Feature: But The Future Can Change - Chrono Trigger And L...

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Okay so Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025.

This article was originally published in March. Note: If you haven’t played Chrono Trigger to completion… (and honestly, same)

If you’re sensitive to spoilers, come back when you’re done as we discuss end-game details below…

The Details

Read the full article on nintendolife. Com Features Anniversaries SNES Square Enix Chrono Trigger Best of 2025 Feature: But The Future Can Change - Chrono Trigger And Learning To Love The World The Corridors of Time by Alana Hagues 24 mins ago : 76 Image: Square Enix Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025 .

” For the most part, Chrono Trigger is a chirpy, cheery game. It’s lightning in a bottle, a magical experience full of joy and excitement.

Why This Matters

Yet, there are few endings as gut-wrenching as Chrono Trigger’s ‘rough’ ending. To Nintendo Life on YouTube 841k You’ve spent hours travelling between time periods, rescuing innocent people, gathering allies, and seeing firsthand the evolution of Lavos, the cause of the apocalypse in 1999 AD and the origin of evil throughout history - throughout millions of years of history. Travelling to 1999 AD and taking on Lavos right before it causes the apocalypse, only to fail, is devastating.

The gaming community has been watching developments like this closely.

Key Takeaways

• “The future refuses to change,” and Lavos takes all life, including yours.
• Life and the world collapse and grey out before your eyes.
• But the future refuses to change; it’s not that it can’t.

The Bottom Line

The words on the screen, in front of that greyed-out image of Earth and Lavos’ blood-curdling scream blaring out of the speakers, might feel like a gut punch, but it also serves as the fuel, the motivation, to get back in the fight to save the world. Image: Square Enix But you already know that, right?

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