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Video Game Classics: Chrono Trigger


some games will live forever as classics
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at 1995’s adventure
role-playing game Chrono Trigger
originally debuting on the Super
Nintendo Entertainment System before
being re-released on the original
PlayStation and Nintendo DS it was
created by a dream team of lead
designers from Squaresoft these included
the visionaries behind their final
fantasy dragon quest and Dragon Ball
game series Chrono Trigger is centered
on a group of adventurers who must
travel through time to prevent a global
catastrophe the game takes place in an
original world like Earth with its own
similar and vastly different time arrows
these come complete with a prehistoric
age medieval setting and bizarre
post-apocalyptic future beginning in
1080 players take on the roles of chrono
a silent protagonist with a katana and
his friends Marley a member of the royal
family and Luca mechanical genius as the
game opens chrono and Marley watch on as
Luca demonstrates her new teleporter
invention for the Millennium Fair
however when Marley volunteers to
demonstrate a malfunction hurls her
through time giving chase they soon
discovered that their presence has
created a grandfather paradox
threatening their timeline however
aiming to resolve this problem they soon
find themselves in a race to stop the
end of civilization itself making their
way through space-time on a perilous
quest they soon encounter several allies
these include Robo a robot created to
assist humans
Eila the chief of a prehistoric village
and frog a former Squire aside from
allies the group must gather information
and equipment to help them including a
time machine vehicle known as epoch
featuring standard RPG mechanics Chrono
Trigger brought several innovations to
the fans of the genre
these included eliminating random
encounters and having battles take place
directly on the field map rather than a
separate battle screen immediately
successful upon release it is now
considered one of the greatest video
games of all time this is due to its
inclusion of 13 different endings plot
related side quests incredible character
development unique battle systems and
detailed graphics the most highly
demanded game for the Wii Virtual
Console Chrono Trigger remains one of
the most beloved retro gaming
experiences ever made
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