Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
With time travel, you have to consider it before coming up with anything in the plot, and that's where ToJ IV screwed up. When I write my stories, I wing things and I don't start planning the ending until I get about three quarters of the way to the end. The time travel element in ToJ was shoehorned in and it made a royal disaster out of everything that happened before. That was definitely not a smart idea just for the sake of having another addition to the saga. Not to mention half of it was just spent rehashing what happened in ToJ III, just from a different viewpoint. That probably bored a few people.

PMD2 is a great example of how time travel can work beautifully, but it has to be planned and considered from the very moment you start writing. They definitely didn't shoehorn it in for that game's story. When it used right, it can be a very interesting storyline tool, but when used wrong, it's like using hedge-clippers for driving in nails. You can't have the wrong tool for the job. :P
Well if you ever need help coming up with time travel ideas throw me a notice! I love the concept and thinking up connections to those things. It's a big reason I love series like Back to the Future, PMD 2, Steins;Gate, etc