Now I think I might be right if I made the claim that the combined playthroughs of this game from everyone here exceeded 100. Afterall, this was the game that originally wallpapered our forum, and for years after. When we first started posting here, Chrono Trigger wasn't yet an old game (it was newer than the Wii and PS3 currently are), many of us still played Super Nintendo regularly. This was an important game to fans of RPGs, and remains important to this day. When I first found the Shrine 11 and a half years ago, it was searching for Chono Trigger, and the picture of Schala was the first thing that I saw of this place.
So I started playing Chrono Trigger last week, and have played a lot of it so far, already among the Earthbounders after being banished by the Prophet. I have been finding the game as fun and exciting as I did back then. The DS version loses nothing from the Super Nintendo version, and it gains in a few areas: the tracks have been placed in the game under the direction of Mitsuda himself, and are largely unchanged; and I don't know if it is the headphones, but they sound clearer and deeper than ever. Graphically the game is largely the same, but with more vivid colours which really make a player feel as though they're back in 1995/96 all over again.
All of the cutscenes have been placed into the game from the Playstation version, with the option to turn them off. There is a lot of stuff that will make some fans REALLY happy, including Beastiary and a music box. There's also the extra of the monster raising minigame that you play throughout the game, challenge and win items; it's also a feature that doesn't interupt the main game at all, so if you want to just focus on the main game, then you don't need to explore that option... but you will be missing out on some items... Essentially you pay money to challenge different tiers of opponents. The higher the tier, the higher the price and better the prize. As your monster evolves, he gains access to even higher tiers. I haven't explored other extras yet.
There is a new script in place which is roughly the same as the old one. The story and script loses nothing except the points which were somewhat vague in the original translation. I am very happy with this new script, similar to Final Fantasy 4 DS's new script.
This is the definitive version of Chrono Trigger, without a doubt I can say this. I looked forward to playing through it some more.... Right now!
So I started playing Chrono Trigger last week, and have played a lot of it so far, already among the Earthbounders after being banished by the Prophet. I have been finding the game as fun and exciting as I did back then. The DS version loses nothing from the Super Nintendo version, and it gains in a few areas: the tracks have been placed in the game under the direction of Mitsuda himself, and are largely unchanged; and I don't know if it is the headphones, but they sound clearer and deeper than ever. Graphically the game is largely the same, but with more vivid colours which really make a player feel as though they're back in 1995/96 all over again.
All of the cutscenes have been placed into the game from the Playstation version, with the option to turn them off. There is a lot of stuff that will make some fans REALLY happy, including Beastiary and a music box. There's also the extra of the monster raising minigame that you play throughout the game, challenge and win items; it's also a feature that doesn't interupt the main game at all, so if you want to just focus on the main game, then you don't need to explore that option... but you will be missing out on some items... Essentially you pay money to challenge different tiers of opponents. The higher the tier, the higher the price and better the prize. As your monster evolves, he gains access to even higher tiers. I haven't explored other extras yet.
There is a new script in place which is roughly the same as the old one. The story and script loses nothing except the points which were somewhat vague in the original translation. I am very happy with this new script, similar to Final Fantasy 4 DS's new script.
This is the definitive version of Chrono Trigger, without a doubt I can say this. I looked forward to playing through it some more.... Right now!
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