History VideoGame / GundamBattleAssault2

** Ulube Ishikawa piloting the Psycho Gundam Mk III reveals him to be a pilot, which was a part of an important plot point in ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''.

** The Psycho Gundam Mk-III is an absolute beast of a Mobile Armor to fight in ''Battle Assault 1'''s story mode. Sure it's big and slow, but that doesn't matter when all of its normals can cleave through a third of your health, has a full-screen Super Move with juggling potential, comes equipped with a BladeBelowTheShoulder that it swings upwards, and has a rising uppercut that will ''murder'' you if it connects. Yes, it's one of the last Mobile Suits you unlock, but those in the know will remember that ''this thing was the final boss of The Battle Master for a reason''.

** Gundam Epyon in ''Battle Assault 2'' is Heero's FinalBoss, and it's the one boss players have spread horror stories about. Good news: Epyon has no ranged attack, so you can try and zone it down with Buster Rifle shots (or ZZ Gundam's full arsenal). Bad news: It doesn't matter since Epyon is designed to rush you down no matter what, with an omni-directional whip attack, a tackle move that grants Epyon an invincible barrier that can ''hurt you'' on start up (and can be delayed, allowing it to tank attacks) that can also be used twice ''consecutively'', and has a multi-hit unblockable Super Move that can tear through of one of your life bars.
** The Dark Gundam is absolutely relentless, having one of the most over-powered and spammable Specials in the entire game. In the player's hands? Be prepared to make the rest of the game piss-easy and lose some friends in the process. In the computer's hands? Be prepared to face one of the biggest bastards in the game.

* BottomlessMagazines: Averted. You only have 500 projectile units either they be energy-based or bullets. Once the counter reach zero, no projectile will shoot out of the barrels, leaving you open for counterattacks. Note that the ammo counter is tied ''only'' to special attacks and ''not'' regulars ones.

* SoundtrackDissonance: One side-effect during the ''Battle Assault'' conversion was that the western game kept the same soundtrack as ''The Battle Master 2'', so enjoy associating Anavel Gato with [[https://youtu.be/hYWn-rQo9tw country rock music]] every time you fight him.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Standard defensive tool just like their anime counterparts.

* AceCustom: Char's Zaku II. It's a PaletteSwap of the basic Zaku, but moves three times faster.

** Ple Two (how her name was written in the last game) is changed to "Puru Two" for this game before going back to "Ple Two" in most later works, along with Queen Mansa switching back and forth between that and "Quin Mantha" elsewhere.

** Dozle Zabi, despite being spelled that way in ''Battle Assault 1'' becomes "Dozul" Zabi in this one.

* UnitsNotToScale: As in the first game, the Quin Mantha is a bulky MS, but is still at the same scale as the other non-MA suits which are all in the 20-25 meter range. In its [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ original canon]] the Mantha was a successor unit to the Psyco Gundams, so it should be as large as the Psyco Gundam Mk-III. The Ball is also subject to this, but on the reverse end, being increased in size from its original appearance.
* UnPerson: The sad fate of the Hamma Hamma, which was the only one of the DummiedOut [=GBA2=] characters that was also removed from the original GBA. In the original it was removed to make room for the Wing Gundam, a complete PaletteSwap of the Z-Gundam inserted to capitalize on the immense popularity ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' was enjoying in the West at that time. Why it was taken out of this game is unknown.

->''"Gundam Fight! Ready! GO!"''
-->--'''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]]'''

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: Rather than stick with the TwoAndAHalfD gameplay that ''Battle Assault 2'' sets up, ''Battle Assault 3'' is instead a full 3D-figher with only two attack buttons, a shoot button, no separate ammo clip counter with both Thrusters and ammo being tied to the same meter, Mobile Suits only have one health bar (or two segmented bars), item pick ups scattered throughout arenas, and the game has an overly large focus on ''Gundam SEED'' content, complete with the game's intro being ripped from the anime and the story mode being a retelling of ''SEED'''s story. The title is also different than before, as it was called ''Battle Assault 3'' '''''Featuring''''' ''Gundam Seed'', rather than simply ''Gundam: Battle Assault 3''.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Ulube Ishikawa piloting the Psyco Gundam Mk III reveals him to be a pilot, which was a part of an important plot point in ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: With Haman from the first game MIA, Puru Two is the game's only female character.

* PromotedToPlayable: Originally in the previous game, Char's Zaku was only available via inputting a cheat code before selecting Denim's regular Zaku. In this game, Char's Zaku now has it's own separate slot even with Denim and his Zaku still being present.

** ''The Battle Master'' didn't do this with beam saber attacks, but instead with ''projectile weapons''. The ZZ Gundam was quite over-powered in that game because of it.

** Finishing Street Mode with Domon on any difficulty unlocks Gundam GPO-2A.
** Finishing Street Mode with Domon and Chibodee on Hard unlocks Master Asia's route. Finishing his route on Hard unlocks Quin Mantha and Master Gundam.
** Finishing Street Mode with Heero on any difficulty unlocks Hygogg.
** Finishing Street Mode with Duo on any difficulty unlocks Gundam Heavy Arms Custom.
** Finishing Street Mode with Heero and Duo on Hard unlocks Zechs' route. Finishing his route on hard unlocks Full Armor ZZ Gundam, Hydra Gundam, and Tallgeese III.
** Finishing Street Mode with Amuro on any difficulty unlocks Acguy and Ball.
** Finishing Street Mode with Amuro on Hard unlocks Char's route. Finishing his route on Hard unlocks Zeong and Zaku IIS.
** Finishing Street Mode on Hard with all eight fighters unlocks Gundam Epyon.
** Playing as twenty different fighters in Versus CPU mode unlocks Dark Gundam.
** Finishing Time Attack A in under five minutes unlocks Big Zam.
** Finishing Time Attack B in under three minutes unlocks Psyco Gundam Mk. III.
** Winning twenty total fights in Survival unlocks Neue Ziel.
** Zeta Gundam, Qubeley, The-O and Hamma Hamma are accessible, but only with Gameshark codes.

* JokeCharacter: Ball. It only has three command moves, one of them being a projectile attack whose weak variant alone can only be used five times before running out of ammo, with the strong variant being usable only once at full capacity alone (both moves share ammo). The other two are a multi-hit melee attack with pathetic range and a rising attack that both leave it wide open if it misses. On top of all this, it's the only fighter to take extra damage from all attacks.

Not wanting to pass up on the growing western popularity, Bandai and Natsume took ''The Battle Master 2'' and modified it to include characters from ''Gundam Wing'' and the various anime seasons before it, releasing it to the American market as ''Gundam: Battle Assault'' in 2000. Onced ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' debuted in America, Bandai followed up with ''Battle Assault 2'', releasing exclusively in US and European territories in 2002, creating a short-lived, yet well respected subseries of ''Gundam'' fighting games lasting all the way to the mid-UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 era.

Not wanting to pass up on the growing western popularity, Bandai and Natsume took ''The Battle Master 2'' and modified it to include characters from ''Gundam Wing'' and the various anime seasons before it, releasing it to the American market as ''Gundam: Battle Assault'' in 2000. The rapid success and popularity of that game along with the airing of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' resulted in ''Battle Assault 2'' releasing exclusively in US and European territories in 2002, creating a short-lived, yet well respected subseries of ''Gundam'' fighting games lasting all the way to the mid-UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 era.

* EveryoneHasASpecialMove: ''Almost'' played straight. Every MS has a super move (dubbed "Mega Special", "Ultimate" in ''Battle Assault 3'') attack except two: the Ball and the Nu Gundam. The RX-18 also lacked a Super Move in ''The Battle Master 2[=/=]Battle Assault 1''.

** The Zeta Gundam, Qubeley, and The-O from ''The Battle Master'' and ''Battle Assault 1'' are all absent in ''Battle Assault 2''. Strangely enough they're all present in the game's code and completely playable (The-O even has Scirocco as its pilot) but whatever reason they were all Dummied Out. They can still be used via a Gameshark device, however.

* EveryoneHasASpecialMove: ''Almost'' played straight. Every MS has a super move (dubbed "Mega Special") attack except two: the Ball and the Nu Gundam.

* HundredPercentCompletion: There's 18 mobile suits, 3 Street Mode routes, 3 modes, a music test, and a sound test to unlock.
* AceCustom: Char's Zaku II returns from the first game. It's a PaletteSwap of the basic Zaku, but moves ''much'' faster.
* AirborneAircraftCarrier: One appears in the background of the colony stage.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The boss characters Big Zam, Neue Ziel, and Psyco Gundam Mk III are all so large they fill the screen, in Neue Ziel's case it actually goes ''past'' the screen.
* BadassNormal: The Nu Gundam is one of just two MS in the game with no Mega Special attack. Unlike the other one, it is no joke -- Nu has long ranged normals, strong shots, and the fin funnels it deploys automatically block normal beam fire.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: After the player finishes a Street Mode route, the male announcer will say "Now that you've tasted victory, I'm sure you'll be back". Also, after the player unlocks a game mode and/or fighter the female announcer says, "You better go fight some more".

* CharacterSelectForcing: You will have to play as the main protagonist mechs in their Street Modes if you ever want to unlock the game's hidden characters. This isn't so bad in most cases, but playing through [[NintendoHard Maxter Gundam's Street Mode]] will make more than one player gnash their teeth.

* FinalBoss: Played with. Every Street Mode has its own final battle, most of which are with high-tier unlockable characters. The Psyco Gundam Mk III can be considered this for being the last MS in the game to be unlocked, as players have to unlock everything else first. From a pure gameplay standpoint however the Dark Gundam is probaby the Suit most deserving of this title, as he is completely broken to the point where he's not just the best character in the game, he's a character that '''no''' character can reliably beat when he's played by someone who understands how to use him (read: just spam his Twin Lasers over and over).

* MovesetClone: Zaku II and Zaku IIS, the latter having better thrusters.

** Everything related to the Universal Century era was gone by ''Battle Assault 3'', and even the ''Wing'' and ''G Gundam'' content took a backseat to ''Gundam SEED'', with only the Wing Zero Custom, Tallgeese III, Burning, and Master Gundams returning.

** The Dark Gundam is absolutely relentless, having four bars of health as opposed to the normal three, and has one of the most over-powered and spammable Specials in the entire game. In the player's hands? Be prepared to make the rest of the game piss-easy and lose some friends in the process. In the computer's hands? Be prepared to face one of the biggest bastards in the game.

* ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' ([=GameBoyAdvance=], 2004): A Japanese-Exclusive MissionPackSequel to ''Gundam SEED: Battle Assault'', featuring additional Mobile Suits and stages from ''SEED Destiny''

* ''Gundam: The Battle Master'' (PlayStation, 1997)
* ''Gundam: The Battle Master 2'' (PlayStation, 1998)
** ''Gundam: Battle Assault'' (PlayStation, 2000): A ReformulatedGame released for the Western markets that includes content from ''Gundam Wing''.
* ''Gundam: Battle Assault 2'' (PlayStation, 2002)

* ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' (GameBoyAdvance, 2004): A Japanese-Exclusive MissionPackSequel to ''Gundam SEED: Battle Assault'', featuring additional Mobile Suits and stages from ''SEED Destiny''