Chrono Trigger's Battle With Magus — Designing For Triumph

Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level’s design. In this episode, we look at the Magus’s boss battle in Chrono Trigger, and how it grants the feeling of success in its player through its mechanics and atmosphere.

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Writing/Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing/Game Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (https://www.youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)

Script Editing/Additional Game Footage/Image Editing/Video Editing: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi

Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA…

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Also check out our video on a stage in Warcraft III which organically makes a player feel guilty for understanding its underlying mechanics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vBzpIuFE_AfU

Or our episode on Valkyria Chronicles, which allows you to play as the enemy in one side mission to help contexualize the themes of the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vifBPMEnc-JQ

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Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, and Final Fantasy are Square-Enix Holdings Corporation.

Shadow the Hedgehog is Sega Games Co., Ltd.

Jigglypuff is Nintendo Co., Ltd. and the Pokémon Company.

Spongebob Squarepants and The Legend of Korra are Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Viacom Media Networks. Spongebob Squarepants by United Plankton Pictures and Rough Draft Studios. The Legend of Korra by Ginormous Madman Productions, Studio Mir, and Studio Pierrot.

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is David Production, based on works by Hirohiko Araki.

Mickey’s Christmas Carol is The Walt Disney Company.

Looney Tunes and the character /”Gossamer/” are Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Mr. Magoo is DreamWorks Classics, a subsidiary of DreamWorks Animation, LLC.

Back to the Future is Amblin Entertainment and Universal Pictures.

Care Bears is American Greetings Corporation, LLC.

Hot Topic is Sycamore Partners.

All Evanescence imagery is their respective owners.

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Footage/Images Used:

Double Cure, which we forgot to get footage of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vGs3jiU63X4g

GameFAQs poll: http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Crono_vs_Mario_2004

Magus stats and wiki pages: http://chrono.wikia.com/wiki

Best SNES games list: https://www.gamesradar.com/best-snes-games-all-time/

Best RPGs list: http://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-rpgs

/”Chrono Trigger – Dark Lord Magus/”: https://soulstryder210.deviantart.com/art/Chrono-Trigger-Dark-Lord-Magus-484281401

/”Chrono Trigger – Magus/”: https://clintcomics.deviantart.com/art/Chrono-Trigger-Magus-431369871

/”Magus – Chrono Trigger/”: https://lesvaria.deviantart.com/art/Magus-Chrono-Trigger-582831918

Can’t find original source on this Magus art: https://i.warosu.org/data/vr/img/0007/43/1370040196516.png

/”Want to be Strong/”: https://lost-tyrant.deviantart.com/art/Want-to-be-Strong-349089693

/”Chrono Trigger- Robo/”: https://matiassoto.deviantart.com/art/Chrono-Trigger-Robo-290782039

Chrono Series Timeline: https://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Complete_Chronology.html

9 Out of 10 Dentists: http://grimm.ca/

Fire Shadow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vy1hT_DZ5HbQ

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