The power to save moments in time and load them back. Combination of Temporal Rewind and Progress Recording. Technique of Video Game Physics. Not to be confused with Temporal Restarting, Temporal Replay and Chronoskimming. Opposite to Forward Time Save.

Also Called

• Auto-Save
• Save and Load
• Save Scumming
• Save State (Emulators)
• Temporal Reset
• Video Game Rewind

Capabilities

The user has the ability to save moments in time (usually the current moment) and load them back, either consciously or automatically upon death. Unlike Temporal Resurrection, the point in time a person travels back to is specific or predetermined, and the power only affects the user (e.g., only the user is able to remember the different timelines that occurred in between reloads). Some users are able to have multiple saves at once, while others are limited to possessing only one save, which they must overwrite each time they want to save. Due to the nature of this ability, the user is effectively immortal and can consider death and the consequences of their actions as unimportant as a result of their ability to simply "go back and try again" whenever an undesirable outcome occurs or whenever they die.

Applications

• Automatic Power Use (upon death, this power automatically reloads the user's latest save; some users may be able to select from multiple saves to be loaded back to.)
• Temporal Looping (when reloading back to a save point)
  • Temporal Rewind (when saved earlier)
• Replay Effect
• Temporal Resurrection
  • Retroactive Immortality/Multiple Lives
• Timeline Memory Retainment
• Timeline Splitting (varies, when creating save files)

Techniques

• New Game+ (varies)
  • Capability Retention
  • Temporal Duplication of carried objects

Associations

• Attack Prediction (Varies)
• Hyper Experience
• Preparation Time Mastery
• Quantum Immortality
• Temporal Looping
• Temporal Restarting (Varies)
• Video Game Physics
  • Dating Simulator Physics

Limitations

• May only work in certain areas
• May have a limit on how long a save can exist before being removed automatically, making sure that users can only use the most recent save(s).
• Saves may have a limited number of uses.
• Time can only be reloaded back to the saved point, not a second sooner or later.
• May have mixed memories from reloads
• Users of Spatial-Temporal Lock, Omnilock, or Temporal Protection will know time was reset but may not stop the user.
• In some cases, this could cause a Butterfly Effect even if the user stays on roughly the same timeline.
• Users may not be able to change the future because of Destiny Assignment and/or Destiny Chosen.
• Pointless to use against users of Temporal Erasure as they can permanently erase all points in time that were saved.
• Reload may only take effect if the user performs a certain action, such as dying or falling asleep.
• If the user saved in a situation where they would inevitably die and would be unable to escape, this would result in an infinite death loop. Ex. reloading to a point where the user is falling straight into lava always leads to inevitable death. (This may not apply to some users who are able to wipe out their own save points or return to previous ones.)
• This ability may be completely useless in a combat situation for those who don't have any experience/skills or any other superpowers that would help them fight and would only be efficient for collecting information, plotting plans, and deceiving/manipulating others.
• The user isn't immune or resistant to the effects of other supernatural powers, and they are vulnerable towards things that can kill or injure a normal person. This means users with Power Erasure, Power Nullification, and Power Absorption can still affect the user's ability.
• The user's will may be easily broken by others if forced into an infinite loop of pain/death.
• Users of Reality Warping, Nigh-Omnipotence, or similar may be able to undo or be unaffected by a temporal reload or just destroy the user's power altogether.
  • Users of Omnipotence would be unaffected by temporal reloads and be capable of destroying the user's power.
• In some cases, people other than the user who have been exposed to a reload multiple times may gain a sense of déjà vu, allowing them to vaguely remember events from the reload in the form of hunches or a "gut instinct."
• Reloading to the save point undoes any progress the user has made to achieve victory, so they have to carefully coordinate and remember every step from their previous encounters if they wish to achieve said victory again.
• Even though the user can go back to a/the saved point, there may be some situations that are unbeatable regardless of how many times the user tries to win.
• If someone is aware of the user's power, like if they possess Temporal Awareness/Cosmic Awareness/Extrasensory Perception, they can plan ahead while factoring in the user's reloads to remove the user's advantage of time reloading.

Known Users

See also: Save Scumming, Save Point, Auto-Save and Justified Save Point

General

• Players (Any/Most games)

Specific

Known Objects

• ARQ Machine (ARQ)
• Moira Engine (Marvel Comics)
• Time Bomb (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
• Z-Drive (League of Legends)
• Ocarina of Time (Legend of Zelda)
• Time Stone (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Time distortion unit (Red vs. Blue)
• Time Leap Machine (Steins;Gate)
• Hourglass Token (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Gallery

The Time Bomb (Call of Duty: Black Ops) has the ability to rewind time to the point of when the Time Bomb was placed down.

With her Geass, Shamna (Code Geass) can send her consciousness back in time 6 hours whenever she dies.

Lu-Tze (Discworld)

Through his Regression time skill, Dark (Hardcore Leveling Warrior) has the ability to 'save' during a battle and, when his HP reaches zero, he can start again from the save point.

Ekko, The Boy Who Shattered Time (League of Legends)

Luka Couffaine/Viperion (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)

As a regressor, Yoo Joonghyuk's (The Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) consciousnesses is sent back to the beginning of the scenarios whenever he dies.

With his time distortion unit, Wyoming (Red vs. Blue) is able to rewind time while keeping his memories of future events. This also has the side effect of creating temporal duplicates.

Due to his law, Mercurius (Shinza Banshou series) has trapped the entire world excluding himself in perpetual loop.

With the Time Leap Machine, Rintaro Okabe (Steins;Gate) was able to loop back thousands of times in an attempt to save Mayuri's life.

Due to their incredibly strong determination, Frisk (Undertale) can SAVE their own progress and can go back to the previous moment where they saved before they died.

Battler Ushiromiya (Umineko no Naku Koro ni/Umineko When They Cry)

Kirie Sakurame (UQ Holder!)

Dark Bakura/Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using the Hourglass Token in the Dark RPG/Shadow RPG.

Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World)

Videos

Re-ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Director's Cut Episode 1 - The End of the Beginning...

Re-ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Director's Cut Episode 1 English Dub

Ekko Seconds

When you over use Quick Save