This Always Struck Me as Odd...

[Acacia Sgt]

Oh, didn't knew that about the Masamune. Though it wouldn't surprise me. Would likely have to do with the fact it's a Key/PlotImportant Item, same way you can't keep it for NewGame+.

[GasparXR]

That makes sense. It really just surprised me because I've never noticed it before, even though I almost always use Frog during that part of the game.

[EgyLynx]

 
Me either... But him is anyway usefull at that area, It not so fast at Crono, but..

Anyway, If there not so limit group... game maybe too easy(?)

[PrincessNadia78]

I know there were complaints of the game being too easy but I disagree. I have to grind for hours to get to level 99!!

[Razig]

Speaking of grinding, I was doing that recently in the new mobile version. (Graphical problems notwithstanding, it's a big improvement over the previous offering. It's still not good by any means, but at least it's tolerable—on mobile. Using it as the basis for the Steam release, however, is unforgivable.)

Anyway, while grinding I noticed something odd: while every other character hits level 99 at 1,743,570 EXP, Magus requires 1,744,830 EXP. Was that difference present in other releases?

[PrincessNadia78]

Hmmmmm, I'm not sure. That is very interesting though!

[Mauron]

I can confirm that Magus needs more XP to 99 in the SNES version.

The starting stats contain the character's original level, their total XP, and the XP they need to level up. There's also a table of how much every character needs to level after their first level up.

Magus starts with 97,780 XP, just enough to reach level 37. His XP to level up is 9,200, but the chart that would be used by everyone else is 7,940.

The chart indicates that a character would need 9,200 to go from 40 to 41. Maybe he was originally going to start there?