However, the demonstration goes awry when the teleporter and her mystical pendant interact. There, Lucca, his childhood friend and resident mechanical genius, shows off a new teleporter, and Marle, who’s secretly the kingdom’s princess, offers to be the guinea pig. At the game’s onset, Crono mixes and mingles at the Kingdom of Guardia’s Millennial Fair. The game follows the exploits of Crono, a soon-to-be tragic hero with red, Super Saiyan-esque hair who hails from 1000 AD. Years before FFVII was lauded for the unforgettable characters, complex world-building, innovative battle system and cinematic score and visuals that would earn it mass-market appeal outside of Japan, the SNES’s 16-bit time-travel adventure had all that and a bag of Gil. Related: The Final Fantasy VII Demo Foreshadows a Great Remake of the Classic GameĬhrono Trigger is the brainchild of what Square dubbed its “Dream Team,” which was made up of heavy-hitters Yuji Horii (the creator of Dragon Quest) , Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of Final Fantasy) and Akira Toriyama (the creator of Dragon Ball). With optional, narrative-shaping side quests, an emphasis on player choices that actually mattered and (at least) 13 different endings, Chrono Trigger was ahead of the curve for its time, and it absolutely deserves the kind of new life that Square Enix is giving another one of its classics with Final Fantasy VII Remake. According to a 2019 Weekly Famitsu poll, Chrono Trigger is the best game of Japan's Heisei period, which lasted from 1989 to 2019.
Releasing between Square's much-loved 1994 hit Final Fantasy VI and its iconic 1997 game Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Trigger has long been considered a masterpiece of gaming, both in the '90s and now. …ou’ll wonder how you were ever happy with anything less.” But Chrono Trigger's 25th anniversary came and went this month with little fanfare. In July 1995, Nintendo Power noted that the game “improve on Final Fantasy in almost every area. Take a look at any “Best SNES Games of All Time” list and you’ll find Square Enix’s 1995 classic Chrono Trigger near the top.