Ron: 
> This will be on the PlayStation. I believe that there is already a playable
> demo out in Japan (with a couple of other titles I currently forget
> the name of...);

	Legend of Mana comes with the demo of Vagrant Story, Front Mission 3,
Chrono Cross... forgot what's the fourth game.

> designer this time....plus, this is not supposed to feature the characters
> from the other game but have new characters (tho' I wouldn't be
> surprised that familiar locales turn up....)

	Chrono Cross takes place in an alternate dimension of Chrono Trigger. 
Familiar landmarks are there.  Somewhere in the demo it says Serge, the
main character, should look for this girl call Lucca as his big sister. 
The demo also shows Lucca's house in flames.

Don
"We were defeated because we didn't have good weapons.  Time to break
out the Antimatter weapon stockpiles!"
Star Ocean 2, paraphrased