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New Game +, any difference? (Chrono Trigger)

Posted: 31st July 2004 19:07

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I am just curious but is there any difference in the New game plus in Chrono Trigger, I just started it and I noticed that
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my characters level, stats, techs, weapons, and items were the same
, but is there any difference in the storyline or sub quests, etc. If anyone can help, Thanks, if not, then that is okay as well. Thanks anyways!
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Posted: 31st July 2004 19:26

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all new game plus does besides what you mention will open up where your can get diffrent endings.

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Posted: 31st July 2004 19:37

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To elaborate, you'll be able to beat Lavos at many different times in the game (as early as the first time you meet Marle in Leene Square, 1000 AD) where in a normal playthrough you would have gotten creamed, thus opening up all the different endings.
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Posted: 31st July 2004 19:47

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More specifically, there's a sparkle on the right telepod at the Millennial Fair which takes you straight to Lavos. I'd recommend using this method to reach Lavos over any other because you don't have to fight the tedious rehashes of previous bosses during Lavos' first form.
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Posted: 1st August 2004 03:21

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It is true that you can go straight to the "inside" of Lavos and fight his "true" form if you go straight through the teleporter. Of course, you can only get one of the several alternate endings if you beat him that early, and your party will be limited to Crono and Marle. (Really not difficult with those two, of course, especially if you have good equipment.) Still, the ending that you earn from that route is entertaining, so it's worth doing at least once.

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Posted: 1st August 2004 03:41

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Actually, if you time it right, you can fight with just Chrono. Very challenging, VERY fun. =happy.gif=

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Posted: 1st August 2004 15:41

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Yeah, I took Lavos down with just Chrono at like level 40 or something, it was a rewarding experience. In any case, someone mentioned using the teleporter because it keeps you from having to tediously battle through other bosses, but I seem to recall that it slightly effects certain special endings as well. Is this just wrong?

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Posted: 1st August 2004 18:41

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You will get a completely different ending every time you beat Lavos somewhere other than the logical end of the game. The only difference in the special endings themselves that I can recall is whether Frog appears in some of the endings in his amphibian form or in human form as Glenn, which depends on whether you killed Magus or not.
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Posted: 1st August 2004 22:18

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There can also be differences depending on whether you smashed Epoch into Lavos or not (i.e. whether you still have it). But ending-wise, using the telepod at any given point produces an identical ending to using the bucket at that same point. The only differences are that you can access the telepod much earlier (but in NG+ only) and that you avoid the boss repeat sequence. That's what I meant by it being my favoured method: not that you should always finish the game as early as possible, but that at any point when you DO want to finish it, the telepod is the quickest way to do so. And you do have to fight the last Lavos shell form before going in. The only downside is that the inside passageway doesn't contain a save point or a return warp if you use this method.

I can attest that it's possible to reach every ending from the telepod (except Epoch variations) because that's exactly what I did (except for Ending 1, where I went through the Black Omen).

The only other possible difference relates to a bug in the PSX version: there's a part of the game during which a finish shows you Ending 6, but will save Ending 5 data to the system file. I read somewhere that using the telepod vs. the bucket could make a difference here, but I can't find it now, and I never verified it.

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Posted: 2nd August 2004 03:31

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Well, I take everyone's word for it. I thought I had gotten slight variations by using the telepod vs. the bucket w/ a
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but I might have just confused it with the epoch. I'll consider my question answered.

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