History VisualNovel / RadicalDreamers

The story involves a trio of bandits, the titular Radical Dreamers, consisting of Serge, the protagonist, who follows Kid, a young girl with a short temper, and Magil, a mysterious magician, as they break into Viper Manor, home of the imposing Lord Lynx, on a quest to steal a treasure called the Frozen Flame. On the surface, it has nothing whatsoever to do with ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', except that we later find that [[spoiler:Magil is actually Magus from CT, on his search for Schala]]. Yasunori Mitsuda, who composed the much-lauded soundtrack to CT, also composed the music for ''VisualNovel/RadicalDreamers''.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Kid is Schala and Magil is Magus.]]

* EasterEgg: The fan translation team added two of them to their translation: a music test, and [[spoiler:a hidden sequence reenacting the opening to ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'']].

* YasunoriMitsuda

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential / VideoGamePerversityPotential: Some of the "joke" choices fall under this. For example, you can make Serge ask the Mirror of Whispers what Kid's measurements are [[note]]They're 66, 5 and 9 (respectively height, shoe size and ring size) if you're curious[[/note]], or try to stab her with the Einlanzer sword when you enter the torture room again.

A bit of history for you. In 1996, {{Squaresoft}} (now Square-Enix) released ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', a phenomenally successful {{RPG}} for the Super Nintendo. A sequel to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' was in the works for a while, but not in the way people might have expected. Rather than another console RPG, the sequel surfaced in the Japan-only Satellaview add-on for the SNES. This little device allowed players to download content and games, in a remarkably prescient precursor to [[DownloadableContent current trends]] for home consoles, over ten years later.

* {{Goblins}}

* OrphansPlotTrinket: Kid carries a couple of these, more importatly [[spoiler: the Chrono Trigger.]]

* PlotLock: Not even our infamous thieves seem to be able to open a locked door whithout the key...unless the particular scenario doesn't require you to look for the key.

* SoulJar: Magil's white jewel in the Kid and the Sunflower scenary

* TheGrimReaper: Lilith and [[spoiler:Magil, at least in the Shadow Realm scenario.]]

* TrueLovesKiss: In the Sunflower scenario, this is one of the ways to stop the Kid!Flower. The other way is to stab her with a dagger that kills her, but preserves her soul. [[spoiler:Play the battle just right (or wrong), and Serge gets stabbed with the dagger, but still manages to kiss her.]]

* ShoutOut: The books in the library are full of them, with references to ''{{Dune}}'', ''[[TheDarkTower The Gunslinger]]'', ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', and others.

* ExpositionBeam: [[spoiler:The Chr

One of the games Square released for the Satellaview was ''VisualNovel/RadicalDreamers'': Nusumenai Houseki (The Unstealable Jewel). This is actually a VisualNovel, with mainly ambient music and dark, mysterious background images. Although there are no controls other than hitting the A button to select choices, there is a sort of pseudo-battle system involved, where the player must select actions to battle enemies, despite not having any visible HitPoints. It is possible to die this way. (And many, many other ways as well.)

The story involves a trio of bandits, the titular Radical Dreamers, consisting of Serge, the protagonist, who follows Kid, a young girl with a short temper, and Magil, a mysterious magician, as they break into Viper Manor, home of the imposing Lord Lynx, on a quest to steal a treasure called the Frozen Flame. On the surface, it has nothing whatsoever to do with ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''... except that we later find that Magil is actually Magus from CT, on his search for Schala. Yasunori Mitsuda, who composed the much-lauded soundtrack to CT, also composed the music for ''VisualNovel/RadicalDreamers''.

* ExpositionBeam: [[spoiler:The Chrono Trigger and the Frozen Flame combined powers allowed Kid to remember her life as Schala.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Many of the battle scenes are described in surprisingly graphic detail.
* FanTranslation: From Japanese to English, from English to French and German.
* FramingDevice
* GratuitousFrench: The title, and some of the in game menus are in french for no particular reason.
* {{Goblins}}
* HandInTheHole: The Mouth of Truth.
* HauntedCastle: Viper Manor. Hands down.
* HealingPotion
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Kid.
* HumongousMecha: Mecha-Lynx from the Paradise X scenario.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: Averted. Radius has clearly lost his marbles, but he's not violent at all.
* InTheHood: Serge.
* [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Keep Circulating The Rom]]: A necessity for a game that was only released in Japan, for an obscure Super Famicom Add-on.
* LethalJokeItem: [[LongTitle The Martian Forest League Concealed Lesser Arm...Arma..Armamen]]... uh, the bunny.
* LockedDoor
* MadnessMantra: The old man in the jail kept mumbling and asking for forgiveness.
* MagicMirror: There's one in Viper Manor.
* {{Magitek}}: The Hyper Magic Cannon.
* ManEatingPlant: The sunflower plant in one of the alternate stories.
* MasterOfIllusion: Gange.
* NestedStory: The stories you have to tell to Esmeld, which are told inside the Radical Dreamers story which is being read by Serge's grandson from his grandfather's diary.
* NobodyHereButUsBirds: Too bad Kid doesn't know what a "heckran" sounds like...
* NoExportForYou
* NostalgicNarrator: "Do you still remember...? How we first met, and all of our adventures since... It all seems like such a dream nowadays... You were a piece of a star that fell from the sky..."
* NothingIsScarier: A lot of the atmosphere comes from this.
* OminousPipeOrgan: in the ballroom, accompanied with a music track special for it.
* OrphansPlotTrinket: Kid carries a couple of these, more importatly [[spoiler: the Chrono Trigger.]]
* PiranhaProblem
* ProperLady: Riddel
* PlantPerson: The Mandora monster.
* PlotLock: Not even our infamous thieves seem to be able to open a locked door whithout the key...unless the particular scenario doesn't require you to look for the key.
* PluckyGirl: Kid
* PosthumousNarration: If you die in the game, Serge's diary ends with the words "And so, I died."
* ThePowerOfLove: This is the only thing that can reverse Kid back to normal in the Sunflower scenario.
* PowerTrio: Kid is the Id, Magil the Super Ego and Serge the poor guy trapped in the middle.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Kid is Schala and Magil is Magus.]]
* SchrodingersGun: To an epic extent in the alternate stories. Characters wind up being revealed as completely different people, etc.
* SatisfiedStreetRat: Kid's quite proud of her reputation as a thief.
* ShoutOut: The books in the library are full of them, with references to ''{{Dune}}'', ''[[TheDarkTower The Gunslinger]]'', ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', and others.
* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers: Kid and Serge, in the main story.]]
* SoulJar: Magil's white jewel in the Kid and the Sunflower scenary
* SpacePolice: The Universal Detective Mick Van Jovi.
* StorybookOpening: It all starts with Serge's grandson opening his grandfather's diary. [[spoiler:As with other examples of this trope, it all ends with the diary closing too.]]
* StupidSexyFlanders: Magil under his mask, very much so, at least in the Kid and the Sunflower scenario. When Serge accidentally knocks the mask off he ends up being captivated by Magil's beauty for a minute, even though they're in the middle of a fight against what's probably the most powerful opponent in any scenario of the game with Kid's life in mortal danger.
* TheGrimReaper: Lilith and [[spoiler:Magil, at least in the Shadow Realm scenario.]]
* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Schala travelled to the current era as Kid. Technically, because she was turned into a baby and sent back in time by the power of the Frozen Flame, it could also count as both {{Reincarnation}} and FountainOfYouth]].
* TreasureRoom
* TwoGuysAndAGirl
* TrueLovesKiss: In the Sunflower scenario, this is one of the ways to stop the Kid!Flower. The other way is to stab her with a dagger that kills her, but preserves her soul. [[spoiler:Play the battle just right (or wrong), and Serge gets stabbed with the dagger, but still manages to kiss her.]]
* {{Unobtainium}}: The Frozen Flame and [[spoiler: the Chrono Trigger]].
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Sister]]: The reason Kid bears a grudge on Lynx.
* YasunoriMitsuda
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: [[LongTitle The SuperXtreme Alphacosmos Police Case EX Ultra]] scenario.

* SatisfiedStreetRat: Kid, to a degree. She's quite proud of her reputation as a thief.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Riddel

This visual novel provide examples of:
* {{A-Cup Angst}}: Never comment on how small Kid's breasts are or you'll suffer the consequences.

* BerserkButton: See {{A-Cup Angst}}.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[LongTitle The SuperXtreme Alphacosmos Police Case EX Ultra]] scenario. Seriously.

* ShoutOut: The books in the library are full of them, with references to ''{{Dune}}'', ''[[TheDarkTower The Gunslinger]]'', ''SilenceOfTheLambs'', and others.

* ShoutOut: The books in the library are full of them, with references to ''{{Dune}}'', ''[[TheDarkTower The Gunslinger]]'', ''{{Film/SilenceOfTheLambs}}'', and others.

* ShoutOut: One of the books you read in the library is Frank Herbert's ''{{Dune}}''. Another is ''[[TheDarkTower The Gunslinger]]''.

* StorybookOpening: It all starts with Serge's grandson opening his grandfather's diary. [[spoiler:As other examples of this trope, it all ends with the diary closing too.]]

* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Schala travelled to the current era as Kid. Technically, because she was turned into a baby and sent back in time by the power of the Frozen Flame, it could also count as both {{Reincarnation}} and FoutainOfYouth.]]

A bit of history for you. In 1996, {{Squaresoft}} (now Square-Enix) released VideoGame/ChronoTrigger, a phenomenally popular (and ''really'' solid) {{RPG}} for the Super Nintendo. A sequel to VideoGame/ChronoTrigger was in the works for a while, but not in the way people might have expected. Rather than another console RPG, the sequel surfaced in the Japan-only Satellaview add-on for the SNES. This little device allowed players to download content and games, in a remarkably prescient precursor to current trends for home consoles, over ten years later.

One of the games Square released for the Satellaview was VisualNovel/RadicalDreamers: Nusumenai Houseki (The Unstealable Jewel). This is actually a VisualNovel, with mainly ambient music and dark, mysterious background images. Although there are no controls other than hitting the A button to select choices, there is a sort of pseudo-battle system involved, where the player must select actions to battle enemies, despite not having any visible HitPoints. It is possible to die this way. (And many, many other ways as well.)

The story involves a trio of bandits, the titular Radical Dreamers, consisting of Serge, the protagonist, who follows Kid, a young girl with a short temper, and Magil, a mysterious magician, as they break into Viper Manor, home of the imposing Lynx, on a quest to steal a treasure called the Frozen Flame. On the surface, it has nothing whatsoever to do with VideoGame/ChronoTrigger... except that we later find that Magil is actually Magus from CT, on his search for Schala. Yasunori Mitsuda, who composed the much-lauded soundtrack to CT, also composed the music for VisualNovel/RadicalDreamers.

Fast-forward four years to 2000 when Square's PlayStation era was well underway. A full-blown sequel was announced for the PSX, called VideoGame/ChronoCross. However, rather than being a brand-new game, it built off of elements from VisualNovel/RadicalDreamers. This included plenty of [[ShoutOut shout outs]], such as Viper Manor, Lynx, and the Frozen Flame, and lots of remixed music, including the main theme (which became the Alternate Universe theme, as opposed to the VideoGame/ChronoTrigger main theme which was the Home Universe theme). The [[WordOfGod creators]] have said that RD is a sort of (yet another) [[GaidenGame alternate dimension]] to the {{Canon}} VideoGame/ChronoCross. In fact, in Chronopolis the party can actually find a terminal that repeats the introduction to RD verbatim and the characters comment on it. In addition, the ending theme is called "Radical Dreamers: Le Tresor Interdit", a rough translation of the full title of the original.

Three years later, in 2003, a fan translation was created, allowing English-speakers to play Radical Dreamers for the first time on an emulator. The translators did their best to keep as many VideoGame/ChronoCross aspects as they could, including the English names and Kid's Australian accent.

* CoolMask: Magil.

A bit of history for you. In 1996, {{Squaresoft}} (now Square-Enix) released ChronoTrigger, a phenomenally popular (and ''really'' solid) {{RPG}} for the Super Nintendo. A sequel to ChronoTrigger was in the works for a while, but not in the way people might have expected. Rather than another console RPG, the sequel surfaced in the Japan-only Satellaview add-on for the SNES. This little device allowed players to download content and games, in a remarkably prescient precursor to current trends for home consoles, over ten years later.

One of the games Square released for the Satellaview was RadicalDreamers: Nusumenai Houseki (The Unstealable Jewel). This is actually a VisualNovel, with mainly ambient music and dark, mysterious background images. Although there are no controls other than hitting the A button to select choices, there is a sort of pseudo-battle system involved, where the player must select actions to battle enemies, despite not having any visible HitPoints. It is possible to die this way. (And many, many other ways as well.)

The story involves a trio of bandits, the titular Radical Dreamers, consisting of Serge, the protagonist, who follows Kid, a young girl with a short temper, and Magil, a mysterious magician, as they break into Viper Manor, home of the imposing Lynx, on a quest to steal a treasure called the Frozen Flame. On the surface, it has nothing whatsoever to do with ChronoTrigger... except that we later find that Magil is actually Magus from CT, on his search for Schala. Yasunori Mitsuda, who composed the much-lauded soundtrack to CT, also composed the music for RadicalDreamers.

Fast-forward four years to 2000 when Square's PlayStation era was well underway. A full-blown sequel was announced for the PSX, called ChronoCross. However, rather than being a brand-new game, it built off of elements from RadicalDreamers. This included plenty of [[ShoutOut shout outs]], such as Viper Manor, Lynx, and the Frozen Flame, and lots of remixed music, including the main theme (which became the Alternate Universe theme, as opposed to the ChronoTrigger main theme which was the Home Universe theme). The [[WordOfGod creators]] have said that RD is a sort of (yet another) [[GaidenGame alternate dimension]] to the {{Canon}} ChronoCross. In fact, in Chronopolis the party can actually find a terminal that repeats the introduction to RD verbatim and the characters comment on it. In addition, the ending theme is called "Radical Dreamers: Le Tresor Interdit", a rough translation of the full title of the original.

Three years later, in 2003, a fan translation was created, allowing English-speakers to play Radical Dreamers for the first time on an emulator. The translators did their best to keep as many ChronoCross aspects as they could, including the English names and Kid's Australian accent.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Averted in an unusual way - due to the ''Chrono'' multiverse containing a nigh-infinite number of possible realities, ''ChronoCross'' relegates the events of ''Radical Dreamers'' to an alternate dimension.