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===SNES release=== ''Chrono Trigger'' received critical acclaim upon its original SNES release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/chrono-trigger-coming-to-ps3-psp |last=Dutton |first=Fred |title=''Chrono Trigger'' Coming to PS3, PSP |website=[[Eurogamer]] |date=April 25, 2011 |access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref> The gameplay received praise, with ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' and ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' considering it innovative. Both magazines and ''[[Super Play]]'' cited the visibility of enemies in the overworld map and the use of combos as reasons for their enjoyment.<ref name=NP-SNES>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/nintendo-power-issue-074-july-1995/page/52/mode/2up |title=''Chrono Trigger'' |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] |date=July 1995 |issue=74 |pp=52β57}}</ref><ref name=NG/><ref name=SuperPlay>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/a466a1cd-15cb-4aa2-a150-7a198ae77d97/ |last=Overton |first=Wil |title=The Only Way We'll Win is If We Combine our Powers |magazine=[[Super Play]] |issue=37 |date=November 1995 |pp=42β43}}</ref> Both ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' and ''[[GamePro]]'' felt the game was easier than ''Final Fantasy VI'',<ref name=Edge/> though ''GamePro'' enjoyed it nonetheless.<ref name=GamePro-SNES/> The graphics and music received praise by ''Nintendo Power'',<ref name=NP-SNES /> ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'',<ref name=EGM-SNES/> and ''[[Nintendo Magazine System (Australia)|Nintendo Magazine System]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/nintendo-magazine-system-au-28-july-1995/page/16/mode/2up |title=''Chrono Trigger'' |magazine=[[Nintendo Magazine System (Australia)|Nintendo Magazine System]] |issue=28 |date=July 1995 |pp=16β21}}</ref> ''GamePro'' found them better than in prior role-playing video games such as ''Final Fantasy VI'',<ref name=GamePro-SNES/> and ''[[Game Informer]]'' felt the graphical upgrades shortened the quests,<ref name=GI-SNES/> though ''Edge'' considered them lacking ''Final Fantasy VI''{{'s}} grandness.<ref name=Edge/> Evaluations of the story and characters were more mixed. The critics for ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' generally found the storyline compelling,<ref name=EGM-SNES/> and ''Game Informer'' felt that the game's character arcs were well-developed.<ref name=GI-SNES/> ''Next Generation'' and ''Super Play'' disagreed; they both negatively compared the character arcs to ''Final Fantasy VI'',<ref name=NG/> with ''Super Play'' finding Frog's story to be the only meaningful one.<ref name=SuperPlay/>
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