I just beat Chrono Trigger for the first time!

[Epic_Lotus]

Well, I turned in pretty late last night so that I could finish up the game.  It's the first RPG I've beaten since I played FF13 two years ago.  I have to say, Chrono Trigger really does live up to its hype.  It was fun, challenging, the storyline was engaging, and I think I might actually give it a run through a second time sooner than later to get myself a different ending (I got the "normal" ending).

Also, I played the Virtual Console version.  Has anyone here played the Playstation or the DS re-releases?  I'm curious if it's worth playing on those systems for the extra dungeons or the animated cut-scenes. 

[L___E___T]

I played the DS re-release for a bit, but it felt a bit clunky so I left it for another time. 
I've not played the original, but I think I'd rather play it on the Super Famicom.

[Algo Fonix]

I liked the DS version a lot more than the PS1 version. All the benefits of the added content with no load times.

I'd like to replay it sometime, but I no longer own a copy of it.

[L___E___T]

So should I jump straight in on DS?  There's something about playing SNES on a big TV that I prefer, truth be told.  I loved the Dragon Quest remakles on DS though.

Sorrry Lotus not meaning to hi-jack the thread, just interested as I am currently at the place where you were before playing/finishing it!

[Epic_Lotus]

I see no hi-jacking going on   

I was also thinking the DS version might be a lot of fun to play.  I was reading that all of the pop-up boxes during fights are moved to the second screen, which would actually be brilliant, as that was probably my only complaint about the gameplay.  The boxes got in the way a lot, especially during boss fights with large sprites. 

Algo, were the animated cutscenes on the PS version any good?  Are they like scenes played out, or just a couple of quick character shots that are animated?  Load times are definitely annoying when you're used to the instantaneous loads of a cart-game, but I might give it a try at some point if it makes it a bit like watching an anime. 

[Algo Fonix]

I'd go for the DS for sure. If the load times weren't there, the PS one would be great... but that was the most painful PS game I ever played because of it. @_@; It'd load for 2-5 seconds every time you opened the pause menu. Terrible. But I did love every minute of the game despite that.

@Epic The cutscenes are good... kinda... short, little animations of some of the key story points. There's one when you meet up with Robo, I believe. They're nothing to really get too excited about, and you could probably just get away with watching them on youtube and be about as well off, since you played a stellar version already.

And I do believe the battle menus were on the bottom screen, as the menus did seem to get in my way on the PS version. It's really a good port... although I can't comment on the stuff that's additional from the PS version. I didn't get a chance to play any.

[manuel]

I imported the US DS version, but can't find the right timing to start it. :/
One day...

[Algo Fonix]

So long as you get to it before 1999 :O

[Epic_Lotus]

Ahahaha, nice.