Line #17 VideoGame/TimeTravelers


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3	-> "What is your most precious moment? And if it were 'broken'... wouldn't you try to fix it?"
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5	''Time Travelers'' is an AdventureGame for the Platform/Nintendo3DS, Platform/PlayStationPortable, and Platform/PlayStationVita by Creator/Level5, creators of the ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' and ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' series.
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7	Eighteen years ago, a mysterious portal now known as the "Lost Hole" appeared over Tokyo, causing massive devastation to the city. The city is now rebuilt and powered by a miles-high structure known as the "Space Elevator", though exactly how it does that is unknown to the populace.
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9	On April 28, five people find themselves involved in the fate of a young girl named Mikoto; but none encounter quite the same one. OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Yuri Fukase, rumored to be connected to the Lost Hole incident, finds his classmate Mikoto waiting atop the school roof for him. Idol reporter Hina Fushimi receives a mysterious videotape from a similar Mikoto while investigating the mysterious Skull terrorism group. Detective Soma Kamiya finds his attempts at terrorism [[IHaveYourWife in exchange for his family's safety]] complicated by a raincoated, pistol-wielding Mikoto onboard a city bus. 30-year-old self-declared superhero Ressentiment finds himself protecting Mikoto from some local thugs. And brilliant former physicist and con man Kyugo Shindo has only a few hours to pay back 30 million yen or his daughter Mikoto will be killed.
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11	Gameplay takes place through a mix of [[QuickTimeEvent Quick Time Events]], VisualNovel portions, and jumping from character to character to try and advance, similarly to ''VisualNovel/FourTwoEightShibuyaScramble''. Unlike most visual novels, the characters are fully voiced and animated.
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13	The game was released in July 12, 2012 in Japan, but no Western release has been announced.
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15	!!This game provides examples of:
16	* ArcWords: "What did you lose?"
17	* DarkReprise: Several of the characters' theme songs have more downtrodden versions.
18	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Yoda, Napa, Chiriko, Tanaka, and Itoyama. Napa and Chiriko are explained away by Big Hand being more merciful than he seems; the other three are apparently just MadeOfIron.]]
19	* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Itoyama. In an amusing twist, she falls, climbs back up to harass the heroes one more time, and then falls again, making it a [[DisneyDeath Disney]] DisneyVillainDeath.]]
20	* DistaffCounterpart: [[spoiler:Ressentiment Lady.]]
21	* DuelingGames: With VisualNovel/TokuHou.
22	* FatalFamilyPhoto: [[spoiler:We know Itoyama really bought it the second time she falls because the camera focuses on her phone and its background photo of her with her family.]]
23	* ForWantOfANail: One of the trailers has Mikoto musing on things such as "Maybe if I'd kissed him", and "Maybe if I hadn't opened that door..."
24	* [[spoiler:GroundhogDayLoop]]: [[spoiler:The entire world is stuck in an 18-year-long one, though only a select few realize it.]]
25	* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:Happens to Enjo (stabbed in the back by his right-hand man Mezaki when he finally stops harassing Shindo) and Shuichiro (shot by Itoyama right after he showed remorse for joining the Skull terrorists).]]
26	* HeroicSacrifice[=/=]TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Soma in one timeline]].
27	** The game opens with [[spoiler:Hina charging into the core of Shindo's time machine to stop it from exploding and apparently being wiped from existence in the process.]]
28	** The final few chapters have [[spoiler:every single playable character doing this. Ressentiment uses C4 to delay the S.I.F.; Soma [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]] for Yuri; Shindo lets himself get badly wounded by the S.I.F. to protect Hina; Yuri stops Itoyama despite being grievously injured and [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in Mikoto's arms]]; Hina goes back in time 18 years to save the five of them from the Lost Hole incident despite knowing she'll be hit by rubble in the process and slowly wither away in a coma. Finally, Mikoto undoes the Lost Hole and in turn her own existence to fix the timeline.]]
29	*** [[spoiler:To be fair, Mikoto still managed to exist in the fixed timeline; the only difference was that she was born in 2031 (the year she was actually conceived in both timelines) rather than 2013 (which only happened in the looped timeline due to Hina going back in time before giving birth to her).]]
30	* InsistentTerminology: Shindo insists on being called ''Dr.'' Shindo, to the point that when he's formally introduced as Kyugo Shindo, complete with subtitles, he interrupts to correct them, and sure enough they appear again - introducing him as ''Dr.'' Shindo.
31	** Ressentiment insists that he's a "Real Life Hero", to the point that he lists that as his current occupation during a job interview.
32	* ItsAWonderfulFailure: Later in the game, the gap between making a bad decision and seeing its resulting [[GameOver Time Stop]] grows significantly.
33	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Mikoto's real father is Shunsuke Kai, a.k.a. [[BigBad Skeleton]].]]
34	* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Poor Chiriko.]]
35	* NeverTrustATrailer: Hina can be heard in the launch trailer declaring "ItsAllMyFault". She only says this in a GameOver used to explain the Time Stop mechanic.
36	* NonActionGuy: Yuri's QuickTimeEvent sections that do involve fighting tend to focus more on dodging and defending.
37	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Two of the main characters are fighting to save their child's life. The launch trailer shows [[spoiler:Soma fails in one timeline and watches his son fall to his death.]]
38	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong
39	* ShoutOut:
40	** Mikoto's apparently trying to bring [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly's orange vest]] back into style.
41	*** Lampshaded in-game. At one point Mikoto is in the car with her father, a physicist. Said car is a ''[=deLorean=]''. When they stop to talk to Tadano in the street, he honestly thinks they're Doc and Marty for a moment.
42	** Hina's {{Leitmotif}} is titled "Literature/TheDoorIntoSummer".
43	** At some points in the story, someone appears wearing a [[VisualNovel/FourTwoEightShibuyaScramble Tama]] costume. [[spoiler:It's Mikoto.]]
44	** Shindo has a [[Franchise/DanganRonpa Monokuma]] figurine in his shelf.

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