94-605: [REDACTED] Look up PIP , Pip , pip , píp , or pips in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pip , PIP , Pips , PIPS , and similar, may refer to: Common meanings [ edit ] Pip, colloquial name for the star(s) worn on military uniform as part of rank badge, as in the British Army officer rank insignia or with many Commonwealth police agencies The seed of some fruits Pip (counting) ,
188-494: A German accent. She is only present in the "Alternate World"; the Viper Manor she resides in is destroyed in the "Home World". Poshul ( ポシュル , Poshuru ) is a pink dog belonging to Leena. She speaks with a lisp , a stutter , many exclamations , and commonly using "I" and "me" interchangeably. Poshul is identical in both the "Home World" and "Alternate World", and the only character that can have either version of
282-477: A "w" to refer to himself as a "Dwagon". Starky ( 星の子 , Hoshi no Ko , lit. "Star Child") initially appears as "Mega-Starky", a huge alien, that Serge must fight when arriving on Home World Sky Dragon Isle in the Home World. Once defeated, he shrinks down to normal size. Starky's main goal is to collect "Star Fragments", which he explains to be broken parts of his spaceship that shattered upon contact with
376-634: A Canadian animation studio The Pip , the nickname of a clandestine radio station of Russian origin BBC Pips or The Pips , a timing signal broadcast by the BBC Finance and management [ edit ] Percentage in point , a currency exchange rate fluctuation Performance improvement plan , a management technique Personal Independence Payment , a welfare benefit in the United Kingdom Personal injury protection ,
470-430: A DEC and CP/M file transfer utility Point in polygon , a concept in computational geometry Policy Information Point , in eXtensible Access Control Markup Language Private Internet Protocol pip (package manager) , a Python package installer P.I.P.S. Is POSIX on Symbian , known as P.I.P.S. Precision Time Protocol Industry Profile , an IEC 62439-3 standard Other uses [ edit ] Battle of
564-430: A DEC and CP/M file transfer utility Point in polygon , a concept in computational geometry Policy Information Point , in eXtensible Access Control Markup Language Private Internet Protocol pip (package manager) , a Python package installer P.I.P.S. Is POSIX on Symbian , known as P.I.P.S. Precision Time Protocol Industry Profile , an IEC 62439-3 standard Other uses [ edit ] Battle of
658-519: A Dragoon Deva. Radius's speech often references his old age or other's comparative younger age, and is accompanied by an old man's laugh. In the Home World, Radius becomes the village chief of Serge's hometown - Arni, while in the Alternate World, Radius left the world's affairs entirely to live as a hermit . Fargo ( ファルガ , Faruga , Farga) is the captain of the S.S. Zelbess and Nikki and Marcy's father. In Another World, he captains
752-467: A child on her own , leading to the brash exterior person she is for much of the course of the game. Kid is also the reason why there are two dimensions in the game; she traveled in time to save Serge from dying, splitting the world into two, one where Serge lives, and one where he had died. She speaks with an Australian accent, as indicated by her use of several Australian slang terms such as bugger , bloke , and sheila . The Alternate World Kid
846-569: A clandestine radio station of Russian origin BBC Pips or The Pips , a timing signal broadcast by the BBC Finance and management [ edit ] Percentage in point , a currency exchange rate fluctuation Performance improvement plan , a management technique Personal Independence Payment , a welfare benefit in the United Kingdom Personal injury protection , a type of car insurance Policy-ineffectiveness proposition , an economic theory People [ edit ] Pip, diminutive of Philip or Phillipa Pip (nickname) ,
940-416: A connection of sorts to Schala, though neither source explores the details of this. Harle's speech is written with a French accent and is often interspersed with French words. Only one version of Harle, the "Alternate World" Harle, is present in the game. Janice ( ジャネス , Janesu , Jyaness) is a female human and rabbit hybrid aboard the S.S. Zelbess. If the player chooses to have Serge participate in
1034-489: A dot on a domino tile, refer Glossary of domino terms Arts, entertainment and media [ edit ] "Pip" ( South Park ) , a 2000 episode of South Park The Pips, the backup singers in the musical group Gladys Knight & the Pips Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies , an art group PiP Animation Services , a Canadian animation studio The Pip , the nickname of
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#17327732060141128-645: A fictional fairy in the animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest and its sequel Pip, an animated chipmunk in the Disney live-action/animated film Enchanted Pip, an otter in the television series Bear in the Big Blue House Pip the Penguin, in the animated series T.O.T.S. Pip, from The Twilight Zone (1959) episode " A Nice Place to Visit " Schools [ edit ] Pakistan International Public School and College (PIPS),
1222-468: A fictional fairy in the animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest and its sequel Pip, an animated chipmunk in the Disney live-action/animated film Enchanted Pip, an otter in the television series Bear in the Big Blue House Pip the Penguin, in the animated series T.O.T.S. Pip, from The Twilight Zone (1959) episode " A Nice Place to Visit " Schools [ edit ] Pakistan International Public School and College (PIPS),
1316-483: A former French breast implants manufacturer Polymerization induced phase separation Prolactin-induced protein , a protein in humans Proximal interphalangeal joints, interphalangeal joints of the hand Pairwise-invasibility plot in evolutionary invasion analysis Psychosis-intermittent hyponatremia-polydipsia (PIP) syndrome Pug impression pad , an object used for the census of tigers Computing [ edit ] Peripheral Interchange Program ,
1410-483: A former French breast implants manufacturer Polymerization induced phase separation Prolactin-induced protein , a protein in humans Proximal interphalangeal joints, interphalangeal joints of the hand Pairwise-invasibility plot in evolutionary invasion analysis Psychosis-intermittent hyponatremia-polydipsia (PIP) syndrome Pug impression pad , an object used for the census of tigers Computing [ edit ] Peripheral Interchange Program ,
1504-545: A human, and Zelbess, a demi-human , her ancestry something she struggles with internally. She largely grows up without her family - Zelbess dies right after her birth, and Fargo believed Marcy to have died as well - but lives with the assistance from the Dragoons and Luccia, a friend of Zelbess. Her original name during development was Rachel. Marcy's speech pattern sounds like an angry valley girl , often yelling at others while adding "like" through her fiery statements. Marcy
1598-429: A kiosk run by British police Peruvian Investigative Police , a plainclothes police unit Puerto Rican Independence Party , a political party Personal Independence Payment , a British welfare benefit Science and technology [ edit ] Greenwich Time Signal , popularly known as the pips Predicted impact point , the location at which a projectile is expected to strike Profile ignition pickup ,
1692-429: A kiosk run by British police Peruvian Investigative Police , a plainclothes police unit Puerto Rican Independence Party , a political party Personal Independence Payment , a British welfare benefit Science and technology [ edit ] Greenwich Time Signal , popularly known as the pips Predicted impact point , the location at which a projectile is expected to strike Profile ignition pickup ,
1786-494: A list of people with the nickname Pip (musician) (born 1992), contestant on Season 2 of NBC's TV show The Voice Pip Devonshire (born 1966), New Zealand weaver Pip Millett , English musician Georgia Willacy Pip Simmonds , New Zealand freestyle skier Scroobius Pip (born 1981), alias of rapper David Meads Josef Priller (1915–1961), German fighter ace nicknamed "Pips" Fictional characters [ edit ] Pip ( Great Expectations ) , Philip Pirrip from
1880-523: A number of characters, instead of storing over 40 slightly different static variations of the same text and running into potential memory issues, the localization team adapted and expanded the Japanese version's auto-accent generator, to allow text to be converted into a dozen of variations that retain most of the features of the various characters. With this system, only one generic version had to be stored internally and shared by all characters. For example,
1974-400: A person who is a leader of a military group. In one of the game's endings, it is revealed that he is the "kind stranger" who delivered the antidote that cured Kid's life-threatening poison if the player chose to have Serge not save her. Norris is present in both the "Home World" and the "Alternate World", with him being largely the same in both worlds. Nikki ( スラッシュ , Surasshu , Slash)
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#17327732060142068-472: A pirate ship, the S.S. Invincible. Serge stumbles across the ship in the fog south of Hermit's Hideaway and, once aboard, is challenged by Fargo to various tests of strength. In Home World, Fargo is the captain of a cruise ship, the S.S. Zelbess, and is a cheater in his own casino. Fargo exudes a very "macho" persona, and occasionally speaks with pirate dialog. Formerly a Dragoon Deva along with Radius, Garai, and Zappa. Macha ( ママチャ , Mamacha , Mamacha)
2162-622: A private residential school in Abbottabad, Pakistan Pakistan Institute of Physics , a physics research institute of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore in Pakistan Politics and government [ edit ] Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services , a Pakistani government institution Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies , a Pakistani non-governmental organization Police information point ,
2256-436: A private residential school in Abbottabad, Pakistan Pakistan Institute of Physics , a physics research institute of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore in Pakistan Politics and government [ edit ] Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services , a Pakistani government institution Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies , a Pakistani non-governmental organization Police information point ,
2350-447: A small but easily countable item, such as the dots on dice or symbols on playing cards Pip, a dot on a domino tile, refer Glossary of domino terms Arts, entertainment and media [ edit ] "Pip" ( South Park ) , a 2000 episode of South Park The Pips, the backup singers in the musical group Gladys Knight & the Pips Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies , an art group PiP Animation Services ,
2444-558: A specific speech pattern, but often speaks showing that he follows his own moral sense and is even willing to break military regulations if deemed necessary, being one of the few who is suspicious of Lynx early in the game. Glenn is only present in the "Alternate World", in the "Home World", he and the rest of the Acacia Dragoons die in the Dead Sea. Leena ( レナ , Rena ) is the close childhood friend of Serge who lives in
2538-416: A term in automotive technology Proper indecomposable past set , a causal relation in a Lorentzian manifold Picture-in-picture , a video stream playing within an inset window of a TV or device screen Biology and medicine [ edit ] Peak inspiratory pressure (P IP ), in mechanical ventilation Plasma membrane intrinsic protein, a class of plant aquaporins Poly Implant Prothèse ,
2632-416: A term in automotive technology Proper indecomposable past set , a causal relation in a Lorentzian manifold Picture-in-picture , a video stream playing within an inset window of a TV or device screen Biology and medicine [ edit ] Peak inspiratory pressure (P IP ), in mechanical ventilation Plasma membrane intrinsic protein, a class of plant aquaporins Poly Implant Prothèse ,
2726-675: A type of car insurance Policy-ineffectiveness proposition , an economic theory People [ edit ] Pip, diminutive of Philip or Phillipa Pip (nickname) , a list of people with the nickname Pip (musician) (born 1992), contestant on Season 2 of NBC's TV show The Voice Pip Devonshire (born 1966), New Zealand weaver Pip Millett , English musician Georgia Willacy Pip Simmonds , New Zealand freestyle skier Scroobius Pip (born 1981), alias of rapper David Meads Josef Priller (1915–1961), German fighter ace nicknamed "Pips" Fictional characters [ edit ] Pip ( Great Expectations ) , Philip Pirrip from
2820-480: A unique situation in JRPGs - a "zealous hero" type who was not actually the main character or central focus of the story. He bears the same name as the character nicknamed Frog from Chrono Trigger , but has no apparent connection to him. Originally considered a naughty child, after the death of his father Garai and brother Dario, he matures, becomes popular among the townsfolk, and joins the military. He doesn't have
2914-456: A war injury. He rejects wealth and power and has chosen to dedicate his life to battle, although the fortune teller in Termina senses "deep sadness" beneath his helmet. During development, Zoah was meant to be "the prince of a certain country", watching over the protagonists' actions and wearing the helmet not due to an injury but to hide his true identity. However, because of time constraints,
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3196-408: Is a guitarist in the "Magical Dreamers", a musical troupe of which the dancer Miki is also a member. He is the son of Fargo and his deceased wife, Zelbess, and a sibling to Marcy. In the "Alternate World", he joins the party if the player opts to have Serge work with him as one of the possible people to break into the Viper Manor. He is present in the "Home World" as well, where he is trying to cleanse
3290-417: Is a performer aboard the S.S. Zelbess cruise ship. She joins the party if the player chooses to have Serge assist Miki and Nikki in saving the monster-overrun island of Marbule. Harle ( ツクヨミ , Tsukuyomi ) is a harlequin jester . Harle works with Lynx against Serge and his party, as a gadfly who interferes with their efforts and frustrates Kid due to her constant flirting with Serge. She joins
3384-472: Is a scientist who conducts experiments in Viper Mansion. Her experiments create playable characters Pip and NioFio, while her brother created Grobyc. If the player chooses to have Serge speak to her late in the game, she joins the party, wanting to observe Serge's strength, and if the player has Kid speak with her reveals she was scientific colleagues with Lucca from Chrono Trigger . Luccia speaks with
3478-540: Is never seen again, with only her mangled cage remaining. When Razzly speaks, she replaces the words "fairly" and "very" with the word "fairy". Razzly is only present in the "Home World"; in the "Alternate World", her events occur because the Water Dragon Isle is dried up and abandoned, and the Hydra Marshes are poisoned. Zappa ( ザッパ ) is a blacksmith from the town of Termina, and had been one of
3572-407: Is one of the four Dragoon Devas. Initially, he is merely shown as a figure Lynx uses to track down Serge, though he later joins the party during Serge's body switch with Lynx. As a child, Karsh feels jealousy over Riddel's romantic feelings towards his friend Dario, and later regret for killing Dario, though its later revealed he killed Dario out a self-defense while he was possessed, not jealousy. He
3666-494: Is only present in the "Alternate World", in the "Home World", she and the rest of the Acacia Dragoons die in the Dead Sea. Korcha ( コルチャ , Korucha ) is a troublemaker in the town of Termina, but when Kid is poisoned, he is there to rescue her as she falls from a Viper Manor balcony. He becomes enamored with Kid, and helps Serge find the Hydra Humour needed to cure her. Luccia ( ルチアナ , Ruchiana , Lutianna)
3760-399: Is portrayed as rough but honorable. During development, a design of Karsh wearing full armor was rejected for not fitting the game's atmosphere. Karsh is only present in the "Alternate World", in the "Home World", he and the rest of the Acacia Dragoons die in the Dead Sea. Zoah ( ゾア , Zoa ) is one of the four Dragoon Devas. He constantly wears an iron helmet to cover his face due to
3854-456: Is seen as a character that is searching for Serge with the Acacia Dragoons, and loathed by Kid, both for then unknown reasons. For the middle portion of the game, Lynx switches bodies with Serge, where he is the primary playable character for a third of the game. It's eventually revealed that, due to a complicated series of events, Lynx is actually Serge's father, taken over by a supercomputer named FATE, that ultimately needed Serge's body to access
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3948-662: Is the leader of the "Black Wind", an elite branch of the Porre Military. In the "Home World", they have overtaken the town of Termina, where General Viper and the Acacia Dragoons cease to exist, and as such, are unable to defend the town from them. He automatically joins the party to help Serge while trapped in Lynx's body, desiring to accompany him to the Dead Sea, and ends up stays with the group. Norris doesn't speak with any special accent or habits, but generally speaks and acts very kindly towards people, sometimes unbefitting of
4042-409: Is the lord of El Nido and leader of the Acacia Dragoons. He served as one of the four former Dragoon Devas, the highest rank of the Acacia Dragoons, until he retired and became the head of El Nido. He is also the father of Riddel. Over the course of the game, he aspires to acquire the powerful "Frozen Flame" to defend El Nido from the militaristic nation of Porre and create a peaceful world similar to
4136-461: Is the mother of Korcha and Mel residing in Guldove. If the player chooses to have Serge not help Kid when poisoned, Korcha refuses to join the party and Macha joins instead. Like her children, she commonly subs in "cha" for "you" in her sentence, saying "dontcha" in place of "don't you". Glenn ( グレン , Guren ) is a member of the Acacia Dragoons. Glenn was created by the developers to represent
4230-419: Is the one seen throughout the game; Guile ( アルフ , Arufu , Alf) is a traveling magician who makes a bet with a fortune-teller that he could break into Viper Manor. The player, who must break Serge into Viper Manor as well, may choose to work with Guile, leading him to join the party if selected. Early in the game's development, Guile was intended to be the character Magus from Chrono Trigger , who after
4324-460: The Ultimania guide, states that in the Home World, Lynx dies in the Dead Sea with Harle and the Acacia Dragoons. Kid ( キッド , Kiddo ) is considered the second most important character of the game. Kid loathes Lynx for initially undisclosed reasons, and helps to defend Serge from Lynx's pursuit efforts against him. While they team up due to shared involvement with Lynx, various choices by
4418-636: The PlayStation video game console . It is the successor to Chrono Trigger , which was released in 1995 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . While its predecessor, like most role-playing games at the time, only offered a handful of playable characters , Chrono Cross was notable for making 45 different characters available for recruitment over the course of the game, each with distinct backstory and speech patterns. The game's writer, Masato Kato , started with
4512-698: The Super Famicom , the Satellaview , Kato would label the game "unfinished", leading to the conception of a more complete game, which would be Chrono Cross . Serge , Kid , Lynx , Viper , Radius , and Riddel all originate from the game. Additionally, the Radical Dreamers character Magil, who is an amnesiac Magus from Chrono Trigger , was originally going to be the character Guile in Chrono Cross , before Kato wrote him out of
4606-488: The "Home World" and the "Alternate World" Leena is her relationship with Serge; Home World Leena has had a close relationship with Serge her whole life, while the other doesn't even recognize Serge, not having seen him for ten years due to his death occurring in that world. It is actually Alternate World Leena who follows Serge for much of the game; the Home World Leena only initiates the search for jewelry that set
4700-451: The "Home World", his business struggles and has to shut it down, due to the Acacia Dragoons being completely wiped out and because of the Porre military restricting his business. Additionally, in the "Home World", he is saddened because Karsh has been missing for the last three years. As such, if the player has Serge talk with Zappa in the "Home World", he will join the party, in order to search
4794-439: The "Home World". If the player has Serge fight and defeat Dario, Riddel decides to help him rebuild the destroyed Viper's Manor and make it an orphanage. Riddel doesn't have a specific speech pattern, but commonly speaks as a kind and beautiful woman with a heavy heart. Riddel is only present in the "Alternate World", in the "Home World", she and the rest of the Acacia Dragoons die in the Dead Sea. Karsh ( カーシュ , Kāshu )
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#17327732060144888-760: The Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations Pip Pirrup , a student at South Park Elementary in South Park Pip ( Moby-Dick character) Peregrin Took , (Pippin) in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings Pip, a major character in The Railway Series of books Pip, in the British newspaper strip cartoon Pip, Squeak and Wilfred Pip ( Chrono Cross ) Pip
4982-401: The Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations Pip Pirrup , a student at South Park Elementary in South Park Pip ( Moby-Dick character) Peregrin Took , (Pippin) in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings Pip, a major character in The Railway Series of books Pip, in the British newspaper strip cartoon Pip, Squeak and Wilfred Pip ( Chrono Cross ) Pip
5076-763: The Pips , an incident in World War II Palisades Interstate Parkway , a highway in New York and New Jersey, United States Pip Cliffs , Graham Land, Antarctica IATA code for Pilot Point Airport , Pilot Point, Alaska, United States See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "pip" or "pips" on Misplaced Pages. Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate , also known as PI(3)P Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate , also known as PI(4)P Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate , also known as PI(5)P The Pip-Boy,
5170-556: The Pips , an incident in World War II Palisades Interstate Parkway , a highway in New York and New Jersey, United States Pip Cliffs , Graham Land, Antarctica IATA code for Pilot Point Airport , Pilot Point, Alaska, United States See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "pip" or "pips" on Misplaced Pages. Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate , also known as PI(3)P Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate , also known as PI(4)P Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate , also known as PI(5)P The Pip-Boy,
5264-781: The Troll , a Marvel Comics character Pip, in the Grailquest gamebook series Pip Bernadotte , in the manga Hellsing Pip, an Animaniacs character Pip, in the Nickelodeon animated show Back at the Barnyard Pip, a nickname of Chiana, in the Australian television series Farscape Pip, in the film The Halloween Tree Pip, a persona featured on the Tori Amos album American Doll Posse Pips,
5358-435: The Troll , a Marvel Comics character Pip, in the Grailquest gamebook series Pip Bernadotte , in the manga Hellsing Pip, an Animaniacs character Pip, in the Nickelodeon animated show Back at the Barnyard Pip, a nickname of Chiana, in the Australian television series Farscape Pip, in the film The Halloween Tree Pip, a persona featured on the Tori Amos album American Doll Posse Pips,
5452-613: The ability for anyone else to gain access to its power. With Serge dead in the "Alternate World", the Serge alive in the Home World was now necessary in the Alternate World. Kid pulled him through the dimensions as part of Balthasar's lengthy plan to defeat the Time Devourer and free Schala from it. Meanwhile, Lynx needed his body in order to gain access to the Frozen Flame's power. While Lynx succeeds in this, resulting in
5546-407: The all-powerful Frozen Flame. In addition to this, Kid's hate stems from Lynx's past abduction of Lucca Ashtear , Kid's maternal figure from her orphanage , who had stood in the way of his goals. Lynx does not have a particular speech pattern, and is silent when Serge is inhabiting his body. All of the game's events depict the "Alternate World" Lynx; the "Home World" Lynx is not ever seen. Kato, in
5640-480: The character join the party, merely requiring the player to have Serge give her a bone. Razzly ( ラズリー , Razurī ) is a fairy from Water Dragon Isle. If the player opts to have Serge help find a cure for Kid's poison, it leads him to the Hydra Marshes, where Razzly is imprisoned and surrounded by a deadly monster. If the player has Serge intervene to save her, she joins the party; if the player does not save her, or decides against assisting Kid altogether, Razzly
5734-410: The characters and events of Radical Dreamers were retconned as being from a similar but different alternate reality. Once work on the actual Chrono Cross started, the initial vision beyond character recruitment was even more expansive. The game initially was intended to be able to have the player recruit any person they encountered, through either interacting or battling them. However, eventually
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#17327732060145828-422: The core characters from Radical Dreamers , a rare, Japan -only visual novel he felt ultimately went unfinished, and greatly expanded the cast and scenario, while leaving the creation of some minor characters to various other members of the development team. The developers also created an "auto accent program", to apply accents and other quirks to character's dialogue, making the dialogue altered depending on who
5922-471: The core characters from Chrono Cross originate from an earlier game titled Radical Dreamers . Chrono series writer Masato Kato felt that the first game in the series, Chrono Trigger , did not wrap up all its story arcs, and as such, wrote the story of Radical Dreamers to conclude some aspects of it. However, due to the rushed nature of the development schedule, it being a short, text based visual novel , and being released on an obscure add-on for
6016-403: The course of a single game. However, the game employs a New Game + system, where, upon starting a second game, characters who had been recruited on the prior playthrough will become available towards the latter part of the game. As such, the player can retain characters from the first game, while taking alternate paths to recruit characters missed the first time. The characters are presented in
6110-452: The development team found this to be too ambitious, and narrowed it down to 64 playable characters, and then again down to 45 characters for the final game, which were then drawn by character designer Nobuteru Yūki . The backgrounds of some minor characters were left to members of the staff. The development team also considered the idea of having each character have their own ending, each with three variant scenarios based on events occurred in
6204-536: The dialogue for each character. The game contains a total of 45 playable characters. While some join automatically as the plot progresses, others only become playable depending on the actions of the player. For example, early in the game, the player is tasked with breaking Serge into a heavily guarded manor house . The player must explore the town outside of the manor in order to find assistance with breaking in. The player may choose to ask Guile , Pierre , or Nikki for help on different approaches to breaking into
6298-416: The event hinting at this was not implemented. Zoah's dialogue is written in all capital letters to emulate his voice booming through the helmet. Zoah is only present in the "Alternate World", in the "Home World", he and the rest of the Acacia Dragoons die in the Dead Sea. Marcy ( マルチェラ , Maruchera ) is one of the four Dragoon Devas. Her appearance is of a human, though she is the daughter of Fargo,
6392-405: The events of the entire game in motion, otherwise staying behind. The Alternate World Leena joins Serge if the player chooses to reject Kid's first offer to travel with Serge early in the game, Leena not chasing after him if another girl is with him already. Miki ( ミキ ) is a famous dancer known throughout El Nido. In the Alternate World, she is on tour with Nikki, while in the Home World, she
6486-627: The events of the first game, was traveling through time to find his lost sister, Schala. However, as development progressed, upon adding such a large cast of characters to the game, the development team felt that his story couldn't sufficiently be focused on, and he was switched into the Guile character. The developers still left some subtle references to Magus; including his Japanese name, Alf, resembling Magus's pet cat name, Alfador in Chrono Trigger , his English name, Guile, being similar to "Gil",
6580-431: The four Devas of the Acacia Dragoons prior to the events of the game. He is the husband of Zippa, and father of Karsh, who has succeeded him as one of General Viper's 4 Dragoon Devas. Zappa has a Scottish accent . He is present in both the "Home World" and "Alternate World", though very different in each one. In the "Alternate World", he is seen as a thriving blacksmith, providing equipment to the Acacia Dragoons. However, in
6674-445: The free dictionary. Pip , PIP , Pips , PIPS , and similar, may refer to: Common meanings [ edit ] Pip, colloquial name for the star(s) worn on military uniform as part of rank badge, as in the British Army officer rank insignia or with many Commonwealth police agencies The seed of some fruits Pip (counting) , a small but easily countable item, such as the dots on dice or symbols on playing cards Pip,
6768-445: The game involves the player following Serge after he's been sucked into an alternative dimension where no one he previously knew recognizes him, and many are in his pursuit. The game's events reveal that Serge had died years prior in the Alternate World. As a child, he had come in contact with the all-powerful "Frozen Flame", a remnant of the all-powerful Lavos creature from Chrono Trigger . Once Serge had made contact, it sealed off
6862-447: The game's setting due to events happening in only one world. The development team conceded it was difficult for even them to keep track of all of the game's characters, with complications arising in keeping all the relationships and events straight across so many characters and two parallel dimensions. A vast majority of the 45 characters in the game possess their own unique accents and speech patterns. When lines were being recycled for
6956-411: The game, and all end up dead. Riddel ( リデル , Rideru ) is the daughter of General Viper and past fiancé to childhood friend Dario prior to his death in the "Alternate World". Riddel automatically joins Serge's party after being rescued by him from Porre soldiers. If the player opts to have Serge travel to the "Home World" with Riddel to an isolated island, they find that Dario is indeed alive in
7050-479: The game, leading to over 120 endings, but the idea was scrapped as being not feasible. The developers of Chrono Cross created a setting consisting of two parallel dimensions ; the "Home World", where the game starts, and the "Alternate World", that is introduced shortly afterwards. The two worlds are used to illustrate the concept of the butterfly effect ; both worlds have the same basic make-up, but show key differences that have resulted from one minor difference;
7144-481: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pip&oldid=1241117526 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages PIP (Redirected from PIP ) [REDACTED] Look up PIP , Pip , pip , píp , or pips in Wiktionary,
7238-479: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pip&oldid=1241117526 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pip (Chrono Cross) Chrono Cross ( クロノ・クロス , Kurono Kurosu ) is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix ) for
7332-413: The kingdom of Guardia. He automatically join's Serge party. Viper has a formal and diplomatic speech pattern. While usually a confident father figure type, he has moments of uncertainty as well, referring to himself as ""just a fool chasing his own desires". Viper is only present in the "Alternate World"; in the "Home World", he and his men are persuaded by Lynx to visit the Dead Sea three years prior to
7426-625: The main character, Serge, died years ago in the "Alternate World". Some effects are direct, such as his mother no longer living in his home village, or that people he knew in the "Home World" no longer recognizing him in the "Alternate World". Others are far more indirect, with his absence leading other characters to make different decisions in their lives, effecting whether they end up being rich or poor, or follow their dreams or gives up on them. As such, there are sometimes two very different versions of characters, or conversely, characters who are only present in one world or another, due to dying or leaving
7520-423: The manor. The player may only choose one, and only that respective character will join the party. At other times, characters will not join if other characters are present. Early in the game, Leena will only join if the player opts to have Serge traveling alone at the time; if Kid is already with him, she no longer feels the need to help, and will not join. As such, it is impossible for all characters to join over
7614-419: The monster battling tournament, and defeat her three times, she joins the party. Draggy ( 龍の子 , Ryū no Ko , lit. "Dragon Child") is a baby dragon . If the player chooses to have Serge hatch the egg from Fossil Valley in the incubator at Ft. Dragonia in the Home World, Draggy emerges from the egg and joins the party. As such, his dialogue mimics a child's speech pattern, for example, replacing an "r" with
7708-442: The monster-infested island of Marbule. Nikki's speech pattern finds him often referencing guitars or music in general. Several allusions to Slash , including his original Japanese name, and the song lyrics he sings, such as " Sweet Sister of Mine ". He as a character is largely consistent, without any major differences, between the "Home" and "Alternate World". General Viper ( 蛇骨大佐 , Jakotsu Taisa , lit. Colonel Snakebone)
7802-454: The name for Magus in Radical Dreamers , and had quite similarities to Magus in his appearance and "floating" nature of movement. Guile's speech often references topics such as "mystery" or "magic". He is only shown in the "Alternate World". While he does not appear in the "Home World", Sneff recognizes the "Alternate World" Guile as part of the "Magic Guild", suggesting he had seen the "Home World" Guile. Norris ( イシト , Ishito , Ishito)
7896-406: The order given in the game's master list of playable characters. Serge ( セルジュ , Seruju ) is the silent protagonist of Chrono Cross ; his motions alongside the reactions of other players indicate that Serge talks with others, but none of Serge's actual dialogue is shown outside of occasional dialogue trees . Instead, he is meant to be interpreted as "the persona of the player". Much of
7990-450: The party during Serge's body switch with Lynx, and leaves just before Serge returns to his body. It's eventually revealed that she was the "Dark Moon Dragon", actually working against Lynx to obtain the powerful Frozen Flame to exact havoc against humanity damaging activities to the planet. She fails in her mission, and her ultimate fate is left unclear. The game mentions, and Kato confirms in the game's Ultimania Guide, that Harle also shares
8084-402: The player and certain required plot points shorten or lengthen the time they work together. Late in the game, it is revealed that she is actually a cloned version of Schala from Chrono Trigger , who had fallen into an area beyond time and space following the events of the prior game. There, she was trapped and fused with Lavos, the antagonist of Chrono Trigger , but was still able to observe
8178-451: The rest of the world. Schala observed Serge about to drown as a child, created the storm that saved his life by directing him to the healing powers of the Frozen Flame, and then created a clone of herself to send back to reality to find Serge. The clone-baby, Kid, is found by Lucca, who raises her in her orphanage. Kid hates Lynx because he raided Lucca's orphanage, abducting Lucca and leaving Kid homeless, leaving her to fend for herself as
8272-614: The rest of them. Radius ( ラディウス , Radiusu ) is a skilled, knowledgeable, and retired warrior. Prior to his retirement, he served as one of the Dragoon Devas, where he and his friend Garai eventually found the cursed Masamune sword. This resulted in Radius assassinating Garai in a fit of jealousy partly induced by the cursed sword. Radius discarded the sword and kept the cause of death to himself, retiring from fighting to look after Garai's sons, Dario and Glenn, until Dario became
8366-425: The script, fearing he could not do the character justice in the massive scope of Chrono Cross . While Radical Dreamers characters were used as a base for the characters of Chrono Cross , Kato made changes as well. In Radical Dreamers , Serge acted as the game's narrator , rather than a silent protagonist , and Lynx, is just a regular human, rather than an anthropomorphic cat. With the release of Chrono Cross ,
8460-538: The static text "How are you?" would be stored, but if spoken by an Australian character it would be changed to "How are ya?"; if spoken by an Alien character it would appear as "How aare yoou?" Translator Richard Honeywood would say in retrospect that while the converter helped deal with memory constraints, creating and working with it was described as "mind-boggling". The system did not work well with some more detailed scenes that required more context; these were treated as independent lines, retaining an original version of
8554-433: The town of Arni. While no romantic relationship between her and Serge is ever explicitly stated, she does ask him for jewelry, refers to long-term promises made between them in the past, and asks about the prospect of them kissing one another. While typically being a sweet, girl next door type around Serge, her brother Una claims she is prone to temper tantrums and not being very "lady-like". The only difference between
8648-496: The two switching bodies for a period of the game, leaving the player controlling Serge trapped in Lynx's body for the middle third of the game, if the player directs Serge to find the legendary "Chrono Cross" item and use it to fight the Time Devourer, Balthasar's plan also succeeds. Lynx ( ヤマネコ , Yamaneko , "Wildcat") is an anthropomorphic feline that serves as one of the game's primary antagonists . Initially, he
8742-686: The world for Karsh and improve his craft. Orcha ( オーチャ , Ōcha ) is the cook at Viper Manor. The Porre Military made him ingest Quaffid seeds, and then transformed him into the Hell's Cook to have him torture Riddel , but he is defeated by Serge , when he arrives in Lynx 's body. He reverts to normal, and joins forces with Serge. Similar to Korcha, Macha, and Mel, Orcha commonly substitutes "cha" in for you, for instance, saying "Dontcha?" in place of "Don't you?". Despite his similar name and speaking patterns, none of their interactions indicate Orcha even knowing
8836-412: Was present in the player's party. Reception for the game from critics was very positive, with some publications, such as GameSpot , even giving the game a perfect score. However, reception for the cast of characters was more mixed; some critics were impressed by the quantity, variety, and individuality offered by the characters, where others complained of an emphasis of "quantity over quality". A few of
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