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[deckardcanine]

Until today, I always assumed that Chrono Trigger and its sequel Chrono Cross were shooter games, most likely of the first-person persuasion. Now I know they're RPGs along the lines of Final Fantasy, from the same company. If only the "Trigger" hadn't thrown me off, I could've enjoyed at least one of them before they got hard to find.

One more addition to my list of popular video games with imperfect titles.

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[nefaria.livejournal.com]

Chrono Trigger is available in a Nintendo DS and a PlayStation1 version as well as the SNES cartridge. All seem to available new or used.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Chrono+Trigger

It's probably the most emotionally satisfying video game I've ever played, definitely worth the $20. "Chrono Trigger" is actually an alternate name for the Time Egg which plays a major role near the middle of the game.

I've heard the sequel was not quite as good but still worth playing.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Darn, if it's on the DS, then it'll never be WiiWare. I might get the SNES version, but I haven't plugged in that system in years. Then again, the reason I stopped (aside from the fun of the Wii) was that I encountered a certain bug in FFVI, which I recently learned was common to early copies and easy enough to avoid. My SNES probably still works fine.

FWIW, it's the only old console I've saved to this day. I got my fill of the NES, the only games I loved on the N64 were available in The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, and the Wii plays Gamecube discs.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

Was that the Sketch bug? Usually the playtesters catch that stuff, but sometimes a crash bug sneaks in.

SNES is my all-time favorite game console, so many different kinds of awesome games were developed for it.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was the Sketch bug. Never happened during my first two play-throughs. Oh well, I never thought much of Sketch -- but Control rules.

[delcan.livejournal.com]

Chrono Trigger is largely considered a masterpiece of the RPG world; I'm not a drooling fanboy, it's kinda nerdy and overdone in places, but it's a pretty good game and I do recommend it.

Its sequel, Chrono Cross, is nerdy and overdone in a slightly different way, and quickly becomes very, very, VERY complicated, to the point where discussions over the plot line start to look like discussions of the film Donnie Darko. I can't say I recommend this one, but I will say that the music for it is amazing (except for the battle theme, which quickly becomes grating).