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I'll give the edge to Chrono Trigger (says Kane Magus), but Final Fantasy VI is really good, too.
That said, the entirety of "Dancing Mad" kind of stomps "World Revolution," not that "World Revolution" isn't still pretty great, even so. That said, to be fair to Chrono Trigger, the (spoilers for Chrono Trigger in the next link) final boss isn't just the part with "World Revolution." (And again, yes, it is possible to beat all of that with only Crono, by himself.)
For me, though, the top-most tier boss/character theme of Chrono Trigger will always be "Battle with Magus."
(I really need to find a way to play Radiant Historia one of these days.)
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Date: 2026-05-13 12:02 am (UTC)From:I really need to replay Chrono Trigger one of these days. I remember approximately nothing about it except for the fact that I thought it was the best RPG ever back when I played it. Also, back then, I had no idea who any of the fancy Japanese names were on the development team so I couldn't really appreciate what a who's who of talent they'd gathered for that. I mean, the only name I recognized was Nobuo Uematsu, and he was barely even involved. And even that was basically an accident.
Final Fantasy VI, I seem to be in the minority in that I think it really wasn't all that great. I mean, yeah, it was an incredible RPG, but I always felt it was trying a bit too hard, trying to squeeze in more game than the game could really handle. The scale of the story was great, but they could've told that just as well with maybe half the roster and side quests and grinding and mini-games and etc.
(This same argument can be applied to Final Fantasy VII as well, which I also think is way overrated.)
The soundtrack was awesome though, arguably the greatest Final Fantasy soundtrack ever (One could argue the Final Fantasy X soundtrack is better, but I don't like comparing PS2-era soundtracks with SNES-era soundtracks, they're just too different). I'd be hard-pressed to choose between Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI for best soundtrack, honestly. They're both incredible.
(btw, your "Battle with Magus" link is broken).