.hack//Link -Chrono Link-

'We are slave for something, seeking to protect, for desires, for something else, to save someone? What do you think, Saika? Is someone you want to save was really there beyond the top? if he's not there, how much things that you had to sacrifice for someone that wasn't even there? is everything really has another hope or pointless? - Akira'

.hack//Link -Chrono Link- is a direct-continuation to the anime series .hack//Link -RIVES- also the rebooted and fully remade version from the original .hack//Link, featured a truly remade visual powered by Unreal Engine 5, available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows (Steam), and Microsoft Windows (Epic Games Store).

Chrono Link is a brand-new innovation changing from all previous .hack titles, featuring an Open-World Action RPG developed by CyberConnect 2, Bandai Namco Studio and Epic Games Production with it's game published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Reimagined story of .hack//Link in fresh and totally new experience while brings a different direction from the original, focuses on Tokio Kuryuu who had finally woke from his coma and return to his normal life until a mysterious beauty transfer student girl, Saika Amagi had once again changing his course of life for another adventure.

While the game would not just continue Tokio's Story from .hack//Link -RIVES-, but also bringing back the older characters from the past title of .hack as allowing fans to nostalgic for their return since their last appearance in the previous one, while their characters will also been incorporated to main plots of the Chrono Link in a new fresh and totally different experience.

.hack//Link -Chrono Link- The Dark Slayer would be featured as a downloadable story scenario content, along with a brand-new features of downloadable content, includes a brand-new DLC episode, new costumes, and more will be available in the Season Pass DLC of .hack//Link -Chrono Link-.

Graphical Engine
.hack//Link -Chrono Link- is a brand-new evolution game changer to the franchise with the graphical visual will be powered by Unreal Engine 5 which intentionally to bring more immersive power of visual graphics and fresh environments which something that were never even seen before as the game reimagining the world of .hack//Link for the first time in the real-time experience, while also utilize the combination between game and anime aesthetics which makes it not too realistic while bringing a colorful charms, expression and fresh to the world-building, story, characters, themes, environments, objects, and more that will presented there.

As the game will be fully supported in higher levels of resolution for Full-HD, QHD, and 4K Resolution with an higher-frame rates per-second, ray-tracing support, shortest loading times, next-gen spec enhancement and basic controllers which Chrono Link has brings more to exceed fans expectation toward qualities, charms, and expressive visual powers with anime x game cinematic combination qualities bringing game to utilize it's own identities and given fresh dynamic presentation toward storyline and characters that will appeared in this game.

Unreal Engine 5 capables to evolving the everlasting graphics of .hack games in creating a dynamics visual and gimmicks elements toward gameplay experience in the Open-World Action RPG which allows players to have more freedom to enjoy The World R:X through exploration and combat, while it is not neccessary for area words and root town to be more open-world, but the areas is bigger 2-3 times depending the designation and how it uses fit toward exploration and discovery which given a new sense for players to free-roam the areas to explore a new things. While the combat will be more evolve that the previous titles of .hack which is more open for fast-paced action in real-time without any direct enter sequence for combat mode like .hack//G.U. or even before as you can freely attacking the enemies or just walk aways is a significant freedom choices that based on Kingdom Hearts III, in the sense the combat experience is totally different and new for players and fans to enjoy while still retained the MMO elements which also been incorporated to the fast-pace action combat as well.

Power of the graphical using the Unreal Engine 5 is not just meant to be more too realistic, but it combines power of the enhanced visual between Anime and Game in cinematic ways or in comicalize or cartoonish ways, but it adds more complex and freedom to expresses a colorful and fresh development graphical harnesses power to reached a full potential through it's combination visual presentation while delves to be more improvements based on CODE VEIN and Scarlet Nexus.

Main
The story continues to proceed few months after the 4th Network Crisis and The Massacre Players Tragedy has come to an ended, with notable that The World R:X still on the operation, however, CC Corp the developers of the massive MMORPG has received a numerous complaint and harsh critics regarding about the tragedy that were happens in the online game affecting the players in the real-world in day by day with non-stop, but currently there are no answer from the companies whosever.

But as soon as possible, the users login has been decreased for over a month due to negative response from the company for the tragedy happens to all players who played their product and lot pressures happen toward CC Corp's public relation as this issues continues spread around the world through words of public as caused a negative and toxic feedbacks toward them, in no other choice to continue hold off the public's pressures, they made announcement to shut down Mac Anu server operations for temporary until the issues has been resolved. However, due to these as a sudden shut down from the companies this impacted to the other server as well in much worsened condition, lot cases has happened around the world with the news came with Mind Image Alteration Syndrome happens with activation of the Akashic Records tower during the shut down and over 20% population in japan has disappeared.

While this is a major panic to all world that no one see this coming after the announcement of temporal shut down causing arise of more questions from journalist, publics, and more toward the company, it is much unknown whether the mastermind behind Massacre of the Players or the appearance of the virus or something else that entirely unrecorded in the history is something that become a major cases, but the companies has no words regarding those questions, while they stated that the team programmers had working on it to resolve the issues, but few months and there's still no words came from them, arise more public's suspicion toward companies more.

Features
.hack//Link -Chrono Link- once again brought back Eternal City of Mac Anu from RIVES as the atmosphere has changed in dark and gloom now becoming a terrifying places to visit which now they called it the Oblivion City of Mac Anu and a brand-new dungeon area, Akashic Records become a main settings and key importance to the story as it focuses on Tokio Kuryuu and Saika Koshizumi travelled to the past era of the world in the alternate timeline log data in order to obtained the main system core unit to the tower, Chrono Core, in order to reached to the top at the final floor of Akashic Records.

Both of them using Akashic Records to travelled through times, setting their destination to the two past eras of The World, which is the era of R:1 (2008-2014) and the era of R:2 (2015-2018) returned as a explorable areas along with the area worlds for field and dungeons, however, Akashic Records is like labyrinth of the time that contains all the log data from players through all history of The World and since Schicksal had messed around the log data timeline causing the interference that leads toward the alternate possibility of the events occur in the past timeline which they called, The Alternate Records which is specifically that entered in the different sequence and events from the past log data which been altered, while can be said the original events from the past still happen, but only it went toward a very different direction than before and thus those interference with the log past data of the timeline causing messed toward all possibility of the time data, creating a never-existing events, characters who don't supposedly exist or even involved and objects that never even occur before.

The consequences for messing up the log data from the past has also affecting to the real world, causing the altered data programs system, coding, times, traffic, and anything which are very impacted to the network and internet, causing the existence of a never-seen information which was never even happened and lastly it caused all players been inflicted toward Mind Image Alteration Syndrome and even Mac Anu has been shut down due to Akashic Records, the syndrome has already spread through all server and thus changing the player's memories vision with altering their codes of their memories causing their behavior, personality, expression, and emotions begin to change drastically in accordance to his memories and experience, it somehow causing them to feel Deja Vu. And while over 20% entire population of japan has gone missing is also due to the Akashic Records as well, they're now trapping in the different alternate timeline data without their PCs to use or even worse causing possible death is imminent toward their actual bodies if they been attacked by the monsters or being PK-ed.

Highlighting an iconic places, root towns, field, dungeons, and Lost Ground from the past titles of .hack is now returned and been fully remade it's visual which are now powered by Unreal Engine 5 to maintains a powerful immersive environment visual which makes look more beautiful from the past titles and including a brand-new areas which are never ever been discovered or being explored has given a new fresh immersive experience for players to explore about them and brings expectation interest for newcomers and old fans of the series who also enjoying the powerful masterpieces stories and gameplay of .hack//Link -Chrono Link-.

Synopsis
Few months following the Massacre of the Players Tragedy, at long last Tokio Kuryuu has finally woken up from his day of coma, missing his summer vacation day, and unaware the world has changing around them ever since that day.

''Everything has already returned to normal, but thus left him unsettling and feeling gloom with all of his friends has gone missing few months during his coma and ever since the end of Unofficial Battle Royal orchestrated by Geist seems left everything change to him personally feeling unease with the current world's state after the tragedy. But now... no sign of Geist or even ENTIES for few months and he only has his brother, Akira Kuryuu on his side for a months during Tokio's coma.''

He and his brother, return to their old and boring life they had so much wanted to escape, even thought the world has changed but the class feels same as before they even login for their first adventure to The World, everything went back to just normal and simple for the boy like Tokio Kuryuu, who loves and enjoy his dedication of hobbies toward Video Game, but even so, all the tragedies, nightmare, and everything still snucked in his head, even though everything went as how it supposed to, the tragedy is beyond comprehension for him.

Unless, there's one unexpected turns come to his life once more...

The beautiful student, Saika Koshizumi, transferring to Tokio's classroom and once again the life begin turn tables, she approached him with looks of the beauty that she gives to him, with a sincere smiles amaze Tokio's eyes that collectively caused his eye attention on her due to his similar appearance with the princess, goes by day she become popular in his school, until one day, everything is just what he thought, she called him to the rooftop, brought The Black Copy Disc and transferred him into The World R:X once again...

'As the time that he knew something would happen again after he entered into online game, and his adventures has just continue... Or should that really continue in unexpected twist?... What was she planning behind her Smile?... The story of Tokio Kuryuu has just back into a square one...'

Story Chapters

 * Prologue -The Journey's Continue-
 * First Act -Return of the Knight Hero-
 * Chapter 1: Akashic Records
 * Chapter 2: The Shadow Evil of the Crimson
 * Chapter 3: Seeking for You
 * Chapter 4: The Guardian of Recorder
 * Chapter 5: Shadowy of the Death
 * Chapter 6: Living Legend
 * Chapter 7: Operation Break Water
 * Chapter 8: Sadness and Vengeance
 * Chapter 9: Bansyoya
 * Chapter 10: Pain and Betrayal
 * Second Act -One Hope, One Key
 * Chapter 11: The Key of the Twilight
 * Chapter 12: Agony
 * Chapter 13: Bonds of Family
 * Chapter 14: Bloody Demon Palace Tournament
 * Chapter 15: I'm Right Here
 * Chapter 16: Rebirth of the New System
 * Chapter 17: Ovan
 * Final Act -Beyond Lies of Truth-
 * Chapter 18: Chrono Link vs Schicksal
 * Chapter 19: Twisted Truth
 * Chapter 20: Desires
 * Final Chapter: Footsteps
 * Epilogue: Pain

Chrono Guild

 * Tokio Kuryuu
 * Saika Koshizumi
 * Akira Kuryuu
 * AIKA
 * Alibaba
 * Kyushu
 * Kruger
 * Sol
 * Nishijima81
 * Seventy-Seven
 * Miki-Seven
 * Ninjato
 * Neil
 * Toki-Runty

Schicksal

 * Fluegel
 * Metronom
 * Cello
 * Klarinette
 * Trommel
 * Orgel
 * Posaune

New Characters

 * Forze
 * Rachel
 * Hauz
 * Chrome
 * Mellow
 * Natsu
 * Juon
 * Raid21

Returning Characters

 * Mereleona
 * Missy-White
 * HanShi
 * Allen
 * Kuroda
 * John77

Twilight Knights
2009


 * Tsukasa
 * Subaru
 * Mimiru
 * Bear
 * BT
 * Crim
 * Sora
 * Silver Knight
 * Carl
 * Alph
 * Sieg

2010


 * Kite
 * BlackRose
 * Mistral
 * Balmung
 * Orca
 * Elk
 * Mia
 * Helba
 * Lios
 * Wiseman
 * Piros
 * Gardenia
 * Kazu
 * Marlo
 * Moonstone
 * Morganna
 * Natsume
 * Nuke Usagimaru
 * Rachel
 * Sanjuro Sunaarashi
 * Tartarga
 * Terajima Ryoko

2014


 * Shugo
 * Rena

2016


 * Haseo
 * Shino
 * Tabby
 * Phyllo
 * Saburou
 * Sakisaka
 * Tawaraya
 * B-set
 * Tohta
 * Naobi
 * Ender
 * Gord
 * Hideyo
 * Nasubi
 * Midori

2017


 * Atoli
 * Ovan
 * Aina
 * Alkaid
 * Endrance
 * Kuhn
 * Pi
 * Sakubo (Saku)
 * Sakubo (Bo)
 * Yata
 * Zelkova
 * Kaede
 * Silabus
 * Gaspard


 * Gabi
 * Bordeaux
 * Grein
 * Negimaru
 * Antares
 * Asta
 * Hiiragi
 * IYOTEN
 * Matsu
 * Nala
 * Piros the 3rd
 * Sakaki
 * Seraphora
 * Sirius


 * Taihaku

Others

 * Neil
 * Helos-Pierce
 * Slayer
 * Hojo Itadori
 * Dr. Octa Asgrodia
 * Piros of the 4th
 * Jun Bansyoya
 * Takiyoda Kuroda
 * Davis
 * Yun-EL
 * Sophora
 * Salvador Aihara
 * ENTIES
 * Ju21
 * Jikanet
 * Genius
 * Shoko Adashino
 * Gemomaki
 * Kyon

Difficulty Mode
A brand-new system features which doesn't even presented in the past of the main titles game and players are now allowed to selecting the difficulty modes before starting a new game. Difficulty mode has a different variations and different difficulties from other action role-playing game has and it requires a special condition in certain unique ways to alter the course of your experience during exploration and combat through increasing or decreasing difficulty of areas level, boss damages, EXP and more potential balance difficulties systemb which impacted on your journey and characters challenge which depending on what difficulties which players had choosing for it.

There are 5 difficulty modes which has a different variations, balances, and more that would impacted your gameplay experience, such as:


 * Relax - An evolution in similar design from Cheat Mode difficulties which was originally exclusive for .hack//G.U. Last Recode for players who only just wanted to experience the storyline-only, receiving a bonus items with maximum gil, higher-leveled equipments that Tokio and his party can use, in additionally allows to delivering damages toward the enemies in instant with only for 1-Hit.
 * Easy - This mode was optimized for easy gaming experience which can get pass through the playthrough very easily with adding hints, help and clues during a puzzles and delivering a normal damages toward the enemies, but less receiving damages from the enemies, in addition that allows player to earn a special bonus items which are same from Relax Mode.
 * Normal - Balancing the gaming experience in a normal ways without any impacted during exploration and even for combat.
 * Hard - This mode was been optimized for a challenging gaming experience for the less-pro players with no hints, help, and more as the puzzles would be less unpredictable while they need to search a clues for that and delivering a less damages toward the enemies, but receiving more damages from the enemies while retains some of the elements from Normal Mode, however, been modified in order to fit it's challenging hard experience. But there's a least 49% chance item drop rates from the enemies.
 * Critical - The strongest difficulties mode of all and been optimized for ultimate challenging gaming experience for real pro-players with no hints, help, and more for the puzzles while also clues has been removed as well which this game is exclusively for players who already more experienced, while the damages that party were receiving by the enemies are 3x times than Hard Mode, possibly that players could had chance for their HP to drop faster as they received a damages, unless you levelling up and mastered all strategy to defeating enemies, even for lows or higher level areas which fit for the players level character. *Level 80, Pro-Players, & New Game+ are recommended*

Akashic Records
Akashic Records is the main areas settings to .hack//Link -Chrono Link- as a key to travelling through the past eras of the timeline which can be accessed through The Sea of Memories, although it does not guarantee to changing time that could impacted in the real world, but only in the virtual world, however, it does greatly impacted to the network system, technology, information, and more that could caused a possible network problems. As you travelled through Alternate Records of the past timeline which is the origin caused of the Time Paradox data leads to altering the codes of the players through impacted through system in their PC causing Mind Image Alteration Syndrome to happens.

At the start however, it all needs to progresses to travel through past time data for free as travelling through perspective time log data which cannot be freely to entered, unless Tokio needs to unlocked the key to entered to the gate of new Alternate Records of the timeline by using The Key of the Memories to unlocked the sub-timelines events that could allows to travel through places and times. During the main story, Tokio can explore the area dungeons which located inside the Akashic Records known as Akashic Realm which is the path line network and submarine data which becoming the dimension time of network, thus they can free-roam and explores the dungeons, trials challenges, trials, and more things could happen inside in order to proceed to the Sea of the Memories.

Akashic Records is also filled with the enemies that came from the different timelines due to corrupted server log time data that causing the monster from first and second revision of The World to appeared, however, their behavior is very different from their original timeline as how it much familiar with them being infected by the bug virus as the enemies or even the same enemies has a random weakness and status which how the monster that appears now is different from the same monster you had encountered previously due to their randomize status which is possibility worked like a Bug.

Trials challenges includes a new puzzles, combat trials requirements, quiz, and hidden clues finding which has a different definition that is accordance toward theme and unique adaptation of what later stories could might represent as it progress, but not all variations of puzzles can be included in one level, except when they reached toward the final level stage of the tower. Although the consequences would be severe if you fail to finish on solving and might drain your GP if you fail doing steps for mini-games, but there's a hint and clues that might help you to complete trials, but depends what difficulty modes you've had taken. Those who had finished the trials challenges allows you to go forward toward the next areas and earn a new bonuses items and equipments, while also increased Tokio and party members status attributes for the upcoming battle.

You will fighting against The Guardian Recorders as a main boss fight and you need to defeat them in order to reach of destination for Sea of Memories.

Dark Time Records
The other selfs of the main tower of Akashic Records, lays on the deep underground of the Central City and the dark side of time log, The Dark Time Records. It's a freely explorable areas which are introduced in .hack//Link -Chrono Link and players can start accessing those dungeon during the accident and error happened toward the system in Akashic Line following Alternate Records Timeline of SIGN leads you toward unexplorable dark places that hidden beneath underground of network or so called the Dark Web as the places where it contains every hidden memories that shares a corruption to those who witnessed it, allowing to viewing the events that never even told before or been secret from all this time, also an habitat to all monsters who corrupted by the strongest bug and distortion.

It purposely not just as a place for levelling up your characters and your parties before next story progression, as you continue proceed through it's darkest mystery and exploration in the Dark Time Records, you find as how it is also important to the game and players to explore the dungeons even more to discovered as the places contains all records of the memories that were never existed or stay hidden in the deepest mind of Aura and it also very interesting places to go further in order to unlocked the secret and it's mystery that never even discovered before that also become relevant to fans as how later in the Chapter 20 and Final Chapter. Also you can find the mysterious key items known as Blood of Memories which allows you to unlocked the Hidden Records of the Memories that allows you to transporting Tokio and his party to the unknown and out of boundaries areas which has secret connection and untold stories that never even told in the franchise which is they key, there are more hidden records of memories you can travelled using the Blood of Memories to explored the unknown places.

You will found a new and weirdness types of the treasures as you proceed through exploration, The Distorted Treasures contains amounts of Virus Core and hidden materials known as .hack//BOX as you bring those and decrypted those data to Jikanet which allows you to upgrading Tokio's weapon like Gear Blade, Chrono Edge and other rare equipments which can also be used for your party members, but it also has requirements for you to open the treasure by needs help for hacking the treasures from Saika using the Virus Core or fighting against the monsters who guarded the treasures, The Bug Spiral which is a harder to defeat than other monster in Akashic Records.

Exploring the dungeon floors deeper to the lowest underground level contains '''Phase LV. Floor as the floor levels has different definition and themes which picked by the dark myths and dark lores, while contains new challenges as you progress and in order to go move on the next lower floor is to defeat the Guardian of the Unrecorder, the strongest and forbidden enemies, it has an unique resemblance with Cursed Wave from IMOQ where their HP is infinity or being bug which is same as the other Guardian of the Recorder''', but their attack skills is totally different and strategies you need to defeat them is also different from what you had expected. Defeating them allows you to proceed toward the next lower floor, including earned the CC Corp Secret Files contains classified information that give insight behind scene of the previous titles of the game with new lores connected to each other, also connected with the Hidden Records of the Memories that they had experience it.

However, the Dark Time records contains a side effects for Tokio and his friend for exploring this areas, as you failed defeating the Guardian Unrecorder caused your player characters unable to travel through Akashic Records and even corrupting your Doubleware PCs which could also impacted your equipments (except Gear Blade and Chrono Edge) and items that become unusable, in order to recover parties PC from data corruption, you need to go to Toki-Runty for self-maintenance to recovered the bug that inflicted to the players and you might had no choice but to buy a new equipments, unless you could upgrade the self-maintenance to complete restore corruption which allows your equipments and items to be more usable again.

The best course action to prevent the consequences for failing defeating Guardian of the Unrecorder, you need to follow the level requirements in order to proceed toward next lower floor phase which can be unlocked as the story progresses and following completion of traveling alternate records timeline. To get an easy access to the Dark Time Recorder without waiting for few minutes to get fall to lead you there, you can accessed it on the Center of Plaza in Oblivion City of Mac Anu as you go through Monument Plaza which transporting you that forbidden dungeon.

The gate to the Dark Time Recorders are in a Center of Plaza, in Oblivion City of Mac Anu as you can accessing it on a Monument Plaza, at through underground which transporting you to the forbidden dungeon.

Root Town
Root Town or should be called as a Server Town is a non-combat area where all players usually to go buy particular items, equipments, materials, upgrading weapons and more that fitted or usable for their level characters in order to prepared themselves to exploring the areas or even accepting the quest from the shop, while they can also enjoy doing a mini-games or slacking off to watch the sunset or even doing a trading items like Crimson VS which filled with all popular and legendary characters from R:1 and R:2.

As for Tokio who now travelling the timeline to the past era of The World now been fully remade using Unreal Engine and each of server town in a different eras of timeline can now allowed to free-roam to explore and discover a new things happens freely and anything players can do freely without limitation since it has been redesign and remade into fully open areas where it has lot new variations, activities, new faces, gathering rumor information and more, even players can trading their items for exchange which faithfully iconic features in the server town as you meet players around the server, players can also witnessed few activities through animations along with silliness thing happens as you continue watching them.

Each of the server town from different timelines between R:1 and R:2 has a different structure as it is not just purposely to bring back old elements and memories for the old players who had played the previous main title games, but also enjoyed a new experience and new features like Exploration, sub-quest, brand-new server town facilities feature, and more crowded in a new dynamic animations which are not even presented in the past titles thanks to the power of Unreal Engine 5, allowing new and old fans to enjoy a new refreshing experience while nostalgia of how you used to explore this areas in the past titles, the server can also can be use for combat areas only during storyline progression.

The World R:1
Grunty growth system returned from IMOQ and it allows you to riding a Grunty during the exploration, but another uses how allow you to prevent any necessary making contact enemies that lead toward a combat mode, however, you need to feed them with any foods that really exclusive for grunties in order to keep going, but it can't allow grunty to enter the temples or specific buildings, but you can have them wait outside or transporting them back to the real world. It also has a major improvements and features from Re: Login toward a root town server, but in the Chrono Link has added a free-roam exploration, new faces, side-quest, and even riding canoe as you be able to ride through the river in mac anu, it allows to explore a certain different places and even for the hidden place that can now be accessed.

Grunty Growth can now be used in the second half in the Grand Whale which you can feed them and use it as a exploration in R:2 as well which is good incorporation toward R:1 elements to the The World R:2.

Season Pass DLC

 * Downloadable Story Mode Content
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- The Rise of the Dark Slayer
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- The Twilight Knights
 * Episode DLC
 * Akira's Episode "Returner"
 * Kruger's Episode "Vengeance and Anger"
 * Kyushu's Episode "For one things to protect"
 * Sol's Episode "Theory"
 * Geist's Episode "The Wish"
 * Season Pass DLC
 * Spring Season
 * Summer Season
 * Fall Season
 * Winter Season
 * Legacy Outfits
 * .hack//
 * .hack//SIGN
 * .hack//XXXX
 * .hack//G.U. + ROOTS
 * .hack//Link -The Twilight Knights-

.hack//Link -Chrono Link- PREMIUM EDITION BOX

 * Contents
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- (Base Game)
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- Season Pass (Downloadable Content)
 * Premium Edition Bonus
 * Music CD "CHRONO LINK Original Soundtrack (Disc 1-4) + Special Character Songs CD"
 * Drama CD "Fluegel's Laziest Day" & "The Day for the Sleeping Boy"
 * Anime OAD "Ninjato's Ultimate Guidance to The World" & "Saika's Routine Days"
 * Premium Booklet
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- Archive Files
 * Character information, concept art design, design proposal, weapon design, color variations, and the world-view settings for Chrono Link. Alternate R:1, & Alternate R:2.
 * Mechanics design proposal, platform console design, lores, area words, easter eggs, terminology, and illustration.
 * Chrono Link Special Files: .hack//Series Timeline Chronological.
 * Includes all the timeline events chronological records from .hack//Project titles and .hack//Conglomerate project titles.
 * RIVES events such as Massacre of the Players Tragedy added to the chronological timelines, including the timeline records event of .hack//G.U. Vol.4 Reconnection and .hack//IMOQ Re: Login.
 * Chrono Link Special Files 2: Akashic Records development project reports
 * Contains all development reports regarding about Akashic Records including a new information about it's function, impacted, development phases, coding, history, people who aware, and more, along with strange hints and easter eggs which are boundly indirect connected with .hack//Link -Chrono Gear-.
 * Message letters from developers staff from CyberConnect 2, Epic Studio Production, and Bandai Namco Entertainment, along with notable main developers are Hiroshi Matsuyama, Hiroto Niizoto, Kikuya Megane, Kazunari Ito, and more, along with composers like Chikayo Fukuda and Yuki Kajiura.
 * Including a special clip message letter from the Voice Acting characters such as Tokio, Akira, Saika, AIKA, Geist, and all Chrono Guild Members of voice acting.
 * Original story novelization "The Day I had Met You Once Again"
 * The novelization story focuses on Saika Amagi.
 * Bonus Illustration
 * 3 brand-new illustration poster key-visual and alternate key-visual of .hack//Link -Chrono Link- drawn by Seiichiro Hosokawa and Kikuya Megane.
 * Three key illustration post-card by Megane Kikuya, Seiichiro Hosokawa, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

.hack//Link -Chrono Link- Definitive Edition
See .hack//Link -Chrono Link- Definitive Edition

Sequel
See .hack//Link -RISING GEAR-

Prequel
See .hack//Link -RIVES- RE: CONNECT

Trivia

 * Chrono Link titles representing the terminology important object lores about Chrono Core and Chrono Link Core as a main key importance factor object to the storyline.
 * .hack//Link -Chrono Link- is the first hack series who would be a powered visual Unreal Engine 5, while also was the first time for the game to be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows (Steam), and Microsoft Windows (Epic Games Store).
 * RIVES and Chrono Link setting could be possibly or impossibility in 2020 A.D. since the game was a rebooted version from the original which set divergence from 3rd Season of .hack
 * The story of Chrono Link will start from the beginning of the story from the original through progression until following Tokio and his friend found Geist and Jyotaro Amagi in the secondary effect state, Outer Dependency Syndrome.
 * Last portion from the original which features return of Kite, and battle against Queen of Demise, Aura which been moved to the upcoming game of RISING GEAR storyline.
 * Last name for Saika as Koshizumi is a paying homage to the last name of the voice actressed, Ami Koshimizu which the different is a spelling at the final line name words between Mizu and Zumi.
 * Smartphone system features contains apps which are inspired based from the real-life apps, such as:
 * Hello Chat is based on Whatsapp along with incorporated elements such as Emails which is also based on Gmail.
 * Tweeter is based on Twitter.
 * Rediscord Forums is based on combining of the two apps such as Reddit and Discord.
 * COVID-19 Outbreak didn't exist in .hack timeline which it thus set in the alternate timeline from our timeline which has no precedented records about the virus, but instead those might had something which inspired through the setting of Chrono Link and RISING GEAR.