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LegendaryChrono Triggercomposer Yasunori Mitsuda has announced his return as a guest composer for the DLC for 2023’s award-winningSea of StarsRPG.Sea of Starswas previously released in August 2023 and was praised for being one of the best RPGs of the year, capturing the spirit of Square Enix’s 16-bit RPGs. The praise is well-warranted, as some ofSea of Stars’inspirations did includeChrono TriggerandSuper Mario RPG, both being developed by Square in the late 1990s. Not only doesSea of Starsdirectly emulate these older JRPGs, but it also had one ofChrono Trigger’s composers on the team, Yasunori Mitsuda.
Yasunori Mitsuda is a well-known video game composer, having worked with Square Enix on a number of the company’s games and their various soundtracks. Aside fromChrono Trigger, he also worked with Nintendo on games likeKid Icarus Uprising, theXenoblade Chroniclesseries, andStella Glow.Yasunori Mitsuda was a guest composer forSea of Stars, working alongside Eric W. Brown for the game’s soundtrack, where Mitsuda wrote 10 different songs. Mitsuda will have a similar role inSea of Stars' “Throes of the Watchmaker” post-launch DLC.
Mitsuda announced the news on his company’sofficial website, stating that he will be a guest composer forSea of Stars' Throes of the Watchmaker DLC. The extent of his involvement in the DLC isn’t known at this time, but based on his previous work with Sabotage, he will write a few tracks for the game. Sabotage first announcedSea of Stars' Throes of the Watchmaker DLC in September, a month after the game’s launch. Sabotage has been mostly quiet about the DLC’s release date and progress, though fans were finally givenan update aboutSea of Stars' DLC earlier in August, which confirmed its Spring 2025 launch window.
Chrono Trigger Composer Yasunori Mitsuda Returning for Sea of Stars DLC
Other content currently in development isSea of Stars' three-player co-op mode, Single Player+, where each player would be able to independently control one of the game’s three party members while exploring a map, similar to Square Enix’sSecret of Mana. Not much has been announced on that front either, other than that it is currently in development.
TheThroes of the Watchmaker DLC is set to expand uponSea of Stars' world, where it is focused on a carnival-themed clockwork area that the party explores, looking for a special pocket watch. The DLC will also feature a number of returning and new characters as well, including evil clones and a new party member called The Artificer. Fans are hoping the DLC will expand upon the Watchmaker and her role in the story ofSea of Stars.
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Set in the same world as 2018’s The Messenger, Sabotage Studio’s Sea of Stars is an RPG that takes inspiration from Japanese classics like Chrono Trigger. Featuring a dynamic turn-based combat system and platforming-based exploration, Sea of Stars is an ambitious and gorgeous addition to the role-playing genre.
