Editing Chrono Trigger (section)

=== Awards and accolades ===
''Chrono Trigger'' is frequently listed among the [[List of video games considered the best|greatest video games of all time]]. In 1997 ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' ranked it the 29th best console video game of all time; while noting that it was not as good as ''Final Fantasy VI'' (which ranked 9th), they gave superlative praise to its handling of time travel and its combat engine.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=100 Best Games of All Time |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=100 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=November 1997 |pages=140–141}} Note: Contrary to the title, the intro to the article (on page 100) explicitly states that the list covers console video games only, meaning PC games and arcade games were not eligible.</ref> It has placed highly on all six of multimedia website ''IGN''{{'}}s "top 100 games of all time" lists—4th in 2002, 6th in early 2005, 13th in late 2005, 2nd in 2006, 18th in 2007, and 2nd in 2008.<ref name="greatest-games">{{cite web |author=IGN staff |year=2006 |title=The Top 100 Games Ever |url=http://top100.ign.com/2006/001-010.html |website=IGN |access-date=August 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425073430/http://top100.ign.com/2006/001-010.html |archive-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="greatest-games2">{{cite web |author=IGN staff |year=2007 |title=The Top 100 Games Ever |url=http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_18.html |website=IGN |access-date=February 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203032033/http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_18.html |archive-date=December 3, 2007}}</ref><ref name="greatest-games3">{{cite web |author=IGN staff |year=2008 |title=IGN Top 100 Games 2008 – 2 Chrono Trigger |url=http://top100.ign.com/2008/ign_top_game_2.html |website=IGN |access-date=March 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217225935/http://top100.ign.com/2008/ign_top_game_2.html |archive-date=February 17, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Game Informer]]'' called it its 15th favorite game in 2001. Its staff thought that it was the best non-''Final Fantasy'' game Square had produced at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Informer's Top 100 Games of All Time (Circa Issue 100) |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |last=Cork |first=Jeff |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=December 10, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408113757/http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx |archive-date=April 8, 2010}}</ref> ''[[GameSpot]]'' included ''Chrono Trigger'' in "The Greatest Games of All Time" list released in April 2006, and it also appeared as 28th on an "All Time Top 100" list in a poll conducted by Japanese [[video game magazine|magazine]] ''[[Famitsu]]'' the same year.<ref name="gamespot-greatestgame">{{cite web |date=April 17, 2006 |editor=GameSpot editorial team |title=The Greatest Games of All Time |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616044830/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/index.html | archive-date=June 16, 2006 |website=[[GameSpot]] | access-date=May 6, 2006}}</ref><ref name="nextgen">{{cite web |author=Campbell, Colin |date=March 3, 2006 |title=Japan Votes on All Time Top 100 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/features/japan-votes-all-time-top-100 |publisher=Edge online | access-date=October 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110224117/http://www.next-gen.biz/features/japan-votes-all-time-top-100|archive-date=January 10, 2012}}</ref> In 2004, ''Chrono Trigger'' finished runner up to ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' in the inaugural [[GameFAQs]] video game battle. In 2008, readers of ''[[Dengeki Online]]'' voted it the eighth best game ever made.<ref name="kotakudengeki">{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Ashcraft |date=March 6, 2008 |title=Dengeki Readers Say Fav 2007 Game, Fav of All Time |url=http://kotaku.com/364353/dengeki-readers-say-fav-2007-game-fav-of-all-time |publisher=Kotaku |access-date=March 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807024238/http://kotaku.com/364353/dengeki-readers-say-fav-2007-game-fav-of-all-time |archive-date=August 7, 2009}}</ref> ''Nintendo Power''{{'s}} twentieth anniversary issue named it the fifth best Super NES game.<ref name="np5best">{{Cite magazine |date=August 2008 |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] |volume=231 |title=Best of the Best |page=73 |publisher=[[Future US]]}}</ref> In 2009, ''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]'' ranked the DS version of the game 31st on a list of greatest Nintendo games.<ref>{{cite web |author=East, Tom |date=February 24, 2009 |title=100 Best Nintendo Games: Part 4 |url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=7276 |work=[[Official Nintendo Magazine]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] | access-date=September 9, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226213643/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=7276 | archive-date=February 26, 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, it came 32nd place on ''[[GamesRadar]]'''s "100 best games of all time" list,<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 best games of all time |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/best-games-ever/ |publisher=[[GamesRadar]] |access-date=June 30, 2012 |date=April 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120154914/http://www.gamesradar.com/best-games-ever/ |archive-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref> and 1st place on its "Best JRPGs" list.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best JRPGs |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/best-jrpgs/ |publisher=[[GamesRadar]] |access-date=August 5, 2012 |date=July 19, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122200149/http://www.gamesradar.com/best-jrpgs/ |archive-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref> ''GamesRadar'' named ''Chrono Trigger'' the 2nd best Super NES game of all time, behind ''[[Super Metroid]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Super Nintendo games of all time |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/best-snes-games-all-time/ |author=GamesRadar staff |publisher=[[GamesRadar]] |date=April 17, 2012 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319153243/http://www.gamesradar.com/best-snes-games-all-time/ |archive-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref> In 2023, Time Extension included the game on their "Best JRPGs of All Time" list.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Lowell |title=Best JRPGs Of All Time |url=https://www.timeextension.com/guides/best-jrpgs-of-all-time |website=Time Extension |publisher=Hookshot Media |access-date=February 25, 2023 |date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921031638/https://www.timeextension.com/guides/best-jrpgs-of-all-time |url-status=live}}</ref>