One way that the action stays constant is through Chrono Trigger's inventive battle system. The story is kept as simple as it can be to keep the action coming. Getting through a major act of the story takes about an hour or two and luckily, there aren't any slow moments with hours of text to read. The pacing of the main story is so tight and focused, it fits perfectly on a handheld system like the DS. What happens after that is an adventure that takes Crono and his friends through time and space.Д®verything about Chrono Trigger is simply brilliant. Marle follows Crono to meet Lucca and Lucca needs volunteers to test her new machine. Marle is secretly the princess of the kingdom that wants to abandon the throne in favor of adventure and decides to accompany Crono.

Before you can find Lucca, you bump into a lovely girl named Marle. Lucca is an eccentric inventor who is working on a new teleportation machine. One day, you wake up and go to the town fair to meet your friend, Lucca. You play as Crono, a young boy who can't seem to feed his cats like his mother asks. There is no good reason why this game should be withheld from your ears. If anyone plans on playing Chrono Trigger in public, wear headphones. The battle song is the song that you will hear most often and (for lack of a better word) it is awesome. Nobuo Uematsu (who worked on many Final Fantasy titles) created a wonderful score and soundtrack given the limitations of the original hardware. It requires someone that can understand timing and still be able to produce catchy songs. With RPG's, music is important because it is the main facilitator of mood and story. Without rambling too much about why the art is important, I'll just say Chrono Trigger is presented with beautiful 16-bit graphics that haven't lost their luster over the years. While at some points, the 16-bit beauty takes a light and whimsical approach to the RPG genre, the art style helps to make those moments fun and entertaining while still keeping the serious moments. Akira Toriyama of DragonBall fame did the character design and art direction for Chrono Trigger and it translates perfectly into the setting and atmosphere. A good art style and direction trumps polygon count any day of the week and Chrono Trigger looks just as good today as it did over a decade ago. Good games are simply timeless in their approach. Now, Chrono Trigger is back on the DS and while it is a port of the PS1 version, it had a little extra polish to ensure that this would be the definitive version of the RPG classic to date. Chrono Trigger was released on the Super Nintendo 13 years ago and then ported onto PS1 years later, with added animated cutscenes. Chrono Trigger is the gaming equivalent of Hamlet in that it is easily recognizable and relatable. How do you explain to someone why a game is considered classic? It goes back to Shakespeare's ability to write stories that apply to anyone during any time period.

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