I just bought a $67 copy sealed of CHRONO TRIGGER (DS) because of you! Your channel is a hidden gem brotha! Thanks for such a majestic view of games and just the 90's aesthetic of your channel is epic! As a guy born in 92 completely slipped Chrono trigger! What a shame :( love DQ and Drangon ball, z etc and FF games! Thanks again dude! Just subbed!

The sad thing about gaming is how noone in the gaming industry paid attention to the love and dedication that this team put into their game. They crafted something truly amazing for gamers. They made multiple endings, amazing music, new game plus, different outcomes for situations, side quests. Now, companies will make a bare bones game for full price and then charge you to add on the rest of the game and we actually pay them for it. I wish a single gaming company still had integrity. And now I feel old.

I see some absolute gems in that intro: Lunars 1 and 2, Valkyrie Profile, Tales of Destiny, what looks like Tales of Destiny II.... I salute your impeccable taste.

Just wanted to let you know that Nobuo Uematsu didn't compose the score for CT. that was done by Yashinori Mitsuda

How tf this mans only got 700 subs the quality of this video is incredible. I have already played Chrono Trigger just wanted to see if anyone else shared my opinion/love for this game. It was one of the first games I played when I was 5. My dad raised me on megaman, final fantasy, breath of fire, and Chrono Trigger.

My dad got me my copy from a flea market in 97. Popped into my SNES and started a new game plus from someone who came before me. Looking back now I find it surprising that they had the game 100 percented because at the time, word-of-mouth was the popular walkthrough. Over the years, playing it off and on, I understood more and more of the game and story as my brain and education developed. The whole process has CEMENTED this game in my mind as pivotal to my journey through this hobby.

People rightly praise the New Game + innovation and also the story, graphics, and music. But notice how well they go together: the New Game + allows you to relatively quickly share with others the story, graphics, and music.

Holds such a special place in my heart. I owned it on the SNES and played through it 50 to 100 times. Saw every ending multiple times. I think i might play it right now.

Thanks for your insight, and fantastic to see that someone who first played this in 2019 can still appreciate how great it was!

I just finished playing the PC port for the first time. I heard it's identical to the DS version, since it included Lost Sanctum. I've only heard of this game in passing, people considering it a "classic" now, and I bought it with zero knowledge of what it was about. What a ride of a game: Soundtrack is beautiful. Every time I thought I reached the end, it kept throwing a new plot point at me. 😂 The combat took a little getting used to, but being able to choose multiple techs in real time made the fights immersive. Antiquity was such a cool part for me, and the anticipation of Lavos always filled me with dread. And now I need to explore the different endings. I'm surprised to hear that it actually wasn't crazy popular in the U.S. upon release, but the fact that people finally caught on with the DS launch and have fans incoming now. Just shows how far ahead of its time this game was regarding storyline and art. The U.S. in 95 wasn't ready lol

I just played it for the first time a week ago and for the third time yesterday, LOVING the New Game+ and the alternate endings

Yasunori Mitsuda was the games composer. Nobuo Uematsu stepped in to help finish after Yasunori Mitsuda nearly died overworking on the score.

I'm a year late but Christmas is here and getting nostalgic.

People who say this game was a critically acclaimed hit and commercial success when it was released in 1995 obviously were not around then. The game was a dud and a flop sales wise from the day it was released and I know because I was around then and played video games and bought my SNES the day it was released in the U.S. There was a magazine back then put out by Nintendo called Nintendo Power. This magazine reviewed all the new games. Chrono Trigger was a Super Nintendo game and when it came out it wasn't even featured on the cover of Nintendo Power magazine. A game called Donkey Kong Country was on the cover. I bought Chrono Trigger the first day it was released at a Toys R Us store. There were only 3 people there before the store opened waiting to buy the game and I was one of them. For comparison when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the Super Nintendo came out there was a line 2 blocks long outside that same Toys R Us to buy that game. Almost nobody played RPG's in the early to mid 90's when those games came out for the Super Nintendo. I remember a guy who worked in the video game dept. of a Toys R Us telling me the games which sold the least were Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 3 and Secret of Mana. I remember large stacks of those games in the original boxes behind the counter in the display case unsold. And no difference at the Captron World of Nintendo stores which were in malls and sold SNES games. The manager of the local Captron store told me that Chrono Trigger was the poorest selling Super Nintendo game ever. He said he hated when Nintendo released another RPG because he said almost no one bought games like Final Fantasy 3, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana and Breath of Fire. He said the only game in that genre that ever sold any was Legend of Zelda Link To The Past and it was just an average seller and no big deal. I understand Chrono Trigger was a big hit in Japan for the Super Famicom but here the game was a dud and a flop and sold next to nothing. I know the game sold poorly because a few years later game stores had used SNES games for sale cheap and the used games were for sale as carts but Chrono Trigger was for sale sealed in original box which means there were a lot of unsold new sealed copies of that game out there. In 1996 after the SNES went out there were tons of sealed box Chrono Triggers for sale at used game stores for $5 or less and no one bought them. Also there was no merchandise for the game released in the U.S. when the game came out in 1995 . Which shows Nintendo did not care to promote the game here. No trading cards, shirts, posters, figures, nothing. The popular SNES games had various merchandise released along with the games. Chrono Trigger had nothing. So when these reviewers rave about this game and say it was a big deal and critically acclaimed hit when it came out they were not around in 1995 when the game came out . I was and the game was a very poor seller and was not the big deal these people say it was. It was a dud and a big flop in sales.

I bought chrono trigger back in the day and never completed it till a year ago, I didn't expect it to actually pull on my heart strings like it did.

Wow this was an incredibly written video! Totally worth subbing. I haven’t played Chrono trigger but you might have just convinced me...a million years after it came out 😂

I love the sprite work of Chrono Trigger too. XD I also love the graphics of Bahamut Lagoon-the same era, the same company.

Before going to Chrono Cross, you might enjoy a fan-made game called Crimson Echoes, and an SNES visual novel called Radical Dreamers.

Thanks for doing these reviews! Brings back some great memories

I never got far in this game but after watching this ill have to give it another try. Great video man

very nice, man! Can't escape the greatness of Chrono Trigger... I feel like people will still be looking over it 100+ years from now! Hopefully, by then, we will even have a remake (not as if there's anything wrong with the original! I JUST WANT MORE)

I somewhat disagree about the game not delving into flashback/back story.. Yea, not for Crono. He's supposed to be a blank slate for the player, so he's just some unremarkable local kid. But Frog, for example, gets a couple of flashbacks, and a later resolution quest. There's a whole section of the game that, while crucial for the current party's plot and adventure, pulls double duty as Magus' extended backstory and motivation. Lucca gets the playable flashback about her mom. If you mainly meant that in regards to the protagonist, then my mistake for the misread! What I will say is genius about Chrono Trigger is how these sequences are often interwoven with the quest so they don't feel like narrative fluff. See my mention of Magus above. His story is synergistic with Frog's, and the conflict ends with us accessing Zeal to learn more about him as well. It builds the story rather than interrupting it. I wouldn't say there AREN'T side quests though. While you want to do them for ultimate weapon unlocks, the final round of resolution quests are optional side quests. It's just that the game reserves side quests for things you want to do with your party, not so much chores done for minor NPCs for a small reward like every other game. Tldr this comment is my brain dump and attempt to add to the convo! Not a straight up disagreement /argument. Hope that comes across. Great vid! I'm going to sub your channel 😊

Glad you enjoyed crono trigger one of my favorite classics growing up amazing ost

You said it the best this game definitely deserves a remake for all our hearts and childhood memories that will last a lifetime

Whoa I never saw this before. Very well written, my man!

Over the years I've beat this game 3 times. I feel a fourth coming. Its feeling like one of them years for it

Well made review! You deserve more views and subscribers. Ive never gotten into JRPG's and im thinking of getting this on mobile to keep me busy on a long flight (15 hours) that I have coming up. JRPG's always seemed interesting but for some reason I just never played them. Should I get this on my Android? Also, just fyi, I am a gamer and mainly PC game. Thanks!

This is one of the best games I've ever played. I played it back in 2015. I would like to recommend Lufia 2 also

Played many RPGs back in the mid 90s - Secret of Mana, FF5, FF6, Breath of Fire, EarthBound, XenoGears, FF7, Phatasy Star IV, and Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger was by far my absolute favorite. I still play it on an emulator every few years just to bring my childhood memories back. For those that haven't play it yet, enjoy it. It's a masterpiece. 🍻

Great Review, I'm thinking of starting Chrono Trigger on DS (snagged a copy last year, cost a pretty penny) since I've heard that's the best Version overall (have had it on PSN for PS3/PSP/PSVita for a few years as well though) but am really interested in giving it a go after I'm done with the Live A Live HD-2D Remake. I believe the Director for Live A Live (in his directorial debut) went on to do Chrono Trigger and I can totally see the influence for the Time Travel coming from Live A Live... Talking about a hidden gem that every JRPG Fan should play but likely missed, Live A Live was only released in Japan officially until the Remake (which came out last Friday on Switch) only took us 28 YEARS or so but we finally got it 😂

I grew up with Super Nintendo Japanese RPGs. Final Fantasy IV was my first one.. I've always appreciated Chrono Trigger but it never resonated with me the same as FF VI, which to this day remains my favorite game of all time, except for maybe Everquest, but that's a different genre. If I'm honest, I liked Earthbound, FF IV, Super Mario RPG much better. I guess I've just never understood the fascination with Chrono. Hell, it still beats FF VII and FF VIII and most of the PS1 era easily though. Edit: it has been about 25 years since I played Chrono Trigger all the way through so I really should see into scheduling that.

Fantastic review! Your content quality has been steadily improving ever since the Parasite Eve video.

All I want is a remastered Switch physical release with all the extra stuff from the DS & PS1 animated cut scenes & maybe some bonus stuff for this new version of coarse.

My favorite game ever

The one single thing that I don't like about most RPG's is that there are random battles. ChronoTrigger eliminates this by making it your choice in many situations if you want to battle or not. This makes all the difference with me.

This game on the ds and ps3 and snes I have played ever version of it and love it more then anything it’s probably one of if not my most favorite games of all time and I enjoy it so much it’s got so many differences on the ds but I have played every version and I have played and seen every ending

If you haven't played Chrono Trigger yet, you should. It's about time.

do you know if they updated the graphics from snes to ps1? just curious, this looks so good I really want to play chrono trigger rn playing FF6 for the first time

You forgot Mitsuda also composed the music with Nobuo which he worked tirelessly until he was sick to his stomach due to working really hard to produce one of the greatest music ever in this game.

Was trying to see if the iOS version would be worth the time and it appears it does. I will note that while this review was on Chrono Trigger, the only other game that comes to mind that shares this same styling in graphics and story telling (aside from the aforementioned FF series) was Super Ninja Boy, had a very similar world map that would lead you into random battles much like with Pokémon when it comes to catching Pokémon in the wild.

I've owned four physical copies of this. The Final Fantasy Chronicles PS1 collection, the DS version (Which I still own) and two SNES copies (The first got thrown away by mistake when my family moved in 99) I love this game. Lucca is probably my favorite SNES RPG female party member. Chrono Cross spoilers I doubt I will ever entirely forgive whoever decided her fate in Chrono Cross and that is among the many reasons I like Cross less then Trigger.

The crickets in your scenic shots at the beginning are soooooo loud. Why did you not cut those out? lol

honestly I want more JRPG's and RPG's in general to fully tell thier tale and wrap up their story in 25 hours, especially series like Final Fantasy tend to drag and the story loses momentum once thier game's hit above 40+ hours

We need a remaster of this game for pc in full 3d but with the exact same story.

My first experience with Chrono Trigger was with the ps1, I wanted Chrono really bad when it came out but games back then were very expensive, back in the early 90's games had diffrent prices. Chrono Trigger had a $99.99 price tag at Toys R Us, but I've had every version there is since then excluding snes. Having ps1, DS and android version . It's my favorite RPG of all time and back in the early 2000's a guy was remaking it with modern graphics (ps2 graphics back then) but squaresoft cut that fan made project. Would really love to see a modern remake of this game that may look like dragon quest 11. Edit: if you love this game I recommend "secret of evermore" it came out for the same time this one did and the one I got since it was cheaper, $69.99 at Toys R Us. The battle system is more like secret of mana but the story is really good.

The music is awesome 😁

I remember having a SNES and buying this cartridge at a car boot sale for £5. I thought I had snapped up the deal of century until I got home and it was hardlocked to German language. Never felt such disappointment in life. Had to get my sister who was doing German in high school to translate as we played. Good times

Yashinori matsuda wrote the ost and its hands down the best ost of all time

Cool Video! I would like to say that Chrono Trigger did sell 2.3 million copies worldwide. Mostly in Japan, apparently selling around 250k in the US... All I’m saying is “overlooked” is an “overstatement” but cheers for the vid my man! I actually got this game in ‘95 because I read Game Informer way back then and it got great reviews and just plain looked outstanding

Nice review man, great job! CT is one of my top 3 best rpg ever!

DEAR FUCKING GOD THE CICADAS/FROGS!

Thank you you said it best one of the true games of all TIME

Just a heads-up to give credit where credit's due: you mentioned that Nobuo Uematsu is the composer of the game, which is technically true, that he does provide some of the score. However, you did not mention the game's main composer: Yasunori Mitsuda, who composed around 50 of the game 60 or so compositions, and because of burnout, Uematsu was brought in to supplement the score of the game.

I've always thought should I get it for Super Nintendo or PlayStation 1. Anime cutscenes sound great but Chrono Trigger would look great next my other Snes cartridges. Cool video. ^_^

Both games are sooooo deep, i absolutely adore the story.

In my opinion, i've always thought that the SNES was the most overrated console for JRPGs, I'm more of a Playstation JRPG kind of guy. But if there's one game that deserves all the hype it gets, it's Chrono Trigger.

Yasunori Mitsuda composed most of the music - Uematsu had to step in because Mitsuda got cancer.

Hey, loved your review, i plan to play Chrono Trigger, but do you think the old Final Fantasy's are also worth playing?

I'm still playing this game on mobile .. this game is in the playstore and the graphics are better

Well maybe yo ushould try Super Mario RPG next if you've never played it. That too is a very well crafted game from the end days of square in the SNES.

easily top 10 game of all time. and it always will be.

My first experience with chrono trigger was in the early 2000s via emulation. After completion, i gotta say it became one of my all time favorite games. It says a lot when someone today, who played in not too long ago, can agree with how timeless it truly is. Btw those world map sprites are hilarious lmao

Just bought it for the ds and going to be my first time through

9:59 did I just get bit crushed Rick rolled? Lmao

this guy makes me feel old. lol but a really good forgotten RPG on SNES is Lufia II if you like classic turn based games give it a shot its hard to find it was only ever released on the SNES so its hard to get a copy legally

🐐 13 different endings

Nice review! Would you ever review Chrono Cross at one point?

Super gem of a game

Now that we here, it begs the question: What next?

beat me up and earn 15 silver points!

what platform did you play the game on ?

The more I watch these the happier I am I only played the old school. I'm sure those cut scenes would've pissed me off.

I want this on the Switch so I can finally finish it.

Great content!

great video!

would you recommend playing on mobile? or DS version? thanks

How dare you do Yasunori Mitsuda dirty like that. Guy almost kills himself composing the greatest soundtrack ever and he gets over looked. No hate at all, just surprised to see him not get credited.

They did a remake for Chrono Trigger. Remember landlady Marle in sector 7 slum? 😂😂

I feel like the black line that runs down the screen should stay within the CRT TV graphic.

The only game I call masterpiece.

How do you get Super Gato to appear at the Millenial Fair so you can fight him and get that fantastic item for defeating him? At the fair you fight Luccs's robot Gato for silver points. After you defeat him he gives you 15 silver points and asks you "Now wasn't that fun?" There is supposed to be a way to get him to follow that with a yes or no answer. If you answer no then Gato replies then you can fight my big brother and another robot comes out of the tent in the upper right hand corner. This Super Gato has a ton of hit points and you don't have the ability to beat him at this point in the game. But he says beat me and I will give you the warp ring. This ring allows you to warp to different areas of the game and access a secret area not in the usual game. To get Gato to give you the yes or no answer after you defeat him you have to speak to the guy just before you come into his area, the guy who mentions you can fight Lucca's robot for silver points, speak to him 16 times then go to the guy who exchanges 50 gold for 10 silver points and do that exchange 16 times. So make sure you have the max 200 silver points because after you do the silver exchange 16 times you have 40 silver points left. Take the 40 silver points and go to tent of horrors and bet your 40 silver points on the mimicking game. You have to do it perfect then instead of getting a clone for a reward the guy says fight Gato. Go back and fight Gato and when you defeat him he gives you the yes or no selection after he asks you if you had fun. I have done all this but Gato gives you no yes or no answer. All this was in a Japanese Video game magazine when Chrono Trigger was released there. Maybe it only works on the Super Famicom version. But the magazine mentions there is a time limit on doing all this. and maybe I have not been able to do it all fast enough. Then there is the problem of beating Super Gato. If it is impossible because of the low level you are at in that point of the game then use PAR code to go up enough levels so you can beat Super Gato.

Yall led me to believe this was an RPG that GOD made himself. So i went in with high expectations, it didnt come CLOSE to meeting them and im quite fair. Its quite standard all around the board but does have charms. I like the battle style, the sprites are actually not great, they are fine, the sound fx even for the day, arent the best, the story is a convoluted MESS. But i do like its open nature, i hate its back tracking and the charecters arent likeable, like at all im not sure how people rate this thing so high. Dont get me wrong, its good, i am now a fan and see its importance but its a decent 7-7/10 over all and there are much better jrpg's out there. I just dont see the God created masterpeice that you people do but thats okay, im sure i like something you dont understand.

Rip toriyama

Chrono trigger does give back story to villian Kind of lol.

5:50 Not so much Star ocean and tales of phantasia look light years better, maybe even secret of mana series, but does it look nice.

Best game of all time! Fight me

They're the same dude trust me

I am going to argue, by the numbers, it seems clear that only the minority of players playing the ps1 re-releases of the final fantasy games were playing them all for the first time. A simple under-sung aspect of the game is the perfectly used in battle info bar. Concise information that always declared the element of the effect or attack. Also, glen and robo and aylas stories were all full of flashbacks. Lucca's story had a major flash back you play through...? Most everybody in most every review examines the story telling structure of chrono trigger to death. 2/3 of what you are claiming in this video is completely baseless.

Or does marle bump into you?

Play Ultimate IV

Mate that’s cool but can you stop spoiling the story

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