The Super Robot Taisen Robot Series Guide

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Contents 1 List By Category 1.1 Main Series 1.2 Alpha Series 1.3 Compact Series 1.4 Impact Series 1.5 GBA Series 1.6 DS Series 1.7 Misc Series 1.8 Masou Kishin Series 1.9 Original Generation Series 1.10 Other Related Games 2 Game List by System 2.1 Game Boy/Game Boy Color 2.2 Nintendo Famicom 2.3 Nintendo Super Famicom 2.4 Nintendo 64 2.5 Game Boy Advance 2.6 Bandai WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color 2.7 Sega Saturn 2.8 Sega Dreamcast 2.9 PlayStation 2.10 PlayStation 2 2.11 Nintendo GameCube 2.12 PlayStation Portable 2.13 Cellular phone (FOMA) 2.14 Nintendo DS 2.15 Xbox 360 2.16 Trading Card Game 3 External Link

[edit] List By Category

[edit] Main Series

• Super Robot Taisen (GB) - 1991
• Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen (NES/PSX/GBA) - 1991
• Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen G (GB) - 1995
• Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen (SNES/PSX) - 1993
• Super Robot Taisen EX (SNES/PSX) - 1994
• Dai-4-Ji Super Robot Taisen (SNES) - 1995
  • Dai-4-Ji Super Robot Taisen S (PSX) - 1996
• Super Robot Taisen F (SAT/PSX) - 1997
  • Super Robot Taisen F Kanketsuhen (SAT/PSX) - 1998

[edit] Alpha Series

• Super Robot Taisen Alpha (PSX) - 2000
  • Super Robot Taisen Alpha for Dreamcast (DC) - 2001 (G-Breaker Exclusive)
• Super Robot Taisen Alpha Gaiden (PSX) - 2001
• Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Alpha (PS2) - 2003
• Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Alpha (PS2) - 2005

[edit] Compact Series

• Super Robot Taisen Compact (WS) - 1999
  • Super Robot Taisen Compact for WonderSwan Color (WSC) - 2001
• Super Robot Taisen Compact Dai-1-Bu: Chijou Gekidouhen (WS) - 2000
• Super Robot Taisen Compact Dai-2-Bu: Uchuu Gekishinhen (WS) - 2000
• Super Robot Taisen Compact Dai-3-Bu: Ginga Kessenhen (WS) - 2000
• Super Robot Taisen Compact 3 (WSC) - 2003

[edit] Impact Series

• Super Robot Taisen Impact (PS2) - 2002
• Super Robot Taisen MX (PS2) - 2004

[edit] GBA Series

• Super Robot Taisen A (GBA) - 2001
• Super Robot Taisen R (GBA) - 2002
• Super Robot Taisen D (GBA) - 2003
• Super Robot Taisen J (GBA) - 2005

[edit] DS Series

• Super Robot Taisen W (DS) - 2007
• Super Robot Taisen K (DS) - 2009

[edit] Misc Series

• Shin Super Robot Taisen (PSX) - 1996
  • Shin Super Robot Taisen Special Disc (PSX) - 1997
• Super Robot Taisen 64 (N64) - 1999
  • Super Robot Taisen Link Battler (GBC) - 1999
• Super Robot Taisen GC (GC) - 2004
  • Super Robot Taisen XO (XBOX 360) - 2006
• Super Robot Taisen Z (PS2) - 2008
  • Super Robot Taisen Z Special Disc (PS2) - 2009

[edit] Masou Kishin Series

• Super Robot Taisen Gaiden: MasouKishin - The Lord of Elemental (SNES) - 1996

[edit] Original Generation Series

• Super Robot Taisen Original Generation (GBA) - 2002
• Super Robot Taisen Original Generation 2 (GBA) - 2004
• Super Robot Taisen Original Generations (PS2) - 2007
• Super Robot Taisen Original Generation Gaiden (PS2) - 2007

[edit] Other Related Games

• Hero Senki: Project Olympus (SNES)- 1992
• Super Robot Spirits (N64) - 1997
• Real Robot Battle Line (PSX) - 1999
• Endless Frontier: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga (DS) - 2008
• Super Robot Taisen Scramble Gather - 1996-2001

[edit] Game List by System

[edit] Game Boy/Game Boy Color

• Super Robot Taisen (GB) (April 20, 1991): Series premiered: Getter Robot, Getter Robot G, Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Mobile Suit Gundam F91, Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger (Translated by AGTP)
• Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Gaiden (GB) (June 30, 1995): (Remake of 2nd Super Robot Taisen, featuring an updated interface, similar to Super Robot Taisen 4. Series premiered: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, Mobile Fighter G Gundam
• Super Robot Taisen Link Battler (GBC) (October 1, 1999): Totally different from other games in the franchise, it is closer to a monster trainer than a strategy game. Linking a completed game to Super Robot Taisen 64 with the Transfer Pak unlocks several exclusive units and characters in the latter.

[edit] Nintendo Famicom

• Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen (December 19, 1991): The first title to feature recruitable characters, and first to feature a Banpresto Original character and mech, the Cybuster piloted by Masaki Andoh. Ported to the Playstation as part of the Super Robot Taisen Complete Box, and to the Gameboy Advance as an exclusive "Famicom Mini" game, available only as a bonus with the purchase of Super Robot Taisen GC. Series premiered: UFO Robot Grendizer

[edit] Nintendo Super Famicom

• Hero Senki: Project Olympus (November 20, 1992): A RPG relesed by Banpresto. It includes mecha animes (Gundam series), tokusatsu series (Kamen Rider series, Ultraman series), and some Banpresto Originals. It is famous for the initial appearance of the Gespenst and Gilliam Yager.
• Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen (July 23, 1993): The first Super Robot Taisen to include backgrounds during battles, discrete stats for pilots and units, and upgrades for units. In addition, this was also the first Super Robot Taisen to feature non-Gundam and non-Dynamic Productions animated titles. Series premiered: Brave Raideen, Super Electromagnetic Robot Com-Battler V, Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory. Ported to the PlayStation as part of the Super Robot Taisen Complete Box. (Translated by AGTP)
• Super Robot Taisen EX (March 25, 1994): The first title to focus on the Masou Kishin plot, and unique for having a multiple scenario system, wherein the order in which you play the storylines affects the plot. It is the first Super Robot Taisen to allow players to upgrade weapons. Series premiered: Aura Battler Dunbine, Demon God of War GoShogun. Ported to the PlayStation as part of Super Robot Taisen Complete Box. (Currently being translated by AGTP)
• Dai-4-Ji Super Robot Taisen (March 17, 1995): The first title to feature a Banpresto Original protagonist, along with separate real robot and super robot paths. It is the first Super Robot Taisen to feature items that can be equipped to a unit to improve its performance or restore its HP or EN. Additionally, most stages contain hidden items or money on the map, which can be collected by moving a unit onto the items' locations. Also, it was the first to allow players to manually decide whether to counterattack during enemy turns. The first appearance of Shin Getter Robot in any medium. Series premiered: Fighting King Daimos, Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God,Aura Battler Dunbine: The Tale of Neo Byston Well, Gundam Sentinel, Heavy Metal L-Gaim, Invincible Super Man Zambot 3. It was ported to the Playstation as 4th Super Robot Taisen Scramble.
• Super Robot Taisen Gaiden: Masou Kishin - The Lord Of Elemental (March 22, 1996): The first Super Robot Taisen title to give original characters the spotlight exclusively. This particular title follows the storyline of Masou Kishin and its cast. It was the first to feature non-superdeformed graphics, unlike most Super Robot Taisen titles. It is also the only regular game where a unit's elevation and the direction it is facing at the end of its turn are important. It doesn't include other real robot or super robot series. (Currently being translated by AGTP)

[edit] Nintendo 64

• Super Robot Spirits (July 17, 1997): Not a strategy game, but a fully 3D fighting game, featuring non-super deformed robots. The first appearance of SRX character Levi Tolar and her machine, the Judecca. The game is to date the worst rated and selling Super Robot Taisen game.
• Super Robot Taisen 64 (October 29, 1999): Uses non-animated 2D sprites over rendered 3D backgrounds during battle animations. Secret units can be acquired by linking with the Super Robot Taisen Link Battler, and the first to feature multiple-unit combination attacks. Series premiered: Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Six God Combination Godmars

[edit] Game Boy Advance

• Super Robot Taisen Advance (September 21, 2001): The second Super Robot Taisen to allow players to choose the original character's machine independent of the pilot. Series premiered: Metal Armor Dragonar, Martian Successor Nadesico

• Super Robot Taisen Reversal (August 2, 2002): Series premiered: Gear Fighter Dendoh, Shin Getter Robot vs Neo Getter Robot, Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Princess of Darkness

• Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (November 22, 2002): The first Super Robot Taisen devoted entirely to the original characters and mechs created by Banpresto for the series, featuring no licensed characters or robots. The plot follows the original elements (i.e. those not derived from anime series) of Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen and Super Robot Taisen Alpha, and features characters from Super Robot Taisen 3, Alpha, Alpha Gaiden and Impact. Original Generation was the first handheld Super Robot Taisen to feature animated attacks and the equipment system, which allowed players to change weapons between units. It was released in North America on August 8, 2006.
• Super Robot Taisen Destiny (August 8, 2003): Series premiered: The Big O, Future Robot Daltanius, Shin Getter Robot (Anime), Macross 7, Megazone 23

• Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 (February 3, 2005): A direct sequel to the first Original Generation game. Incorporates elements from Super Robot Taisen 3, 4, Impact, Advance, Alpha Gaiden and Alpha 2. Released in North America by Atlus on November 14, 2006.
• Super Robot Taisen Judgement (September 15, 2005): The first handheld Super Robot Taisen to incorporate the "favorite series" system, introduced in Super Robot Wars MX. Series premiered: Full Metal Panic!, Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, Mazinkaiser, Mazinkaiser vs the Great General of Darkness Space Knight Tekkaman Blade.

[edit] Bandai WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color

• Super Robot Taisen Compact (April 28, 1999) (WS): The first Super Robot Taisen to feature the Select Scenario System, which allows the player to decide the order in which stages are played.
• Super Robot Taisen Compact Dai-1-Bu: Chijou Gekidouhen (March 30, 2000) (WS): Series premiered: Dangaioh - Hyper Combat Unit , Ninja Senshi Tobikage, Dancougar: Requiem for Victims
• Super Robot Taisen Compact Dai-2-Bu: Uchuu Gekishinhen (September 14, 2000) (WS): Series premiered: Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos
• Super Robot Taisen Compact Dai-3-Bu: Ginga Kessenhen (January 18, 2001) (WS)
• Super Robot Taisen Compact For WonderSwan Color (December 13, 2001) (WSC): A remake of Super Robot Taisen Compact, including color graphics.
• Super Robot Taisen Compact 3 (July 13, 2003) (WSC): Series premiered: Acrobunch, Betterman, The Vision of Escaflowne, Mechander Robot

[edit] Sega Saturn

• Super Robot Taisen F (December 25, 1997): A partial remake of Dai-4-Ji Super Robot Taisen, rewritten to reflect both the change of series included and the increased storage capacity of CDs vs. ROM cartridges. Series premiered: Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Super Robot Taisen F Kanketsuhen (April 13, 1998): The continuation of Super Robot Taisen F. This game marks the end of the classic storyline of Super Robot Taisen. Debut of Mazinkaiser (Original). Series premiered: Aim for the Top! Gunbuster, New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, Space Runaway Ideon

[edit] Sega Dreamcast

• Super Robot Taisen Alpha For Dreamcast (August 30, 2001): A remake of Super Robot Taisen Alpha, with 3D battle graphics and increased difficulty in many stages, including a secret boss character. Features G-Breaker, the robot from Bandai's Sunrise Eiyuutan, which was not included in the Playstation version.

[edit] PlayStation

• Dai-4-Ji Super Robot Taisen Scramble (January 26, 1996): A remake of Dai-4-Ji Super Robot Taisen, featuring voice acting and CG movies for the first time.
• Shin Super Robot Taisen (December 27, 1996): Featured full-sized graphics (besides Super Robot Taisen Gaiden: Masou Kishin, this is the only title to do so), as well as the debut of the Banpresto Originals SRX storyline. Series premiered: Blue Comet SPT Layzner, Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V, Great Sky Demon Dragon Gaiking, Trider G7, New Mobile Report Gundam Wing

• Shin Super Robot Taisen Special Disc (March 28,1997)

• Super Robot Taisen F (December 10, 1998): A port of Super Robot Taisen F, featuring some improved music over the original Sega Saturn game, as well as a variety of bug fixes.

• Super Robot Taisen F Kanketsuhen (April 15, 1999): A port of Super Robot Taisen F Kanketsuhen.

• Super Robot Taisen Complete Box (June 10, 1999): A compilation of the remakes of Super Robot Taisen 2, 3, and EX, using the same style as F and F Kanketsuhen. The games were released separately, and were compiled into the first disc of the "Complete Box". The second disc, an encyclopedia, included a collection of cut scenes and voice data from the first game, and a two player versus mode.

• Real Robot Battle Line (August 12, 1999): A estrategy game similar to Super Robot Taisen Gaiden: Masou Kishin - The Lord Of Elemental, developed by Banpresto. It only includes Real Robot Series and its has non-superdeformed 3D battle graphics.

• Super Robot Taisen Alpha (May 25, 2000): The first Super Robot Taisen to feature fully-animated attacks and a more complex plot. Also the first to include the skill point (Mastery Point)system, where decisions made in and out of battle can affect the game's difficulty later and one's chances of receiving more powerful units and items. Series premiered: The End of Evangelion, Mobile Suit Gundam F90, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Macross Plus (Currently being translated by AGTP)
• Super Robot Taisen Alpha Gaiden (March 29, 2001): The first Super Robot Taisen to feature the support attack/defense system on the Playstation (This system first appeared in Super Robot Taisen Compact 2 on the WonderSwan), and the first in which all of a unit's weapons are upgraded simultaneously. Series premiered: After War Gundam X, Turn A Gundam, Combat Mecha Xabungle, Galaxy Cyclone Braiger (Currently being translated by AGTP)

[edit] PlayStation 2

• Super Robot Taisen Impact(March 28, 2002): A remake of all three chapters of Super Robot Taisen Compact 2, with the added inclusion of Martian Successor Nadesico, Mobile Fighter G Gundam and "Banpresto Original" character Einst Alchemie.
• Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Alpha (March 27, 2003): The first Super Robot Taisen that uses the Squad System, which allows the player to arrange squads (Up to 4 units) to participate in battles. Series premiered: Brain Powerd, Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Kotetsu Jeeg
• Super Robot Taisen Scramble Commander (November 6, 2003): The first Super Robot Taisen real-time strategy game. Features 3-D non-super deformed graphics.
• Super Robot Taisen MX (May 27, 2004): The first Super Robot Taisen to include the Favorite Series system, which increases the upgrade limit and experience gain for all robots and pilots from a selected series. Originally intended to be a direct sequel to Super Robot Taisen Impact. Series premiered: Hades Project Zeorymer, RahXephon
• Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Alpha (August 28, 2005): The end of the Super Robot Taisen Alpha series. Series premiered: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram, Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
• Super Robot Taisen Original Generatios (June 28, 2007): An enhanced remake of the first two Super Robot Taisen Original Generation titles, with several extra stages included to show the goings-on of other members of the cast, as well as 11 new stages unlocked after completing the remake of Original Generation 2. The remake introduces the "Twin Battle System," which allows for two battles to be conducted against the same enemy by two allies simultaneously. Original Generations features original units from other Banpresto/Super Robot Wars games: Compatible Kaiser from the The Great Battle series, the Excellence series from Super Robot Taisen Reversal, and Super Robot Taisen Compact 3|Super Robot Taisen Compact 3's Shura God machines all appear as allies and enemies.
• Super Robot Taisen Scramble Commander the 2nd (November 1, 2007) Series premiered: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, God Soul Combination Godannar!!, Macross Zero
• Super Robot Taisen Original Generation Gaiden (December 27, 2007): A sequel to Original Generations, it details the events, following the bonus segment available in Original Generations. The main protagonists from Super Robot Taisen Reversal and Super Robot Taisen Compact 3 will debut as this game's starting protagonists. Also available is an all-new mini card game, based on the original characters and mechs.
• Super Robot Taisen Z (September 25, 2008): The first Super Robot Taisen title to be created under Bandai Namco Games by whether engaging parties are airborne or on the ground. It is the 20th best-selling game of Japan in 2008^[1]. Series Premiered: The Super Dimension Century Orguss , Super Heavy God Gravion, Super Heavy God Gravion Zwei, Genesis of Aquarion, Eureka Seven, Overman King Gainer, Space Warrior Baldios, Space Emperor God Sigma, The Big-O: 2nd Season
• Super Robot Taisen Z Special Disc (March 05, 2009): Similar to Shin Super Robot Taisen Special Disc, this features exclusive missions, "Challenge Battles" (scenarios testing players' strategic/tactical decisions), a "Battle Viewer" (similar to Original Generation Gaiden's "Free Battle Mode"), a "Special Theater" displaying art work and concept designs for Z's original characters and robots and a library displaying all of the game's characters and robots. An exclusive unit is "XAN," a variation of the titular mecha from Overman King Gainer. The disc does not feature the original game and most of the content will depend on how much the player has achieved in the original.

[edit] Nintendo GameCube

• Super Robot Taisen GC (December 16, 2004): Like the Dreamcast port of Alpha, this game boasted fully 3D battle scenes; in addition, it included a new battle system in which some pilots could target the head, arms, legs, or body of a machine specifically; as well as the ability to capture disabled enemy units for sale or for your own use. Series premiered: Galactic Gale Baxinger, Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger, Saikyo Robo Daioja, Mazinkaiser, Absolutely Invincible Raijin-Oh

[edit] PlayStation Portable

• Super Robot Taisen MX Portable (December 19, 2005): A port of Super Robot Taisen MX.
• Super Robot Taisen Advance Portable (June 19, 2008): An enhanced remake of Super Robot Taisen Advance, removing the original's unique "Shield System" and introducing modern gameplay mechanics. Infamous for enemies with unusually high evasion rates, making it difficult for even real robots to land hits, and the fixture of the "Save and Load Manipulation Trick", allowing the same battle result to be produced even if the game is reset and reloaded.

[edit] Cellular phone (FOMA)

• Super Robot Wars i: A port of Super Robot Taisen Advance.

• Super Robot Wars i: A port of Super Robot Taisen Reversal.

[edit] Nintendo DS

• Super Robot Taisen W (March 1, 2007) Series Premiered: Space Knight Tekkaman Blade II, Beasts King GoLion, Detonator Orgun, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray, Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
• Endless Frontier: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga (May 29, 2008) (NA Release: April 28, 2009): A Super Robot Taisen Spin-Off title, loosely based on the Original Generation games. It is the first game to use stylized action/tactical role-playing gameplay elements.
• Super Robot Taisen K (March 20, 2009): This game continues the handheld trend of excluding Universal Century Gundam, omits the Getter Robot franchise for the second time, features Mazinger Z as the sole Mazinger representative (usually accompanied by Great Mazinger or replaced with Mazinkaiser) and includes a series exclusively owned by rival company Takara Tomy. Features the "Partner Battle System", similar to Original Generations "Twin Battle System." Series Premiering: Fafner of the Azure, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer, Kotetsushin Jeeg, Gun X Sword, Gaiking Legend of Great Sky Demon Dragon, Zoids Genesis

[edit] Xbox 360

• Super Robot Taisen XO (November 30, 2006): Enhanced port of Super Robot Taisen GC. It is the first (and only) SRT game to feature an online multiplayer mode.

[edit] Trading Card Game

• Super Robot Taisen Scramble Gather (1996-2001): Card game featuring robots and characters from series represented in games from Dai-4-Ji Super Robot Taisen through Compact 2 and Alpha Gaiden. Notable for containing the first appearance of Katina Tarask, who would later appear in Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation.

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[edit] External Link

• Robot Series Guide
• The Gate of Magus : A fansite dedicated to the original characters and mecha of Banpresto
• Super Robot Wars at Gears Online
• Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation from Nintendo.com
• Super Robot Wars Original Generations official webpage
• Banpresto's official SRW site

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