r/Super_Robot_Wars

ESPECIALLY because SRW will often only adapt certain chunks of a show, change characterization of certain characters (for better or worse), and sometimes just introduce shit that wasn't even in the original show.

Kids these days use "larping" or whatever, but it is true that "people not watching the show they're talking about" is decently common in mecha fans. And SRW is just not a replacement for that. And this is not meant to gatekeep as more I'm asking you to please watch more mecha anime. This genre rules.

This is probably one of my biggest fears regarding the series. I want to preface I love the mecha genre as a whole and every age of the genre has its own charm and fantastic designs. I just also have a special attachment to the 70's/80's age, especially now that their designs are so different from how mechas are designed in a modern age.

My fear is that, with the passing of VAs, directors and writers, we'll just get less and less of those series in SRW, especially series that still didn't get a voiced entry (like Acrobunch, Albegas, or Gordian). I admit I'd be completely ok with a recasting of the voices if it meant we saw those series either getting introduced or coming back, but it's probably not something most fans would be ok with.

Am I just overthinking it ?

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Hello!

Guys, which Super Robot Wars game, you think are the worst in the Franchise?

Hello There!

Guess the Best Super Robot Wars Games?

Does anyone know the difference between these two listings?

https://www.play-asia.com/en/super-robot-wars-t-multi-language/13/70cf4z

https://www.play-asia.com/en/super-robot-wars-t-multi-language/13/70cf4v

One of them advertises English and Chinese subtitles, and is cheaper...while the other has actual English box-art and advertises English subtitles, but is more expensive. I'm assuming one is the Chinese/Hong Kong release and one is the SEA release for like Malaysia?

All other things being equal I'd obviously prefer to pay less, but I wanna make sure that if I went with the first option that English language would indeed be an option, and that I can set it as a default so that I don't have to faff around with the menus every time I launch the game.

There were several moments that made me go "Wow, now that's cool" when playing for the first time that I don't get as often these days...

1. Super Robot Wars Alpha had mechas actually moving during the attacks - In the previous SRWs, you usually get one image of the mecha just standing still, then when you attack, they just add the visual effect to the still image (For an example, in SRW F, if you never watched Getter Robo before, you might think that Getter Beam actually shot out from Getter-1's finger, since that's where the beam appeared to be coming out from since the image of Getter 1 wasn't moving). However, SRW Alpha actually had the sprite moving quite a bit during the attacks that just surprised me the first time I played it back in 2000.
2. Super Robot Wars W pushed the graphics of NDS SRW to the next level - The first time I played SRW W after playing SRW J and OG1/2, I was shocked. Yes, there were many things that were just a slight improvement from SRW J (Full Metal Panic and Tekkaman Blade mainly). But Valhawk, the first OG mecha of the game, had finishing visuals to most of its attacks (Usually you only see one for the strongest attack in the previous games). Genesic Gaogaigar's Goldion Crusher was even better than the one from SRW Alpha 3. Valzacard's final attack EXA Nova Shoot Over is just a masterpiece I hope we can see one day in the future OG title (If there is one).
3. The Bad Endings - Not talking about getting a special game over when you blow up Ideon or God Mars. When I first played SRW Alpha 3 and ended up in the bad ending where Alpha Numbers pretty much reenact the ending of Ideon movie, I thought that was really cool. Then they followed up with Baldios ending in Z. Back then when I was playing SRW games without any guides, I had to make sure that I was making saves between the stages whenever I make a decision on my routes just in case I need to go back to avoid them.
4. Super Robot Wars Z2 Hakai/Saisei does what SRW W did for PSP - Yes, we had pretty decent SRW game on PSP before Z2 in A Portable. However, most of the stuff from A Portable were pretty much directly imported from Alpha 2, 3, MX, and OGs (Though there were some good original stuff). SRW Z2 shocked me when I played it because it felt like a first true console SRW game that was fully original on a handheld device. It's a common place now since most SRW console games lately had a handheld port, but back then that was quite a treat.
5. Lastly, Super Robot Wars Z had attacks change depending on whether the enemy was in the sky or on the land - It seems pretty minor, but it just shocked me when I saw the difference between the visuals based on where the enemy was in Z when I first played it. Probably the most evident change is with Big-O, since it's a ground unit, he should not be able to attack the enemies in the air with an attack like Sudden Impact. But the attack changes, so if the enemy is in the air, Big O launches its anchors to pull itself up and deliver the attack. When I first saw it, my jaw dropped.

Was there ever a moment when you went "Wow" when playing SRW?

So basically what inspired me to write this subject was that I was reading an article about the worst units in the games since there were some that were so useless that they could barely damage enemies.

For me personally, I have been interested in using Jill in the Raziya from SRW V and SRW X just to see what makes her the worst ally since while I haven't played those games yet, I am very tempted to do so again just to see why her unit was ranked as the worst playable one in the modern era games.