So I am going to play Chrono Trigger for the first time ever

[terran77]

Just a few questions:

1: Are there side-quest boss's? (A must for me)
Yes there are several. Most are not horribly challenging, but they are pretty cool. They also lead to story points that really make the game what it is.

2: Is it long? (I want at least 30 hours of good solid gameplay)
If you do the sidequests definatly. If not probably not. The game really is made on the endings and sidequests imo.

3: Can I name my characters?
I believe you can.

4: Is it challenging?
Not really. It's not the easiest game ever, but its not as difficult as most rpg's. Some bosses can be tricky till you figure them out.

5: Is it random battle encounters? (If so is it annoying as hell like FF V or nicely appart like FF X)
No all battles that I remember can be seen onscreen.

6: Are there Summons or equally cool looking spells?
For the time the spells looked amazing.

7: Has it got an excellent and easy to follow story like Terranigma or is it clanky and complicated like FF Tactic's PSP?
Terrific story. Very easy to follow. Still my favorite game of all time actually so I'm a bit biased.

8: Overworld map or stringed together locations?
Map. No encounters on it though.

Have fun it's a great game.