Ah, Link's Awakening. While I'm not a fan of the Zelda series, I've seen a friend playing that one and I found it quite... fascinating. ;) There should be a lot of people who agree with you that it'd be great to see a continuation of it.
I enjoyed playing Chrono Trigger, but I won't deny that I didn't like the battle theme (and, of course, I heard it quite often during the playthroughs) and found most of the battles a little too easy. I loved it for the characters, the storyline, and the graphics, though!