Chrono Trigger - Ch. 8 - The End of Time
0CHAPTER 8 - THE END OF TIME
This is a really brief chapter/video, but I wanted to stick to doing one video per chapter in the game (i.e. the chapters that show up when you save the game). So it is what it is.
For the only time in the game you'll have four characters following you around in your party. Talk to the old man here and you'll learn that more than three people can't pass through a time portal at once or they'll get sent to the End of Time. He'll also send you through the door to meet Spekkio to learn magic. More on that in a bit. From there you'll be able to jump to a number of different time periods. The basics of how the end of time works:
There's a save game point and a green ball which restores your health here if you need it. From now on, whenever you step into a time gate, it'll send you to the end of time, which will connect all the time gates you've accessed so far. If it's your first time going through a time gate however, you'll travel to the destination, but going into the gate from that point onward will send you to the End of Time.
For example, the gate at the millennial fair in 1000 A.D. connects you to a gate in a mountain range in 600 A.D., although neither gate is accessible from the end of time yet. The first time you step into the gate at the millennial fair you'll end up in 600 A.D., but entering that gate from any point onwards will send you to the End of Time. While you're in the End of Time you can travel through to any gate you've accessed so far and save/restore health, it's essentially a time travel hub which makes things easier for you.
The End of Time is also where you can switch between party members. If you talk to a character and say yes when they ask if they can join you, the background music will switch to their theme song. You can also switch characters at any point in the game just by pressing Y Button.
You'll want to take each character to meet Spekkio, although technically only Marle, Lucca, Crono and Frog can actually learn any magic from him. When you first visit him you'll need to talk to him and walk around his room clockwise three times starting from the door, making sure you touch each corner, to learn magic. After that you can fight him for sets of Tabs, Ethers, and Elixirs depending upon what level the lead character of your party is at. He has one form only from levels 1 to 9 that most gamers probably won't see, and one form at level **/99 that gives out insane prizes after an insane battle. He'll only give out one set of prizes per form you defeat, so check out his page and try to get them all.
The only way you have to challenge Lavos at the moment is to take the bucket leading to 1999 A.D. You'll have to fight through all of his forms with only the four party members you have available. Your reward for beating him at this awkward stage of the game will be The Nu Ending, which is basically just a bunch of random sprites playing around while the credits roll.
When you're ready, take the portal to Medina Village in 1,000 AD. Alternatively, you can backtrack to the Proto Dome in 2300 AD to clear out the sewers, or grab a few Power Tabs that are available. You can also head back to the Trann Dome and connect the gate there to the End of Time.
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