*Spoilers ahoy*
I’ve spent twelve years telling people that my favoritest game in the history of games is Chrono Trigger, and it’s the truth. When I scour my brain for one game, one singular work that embodies everything a game can and should be, Chrono Trigger is the one that springs to mind. The art, the music, the layout, the story, the music, the battle system, the music. Everything works in tandem, nothing is out of place. But you’ve heard this all before, from me, everyone else here at 61FPS, and every other soul typing away on the internet. It bears repeating today, though, because Famitsu announced that, alongside Chrono Trigger DS’ two new dungeons, the re-release is getting a new ending as well.
Despite my enduring love for Trigger, I never bothered to check out all twelve of its alternate endings. I went out of my way to take a look at the ending that lets you chat with the development team – even though Trigger’s relatively easy, this one’s a toughy to unlock, requiring you to beat Lavos using only Crono and Marle at the start of your New Game + - and, because its hilarious, the one where Marle and Lucca appraise the game’s male characters. But outside of those, the other endings just seemed like oddities, inessential alternatives to the game’s perfectly bittersweet main ending. The new ending, though, looks like it may be worth seeking out. These two screenshots could be interpreted as yet more evidence that the DS version is going to more explicitly link Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. I mean, what else could a shot of Magus in his spooky 12,000 BC hood standing before a time gate in Lavos’ void imply?
Man, I think about this game too much.
(Link: Siliconera)
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