During your first showdown with him, he has stronger attacks than anything you've encountered so far, and can easily wipe the floor with your party even after you've bulldozed dozens of his most expendable meat shields. What is "particularly difficult" is fighting Magus himself. But as a kid playing a hand-me-down copy, I was completely gobsmacked. In reality, it doesn't take that long, and it's not even particularly difficult. When you finally, finally get the chance to infiltrate Magus's Castle after hearing about it for so many in-game hours, you'll be greeted by Ozzie, who mirthfully tells you that you'll have to defeat 100 enemies. They are legitimately funny: Flea is a diva who blows kisses your way, Ozzie looks like an obese pickle and routinely blunders into his own traps.įrog, Crono, and Lucca take on Magus in official key art by Toriyama Square Enix In the Japanese version, they're named after vinegar, soy sauce, and mayonnaise, in keeping with Toriyama's noted affinity for naming characters after food. They're named after iconic rock musicians in the English localization– Ozzy Osbourne, Slash from Guns N' Roses, and Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Like any RPG villain worth his salt, Magus has a sick-ass lair and fantastic trio of henchmen: Ozzie, Slash, and Flea. Magus is in many ways the pixely progenitor of Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth: Goth and broody, with gorgeous flowing locks and a formidable cape game.
He often, perhaps too often, talks about hearing "the black wind" howling. Back when Frog was just a plucky medieval fanboy known as Glenn, Magus murdered his best friend Cyrus in front of him. The more we learn about Magus, the worse he seems. But Magus is the one knowingly striving to unleash that monster on an unsuspecting populace. Sure, Crono, Marle and Lucca learn pretty early on that Lavos is the nefarious alien monster hell-bent on destroying the world. For the first half of the game, Magus is the baddest dude in any era. The game follows a group of time travelers fighting to save the world from a calamity in 1999 AD. It's been released for SNES, PS1, and Nintendo DS, but there isn't an easy way to play it on current-gen consoles. Also, the soundtrack still absolutely slaps, a quarter-century later. Chrono Trigger was a major step forward for active combat systems in RPGs, and introduced the now-ubiquitous concept of New Game Plus. There are more than a dozen endings, a substantial chunk of late-game content can be done in any order, and any trio of the game's seven playable characters are viable. Chrono Trigger remains a fixture of all-time best lists thanks to its memorable story, iconic setpiece moments, and enormously flexible gameplay. The trio of Sakaguchi, Horii, and Toriyama was referred to as the "Dream Team." The iconic character designs were done by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. The game boasted an incredible team of creative talent, spearheaded by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and Dragon Questcreator Yuji Horii, along with Yoshinori Kitase and Tetsuya Nomura, currently two leads of Final Fantasy VII Remake. March 11 marks the 25th anniversary of Chrono Trigger, the landmark Super Nintendo RPG from Squaresoft that arguably perfected time-travel narratives in video games.
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