Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Nintendo DS game card
- Case with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger is a 1995 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the first installment of the Chrono series.
Role-playing (RPG)
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 25 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Chrono Trigger is a 1995 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the first installment of the Chrono series. The game's plot follows a group of adventurers who travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe.
The game's development team included three designers that Square dubbed the "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of Square's Final Fantasy series; Yuji Horii, creator of Enix's Dragon Quest series; and Akira Toriyama, character designer of Dragon Quest and author of the Dragon Ball manga series. In addition, Takashi Tokita co-directed the game and co-wrote the scenario, Kazuhiko Aoki produced the game, while Masato Kato wrote most of the story.
Chrono Trigger was a critical and commercial success upon release, receiving multiple accolades from gaming publications, and is considered one of fourth-generation console gaming's most significant titles and one of the greatest video games ever made. Nintendo Power magazine described aspects of the game as revolutionary, including its multiple endings, plot-related side-quests focusing on character development, unique battle system, and detailed graphics. The game's soundtrack, scored by Yasunori Mitsuda with assistance from veteran Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu, has been hailed as one of the best video game soundtracks of all time. Chrono Trigger was the second best-selling game of 1995 in Japan, and the various incarnations of the game have shipped more than 5 million copies worldwide.
Official trailer
Gameplay Video. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Chrono Trigger DS - Full Game Walkthrough (HD), Retro Longplays. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG)
- Developer
- Square Enix Product Development Division 5, Tose
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Series
- Chrono
- Platforms
- Nintendo DS
- Age rating
- ESRB E10+
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- CERO
- A
- ESRB
- E10+
- PEGI
- 12
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo DS | Japan | 2008-11-20 |
| Nintendo DS | North America | 2008-11-25 |
| Nintendo DS | Europe / PAL | 2009-02-06 |
Editions
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
The whole game still plays on any DS.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Nintendo DS game card |
| Ever released in the store | No The DS version was never sold digitally; the iOS, Android and PC releases are later ports. |
| In the store to buy today | No Never sold digitally. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Does not exist Never sold digitally. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic DS 92 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale Eurogamer 10 10 Game Informer 9 10 GamePro 5 5 GameSpot 8.5 10 GameSpy 4.5 5 GamesRadar 5 5 IGN 8.8 10 Nintendo Power 9 10
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer (DS version) Tose Publisher Square Enix Original directors Takashi Tokita, Yoshinori Kitase, Akihiko Matsui Original producer Kazuhiko Aoki Original designer Hironobu Sakaguchi Writers Masato Kato, Takashi Tokita, Yoshinori Kitase, Yuji Horii Artist Akira Toriyama Composers Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu, Noriko Matsueda
Notes for collectors
- A port of the 1995 Super NES game by Tose.
- Adds the monster-battling Arena, two new areas, the Lost Sanctum and the Dimensional Vortex, and a new ending.
- Offers the original controls or a touch-screen scheme.
- Pre-orders came with a music disc of two orchestral arrangements.
- Later iOS, Android and PC releases are based on this version.
Credits
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Developer
- Square Enix Product Development Division 5, Tose
- Released
- 2008-11-25
- Age rating
- ESRB E10+
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 25 hours
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