Let's Play Chrono Trigger

[Pumpkin]

Right away or should I wait?

[Skyblade]

Right away, because once you get him back (in addition to it having a couple really well written scenes in the side quest), you'll be able to track the side quests that you have left to complete.

[Sephex]

So because of this Let's Play, I streamed Chrono Trigger earlier. I got to the trial part and I noticed something about the jurors. I didn't feel that I should make a thread about this, so I decided to put it in here since this is the best area for Chrono Trigger discussion these days.

[Pumpkin]

Alrighty so Skyblade has told me to take a break from sidequesting and go rescue Chrono.

First I bring Magus to the weird guy at the end of time.

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As I expected.

So then we go see the old man and he asks about Chrono and we tell him Chrono is dead.

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Here is the song, if you want to hear it!



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Then the old man talks about how Magus has become powerful and stuff.

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Pretty sure this is how Pet Cemetery started.

So we leave and then he calls us back. MAKE UP YOUR MIND OLD MAN

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How conveniently named!

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Dun dun duuuunnn

So I head back to see old dead crazy guy who put himself in that weird creature.

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Yes, if only

Apparently he like fairs! Alright...

So I head back to 1000 AD and go to the fair (how long does this thing go on for?!)

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Well I didn't have enough points, which took away some of the drama of it all. But then I fought the robot thing again with the cool music and TADA

Then I won the Chrono doll and it only cost me 30 silver points and 30 000 dollars

I head back to Chrono's house and his mom awkwardly asks how Chrono's doing and if he's staying out of trouble. I feel bad for Lucca here.

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So she agrees and we head BACK to 2300 AD because they are just packing as much time travel as they can in to this half hour.

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What is with those dolls?!!? They do everything in this game!

Those dolls should fight Lavos

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Oh, well this is...

So I kill let him rest and head up the mountain thing place.

Oh look a fight!

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So I have to fight that thing 3 times and then I realize I can 1 hit KO it with one of Madam Ayla and Lucca's joined attacks. Those dolls also turn in to trees and give me advice along the way.

I arrive at the peak and we try to use the Chrono Trigger and the pendent reacts

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Well that can't be good

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Oh my

Then we end up back at the fight with Lavos

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And I have to swap the doll out with the real Chrono before Chrono dies.

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I like the lights on the tree

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Lucca then proceeds to fuss at him and Chrono of course says nothing.

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Chrono is rescued! Time for more sidequesting. Stay tuned next time!

[Pumpkin]

Sidequest time!

This one said something about a sun stone which wasn't very specific at all, so I spanned the eras looking for places that say "sun"

I found quite a few.

Eventually I ran in to this guy:

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And finally find the sun stone.

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Well that... is oddly specific

So to Madam Ayla's time!

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I head back to the place that said "Sun" when I was searching earlier.

Good Sun. Very good.

Then I head back to where I fought the boss in 2300 AD. Nothing there

Then I realize there is another sun place at the exact same spot on the map as in Madam Ayla's time so I go there.

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This time it wasn't caused by my stupidity!

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And there's still dust?

She said a long time ago so I head back to her time

Still there.

I head to Magus's time (child Magus)

Still there.

I head to Frog's time

NOT THERE!!!.

I head to Chrono's time

NOT THERE!!!!

Realistically, this means it could have happened anytime within that 400 year period, but since they don't allow you to travel to 700, 800, or 900 AD, or any of the years in between, this probably means it happened in 600 AD. Because game.

Eventually I find a strangely shiny house (after searching elsewhere first, of course) and enter it

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I... really? Is that it? You aren't going to send me to some time in the past/future to complete some weird requirement because it turns out you only like a certain kind of fruit that only happened to grow that one time or something like that?

Oh my.

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So I put the sun stone back and head back to the future.

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But I just switched her out GAH

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So I am auto transported to Lucca's house and she makes a weapon and her dad makes... sunglasses. Yep.

Tune in next time!

[NeoCracker]

Yeah, he won't give you the sunstone unless you gave Jerky to the poor home in the middle ages. If you don't, he's a seflish jerk. If you do, they make sure to teach their kids the value of sharing and helping others, and thus he gives you the sunstone.

[Sephex]

Seeing shion fight the Lavos spawns reminds me of an amusing observation my girlfriend made when I played through the game last year. Made this picture because of it:

[Pumpkin]

I hadn't noticed that :P

I always thought he looked like a mutant porcupine/slug

[Pumpkin]

So this one took some investigative work. The mission said something about ghosts and the middle ages, so I headed over to 600 AD and flew around until I figured out what the heck was going on.

I find these weird creepy kids.

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Something about some ruins... this seems promising.

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Very interesting

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Oh, yay~ I totally forgot about you. He gives me some spirits. Not the ghost kind, though.

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Oh... okay

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I'm getting the feeling I need to find the carpenter.

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Oh, I see.

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A-HA

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AND WE HAVE GHOSTS!!!

But apparently I need tools. Where do I find tools? Normally at the store, but because its this game TIME TRAVEL

I eventually find them in the future.

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Oh

So I find the tools and give them to the carpenter guys and meet them at the north shrine thingy.

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FIIIINE

So I do that and then have to pay them some monies to come back.

Then I find Cyrus's grave

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D'aww happy moment.

Then something happens with the Masamune again

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yaaay

So then I head to the future to see my effects of my awesomeness

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Then I head back to 600 AD to find that other guy's grave but then I remember that he's still alive


oops

So back to the future!

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And for once, they finally show me where I'm going

Tune in next time as I attempt to find the rainbow whatever!

[Skyblade]

Oh, goody. The Rainbow Shell leads to such utterly epic events. I cannot wait.

[Pumpkin]

Okay so I head over the the claw whatever and find a note

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?

I head further in and realize the place looks rather familiar

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Rather familiar indeed...

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I even run in to an old friend

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Which of course leads to a boss fight.

Once, that is complete, I find the rainbow shell

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N...no

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When switching party members doesn't work, I leave, which brings me to the castle.

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They agree to this and everyone is super happy. Since they mentioned for generations, I head to the future.

Also, in case you've noticed, I'm trying to make my party plot relevant characters. Like Madam Ayla in the reptite looking place and Frog because it was 600 AD. Also Magus because he's like 15 levels behind.

So now I switched to Marle and left frog because it was connected to the 600 AD story, even though I'm heading to the future and also he has connections to the royal family.

So we bring in Marle and she talks to the chancellor, who mentions her mother.

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Apparently the king said he was too busy with work.

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Then the Chancellor indicates that some might even say the King killed her, which is a bit of a stretch imo.

Anyways, so the King is on trial for supposedly selling the Rainbow Shell, which no one even knew of until this trial.

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Anyways the trial goes on with a bunch of nonsense and Marle wants to prove his innocence.

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Of course it is! So I have to go looking for it and find thse two

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My goodness people can hold grudges in this game. IT HAS BEEN OVER FOR 400 YEARS. LET IT GO

[Pumpkin]

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Ugh you guys are stupid.

So we find the shell along with a note.

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What a nice letter.

Then we rush back in order to prove the King's innocence.

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Hmm, unfortunate.

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Yeah that's not something suspicious to say in court or anything.

So the guards won't let Marle in to the trial. How does she solve this?

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A bit extremely.

Then we get to prove the innocence of the King with a shard from the rainbow shell

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Another boss fight. Seriously, you guys need to learn to let stuff go.

I like how the audience is just chillin there while all of this is happening.

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The King and his daughter have a nice touching moment after the defeat of loser mcjerkface.

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Then he tells Marle about how she was so happy when her mother was on her deathbed, making Marle realize the story about him was a lie.

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D'aww

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Man this guy just comes out of nowhere.

Also, everyone is all super happy with Frog for everything he's done. I go back to the court place to get the shiny which unlock a chest.

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He starts to introduce himself but then leaves because he's busy.

Old dude makes me some stuff using the rainbow shell and my previously acquired sun stone.

And that's all for now! Tune in next time!

[Skyblade]

Just so you know, you missed the scene where Marle tries to kill the King.

When they first fight, if you visit him with some Jerky in your inventory, you can offer it to him. It's one of his favorite foods, and Marle gives it as a peace offering. But he rages on, pointing out that Marle knows he has high cholesterol and needs to watch his diet, and that she must be trying to kill him.

I love this quest. It's just so fun. Plus, it's full of hints about the fake chancellor, such as the fact that the enemies near the Rainbow Shell are all enemies from the Church in 600 AD, or the mentions about the family grudge.

[Pumpkin]

Boo I missed that scene Oh well, guess I can't get it all perfectly the first time around.

Also, what the heck happened with the reptites or whatever they're called. I find the dragon thing and the cave billions of years later and then it goes off to Marle's story and then it's just... that's it. Nothing more about the reptites just chillin in the cave after billions of years.

EDIT:
Also, if you want to head over to the last page of my attempted drawings thread, I drew Madam Ayla

[Pumpkin]

Okay so the last sidequest says something about Zeal, so I head to 12000 BC or whenever it is and find what used to be the underwater place just floatin around.

I already have Magus in my party so I just add Madam Ayla and Freddy because they are my favorites.

Then I find the loony Queen Zeal

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*sigh*

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Only 1400 years? Well then!

Then she makes me fight this ugly thing

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Really, what's wrong with having attractive bosses once in a while?

And guess what? After ridiculous amounts of time spent in this area, I get to fight that thing 2 more times!

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Each time as annoying as the last. With much dungeon in between. Finally I arrive to this:

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Well that can't be good

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It's another not Lavos Lavos boss fight!

After that fight I find this creepy place.

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That's... that's awkward. Sure enough there are floating copies of my characters all over the place.

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I have no idea what you're talking about.

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Apparently the Mammon Machine eats.

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So I fight it and I win.

SO MANY BOSS FIGHTS

But it doesn't end there. Oh no.

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You, LADY, have some serious issues.

Magus basically tells her that, which she doesn't take well

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And that leads to another boss fight.

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Why... what is this? She just turned herself in to floating gloves and part of a face. That's impressive in its own way.

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Ugh, it just never ends with this lady.

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Oh my

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OH MY

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So... so apparently I'm fighting Lavos?

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SIDEQUEST

He seems to imitate a lot of the previous bosses I fought. Eventually I defeat him.

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AYLA STRONG

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BE WARY

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ENTER AND DESTROY THE CORE

THE BATTLE CRIES OF MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HEARD