History VideoGame / MSSagaANewDawn

** The Master Gundam for getting through all of the Another G System and the Mini-G system for fighting every suit in the game, including the {{Bonus Boss}}es. There is nothing much you can do with either one.

* LevelInReverse: BrutalBonusLevel "Another G System" is identical to TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, except that you begin from the top floor and has to use the elevators to reach the bottom level, where lies the strongest [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]].

* MetalSlime: Metal Zaku and Gold [=GMs=] both have low HP and give, respectively, large amounts of ExperiencePoints and money with a chance to drop rare e-caps. To offset this, they have tons of speed and defense -- to the point they always go first and cannot be damaged by anything other than a critical hit or armor piercing attack. With their ability to run away from a fight and disable your MS, you're never guaranteed a win. The most powerful of these is a full-up BonusBoss.

* PaddedSumoGameplay: Once you have a high enough level to stop virtually any attack, the bosses get enough HP, armor and immunities to make fights last quite a while. It takes hours to beat the BonusBoss with a fully prepared party.

%%* BehindTheBlack: Abuses this.

* BladeOnAStick: Spears are useful for their high damage and defense boosts. Their main drawback is their size makes them difficult to equip on anything not specializing in melee. Another problem with them is that spear-type weapons cannot use several melee boosts.

* BonusBoss: Numerous examples, spread throughout the game. Sometimes they're simply waiting at specific places on the [[OverworldNotToScale Overworld]], other times they're found in a BonusDungeon.

** BonusBoss Psycho Gundam Gamma has a devastating Boost Attack, Scattering Beam Blast, than cannot be blocked with the Beam Field (unlike any other beam-based attack). The result is, generally, a TotalPartyKill in his second turn.

Note that this effort will not be wasted; ''MS Saga'' can reach NintendoHard levels even during normal gameplay. Additional extras, including {{Bonus Dungeon}}s, {{Bonus Boss}}es, BossInMookClothing battles, TournamentArc {{Sidequest}}s, and more are added at nearly all points in the game. Thankfully, these are generally optional, and in fact sometimes become [[PermanentlyMissableContent inaccessible]] without [[GuideDangIt their existence ever really being hinted at]]. Getting true OneHundredPercentCompletion is an impressive feat.

* GrandTheftPrototype: Wouldn't be Gundam without one! But [[TheChick Aeon]] of all people did this in the final stage to Neo Zarth's newly built [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Wing Zero Custom]] out of convenience. [[spoiler:Turns out they can make a stronger copy.]]

%%* BareYourMidriff: Tremmie.

* WorldWreckingWave: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_EgrKrAPJI opening movie]] gives a nice one with its depiction of the Great Fall.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Li Fang.

* MysticalWaif: Aeon, and how.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: The player is lead to believe that the four generals of the Dark Alliance are the true enemies. Once the final general is defeated, the player soon finds out that they were just a small part in the Dark Alliance's plan.

* EliteFour: The Dark Army's four main generals are presented as such. [[spoiler:Their leader Vladi Zarth is actually not among them.]]

* StandardStatusEffects: Same old effects, shiny new names to make more sense as applied to giant robots.

* FiveManBand: The cast falls into one, though the exact makeup fluctuates.
** TheHero: Tristan
** TheLancer: Fritz, and later Tremmie
** TheBigGuy: Gavenger, Bazuli and Li Fang at various points.
** TheSmartGuy: Vargas, then Rezner
** TheChick: Aeon and Lapis
** TheSixthRanger: Hal [[spoiler:even before he betrays the team]]

* AlphaStrike: Various boost attacks; Gatling Body (fires all [[UnusualWeaponMounting non-handheld weapons]]), Gatling Fire (fires [[MoreDakka all ranged weapons]]), and Ultimate Weapon (attacks with [[NoKillLikeOverkill every weapon you have]], ''including'' your melee weapon, which can be quite hilarious when you unleash the fury of [[{{BFG}} bazookas]], [[FrickinLaserBeams beam rifles]], [[MoreDakka machine guns]], {{Shoulder Cannon}}s, and {{Wave Motion Gun}}s on a target, then run up and [[CherryTapping punch it]]... and then it [[FingerPokeOfDoom explodes]]).

* DifficultySpike: A very noticeable one. Starting after [[spoiler:Hal's betrayal and TheReveal that he's Vladi Zarth]], the bosses become ''much'' harder, to the point that they can OneHitKO (or at least come ''very'' close) even your strongest Mobile Suit with their Boost attacks if you don't either defend or put up the proper counter. Even then, it can be a bit of a guessing game as to which counter you should put up, as most of them tend to alternate (albeit with a preset pattern) between beam, bullet/shell and melee attacks.

** Some Boost Attacks have no real use. Explosion uses one of your ranged weapons to deal damage to all enemies in a huge WaveMotionGun style attack, but since it just divides the normal weapon damage up between multiple targets, it ends up being fairly weak. The Speed Lancer boost allows you to make a melee attack before anyone else can act, regardless of ActionInitiative, but in late-game this does more harm than good since it doesn't allow your allies to set up support moves to cover you from {{Counter Attack}}s. Its upgraded version Lightning Lancer, however, is extremely useful due to not triggering retaliation.

** While not as big, obtaining a heavy hammer from a Gouf Hammer is this since they are very hard to defeat and also very hard to obtain and encounter.

* MetalSlime: Metal Zaku and Gold [=GMs=] both have low HP and give, respectively, large amounts of ExperiencePoints and money with a chance to drop rare e-caps. To offset this, they have tons of speed and defence -- to the point they always go first and cannot be damaged by anything other than a critical hit or armor piercing attack. With their ability to run away from a fight and disable your MS, you're never guaranteed a win. The most powerful of these is a full-up BonusBoss.

* MoneyGrinding: You'll more than likely have to grind out money for equipment and weapons since the gear and weapons enemies drop isn't usually very good. Considering the gear the game allows you to buy early on, it's definitely worth grinding for the money. This is especially true when you reach the Black Market, as it has some amazing gear, but the prices are so high that you'd need to grind for a few hours minimum to obtain the credits to afford everything they sell.

* PostEndGameContent: An odd example; after you beat the FinalBoss, you can save. When you load that save, it drops you at the save point immediately ''before'' the final boss, as if you hadn't beaten him yet -- except that the EleventhHourSuperpower that you acquire during the final boss battle is still there, and now the BonusDungeon is open

''MS Saga: A New Dawn'', also known by its Japanese title ''Gundam: True Odyssey'', is a 2005 UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 (released in 2006 in North America) {{RPG}} loosely based on the long-running ''{{Franchise/Gundam}}'' franchise. An odd duck by any standard, ''MS Saga'' places the iconic HumongousMecha of the ''Gundam'' franchise in an entirely new setting and plot, effectively creating an(other) AlternateUniverse to add to the ''Gundam'' menagerie. The result is predictably {{Troperiffic}}, cheerfully combining standard {{JRPG}} tropes with standard ''Gundam'' tropes into something of a ClicheStorm that may none the less be a GuiltyPleasure for fans of either (or especially both).

** If you don't pay attention to the mobile suits you have, you can end up accidentally having two of the same mobile suits instead of creating a new suit.

** After entering Eisengrad for the first time, the person that repairs your mobile suits tells you that enemies to the east of Eisengrad are far tougher than the ones encountered near the town. He isn't lying, for if the player is really unlucky, they can encounter a Hammer Gouf that can soundly destroy your entire team.

** Another thing to note is that if you travel far east from Eisengrad, you'll have a chance of running into a Gouf Hammer, that can kill you if your mobile suits aren't that great, but they do drop 800 XP and occasionally their hammer which itself is very powerful.

''MS Saga: A New Dawn'', also known by its Japanese title ''Gundam: True Odyssey'', is a 2006 UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 {{RPG}} loosely based on the long-running ''{{Franchise/Gundam}}'' franchise. An odd duck by any standard, ''MS Saga'' places the iconic HumongousMecha of the ''Gundam'' franchise in an entirely new setting and plot, effectively creating an(other) AlternateUniverse to add to the ''Gundam'' menagerie. The result is predictably {{Troperiffic}}, cheerfully combining standard {{JRPG}} tropes with standard ''Gundam'' tropes into something of a ClicheStorm that may none the less be a GuiltyPleasure for fans of either (or especially both).

''MS Saga: A New Dawn'', also known by its Japanese title ''Gundam: True Odyssey'', is a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 {{RPG}} loosely based on the long-running ''{{Franchise/Gundam}}'' franchise. An odd duck by any standard, ''MS Saga'' places the iconic HumongousMecha of the ''Gundam'' franchise in an entirely new setting and plot, effectively creating an(other) AlternateUniverse to add to the ''Gundam'' menagerie. The result is predictably {{Troperiffic}}, cheerfully combining standard {{JRPG}} tropes with standard ''Gundam'' tropes into something of a ClicheStorm that may none the less be a GuiltyPleasure for fans of either (or especially both).

* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Nu Gundam is pretty much this. It has the highest speed and ranged stats and has some of the higher strength and armor as well as having a full 8x8 inventory grid. Burning Gundam can be considered one as well solely for its melee stat, which is ''way'' fast ''through the roof''.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Nu Gundam is pretty much this. It has the highest speed and ranged stats and has some of the higher strength and armor as well as having a full 8x8 inventory grid. Burning Gundam can be considered one as well solely for its melee stat, which is ''way'' off the roof.