History VideoGame / SDGundamCapsuleFighter

* ShownTheirWork: While some players may disagree, the sheer number of Mobile Suits, their unique skills, and their weaponry and capabilities show just how much research and work was put into this game for each Mobile Suit. Doesn't stop FakeBalance from occasionally occurring, but it's the thought that counts.

* FakeBalance: Whether it's players not taking into account their own skill (or lack thereof) or not, some units are indeed more powerful than you'd expect, or not nearly as powerful. The Korean version usually has balance changes and alterations each update to rectify this.

* CherryTapping: Some exceedingly skilled players will take the time to improve and expand C-Rank suits, then use them to decimate less-skilled players relying on their high-powered S Ranks to win the game. Some players take it [[UpToEleven up a notch]] to level and expand the Training MS, the ''first unit you get and arguably the weakest in the game''.

Not to be confused with ''Anime/SDGundamForce'', which is absent from this game. (Toys/BBSenshiSangokuden is in, though.)

* FanNickname: Certain units and aspects are given nicknames, especially the NA servers. Among those are "flashlights" for long-ranged beam weaponry, "WZ", "WZC", "HACEW" for Wing Zero, Wing Zero Custom and Heavyarms Custom (Endless Waltz), and "X/er" for Gundam X Divider.
** Wing Zero Skill for the WZEW, in reference to its stupidly simple playstyle.
** G Gen for the Sixth Generation update for the game, which removes the TacticalRockPaperScissors portion of the gameplay.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Unless you've been able to watch the five yet-to-be-released-in-the-US ''Gundam'' series (''ZZ'', ''Victory'', ''X'', ''Turn-A'' and ''AGE''), then this is the first time you've seen units like the Airmaster, Leopard, Gold SUMO and Gundam AGE-1.
* [[MasterofNone Master of None]]: While it is true that Scissor units are supposed to be the balanced ones out of the Trio, if a player cannot quickly adapt to his situation(whether it be because of lack-of-skill, poor stats or skills on the MS, etc.), some Scissor units may become this.

''SD Gundam Capsule Fighter'' was an online FreeToPlay MassivelyMultiplayerOnline game based on the famous ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. Developed in South Korea by Softmax, ''SD Gundam Capsule Fighter''[[note]]also known as ''SD Gundam Online'' or ''SDGO''[[/note]] it had servers in China, Japan, North America, and various other countries. In 2015, all servers shut down, bringing an end to the game's seven year run.

SD Gundam Capsule Fighter is an online FreeToPlay MassivelyMultiplayerOnline game based on the famous ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. Developed in South Korea by Softmax, SD Gundam Capsule Fighter[[note]]also known as SD Gundam Online or '''SDGO'''[[/note]] has servers in China, Japan, North America, and various other countries. By July 30, 2015, all servers will be shut down, bringing an end to the game's seven year run.

SDGO is an online game that unlike many others, [[NoPlotNoProblem lacks any type of plot whatsoever]]. However, the game allows players to enter combat with other players using their favorite Mobile Suits (with a SuperDeformed yet surprisingly accurate representation of each Mobile Suit), ranging from the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Zaku]] to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE Gundam AGE series]], with even some of the most obscure suits between them made available for play. Players get their hands on these Mobile Suits primarily through capsule machines (hence the name) in which you spend in-game currency trying to roll for the unit you want. Units can also be gained through quests, events, or even making them via blueprints and the necessary components (consisting of lower-ranked units).

The suits in game are ranked based on their power (and usually prominence in the series), from the [[MechaMooks C-Rank units]] up to S-Ranks, with other "sub-ranks" of sorts to determine unique properties of the Mobile Suits. The game had a TacticalRockPaperScissors combat style with literal rock, paper, and scissor units. Rock units are usually oriented for fast and close-combat gameplay, papers for long-range firing and even sniping, while scissors are mid-ranged and [[JackOfAllTrades capable in both close-quarters and long-range combat]]. This system, at least in the North American servers, has been replaced in favour of simple designations, those being Short-, Mid-, and Long-Ranged.

The gameplay has two primary gameplay types: missions and battle, each having their own unique options. In missions player can either go solo on Single Missions, or join a group of up to three other players in group missions, which often borrow from the story lines of previous Gundam series. Battle pits up to twelve players against each other in several different battle types, including:
* "Normal", in which players are split into two teams with infinite lives, and the goal is to get the most points before the time runs out, done so by killing members of the enemy team.
* "Single", which is basically Normal with a free-for-all format, in which the player with the most points win.
* "Death", where players have a finite number of lives and must defeat the other team to win.
* "Tag", where players use up to four predetermined Mobile Suits loaded on their battleships in a Death Match-style battle.

!This game contains examples of:

Not to be confused with SDGundamForce, which is absent from this game. (Toys/BBSenshiSangokuden is in, though.)

* AdaptedOut: The only two animated series not represented in this game were ''Anime/SDGundamForce'' and ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry''.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[Anime/GundamSEEDDestiny The Akatsuki Gundams]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn (NT-D Mode)]] do this for beam weapons and funnel-type weapons respectively.

* NukeEm: About three suits have this as their range-type special attack: The C-rank [[MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Nuclear Windam]], the [=BS-rank=] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory GP02A Physalis]], and the S-rank [[Anime/TurnAGundam Turn A]].

* NukeEm: About three suits have this as their range-type special attack: The C-rank [[MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Nuclear Windam]], the [=BS-rank=] [[MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory GP02A Physalis]], and the S-rank [[Anime/TurnAGundam Turn A]].

SD Gundam Capsule Fighter is an online FreeToPlay MassivelyMultiplayerOnline game based on the famous ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. Developed in South Korea by Softmax, SD Gundam Capsule Fighter[[note]]also known as SD Gundam Online or '''SDGO'''[[/note]] has servers in China, Japan, North America, and various other countries. At the time of this writing, only the Taiwan servers are running, with home country Korea having shut down on May 29th, 2015, and China and North America set to shut down in July of the same year, others having shut down prior.

SD Gundam Capsule Fighter is an online FreeToPlay MassivelyMultiplayerOnline game based on the famous ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. Developed in South Korea by Softmax, SD Gundam Capsule Fighter[[note]]also known as SD Gundam Online or '''SDGO'''[[/note]] has servers in China, Japan, North America, and various other countries. At the time of this writing, only the North America and Taiwan servers are running, with home country Korea having shut down on May 29th, 2015, and China set to shut down in July of the same year, others having shut down prior.