The first time I played through Chrono Trigger, that moment where Crono sacrifices himself in the Kingdom of Zeal was quite the gut punch, because back in 1995, we didn’t have too many games that would go for a twist like that. It takes a lot of guts to kill off your main character, especially silent protagonists who are supposed to serve as an avatar of the player. While I haven’t been shy about Chrono Trigger spoilers in this series of articles, I’ll leave that ending a secret for those fans among us who haven’t seen it. In fact, one of Chrono Trigger‘s endings requires that Crono remains dead through your final confrontation with Lavos, so if you want to see all of the game’s endings, you’ll have to finish the game without him at some point. You can carry on with the party members you have and complete the game without ever reviving Crono, despite the fact that he’s the main character. What makes Crono’s death so impactful is the fact that while you can bring him back to life, you don’t actually have to. Sure enough, Chrono Trigger gives you the opportunity to bring Crono back at one point (using the titular Chrono Trigger, no less). Generally – and this is particularly true when it comes to video games – we see those characters revived later on in the narrative somehow. Obviously, Chrono Trigger wasn’t the first video game or movie or TV show to kill off its principal character.
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