History Main / SavePoint

** Most of the old-style ''CV'' games used chapter-based saves, implemented through either passwords or savefiles. The big exception is the original ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}'' for NES, which had no saving at all except in the Japanese Disk System version. Ports and remakes usually give it a chapter-based system, which helps a bit. None of the GB games (''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure'', ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIBelmontsRevenge, or ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLegends'') or UsefulNotes/WiiWare's 'VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventureRebirth'' have saving either.
** With the advent of {{Metroidvania}}, most ''CV'' games now use saverooms instead, as there are no strictly-defined chapters.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' has these due to its special time-based gameplay. There are Owl Statues throughout towns and places where you can [[SuspendSave save-and-quit]] (but not perform "normal" saves). The owls will also only open up if you strike them with your sword in Human Link form. Normal saving is done by using the Ocarina to go back in time, which means you can't save at all until you get it back (and since Deku Link, like the other alternate forms of Link, cannot use the sword, the Owl Statues cannot be activated to use the temporary save either). You also learn a song early in the game that [[WarpWhistle takes you immediately to any Owl Statue]] to save quickly or warp to a place easily, making them handy checkpoints to have. The VideoGameRemake changes the owl statues into regular ''Skyward Sword''–style save points, which are the only way to save.
** The series switched to using save points for normal saving with ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''. The statues also double as warp points between Hyrule and Skyloft or as {{Escape Rope}}s in dungeons.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'' requires going to a weather vane to save. Thankfully, they also serve as WarpWhistle destinations, and there's one at the entrance of every dungeon, so it's always easy to reach one. They also [[NoticeThis squawk and spin around]] as a reminder to save after important events or accomplishments.
* The original ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' has the Toads. Talk to them and they'll give you the option to save your current progress (the other means are capturing a Boo and defeating a major boss). While Toads are present in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'' as well, they don't save your progress since the only means to save in the game is by completing the missions (and ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'' has an auto-save feature).
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' has both types, with Save Points in the form of "Origin Mirrors" (which also top up your health and ink when stepped on), and generally being asked if you want to save after a boss battle.

** Samus Aran's gunship is a save point on its own. In most games this isn't much, as the ship is always placed at the start of the games, but in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'' it becomes handy since there are now multiple landing sites. In the case of ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeHunters'', it's the ''only'' resource for saving your progress, since save rooms are absent.

* ''VideoGame/MintyFreshAdventure'' and ''VideoGame/FreshMintyAdventure'': There are {{Healing Checkpoint}}s marked by pedestals holding orbs that light up when used:
** ''VideoGame/MintyFreshAdventure'': Noted by Colgate when activated, depending on what she says, which can vary between:

* ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' is notable for having magical frogs that save your "memories". They can be found in areas quite hazardous for a frog. Sometimes, the frog changes due to the environment. In a haunted castle it is a ghost, in the jungle it's been eaten by a snake, in the middle of a forest fire it's inside a barrel full of water and in the desert, it's trapped in a sand vortex created by an enemy. The last example is even located by a helpful sign [[TheMoreYouKnow justifying the appearance of a frog in the desert.]] In addition, in the Chimera Labs, there's a stuffed frog that can ''still'' save your game, because a frog is a frog.

* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' generally allows you to save anywhere on the world map or at specified points in dungeons. ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'' implemented a "Load Point" system, in which you could save anywhere in the dungeon and keep your experience and items, but would reload at the last-checked Load Point.

* ''VideoGame/MintyFreshAdventure'': There are checkpoints marked by pedestals holding orbs that light up when used. Noted by Colgate when activated, depending on what she says, which can vary between:
--> {{Checkpoint}}!\\

* ''VideoGames/TheOuterWorlds'' allows players to manually save anywhere, except on [[HarderThanHard Supernova difficulty]], which prohibits manual saves to when the player is aboard ''The Unreliable''.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series uses phones, mostly but not exclusively phone booths. They also allow access to the item box, and depending on the game and point in the story, changing clothes and switching protagonists.

* ''VideoGame/MintyFreshAdventurer'': There are checkpoints marked by pedestals holding orbs that light up when used. Noted by Colgate when activated, depending on what she says, which can vary between:

* The Save Points in ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' are actually part of the storyline. The predecessor ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has these as well, plus two traps in them. One is actually a monster, and another attracts monsters. But thankfully these only appear once each.

& ''VideoGame/{{Hanako}}'': A shrine in the school serves as a save point. You need a coin to be able to use it.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games, saving is typically done in churches.

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* Save points in ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory'' are represented in the form of strange statues. [[WarpWhistle With the proper upgrade]], players can use them as teleporters. They also [[HealingCheckpoint completely restore your health]].

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', a psion can use various temporal manipulation powers to [[http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=8504.0 create a save point]].

** ''VideoGame/Persona'' has the Agastya Trees, which you inscribe your story onto.

->''It's an old typewriter. You can save your progress. [[SaveToken Use the ink ribbon?]]''

* ''VideoGame/FrostbuteDeadlyClimate'' uses Reel-To-Reel Tape Recorders as save points. You'll need to find tapes to use them.

* In ''VideoGame/TheGuardianLegend'', passwords can be obtained in rooms where Lander offers to save your progress.

* ''VideoGame/IntrepidIzzy'': These take the form of a magic possum sitting in a tent with a crystal ball.