A group of heroes, who have gotten older but are very experienced by this installment in the franchise, have been struck by a sudden tragedy that could/already has affected the entire world. Unfortunately, the only way to fix the tragedy has been destroyed, so our group of adventurers must travel to the past to retrieve the only thing that can fix it. After a recent time-skip of several years (which some characters would come out of unchanged/the same age) some of the characters are reluctant to leave their newfound family behind. Nevertheless, they go to the past, where they meet their past selves, some of which are also trying to obtain the item they were sent back to get. There are complications, which includes some characters having to fight themselves. There is also a teary reunion with a character who died in a previous installment. Eventually, the team comes across the past BBEG, who has been defeated in the present. Once the characters retrieve the item they were searching for, the BBEG from the past finds a way to come to the character’s present. Which they proceed to wreak havoc on.