棚 Tana

Super Famicom, 1995

Chrono Trigger

クロノ・トリガー

くろのとりがー

Kurono Torigaa

Also released in North America.

Platform
Super Famicom
Released in Japan
11 March 1995
Publisher
Square
Developer
Square
Genre
RPG
Product code
SHVC-ACTJ-JPN
Media
physical

Other regions

North America
Chrono Trigger
August 1995, Square Soft, physical

Regional differences

  • Censorship, North America
    Alcohol replaced with soft drinks, bars became cafés
    Japan
    酒場で「酒」を飲む。トマ「おやじ、酒!!」、アイテム「トマのさけ」、タバン「祭りで飲む酒はうめーぜ!」
    North America
    Cafés serve soda and cider. Toma orders cider, the item becomes "Toma's Pop", and Taban praises lemonade. The fair's drinking contest is a "soda guzzling" contest.
  • Text, North America
    魔王 (Maō, "Demon King") renamed Magus; his real name ジャキ became Janus
    Japan
    魔王(まおう)。本名はジャキ。
    North America
    Magus. Real name Janus.
  • Text, North America
    Condiment-named generals Vinegar, Mayonnaise and Soy Sauce became Ozzie, Flea and Slash
    Japan
    ビネガー・マヨネー・ソイソー(酢・マヨネーズ・醤油が由来の「三魔騎士」)
    North America
    Ozzie, Flea and Slash. Ozzie is named after Ozzy Osbourne.
  • Text, North America
    Frog speaks archaic, knightly English in the US version
    Japan
    カエル(グレン)は普通の、真面目でくだけた口調で話す。
    North America
    Frog speaks in a mock-Elizabethan style ("thou", "hast"), a characterisation added in localisation.