How many playable characters are in chrono cross

The is perhaps evidenced by the sweeping changes found in Chrono Cross - not to mention the completely unrelated storyline. One of the biggest differences between the titles is the number of available party members. While Chrono Trigger features a rather modest 7 , Chrono Cross has no fewer than 45 playable party members.

Some are introduced as part of the game's main story, but the majority must be sought out and recruited by the player. With so many characters to keep track of, it can be difficult to know which characters are worth recruiting.

Although some of the characters' usefulness can be situational, there are certain characters who stand out from the crowd. Whether because of their exceptional stats or their unique techniques, these characters are the most useful found throughout Chrono Cross ' world. Poshul is the first character that the player is able to recruit and her yellow magic is incredibly useful against the many green enemies found in the early stages of the game.

She has very high HP and her attack power isn't too bad either. It can be found hidden underneath the bed in the room above the village restaurant. Poshul can also be recruited later in the game by turning down Kid's offer to join the party. Orlha is a fighter. At the right level, she'll be strong enough to carry your party through most encounters although her poor magic stat and her lack of high level elemental slots make her usefulness somewhat situational.

In order to unlock Orlha, players will need to defeat her in Guldove while playing as Lynx. Once Serge has returned, giving Orlha the Sapphire Brooch will lead to her joining the party. Pip is able to evolve into five different forms providing him with a wide range of element colors. Viper is only present in the "Alternate World"; in the "Home World", he and his men are persuaded by Lynx to visit the Dead Sea three years prior to the game, and all end up dead.

Riddel automatically joins Serge's party after being rescued by him from Porre soldiers. If the player opts to have Serge travel to the "Home World" with Riddel to an isolated island, they find that Dario is indeed alive in the "Home World". If the player has Serge fight and defeat Dario, Riddel decides to help him rebuild the destroyed Viper's Manor and make it an orphanage. Riddel doesn't have a specific speech pattern, but commonly speaks as a kind and beautiful woman with a heavy heart.

Initially, he is merely shown as a figure Lynx uses to track down Serge, though he later joins the party during Serge's body switch with Lynx. As a child, Karsh feels jealousy over Riddel's romantic feelings towards his friend Dario, and later regret for killing Dario, though its later revealed he killed Dario out a self-defense while he was possessed, not jealousy. He is portrayed as rough but honorable. During development, a design of Karsh wearing full armor was rejected for not fitting the game's atmosphere.

He constantly wears an iron helmet to cover his face due to a war injury. He rejects wealth and power and has chosen to dedicate his life to battle, although the fortune teller in Termina senses "deep sadness" beneath his helmet.

During development, Zoah was meant to be "the prince of a certain country", watching over the protagonists' actions and wearing the helmet not due to an injury but to hide his true identity. However, because of time constraints, the event hinting at this was not implemented. Zoah's dialogue is written in all capital letters to emulate his voice booming through the helmet. Her appearance is of a human, though she is the daughter of Fargo, a human, and Zelbess, a demi-human , her ancestry something she struggles with internally.

She largely grows up without her family - Zelbess dies right after her birth, and Fargo believed Marcy to have died as well - but lives with the assistance from the Dragoons and Luccia, a friend of Zelbess. Her original name during development was Rachel. Marcy's speech pattern sounds like an angry valley girl , often yelling at others while adding "like" through her fiery statements. He becomes enamored with Kid, and helps Serge find the Hydra Humour needed to cure her. Her experiments create playable characters Pip and NioFio, while her brother created Grobyc.

If the player chooses to have Serge speak to her late in the game, she joins the party, wanting to observe Serge's strength, and if the player has Kid speak with her reveals she was scientific colleagues with Lucca from Chrono Trigger. Luccia speaks with a German accent. She speaks with a lisp , a stutter , many exclamations , and commonly using "I" and "me" interchangeably. Poshul is identical in both the "Home World" and "Alternate World", and the only character that can have either version of the character join the party, merely requiring the player to have Serge give her a bone.

If the player opts to have Serge help find a cure for Kid's poison, it leads him to the Hydra Marshes, where Razzly is imprisoned and surrounded by a deadly monster. If the player has Serge intervene to save her, she joins the party; if the player does not save her, or decides against assisting Kid altogether, Razzly is never seen again, with only her mangled cage remaining.

When Razzly speaks, she replaces the words "fairly" and "very" with the word "fairy". Razzly is only present in the "Home World"; in the "Alternate World", her events occur because the Water Dragon Isle is dried up and abandoned, and the Hydra Marshes are poisoned.

Zappa has a Scottish accent. He is present in both the "Home World" and "Alternate World", though very different in each one. In the "Alternate World", he is seen as a thriving blacksmith, providing equipment to the Acacia Dragoons. However, in the "Home World", his business struggles and has to shut it down, due to the Acacia Dragoons being completely wiped out and because of the Porre military restricting his business.

Additionally, in the "Home World", he is saddened because Karsh has been missing for the last three years. As such, if the player has Serge talk with Zappa in the "Home World", he will join the party, in order to search the world for Karsh and improve his craft.

The Porre Military made him ingest Quaffid seeds, and then transformed him into the Hell's Cook to have him torture Riddel , but he is defeated by Serge , when he arrives in Lynx 's body. He reverts to normal, and joins forces with Serge. Similar to Korcha, Macha, and Mel, Orcha commonly substitutes "cha" in for you, for instance, saying "Dontcha?

Despite his similar name and speaking patterns, none of their interactions indicate Orcha even knowing the rest of them. Prior to his retirement, he served as one of the Dragoon Devas, where he and his friend Garai eventually found the cursed Masamune sword. This resulted in Radius assassinating Garai in a fit of jealousy partly induced by the cursed sword.

Radius discarded the sword and kept the cause of death to himself, retiring from fighting to look after Garai's sons, Dario and Glenn, until Dario became a Dragoon Deva.

Radius's speech often references his old age or other's comparative younger age, and is accompanied by an old man's laugh. In the Home World, Radius becomes the village chief of Serge's hometown - Arni, while in the Alternate World, Radius left the world's affairs entirely to live as a hermit. Zelbess and Nikki and Marcy's father. In Another World, he captains a pirate ship, the S.

Serge stumbles across the ship in the fog south of Hermit's Hideaway and, once aboard, is challenged by Fargo to various tests of strength. In Home World, Fargo is the captain of a cruise ship, the S. Zelbess, and is a cheater in his own casino. Fargo exudes a very "macho" persona, and occasionally speaks with pirate dialog. If the player chooses to have Serge not help Kid when poisoned, Korcha refuses to join the party and Macha joins instead.

Like her children, she commonly subs in "cha" for "you" in her sentence, saying "dontcha" in place of "don't you". Glenn was created by the developers to represent a unique situation in JRPGs - a "zealous hero" type who was not actually the main character or central focus of the story. He bears the same name as the character nicknamed Frog from Chrono Trigger , but has no apparent connection to him.

Originally considered a naughty child, after the death of his father Garai and brother Dario, he matures, becomes popular among the townsfolk, and joins the military. He doesn't have a specific speech pattern, but often speaks showing that he follows his own moral sense and is even willing to break military regulations if deemed necessary, being one of the few who is suspicious of Lynx early in the game. While no romantic relationship between her and Serge is ever explicitly stated, she does ask him for jewelry, refers to long-term promises made between them in the past, and asks about the prospect of them kissing one another.

While typically being a sweet, girl next door type around Serge, her brother Una claims she is prone to temper tantrums and not being very "lady-like". The only difference between the "Home World" and the "Alternate World" Leena is her relationship with Serge; Home World Leena has had a close relationship with Serge her whole life, while the other doesn't even recognize Serge, not having seen him for ten years due to his death occurring in that world. It is actually Alternate World Leena who follows Serge for much of the game; the Home World Leena only initiates the search for jewelry that set the events of the entire game in motion, otherwise staying behind.

The Alternate World Leena joins Serge if the player chooses to reject Kid's first offer to travel with Serge early in the game, Leena not chasing after him if another girl is with him already.

Zelbess cruise ship. She joins the party if the player chooses to have Serge assist Miki and Nikki in saving the monster-overrun island of Marbule. Harle works with Lynx against Serge and his party, as a gadfly who interferes with their efforts and frustrates Kid due to her constant flirting with Serge.

She joins the party during Serge's body switch with Lynx, and leaves just before Serge returns to his body. It's eventually revealed that she was the "Dark Moon Dragon", actually working against Lynx to obtain the powerful Frozen Flame to exact havoc against humanity damaging activities to the planet.

She fails in her mission, and her ultimate fate is left unclear. The game mentions, and Kato confirms in the game's Ultimania Guide, that Harle also shares a connection of sorts to Schala, though neither source explores the details of this. Harle's speech is written with a French accent and is often interspersed with French words.

Only one version of Harle, the "Alternate World" Harle, is present in the game. If the player chooses to have Serge participate in the monster battling tournament, and defeat her three times, she joins the party. If the player chooses to have Serge hatch the egg from Fossil Valley in the incubator at Ft.

Dragonia in the Home World, Draggy emerges from the egg and joins the party. As such, his dialogue mimics a child's speech pattern, for example, replacing an "r" with a "w" to refer to himself as a "Dwagon". Once defeated, he shrinks down to normal size. Starky's main goal is to collect "Star Fragments", which he explains to be broken parts of his spaceship that shattered upon contact with the planet.

He joins the party to collect all of the Star Fragments, but upon traveling to Another World, he discovers the spaceship completely intact in that dimension. From the spaceship he retrieves an anti-gravity device allows the party to reach Terra Tower in the sky, which had been otherwise unreachable. She helps him escape back to reality, and automatically joins the party. Sprigg's unique ability is "Doppelgang", which allows her to transform into certain monsters defeated by her.

If the player chooses to have Serge interact with it, it gains sentience and the ability to move, and joins Serge's party. His speech pattern commonly adds an extraneous "-om" suffix to words. Male Turnip is first discovered growing in the ground outside of the Hermit's Hideaway after if the player chooses to cool the ground in the area. Upon freeing him, he joins the party. His speech patter adds an extraneous "-eth" suffix to various words he says.

Improved Breed Fio is a half plant, half human hybrid created as a result of one of Luccia 's experiments. It is created and joins the party if the player chooses to have Serge follow Luccia's request to retrieve a "Life Sparkle". NeoFio speaks normally except for substituting a "ph" for every "f" in all words, a play on pH having such importance in soil pH and plants, and that "f" and "ph" phonetically make the same sound.

He does not exist in the "Home World", where Luccia, his creator, is not present due to Viper Manor's destruction. The death of his best friend in an accident caused him to stop wrestling. If the player has Serge talk to him after one of his services, he joins the party. Elements of the Spanish language are mixed in with his dialogue. Greco is only present in the "Alternate World", although the ghost of Ghetz does show up and recognize Greco, suggesting Greco existing there as well.

Greco was based on an actual real-life lucha libre wrestler and a catholic priest that goes by the stage name Fray Tormenta , the lucha mask Greco wears heavily resembles Fray Tormenta's original design but the main color is different to avoid possible legal issues. His origins trace back to a boy who ran off to join the circus, but eventually died while working there. If the player opts to have Serge locate his five main bones, and has him talk to his grandmother, he will join Serge's party.

Mushroom is the father of Leena 's friend Lisa, who runs the element shop in Termina. While initially a normal human, if the player chooses to have Serge feed him the "strange mushroom" item, it turns him into a mushroom-like humanoid creature.

Blaming Serge for his condition, he joins the party in hopes of finding a cure. A cure is never found, but Funguy comes to terms with his new appearance, and decides to live his life in the forest by the end of the events of the game. His counterpart in the Home world, falls mysteriously ill around the time Funguy transformed. However, she, and the rest of the demi-human citizens of the town, are driven out by monsters and forced to hard work on Fargo's cruise ship. She yearns to return her people to their land, and joins the party if the player chooses to have Serge help restore the town so they can return home.

Irenes's speech pattern involves her vowels having umlauts. She is only present in the "Home World"; as the Marbule conflict does not occur in the Alternate World, she never appears. When Kid recovers from her poisoning at the hands of Lynx , Mel steals her elements during the night, but leaves behind evidence indicating that she is the thief.

Korcha outsmarts Mel, and with Serge 's help, surrounds her, and she is forced to return Kid's elements to her. She is the daughter of an unnamed warrior who disappeared "to the sky" when she was very young. She helps Serge find the Green Dragon, and joins the party upon defeating him, desiring to travel the world to help her decide if she wants return to her village or not, and to see if she can find out what happened to her father.

Leah's appearance and speech is similar to Ayla from Chrono Trigger , such as the tendency to add the suffix -um to some words in her speech, or using the phrase "Oooga Booga". Upon the end of the game, Leah states that she will name her daughter Ayla as well.

She is only portrayed in the "Home World", as riding a creature called a "Wingapede" is the only method to traveling to Gaea's Navel, and the Hydra Marshes from which a "Wingapede" come from are raided and poisoned in the "Alternate World". Van is never happy with his father, though the reasons vary between the two worlds. In the "Home World", Gogh follows his dreams and becomes a painter, which leaves Van living in poverty and in fear of eviction , while in the "Alternate World", Gogh gives up his passion in favor of the more lucrative business trading of paintings, leaving Van living more comfortably, but feeling neglected due to Gogh's focus on career.

If the player directs Serge to Van, he joins up, hoping Serge's adventure will lead him to solutions to his issues. Van does not have a particular speech pattern, but commonly references aspect of painting or art in his dialogue. However, this is due to a rigged setup that causes Fargo to win every time. Upon Serge removing a part from Fargo's cheating device, rendering it inoperable, Sneff is able to earn back his freedom, and proceeds to join the party.

Sneff is missing his front teeth, and thus is unable to pronounce some sounds. He pronounces "three" as "free" and "teeth" as "teeff. She assists Serge in finding the "Chrono Cross", and recovering his former body back after it was switched with Lynx's. She is known to guard the Dragon Tear in Guldove.

Her character does evolve over the course of the game, but she never becomes that interesting. A genius scientist employed by the Acacia Dragoons, Luccia is the genius behind the creation or preservation of several other characters that can be obtained throughout the game.

Instead, Serge has to visit her on the balcony during the protagonist's second visit to Viper Manor and then go back to Luccia's laboratory with her.

At this time, she will lend you her services. Given her accessibility and the likelihood that players will be looking for early companions, it is highly likely that Poshul was recruited. Regardless, odds are that most players also stopped using her very quickly.

Poshul is just really useless very early on. Nevertheless, if you want to pick up your first recruitable character, you can either do so using the Heckran Bone upstairs in the Arni Village restaurant or by refusing to allow Kid to join your party in order to pick up Leena.

Razzly is a cute little forest fairy from Water Dragon Isle who came to the wrong place at the wrong time. Searching for a Hydra, she has found herself in the Hydra Marshes, imprisoned by dwarves and left to die at the hands of the Pentapus.

Razzly is only obtainable if Kid is saved when she is poisoned. Serge is tasked with obtaining the Hydra Humour from the same Hydra Razzly has sought out. HP and battle stats change as they power up, so those aren't individually listed. Japanese name Innate color Weapon used. Those who use Rod or Boomerang weapons have a Strong attack which hits all enemies. Element Grid: The maximum element grid for that character at 48 stars. Each number represents a level, so "8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" means that at maximum, the character has 8 level 1 slots, 7 level 2 slots, etc.