#g-srw

[rdmaaron]

I want G-Witch in the next Super Robot Wars not simply because I am myself a fan of Gundam and G-Witch, but because I want to witness the reactions of the newbies when Suletta Mercury teams up with some long forgotten mecha anime from the 70’s that nobody has spoken of or thought about since and for it to be the hypest fucking thing they’ve ever seen.

[rx-05-29]

Once witch from mercury is in super robots wars, the least they can do is have the marriage acknowledged by the cast of all series involved one by one, and have the wedding officiated by Koji Kabuto inside the Mazinger Z.

[wordsandrobots]

You know, watching play-throughs of the Iron-Blooded Orphans DLC for Super Robot Wars, I am struck by how slightly *off* the characterisation is. I suspect that's a natural consequence something like this, throwing so many characters into the mix that you can't help render them down a bit (and then there's translation on top of that), but it feels very weird to have Shino saying:

Shino: When you're as smart and skilled as me, you can get used to anything. Akihiro: "Smart and skilled", my ass. First thing you did was try to steal some food, and I had to save you from an angry mob. Shino: Shush, you! That was just, uh...a bit of a blooper. Happens to the best of us.

This reads to me more like something written for Eugene (in fact, this whole exchange feels like something you'd see between Eugene and *Shino*, not Shino and Akihiro). It's one of those quirks that I have perhaps spent too long dwelling on, but in the anime, Shino's boasting is almost exclusively about Tekkadan as a group and rarely if ever about himself. If anything, he tends to own being a goof more readily, laughing off his own missteps (with a couple of amusing exceptions) despite an obvious ego regarding his fighting skills and a preoccupation with not appearing 'lame'.

(I do think Shino would be 100% down for stealing food if necessary, although given his in-canon attention to stocking his mobile suit with ration bars, it's just a generally weird situation to gesture at.)

That said, the flirting with Gundam Victory's all-women mobile suit squad feels on-point. Possibly that's just because this is the only official-ish example we have of what Shino is *actually* like when he's flirting. It all happens off-screen otherwise, so it's fun to see someone attempt to portray the kind of crashing and burning that got Lafter calling him a 'pierced idiot'.

Shino: ...So what I'm saying is, we should all go downtown and have some fun! Kite: Only if it's your treat. Shino: Yeah, sure, it's all on me! But ALL of you Shrikes gotta come! Come on? Pretty please? Peggy: You seriously can't take a hint, can you? Helen: I mean, he definitely can't, but... c'mon, free drinks! Franny: Let's just make this clear: you're just a walking wallet to us. Shino: Y'know what? I'm okay with that. Shino: Love is a journey, and it's gotta start somewhere. Ain't that right, Junko? Junko: Hah! You've got guts, I'll give you that. Keep it up, Shino. Shino: Yeah, baby! I can hear the door to your heart unlocking! Miliera: He's actually going after Junko? He's either very brave, or very, very dumb. Mahalia: He'll have to go through all of us before he gets anywhere near her. Shino: ALL of you? Whoa, mama! Cony: Wow, he really can't take a hint. It's kind of impressive, really. Juca: Honestly? I don't mind it. It means he's fitting in well with the team.

(I still haven't seen Victory but I know what happens to these ladies, so there is a layer at which this is . . . a choice in terms of character match-ups. Seems like that's half the fun of these games, though.)

But yeah. Given that this feeling of it not being quite on the money with characterisation extends to what I've seen of both Lelouch and Char too, I do think it's kind of inevitable with what this thing is -- broad-strokes and all that. The only bit that genuinely annoyed me was the site of Biscuit's death being changed; they have Orga reacting as if Biscuit was killed at Edmonton and saying he never expected to be back there, which is really bad example of cludging a whole heap of different stuff together for the sake of a condensed emotional beat.

Still, I can't deny it's highly amusing to have McGillis rocking up to get advice from his peers in scheming bastardry while Orga is sitting in the corner wondering why this is his life now. And Akihiro and Shino engaging in one-up-manship with the Ultramen is fun (even if I do not get along with that anime AT ALL).

[imanalligator55]

Super Robot Wars A Portable

[amplexadversary]

I should not be bitchy when my fandom is getting a new release.

Unfortunately I am an immense pessimist and get disproportionately resentful if I feel someone else's (wrong) preference is gets more or better attention than mine.

That said. I am probably going to be sorely tempted to set myself up for disappointment and put G's anniversary project into a dick measuring contest with Wing's.

If wing gets more dialogue, more art, OR I see more of it on my feed, I'm going to be unbearable to be around.

[anthurak]

Okay but like we all agree that when G-Witch makes it into Super Robot Wars, we are absolutely going to see ‘The Slap’ as one of Aerial’s Dynamic Kills, right?

Though personally, my hope is that ‘The Slap’ winds up being a hidden easter egg that only appears when Aerial Rebuild does a Dynamic Kill on a SS/2S-size unit* XD

For those unfamiliar with Super Robot Wars, ‘SS’, ‘2S’ or ‘Double-S’, ie; ‘Super-Small’ is part of SRW’s general mecha size-scaling system, in this case referring to ‘Human-sized’ mecha, ie; People in power-armor like the Tekkamen, or actual crazy people like Master Asia and Alberto the Shockwave.

[tearsoftime0086]

thinking on srw sprites, shoutout to SRW 64 for animating master asia, domon, and albert in their little duel

I think Shin SRW might be the first one to actually do "people" sprites, but SRW 64 has twice the imagawa with giant robo, so

[weirdunclegamer]

I’ll take proper pics later but here we go!  Huckebein has joined THE BOIS.

Can’t wait for that announced Dygengard HG, gonna attach his stand behind/inbetween Alt and Huck’s and find a way to get him all the way up above them holding his might sword high about to cleave him some fuckin’ evil.

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I am so entirely out of shelf space

[passionsafire]

Wandering on an open, ruined road, a lone figure slowly comes to stand before the entrance to a lonely, dilapidated district on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan.

The figure scans the old town for signs of life, eyes panning from one half-toppled building to another. At a glance, the place could easily be mistaken for a ghost town, but to its credit: a shining array of neon pink light reveals itself in the distance as the sun begins to set on the horizon.

There's a sharp whistle, and a gruff, boisterous voice speaks aloud, "....Well, would you look at that? Bet they're serving drinks, too! Wouldn't that be a treat after all this walking? Hahaha!" Rubbing his nose, the figure, a sturdy-looking young man clad in a tasseled denim jacket walks forward into the red-orange light of dusk, toward what he could only presume (with a little bit of hope mixed in) was the loneliest little bar this side of the prefecture.

"...Perfect little place to find a match, eh?"

It seems his instincts weren't wrong: this little concrete slab is a bar. Built out of some old office, from the looks of it.

Necessity breeds invention, huh? With a grin on his lips, he walks in through the cracked glass door and right into the atmosphere of an absolute dive. Broken tables, a few drunks slumped over in their seats, the tangy scent of sour booze in the air... reminds him of home!

Pulling up a stool, the man rasps the bar a few time with his knuckles. "YO, bartender! Get me a whisky, would ya? On the rocks." The man in question, an meek-looking old fellow idly cleaning his glasses (the seeing kind, not the drinking kind) didn't seem particularly unsavory in the least... shame, that--the best part of these "edge of the world" type places is the danger they're usually associated with. Outside of one or two sleazy-looking drifters in one corner and some hooded gent at the end of the bar, it didn't seem all that dangerous at all.

After his drink is slid into his hands by the kindly tender, the man gets to probing him about... 'suspicious activity' he might've seen around these parts of late. There's a quiver in his lips as the man asks his questions, a glint of reluctance in his eye, but the stranger's strong, reassuring smile seems to be enough to convince him to relent.

"Well... there usually isn't much to tell; don't get that much activity around here most days. Until the Vultures came, that is."

That catches his attention. Raising a brow, the man asks, "Vultures? Like the bird, or...?"

He receives a breathy chortle in response. "Not a bird, no! The mercenary types. Nasty people, all of them. A group of them came into town last week demanding a 'tribute' of all things! Said they'd sic their gundam at us if we didn't comply."

"A Gundam?" The man asks, his brow furrowing intensely. "Did I hear that right? These guys have a Gundam...?"

"Well... yes. Looked like one, at least. We weren't too keen on finding out, though, we just paid their fee and steered clear of them 'til they left," says the old man sheepishly. "...That's part of the reason we aren't so busy tonight. People were getting so worried that they'd show up again, that all but a few of us picked up stakes and left. I don't really have anywhere else to go, y'see... this bar here's my lifeline. I couldn't just up and leave it, so... here I am."

The man nods attentively, hanging on every word. "These Vultures," he says, "You know where they came from? Where they went?"

"Oh, no," the other responds with a shrug. "I didn't pay much attention to that. Just kept my head low... I mean, it's not like they'd come back, right? We didn't have much to give 'em at the end of the day. I'm sure they've probably moved on to putting some other poor saps through the ringer by now. Nothing you should worry about!"

Almost as if on cue, a deep, thunderous boom from outside shakes the bar to its foundation. Immediately, the bartender tenses, fear glossing over his eyes like a deer in headlights. The rest of the patrons leap from their seats one by one as the booms repeat, again and again, louder and closer each time. Then, a voice echoes through the walls, loud enough to pierce everyone's eardrums.

"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP, GUTTER PIGS! YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR! LINE UP, IT'S TIME FOR INSPECTION!"

There's a clattering of glass as the old timer falls back into the rack of bottles behind him after teetering over in shock. "I...It's them! They're back! N-no...! I-I thought we were safe...!"

". . ." In a single draught, the young man in denim swallows down his drink and slowly gets to his feet. From his pocket, he tosses a few coins onto the counter as a smile slowly encroaches on his face. "Don't spend it all in one place, gramps," he says, turning around to walk out the door, leaving the befuddled bar owner and his panicking customers inside.

What awaited him outdoors was certainly a sight to behold: an enormous hovercraft the size of a battleship glides into town with a posse of patched-together mobile suits, numbered in the dozens, surrounding a single, shining suit above all the rest. Colored white, red, and a deep, dark blue. Standing on a platform at the base of its knee was a slovenly dressed man with a crumby beard and a belly like a steel drum. His cratering voice sounds over a loudspeaker, calling rest of the townspeople out from their homes.

"COME ON, COME ON, GET THE LEAD OUT! DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS!"

"Sheesh," the man says, rubbing a hand over one of his ears. "Talk about a loud mouth... so, that's the Gundam I've been hearing about, eh? And he's what, the pilot? Or the hype man?" He tuts, strutting forward without a care in the world until his path crosses with the Vulture's vehicle. He comes to a halt, staring it down at it shines its giant, beaming searchlights on him.

"WHAT THE...?" the Vulture's leader booms, his ship coming to a stop just short of the man in its path, its all-encompassing shadow looming over him like a ravenous beast. "HEY, COWBOY! YOU GOT A DEATH WISH, OR ARE YOU JUST BRAIN DEAD? CLEAR OUT OF THE WAY!"

"Hey now, that's no way to talk to a champ, now is it!?" The stranger utters a loud, boisterous laugh. "I came a long way looking for you, pal, and I'm not leaving empty handed!" Placing two fingers in the corners of his mouth, he lets rip a loud, beckoning whistle. Immediately, a loud crash echoes from behind a wall of buildings, causing the ground beneath their feet to shift and groan.

The Vultures and their vessel struggle to keep still, and their leader nearly falls from his stand, having to catch himself on his Gundam's chassis. "WHAT WAS THAT," he cries, his once authoritative voice cracking as he tenses up with nerves. Just then, a giant shadow crests the top of a nearby row of houses, trailing smoke as it comes to land by the bow of the Vulture ship. Red, white, and shining blue: a Gundam clad in thick metal pads and sporting two massive slabs of iron--a giant magnum on each hip. The titanic robot lifts itself from one knee, the Vultures watching with gaping jaws as Gundam Maxter stands tall before them.

"No way..." one of their MS sputters. "A-ain't that one of them Championship Gundams?"

"What the hell's a Gundam Fighter doing here?!" Another says, his high, quibbling pitch betraying the once fearsome atmosphere their crew had worked so hard to set.

"WHAT ELSE?" Says Chibodee Crocket, his Gundam Maxter putting fist to palm with a mighty CRACK!

"I'm looking for a GUNDAM FIGHT!"

A tense silence falls over the scene. A crowd of curious onlookers watch in baited breath as the Vulture suits, unsure of what to do, look back to their leader for guidance. The man in question barely has time to compose himself. He manages to stumble out a hurried, "W-WELL, WHAT'RE YOU WAITING FOR?! GET HIM!"

The enemy mobile suits hesitate for a moment, but quickly relent, and charge forward toward their enemy. It's only one Mobile Suit, after all, right? Gundam Fighter or no, they've got the numbers to put him down...!

...Or so they would have hoped. The first MS to charge barely has time to raise its weapon as a gloved metal fist caves in its head faster than its pilot can even blink. The next three combatants form a line, laying down a hail of mobile weapon fire.

With a grin on his lips, Chibodee's feet dance back and forth as the boxing champion ducks and weaves through the stream of munitions. Whatever he can't dodge barely leaves a scratch as they skim off his mobile suit's armor.

"CYCLONE PUNCH!" Chibodee shouts as he closes the distance, shooting his fist in a swift, upward cut toward the line of foes, sending all three of them soaring into the sky at once with a torrent of wind. A tornadic wail falls over the battlefield as the skyward units crash back down, kicking up spiraling clouds of dust and debris that quickly flood the air with patches of a thick, blinding fog of war.

The citizens in town rush for their homes, under cars, whatever they can find for cover. Except for the lone, hooded boy from the bar, who doesn't seem to flinch even as another two Vulture suits collect holes from Chibodee's fists. He barely watches the carnage unfold, instead focusing on the solitary Gundam that remains motionless as it sits on the Vulture ship.

A piece of MS scrap crashes against the side of the vessel and bonces to the ground, kicking up another dust cloud. The remaining Vulture suits lift off, aiming to surround and overpower Gundam Maxter. And in that moment, the boy grins.

"Now's my chance...!"

At the top of the Vulture ship, the mercenary-bandits' leader can be found picking himself off of his knees, trying and failing to brush the dirt from his jacket. "Damnit... what do these idiots think they're doing?" He says, his voice having lost its boom since the last ground quake from the battle made him drop his microphone off his platform. "If they keep screwin' up like this, we're gonna have to cut our losses...! I don't like it, but it's not like we've got much choice," he says with a groan. He turns back toward the inert Gundam behind him, clenching a fist in frustration. "If only this damn thing would just move! Can't even get it to start up, and even if we did, wouldn't be much use... what kind of pathetic excuse for a Gundam doesn't even have a control stick?!"

Out of the corner of his eye, he spots movement, breaking him out of his rant. he looks down, only to find the hatch to the Gundam's cockpit wide open, with a young boy in a hooded cloak already squeezed half-way inside. The two are absolutely slient, motionless as they stare each other down. The Vulture is shocked, to say the least--who was this boy? Where did he come from? And just what did he think was he doing with his Gundam?! Before he can utter any of these questions, though, the boy rips off his cloak and throws it into the boss' face in one pull. The man hurriedly pries it off, but by the time he does, the hatch is already closed, presumably with the boy inside.

"H-HEY! Get outta there, you brat! What's the big idea here, that's MINE!" He yells, banging and clawing at the Gundam's chest in an attempt to pull it open again, to no avail. "I found it! You don't get to put your grubby hands all over it, EVEN if it doesn't wo-"

A loud whirring noise begins to sound as the air immediately surrounding the idle Gundam turns warm. Then, it starts to stand up.

"WHA--?!" Is all that can escape the leader's mouth before he is forcibly thrown off his own vehicle as the platform below him buckles and falls apart under the stress of the Gundam's rising frame.

"Alright!" The Gundam-thief pumps his fist in the air. Mission success! Finally, he stole his Gundam back! And not a moment too soon... the other Vulture-goons that had previously lifted off to attack Chibodee were now altering course to turn back his way, likely to see what the deal was with their rogue Gundam.

"Sorry, but there's no chance you're taking this back!" the boy says, lifting the Gundam's buster rifle up and firing on the closest suit to him, punching a hole in its side and sending it crashing to the ground.

"That's one," he says, before turning his rifle to fire on another two enemy mobile suits. One's arm is immediately fried to bits by the beam, making it drops its rifle, which inadvertently misfires into its own leg. The next gets a finely-seared hole blasted through the center of its head, turning both of its main cameras, and the head itself for that matter, to molten steel.

"Two, three! Haha, I'm on a roll! I wish Tiffa could've seen that...!" Excitement swells in the boy's voice, his pride at his own feat of profound luck soured only by the absence of anyone to share it with.

Just then, a screen on his monitor flickers to life--it seemed like someone was calling him. Did the captain pick up his signal already...? No, this was too close to be the Freeden... so this had to be...

"HEY, HEY! What's the big idea, stealing the spotlight like that? That Gundam you're in owes me a fight!" Chibodee Crocket says, chiming in over the boy's comms.

"Huh...?! I dunno what kind of screw you've got loose, old man, but I don't have time for it!" He yells in response. "I'm taking the Double X back whether you like it or not!"

"Double X...?"

Not sparing another second, Garrod Ran lifts off in his freshly reclaimed Gundam Double X, only to have his ascent interrupted by a volley of ground fire from the remaining vultures.

"Tch...!" Damn it, he got too hasty! Garrod braces as the Double X comes crashing back down, its wings clipped by the enemy barrage. As the enemy closes in, he lays down suppressive fire with his suit's head-mounted vulcan guns. Undeterred, one beam-axe wielding suit charges the toppled Gundam head-on. Garrod tries to reach for his beam sword, only to find the armament absent! "Wha...?! Damn these bastards, did they sell it?!" Having little other choice, Garrod ducks out of the way at the last second, the enemy combatant's axe just barely missing its target, instead shaving an inch of the Gundam's crown.

Garrod backs up, letting loose another burst of his vulcans. To his shock, however, the enemy suit just keeps coming! "Are you crazy...?! Back off!" Despite his suit being riddled with bullets, the pilot still manages to lift its axe, and sends it zooming down in an arc towards the Double X's cockpit...!

No...! Not yet, I still need to get back to Tiffa! Not now, not because of some stupid mistake....! A wave of desperate, fearful thoughts crash through the boy's mind as he unloads everything his vulcans have at the suit, but the axe just keeps coming! Time seems to slow to a crawl as it inches toward him, right toward Garrod's face, when--BAM!

The axe, and the enemy suit, gets thrown to the side by another massive figure: Maxter Gundam has come to the rescue!

"Y-You...?!" Garrod sputters, his fear of impending doom giving way to a feeling of relief mixed with cautious suspicion.

"What's with the surprise...? I couldn't call myself a man if I didn't help a kid in danger, now could I?" Chibodee says with a proud hoot. Garrod scowls at him at first, but then a softness falls over him as the man's suit reaches a hand down to help him up. Any trace of self-aggrandizing is gone from his voice, replaced with a warm, careful tone. "You alright...?" He asks as he helps the boy's Gundam to its feet.

"...I've had worse, I guess." Garrod says, still a bit cautious.

"Good! 'Cause we aren't done yet."

"What?!" The boy sputters as another hail of bullets lands at their feet. The two then quickly duck into cover, using the ruined buildings to block incoming fire.

"Seems like they aren't taking too kindly to you takin' their pride and joy like that!" Chibodee says with a tension-easing smile on his face.

"It wasn't even theirs in the first place... like I told you, I'm taking this back, remember?" Garrod says.

"OH! So that's how it is, huh? Well, that explains it. Was wondering why they were hauling around a Gundam like that if they didn't have the smarts to use it...!" Returns Chibodee, who turns to retaliate as the enemy reloads, sending a blast of energy from Maxter's fist to blast a hole in their foes' own cover, that being their own ship.

"Well, the way I see it..." He says, ducking back down as the enemy ship returns fire with a barrage of missiles. "The only way you're gonna be taking that suit back to your friends is in pieces... if we don't get rid of these posers first!"

Garrod winces at the explosions that have now peppered their cover with too many holes to be useful for much longer. "Damn... hate to admit it, but you're right, old timer...!"

In a single, synchronized beat, both suits emerge from their cover and dash into the battlefield between them and their enemies. If the only way out is forward, then they've got no choice but to charge right through them!

"ALRIGHT! That's the spirit, kiddo! But it's time you learned a little lesson from a vet!" Chibodee lets out a roar as he slams his fist into the side of the enemy land ship, sending it crashing into the buildings and mobile suits behind it. As its turrets re-align to target the two Gundams, both pilots strike a defensive stance in the middle of the fray, back to back...!

"Lesson 1: always keep your guard up, even when you're on the attack! And while you're learning that, memorize this one, too: quit calling me old, damnit!"

"Whatever you say...!" Garrod says, readying his buster rifle and blasting three holes through the side of the ship in rapid succession. As the two unlikely partners charge again at the now-smoldering vessel, Garrod grits his teeth and utters a promise under his breath, "Wait for me, Tiffa...! I'll be back at your side before you know it!"

[aroacegundamalex]

Meant to ask this awhile back:

I'd made a comment on your post about how the GUND format could work in a SRW game, and you had responded with something about going 'full alpha series'.

So, first, I'm pretty sure that's a compliment, so thank you, but second, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with alpha series. Is it an SRW spin-off?

In any event, I will say I've definitely enjoyed it whenever SRW kitbashes a connection between two series (like High Priest Zagato [Magic Knight Rayearth] referring to Koji Kabuto's Mazinger as a 'Magine' and wishing he could have laid his hands on such power, for example), and makes for a fun intellectual exercise for fan rosters.

Interestingly though, I've noticed it seems easier to kitbash the average Gundam show with the average non-Gundam mecha, than it is two Gundam shows together.

The Witch from Mercury + Shin Getter Robo vs. Neo Getter Robo? Not a problem! In fact, they're complimentary: The Dinosaur Empire is mad at humanity for all the environmental destruction, and tragically don't realize they should ally with the Earthians against the Spacians, attacking indiscriminately instead. Getter energy has been tarred with the same brush as GUND tech, and Hayato, as a former witch, has had his work at NISAR *heavily* scrutinized by Cathedra, until they were satisfied that plasma energy really *was* nothing like Getter.

The Witch from Mercury + Mobile Fighter G? Two of the most similar Gundams, and yet it must be addressed how the quadannual Gundam Fight is even allowed, and as well as the clash between the Neo colonies and G-Witch's more traditional fronts. These aren't irreconcilable differences (Those aren't Gundams! Those are 'G Fighters'...plus the tournament is really profitable... Meanwhile, the Neo colonies are part-museum/part-theme park [a la the Texas colony], with choice bits of culture 'liberated' from Earth), but it still requires a bit more thought and sanding the rough edges to fit together neatly.

Anyway, just wanted to share, thank you for reading : )

This was wonderful! I very much agree that it’s easier to mix any given Gundam with any given non-Gundam, especially super robots, given how little their takes on machines overlap. One can easily say that real robots make up the bulk of the military and consumer-oriented machines, with any given super being a one-of-a-kind super weapon not mass produced because of cost and complexity.

I love the idea of mixing G-Witch and Getter, and I can’t believe I didn’t think of just how well Shin Getter Robo vs. Neo Getter Robo would work!

My comment about going full Alpha series was indeed a compliment— Super Robot Wars Alpha is one of the most highly-regarded Super Robot Wars series, held in high regard specifically for its worldbuilding and how well it ties every series together into a single timeline! The only translated game as of now is Alpha Gaiden for the PS1, which is phenomenal. The original Alpha is 60% of the way done courtesy of Aeon Genesis, with only the real robot route left to translate.

[rdmaaron]

Lukewarm Gundam crossover and gameplay predictions for when G-Witch inevitably debuts in Super Robot Wars:

Miorine will be playable as the commander of GUND-Arms ship and Earth House will be the sub pilots

Suletta will have an unnamed sub pilot while piloting Aerial that will obviously be revealed to be Eri, but she will lose access to her once she gets Calibarn. You’ll get Aerial back, but it’s pilot will be Eri and you’ll be able to field both.

Any and all UC or X Newtypes will immediately know something is up with Aerial, if not be able to communicate with Eri directly right off the bat

If Unicorn is in the game, Laplace’s Box will be rolled into QZ somehow maybe, but for sure Banagher and Ridhe will help Eri block the laser. The Nt-D will be related to the Gund format somehow.

Anaheim Electronics will be apart of the Benerit Group.

G Gundam, if only to draw parallels between Gundam fights and duels.

If Wing (TV) is the game, Releena will be attending Asticassia and obviously Heero will infiltrate it as part of his cover. The 5 scientists will have been involved with Vanadis in the past before the incident and the Zero system will have been derived from the Gund format, or vice versa. Same with Mobile dolls.

If original Seed is in, one of the companies in the Benerit Group will have helped develop the GAT series Gundams in secret with ORB

If Gundam X is in, Tiffa will obviously be considered a witch. See also above point regarding mobile dolls and apply it to g bits.

[the-eeveekins]

My Ideal Super Robot Wars Lineup

As a mecha fan, the SRW franchise is one of my favorite video game franchises, bringing together characters and mecha across different series to franchises to fight side-by-side with incredible JAM Project music. I've played a lot of games in the franchise over the years, including the original Game Boy game and the latest entry SRW 30.

All thay said, there are obviously series that I LOVE when they're included and make an entry a must play if I can (Gunbuster, my love), so what would be my ideal SRW series line-up?

Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch From Mercury☆

After War Gundam X

Turn A Gundam

Mobile Fighter G Gundam

SDF Macross Do You Remember Love?

Macross Frontier

Zone of the Enders☆

Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars ☆

Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner ☆

Tekkaman Blade

Mazinkaiser

Shin Getter Robo Armageddon

Aim for the Top! Gunbuster

Aim for the Top! Diebuster

Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Evangelion 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time☆

King of Braves GaoGaiGar

King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL

Super Beast Machine God Dancouga

Magic Knight Rayearth

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Hades Project Zeorymer

This is basically a combination of my favorite mecha shows and some stuff that I just love the mecha from (Zeorymer is an AWFUL show but the mechs are cool and the theme is a banger). How would these all fit together? To be honest I haven't thought that deeply about it. There are definitely characters I want to see interact (Suletta/Garrod/Loran/Domon/Noriko/Nono/Hikaru) and outcomes I'd love to see changed (looking at you, Gurren Lagann) and while G-Witch and Thrice Upon a Time are inevitable, Zone of the Enders is probably a pipe dream I'd love to see come true. Especially if it included The Fist of Mars, which was an SRW-styled SRPG set between ZOE 1 and 2 that was my introduction to the franchise.

[no1ryomafan]

Very stupid getter thing I’m thinking about as it’s such a minor detail but my brain is circling around how color is used in the series, more specifically for the robot.

Color palettes for your badass giant robot mean everything but the color choices in Getter are *very* important as it was the first-and few-robots to have multiple different forms in one, and are all compromised of jets to make the robot.

The designs needed to be consistent with this aspect, having the Getters color palette use all three individual colors of the jets. What’s noteworthy about the colors used is the robots almost follow using the primary colors of red, blue and yellow, but the blue is swapped out for white. This was likely due to a better color balance, as while the primary colors would work if the robots weren’t individually joined but still a group, keeping in mind the concept of how they form from jets the blue would likely clash too much with red and yellow, where as white makes it all smoothly come together.

Nearly every Getter set since tries to follow this tradition of using red, white and yellow in there palettes, but aside from a few obvious exceptions for Getters that were meant to stick out-like Neo/Go, as that robot doesn't run on getter rays so the palette was changed drastically to reflect its nature-the most obvious example of a traditional Getter breaking this tradition and going for blue over white is Getter Robo G.

While each and every Getter has its own factors to stand out and differentiate itself, the G line for simply having one small color change really sets it apart. Especially with its OG design above, it’s hard to not notice its version of Getter Two (Liger) had a color change that affects the whole palette. So people either love or hate G for this, even if later takes of its design like Armageddon, try to tweak the colors to be more visually appealing by keeping it strictly to the main color of the respective jet. (This also carrying over for Shin Getter in the show)

But why do I mention any of this? Well I was in fact thinking about this regarding Arma and Getter 2, but less on the actual designs itself and more so a rather small yet likely intentional detail: How Kei is associated with the color blue before it’s even shown that she pilots Shin Liger. From her own promo art with Shin 2 having her being colored in blue despite Go and Gais colors being their respective robot, to her pilot suits having blue shoulder pads to match with Liger, which we see before the robot even appears. (Yes I’m using a SRW art instead of a show shot, just deal with it lol)

This is such a small detail but the team likely had probably a rough idea of what to do with Shin Dragon, so seeing them giving small hints to the viewer-albeit one has to see a art of this prior to know lol-before it even happens is pretty cool. Just goes to show how much insane detail Getter has across its series.

[creativeafterdark]

It's SRW Cosplay time! Featuring: Pic 1: Dark, Yoichi, Nemesis Pic 2: Kreine and Tyler Pic 3: Echo and Travis Mercer aka Mercy Pic 4: Danny and Viria Pic 5: Xoah, Adriana and Luciano

Fun facts!

-Adriana and Luciano are actually OCs that I had for G Gundam, with Adriana representing Ecuador and Luciano being the new Italian fighter. On her off time, Adriana is a DJ and her music inspires fighters. In the massive RP I had with Hunter, she and Lacus have collaborated together multiple times. Luciano, in RP canon, is half shadow beast and adopted son of Marciano, Dark's shadow beast. So he's kinda unofficially her adopted kid. -Kreine and Echo are considered opposites, so I had a little nod to that with their clothing of choice. -Xoah is very much an otaku, but she really enjoys magical girls.

[amplexadversary]

AFAIK there ARE two SRW titles that allow you to save Schwarz.

Unfortunately one of them I can't read (no translation) and the other IIRC was for the notoriously un-emulatable N64 (which. how did anyone get an English patch on that anyway? ROM hacking?)

So in effect, none for me.

[paxesoterica]

Been thinking about future Super Robot Wars rosters, and, for a variety of reasons, I think it's very likely that The Witch from Mercury and SEED Freedom will debut in the same game, which led me to wonder: how compatible are they?

From what I've seen, Gundam shows (unless it's UC only) tend to be more compatible with non-Gundam shows than each other, which means they'll often get the parallel world/dimension treatment, which is all well and good, but I find it more interesting when the creators find a way to make disparate shows click together in the same world.

Unlike G-Witch, I'm not especially interested in SEED, despite the fact that the ethics of genetic engineering and cloning are major plot points in the series, so I decided to do some research, and, to my surprise, the two seem to fit together pretty well.

As far as Gundams go, it is a major plot point within G-Witch that Gundams are illegal due to the negative biofeedback they have on their pilots, being used either by powerful corporations who can afford to break the law, or desperate people who are already considered criminals. SEED, conversely, has a lot of Gundams being officially used by state militaries; however, the OSes of these mobile suits don't work like G-Witch's Gundams, neither harming the pilot, nor offering the benefits of using a high Permet score. Further, SEED's suits are officially referred to as 'G-Weapons', and only the protagonist Kira Yamato (and friends) calls them 'Gundams' , due to SEED's propensity for acronyms as a nickname. The above facts would seem to indicate that you could feature both types of MS in the same world, with minimal changes, and not have them significantly alter the other show's plot regarding their mecha.

As far as geo(astro?)politics go, most of G-Witch is set in Lagrange 4 (Asticassia, Benerit HQ, and Plant Quetta), while SEED's major space civilization, the PLANT colonies, are set in Lagrange 5. Given the canonical rivalry between Benerit and the Space Assembly League, a similar precarious relationship could likewise exist between the conglomerate and ZAFT, the military gov't. that rules the PLANT colonies. The only important SEED location that exists in L4 is the Mendel Colony, which was abandoned due to a viral outbreak, and while it would likely be under Benerit surveillance since then, that wouldn't overly interfere with the role it plays in SEED. Further, a colony formerly focused on genetic research, being so close to the Benerit Group, whose president was formerly married to a notable botanist/biogeneticist, has some really interesting implications in a potential crossover.

Speaking of bioengineering and cloning, G-Witch fans will know well that there's a couple of siginificant characters in the narrative who're affected by those topics, so given SEED's themes, I'd imagine that it's inevitable that the subject will come up.

So yeah, SEED and G-Witch in Super Robot Wars seem like they could be in the same universe with minimal changes. If anyone with more experience/knowledge about SEED and/or SRW would like to weigh in with their thoughts/commentary, I would appreciate hearing from ya.