All WMG entires should be entered here.
Post-release
Ending spoilers. Van is completely absent from the ending, said to be still resuming his wandering. Spike did as well, but he was mentioned that he would confront the Red Dragons and Vicious. In the normal anime, this would lead to his ambiguous death, but Spike's ordeal with Vicious is heavily influenced with the death of his lover Julia by the Red Dragons. This would've hit right at home for Van as well, who also lost Elena. Not to mention, the Red Dragons were indirectly involved in the Claw's plans. So as a payback of Spike's assistance with him, Van decided to assist him against the Red Dragons, but in as much that he'll take out Vicious' Mooks so they wouldn't exhaust Spike until his final confrontation against Vicious. From there, Spike would have enough reserve energy to finish the fight with Vicious and then not dying. Afterwards, both go back to the T3 together.
- If true, it ends up dubious because some characters seems to be able to No-Sell his Newtype powers; for instance, in battles, Hikaru outright called him a Serial Killer not worth befriending and she's supposed to be the 'innocent girl' and the Claw has already seduced children like Carossa and Melissa. Is that a perk of being a Magic Knight or being the ex-Pillar of Cephiro that just relinquished her powers to the people?
- Strong-willed individuals can resist the effect. He mostly focuses on broken people.
- Final showdown with Vicious.
- The return of Amari-bot
- What Chizeta and Fahren have been up to.
- Likewise with the Illumidas. Its existence is at least confirmed in one of the DLC missions.
- Characters from series in V and X meeting those in T.
- Harlock meeting an older Kodai or Okita
- Salia meeting a real Magical Girl.
- Wataru meeting fellow people who 'got stuck in another magical world'
- Characters from series debuting in V and X showing epilogues if their own.
- If the IF route is the one taken account, maybe we'll have an actual HeelāFace Turn of Michael Garret and Fasalina. Just like in their debut installment.
Pre-release
- Drake Luft and Zagato, for being villains from an alternate fantasy dimension. If this takes place, Zagato will probably take his time to absorb the Byston Well knowledge from Drake in order to perfect his Rune God that he's gonna use to destroy the legend of Magic Knights. He might even try to use Riml Luft as leverage to keep Drake from backstabbing him.
- Depending if they're using Season 2 Anime of Rayearth, one of the threats that could be included is Lady Debonair. As a level up on the above, Lady Luuza Luft might be secretly collaborating with Debonair behind Drake's back as a backup plan for herself if the Drake-Zagato alliance collapses.
- Confirmed, but the alliance is between Zagato, the Drake army, and Black Knight. Debonair's one is Jossed, she instead collaborates with The Northern Sage/decaying Shot Weapon.
- Alternatively, Zagato and The Clawed Man, since the latter's Endless Illusion setting can count as an alternate dimension/planet. In particular, Clawed Man may very well sympathize with Zagato's efforts to keep Emeraude alive. Additionally, they come with their own set of Quirky Miniboss Squad that can interact very well together. Carossa and Melissa might be able to interact with fellow kid Ascot, while Fasalina can also interact well with either Alcyone and/or Caldina (but especially Alcyone, who has 'love problems' to touch in with Fasalina's status as an ex-prostitute). Their format of bringing enemies can also be very similar, a lot of GXS Monster of the Week are turned into multiple Mooks, the same could apply to Ascot's monsters (see below)
- Jossed as both don't even meet one another.
- Hoi Kow Lou would feel at home with Fahren. If he is included, perhaps Wong Yun Fat will also hang out with the Fahren people, or perhaps even Master Asia too, acting as a secondary mentor for Princess Aska.
- Jossed since Hoi Kow Lou doesn't appear in the anime, Wong Yun Fat hangs out with The Claw, and Master Asia is against The Claw.
- Autozam with either Gilgamesh or Balarant, all of them being spacefaring cultures with Used Future aesthetics.
- Jossed; Astragius and Cephiro are universes apart of each other.
- Martian Successors and The Red Dragon as both groups are Mars-based. Hoi Kow Lou could also work with the latter.
- Jossed as the Red Dragon are a part of The Claw.
- Martian Successors and Jupiter Empire as they're all Jovians. They might even be justified in opposing the heroes and/or The Federation this time if the latter try to use Jupiter as the core of the Black Hole Bomb in spite of the multitude of people living in the moons and colonies around it.
- Neo Zeon would also likely help and Char would threaten to drop Axis to make a point about what it would mean for those people to lose the planet on which they rely on for their way of life. Char will agree to stop the drop if the two sides finally reach an understanding but someone will hijack his plans to go on with it no matter what and an Enemy Mine situation will occur.
- And then it all gets further complicated when some of the moons get infected by alien AIs with assimilatory properties and an alien being the size of a small planet plugs into Jupiter via its hair...
- The Neo-Zeon/Jupiter Empire/Martian Successor alliance has been confirmed.
- Illumidas and the Titans, making the latter group The Quislings this time around.
- Bucci is a student of Prof. Wolfgang. So is Shot Weapon.
- If they're featuring Shot Weapon as he appears in New Story, the relationship might be inverted.
- Red Shoulder remnants could work with just about any human faction in the game as long as they get paid.
- Gilgamesh could be combined with the Earth Federation and Balarant with the various Zeon incarnations of the Universal Century. The Red Shoulders could be the Titans' special forces or black ops group.
- Illumidas and Martian Successors. Captain Harlock is fighting a Jovian mech in the 1st PV.
- Team Wolfgang, The Asian Mafia, Shadow Army, and The Pink Cats with the Devil Gundam for another "DG Alliance".
- Black Noir and DEVA System. Black Noir's nature might make it look like part of the DEVA System, either an extra AI or replacing one of the AI's there.
- The Claw could just be another servant of Black Noir.
- Jossed; Might Gaine is post-plot.
- Well in that case, it'll be a challenge to mix the 'Creator Mokona' and Lady Debonair plots together.
- It only includes Lady Debonair so WMG is jossed.
- I can see this confirmed because in tradition of SRW, new entries tend to become the big focus of the game (although there are exceptions, like Virtual-On in Super Robot Wars Alpha 3)
- Well, since Rayearth itself is literally front-and-center of the group shot for the key/cover art...
- It's one of the focus but it isn't the biggest focus of the game.
- Actually confirmed! "Tank!" is listed among the tracks for the (Japan-only) premium edition that uses original anime music.
- The developers decided to one-up this WMG by having one of Spike's attacks recreate parts of the opening movie of the show!
- Or they can easily play this for a serious matter, like the hallucinations could be dead serious images. Imagine Hikaru or Umi or Fuu getting their hands on them... and they end up reliving the moments they killed Emeraude. Heck, if somehow they included Nova, the Mushroom Samba could end up being used to adapt how Nova attempted to mess with Hikaru's head when she broke her sword. Or it could be worse for some like Akito, he could end up reliving the moments he was brutally tortured by Kusakabe's men into the Empty Shell he is at the moment.
- Let's Take a Third Option: What if the Cast of Bebop is one that sticks with the main characters, but the episode in question is adapted differently depending on what route is chosen (if there's a split) - perhaps the split will have the characters from the more comedic/lighthearted series in one side, whereas the characters from the darker/more serious series will be on the other, and the former will have the episode Played for Laughs, while the latter will have said episode Played for Drama.
- Jossed; it doesn't happen.
- Let's Take a Third Option: What if the Cast of Bebop is one that sticks with the main characters, but the episode in question is adapted differently depending on what route is chosen (if there's a split) - perhaps the split will have the characters from the more comedic/lighthearted series in one side, whereas the characters from the darker/more serious series will be on the other, and the former will have the episode Played for Laughs, while the latter will have said episode Played for Drama.
- Kiyoyuki Yanada: Deep-voiced and had a good portfolio on big guys and might have been active during the airing of Cowboy Bebop, so he's a 'same generation' replacement.
- Hiroki Yasumoto: I think he actually can do an impression of Ishizuka since their voice can be very similar, only that he became active in the latter age after Cowboy Bebop has long become a classic.
- Jossed. Unshō Ishizuka managed to finish Jet's lines before dying (even if limited to Bebop Formation II) and gets himself a Posthumous Credit.
- What about the possibility of extra efforts to save Spike from that fate? We know that they've avoided that in some cases like Kamina and Lockon Stratos/Neil Dylandy in Super Robot Wars Z or Mu La Fraga in Super Robot Wars Judgment, but the jury is still out whether they want to let you save Spike or not. For your comfort's sake, unlike the Kamina/Lockon example, Spike's final death was meant to be a finale that can be fixed, not something that's important for an early-mid show development.
- As you mentioned, Spike's death isn't final (for that matter, it's something that's never been explicitly confirmed or denied by the staff - although if you believe the director, he's just asleep), but after thinking it over, there's 2 possibilities I came up with for how he could be saved if it's possible for him to die (provided the player doesn't do anything):
- Spike trains in martial arts with Domon in the story regardless of what happens, but if the player gets Master Asia to join them (either they recruit him if he's a Secret Character, or if he's already on their side from the start, Domon convinces him to take Spike in for a few lessons) and fulfills a few other conditions, it'll give Spike the skills to get to the fight with Vicious in much better shape than he was in canon (and by extension, survive the fight).
- You resolve the situation involving the Red Dragons in a different way from canon (i.e., you convince the Elders of the Red Dragons not to attend Vicious's execution and prevent Vicious from rising, you take out Vicious before that time comes, you take other measures to ensure that Julia does not die from the ensuing shoot out), so the event that leads to Spike's death doesn't occur.
- As you mentioned, Spike's death isn't final (for that matter, it's something that's never been explicitly confirmed or denied by the staff - although if you believe the director, he's just asleep), but after thinking it over, there's 2 possibilities I came up with for how he could be saved if it's possible for him to die (provided the player doesn't do anything):
- Confirmed.
- Jossed; El Inferno Y Cielo isn't part of the game.
- Maybe as a meta Save-Skit gag, Van and Spike can also compare on how their shows' theme songs don't have lyrics (barring "Tank!"'s eary monologue)
Or alternatively, when Ascot summons his monsters, at first it would be a one-and-only, so Ascot has reasons to angst when someone killed his friend. Afterwards, someone else used Ascot's magic monsters as a template for mass production, but it would result a group of soulless monsters, so Ascot won't feel like angsting again, those mass-produced beasts do not share the unique souls of his beast friends.
- Jossed.
- Additionally, some of the good guys will not be pleased at Clef for hiding that secret and directly chew him out for lying at the girls, though only to find out that there's just nothing they could do to prevent that.
- How they handled it is that Bright ends up asking Eagle if he knew about it and ultimately don't blame Emeraude for what happens.
- Jossed; they only use their own Arhan's.
- Jossed, but Harlock helps him out.
- Zeta/ZZ Gundam: Four, Jerid, Haman (if the story isn't already completed), Mashmyre, Yazan, Glemmy, Rakan, Scirocco
- Jossed on most except for Mashmyre. Haman meanwhile is a mandatory recruit. Additionally, Ple and Ple Two are secrets this time, alongside the Quin Mantha.
- Char's Counterattack/Beltorchika's Children: Alpha Azieru, Nightingale, Quess, Gyunei Guss
- Confirmed for all of them.
- Crossbone Gundam: Divinidad, Amakusa
- Jossed.
- GaoGaiGar: Soldato-J, Mamoru or Renee piloting one of the GaoGaiGar knockoffs, The Dragon Sisters / Ten Ryu Jin, and the alternate combinations for the Dragon Brothers.
- Renee and the Dragon Sisters are only there if FINAL is included. It is unfortunately not. Meanwhile, Soldato-J is a mandatory character that doesn't leave the party and Mamoru is a supporter.
- G Gundam: Master Asia (if he isn't already a good guy to start with), Rain, Schwarz Bruder.
- Confirmed with Master Asia. Jossed with Rain (she's a supporter) and Schwarz as G Gundam is post-plot.
- Gun X Sword: Michael, Fasalina, Carossa, Melissa, Gadved, and, just not to miss out a day of the week, even Woo.
- Jossed. None of them are recruitable compared to K.
- Expelled From Paradise: Frontier Setter, otherwise he'll be an AI co-pilot like Tieria; cosmetic option for Angela's adult body.
- Jossed as he's a supporter party member alongside Dingo. Also jossed for Angela's adult body.
- Magic Knight Rayearth:
- Lantis: If the secrets are not fulfilled, then either he does not join or become a super small unit a la Tekkaman Blade or Vega, riding his flying horse and casting normal magic or takes a vacant GTO. If the secrets are fulfilled, it turned out that Zagato made his Rune God to be able to be ridden by his brother, and Lantis decided to take up using it to honor his brother... and not destroying the legend of Magic Knights.
- He joins by default so jossed. And apparently Zagato had a spare Rune God for Lantis.
- Eagle Vision: Simple. Either his sudden death by Debonair is omitted by default or becomes a secret to be fulfilled. Either way, he'll be in FTO.
- He joins by default and he can either be staying in the NSX or deployed in the FTO so jossed.
- Nova: If the conditions are fulfilled, her Regalia isn't fully destroyed or retrieved by Debonair, so after Hikaru gave her a pep talk and accepting her, Nova decides to help Hikaru directly after a bit of personality adjustment, using her Regalia. Debonair ends up having a spare Regalia to use for herself.
- Jossed as she becomes one with Hikaru again.
- Alcyone: If the conditions are fulfilled, the heroes manage to get through her trance, calming her mind about Zagato and figures out a way to discover Debonair's lair without having Alcyone break her geas. Umi then convinces her to change sides, and eventually Alcyone would recognize her prowess thanks to their constant battles, and decides to join the heroes. If she has to fight, she might end up on the flying horse she had on Episode 1 (since she really won't be be taking up one of Debonair's beasts)
- Jossed.
- Vigor/Hikari: Should the conditions be achieved, Ascot will probably ask some people to find a way to bring some of his dead beast friends to life (through some crossover methods), but he could only pick one. He chooses Vigor instead, as an apology to Hikaru.
- Jossed.
- Lantis: If the secrets are not fulfilled, then either he does not join or become a super small unit a la Tekkaman Blade or Vega, riding his flying horse and casting normal magic or takes a vacant GTO. If the secrets are fulfilled, it turned out that Zagato made his Rune God to be able to be ridden by his brother, and Lantis decided to take up using it to honor his brother... and not destroying the legend of Magic Knights.
- Cowboy Bebop: Spike himself (prevent his iconic death), Cowboy Andy, Julia (in order to prevent Spike's death, she needs to be savable, even if not as a playable unit)
- Jossed
- Aura Battler Dunbine: Riml Luft, Todd Guinness and Bern Bunnings as is tradition. As for potentially new secret units, maybe Jeryl Kuchibi and/or Zet Light.
- Todd joins with the crew by default.
- New Story of Aura Battler: Rabern Zaramand. Jossed.
- Might Gaine: Black Might Gaine. Joe Rival in the combined Hiryu and Goryu.
- Confirmed with Black Might Gaine as he's available in a secret scenario. Joe's stuck with Goryu.
- Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Ypsilon, various other VOTOMS models for Chirico's choice such as the Turbo Custom, Burglary Dog, Strike Dog, and Rabidly Dog.
- Jossed.
- Mazinger Z: Infinity:
- Sayaka, for the first time after decades of being a staple support unit. She only piloted a pilder in the movie and never joined in combat. Perhaps she'll pilot the Venus A that Jun tried to hijack. It will also have the Mazin-girls' other Venus A's as an attack, most likely its strongest. Jossed.
- Alternatively, Sayaka might also had the Aphrodite A or Diana A rebuilt in secret. After Jun gave birth to her child, she's given the permission to pilot her Venus A again. Jossed.
- Health issues after giving birth aside, the greatest hindrance to letting Jun pilot is Adult Fear. She and Tetsuya both grew up as orphans and even after being adopted by Kenzo Kabuto, it remained as a sore spot for them. It's noble to save the world but they'll be afraid to put both of their lives on the line and risk subjecting their child to the same fate. They're Super Robot pilots but they know they're not invincible.
- The titular robot itself. In keeping up with the Arc Words of how a Mazinger can be a god or a devil, it's possible that they will be able to use it after defeating Dr. Hell. It could most likely be an upgrade to Great Mazinger that could be summoned from Hammerspace.
- Jossed.
- Shiro's Type 17 being able to use Thunder Break without Great Mazinger's help. Otherwise, he'll only be able to use it when doing the Combination Attack from the movie.
- Jossed.
- Dr. Hell, if he can somehow be convinced that the Earth is worth fighting for and have a FakeāReal Turn in his call for co-existence. If Ashura and Brocken don't die before it happens, they'll join as an attack.
- Jossed.
- Sayaka, for the first time after decades of being a staple support unit. She only piloted a pilder in the movie and never joined in combat. Perhaps she'll pilot the Venus A that Jun tried to hijack. It will also have the Mazin-girls' other Venus A's as an attack, most likely its strongest. Jossed.
- Endless Orbit SSX: Queen Emeraldas, Deathshadow
- Jossed. Queen Esmeraldas just appears here and there while the Deathshadow was already buried in Mars.
- Sadly jossed.
- She's a supporter character but not a sub-pilot so jossed.
- Jossed. Both Might Gaine and G Gundam are post-plot.
- Jossed.
- Domon Kasshu & the Shuffle Alliance & Allenby Beardsley: The requirement to pilot their Gundam is to fight hand in hand. They may lack the extra weapons or super skills their Gundams had, but their own Charles Atlas Superpower will be enough to carry the day. And of course, there's the case about 'Domon punching a skyscraper on foot'.
- Guy Shishioh: There has been cases that Cyborg Guy goes on foot and fights giant monsters, even in an SRW (Super Robot Wars Alpha 2 did that)
- Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, Fuu Hououji: A majority of the 1st season of Rayearth is without their Rune Gods, so they could have missions where they showcased their on-foot fighting prowess and magic. Also they constantly fought monsters bigger than their size.
- Spike Siegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine: Much like Rayearth, despite taking place in space, the show's draw is when Spike and his crews walk around and do stuffs there. Hell, if Spike wants to whip out some Bruce Lee-inspired moves like he did in the show, now would be a good time (enemy made of steel can be turned into Awesome when Spike one-inch punched that successfully, or turned into Funny when it instead temporarily broke his arm). Ed gets left out from the list because she's more of a tech-wiz.
- Van: The guy's armed with a sword, and the controls of Dann of Thursday also uses something similar to the direct motion system. And in-show, he did kill The Claw with his sword, so there.
- Might Senpuuji: This guy occasionally goes on foot tasks and has a collection of devices similar to Batman to get the upper hand against mid-level tall mechas bigger than him in size (just as long as it's not overly humongous than mechas that require Might Gaine).
- Ground combat was common in the first half of Aura Battler Dunbine thanks to the guerrilla combat tactics employed by the heroes - most infamous was the operation to rescue Silkie from Castle Lass-Waus which saw Show infiltrate armed only with his sword and pistol and end with a climatic chase scene of Show/Silkie weaving in and out of the trees on a motorcycle to escape the pursuing Aura Machines.
- Getter Robo Armageddon: Considering this is the same Ryouma who could break swords lodged onto him just by flexing and kicking so much ass...
- Chirico: He does have his magnum and he did one of the luckiest shots in fiction on foot. Plus it's entertaining to see him use his gun on foot as a dynamic kill.
- Tobia: He is the Memetic Badass of the UC Gundam where he wins against a Gundam on foot by hijacking it.
- Amuro: While he is just an average fighter, he does know his way around weapons and there was that one time he tackled Char while Amuro was driving a car and Char was riding his horse.
- Kamille: Trained black belt in karate.
- Dingo: Trained sniper and urban warfare specialist, plus has a personal truck used to lure sandworms and fight Arhans.
- Captain Harlock is a fencer and marksman.
- All are jossed. They are taken care of in cutscenes.
It's kind of ironic because George's VA actually did work in Rayearth... as Fuu's boyfriend Ferio instead.
- Jossed as G Gundam is usually in a different route from Rayearth.
There's also the incentive from the previous game: Duo Maxwell has called himself 'The Grim Reaper', a closer translation to the original (Shinigami), instead of 'The Great Destroyer' like the original dub.
- Jossed.
- Instead of an Argama, they might use the Ra Cailum.
- Nadesico-B (later upgrading to C)
- Gran Garan, due to the greater storyline presence of Aura Battler Dunbine. The Zelana itself will probably be destroyed like in the show as that would free up Captain Nie to become a separate unit so he can have his Heroic Sacrifice to kill Drake.
- The Bebop, in spite of being really small compared to the other ships.
- Shin Dragon, in spite of not having passengers aside from the three pilots.
- The confirmed ones are Nadesico-B to Nadesico-C, Ra Cailum, Arcadia, and NSX. The Bebop itself does show up but it ends up getting repaired for the rest of the game.
- It would also neatly explain how Crossbone Gundam can occur alongside Char's Counterattack and as well as this Expelled from Paradise could be the Bad Future that everyone wants to avoid.
- Continuing with this train of thought, perhaps DEVA receives some Adaptational Villainy and actively mucks with the past to ensure that their False Utopia happens, including convincing Char to go through with the Second Neo Zeon War to get humans into space and move things along. Also, when Angela breaks out of captivity with her upgraded Arhan and various weaponry, she grabs the future schematics to the Hi-Nu and/or later Crossbone Gundams and hands them over to the other heroes.
- Alternate dimensions and universes are indeed a thing but Time Travel is not one of them so jossed.
- Continuing with this train of thought, perhaps DEVA receives some Adaptational Villainy and actively mucks with the past to ensure that their False Utopia happens, including convincing Char to go through with the Second Neo Zeon War to get humans into space and move things along. Also, when Angela breaks out of captivity with her upgraded Arhan and various weaponry, she grabs the future schematics to the Hi-Nu and/or later Crossbone Gundams and hands them over to the other heroes.
- Gyunei Guss is sent to work with the Red Dragons on behalf of Neo Zeon, and gets in a fight with Spike. Vicious gets confused by them having similar sounding voices, and attacks Gyunei by accident. Either gets Played for Laughs (Vicious and Gyunei get into a fight, and by the time they realize that Spike's who they should really be fighting, he's left), or more seriously (Gyunei opts to join Spike).
- A more heartwarming case: Kamille Bidan, regardless of his issues, will try to become some sort of Big Brother Mentor to Hikaru Shidou, perhaps being the one who tried to comfort her after the tragedy of Emeraude. If you ask how this came to be, well... Kamille has the same VA as Hikaru's oldest brother (not likely going to appear in this game), who did the comforting at the beginning of Season 2.
- Though not involving a relationship with other character, in this game, Tatra might make an excuse for her typical ditz attitude by saying that she's at heart 17 years old. And Tarta will deliver the typical "Oi, oi!" response. Bonus: Carmen 99 will also chime in the same comment.
- A more serious version. Lady Debonair will recognize Domon's burning desire for vengeance which nourishes her, so to mess around him further, she will have Alcyone occasionally mimic Rain's voice style to drop Domon's guard for a few cheap shots that could be fatal.
- The cast of Expelled from Paradise will lampshade that it's a Mobile Suit Gundam 00 reunion movie in disguise. Angela will act Ax-Crazy in an Out-of-Character Moment, Dingo will say "targeted and firing", and Frontier Setter will express his admiration of DEVA. They might even discuss it in a save-quit skit and a few other minor characters from the movie, also voiced by 00 alumni, might also join.
- SRW, in a save-skit, shouting back to They Are My Noble Masters for their Shout-Out towards them or just the respective shows: Domon and Guy about to have a clash between Shining/God Finger and Goldion Hammer... and suddenly, Master Asia interrupts literally.
- Someone will try to dress Hikaru Shidou in an Elegant Gothic Lolita getup thinking that it would fit her nicely or 'it's her calling', with Hikaru being utterly confused about where did that come from. Bonus points if the suggestions come from either Tobia Arronax or Sai Saici
- Either Show Zama and/or Shion Zaba gets pitted into the same room/area with Joe Rival and Nova which led to a 3-person battle royal (or 2 on 1, if Joe has already pulled a HeelāFace Turn), then all of the sudden, Vicious crashes in with any mecha he got his hands on with intentions to kill all three.
- Since this is the game where they blatantly tries for an international appeal, they could instead try something new in voice actor jokes: Make a voice actor joke based on the English dub of the show. Topic can be anything, but for starters, we could try the three pair of Faye Valentine, Umi Ryuuzaki and Angela Balzac. Another possibility for this is the two pair of Spike Siegel and Dingo.
- Jet Black will become protective of Marvel Frozen due to reminding him of his old lover Alisa.
- A voice joke between Might Senpuuji and Guy Shishioh might appear in some form, but also added with a name joke for how their first names were used for a character in one of the most famous Shonen Jump manga series, Might Guy. So either Might and Guy do some form of Dynamic Entry together or an OG villain will be voiced by Masashi Ebara.
- Half-confirmed and half-jossed in the same time? Dyma Goldwin is actually the Big Bad and he's voiced by Masashi Ebara. But there's no confirmation of Maito and Guy directly making references of a Dynamic Entry on him. You're going to have to make that up yourself with Double Drive Wheel Sword followed with Hell and Heaven.
- Eagle Vision will have a quote saying that it's not nice to run away from him, as opposed to assuring that he musn't run away.
- Gilliam Yeager, the most likeliest choice, since he's synonymous with the black-colored Gespenst in all his appearances throughout Super Robot Wars.
- An established Original Generation character who hasn't appeared outside of their home game (the other Super Robot Wars 4 protagonists who aren't Irm or Ring), with Jayce Starlord being the obvious front-runner in this regard.
- A brand new Original Generation character.
- Confirmed: Between Saizou and Sagiri, whoever is not picked as main protagonist will get the Gespenst.
- The main difficulty would be integrating Expelled from Paradise without somewhat gutting its concept of the Earth being dead; it will be interesting to see how that is handled. The presence of Getter Robo Armageddon might help, as in that story, Earth got devastated via futile nuclear strike at Shin Dragon, which can be used as a way to help out Expelled From Paradise's setting.
- Given that it's been revealed that a theme of the game will be "the Solar System", this is beginning to sound more likely.
- Considering that Dunbine will have a considerable role in the plot this time around, it's possible that the fantasy oriented characters will gather in Byston Well and a recreation of the final arc of Dunbine's story kicks in where Queen of the Faeries - Jacoba Aon uses her Godlike Aura to transport the characters to Earth which is how they get involved in the plot of "T".
- Also considering the presence of 'VTX' group, which seems to be more likely to be located at the actual world, compared to X with Al-Warth (and it ended up following Wataru's story and 'otherworld shenanigans' a lot more), this WMG is getting a lot more plausible.
- The basic premise, at least, is confirmed in a Famitsu interview (via DualShockers)! "The previous game, Super Robot Wars X, was set in another world, so for T, they decided to go back to the how things are usually, with a classic setting featuring Earth."
- Since V originals seemed geared more into Real type, while X originals geared more to Super type, I can see the option of multiple protagonists with multiple mechas encapsulated with differing routes.
- Jossed.
- The reveal of "revenge" as a key theme makes this theory a little more compelling, since, of course, revenge (especially violent revenge of the sort you see from, say, Van & Ray) is usually something that goes against the law...
- The reveal of the Protagonists being Salaryman will also play a part in this. There may come a time where either Saizou or Sagiri will have to decide to do things as regulated by VTX Union (Lawful) or to screw the rules, doing the right thing. (Good)
- Jossed. They are taken care of in a cutscene and Wiseman is behind them.
It happened with Advance. As well as how Banpresto is pushing for more international coverage, if the international push is a success, they may green-lit this for a remake (in addition of first voiced SRW of Tekkaman Blade and Detonator Orgun, the HD and English rendition of GaoGaiGar FINAL, as well as GoLion AKA Voltron (refitting it to the English version completely sounds kind of impossible since they had to sell to Japan first)).
Of course, the catch is that the Ardyguns need to appear in OG series first.
- Season 1 is only at the tail end of the season, once you meet the Magic Knights, they're just about to get ready to strike at Zagato. Afterwards, it's full on Season 2, you only learn Season 1 via exposition.
- Season 1 is slightly covered, but the Magic Knights already got their mecha. Most of the Season 1 land shenanigans were modified to make sure they happen while the girls are already in their Rune Gods.
- Season 1 is slowly covered, with modifications of mainly important parts: The awakening of the Rune Gods, and it is modified to make sure they might not always happen in Cephiro, and the Rune Gods deviate from the rule that rather than waiting until all three awakened, they will join the girls who awakened them first and be ready for combat ASAP. That way, you get the Magic Knights one by one; first Umi, then Fuu, then Hikaru. While the pacing could be slow, this benefits that the Magic Knights will have more time to interact with other SRW characters, developing them and making sure their friends can also feel empathy more on the tragedy of Emeraude.
- They could make a further alteration and have Hikaru get Rayearth first, since she's the title character; while this would be a pretty major change with some knock-on effects for everything else, it would also address the problem of the lead character not being playable for a good chunk of her own scenario.
- Even if Hikaru gets Rayearth the last, she will still be playable on the majority of Rayearth scenarios, since these would happen in the first half of the game, and a majority of the second season heavily focused on her. A good guess is that each major Rayearth scenarios for Season 1 before the battle against Zagato are the Rune Gods' resurrection (similar to the manga pacing), so at worst, Hikaru might be just missing out two major missions, and then get involved with the latter more to make up for it (not to mention, she can start out with predefined upgrades compared to the other two if she came later, depending if Magikarp Power is at play or not).
- They could make a further alteration and have Hikaru get Rayearth first, since she's the title character; while this would be a pretty major change with some knock-on effects for everything else, it would also address the problem of the lead character not being playable for a good chunk of her own scenario.
We all know that Season 2 will be covered fully. I think based on what Super Robot Wars W taught us, even if there is a Time Skip, it can still fit into one game.
- What the developers did is that they end up getting the Rune Gods and then recreate season 1 all the way to having to kill of Emeraude.
- Jossed. Eldora V's hometown is at Mars while Angela lives in a whole different dimension and her mission involves assassinating Chirico.
- Jossed as he's a support character alongside Frontier Setter.
- Jossed.
- Jossed as Schwartz Koff doesn't appear.
- Akito might have a problem with that, since it's the Prince of Darkness version, and he was deprived of his sense of taste and unable to continue cooking (since if he's deprived of that, he'll be unable to test how he cooked those worms and see if they could be served to others). If this was the TV Nadesico, then it might have been possible.
- It could coincide with his friends wanting to give him a confidence boost and a handful of them volunteering as taste testers. Potential volunteers could include Chirico and Ru Shako (Planet Quaint has similar creatures called Sand Moles). If Yurika and Fyana are still in the enemies' hands at that point in the story, it's a chance for Akito and Chirico to bond over their similar situations.
- If taken to a different, less serious path, they can begin with an Iron Chef-style competition offering a big prize, hosted and judged by neutral inhabitants of wherever they are at that time, between Hoi Kow Lou and Sai Saici with sandworms that they already have as their main ingredient. Then, before a winner can be announced, living worms decide to attack, attracted, ironically, by the aroma of their cooked brethren.
- Another different, less serious path, is that some members got so hungry that they decided to also toss in some of their Team Pets as part of the cooking menu. Spike will offer Ein. Umi will offer Mokona. And for some reason, Wendy messed up and involved Kameo in something that caused the Broke Episode in the first place, so Van will offer Kameo. You can also combine this with the Mushroom Samba episode. Somehow the mushroom got included as ingredients...
- Regardless of which path taken, the cooked sand worms looks yucky but actually tasted good. This, on the other hand, flies over the head of Fuu, who has 'yucky food' listed as her least favorite food in her bio, so she tries to politely refuse to eat it, only to be cornered and ended up having a Not So Stoic action, one of the rare moments Fuu ends up 'not so eerily calm' unlike her usual self.
- Jossed. Infinity's final boss is Dr. Hell.
- Axis, just like in Super Robot Wars 64
- Infinity, leading to the first official Mazinger-Gundam hybrid.
- To take it to hybrid overkill, it combines with the Shin Dragon, too. It would be amazing if it controls DG cell-infected Type 17 Mazingers and Getter Robo G's.
- Cohen and Stinger's Invader form
- Black Noir
- Birthday (Big Brain)
- Zonuda
- SSX
- The Will-Wipps or the Zwarth due to potentially the DG Cells being attracted to the life force that is Aura.
- Castle Cephiro, in case Debonair got her hands on the Devil Gundam, in order to speed up the destruction by Cephiro by taking over its only safe haven and corrupt its Pillar Room inside (possibly also allowing her to enter that room without interference).
- Char Aznable
- Prof. Saotome and/or Dr. Hell
- Here's a crazy branch in case it is Dr. Hell: He goes to Devil Gundam and then plugs itself into Mazinger Infinity.
- Cohen and Stinger
- Black Noir
- Alternatively, Black Noir doesn't pilot the Devil Gundam, but either makes Exeve pilot that, or send it in along with Exeve's default robot, since its final plot is to send a lot of regenerating mechas with zombified pilots, which sounds like what the Devil Gundam and Devil Army does, to dominate the world. It can even tell Purple to pilot that instead of just sticking in his battleship.
- Lady Debonair
- Kan Yu
- The Claw
- Mikoto Utsugi
- Frontier Setter
- Vicious
- Drake Luft or Rabern Zaramand
- Jossed. It's piloted by Rain again.
- Mars or Venus will substitute for Quaint.
- Kummen Arc will take place in Southeast Asia. They did that in Z2: Saisei-hen.
- It's actually at Astragius and no, it's not adapted out.
- Jossed. It's an original currency called T$, presumably 'Terra Dollar'.
- And it will have, whoever is piloting that thing, screaming in full hotblooded fashion.
- Why not go ahead and revive the actual Gespenst Punch (not as Jet Magnum) as well while they're at it? So... Gespenst Punch & Kick?
- Jossed. Gespenst here is based on the old Classic Timeline Gespenst before it gets all the good future toys, and presumes that you are not using Jayce or Patricia, therefore no Gespenst Kick or Punch. Its strongest attack is Slash Ripper.
- He's in the game but as a cutscene only.
- Autozam, Fahren, and Chizeta will be adjusted for the story as regular space colonies or terraformed moons in the Solar System akin to those in Gundam and Cowboy Bebop. They just happened to be the first ones to know about and anticipate Cephiro; Fahren and Chizeta through their myths and legends and Autozam through Lantis.
- Autozam is the only faction in the game.
- Villain groups from other series will also fight to instate their own candidates as Pillar of Cephiro.
- Jossed.
- There's also the fact that the second OP of Rayearth, as well as a few promo images, teased the idea of the Rune Gods fighting in Tokyo. The show and manga itself never went there, but it's clearly been an idea kicked around for ages and CLAMP likely has notes on how they themselves intended to justify it. (And, of course, the OVA took place in Tokyo, but as the trademarks and whatnot reveal, what's included here is specifically Rayearth TV - the OVA would've been noted separately in the series listing.)
Either way, Hikaru, Umi and Fuu will have to quickly pick up their resolve to not grieve that much for the moment. The above WMG will also help them get back to battle to show their resolve until it's finally time to go back to Cephiro and start Season 2.
- Jossed. They get over it really quickly (from a gameplay stand point)
- Spike fought Vincent in a pseudo Tokyo Tower at Mars. This might not get included because the movie isn't included in the roster.
- Hikaru, Umi and Fuu got transported to Cephiro from Tokyo Tower.
- Domon wrecked the Tokyo Tower to undo the brainwashing of the Shuffle Alliance.
- Pasder set up his base beneath Tokyo Tower and 'merged' with it for his final assault.
So how much more stuffs can Tokyo Tower take in this game?
- Answer? It doesn't get affected at all.
- Watta has sworn Kohaihood to Might Sempuuji, and is classmates with Mamoru.
- Watta being classmates with Mamoru looks confirmed by PV2.
- Nambalon has taken Mitsuhiko under his wing, somehow.
- The Takeo General Company is a big supplier to both The Sempuuji Concern and The Gutsy Geoid Guard.
- Black Noir arranged for Michitaro's death.
- The Robot Empire is connected to the Zonders in some way.
- Kotaro Taiga, Tetsuo Atsui, and Aoki Keichiro were in the same Special Forces unit together.
- Maybe the Devil Gundam?
- Jossed. Vicious only appears in a cutscene.
- Depending on how Char's Counterattack is played, then there's the possibility to pile up the wreckage... The beginning of the game is spent on trying to prevent Char to drop the Axis and then, thanks to probably the OG villain, they fail anyway so Earth is further fucked on that. Not that Char gets a happy conclusion either: Since the game story said that 'effort to travel to space is halted', his original goal to let mankind reach space via Axis drop face difficulty after the drop anyway.
- Jossed.
The High Officials of DEVA might be in on this, too, as they chose the appearance of gods from several mythologies and they could be their arbiters. Their insistence on not letting anyone explore deep space will be because it will derail the game.
- Jossed.
- Kouji's affirmation about humans despite their ups and downs towards Lisa might also inspire her decision.
- Jossed. Illumidas doesn't appear in the game.
Heck, we might even get more screentime/availability for Tetsuya and Great Mazinger too.
- Confirmed. Kouji joins pretty early in the game.
- Noriko, Kazumi, Hikaru, Kei and Sayaka all went to the same junior high school, though not necessarily together, which just happens to be the distaff counterpart to the school Gai attended.
- Mikoto, Yurika, and Fuu attended the same magnet school, though the last two did not necessarily graduate from it.
- Due to the events of Getter Robo Armageddon, Noriko will consider the senior Getter Robo team to be Broken Pedestals, and will instead hero worship The Mazinger Bunch, well, except maybe Boss. Noriko will also be a big fangirl of Gekiganger 3.
- In fact, amongst the school boys and girls, the names of Kouji Kabuto and Sayaka Yumi has gone into 'legendary' status since the events of the original anime has ended and they've gotten really prestigious careers that makes other students go hero-worship on them (not just Noriko). In turn, Shirou Kabuto ends up either being their senpai about to graduate or just recently graduated, and perhaps had to set straight some rumors that Kouji was the super cool and unapproachable guy due to his fame, while Shirou had to correct that even as he grew into adulthood, some of Kouji's idiocy just never left him.
- Speaking of hero worship, the Rune God riders will be big fangirls of The Three Angels, and Shidou Hikaru in particular will also be a big fangirl of Gekiganger 3.
- Not yet confirmed on the worshipped people above, but Hikaru Shidou being a Kouji Kabuto Fangirl confirmed in PV2.
- Akito will become a mentor of Shou, and also, if his story ends early enough, will try to steer Van away a bit from the path of vengeance. In order to unlock Todd and Bern, Akito will have to remove significant chunks of their respective mechs' HP with the Black Selena and also talk to them.
- Ruri, Fuu, and Wendy will be the only people able to understand Ed, though both Ples will make valiant attempts.
- Much like with Ange and Lelouch in Super Robot Wars X, the rest of the cast will consider either Noriko or Shidou Hikaru and Shishioh Gai to be each other's Distaff and Spear Counterparts.
- The fencing tournament that Umi planned to attend was supposed to be overseen by George, and as far as fencing goes, Umi is a big George fangirl, and later on George might tutor Umi to further prepare her duel against the Chizeta princesses. Additionally, George himself might get a rivalry with Woo, who might have issues with George participating in Gundam Fights (most likely jealousy or sorts, as if Woo didn't have enough issues already).
- George himself will discuss with Show Zama about what it means to be a "Knight" and will support him in his duels with Bern "The Black Knight" Bunnings.
- Amano Kazumi and Amano Hikaru are related.
- Nagare Ryoma and Nagare Akatsuki are also related.
- The Nergal Corporation was a big investor in the Saotome institute.
- Gekiganger 3 was a fictionalized account of the adventures of both the El Dorado Five and the original Getter Robo team, back before Professor Saotome went bonkers and framed Ryoma for his murder.
- Ryoma and Nero both want their royalty checks from the production company.
- As some sort of Ascended Meme about how these two were clamored as the top Hot-Blooded characters within the record of their actors and it's just now they get into the same SRW, Domon and Guy will be rivals that started out rough, but became genuinely Friendly Rival.
- Similar to Super Robot Wars V, Tobia (and potentially any other "Future" characters) will try to persuade Hathaway Noa from letting the death of Quess Paraya consume him and prevent his future as a revenge driven terrorist.
- Alternatively, it will be seeing how the quest for revenge has consumed Van/Akito/Domon that causes Hathaway to reconsider his path in life.
- Ed will be the only one to laugh at Izumi's jokes.
- In a strike of Genius Bonus, Chibodee Crocket will compliment the people of Autozam, and especially Eagle Vision because they take the 'American stereotype' very subtly, even compared to him (including the comparison of 'bald eagle' within Eagle).
- Combining with the seiyuu joke WMG above, Hana will be awestruck and goes Hero-Worshipper on Umi for some trivial things (either her high status or fencing and general grace), but felt that she'd be a bit 'too cool for commoners' like her, only to find out that Umi is a total Spoiled Sweet and pretty much acts like a Cool Big Sis on her. At one point, Guy will spot the two interacting and get reminded with his past when his mom was alive, and makes a comment that one day Umi would become a fine mother, which would please her since one of her stated goals in life is to be a good bride.
- Akito will end up 'bonding' with the Magic Knights post season 1, seeing that they (particularly Umi and Fuu) became disillusioned with something fun as 'playing RPGs' similarly as the reveal of the Jovian Lizards and the tragedy of Tsukumo Shiratori embittered Akito about a certain fun Hot-Blooded anime known as Gekiganger 3. It's still not known which side will encourage the other side to reaffirm the fun of that something fun; perhaps the opposing side ended up doing the other activity to form a neutral opinion (Akito plays RPG, the Magic Knights watch Gekiganger) and making them realize that despite the tragedies that happened, it should've been harmless and it's OK to enjoy them.
- Char Aznable will express nostalgia over Bern Bunnings being a young Char Aznable Clone.
- Alternatively, he could be angry at the way Bern and Schwartz Bruder have stolen his style.
- Allenby and Priscilla will become fast friends over their athletic abilities and pinning for a guy they probably had no chance with. Allenby might also introduce Priscilla to the game she played that made her a great Gundam Fighter and got shocked when she notices that Priscilla is just as equally great in that game, prompting Allenby to think that if Priscilla's nation participated in Gundam Fights, she'd be her country's Gundam Fighter.
- Even before merging with Hikaru, Nova would end up bonding with Riml Luft since they were under Evil Matriarch. Even when fixated on Hikaru and hating anything she loved, Nova won't see Riml as a threat (since she and Hikaru are basically strangers), treats her as some sort of Morality Pet and is in fact horrified at Luuza, all while believing that Debonair isn't anything like her (only to be proven otherwise later). Riml will later prove to be pivotal in scenarios of Nova pulling a HeelāFace Turn.
- Marvel is related to Jack King. If the Gekiganger 3 references in the game include the Texas Robo, she's going to do lots of face palming.
- Spike will get surprised when he realized the name of the Gundam belonging to Schwarz: Gundam Spiegel. "Wait, since when did my name get used to name a Gundam without my permission?"
- Then Inez Fressange or Jung Freudnote will inform him that it's German for "mirror", but the latter will do so harshly.
- Maito is acquaintated with Umi since her parents were influential enough that the equally influental super young CEO of Senpuuji Concern would meet them in either annual meetings or dinner parties hosted by the Senpuuji Concern or another group and they brought Umi along for the ride. When Maito reunites with Umi after so long, one of the things he asks would be if Umi's parents still act like Sickeningly Sweethearts, which embarrassed the hell out of her.
- Tetsuya and Lantis will consider each other equals or rivals (friendly one), due to Tetsuya's hypercompetitive attitude and Lantis being able to gain expertise in piloting anything outside Cephiro (as proven with GTO). They also share the experience of being turned into a Badass in Distress in their respective series (against Dr. Hell/Mazinger Infinity and Nova/Regalia, respectively), so when one of them gets grafted into an enemy mecha as a hostage/energy source, the other would relate and do their best to get their friend out of the predicament, depending who's available. There's also the fact that their Signature Move involves lightning (Thunder Break and Lightning Call) which may play part in that rescue scene. Example: Lantis' Lightning Call doesn't seem to be enough to break away from Regalia despite Eagle's efforts, so Tetsuya adds extra lightning power with Thunder Break.
- Fuu will look up to Amuro as some sort of idol since he knows his way through the computer and system engineering (the latter was actually Fuu's dream profession), with Amuro seeing potential in her. Additionally, there could be a one-off joke that people thought her Windam is secretly a variation of Gundam, because it's named almost the same (they both ended with 'ndam'), and Amuro, being the expert in the actual Gundam, will help debunk it.
- Jung Freud is initially distrustful and wary of Argo Gulskii in spite of being fellow countrymen (assuming that the former is rewritten to be a Neo-Russian) because the latter was a Space Pirate, but they will become comrades after learning to respect each other's skills. There can also be a metafictional reference to how their anime aired before and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union respectively.
- Battle Bomber, in particular Dino Bomber, will probably have a unique look on ChoRyuJin. Not because of being similar autonomous AI robots from the same set of series, but also to point out the "ChoRyuJin killed the dinosaurs" thing.
- Hikaru Shidou may be the biggest: if they want to make her a somewhat more tragic figure and add even more punch to what happens later, they could easily say her father died in the OYW rather than just being on a martial arts journey.
- If that was the case, one can only wonder how Hikaru can keep up being a Genki Girl before the tragedy of Emeraude.
- Jet will almost certainly be a OYW veteran. Spike may have cut his teeth during that period, too.
- Kouji and the Getter team got roped into the OYW, despite not wanting to get involved in a conflict of that scale; the Getters being used in conflicts of men may well be a contributor to Hayato's bitterness and Professor Saotome going off the deep end. It may also factor on Kouji not going back to pilot Mazinger Z until the events of Infinity and chose to be a researcher until adulthood: The OYW embittered him about using Photon power for combat against other men.
- Another big one: it could well be the OYW that drove Harlock away from the Earth Sphere, disgusted with the indiscriminate slaughter both sides were willing to inflict on one another.
- Depending on how Gundam Fights were handled, the OYW could replace one of the Gundam Fights as the impetus of Master Asia's Start of Darkness, citing that the brutality of humanity during that war a major reason why he wanted the Devil Gundam to wipe out mankind.
- The crew of the Exelion might, due to all the time dilation effects, think that the OYW is still going on if no one else in the PC faction clues them in otherwise.
- Having spent his youth in Australia, Shot Weapon may have been traumatised by the Colony Drop on Sydney during the OYW and could have based the Aura Machines on Mobile Suits out of obsession for revenge. Similarly, rather than Air Force pilots, Todd and Allen could have been trained as Mobile Suit pilots instead.
...And will be smacked with the Goldion Hammer for his/her trouble.
- Probably because someone would get their personality wrong. They will be tipped off when they see 'Shidou Hikaru' attempt to like yaoi.
- With the above WMG, maybe the sight gag of Umi with miniature Goldion Hammer is not too far away since she's most likely the one who'll get pissed at her friend being impersonated like that...
- This wouldn't be the first time this issue has come up. In Super Robot Wars V, during a DLC level involving Kedora hijacking Mazin Emperor G, Kouji acknowledges that he needs to be careful not to destroy the mech and Tetsuya with it. Then the player selects Big Bang Punch, and Kouji says, "In the name of Almighty Zeus, I will shatter your atoms!"
- That seems to be applied to one particular person that's already close to each other, so it would be a different case. The WMG is more geared about those Mooks you find in shows like Gundam (eg: Neo-Zeon mooks), which come in massive numbers, has no particular close links, but still humans. I would think that at the very least, the Magic Knights' innocence will take a blow on this, and this can happen in early game, because they probably would be mixing with the Aura Battlers and... the Byston Well soldiers, have feelings and souls too, you know? Heck, if Nova would try to Mind Rape Hikaru, she could easily conjure up the spirits of the dead Mooks she killed during the course of the game.
- If they actually go through with this, it would be an improvement in writing if they can deconstruct Outside-Context Problem and Outside-Genre Foe. However, like breathing in space, there's always someone who comes up with an excuse why they shouldn't worry about it. Sometimes, characters from series without human on human violence or minors (like Wataru in X or Hokuto and Ginga in MX) are told that the enemies have Ejection Seat (regardless if they actually have that in their home series) but most of the time, they don't even address that. Quotes from human or not terribly monstrous Mooks usually imply that they can survive or even that they're the same people that you've fought before.
- That's a solid counterpoint, but there is also a benefit to enhance the Mind Rape scene by Nova. For instance, despite Rayearth telling about ejection seats, Hikaru slips off at least once and she's devastated. Sure, it seems as if others manage to make her get over it, but it continues to haunt Hikaru's heart that it became parts of herself that she discarded which formed up Nova, and when Nova invaded her mind, she could easily mess up with that one event to make Hikaru think she killed every one of her opponents based on that one scene. Originally, Nova managed to mingle up about how Hikaru thought Umi and Fuu thought about her and the whole quest (really really insensitive), she could easily add that extra Accidental Murder as an addition due to being in an SRW (hell, Original Generation has been no stranger to this, even Masaki Andoh has experienced this early in his career).
- Jossed that there are no Squad System, but for a mere zipcraft shown in the demo, Spike seemed pretty usable and powerful on his own, not to mention being capable to summon his fellow Bebop friends with Bebop Formation attacks.
As a famous series, they'd know that its fans wouldn't take it being sidelined lightly so they'll have to give them bonuses that would convince the players that they're worth using.
- Confirmed. Turns out it's Shin Getter Dragon from Getter Robo Daikessen!
- Returning
- Shuffle Alliance Fist, Double God Finger, Sekiha Love-Love Tenkyoken
- Jossed for any Sekiha Tenkyoken combo but Shuffle Alliance Fist is confirmed.
- Gun X Sword, Dangan Bomba Dello
- Double Aura Slash (either Show-Marvel or Show-Shion), Twin Aura Strike (Show-Bern)
- Joint Dragon Fire
- Shine Spark
- Half-Jossed. Shine Spark exists as a normal, solo attack for Shin Getter Dragon.
- Final Dynamic Special (with the Mazingers and Getter)
- Shuffle Alliance Fist, Double God Finger, Sekiha Love-Love Tenkyoken
- New
- Triple Mazinger Attack (name can change)
- Jossed. But as an exchange, the classic Double Burning Fire returns.
- Light Spiral, Combined Rayearth
- Confirmed on both.
- Final Brave Special (name can change)
- Triple Mazinger Attack (name can change)
- Since they listed Aura Battler Dunbine seperately from New Story of Byston Well, suggesting a separate listing under the Favorites selection screen, it stands to reason there will probably be far more mechs available than just the Sirbine and Zwauth.
- Confirmed. The second trailer shows Shion in the Bellvine fighting against Jeryl.
- That would work much better if the original series of Martian Successor Nadesico was in play. By the time of Prince of Darkness, the likes of Kukasabe and Hokoushin and the rest of the Martian Successors had dropped that charade. We also have to consider how Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam figures into the equation.
- Getter Robo Armageddon first half with Daikessen elements peppered in -> Armageddon second half.
- Aura Battler Dunbine, except with the ending averted -> New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine
- Mobile Fighter G Gundam with Shining Gundam -> Mobile Fighter G Gundam with God Gundam
- GaoGaiGar first half (until the first defeat of Z Master) -> GaoGaiGar second half (until Zonuda).
- Magic Knight Rayearth Season 1 -> Magic Knight Rayearth Season 2
- Mazinger Z: Infinity expanded prologue (which explains why we're gonna get more Tetsuya) -> Mazinger Z: Infinity actual show proper (Lisa enters the scene here)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ combined -> Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Since this is the second time GUNĆSWORD have been featured in an SRW, that means B.B Studio can opt for more liberties of how the story goes (after sticking with canon as 'close as possible' in K). Additionally, Terada has teased that there has been a lot more voice works by veterans and new voice actors, but in particular on Fasalina's VA (as well as the Magic Knights' VAs , but that's another story unrelated to this WMG), so I had a suspicion that it means that there is a chance that both Michael and Fasalina will be an Ascended Extra, instead of just mere unlockable bonuses with no bearings on the plot once recruited, they will be more involved in the plot, have extra lines (like against the final boss) and their recruitment are not just optional, similar to Joe Rival.
They can modify the plot to make Michael actually less gullible and eventually caught on that he was tricked by the Clawed Man (will actually count as a Fix Fic, since Michael tends to get flaks for being gullible enough to keep siding with the Clawed Man despite proofs saying otherwise) and eventually after much thinking, decided to boot out. Fasalina tries to stop him but ends up not being able to stop him because she developed genuine feelings for Michael. Or at first they decided that there is an Enemy Mine that required them to team up with Van, and they ended up having to swallow some Awful Truth about the Clawed Man by the common enemy.
I know the chance of this happening is low, but this is a pretty wild guess.
Since Banpresto have already shown with the Shin Getter Dragon that they're able to slip in certain mechs uncredited and with the Bellvine they're willing to put in mechs just to advertise other properties then it's possible that Hathaway will get the Xi Gundam as a secret unit to advertise the Hathaway's Flash film coming later this year. The Xi Gundam has already debuted in V so it wouldn't be too hard to implement and it could be explained away in-universe as being obtained together with the Hi-Nu Gundam depending on how Amuro gets his final mech.
- Even the Hi-Nu Gundam and Nightingale appeared in installments like Alpha Gaiden and D without Beltorchika's Children in the official cast list.
- In addition, they might even reuse the non-MP F91 from X as a secret unit for Kincade Nau to give tribute to Kouji Tsujitani.
Though rather than a hidden, embarrassing joke (though some like Umi will still get embarrassed anyway), they're probably going to use it for something more altruistic. Maybe they participate in some sort of event/show that requires them to dress up like that and act cutesy (for example: a kid's show that's held on Mamoru's school? Watta might be the one suggesting the idea) to the point that someone brought a variation of their final armors to be even more frilly than usual.
The concept of Cephiro and the Pillar System might end up being one of the DEVA System's proposed plans for Utopia, spearheaded by one of its more loose members, Mokona, who has a different idea in creating an Utopia compared to the DEVA trio. Unfortunately, its massive flaw became unveiled thanks to the Emeraude tragedy, and after bonding with the Magic Knights, Mokona felt horrible for proposing the system in the first place. Unfortunately, the DEVA System was insistent that the Pillar System should be preserved due to how effective it was in keeping peace, considering Emeraude's grief to be an everyday sacrifice, and when Hikaru became the new Pillar and abolished the Pillar System, the DEVA System is pissed and put Hikaru and the rest of the Magic Knights into their crossfire for ruining perfectly good plans for Utopia, even if the original creator, Mokona, has been disillusioned with it. Naturally, Hikaru won't take it well. At all.
In a manner similar to how some previous entries have represented the plot of Dancougar only by having Shapiro fulfill his role from the series using another entry's alien villains, Mr. Zone will lend his services to a different enemy group in his attempts to show up Harlock. As such, the Illumidas would likely be absent, just like the Muge Empire was in certain games featuring Dancougar.
Aside from him and The Claw having similarities in regards to killing people important to The Protagonist and The Rival in their respective shows and their world-ending plans, it will also be a Fandom Nod to Exev's other alias as "Mister X" and how it is a Significant Anagram of Mist Rex.This is to pool up guesses of other Key Themes:
- Adaptability: The new major element that hasn't been revealed yet is cross-series unit piloting. It is unlikely but given how much hype the producers are building and how fans have asked for that feature for years, they might have found the right mechanics and opportunity to do this. If so, it could be restricted to just the Real Robots but it could give certain pilots and units more usability. Adaptability as a theme could relate to how people can survive the hardships in this game's setting and, on a meta level, how Super Robot Wars should change to keep its fanbase and attract newcomers.
- Redemption: This works in tandem with the revealed theme of 'Revenge', because it is almost like its antithesis. Additionally, Terada has stated that there will be less secrets in the game, which may mean that a lot of 'usually secret' units will be rendered obtainable by default. And from there, it's both these former villains redeeming themselves from their past sins and the revenge-addled heroes learning to let go and forgive.
- Time: This might look like a retread to Time Travel, which R has tackled before, but B.B Studio can easily modify certain parts so it didn't look too much like R's "Go to the past, fix it so the Bad Future does not come to pass.". Time will probably play a part, thanks to the existence of alternate worlds like Byston Well and Cephiro, but Terada himself said that they will focus on one Earth... that doesn't mean it's always going to be present day Earth. If you also look at the WMG about Time Skip, you'll notice that there are a lot of series that were like begging to be given Time Skip treatment. Additionally, 'Time' has the same initial word with 'T'. Yes we know T is supposed to stand for 'Terra', but it could be used similarly as well. Next up, the male protagonist, Saizou Tokitou, has the surname that starts with 'Toki'... which not only starts with 'T' like the title, but it also translates to time. So either way, Time will probably be used, but in a different way than R.
- Way I see it, the Byston Well arc might get sped up to the point that everyone got transported to Earth and then the final arc happened there. That is one way to speed it up so Shion can appear and have his plot... which is not at the New Byston Well, but re-integrated to the Earth setting.
- Cephiro might stay as an alternate world, but only visited a few times, they will facilitate it so the Magic Knights do not visit there often. They'll probably go there in the beginning, and then maybe the Rune Gods ended up sleeping within the actual Earthsphere so the Magic Knights got sent to the actual world to revive them, but once they do, they take the fight back to Cephiro again for the climax of Season 1. And after the climax, it caused Cephiro to materialize to the current galaxy, therefore making it a target to several other worlds (With Autozam, Chizeta and Fahren being already integrated to the normal galaxy)
- Byston Well is already a place on Earth between its land and sea (hence Show's dimension is called as the "Upper Earth"). Retaining that and adjusting Cephiro to be in the same place will keep the story Earth-centric.
- While she's at it, she could be searching Byston Well for a few of those critters, too. If one of the ingredients were about insects, she might even hunt down any of the Aura Battlers, which had heavy insectoid designs.
- Rayearth (Lion-wolf hybrid) -> Lio Bomber (Lion). Lio Bomber's Lio Fire is based on Rayearth's fire magic.
- Selece (Dragon) -> Dino Bomber (Dinosaur). Dino Bomber's Dino Blizzard is an attempt to emulate Selece's water magic, not knowing that if certain conditions were met, Selece is capable of ice magic too.
- Windam (Phoenix) -> Bird Bomber (Bird). Considering the Brave Express' nature, it might have recognized that wind is probably more uncontrollable and has a very big chance of property damage, so Bird Bomber is set with ultrasonic power rather than Windam's wind magic.
As of how it came to be, perhaps one of the story liberties was that Hamada, before being involved with the Brave Express Team, had a run-in with the Rune Gods when it was traveling outside of Cephiro due to the threats outside it thanks to the crossover setting (rather than just sticking in Cephiro. Maybe they were scouting for which 'another world' would be part of the prophecy of Magic Knights?). He thought their designs and powers were cool, especially when he's also a Sequential Artist, so that ended up influencing his decisions when designing the Bombers Team. The decision of 'less fantastical' animals was there to ensure relatability to the people of Nouvelle Tokyo.
Though in process, Hamada ended up switching Rayearth and Windam's colors for Lio and Bird Bomber.
Feel free to list up the chaos/interactions that could ensue with this cast of SRW.
- Confirmed
- That's actually jossed. Beach Episode exist, but it takes place in a normal beach, not Misoughi/Bokini. The queen makes an appearance, but as a normal citizen, not queen.