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The Dynamic General Guardian (ダイナミック・ゼネラル・ガーディアン) is a Banpresto Original Mecha lineage debuting in The 2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha. Units in this series are characterized as powerful Super Robots with unique and flashy combat styles.

Overview[]

The Dynamic General Guardians were developed in utmost secrecy by Divine Crusaders leader Bian Zoldark as the successors to the Grungust Series, meant to serve as defense for the Earth Cradle as part of Project Ark. Inheriting the concept of Project UR centered at Valsion, the DGGs were built with grandiose exterior design, both to boost ally morale and to intimidate enemy forces. All units are equipped with artificial muscles throughout the body, resulting in excellent agility. Furthermore, Unit 1 and Unit 3 are installed with a specialized OS which traces after the pilot's movements inside the cockpit, allowing the pilot to control the robot like their own body. This however also requires a pilot to be skilled at the respective mecha's combat style.

DGG-XAM1 DyGenGuar[]

DyGenGuar front

DGG-XAM1 DyGenGuar

First unit of the Dynamic General Guardians, specializing in swordfight. It is installed with a Direct Motion Link System, which tracks all of the pilot's movements inside the stand-up type cockpit and translate it back into the mecha, allowing the Sanger Sombold to control the robot as if it's his own body. It also inherits the Grungust Type-3's gigantic Sanshiki Zankantou liquid metal sword. DyGenGuar is developed to work in tandem with its partner unit, the DGG-XAM2 Aussenseiter, and is capable of riding on the Aussenseiter in Pferd Mode and commence horseback fighting.

DGG-XAM2 Aussenseiter[]

Aussenseiter front

DGG-XAM2 Aussenseiter

Second unit of the Dynamic General Guardians, specializing in gunfight. It utilizes a standard cockpit type to be compatible with Ratsel Feinschmecker's piloting style. It can speed across the battlefield with the heel-mounted Felze Rad wheels while blasting enemies with its pair of long-range rifles, the Lanze Kanones. Aussenseiter is developed to work in tandem with its partner unit, the DGG-XAM1 DyGenGuar, and is capable of transforming into a gigantic horse form in Pferd Mode for DyGenGuar to ride on and commence horseback fighting.

DGG-XAM3 RaiOh[]

The third unit of the Dynamic General Guardian series, the Rai-o, and its upgrade, the DaiRai-o, are one of protagonist units in 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha. Rai-o was set to appear in the 2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation along with an original prototype called the JinRai.

Appearance[]

RaiOh

The Rai-o

The Rai-o is a unit colored in bright grey and silver for most of its body, with black in various areas. The design is humanoid, and is rounded instead of the boxiness commonly found in giant robots. Noticeable features include the gold crown-like decoration on the head and the red scarf. It also has ruby-like jewels on many parts of its body, most notably the shoulders and crown.

The DaiRai-o looks similar to the Rai-o, but has a larger crown, sports extra armor around its chassis and has more extravagant gold highlights around its shoulders, arms, knees and legs.

The JinRai also looks similar to the Rai-o, albeit colored black, has differently shaped head and shoulders as well as having it's entire body covered in a large cape.

Many fans have noted that the Rai-o and the DaiRai-o's designs are likely heavily influenced by the famous Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider. Such influences include the crimson scarf and a final attack that involves a powerful kick. Also, the animation prior to the DaiRai-o's final attack reveals the machine's humanoid faceplate that bears a resemblance to Hongo Takeshi, the first Kamen Rider.

Technical and Historical[]

DaiRaiOh

Dynamic General Guardian Unit 03

The Rai-o is the latest machine in the Dynamic General Guardian series and is designated with the codename DGG-XAM3. This machine, though developed by Mao Industries and the Tesla Leicht Institute, is overlooked by scientist, Minaki Tomine. The Rai-o harnesses lightning energy via plasma drives to power its attacks. Minaki finished developing her father, Kaoru Tomine's Lead Innovative Organic Harmony System and installed it in the Rai-o. Kaoru wanted to create a world of perfect soldiers, thus used the LIOH System to carry out this plot.

Touma Kanou, a delivery boy, becomes the Rai-o's pilot through a chance of fate. When Balmar begins its second invasion of Earth, he happens to be at Minaki's house while doing his job. He is eventually placed in a situation where he is forced to pilot the Rai-o. After this, he becomes the pilot of the machine and is trained by members of the Alpha Numbers. The LIOH System and Touma clash, however -- on one such occasion, it causes Touma to go completely insane. It would take a decisive blow by Sänger Zonvolt in his Dygenguar to stop Touma. After this, even though it is a system that can promise great results, the device is removed. Instead, the cockpit is outfitted to use the Direct Motion Link System, which follows the exact movements of Touma's body. Using this system, he invents the "Rising Meteor" attack, which takes full advantage of its new mobility.

A while later, the Rai-o takes immense damage from a battle with Touma's combat rival, Baran Doban of Balmar. Using many of the Dygenguar's parts, it is upgraded into the DGG-XAM3C DaiRai-o, which is a powerful improvement over the Rai-o, sporting better armor and attack capabilities. It is accepted by its peers and the fanbase as a true Dynamic General Guardian; to emphasize, in its first sortie, the DaiRai-o destroyed 100 enemy units by itself. In another sortie with Baran Doban, the face of the machine is smashed. Touma decides not to repair it, and the "scar" stays. In a later battle against Hazal Gozzo of Balmar, Touma is finally able to push the DaiRai-o past its limits with his new JinRai attack, achieving such great power that the LIOH System's abilities are completely outclassed by Touma's own strength.

The Rai-o's name, written in kanji as (雷凰) means "Lightning Phoenix", but can also be interpreted as the pronunciation of "LIOH" (as there is no difference between L and R in Japanese). When the Rai-o is upgraded to DaiRai-o (大雷凰), it becomes the "Great Lightning Phoenix" . The 'dai' (大), meaning "big, great", can also function as part of the abbreviation "Dynamic Lightning Over" ("Dainamikku Raitoningu Ohbaa").

Specifications[]

Rai-o[]

Height: 48.3 meters

Weight: 122.5 tons

Weapon Systems:

Harken Impulse
A shot of plasma energy is launched from the leg.
Counter Break
The plasma leaders in the arms uses electricity to "lasso" the enemy off of the ground and pull it toward Rai-o. The mech delivers a powerful kick as the victim arrives.
Lightning Fall
The Rai-o flies into the air and delivers a charged, lightning kick aimed at the ground that creates a shockwave effect, damaging all targets in its area of effect.
Rising Meteor
The Rai-o charges itself up. It delivers a series of kicks to its target to knock it high into the air and then delivers a final kick, sending the enemy back down to the ground.
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The DGG-XAM03 JinRai

DGG-XAM03 JinRai[]

The DGG-XAM03 JinRai (ジンライ) is the predecessor of the Rai-o, the JinRai is designated as the third Dynamic General Guardian unit created by Dr. Kaoru Tomine, based on designs by Bian Zoldark. It is equipped with the S-ZLAI (Shippu ZinLai), a special artificial intelligence system which allows it to move without a pilot. Its primary objective is to destroy the Dygenguar and Aussenseiter, the first two Dynamic General Guardians.

GSBM-007 Mass-Production JinRai[]

DGG-XAM3C DaiRaiOh[]

Height: 53.8 meters

Weight: 148.6 tons

Weapon Systems:


Harken Impulse Drive
A pair of plasma beam shots are launched from the legs.
Counter Spike Charge
The plasma leaders in the arms generate an even greater amount of electricity to grab the target off of the ground. The DaiRai-o then delivers a strong kick attack.
Plasma Spiral Dive
The DaiRai-o uses powerful knee-mounted thrusters to deliver a charged, lightning kick aimed at the ground that creates a shockwave effect, damaging surrounding targets in its area of effect.
Rising Meteor Inferno
The DaiRai-o delivers a series of punches and kicks, sending the enemy high into the air. The DaiRai-o flies headlong, grabbing its target, and proceeds to hurl it further up into the air. Charging up for a final attack, the DaiRai-o rushes for a finishing, vertical kick that utterly shatters the target, exploding in mid-air.
JinRai
Touma's ultimate attack. With Minaki's approval, the limiters in the DaiRai-o's plasma drives are released. The faceplate covering the DaiRai-o retracts, revealing its face and "scar". The energy buildup from the plasma drives forms two oversized wings on its back, and the DaiRai-o flies towards its target. With a fully charged lightning kick, the enemy is driven backward by the force of the attack, following a series of weaker melee attack, burning the target with its plasma energy. The DaiRai-o then flies up to the air vertically, releasing the rest of the plasma energy, dealing a final downward kick, driving the enemy into the ground, creating a reaction so powerful that it forms a pillar of fire from ground zero upward, high into the atmosphere. The DaiRai-o leaps out of the pillar, as the pillar continues to burn spectacularly.
Interesting to note is that the characters for the JinRai attack mean, appropriately enough, "Divine Lightning".

Trivia[]

  • The name DaiRai-o briefly debuted first in Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2, during a conversation with the SRX Team. Upon discovering the name of Sänger's new machine, Ryusei suggests similarly changing the name of the SRX, with DaiRai-o being one of the ideas. Ryune Zoldark notes that it's a good name. Sure enough, the DaiRai-o made its playable debut with the release of 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha, months after game was released.

Notes[]

In both the Alpha and Original Generation timelines, Rätsel mentions there are four Dynamic General Guardian units, but as of the release of Original Generations, nothing new on the fourth unit is known. However, it is possbile that the fourth unit could be the Compatible Kaiser, since Kisaburo Azuma used data from the Double G series to rebuild the damaged machine. Still, the Compatible Kaiser does not carry the DGG designation, thereby leaving open the possible existence of a fourth unit somewhere else. Fans have speculated that the fourth, would likely be modeled after a motorcycle in order to support Rai-o/DaiRai-o, much in the same way Aussenseiter supports Dygenguar.

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