Chrono Trigger | |
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Developer(s) | Square |
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Director(s) | |
Producer(s) | Kazuhiko Aoki |
Designer(s) | Hironobu Sakaguchi |
Artist(s) | Akira Toriyama |
Writer(s) |
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Composer(s) | |
Series | Chrono |
Platform(s) | Super NES, PlayStation, Nintendo DS, i-mode, iOS, Android |
Release date(s) |
March 11, 1995
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Genre(s) | Role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Review scores | |||
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Publication | Score | ||
DS | SNES | Wii | |
1UP.com | A | N/A | N/A |
AllGame | N/A | ||
EGM | A | 37 / 40 | N/A |
Eurogamer | 10 / 10 | N/A | 9 / 10 |
Famitsu | N/A | 34 / 40 | N/A |
Game Informer | 9 / 10 | 9.25 / 10 | N/A |
GamePro | 20 / 20 | N/A | |
GameSpot | 8.5 / 10 | N/A | N/A |
GameSpy | N/A | N/A | |
GamesRadar | 10 / 10 | N/A | N/A |
IGN | 8.8 / 10 (US) 9.1 / 10 (AU) |
9.5 / 10 | 10 / 10 |
Nintendo Power | 9 / 10 | 4.5 / 5 | N/A |
ONM | 93% | N/A | 90% |
X-Play | 5 / 5 | N/A | N/A |
Aggregate scores | |||
GameRankings | 92% | 96% | N/A |
Metacritic | 92 / 100 | N/A | N/A |
Awards | |
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Publication | Award |
Electronic Gaming Monthly |
Best Super NES Game, Best Role-Playing Game, Best Music in a Cartridge-Based Game |
GamePro | Best RPG Game |
Chrono Trigger (Japanese: クロノ・トリガー Hepburn: Kurono Torigā?) is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. Chrono Trigger's development team included three designers that Square dubbed the "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Square's Final Fantasy series; Yuji Horii, a freelance designer and creator of Enix's popular Dragon Quest series; and Akira Toriyama, a freelance manga artist famed for his work with Dragon Quest and Dragon Ball. Kazuhiko Aoki produced the game,Masato Kato wrote most of the plot, while composer Yasunori Mitsuda scored most of the game before falling ill and deferring the remaining tracks to Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu. The game's story follows a group of adventurers who travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe.
Square re-released a ported version by Tose in Japan for the PlayStation in 1999, later repackaged with a Final Fantasy IV port as Final Fantasy Chronicles in 2001 for the North American market. A slightly enhanced Chrono Trigger, again ported by Tose, was released for the Nintendo DS on November 25, 2008, in North America and Japan, and went on sale in Australia on February 3, 2009, and in Europe on February 6, 2009. The game was never released in PAL territories before the Nintendo DS version.