And did it really not release in the US because of its themes?
Americans missed out bigly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1sbC6qr3oA

It was an exchange, usa got chrono trigger, europe got terranigma
plus terranigma becomes very mid after humans appear.

Theme, plot, characters, music
The gameplay was whatever
But man did its world captivate me and shape my taste in media forever when I played it and beat it as a 12yo