Editing Chrono Trigger (section)

{{Short description|1995 video game}}

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{{Infobox video game
| title = Chrono Trigger
| image = Chrono Trigger.jpg
| caption = SNES cover art; designed by [[Akira Toriyama]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Toriyama |first1=Akira |title=The World of Akira Toriyama – Akira Toriyama Exhibition |year=1995 |publisher=Shueisha |isbn= |page= |language=ja}}</ref>
| developer = [[Square (video game company)|Square]]{{efn|Ported to [[PlayStation]] and [[Nintendo DS]] by [[Tose (company)|Tose]]. All subsequent versions of the game are developed by [[Square Enix]].}}
| publisher = Square{{efn|[[PlayStation]] version published by [[Square Electronic Arts]] in North America. All other releases of the game are published by [[Square Enix]].}}
| director = {{unbulleted list|[[Takashi Tokita]]|[[Yoshinori Kitase]]|[[Akihiko Matsui]]}}
| producer = [[Kazuhiko Aoki (video game designer)|Kazuhiko Aoki]]
| designer = [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]]
| programmer = {{unbulleted list|Katsuhisa Higuchi|Keizo Kokubo}}
| artist = {{unbulleted list|[[Akira Toriyama]]|Yasuhiko Kamata|Masanori Hoshino|[[Tetsuya Takahashi]]}}
| writer = {{unbulleted list|[[Masato Kato]]|Takashi Tokita|Yoshinori Kitase|[[Yuji Horii]]}}
| composer = {{unbulleted list|[[Yasunori Mitsuda]]|[[Nobuo Uematsu]]|[[Noriko Matsueda]]}}
| series = ''[[Chrono (series)|Chrono]]''
| platforms = {{ubl|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]|[[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]|[[Nintendo DS]]|[[i-mode]]|[[iOS]]|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]|[[Windows]]|[[Apple TV]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/best-apple-tv-games/|title=The best Apple TV games you need to play|date=20 March 2022|accessdate=2 September 2024|publisher=[[Digital Trends]]|author=Michael Archambault}}</ref>}}
| released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|March 11, 1995}}|
|'''Super NES'''{{vgrelease|JP|March 11, 1995|NA|August 11, 1995}}
|'''PlayStation'''{{vgrelease|JP|November 2, 1999|NA|June 29, 2001}}
|'''Nintendo DS'''{{vgrelease|JP|November 20, 2008|NA|November 25, 2008|AU|February 3, 2009|EU|February 6, 2009}}
|'''i-mode'''{{vgrelease|JP|April 25, 2011}}
|'''iOS'''{{vgrelease|WW|December 8, 2011}}
|'''Android'''{{vgrelease|JP|December 22, 2011|WW|October 29, 2012}}
|'''Windows'''{{vgrelease|WW|February 27, 2018}}}}
| genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]] (DS)
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''Chrono Trigger'''''|クロノ・トリガー|Kurono Torigā|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1995 [[role-playing video game]] by [[Square (video game company)|Square]]. It was originally released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] as the first entry in the [[Chrono (series)|''Chrono'' series]]. The game's [[Video game development|development team]] included three [[Video game designer|designers]] that Square dubbed the "Dream Team": [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]], creator of Square's ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series; [[Yuji Horii]], creator of [[Enix]]'s ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' series; and [[Akira Toriyama]], character designer of ''Dragon Quest'' and author of the ''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' [[manga]] series. In addition, [[Takashi Tokita]] co-directed the game and co-wrote the scenario, [[Kazuhiko Aoki (video game designer)|Kazuhiko Aoki]] produced the game, while [[Masato Kato]] wrote most of the story. The game's plot follows a [[Characters of Chrono Trigger|group of adventurers]] who travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe.

''Chrono Trigger'' was a critical and commercial success upon release, receiving multiple accolades from [[Video game journalism|gaming publications]], and is considered one of [[Fourth generation of video game consoles|fourth-generation console gaming]]'s most significant titles and among the [[greatest video games of all time]]. ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' magazine described aspects of the game as revolutionary, including its [[multiple endings]], plot-related [[side-quest]]s focusing on [[Character arc|character development]], unique battle system, and detailed [[Video game graphics|graphics]]. The [[Music of Chrono Trigger|game's soundtrack]], scored by [[Yasunori Mitsuda]] with assistance from veteran ''Final Fantasy'' composer [[Nobuo Uematsu]], has been hailed as [[List of video game soundtracks considered the best|one of the best video game soundtracks of all time]]. ''Chrono Trigger'' was the second best-selling [[1995 in video games|game of 1995]] in Japan, and the various incarnations of the game have shipped more than 5 million copies worldwide.

Distributed in the Japanese and North American markets in 1995, the game has been [[#Release|re-released on several other platforms]] with varying differences. Square published a [[Porting|ported version]] by [[Tose (company)|Tose]] in Japan for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] in 1999, which was later repackaged with a ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' port as ''[[Final Fantasy Chronicles]]'' (2001) exclusively in North America. A slightly enhanced ''Chrono Trigger'', again ported by Tose, was released for the [[Nintendo DS]] in Japan and North America in 2008, and [[PAL region]]s in 2009. The game has also been ported to [[i-mode]], the [[Virtual Console]], the [[PlayStation Network]], [[iOS]], and [[Android (operating system)|Android]]. In 2018, a higher resolution version was released for [[Windows]] via [[Steam (service)|Steam]].