- each of the game's five main characters has his own unique story
- Yuri Fukase is an 18-year-old high school student who's top in his school in both academics and sports
- Yuri has some connection with the Lost Hole incident from 18 years bac
- it's a connection he doesn't remember or cannot say
- Yuri's scenario is titled "High School Student"
- the scenario begins with Yuri heading to the lab to fulfill a promise
- he goes up to the roof and sees Mikoto (the girl who appears in all five scenarios in a slightly different form)
- this is when Mikoto asks him, "Can I kiss you?"
- Yuri gets a mysterious mail suggesting that he investigate the lab
- He and Mikoto arrive at the lab to find that it's been sealed off
- time manipulation does feature into the game
- you can freeze time, an action known as "Time Stop" and rewind the story
- the Time Stop feature is capable of jumping between the five main scenarios
- the "Detective Chapter" features detective Soma Kamiya
- at some point, Kamiya gets hit by a car
- the car has newscaster Hina Fushimi as its passenger
- you can execute a Time Stop, switch to Hina's "Caster Chapter," and you'll be able to make her driver avoid hitting Kamiya
- when Kamiya is spared from a car collision, he will run off to his destination
- other gameplay systems include PCE and TIPS
- PCE stands for "Playing Cinema Event"
- TIPS refers to detailed textual information about the game's characters and world
- some words are highlighted blue, which allow you to tap these to link to a TIP about the highlighted term
- includes over 400 TIPS, some presented with movie files
- in the year 2031, mankind has created a 2000 meter "Space Elevator" in Tokyo Bay
- Eighteen years prior, a great disaster known as "Lost Hole" caused destruction to the city
- Tokyo is now developing into an even larger, more modern city
- game starts with announcer Hina Fushimi conducting an interview with once great scientist Kyugo Shindo
- the research facility the two are in suffers a sudden explosion
- further explosions could lead to a 50 kilometer blast zone
- Mikoto: A high school girl who appears before each of the five main characters. Mikoto appears slightly different to each character
- Hina Fushimi: An idol female announcer who's out for the scoop on the mysterious terrorist known as Dokuro the Beast
- Yuri Fukase: A top student who has a major secret a past incident
- Soma Kamiya: A top detective with the police. His wife and children are taken hostage, and he's ordered to perform a terrorist act.
- Kyugo Shindo: A once great physicist who defrauded people of investment money claiming that he was making a time machine
- Ressentiment: A thirty-year-old's father stopped giving him his allowance, and his girlfriend of five years broke up with him. He refers to himself as a hero.
- features a Quick Time Event system.
Time Travelers, a new game from the developers of Professor Layton, was previously announced as a 3DS-only release. According to new reports, the game will now be coming to additional platforms...
Time Travelers, the 3DS mystery adventure game from Level-5 and 428 writer Jiro Ishii, isn't just a "3DS mystery adventure game" any longer. A Famitsu leak, in advance of the Level-5 World event, reveals that Time Travelers is venturing to both the PlayStation Vita and the regular old PSP in addition to 3DS.
We're hoping this announcement portends the announcement of some actual details regarding the game. We know very little, except that it's set in Tokyo 20 years in the future, and stars two people who have knowledge of the future beyond that.
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At yesterday's Level-5 event, a new trailer for story heavy Time Travelers was shown. It's got suspense, a schoolgirl and some sort of monster dude. Oh, and digital numbers! More »
And the Level-5 hits just keep coming. In addition to Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright, the company also confirmed that its previously announced Time Travelers will indeed be released on the 3DS.
There aren't many new details about the game, with Siliconera reporting that a trailer was shown during Level-5's Vision 2010 event in Japan. The game apparently involves the exploits of a young girl and a terrorist, both of whom have knowledge of future events. The game will have an involving story and marks the first time that project collaborator Jiro Ishii has worked with CG instead of anime art or live actors. Release date and pricing are still trapped in the future for now. Head over to Famitsu for a handful of images.
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Today in Tokyo, Fukuoka-based developer Level-5 held its annual press event. Kotaku Japan was in attendance as Level-5 revealed a handful of new titles. But what new titles? More »
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