Chrono Trigger is still missing in action on Nintendo Switch. Suspiciously so, really. But people said the same thing about Super Mario RPG , and then bam: Nintendo dropped a remake on us.
Fans have been asking for a Chrono Trigger remake for decades at this point, so now more than ever, with so many other revivals from Square like Dragon Quest , Live A Live , Final Fantasy VII Rebirth , and more, it just feels like it’s the right moment. But with multiple ways to remake this game that many herald as one of the greatest of all time, how exactly should Square remake Chrono Trigger? The original release of Chrono Trigger still holds up to this day. Sure, it doesn’t look quite as fancy as Octopath Traveler or some of the other HD-2D releases of recent years, but it’s still easily one of the most beautiful games of its generation.
Thanks in large part to the vibrant and colorful artwork of the late, great Akira Toriyama , sprites are easily readable and contain a lot of variety in their animation. But with so many other games of its era receiving the remake treatment lately, it feels inevitable that Chrono Trigger’s time back in the spotlight is coming up soon. There's the DS version , of course, and the game received a recently updated release on Steam and smartphones that added some minor quality-of-life enhancements, widescreen support, an art gallery, and more, but still remains extremely faithful to the original.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, sure, but the mor.
