The dream team behind Chrono Trigger reunite for a role-playing tour de force on the X360.

It’s a sad fact that Microsoft had to face–that their newest console was going the way of the dinosaur in Japan. This changed recently with the release of Blue Dragon, a game developed by renowned Final Fantasy (FF) and Squaresoft alumnus Hironobu Sakaguchi. Thanks to his track-record, Blue Dragon went on to become the highest selling XBOX 360 title in the territory thus far (Microsoft has already sold more than the 200,000 copies that were readied on day one of the Japanese launch). After leaving his original home in the RPG giant, Sakaguchi founded Mistwalker Studios (which by the way, is also developing Lost Odyssey, that gorgeous gem also coming to the 360) who, in conjunction with Artoon Studios (Blinx the Time Sweeper) has developed this new 3D, turn-based RPG. Of course, renowned character artiste, Akira Toriyama (Dragonball), and legendary game music composer Nobuo Uematsu are also onboard and this is the first time the trio have worked together since developing Chrono Trigger more than a decade ago.

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How long has it been since I’ve envied the people who bought an NTSC/J Xbox 360 just because they could play Blue Dragon and I couldn’t. Well, I still can’t get my hands on the full game, but good news, at least the demo for the Hironobu Sakaguchi masterpiece called Blue Dragon is out right now on Xbox Live, for us all to download, play and enjoy. Although the game itself wasn’t given much of a mention during the conference, the demo for this Xbox 360 exclusive RPG marks the first of a number of demos that Microsoft has promised will be available over Live over the coming week.