swallow/safe helm

[Jowy]

One of these two things is a viable option!

Which did you initially pick during your first Chrono Trigger playthrough? I took the helmet. Crono was indisposed at the time, so I just opted to give Lucca a sweet helmet.

[VeloZer0]

I didn't pick, I turned tail and went back and did all the other side quests first so I could be confident I could chose the best one. Of course both were outclassed by that point.

[NeoCracker]

Safe Helm is easilly the better option. It's use lasts far longer then the sword.

[NorthernChaosGod]

You can easily get a better sword soon after, so the helmet is the clear choice.

[Skyblade]

The sword is the only choice. The sword is unique, the helm can be acquired through other means. To a perfectionist, the choice is clear.

It gets even clearer with the DS version tracking your inventory completion.

[Gamblet]

I went with the helm, it was really useful at final boss.

[Jowy]

The attack animation of the Swallow is really neat. Last playthrough I grabbed it before Mt. Woe and didn't have to replace it until I snagged the Shiva Edge.

[Del Murder]

I go with the Swallow on first playthrough, Safe Helm on all subsequent playthroughs.

[DownDiagonalLeftA]

The attack animation of the Swallow is really neat.

That's what I'm saying. Swallow easily. Helmet is better, but is Chrono Trigger really a difficult game?

[theundeadhero]

I go with the sword because I turn the rainbow shell into three prism helms.

[chionos]

definitely Swallow

[Heath]

I usually go for Swallow as I'm the sort of person who likes to have one of every item in my inventory, even if I never even bother with said items.