Overall I'm a little dissatisfied with this version. Sure it's nice to have the extras of the PS1 version minus the horrible load times, but there are some minor flaws that annoy me.
For starters, there's the music, many of the tracks sound slightly off in the DS version.
The new font is pretty bad, it just doesn't look as nice as the SNES version's font and isn't as easy to read.
Finally, something I can't complain about from a technical perspective: the translation. I'll be honest, if you played through the original game quite a few times, as I'm sure most that have played Chrono Trigger have, the new translation will feel very odd to you. From the little things, like the people in 600 A.D. referring to Magus as "The Fiendlord," to the lack of Frog's "Ye Olde English" accent, and right down to the different names of the items, it all feels very strange.
And another thing, if you plan to play this game on a flash card, it has some pretty heavy copy protection and will most likely require that you apply a patch.
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