direct-partner-showcase-february-2026-every-announcement-game-reveal-trailer\">Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase<\/a>, you may have caught a glimpse at a cute-looking RPG called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/another-eden-begins\">Another Eden Begins<\/a>. Coming to Switch 2 and Switch 1 this <strong>summer<\/strong>, it features time travel, turn-based combat, ten different endings, and New Game+.<\/p>\n<p>What if we also told you that the creator was none other than Masato Kato, one of the writers of acclaimed &#8217;90s Squaresoft RPGs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/chrono_trigger\">Chrono Trigger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps1\/xenogears\" class=\"external\">Xenogears<\/a>, as well as the director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/chrono_cross_the_radical_dreamers_edition\">Chrono Cross<\/a>? And that the game&#8217;s music is composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, who <em>also<\/em> worked on all three of those games? The pieces are starting to fall into place now.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, while it may have been a footnote during the Direct, this sounds like a big one for classic RPG fans. Plus, while it&#8217;s not immediately clear from the trailer, this is almost-definitely a reworking of Kato&#8217;s free-to-play mobile RPG <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.another-eden.jp\/\">Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space<\/a><\/strong>, which came out in 2017 and is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Wright Flyer Studios<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Fans online seem to think so, highlighting that Begins appears to only cover the first &#8220;arc&#8221; of the mobile game, while highlighting some of the differences, including a few character redesigns.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place across multiple timelines, Aldo&#8217;s younger sister is kidnapped by the Beast King. Forced to pursue them, the young hero finds himself falling through spacetime, where he awakens 800 years in the future.<\/p>\n<p>As Aldo, you&#8217;ll gather 18 different companions, including an android, a feisty hunter, and a noble frog samurai. Look, <em>you&#8217;re<\/em> thinking it, not us (Okay, maybe us too) to help traverse the timelines and save the world. Blend in some strategic turn-based combat and you have a JRPG that feels ripped right out of the SNES and PSOne era.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Another Eden Begins\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e6d85b09eae58\/another-eden-begins.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e6d85b09eae58\/another-eden-begins.445x250.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Another Eden Begins\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Another Eden Begins\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/09a4563c61241\/another-eden-begins.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/09a4563c61241\/another-eden-begins.445x250.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Another Eden Begins\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Wright Flyer Studios<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>So, this seems to be following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/octopath-traveler-0\">Octopath Traveler 0<\/a> formula of reworking a mobile favourite to remove the gacha elements <em>and<\/em> make it fit on home consoles. We&#8217;ll have to wait for more details, but for now, this looks promising.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Are you looking forward to Another Eden Begins? Let us know in the comments<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] In a blink-and-you&#8217;ll-miss-it moment during today&#8217;s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, you may have caught a glimpse at a cute-looking RPG called Another Eden Begins. Coming to Switch 2 and Switch 1 this summer, it features time travel, turn-based combat, ten different endings, and New Game+. What if we also told you that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}