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Final Fantasy Chronicles was releases on Friday, June 29. I recieved the game on its release date and took it home immediately. After frantically ripping the wrapping and the sticker-label off, I removed the Chrono Trigger disc and inserted it into my Playstation. The opening anime cut-scene is pretty cool but a little choppy at times (don't worry not all of the cut-scenes are choppy). To sum up the Chrono Trigger portion of FFC I have to rate this one a 4. If you want to open up the menu, or try to battle you should expect at most a 7 second wait. I AM glad to see that Square even paid attention to the game in the first place. I personally thought that they would ignore all the "please bring back CT" letters. The Akira Toryama anime cut-scenes are a great addition to this game though. The music is re-done and the graphics are a little cleaner (barely noticeable though, to retain the look of the original). All in All... IT'S CHRONO TRIGGER!! What else could you possibly want from Square? (They already have FFT covered too, expect that in July.) If you want Chrono Trigger for a fair price with bonus extras mode and anime scenes, then get this. Now on to FF2 (IV). FFIV is great on Chronicles. The load times aren't as grim as with CT and the script has been totally re-written. (Let's hope that they don't leave out the "spoony bard" line though). It is great and Square did a great job putting this on CD. The movie scenes are FF7esque and the menu is easily accesible. Not much more to be said about this game, it wasn't messed up as much. In closing, I recommend this game to those unfortunate souls who missed either Chrono Trigger or FF2 on SNES (including myself). If you have BOTH titles on SNES don't waste your money on this title unless you want them strictly for cut-scenes or to complete your collection. I gave this game 5 stars because I am thrilled that they brought these two classics back and with so many new things to explore about them. I hope this review helps you.
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