So, has anyone been playing this game yet? What am I saying? Of course you have/are.
I love the cache of new items and the two new side quests.(One of which uses the unreleased Singing Mountain track.)
Side Quest spoilers...
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The Lost Sanctum is just a gang bang of jobs, which involves climbing up and down a mountain more times then you can count, and the Dimensional Vortex, which can only be visited after completing the game and is located in three different time eras, has some pretty *interesting* bosses.
I gotta say though, the new items really make the game feel newer. Some of them are just plain overpowered, but not so much that it deviates from equipment strategizing.
Equipment spoilers...
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Magus' new Dreamreaper (x4 damage on critical hit), the Valor Crest(critical hit rate up and %50 counterattack rate), Regal Gown (Auto-Barrier and Auto-Protect) the Master Crown (damage increase and status immunity) and the Angel's Tiara(Auto-Haste and status immunity) are just to name a few.
I've still yet to beat...
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The Dream Devourer, accessible after completing all three Dimensional Vortex areas.
Come to think of it, I actually purchased a copy of Chrono Cross brand new recently, and I still have to beat it.
Chrono Cross spoiler...
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I just reunited Serge with his real body.