YMMV / Super Robot Wars X-Ω

• And You Thought It Would Fail: While it was nowhere near the scope of gacha Long-Runners like Granblue Fantasy, Fate/Grand Order and Fire Emblem Heroes and getting bogged down with several factors^note Not being a Turn-Based Strategy Super Robot Wars installment (which its successor does), with character designs that some believed fell into Fetish Retardant, many certainly didn't expect X-Ω would last for five years before its service came to a close, especially when the life expectancy of various gacha games is usually short - five years would be considered "long".
• Awesome Music: The rendition of "Preserved Roses", the opening of Valvrave the Liberator, that played during the Valvrave event, and ends up being reused for another Valvrave event in Super Robot Wars DD. Once again, Bandai Namco Entertainment did justice to music sung by two big names for the Anime medium.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Of the Original Generation in this game, Olivie Opell, who serves as Mission Control - after seeing her gain a huge following in Japan, the creators gave Olivie her own original Humongous Mecha which can be fielded in battle, alongside a swimsuit picture for her Super Move Portrait Attack. In addition, she's also the first character of X-Ω to get her own pillow case and mouse pad products, further solidifying her popularity compared to the other originals.
• Fan Nickname: Now on its own page.
• Fetish Retardant: Super Robot Wars has never been a stranger to Fanservice due to the character designs for its female Original Generation, yet some fans find the use of it in X-Ω to be egregious - deliberate use of Navel-Deep Neckline, bouncing chests, and Shaking the Rump during a Super Move Portrait Attack are present in the game, coupled with gross body proportions. Furthermore, that one character wears a blatant outfit tailored for a BDSM motif adds to the distastefulness^note While Saphine Grace and Xine Espio have similarly provocative designs, both are supporting characters; Feil, who's really a Brainwashed and Crazy Shatte Judevesten, is the heroine of X-Ω. Various updates have only accentuated this view, as female Melsgear pilots became inexplicably more and more Stripperific with flimsy justifications^Example The skimpy piloting suits are for a Motion-Capture Mecha system similar to Mobile Fighter G Gundam, yet it seems to have been designed for maximizing an emphasis on the user's chest, to the point where even their casual attire, shown in the October 2020 event, also falls victim to being Fanservice - all while they take center-stage on the game's loading screens and action menu for maximum visibility.
• Hilarious in Hindsight
  • A thread on GameFAQs inquired whether Godzilla would fit into Super Robot Wars, given the initiative of X-Ω was to incorporate as many series as possible (like Super Robot Wars OE), despite Kaiju being explicitly non-Mecha. According to this game, yes, it can.
  • On the Wild Mass Guessing page for the franchise, one user predicted that G-Saviour would be included to Troll fans and another responded by pointing out that fans might be willing to put up with G-Saviour if it meant that Daizyujin would be in future games. Take a wild guess which Mecha got its Super Robot Wars debut first in X-Ω.
• Narm: During the "One-Year Anniversary Event", all of the main characters of their respective shows join in unison for a "HRAAAAAAAA" moment...except for Shinji Ikari, who instead looks downtrodden and uninterested.
• Play the Game, Skip the Story: Due to the extreme state of No Export for You and X-Ω continuously being updated, with the existence of a "skip" button, there were many players who couldn't be bothered to try and search for the main story and the Original Generation (the women, in particular, fell into Fetish Retardant), treating it as nothing more than just events that can be glossed over^note Even then, the originals' only purpose was so players can get Experience Points to increase Player Rank, as well as extra Crystals for the gacha element. Downplayed with the limited-time events, since they only happen once in a while, but featured licensed series which Mecha enthusiasts had already known about through interacting with the event character of that moment.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: If the Super Robot Wars Z saga managed to do a bit for Nena Trinity, X-Ω does this further within her limited time period, by basically giving her a redemption arc and teaming up with Ange and the Arzenal crew (and Salamandinay) against Embryo. What also helps is that Chum Huau manages to become her Morality Pet.
• Unexpected Character: Primarily "One-Time only events"
  • Idolmaster: Xenoglossia and "Kantam Robo" from Crayon Shin-chan: the former is a Humongous Mecha adaptation of The Idolmaster video game, something heavily reviled by its fanbase (the mecha fandom, on the other side consider it to be the only acceptable version of Idolmaster), while the latter is meant to a Show Within a Show Parody of Humongous Mecha Anime from a deliberate Gag Series. It seemed like Kantam Robo was the most far-fetched example yet for Super Robot Wars until it was beaten by Mujin Gattai Kisaragi, which originates from The Idolmaster Anime (a more faithful adaptation of the game) - essentially, it is a Real Trailer, Fake Movie Within A Show that only appeared for two minutes in one episode. ''Kirarin Robo'', a similar case to Mujin Gattai Kisaragi, was also added later on.
  • Kaiju may have made appearances in the form of enemies from various Humongous Mecha series in multiple licensed Super Robot Wars installments before X-Ω (such as Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor and Godannar), but never in a true playable capacity. That the "King of Monsters" should be the one to lead the charge was a pleasant surprise, but one that might have been done deliberately - during April 1, 2016, Godzilla vs Evangelion was "announced" due to the latter's creator Hideaki Anno working on Shin Godzilla. Merchandisers quickly caught onto the joke and milked it for all of its worth in the form of action figures and artwork. Whether this correlated to Godzilla getting an entry in X-Ω is unknown.
    • Mechagodzilla also appears in this game, though it's the Kiryu version piloted by Akane Yashiro, something most Godzilla fans had forgotten about. In a similar vein to the Godzilla vs. Evangelion joke, an Evangelion Unit-01 repaint of the Kiryu figure is also playable, marking the second time an action figure has been featured in Super Robot Wars since Fei-Yen HD in Super Robot Wars UX.
  • Played with MoiMoi, the Series Mascot from Umasugi Wave, a Super Robot Wars-oriented net radio show hosted by Tomokazu Sugita, Masaaki Endoh, Mai Aizawa and Rie Saitou: the reason MoiMoi was added was to celebrate the show's 500th episode.
  • Subverted with Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger: with Godzilla representing Kaiju, fans knew it was just a matter of time for Tokusatsu to be given the same treatment for a Super Robot Wars entry in X-Ω. Given Zyuranger is best known as the Super Sentai show adapted into Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, arguably the most popular entry outside of Japan, international players anticipated it would be the first to represent the genre.
  • Similar to the Kaiju example above, straight-forward robots (units that aren't "piloted") were abundant in prior Super Robot Wars installments: the supporting Mecha from GaoGaiGar are such examples, but they weren't the protagonists of that series. The "Blue Bomber" himself, Mega Man, marks the first instance of this case.
  • Last Hope (2018) provides an interesting example: its announcement for X-Ω was made in the midst of the show's run, not after. The only time a series made its debut in Super Robot Wars before it properly ended was Mobile Suit Gundam Wing in Shin Super Robot Wars.
  • When the Eldoran Series made its debut in X-Ω, the first entry that got in was Nekketsu Saikyo Gosaurer rather than the more well-known Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh. Part of it may have to do with a Go-Saurer plastic model figure that was announced in the same live stream as the show's feature.
  • Shonen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan might be the most absurd one out of all of them yet: a Slice of Life Anime geared towards children without any Mecha.
  • Pop Team Epic: Seriously?! Taking this up to eleven is Masami Obari himself appearing alongside them during one of the event's cutscenes!
  • Although Little Witch Academia (2017) does feature a Mecha in one episode, seeing a show that is otherwise a comedic Wizarding School Slice of Life Anime aimed at younger audiences with little to do with Mecha be featured is still an unexpected and surprising move.
  • Within Shin Mazinger ZERO, players were mostly expecting that it'll combine the events with the Shin Mazinger continuity, just like it did with Super Robot Wars V and Super Robot Wars X. Despite the ZERO version of Kouji appearing, people weren't surprised since they ended up adding the Mazin Emperor G (with ZERO Kouji being voiced by the Shin Mazinger voice actor). Suddenly, the ZERO version of Tetsuya Tsurugi and the Great Mazinkaiser was added, catching many players off-guard (bonus points for also throwing in the ZERO version of Jun Honoo, even if it was in cutscenes only).
  • The X-Ω version of the Combination Attack "Kaiser Express Combination" managed to throw off Super Robot Wars veterans: thus far, the included Combination Attack tended to be from series that has been in the traditional Turn-Based Strategy installments together. While Brave Exkaiser and The Brave Express Might Gaine are explicitly under the Brave Series label, one would expect Might Gaine to have a combo with the (Genesic) GaoGaiGar; instead, Might's combination partner goes to Exkaiser, who has never been in another Super Robot Wars title until this game.