History VideoGame / SuperRobotWarsGaiden

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: After cutting their deal with Banpresto, developer [=WinkySoft=] released ''[[http://www.winky.co.jp/fs_rayblade.html Seireiki Rayblade]]'', which is very similar to ''The Lord of Elemental'' and full of {{Captain Ersatz}}s.

* TheUnexpected: People were suspecting that 2nd OG antagonist Amara had survived the events of seemingly dying in that game (on account of being "destroyed" when she still had 300 HP left in the battle sequence prior to that) and she'd probably reappear in the next OG game. ''Nobody'' was expecting she'd make the as-till-then unheard of [[CanonEmigrant jump to the]] Masou Kishin plot, which she's due for in Masou Kishin F.

* BeneathTheEarth: The setting of La Gias

''Super Robot Wars Gaiden'' (subtitled as ''Masou Kishin: The Lord of Elemental'') is the first OriginalGeneration game...[[UrExample EVER]].

That said, it was released on the SuperFamicom in 1996, featuring some of the best 16-bit graphics ever, mecha drawn to scale (the first [=SRW=] to avert the SuperDeformed formula), and had a storyline that made ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'' look like FanFiction. Suffice to say, this is the best ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' on the console.

The story of ''Gaiden'' tells solely on the origins of the [[Characters/MasouKishin entire Masou Kishin cast]], and the genesis of the long feud between [[Characters/MasouKishin Masaki Andoh and Shu Shirakawa]]. The plot is split into two parts: "Part 1" occurs prior to the events of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars2'', while "Part 2" takes place following the end of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4''. Also, this was the first [=SRW=] that ''could'' have been released for localization, but it's rather racy, risque dialogue sadly made this a NoExportForYou. It's also the first [=SRW=] to incorporate voice acting.

An UpdatedRerelease for the NintendoDS was out in 2010, under the heading ''Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin - The Lord of Elemental'', linking the game up with the rest of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' series. In October 2011, a PlayStationPortable sequel entitled ''Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin II - Revelation of Evil God'' was announced, and released on January 12, 2012. To mark the 15th anniversary of the ''Masou Kishin'' series, a new UpdatedRerelease of the original game was bundled with ''Revelation of Evil God'', complete with enhanced visuals and extended voice acting.

In May 2013, ''Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin III - Pride of Justice'' was announced for a simultaneous {{Playstation 3}} and PlaystationVita release and is the sequel to ''Revelation of Evil God'', released on August 22, 2013.

Finally, in May 2014, "Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masoukishin F - Coffin of the End" was announced for PS3. It is the final game in the series.

Take note that although characters from the main ''Original Generation'' {{continuity}} do appear in La Gias via the "VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsEX" scenarios of the ''Second Original Generation'', they are not considered part of the ''Masou Kishin'' series.

* CombinationAttack: ''Revelation Of Evil God'' gives some of these as attack options among the Heralds and their allies, such as Masaki-[[Characters/MasouKishin Lune Zoldark]], [[Characters/MasouKishin Hwang Yang Long-Tytti Noorbuck]] and [[Characters/MasouKishin Mio Sasuga-Presia Zenosakis]]. ''Pride of Justice'' removes these combination attacks, unfortunately, but gave the more minor characters combination attacks, such as the Kyoumei twins, as well as Gido-Simone-Becky.
* CopyProtection: The DS rerelease has A LOT of intentional bugs should you play a pirated copy. First, you may not be able to get the game to run at all. Get past that, then {{mook}}s start {{One Hit Kill}}ing you; get past that, then Shu will always OneHitKill you when he's required to just lower your HP to critical; [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment get past that]]...well, the game may finally run normally...except the music and everything is in 16-bit quality rather than what the DS offers.
** Which players [[{{Determinator}} STILL found a way around]] because all of these bugs are only triggered when the game detects it's being played on an R4 cart (a cartridge used to store roms on). It's incapable of detecting if it's being played on an emulator and the bugs never trigger.
* DownerBeginning: Coffin of the Final. [[spoiler:La Gias is utterly wrecked. All Elemental Lords are missing, including its heralds with the sole exception of Tyutti who is now only able to use a normal mecha. Shu is now relegated to be a ship's captain because the same force that wrecked La Gias also ''wrecked his Neo Granzon''.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Part 1 ends with the Kingdom of Langran completely wrecked, King Alzarl and one of the heralds, [[Characters/MasouKishin Ricardo Silvera]], are dead and the supposed "culprit" Shu leaves to the surface world to help [[Characters/SuperRobotWars2 Bian Zoldark]] with his impending revolution. Masaki leaves La Gias in pursuit of his nemesis]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The original pilot of the Diablo, Maddok, is dead after Part 1; you only find out about this in Part 2. Like Ricardo, it was because in ''EX'', Mio starts out in the vacant Diablo. The ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Second Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' makes a reference that he died fighting in defense of Langran]].

* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler:The DownerEnding of Part 1 had already been known, since the games in the "[[FanNickname Classic Timeline]]" revealed this ahead before the release of ''Gaiden'']].
* GaidenGame: On the face of it, Part 1 effectively serves as the canon {{prequel}} to the Classic Timeline, ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' and ''Original Generation'' games. Since [[spoiler:Shu is KilledOffForReal, once he is BackFromTheDead to rebel against [[Characters/MasouKishin Shiva]] [[PhysicalGod Volkruss]]]] in any of these continuities, it sets up the events of Part 2.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Lune, Xenia and [[Characters/MasouKishin Simone Culian]] have it in the rerelease. In short, unless you're [[TokenWholesome Tytti]], [[TokenMiniMoe Mio or Presia]], you bounce.
* HiddenDepths: What was lacking in ''EX'' in personality and development is improved here, though it largely concerns Masaki and Shu, who were mostly enigmatic during their run in the Classic Timeline. When it became included as part of "OG Saga", more refining was made.

** ''The Lord of Elemental'' Part 2: Further explores Masaki's primary LoveInterest [[Characters/MasouKishin Wendy Rasm Iknart]] (including the LoveTriangle involving Lune), along with the repurcussions of [[spoiler:Shu's resurrection from ''EX'']].

* {{Magitek}}
* MultinationalTeam: Nearly every surface dweller caters to a different nation or area - Japan (Masaki, Mio), China (Yang Long), Finland (Tytti), Brazil (Ricardo), Scandinavia[[note]]Likely Iceland or Norway[[/note]] (Lune), France (Simone), Russia (Gennacy), United States (Rebecca), the Middle East (Ahmed), Thailand (Tian), an unnamed African country (Damascus).
* NintendoHard: ''Pride of Justice'' by a longshot (though it's mostly the first 15 stages or so). It's so bad that players in japan actually returned the game out of frustration.
** This was apparently intentional. Winkysoft admitted to inflating enemy hp and damage numbers to make the game harder than it was supposed to be, in order to make players want to buy the mission dlc (which gives rare powerful parts and massive amounts of cash for completing)

* NoExportForYou: Sad, but true; we'll never see the original release of ''The Lord of Elemental'', nor will we see DS remake. Even ''Revelation of Evil God'' included more extensions of the remake. It's unlikely we'll ever see ''Pride of Justice'' anytime soon, if at all. Still, there ''is'' a Story Guide which let's you know what's going on in the first part of ''The Lord of Elemental'', as well as a patch which translates the menus, but that's about it.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: From ''Revelation of Evil God'' forwards, some allied characters, when healed by a unit with the Repair ability, will thank the one who repaired them.
* WhamEpisode: ''Coffin of the End''. [[spoiler:The new enemy managed to defeat and scatter the Elemental Lords, even with Possession on their trump card. Everyone is missing, with only Tyutti as the only survivor and forced to pilot normal mecha as she now accompanies the new leader... ''Shu''. Who also ''had his Neo Granzon wrecked by the same enemy''. Oh and apparently, [[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Amara/Bet Balshem]] has returned... [[HeelFaceTurn as Shu's follower?]]]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Starting from ''Revelation of Evil God'', if you use a MAP Weapon that has no FriendlyFireproof and it hits an allied unit (e.g: Granveil's "Megiddo Flame", Gaddeath's "Kelvin Blizzard" or Zamzeed's "Resonance Quake"), said unit will complain about being hit with friendly fire.

* WhamEpisode: ''Coffin of the End''. [[spoiler:The new enemy managed to defeat and scatter the Elemental Lords, even with Possession on their trump card. Everyone is missing, with only Tyutti as the only survivor and forced to pilot normal mecha as she now accompanies the new leader... ''Shu''. Oh and apparently, [[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Amara/Bet Balshem]] has returned... [[HeelFaceTurn as Shu's follower?]]]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Starting from ''Revelation of Evil God'', if you use a MAP Weapon that has no FriendlyFireproof and it hits an allied unit (e.g: Granveil's "Megiddo Flame", Gaddeath's "Kelvin Blizzard" or Zamzeed's "Resonance Quake"), said unit will complain being hit friendly fire.

* CombinationAttack: ''Revelation Of Evil God'' gives some of these as attack options among the Heralds and their allies, such as Masaki-[[Characters/MasouKishin Lune Zoldark]], [[Characters/MasouKishin Hwang Yang Long-Tytti Noorbuck]] and [[Characters/MasouKishin Mio Sasuga-Presia Zenosakis]].

An UpdatedRerelease for the NintendoDS was out in 2010, under the heading ''Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin - The Lord of Elemental'', linking the game up with the rest of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' series. In October 2011, a PlayStationPortable sequel entitled ''Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin II - Revelation of Evil God'' was announced, and released on January 12, 2012. To mark the 15th anniversary of the Masou Kishin series, a new UpdatedRerelease of the original game was bundled with ''Revelation of Evil God'', complete with enhanced visuals and extended voice acting.

In May 2013, ''Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin III - Pride of Justice'' was announced for a simultaneous {{Playstation 3}} and PlaystationVita release and it will be the sequel to ''Revelation of Evil God''. It is set for an August 22, 2013 launch.

Take note that although characters from the main ''Original Generation'' {{continuity}} do appear in La Gias via the "[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsEX EX]]" scenarios of the ''Second Original Generation'', they are not considered part of the Masou Kishin series.

Tropes common to the Masou Kishin series are:

* TheCameo: [[spoiler: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ryusei Date]] appears in the DS rerelease when Masaki recalls the events in ''Original Generation'' between Part 1 and 2, more specifically the part at the beginning of the first game where he confronts Shu for the first time at Antarctica]].
* CodeName: Each Masou Kishin/Masouki is given one to protect their true names. This is in order to better shield them from magic.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Played for laughs - at one point, probably due to the [[ACupAngst shock at their breast size difference]], Mio proceeds to grope Tytti.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Part 1 ends with the Kingdom of Langran completely wrecked, King Alzarl and one of the heralds, [[Characters/MasouKishin Ricardo Silvera]], are dead and the supposed "culprit" Shu leaves to the surface world to help [[Characters/SuperRobotWars2 Bian Zoldark]] with his impending revolution. Masaki leaves La Gias in pursuit of his nemesis]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The original pilot of the Diablo, Maddok, is dead after Part 1; you only find out about this in Part 2. Like Ricardo, it was because in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsEX'', Mio starts out in the vacant Diablo. The ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Second Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' makes a reference that he died fighting in defense of Langran]].
* EvilCounterPart: The Zelvoid, piloted by [[Characters/MasouKishin Elan Zenosakis]], looks like an evil version of Cybuster. [[spoiler: ''Revelation of Evil God'' reveals the Zelvoid is an ancient, mass-produced Masouki used to defeat Volkruss for the first time. The Cybuster was based on its designs, but its unknown to what extent, because its mechanical designer Wendy isn't entirely sure how she created the Cybuster, since her EvilTwin Tuddy was possessing her during its construction]].

* GaidenGame: On the face of it, Part 1 effectively serves as the canon {{prequel}} to the Classic Timeline, ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' and ''Original Generation'' games. Since [[spoiler: Shu is KilledOffForReal, once he is BackFromTheDead to rebel against [[Characters/MasouKishin Shiva]] [[PhysicalGod Volkruss]]]] in any of these continuities, it sets up the events of Part 2.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Lune, Xenia and Simone Culian have it in the rerelease. In short, unless you're [[TokenWholesome Tytti]], [[TokenMiniMoe Mio or Presia]], you bounce.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Rebecca "Becky" Turner. In fact, when she's drunk (which is often), she tends to strip topless.
* HiddenDepths: What was lacking in EX in personality and development is improved here, but mostly about Masaki and Shu who were mostly enigmatic during the run on the whole SRW Classic Timeline, which continues in OG.
** ''Lord of Elemental Part 1'': Gives a lot of background story for Tytti, including her tragic love life with Ricardo, while hinting relations between Yang Long and Saphine.
** ''Lord of Elemental Part 2'': Further explores Masaki's main LoveInterest Wendy, and the LoveTriangle with Lune that comes with it, along with adding further of Shu's revival outcome.
** ''Revelation of Evil God'': Explores further on Mio taking further responsibility as Ricardo's replacement, Presia's dark secret (about [[spoiler:her immortality]]) and the culmination of the Yang Long-Saphine relationship by introducing Yang Long's LoveInterest, Elshine. Also exploring further the concept of 'Possession', which was just a one-time event in LOE Part 1.
* {{Leitmotif}}: This is par on course with the SuperRobotWars fanfare, but this game is where the Masou Kishin cast uses something else outside "Neppu! Shippu! Cybuster!" like in 3, EX and 4. Only Lune, Yang Long, Tytti, Mio, Shu and Presia got their own {{Leitmotif}} here while the others use the generic "Endless Battle" theme. ''Revelation of Evil God'' grants Xenia her own {{Leitmotif}} "Passion of Princess". ''Pride of Justice'' eventually gives a whole lot of the original casts their own {{Leitmotif}} that the ones that's stuck with "Endless Battle" is probably just Gennacy.
* {{Lolicon}}: Gino; his manner towards Presia makes Masaki worry.

* MasterSwordsman: Zeoroot "[[RedBaron Heavenly Sword]]" Zan Zenozakis is considered the greatest swordsman in La Gias. His skill is so great that despite a near-hopeless battle against [[spoiler:Shu and his Granzon, he managed to damage and disable its barrier with just a Masouki before dying]].
* MookMaker: Gaen in ''Pride of Justice'' gains the ability to summon demons for you to control. They're weak and goes down in a few hits. However, due to the AI having the tendencies of ganging up on your weakest unit until they're dead, these demons become useful to exploit the AI in order to get a better zoning advantage, or make them distracted and expose their back on you so you can hit them ForMassiveDamage.

* TheObiWan: Zeoroot looked after Masaki after his arrival in La Gias, treating him like family to the point of officially adopting him, and teaching everything he knew about the sword. [[spoiler:Zeoroot was eventually killed by Shu while attempting to stop him after his attack on Langran, setting off Masaki's (one-sided) rivalry with Shu]].

* NoExportForYou: Sad but true. We never saw the first game over, nor did we see it's remake, or even the second game which even came with an even further extended remake of the first. It's unlikely we'll see the third game anytime soon, if at all. Still though, there ''is'' a Story Guide which let's you know what's going on in the first part of the first game, as well as a Patch which translates the menu's, but that's about it. :(
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: [[spoiler: In regards to Wendy and the Cybuster's construction, since it was Tuddy who made it when she possessed her]].
* ReTool: Ahmed, one of the original pilots from Arab, is a devout Muslim whose BattleCry is "ALLAHU AKBAR!!". In the rerelease, his Muslim reference is removed, making him just a normal Arab, probably to avoid UnfortunateImplications.
** In the rerelease, the names of Mio's familiars are changed into [[JourneyToTheWest Son Goku, Cho Hakkai and Sha Gojyo]], each looking like the three of them.
* RedBaron: "Heavenly Sword" Zeoroot and "Sword Saint" Shumel Heul
* SuperMode: Cybuster's Laplace Computer can allow the pilot to fuse with Cyfis, an event called "Full Possession". This grants the Cybuster god-like power, but can only last a brief moment before it completely drains the pilot's prana and kills them.
** In ''Revelation of Evil God'', Masaki makes contact with Cyfis and masters Full Possession, allowing the Cybuster to transform into "Cyfis Cybuster" for a few minutes.
** In ''Pride of Justice'', Yang Long ends up mastering his own Full Possession, and depending on the route taken, either Tytti, Mio or [[spoiler:Elan]] will learn their own Full Possession.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Inversion; Mio was created first as the eventual herald of the Zamzeed in ''EX'', but since Part 1 takes place before ''EX'' (where Mio debuts), she's replaced by Ricardo in ''Gaiden'', [[spoiler: who obviously must get KilledOffForReal through the game [[DoomedByCanon to make way for Mio]] in Part 2]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: Gaen in ''Revelation of Evil God''. He still summons Volkruss minions on a daily basis... to blast your enemies to smithereens, that is.

* WhatTheHellHero: Starting from ''Revelation of Evil God'', if you use an area attack that has no FriendlyFireproof and it hits an allied unit (e.g: Granveil's Megiddo Flame, Goddess' Kelvin Blizzard, Zamzeed's Resonance Quake), said unit will complain on getting hit on friendly fire.
* WildCard: Ahmed. While on good terms with Masaki and would occasionally help him, if it fits his purpose or the perceived greater good, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor he'll switch sides and fight Masaki]] (and in the end go back to being his occasional ally). In fact, he's one of the characters that helps Shu in ''EX'' and you fight him in the ''EX'' portions of the ''Second Original Generation'' (Masaki's route).

** In ''Revelation of Evil God'', [[spoiler:Masaki makes contact with Cyfis and masters Full Possession, allowing the Cybuster to transform into "Cyfis Cybuster" for a few minutes]].

* MultinationalTeam: Nearly every surface dweller caters to a different nation or area - Japan (Masaki, Mio), China (Yang Long), Finland (Tytti), Brazil (Ricardo), Scandinavia[[hottip:*:Likely Iceland or Norway]] (Lune), France (Simone), Russia (Gennacy), United States (Rebecca), the Middle East (Ahmed), Thailand (Tian), an unnamed African country (Damascus).

* HiddenDepths: You'll get to see many of the Masou Kishin characters' depth, development and personalities, but Tytti's probably gets the most out of ''Gaiden'', what with the lack of progress seen in ''EX''.

That said, it was released on the SuperFamicom in 1996, featuring some of the best 16-bit graphics ever, mecha drawn to scale (the first [=SRW=] to avert the SuperDeformed formula), and had a storyline that made ''SuperRobotWars4'' look like FanFiction. Suffice to say, this is the best ''SuperRobotWars'' on the console.

The story of ''Gaiden'' tells solely on the origins of the [[Characters/MasouKishin entire Masou Kishin cast]], and the genesis of the long feud between [[Characters/MasouKishin Masaki Andoh and Shu Shirakawa]]. The plot is split into two parts: "Part 1" occurs prior to the events of ''SuperRobotWars2'', while "Part 2" takes place following the end of ''SuperRobotWars4''. Also, this was the first [=SRW=] that ''could'' have been released for localization, but it's rather racy, risque dialogue sadly made this a NoExportForYou. It's also the first [=SRW=] to incorporate voice acting.

An UpdatedRerelease for the NintendoDS was out in 2010, under the heading ''Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin - The Lord of Elemental'', linking the game up with the rest of the ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' series. In October 2011, a PlayStationPortable sequel entitled ''Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin II - Revelation of Evil God'' was announced, and released on January 12, 2012. To mark the 15th anniversary of the Masou Kishin series, a new UpdatedRerelease of the original game was bundled with ''Revelation of Evil God'', complete with enhanced visuals and extended voice acting.

Take note that although characters from the main ''Original Generation'' {{continuity}} do appear in La Gias via the "[[SuperRobotWarsEX EX]]" scenarios of the ''Second Original Generation'', they are not considered part of the Masou Kishin series.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The original pilot of the Diablo, Maddok, is dead after Part 1; you only find out about this in Part 2. Like Ricardo, it was because in ''SuperRobotWarsEX'', Mio starts out in the vacant Diablo. The ''[[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Second Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' makes a reference that he died fighting in defense of Langran]].

* GaidenGame: On the face of it, Part 1 effectively serves as the canon {{prequel}} to the Classic Timeline, ''SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' and ''Original Generation'' games. Since [[spoiler: Shu is KilledOffForReal, once he is BackFromTheDead to rebel against [[Characters/MasouKishin Shiva]] [[PhysicalGod Volkruss]]]] in any of these continuities, it sets up the events of Part 2.

* VaporWare: "Aeon Genesis", who did the FanTranslation of ''SuperRobotWars3'' and ''Alpha Gaiden'' have been saying they're gonna do this one...for almost ''a decade'' now.

* MultinationalTeam: Nearly every surface dweller caters to a different nation - Japan (Masaki, Mio), China (Yang Long), Finland (Tytti), Brazil (Ricardo), Iceland (Lune), France (Simone), Russia (Gennacy), America (Rebecca), the Middle East (Ahmed), Thailand (Tian), an Africa country (Damascus).

* OriginalGeneration: Not the TropeNamer, but definitely the UrExample in the video game medium.

** ...That is, [[NoExportForYou if you speak Japanese.]] Neither of the games have been released over here, and that isn't likely to change. There's a patch that's had progress made, but it was started ''years'' ago, and there's no idea when -- or even ''if'' -- it'll be finished. There don't seem to be any other attempts to translate it either, not even on Youtube. Bottomline, if you don't speak Japanese, then you ''won't'' see 'many of the Masou Kishin characters' depth, development and personalities' because you ''can't speak the language.''

** ...That is, [[NoExportForYou if you speak Japanese.]] Neither of the games have been released over here, and that isn't likely to change. There's a patch that's had progress made, but it was started ''years'' ago, and there's no idea when -- or even ''if'' -- it'll be finished. there doesn't seem to be any other attempts to translate it either, not even on Youtube. Bottomline, if you don't speak Japanese, then you ''won't'' see 'many of the Masou Kishin characters' depth, development and personalities' because you ''can't speak the language.''