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Video games about time travel

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomIn The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, fusing a rocket to a shield is enough to send Link soaring through the air. That one trick says a great deal about this 2023 action-adventure game for the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo EPD built it…
  • Final Fantasy Legend IIIFinal Fantasy Legend III began in Japan as SaGa 3, planned as the last game in its series.
  • God of War IIGod of War II begins with a god being killed by his own king. Kratos, the Spartan warrior who became the God of War by killing Ares, joins an attack on the city of Rhodes. A giant eagle swoops in and drains a huge share of his powers. It…
  • Life Is Strange (video game)Life Is Strange opens in October 2013, as an 18-year-old photography student named Max Caulfield returns to Arcadia Bay, Oregon, to attend Blackwell Academy. During class she has a vivid vision of a tornado destroying a lighthouse and…
  • Legacy of KainLegacy of Kain is a dark fantasy video game series that landed in a legal fight in 1998, before its second game had reached shelves. Silicon Knights, the studio behind the first game, sued Crystal Dynamics for the rights to the franchise.…
  • Final Fantasy XIII-2In Final Fantasy XIII-2, Serah and Noel jump between eras to repair paradoxes in time.
  • Namco × CapcomCapcom broke an industry norm by teaming up with its rival Namco. The 2005 game Namco x Capcom never left Japan.
  • Project X ZoneProject X Zone sold more than ten times what its publisher expected in the West.
  • Darkest of DaysIn the game Darkest of Days, the enemy turns out to be a future version of the good guys.
  • The Lost VikingsThe Lost Vikings began with hundreds of tiny Vikings, until TV screens could not show them.
  • EarthBoundEarthBound is a 1994 role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and its American advertising declared, 'This game stinks.' Nintendo meant it as a joke. In Japan the game was called Mother 2, and it was led by Shigesato…
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time holds an average score of 99/100 on Metacritic, the highest of any game on that review aggregator. Nintendo developed and published it for the Nintendo 64, and it was the first Zelda game built in three…
  • Final Fantasy (video game)Final Fantasy got its name because its creator planned to quit if it failed. Square was also facing bankruptcy in 1987.
  • Final Fantasy VIIIFinal Fantasy VIII sold 2.21 million copies in one day in Japan.
  • Pokémon Scarlet and VioletPokémon Scarlet and Violet are role-playing games from the studio Game Freak, built for the Nintendo Switch and released on the 18th of November 2022. The story starts at a school. Players enroll at Naranja Academy in Scarlet or Uva…
  • Chrono TriggerChrono Trigger is a 1995 role-playing game that Square developed and published for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It began with a research trip. In October 1992, three veteran creators traveled to the United States to study…
  • DaikatanaDaikatana sold only 40,351 copies in the United States through September 2000. Forecasts had once hoped for 2.5 million.
  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora's MaskA grimacing moon looms over the land of Termina in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Nintendo released the game for the Nintendo 64 in 2000. The moon is predicted to strike at dawn on the day of the Carnival of Time, an annual harvest…

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