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Chrono Trigger is an RPG released originally by Squaresoft in 1995 for the Super
Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Since then, it has gained a lot of
popularity, and is regarded by most veteran RPG players as the BEST RPG of all
time! It was recently re-released in America in the "Final Fantasy
Chronicles" set, which also included Final Fantasy IV Hard-type
version. The re-release also had an "Extras Mode" and several
Anime scenes drawn exclusively by Akira Toriyama (you might recognize the name
as that of the creator of the hit wonder series, Dragonball Z), placed in at
certain points in the game, which is a big plus.
So what makes Chrono Trigger so good? Well, the basics of the storyline are as follows: It's just a normal day for Crono, except for the fact that the Millennial Fair is today! Which of course, our hero just HAS to visit, since its going to be so darn cool. While there, he bumps into a young girl named Marle, who asks if she can accompany him around the fair. Sounds pretty boring, right? Well it is, that is, until Marle gets sucked into a temporal anomaly, sending her 400 years into the past! And of course, being the cool-haired, mute and heroic hero that you are, you volunteer to save her. Thus sets forth a chain of events that will lead our heroes all over time, from way back in the past, 65 million years ago, to the Atlantis-type kingdom of Zeal, to an apocalyptic future, destroyed by a creature known as Lavos, and even to the very end of time itself! Sounding a little big cooler now? It'd better be, or you just have no sense of adventure whatsoever. Also, on a side-note, Chrono Trigger is also widely regarded as having an AWESOME soundtrack, one of the best video game soundtracks ever created. Timeless tunes like "Enhasa" (Zeal Theme), Magus's Theme, Frog's Theme, and Yearnings of the Wind, will keep you listening to the songs far beyond after you finally finish the final boss, and have put the game away. Not that you'll want to put the game away. Chrono Trigger, in addition to having all that's mentioned above, also has some fantastic replay value, thanks to the Chrono series trademark, "New Game +", which allows you to start a new game with all the levels, weapons (except event related ones, such as the Masamune), and items, which makes going through the game a lot easier after the first time. And last but not least, beating the game at different times (which you'll probably only do in your first new game + file) allows you to unlock different endings, which there are twelve of, overall, plus many variations on the last two. Excited yet? Good! Then go buy Final Fantasy Chronicles and start playing! And if you've already got the game, what are you listening to me jabber for? Get playing! |