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In AD 1000, Crono and Marle watch Lucca and her father demonstrate their new teleporter at the Millennial Fair. When Marle volunteers to be teleported, her pendant interferes with the device and creates a time portal into which she is drawn. This leads to the discovery in AD 2300 that an alien parasite, “Lavos”, destroyed an advanced civilization and sucked the life's energy in AD 1999. Determined to prevent this from happening, Crono and friends set forth on a journey to the past and beyond with the help of an old sage, Gaspar, as they travel through different time periods gathering strength to defeat Lavos in AD 1999.

Chrono Trigger is a JRPG with an engaging story and a game that defines what a true 2D JRPG is all about. The basic ingredients are all here. You'll be conversing with townspeople, leveling up as you defeat enemies, and meeting new friends to battle aside you. It utilizes the classic formula that is strengthened by its engaging sci-fi story and turn-based gameplay. There are also multiple endings in the game based on what actions you take in different time periods. There are a whopping amount of 14 endings that you can get in all. Some of them can only be unlocked with a 2nd playthrough (New Game+).

The characters are well developed and have a lot of personality. Chrono is a brave and fearless, young teenager, with a natural talent at swordsmanship. He is faced with a journey spanning multiple time periods destined to save the world from Lavos. Friends who join him are: Marle, the young Princess of Gaurdia; Lucca, a bright and brilliant young scientist; Robo, a broken robot who is repaired by Lucca in 2300AD; Frog, a royal knight from 600AD; Ayla, a fo1rmer chief of the Ioka tribe from 65,000,000 BC; and Magus, who in the beginning is an enemy, but later joins you to get revenge on Lavos for destroying his life.

The battle system in Chrono Trigger uses the traditional Active Time Battle system we're all familiar with. Battles are initiated when you come into contact with an enemy, but some battles are unavoidable and occur at different parts of areas. Once your battle gauge is full, you can choose to Attack, use a Tech./Combo, an Item, and later, Magic. Unlike the SNES Final Fantasy's, the characters actually dash to the enemy and make contact, a little detail the old 2D Final Fantasy's lacked which I think creates a very nice sense of impact.

Techs are different abilities you can use during battles which use your MP. When you use a Tech, that character will launch a special attack on the enemy, which requires MP to be used as well. The types you can perform varies on how many people are involved. Single Tech’s are done by one character, Dual Tech’s are done by two, and Triple Tech’s are done by three. The menu will show Tech for one and Combo for two/three. Later on in the game, you’ll gain the ability to use magic. Each character will have a certain affinity towards an element. For example, Crono's is Lighting and Marle's is Ice. You'll want to use these abilities against enemies vulnerable to certain elements.

Chrono Trigger has some of the best 2D animated visuals I’ve ever seen in a Super Nintendo game. Clouds float in the sky, flags flutter in the wind, and even the water sparkles. If you thought the characters resembled a little like Dragon Ball characters, then you guessed right. The character designs are in fact created by the popular manga artist himself, Akira Toriyama. The music for Chrono Trigger was also composed by the legendary Yasunori Mitsuda with some help on a few tracks by Final Fantasy's main composer, Nobuo Uematsu. The beautiful melodies will really captivate you as the piano, guitar, flute, and lush strings play in the background.

A version of Chrono Trigger was also released for the Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation with more content like treasure maps, an item encyclopedia, a bestiary, a movie player, a music player, new songs, (almost done) an ending guide, a technique list, and an art gallery. This version also included anime cut scenes created by Akira Toriyama's Bird Studio and animated by Toei Animation. Unfortunately, there are some loading times (5-7 seconds between battles and other parts of the game), so you might want to play the SNES version first unless you're a patient person and can tolerate the the slow start up to battles.

The Nintendo DS version allows you to play the game using the touch screen and/or the D-Pad and normal DS buttons. There are two major new locations; The Lost Sanctum and The Dimensional Vortex. The Lost Sanctum is divided into two dungeons and basically consists of fetch quests and a few new bosses. It is made available during the storyline after obtaining the upgraded Epoch airship. The Dimensional Vortex consists of three dungeons that have three bosses at the end. It's available after beating the game once.

There is a mode called Arena of Ages. You can raise monsters to fight in an arena to net you powerful and rare items. There is a new ending available after you complete the Dimensional Vortex dungeons and go to The End of Time. There are also some new items, accessories, weapons available and a new boss. All of the PlayStation Extras are available in this version as well.

Chrono Trigger is easily one of the best JRPG’s available for the Super Nintendo. You might flame me for saying this, but this game beats Final Fantasy 6 big time. Make sure you play this one gamers.

Pros: Graphics, Music, Story, Gameplay, Multiple Endings

Cons: Where's my Chrono Break!?

Score: 9.5

VGM: "People Who Threw Away the Will to Live ~ Arris Dome Theme"

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Arc System Works is proud to announce the upcoming Guilty Gear title at their “Arc System Works Festival”, which took place in the Yokohama Pacifico venue on 5/19/2013. Be sure to stay tuned, as Daisuke Ishiwatari takes the director’s chair once again, to bring you, THE latest installment to the beloved fighting franchise: Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-!

Source:  Guilty Gear Xrd Portal Site

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