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The story of a young man who never expected to become a Hero, he woke up one day to attend a fair and see his best friend Luca's latest invention. On the way there he met a young woman named Marle and took her to see Luca's teleporter. He had no idea the young woman's pendant would react with the teleporter in such a way as to hurl them all into an adventure they never could have imagined. Hurled into the past they soon realize that their actions can change and shape the present. So upon discovering the threat of a sleeping creature destined to destroy the world as they know it, they decide to try and prevent the future they have discovered from ever coming to pass. Along the way they meet and befriend several rather unique individuals including a robot from the future, a swordsman cursed to live his life as a frog, a powerful prehistoric amazon, and in the end even a powerful mage they thought was their enemy. Only with the power of these companions and the ability to tranverse time can they hope to save the world from destruction.


Chrono:
Crono lives in Truce Village in the year 1000 AD with his mother. He is a content teenager until his friend Marle mysteriously disappears in an experimental teleportation device. He courageously takes on the task of traveling through time to find his lost friend. A fine swordsman, Crono demonstrates extraordinary skill with the katana
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Luca:
She lives with her parents near Truce Village in the year 1000 AD. More comfortable around books and machinery than around people, she does not have many friends her own age. A brilliant inventor, Lucca creates a device known as a telepod that is said to be able to instantly transport a person from one location to another. She uses her cunning and creativity to make new inventions and weapons.
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Marle:
Marle lives in the year 1000 AD in Guardia Castle. Posing as a commoner, Marle is actually Princess Nadia of the kingdom of Guardia. Her mother, Aliza, died when she was young and Marle now lives with her father, the king of Guardia. She meets Crono and Lucca at the Millennial Fair in Leene Square. She despises royal life and longs for the freedom of common life. Her beauty is matched only by her desire for freedom from royal burdens.
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Frog:
A valiant knight of the Guardia kingdom in 600 AD, Frog relinquishes his post as the queen's protector after failing to prevent the disappearance of his queen, Leene. Frog is looking to avenge the death of his fallen comrade. He is a powerful swordsman who wields the mythical sword, Masamune.
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Robo:
Robo is searching for his lost past and striving to improve the future. Upon finding the broken down machine, Lucca repairs Robo. In return, the robot chooses to fight alongside Crono and his friends. Robo uses advanced weaponry from the future to strike frear into all who challenge him.
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Ayla:
Ayla, a feral cavewoman from the distant past, is the chief of Ioka Village. She is seeking allies to defend her village against the threatening dino-human Reptites. Recruiting Crono and his friends, Ayla and her people must battle the Reptites for control over history itself. On the battlefield Ayla is unmatched in raw power and ferocity.
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Magus:
Magus lives in the year 600 AD but may have come from some other era. Magus is bent on destruction for reasons yet unknown. A master of Shadow Magic. Magus is a dark force to be reckoned with.
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Release Info


Chrono Trigger SNES
Japanese Release - 03/11/95
US Release - 09/27/95


Chrono Trigger PS1
Japanese Release - 11/02/99


Final Fantasy Chronicles
US Release - 06/29/01

Series connections
Warning contains spoilers

References

It is mentioned in Cross that the Kingdom of Gaurdia fell to Porre a Militiristic nation to the north of the Archipeligo

Porre, the militiristic nation mentioned in Cross, is also the name of a large village on the southern continent in Trigger

A few connections can be drawn to Luca from the first game. Her home which you visit so often in Trigger is in fact the veyr Orphenage you enter via the power of the Mastermune or Chrono Cross in order to save Kid. Luca is in fact the one who raised Kid seeign as Kid is in fact the baby Luca finds in the PSX Ending for Trigger. Lucia was also a correspondent of Luca's and even held a letter for Kid from Luca that you can aquire late in the game, a letter which oddly enough mentions the enigmatic mage Janus/Magus.

The Orphanage itself priovides many connections between Trigger and Cross. The Robot seen in the burning orphanage is in fact Gato, the dancing robot you sparred with as Chrono and friends while visitign the Mellenial Fair. The code to unlcok Kid's 7th level tech at the orphanage is the same code needed to save Luca's mother when you have the chance to return to that time in Trigger, that code in both cases being "LARA" which is the name of Luca's mother. There is even a reference to the previous code itself in that Luca says she improved upon her fathers code. Also while you are in the Orphanage you can seen pictures drawn by the children portraying characters from Trigger.

Alternate futures

There are many portrayed links using the Alternate futures for each Huamn's and Reptites

In one such future the Humans progress over time, they create FATE which is oddly enough the version of the very computer you had to defeat in Trigger (Mother Brain) only in the production of FATE they included Promethius (Robo) as a safegaurd. Upon its destruction in 1999 LAvos pulled back the city of Chronopolis where FATE rested to try and use FATE to ensure its continues existence, however the Promethius safegaurd prevented this. But it seems history was doomed to repeat itself as FATE wished to become a new life form and so sought to merge itself with the Arbiter of time. Even managing to destroy the safegaurd Promethius which had been installed to prevent this. Also the Masamune was the sword forged by man in the kindgom of Zeal, later it is shown in the PSX ending for trigger that the sword which was said to "Embody the dreams of Melchoir" became tainted in the great slaughter of the war with Porre, as Melchoir saught to protect life the sword being used in such a way seems to have tainted it, Its spirits slimberign as the sword itself draws out the Enmity in the hearts of its weilder at least until the spirits reawaken after the defeat of Dario.

In the other possable future stemming all the way from 65,000,000 BC the Reptites evolve into the ravce known as the Dragonites. They craft the great fortress Terra Tower and a powerful Biomachine that actd in accordence with the will of the planet. The Dragonites also forge their own great sword called "The Einlanzer" which I suppose you could say is their version of the Masamune. When Lavos drags Chronopolis from the future to the past, the planet reacts by dragging Tera Tower and the "Dragon Gods" (the biomachine constructed by the Dragonites) back as well to oppose Chronopolis and FATE. In this act the sword Einlanzer and Fort Dragonia come to exist in the past as well as Tera Tower and the Dragon Gods.

Upon being drawn back these two forces collided, FATE dedicated a portion fo its power to keeping the Dreagon Gods Sealed while they in turn used their power to seal Away Chronopolis in essence creatign a stalemate.

In the PSX ending for Trigger we are shown a scene in which Luca finds a young baby in possession of a pendant that looks strangley like that of the royal familes of Gaurdia and Zeal. You find out throughout events in Cross that this child is in fact a clone of Princess Schala fo Zeal. Masa and Mune recognize Kid as Schala when awakened and even refer to here as "The Princess" when they notice her.

Time Paradox

The Destruction of Lavos created a Paradox that combined with the time crash serves to explain many things and form further links between the two games.

With the Destruction of Lavos in 1999 the future created by his arrival was cast into a temporal void or "Tesseract" where the remaisn of its awakening were sealed away beyond time itself.

When Lavos awakened in the Kingdom of Zeal in 12,000 BC Shcala was accidently hurled into this very same Teseract where she in turn fused with one of the Lavos spawn residing there

When the Time Crash occured the "Dragon God" and the Dreagonite society where likewise hurled into the Tesseract.

So between the destruction of Lavos in 1999 and the Time Crash that resulted due to those events and others.... Lavos Spawn, Schala, and the Dragon God somehow were merged to form the "Time Devourer" whom had no place within time and so sought to destroy all of time.




...... I know there is more but after typing all that.... I will finish later

A list of users who have been asked to leave for the sake of the threads longevity

janus_the_halo_mage, janus_the_halo_sage2, baby_Janus, and any future SN due to bannings - for spamming the thread, inciting arguments, beligerent behavior in general, and ignoring the blacklist after being banned from gaia...... getting ones account banned does not get them off the blacklist

Neptune - bashign of the games without presenting any reason or facts to back their claims

Jacques_Strappe - Spammign the thread with advertisements for an off site discussion forums, wich is a violation of forum guidlines.

I officially Open this thread. Have Major fun.

there si a good reason they were told to stop

they were illegally usign the license, characters, and artowork from the game..... I beleive they had made about 3 seperate violations of international copyright

Story and Characters - Square Enix

Design and Artwork by the original artist who is actually a Manga Ka working in the Anime industry

and they were remixing the music and using it without permission from the composer or Square-Enix

I personally would never support a project that so blatantly screwed over the peopel who actually put th work and effort into designign characters and story for the original game.

I might get flamed for this, but I must express my true feelings. I really loved Chrono Trigger, but I absolutely hated Chrono Cross. It wasn't the characters, story, music, or graphics at all, those I loved. It was the gameplay/battle system. I think it was at least as bad as Final Fantasy VIII's system. And yes, I'll probably get slammed on for that too. I just couldn't stand the Drawing system for 8 and I hated the color sphere for CC. Sorry, but that's the way I feel.

Sometimes, those load times got on my nerves, especially when it takes 2-3 minutes to load a boss fight.

And the Ending is somewhat slowed down when the Backgrounds of different times starts flashing really fast after you defeat Lavos.