Time Travelers

""What is your most precious moment? And if it were 'broken'... wouldn't you try to fix it?""

Time Travelers is an upcoming Adventure Game for the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Portable, and Play Station Vita by Level 5, creators of the Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven series.

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.

On April 28, five people find themselves involved in the fate of a young girl named Mikoto; but none encounter quite the same one. Ordinary High School Student 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 crosses paths with a similar Mikoto while investigating terrorist "Dokuro the Beast". Detective Soma Kamiya finds his attempts at terrorism in exchange for his family's safety stymied 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.

Gameplay takes place through a mix of Quick Time Events, Visual Novel portions, and jumping from character to character to try and advance, similarly to 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya De. Unlike most visual novels, the characters are fully voiced and animated.

The game is set for release July 12, 2012 in Japan, but no Western release has been announced.


 * Adult Fear: Two of the main characters are fighting to save their child's life. The launch trailer shows
 * For Want of a Nail: 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..."
 * Set Right What Once Went Wrong
 * Supporting Protagonist: The five player characters, as Mikoto seems to be driving the plot.