What does B.C. and A.D. mean in this game?

Chrono Trigger

Game » consists of 20 releases. First released on Mar 11, 1995

Take control of the lovable but mute protagonist Crono in this time-spanning collaborative effort from Square and Enix. Chrono Trigger follows the exploits of Crono as he and his friends attempt to save the world from a planet-devouring alien creature.

What does B.C. and A.D. mean in this game?

#1 Posted by WindFall259 (338 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Because it sure as hell wouldn't mean Before Christ and Anno Domini, at least that's what I think. Thoughts?

#2 Posted by Hailinel (18150 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

They never really say.

#3 Posted by Dang3rDoom (28 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

maybe B.C. is Before Chrono..

#4 Posted by mac_n_nina (272 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

big cock after dark

#5 Edited by captain_max707 (422 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@Dang3rDoom: Impossible. It would have to be B.B., Before Brono.

#6 Posted by Dany (7877 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

I am more of a BCE and CE type of folk

#7 Posted by McGhee (5353 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@Dany said:

I am more of a BCE and CE type of folk

#8 Posted by AndrewB (6873 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Before Cake and Always be Desting.

#9 Posted by Scalec (71 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

I think it means "Brono Crazy" and "After Dat".

#10 Posted by JackSukeru (5154 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Before Calamity and After Doomsday.

#11 Posted by SpunkyHePanda (1318 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Good question.

#12 Posted by yoshimitz707 (2386 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Brono Cross

#13 Posted by Marz (5470 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

though the game isn't using it correctly to signify the birth of jesus.... the Kingdom of Guardia however was founded at 0 or 1 AD thus giving you reference of why there is an Epoch change.

#14 Posted by ffdthree (199 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@Marz said:

though the game isn't using it correctly to signify the birth of jesus.... the Kingdom of Guardia however was founded at 0 or 1 AD thus giving you reference of why there is an Epoch change.

you're wrong, sir.

#15 Posted by Marz (5470 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@ffdthree said:

@Marz said:
though the game isn't using it correctly to signify the birth of jesus.... the Kingdom of Guardia however was founded at 0 or 1 AD thus giving you reference of why there is an Epoch change.
you're wrong, sir.

k, what is correct?

#16 Posted by SuperfluousMoniker (2846 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

Does Japan use BC and AD or something not based on a real life religion? If it's something generic like BCE and CE maybe that's what it says in the original and the translators just used BC and AD without realizing that they don't really make sense in the gameworld?

#17 Posted by dankempster (2120 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@SuperfluousMoniker said:

Does Japan use BC and AD or something not based on a real life religion? If it's something generic like BCE and CE maybe that's what it says in the original and the translators just used BC and AD without realizing that they don't really make sense in the gameworld?

That seems like a pretty reasonable assumption. Or perhaps BC and AD were deliberately used to make the time-span instantly relatable to a Western audience.

#18 Edited by EchoEcho (605 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@dankempster said:

@SuperfluousMoniker said:
Does Japan use BC and AD or something not based on a real life religion? If it's something generic like BCE and CE maybe that's what it says in the original and the translators just used BC and AD without realizing that they don't really make sense in the gameworld?
That seems like a pretty reasonable assumption. Or perhaps BC and AD were deliberately used to make the time-span instantly relatable to a Western audience.

This was my assumption.

#19 Posted by WilliamRLBaker (4767 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

I do believe its used in the east people don't seem realize that the BC and AD moniker are accepted parts of acamedia world wide not just in religious christian countries...

#20 Posted by ffdthree (199 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@Marz said:

@ffdthree said:
@Marz said:
though the game isn't using it correctly to signify the birth of jesus.... the Kingdom of Guardia however was founded at 0 or 1 AD thus giving you reference of why there is an Epoch change.
you're wrong, sir.
k, what is correct?

The Portal Kombat picture on your page is pretty damn correct.

#21 Posted by Commisar123 (1760 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

It seems to mean pretty much the same thing even if it doesn't stand for the same thing

#22 Posted by Video_Game_King (29358 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

I'm betting that Jesus is in this game's universe, but instead of getting nailed to a cross and all that junk, he beat the shit out of Judas while yelling, "WHERE'S THE REAL JUDAS, YOU MONSTER BASTARD!?"

#23 Posted by SuperfluousMoniker (2846 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

@WilliamRLBaker: Thinking about it some more, I realized that you were probably right. Also, I'm crazy so I grabbed a copy of the Japanese rom and checked myself. Lo and behold...

#24 Posted by prestonhedges (1965 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

"Before Christ" and "Anno Domini"

#25 Posted by gorkamorkaorka (426 posts) - 1 year, 5 months ago

How can that world support such a large population with no farms should be the real question.

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