In 1992, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yuji Horii, and Akira Toriyama took a business trip to America that would lead to them collaborating on one of the most celebrated games of all time.

Special Thanks to Majuular and Frank Wood from Super RPG Friends for lending their voices to this project.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:22 Part 1: The Dream Team
10:04 Part 2: All Hands On Deck
14:15 Patreon
14:28 Part 3: Chrono Trigger
23:47 Presentation & Tone
36:42 Gameplay
43:27 Pacing & Storytelling
50:19 Characters
1:17:00 Lavos & Existentialism
1:29:09 Personal Thoughts
1:32:05 Part 4: Connecting Threads
1:38:47 Part 5: Masterpiece...?

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