Line #83 VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK


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2	'''Super Robot Wars K''' is the second Platform/NintendoDS-released ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', which more or less reuses the visual and combat engine from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'', with some new additions and some rather unorthodox debuting series as well. Once again, it has no Universal Century ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', no ''Manga/GetterRobo'', and no ''[[Anime/GreatMazinger Mazinger]]'' except for the original, which either upset the traditionalists or made players desperate for new blood happy.
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5	!Featured series in ''K'' (with debuts in '''bold'''):
6	* ''[[VideoGame/VirtualOn Cyber Troopers Virtual On: MARZ]]''
7	* ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}''
8	* '''''Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor'''''
9	* '''''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'''''
10	* ''Anime/{{Godannar}}''
11	** ''Anime/{{Godannar}}: Second Season''
12	* '''''Anime/GunXSword'''''
13	* '''''Anime/KotetsushinJeeg'''''
14	* ''Anime/MazingerZ''
15	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''
16	** '''''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer'''''
17	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''
18	* ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer''
19	* '''''Anime/ZoidsGenesis'''''
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21	Notably, ''K'' has a particular oddity of having no plot from shows before the 2000s: while ''Dangaioh'' and the original ''Mazinger Z'' are present, they have very little storyline significance, and all the shows more relevant to the story were made with modern computer animation. This marks a vast departure from the norm, where old-school {{Real Robot}}s and {{Super Robot}}s had a significant presence alongside more modern entries. Similarly, ''K'' does not reuse any sprites from the previous [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment two]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW games]] (aside from a handful of ''Gundam SEED'' units), despite having an art style that is relatively the same.
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23	Also notable is that this game acquired (even more) infamy when it was found to contain certain [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKt16h-MOls music]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmOb7ywktTs tracks]] plagiarized from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' and ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals''.
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25	!!Tropes common to this game are:
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27	* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: One of the game's secrets involves saving [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Stellar Loussier]]]] from her fated death. At the end of the series proper, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn Asuka and Lunamaria Hawke]] is the canon pairing. Awkward...
28	* ActionGirl: Plenty as usual, but [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Cagalli Yula Atha]] gets this status back at long last. Her first mission involves [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu taking on the Festum]] single-handedly in an outdated machine.
29	* AdaptationExpansion: Regardless of whether the secret was taken or not, the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Gaia Gundam]] is kept by the player. If the [[spoiler:Stella and Rey secret requirements]] were not obtained, the Gaia Gundam will be available earlier.
30	* AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed with the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Archangel crew]]; they were never really villainous in the source material, but they did cause a bunch of confusion by attacking both the Earth Alliance and ZAFT without explaining their reasons. In this game, however, they never employ any questionable methods, with them even driving away some ORB soldiers attacking the Minerva crew.
31	* AdaptationalNationality: The inhabitants of the planets [[Anime/GunXSword Endless Illusion]] and [[Anime/ZoidsGenesis Zi]] are now shown as being from the second Earth instead.
32	* AdaptationalVillainy:
33	** While [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Hester Gallop and Mitsuhiro Bartland]] are already villains in their home series, they are made even worse in this game by having them work with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Lord Djibril]]. Hester in particular is shown to fully support his genocidal agenda against Coordinators.
34	** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny ZAFT]] is generally portrayed in a much more negative light than in ''SEED Destiny'' proper. Most of the Minerva crew act just as antagonistic towards the Archangel crew as they did in the source material, in spite of the latter group not doing anything to provoke them here. The invasion of ORB also doesn't even have the slim justification of capturing Djibril like it did in the anime, as said character died before it happened.
35	* AdaptedOut:
36	** Some of the one-shot villains from ''Gun X Sword'', including [[spoiler:Joe Lutz and Hayeta, who are somewhat important to said series' storyline]].
37	** Because the game skips the plot of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' until the point where Auel is already dead, and Sting has already received a Destroy Gundam, their old Gundams - Abyss and Chaos - never show up in game. The Saviour Gundam also doesn't seem to exist in this continuity, as Athrun never gets into a fight with Kira, yet is still piloting a Gouf when he gets shot down by Shinn.
38	** Despite the individual forms appearing as {{Combination Attack}}s, [[Anime/GaikingLegendofDaikuMaryu Sky Buster Gaiking and Triple Gaiking]] do not appear.
39	** While ''K'' marks the first time the actual ''[[VideoGame/VirtualOn Virtual ON MARZ]]'' plot is used (the cast treated their ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]]'' appearance as a "bonus level" from their world), players only get 4 of the 9 ''MARZ'' characters to use.
40	* AnimalMecha: EliteMook Verinee and her troops all pilot wolf-like robots.
41	* ArcWelding:
42	** The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Orb Union]] was funding various organizations such as the [[Anime/{{Godannar}} Dannar Base]] and the [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Fafner Project]]. This is part of the reason why the other mecha from ''Godannar'' do a BigDamnHeroes during the Invasion of Orb, though there is also the little detail that invading countries that don't agree with your plan is just plain wrong.
43	** [[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto, Sayaka Yumi and Boss]] are working alongside the Danner Base crew at the start of the game.
44	* AwesomeButImpractical: [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Gaiking the Great]] is a beast in combat but its attacks drain ''almost'' too much energy to be worth it, not to mention you have to combine with the [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Raiking and Vulking]], and both are perfectly good on their own.
45	* BigBad: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsK Lu Cobol]]
46	* BigBadWannabe:
47	** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsK Verinee]] might not be as severe as [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Wilheim von Juergen]], but being one of the earlier original villains to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAsLidOaW-U killed off by]] [[Anime/{{Dangaioh}} Gil-Barg]] instead of the protagonist and his allies puts her here.
48	** Gil ''himself'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLR-tu9E-Lc falls in this trap]] [[spoiler:in the ''same scenario'' no less, when he attempts to run off to fight another day, but the Dangaioh team kills him with the newly-unlocked Final Psychic Wave. So much for badass points, huh, Gil]]?
49	* BigDamnHeroes: This is what the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Minerva]] is reduced to after the ''Gundam SEED Destiny'' storyline finishes.
50	* BittersweetEnding: For a good portion of the cast. [[spoiler: The Virtual-On units have their memories of all events in ''K'' erased as per MARZ protocol, the Fafner pilots are still slowly being turned into Festum, the [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Yapan Exodus]] is still fending off attacks from the [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer London IMA]] (despite Exodus being finally legalized in their world) and the [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Daiku Maryu]] leaves the Earth to find a new home for the people of [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Darius]] (with the Dangaioh team taking [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Daiya Tsuwabuki's]] place)]].
51	* BoringButPractical: [[Anime/GunXSword Dann of Thursday's]] slashing attack. While it seems mundane, it has the "ignore barrier" attribute and is Combo Attack-capable. Although the attack has a measly weapon range of two, it can be increased via equippable parts.
52	* TheCameo: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Touya Shun]] appears on an arcade cabinet before Scenario 8.
53	* CharacterExaggeration:
54	** [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Dick]] becomes the latest character to have a personal trait expanded upon and/or humorously exaggerated in [=SRW=]. The trait in question is his [[TheNicknamer nickname of]] Daiya as "Mr. Gaiking". He calls [[Anime/{{Godannar}} Goh Saruwatari]] "Mr. Godannar" and [[Anime/GunXSword Van]] "Mr. Gun X Sword". The "Gun" part, however, refers to [[Anime/GunXSword Wendy Garret]] and her revolver, ''not'' Van's rivalry with [[Anime/GunXSword Ray Lundgren]].
55	** Speaking of Daiya, he falls victim to this as well, with his habit of mispronouncing names: right after everyone has [[spoiler:been warped to Darius for the first time]], Daiya formally introduces himself to [[Anime/ZoidsGenesis Ruuji Familion and Re Mie]]. Within ''seconds'', he mistakenly calls them "Reiji" and "Mami", respectively: Ruuji simply gives his name again, but Re Mie is furious at Daiya's mistake.
56	* CombiningMecha:
57	** Godannar, Gaiking The Great, [[OriginalGeneration Solvrias Regina and Solvrias Rex]]
58	** Dangaioh {{defie\|dTrope}}s this because, as Roll explained, their combining system was damaged and they've been [[ShapeshifterModeLock unable to detach]] ever since.
59	* CoversAlwaysLie: Despite being on the game's cover art, Gaiking's axe never appears in ''K''.
60	* DayInTheLimeLight: The plot of ''K'' is focused on redeeming Cagalli. It basically rewrites the ''Gundam SEED Destiny'' plot as if Cagalli were the protagonist. She does such things as hopping into a mass-production mobile suit in order to fight and defeat one of the Fafner villains (previously established in the ''K'' setting as being a hardcore badass) and basically leading the hero faction as the BigGood of the game. She does hand the Akatsuki over to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Neo Roanoke]], but that's because she's literally busy running a country, and the player can plop her right back into it anyway. She even redeems [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Yuna Roma Seiran]] and makes him into Orb's ambassador to the United Nations. Although events still stays mostly focused on the Orb side of things, thus more [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Kira Yamato]]-centric than Shin-centric, it's really Cagalli's who takes the spotlight. ''K'' also returns Cagalli's "SEED Mode" pilot skill, something which was missing in ''Gundam SEED Destiny''.
61	* DeathByAdaptation: A very, ''very'' rare example in the entire SRW franchise: if you don't complete the [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Fafner]] secrets, [[spoiler: all the Fafner pilots will be doomed to die from their untreatable assimilation phenomenon. Also, Soushi dies ''even if you save the others'']].
62	* DemotedToExtra:
63	** The non-Dannar Base pilots from ''Anime/{{Godannar}}'' only appear in intermission scenes; their respective mecha are mentioned in dialogue, but not actually seen.
64	** A good chunk of the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' cast: Auel is a PosthumousCharacter, Sting shows up merely two times, Djibril has a reduced number of scenes and ends up getting killed off-screen in a single battle, and the crew of the ''Minerva'' (except Athrun) are firmly treated as supporting characters.
65	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Outside of taking down the {{Final Boss}}es from some of the works crossed over like [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer the Overdevil]], [[Franchise/{{Zoids}} Emperor Jiin's Bio Tyrano]], [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Proist's King Darius the 18th]], [[Anime/GunXSword Birthday]], [[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Susanoh]], and [[VideoGame/VirtualON Tangram]] and K's original BigBad, every single one of the Festum count as {{Cosmic Horror}}s. In the series, Fafner machines were required to even have a ''chance'' at killing them.
66	* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:Lu Cobol destroyed two worlds before ending up in the current one]].
67	* EnemyMine: In a rare case, very, ''very'' few of the enemy factions actively work together for long periods of time. Most alliances between them in ''K'' are short-lived. The only recurring one is Gil-Barg, and considering how often he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder makes life miserable for his allies]], you have to wonder why they keep helping him.
68	** For the record, the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsK Edax]] do try to reason with other enemy groups at multiple points in the game. Sometimes, they gain temporary alliances with them (such as one with Emperor Jin's forces), while other times the enemy factions (such as the [[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Jama Kingdom]] and [[Anime/GunXSword The Claw]]) blow off the Edax outright.
69	** In a certain scenario, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Kira and Athrun]] suggest they align to combat the Earth Alliance in Berlin. ZAFT headquarters responds by ordering their team to destroy the Archangel, instead...
70	* EvenEvilHasStandards: {{Discussed\|Trope}} by [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Gainer Sanga]] who, after seeing the destruction of Berlin at the hands of the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Destroy Gundam]], comments that even at its worst, the [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Siberian]] [[PunchClockVillain Railroad]] never even came close to the Blue Cosmos's acts of depravity.
71	* FastballSpecial: Take [[Anime/GunXSword El Dora Soul]], a dyed-in-the-wool super robot, toss in (literally) the Dann of Thursday, which can [[TransformingMecha turn into an enormous sword mid-air]], and this is what you get.
72	* FishOutOfWater:
73	** The heroes were forced to dimension-hop between Earth, that Earth's moon, ''another'' Earth, and Darius world and had to deal with various unfamiliar situations outside the world[=/=]s they're already familiar with. Among those hit the hardest is [[Anime/ZoidsGenesis Ruuji]], who is from a [[SmallSecludedWorld small, secluded village]] in a geographically isolated continent of [[TheOutsideWorld the other Earth]]. Like others from the other Earth, he was shocked with being brought to the Darius world and to the moon, but he also expressed difficulties understanding the GreyAndGrayMorality carried over from the installments of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' and ''Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor'', such as the Daiku Maryu coming into conflict with Earth Alliance when they're supposedly both protectors of the Earth. He and the other Zi people also don't have a concept of "genes" so the Coordinators' {{transhuman}}ism had to be clarified to them.
74	** Because Mist, Angelica, and Sheldia were born in the planets Atreim and Bezard where large-scale intraplanetary conflicts are only in their distant pasts, they initially had various levels of CultureShock, with Mist being the most disgusted.
75	* FixFic: While limited for unlocking {{Secret Character}}s, some [=NPCs=] can be saved, such as [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Tsubaki Minashiro]], where she returns with [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Kazuki Makabe]] and company to continue as MissionControl, since [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Soushi Minashiro's]] [[TheVirus infection]] prevents him from doing so after defeating the Festum, and [[Anime/{{Godannar}} Moukaku]]. In a twist, if [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Meer Campbell]] survives, she becomes captain of the Minerva and is allowed to officially become [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Lacus Clyne's]] [[AscendedFanboy figurehead]] by Lacus herself.
76	* FreezeFrameBonus:
77	** The [[SuperMovePortraitAttack portrait cut-ins]] for the [[Anime/GunXSword Dahlia of Wednesday's]] strongest attack are of its pilot [[MsFanservice Fasalina]] wearing ''very suggestive'' facial expressions.
78	** In the final ''Kotetsushin Jeeg'' scenario, [[spoiler: when [[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Kenji Kusanagi]] goes berserk over [[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Tsubaki Tamashiro and Kyo Misumi]] being supposedly KilledOffForReal, [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Canon Memphis]] is one of the heroes who tries to calm him down. Her character portrait will ''always'' be the one where she pilots the [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Mark Drei]], even if you get the Fafner secrets and you don't have Kanon in the Mark Drei]].
79	* FunWithHomophones: When [[Anime/KotetsushinJeeg Kyou]] was explaining that the [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzure Festum]] are SiliconBasedLife forms, Kenji Kusanagi misunderstood that it's the same material for [[FakeBoobs enhancing women's breasts]]. Kyou clarifies that that's "silicone" and it also has silicon as a component.
80	* GlassCannon: ''Godannar'' machines hurt like ''hell'' when they get up to speed. Unfortunately, they're very easy to hit and have ridiculously thin armor. The Gundams, King Gainer, and the Jeegs are similarly not as robust, but hit like trucks. The [[Anime/GunXSword Brownie]], however, is a textbook example in ''K''.
81	* GratuitousEnglish: [[VideoGame/VirtualON Sergeant Hatter]], who has a {{Cowboy}} theme.
82	* GuideDangIt: As usual for [=SRW=], knowledge of the component series is critical to getting secrets. Destroying the [[Anime/GunXSword Diablo of Monday]] with the Dann, for example, is self-explanatory...if you've seen ''Gun X Sword''.
83	** Even then, ''Gun X Sword'' throws one of the weirdest curveballs ever with its secret. [[spoiler: To recruit [[Anime/GunXSword Michael]] and Fasalina, you have to use Van to destroy the [[Anime/GunXSword Original Seven]] and The Claw before taking down the aforementioned secret pilots. Sounds fine, except [[Anime/GunXSword Priscilla]] must have a combat encounter with [[Anime/GunXSword Carossa and Melissa]] to complete the requirements on the scenario where Van must kill [[Anime/GunXSword Woo]]. Why? The only possible connection comes from a single line of dialogue from the original series where Priscilla express grief over Carossa and Melissa's deaths. The player has absolutely no heads-up about this part and it's easy to miss without a guide to help]].
84	** ''Fafner'' also takes this to insane levels. It's an all-or-nothing secret with multiple [[LetsSplitUpGang route splits]], kill requirements and in-mission decisions you have to get exactly right. Oh, and the first step? It relies on upgrading the Mark Elf so that the Mark Sechs will inherit the upgrades and have attacks which, with SaveScumming, ''might'' be enough to kill the Festum. Good luck figuring that out on your own.
85	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Soushi sacrifices himself to defeat Lu Cobol]].
86	* HyperspaceArsenal: One of King Gainer's many abilities in its series is pulling stuff out from the fourth dimension and it's portrayed in its attack animations in this game.
87	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:[[Anime/{{Dangaioh}} Gil Berg]]]] finally gets it, after being a KarmaHoudini in the series proper.
88	* LordBritishPostulate: Lu Cobol's first machine Gustadio retreats once you reduce it to 50% of its HP. It's actually possible, through very, ''very'' careful manipulations of Spirit Commands, attack damage levels, and a [[Anime/MazingerZ Rust Hurricane]] to destroy it.
89	* LoveRedeems: Much like the Drama CD, if you managed to get both [[Anime/GunXSword Michael and Fasalina]], [[spoiler:the rock did drop, but only on Fasalina, and it wasn't that fatal. All that, and Fasalina is still in the DespairEventHorizon over the loss of the Clawed Man and wanted to just die. It's not until Ray decides to pull the trigger himself himself if she wants to die so badly, then Michael covers her, ''then'' Fasalina instinctively moves to protect Michael that she realizes she loves him even beyond the Clawed Man's plan and becoming her reason to live on and [[HeelFaceTurn join the good guys.]]]]
90	* MightyGlacier The El Dora Soul can turn into this if properly upgraded.
91	* MilkmanConspiracy: When [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Chairman Durandal]] revealed the list of those involved with the racist, warmongering [[GovernmentConspiracy LOGOS]], [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Haxtucho]] pointed out that food companies are among them.
92	* MythologyGag:
93	** During the post-battle dialogue of Scenario 11, [[Anime/{{Godannar}} Anna]] asks [[Anime/ZoidsGenesis Ruuji]] if Murasame Liger combined with something to turn red like Godannar. This is a reference to the Organoids, which are present in ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury'' and several ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' CrisisCrossover video games at that time but not ''Genesis''. Like how Anna's Neo Okusaer enters the body of Goh's Dannar to transform it into the Godannar, Organoids are smaller Zoids that enter larger Zoids to boost their performance.
94	** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Rey Za Burrel and the Legend's]] [[AttackDrone DRAGOON attack]] features him striking a pose similar to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Rau Le Cruset in the Providence]] from ''Judgment'' and ''W''.
95	* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Cynthia Lane]] tells [[spoiler:[[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Proist]]]] she used to be like [[spoiler:her]] as a pre-battle dialogue.
96	* NumberOfTheBeast: The Edax machine that either [[spoiler:Angelica's father or Sheldia's sister]] will pilot is exactly 66.6 meters tall. Once the pilot is free, [[spoiler:the robot becomes sentient]].
97	* OriginalGeneration: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsK Mist Rex, Angelica Shartill, Sheldia Rouge]], Lu Cobol and the Edax
98	* PerspectiveFlip: As the cover might tell you, you see the entire ''Gundam SEED Destiny'' plot solely from Kira's side. Even the AttractMode has Shinn on the enemy side! Having said that, most of the show's plot is [[AdaptedOut glossed over]], and you get Shinn and Lunamaria immediately afterwards (''Gundam SEED Destiny's'' plot begins on Scenario 14A and ends on Scenario 19).
99	* PostScriptSeason: The ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'' plot essentially runs with the idea that Miya Alice and everyone managed to escape from Captain Garimoth and the Bunker, who were then destroyed by the Edax, with Gil Berg's attempting to get revenge on them for it. ''Mazinger Z'' also has completed its run by the time ''K'' begins.
100	* PowerGivesYouWings: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Destiny Gundam]] and [[Anime/GunXSword Saudade of Sunday]], for its stronger attacks.
101	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Gazin, Velanee, and Ispeil.
102	** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer Sven, Shams, and Mudie]] in the first half of the game.
103	* {{Robeast}}: [[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Haniwa Genjins]] and the [[Anime/{{Godannar}} Memetic Beasts]]
104	* RocketPunch: Mazinger Z as usual in ''SRW'', but the less frequently seen Dangaioh, Gaiking, and Jeegs also throw some of their own.
105	* SecretCharacter
106	** [[spoiler:Gaia Gundam/Stella Loussier, Legend Gundam/Ray Za Burrel and the GOUF Ignited/Heine Westenfluss from ''Gundam SEED Destiny'']]
107	** [[spoiler:Blade Gainer/Ken from ''Godannar'']]
108	** [[spoiler:Bio-Ptera/Felme from ''Zoids Genesis'']]
109	** [[spoiler:Saudade of Sunday/Michael Garret and the Dahlia of Wednesday/Fasalina from ''Gun X Sword'']]
110	** [[spoiler:Mark Sechs/Shouko Hazama, Mark Vier/Kouyou Kusagai, Mark Funf/Mamoru Kodate, Mark Drei (alternate weapons version)/Sakura Kaname, and Mark Ein/Michio Hino from ''Fafner In The Azure Dead Aggressor'']]
111	* ShipSinking: For what's probably the first time ever in [=SRW=], a CANON ship - from ''Overman King Gainer'' - gets torpedoed. ''K'' unties the strangling red string around [[spoiler:Adette]] and [[spoiler:Gauli's]] necks and [[spoiler:keeps Adette and Yassaba together]].
112	* ShoutOut: [[Anime/GunXSword El Dora Five's]] "El Inferno Y Cielo" is a blatant lookalike of the "[[Anime/GaoGaiGar Hell And Heaven]]" attack, designed only for ''K''.
113	* ShutUpHannibal: Mist and the heroes completely reject [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Gilbert Durandal's Destiny Plan]] and the rationale behind it, pointing out its hypocrisy.
114	--> '''Durandal''': Is it so wrong of me to cause pain for one moment, so that I can create [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans a world where pain does not exist]]? Does that justify you trying to ostracize the Destiny Plan?
115	--> '''Mist''': It IS... and yes, it DOES!
116	* SpaceIsNoisy: [[Franchise/{{Zoids}} Rainbow Jerk's]] "Paracries" causes [[BrownNote a horrible sound, unbearable to those who hear it]]. While it can't be used against targets inside water, it can be used just fine in space. It doesn't even have a damage penalty. This is likely because despite being called ''Paracries'' in-game and in the anime, the attack is actually a jamming ''beam'' (called ''Rainbow Beam'' in model kits).
117	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Most of the OriginalGeneration, notably Ru/Lu Cobol
118	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Solvrias Rex's "Regret Buster" not only punches the enemy, but launches it into space, fires a beam at it, rides inside the beam, tears a hole inside the enemy (most likely to the sub-atomic level or another dimension based on the structure) and destroys it from the inside out.
119	* TheVirus: The [[Anime/{{Godannar}} Insania Virus]]. Kouji Tetsuya had a very rare immunity to the virus caused by his DNA being unsuitable to it, but all the other male pilots of the roster are in danger of being affected by it, just like [[spoiler:Gou and Ken]]. Thankfully, after the ''Godannar'' finale, a vaccine is developed.
120	* TransformingMecha: [[Franchise/{{Zoids}} Murasame Liger]], Solvrias Regina and Solvrias Rex, to name a few
121	* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: The animation for [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Destiny Gundam]]'s Full Weapon Combination shows Shinn's reaction to the death of his family, his sister Mayu's phone, and the family photos inside it. [[FreezeFrameBonus Blink and you'll miss it though]].
122	* UnstableEquilibrium: Achieving an "ace bonus" in ''K'' grants +10 to all stats for each 100 kills a pilot has, up to +100 for 999 kills. This can very easily transform an already powerful character like Van into an unstoppable OneManArmy, especially since the game's imbalanced Combo Attack system allows a single character to rack up kills really quickly.
123	* WasOnceAMan: The true nature of the mooks from ''Anime/ZoidsGenesis''.
124	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Scenario 9 shows that Van's hatred of turtles extends to the [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Devil Beast Domega]] and he even has a unique battle quote against it.

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