Chrono Trigger.

The last few days I have been playing the greatest game ever created: Chrono Trigger. If you have no idea what it is, then you should be ashamed for being such a failure. 13 years ago, my family bought it for me for (I believe) my birthday. I instantly fell in love with this game, the characters, the graphics, the music, and one of the coolest stories ever. I mean, how can you not like time travel? Basically, an alien parasite (Lavos) falls to the Earth in the prehistoric era and burrows deep within the Earth, rising up and destroying it in the year 1999 A.D. You soon discover this and set out on a time traveling adventure to prevent this from happening. Now being 10 years old when I first played, and the year being 1995, I always thought it would be cool if the world actually came to an end in 1999. But it didn't, so I kept playing CT. Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, (but you should know that) designed the characters, so of course they're all awesome. In fact, the main character is so cool he never even speaks. Let's take a moment to meet the cast of playable characters:








Crono: You start the game as Crono, a young man from the present: 1,000 A.D. You'll notice that Crono never actually speaks, but he has other ways of expressing himself. His weapon of choice is the katana.




Lucca: Crono's best friend. The inventor of the telepod and soon after the gate key, she's a genius when it comes to machinery and all things technology related. She became interested in science after her mother had an accident which resulted in the loss of the use of her legs. She uses various guns.



Marle: Crono bumps into her at the Millenia fair, one of the key events that sets off the plot of the entire game. She's secretly Princess Nadia, of the kingdom of Guardia. Her pendant reacts to the telepod and creates the very first time gate. It's also hinted that she has feelings for Crono. She uses a crossbow.


Frog: A swordsman from 600 A.D. Originally named Glenn, he was transformed into a frog by the wizard Magus during a battle which his best friend, Cyrus, captain of the Guardia Knights, was killed. Crono and Lucca meet him while trying to rescue Queen Leene in 600 A.D. He's an accomplished swordsman and the true wielder of the Masamune. (And quite possibly one of the coolest ideas for a character ever.)



Robo: A robot from the year 2300 A.D. Lucca repairs him at the Proto Dome and they become close friends after. His original name is Prometheus and his serial number is R66-Y. Later in the game, he brings to the parties attention the fact that the events which Crono and his friends are experiencing may be the work of a higher "entity." He fights with powerful arm attachments.




Ayla: The chief of the Ioka tribe in 65,000,000 B.C. You meet her while trying to get dreamstone to repair the Masamune. Later, you help her defeat the reptites, a race of dinosaur men who her people are at constant war with. She uses her bare hands in battle.

Magus: Leader of the mystics in 600 A.D. he was originally Janus, the prince of Zeal in 12,000 B.C., but during an encounter with Lavos he was thrown into the future. There he was raised by Ozzie, one of the mystics, where he became a powerful wizard. During the war between Mystics and Humans he killed Glenn's bestfriend Cyrus, broke the Masamune, and transformed Glenn into Frog. Later he joins your party in hopes of reuniting with his sister Schala.

This game also features one of the coolest creatures ever created, the Nu.

The Nu appears to be a very laid back creature, most of the time you can find them sleeping or just hanging out. There are a few secret ones which you can fight, and they will kick your ass if you're not careful. Their regular attack knocks you down to 1 hp. In a book written by Belthasar, it is stated:

The Mystery of Life" Vol. 841 Ch. 26

"All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu...

This is the truth!
This is my belief!
...at least for now."

They're just that great.

If you want more in-depth info on all the characters there is some surprisingly well-written information here.

Next, we have the music. Ah the music, CT's soundtrack is quite possibly one of the best ever. Since words can't really describe how good it is I'm providing a small playlist of music below:



And with that, I leave you to complete my journey through time. My original file recently got deleted (R.I.P. 13 years of game play.)so I'm playing through all over, after that I have about 11 or so more endings to get. Of course, with bullshit like work who knows when that will actually happen. Enjoy the music, if you don't, you really have no taste. So just get off my lame excuse for a website.