So I have just bought Chrono Trigger for the DS for Amazon, it will be arriving in a few days. This will be my first time ever playing this game and I am looking for advice on how to best enjoy it (such as tips or warnings of cheap parts).  
 
Please no story spoilers (I already know Aerith dies)

Robo is the best party member, his dual tech with Chrono completely wrecks shit and has unlimited range.
 
Also just don't make any stupid choices and you'll get the best ending easily.

Robo is the best party member, his dual tech with Chrono completely wrecks shit and has unlimited range.  Also just don't make any stupid choices and you'll get the best ending easily.

Dude just play it

@LordXavierBritish said:

Robo is the best party member, his dual tech with Chrono completely wrecks shit and has unlimited range.  Also just don't make any stupid choices and you'll get the best ending easily.

Aren't endings just based on when you beat the final boss? Or am I mistaken?  Also, I can't think of much advice, really; just play it. Setting it to DS mode is probably a good idea though, that way, the interface uses the DS's touch screen capabilities.

I agree the play the damn game. go with what you know and percieve. dont read a guide. play like its the 90s

If you ever get a choice to moving on with the story and fighting the final boss keep going until the final boss is the last thing you can do.

If you ever get a choice to moving on with the story and fighting the final boss keep going until the final boss is the last thing you can do.

Any time you see a special looking treasure chest (I think they're black?) don't open it unless it's had the time to mature.

Oh and Slurp+Kiss is brokenly good.

There will come a moment where you get to have a duel with someone. Do not duel them.

Listen closely and try to keep track of who and what is where in each timeline, the game will eventually stop guiding you where you need to be.

@VelvetLore04 said:

There will come a moment where you get to have a duel with someone. Do not duel them.

F-that. First time I played through the game, I dueled that sonofabitch and it was damn satisfying.

@Mesoian said:

@VelvetLore04 said:

There will come a moment where you get to have a duel with someone. Do not duel them.

F-that. First time I played through the game, I dueled that sonofabitch and it was damn satisfying.

Dude is super useful and when you use the Rubble exploit on the Mountain of Woe dude becomes god damn amazing

Always keep Lucca in your party. Not because she's the most powerful character or anything, but just because she's freakin' awesome.

Also my memorys a bit iffy on this, but most triple-techs are worthless.

A bit of an accident on my part. There's one part early on, right when you (very literally) go into the castle that the princess is in (read: hidden underground castle) that I got stuck on. I wound up wandering around, killing and killing and killing enemies. I literally leveled up two or three times and got tons and tons of currency and other junk, and thus far I'm a little bit ahead of almost everything I've fought in terms of experience and I've managed my money and supplies well enough to have over 50 health potions and stuff. It's been a while, I need to pick it back up, and I forgot what those health potions are called.

What I'm suggesting is a good bit of grinding early on so that the rest of the game will go smoothly. I did and I'm having a blast. It definitely isn't necessary, though.