Thanks DYKG for giving me the opportunity to help with the research and for making this awesome video on my favorite game franchise of all time. LOL, that typo at 1:49 though 😂
One of the bigger reasons they can't get these brought over to the west? Well, a lot of them include Macross characters and mecha. Harmony Gold refuses to let them get brought over unless A) all Macross characters and Mecha get renamed to their Robotech equivalents and B) that Harmony Gold gets top billing in the credits. Oh, and an unreasonably large amount of money. So... yeah. Hopefully once HG's license lapses we'll see a few of these.
I think they hold accountable only the 3 series they merge into that .... since Macross (the very 1st) and Mospeda are 2 diferent series. But outside that they doesn't had any rights on things like Seven , Frontier , or Plus. Plus they can also do like Expell from Paradise for the music since the english release has an original song.
I have some real hate for Harmony Gold for this reason. Macross (and Do You Remember Love) are among the greatest anime of the 80s imo, and they butchered it and chopped it up and won't even let the real version be released in the west. What a sham. what an ass-terrible company. Anyways yeah. The real reason the west will never see these games on store shelves is because many of these series are in licensing hell
@@oceanmew Add to the fact most mecha that isnt Voltron, Robotech, Gundam, Evangelion, Gurren Lagan are virtually unknown in North America. Most "anime fans" in the US only know current shonen or whatever aired on Cartoon Network back in the day
This was also noted to be the reason why SRW Alpha was going to have an international release, but fell through. Imagine everyone in the wider mecha commmunity knowing about SKILL and GONG by 2010.
SRW is the reason why video game crossovers ever happened, it paved the way for crossovers like Smash, Capcom versus series, NamcoXCapcom, ProjectXZone etc. It is the greatest crossover franchise ever made.
@The Fantom Convoy Mecha, that genre that gave the west stuff like Transformers and Golion, two mainstays in western pop culture yet is one of the most shit on anime genres. Kinda funny isn't it.
The funny part about this is that more or less those crossovers mentioned are all canon to the SRW series by literally confirming the events of PxZ as canon in the latest OG game, the implications of that are just insane on their own.
@The Fantom Convoy Stuff like Franxx, Geass and Lagann should have gotten people more invested in it. But instead they use the 'Its not like other mecha' thing.
I always hate hearing people go "I don't like mecha" But you like Code Geass and Gurren Lagann "Yeah, but those are different" like piss off, give the shows a chance jfc
@@RayShadow278 Yeah. They say it's different but actually don't know the genre. Seriously, the genre has been around over 60 years since the original Tetsujin manga, but yet the past 20 year years is when the genre became intelligent and worthwhile. What a load of rubbish, they've been experimenting since it's inception Mazinger Z, in fact decontructed Tetsujin by being more serious and violent. Like someone said that Mecha is appealing to certain people because it requires no physical training. Tell that to Getter Robo. It required the pilots to be physically strong to withstand the affects of the Getter Machines. Newbie 'Oh Darling in Franxx is different and focuses on the relationship aspect' Me 'It's ironic how 02 is called waifu material and is always calling the main Darling, yet Anna and Go in Godanner fought in tandem and were actually married and went through married couple issues. Or how about Vandread were the men and women are forced to work together despite being from different planets and deals with Hibiki and Dita's relationship and their need to work together with their mechs.' Plus even hardcore mecha fans will learn more about the genre. I was surprised to find Giant Robo introduced the Rocket Punch before Mazinger, a common misconception for even those who are sure they know the genre.
Having worked alongside Steel Souls and Aeon Genesis on a few of these titles, it makes my heart glad to see the amount of support from the fan base for these titles! Thanks for the support everyone!
Thank you so much for said work. I found AGTP through some SNES translation, which led me to the SRW3 translation. Didn't know anything about it other than that something called Gundam existed, essentially. This must have been around 15 years ago. Also found Doukutsu Monogatari there. Compiled a nearly complete torrent of all ROMs and ISOs up until Z at one point. This obviously also led into reading up on and watching lots and lots of mecha. To put it simply: That SRW3 translation helped shape one of my biggest hobbies and I'm really grateful for the work out into it.
@@ssjcybersonic9255 I'm a little late, but the translation of A portable it's amazing, even the profiles are translated, it's like an official translation! Great job!
Well, one is built to be in cross overs, the other is more spontaneous. which kind is better? I don't know... I tend to lean toward the more spontaneous kind (Gurren Lagann, Shin Chan and Godzilla in one game?!? that's much more unexpected than a super hero team ups...), but I can see why people would prefer the other kind...
Glad to see SRW getting some recognition in the west. It truly is a hidden gem of a franchise. Everybody should go and try out the new games that are in English.
@@Reapermaskhybrid Oh man. I ve waitted for years for somthing like this. But i checked it. The last english version dont include my favorite franchise. Macross is not in them. What a shame.
Most of them, Puyo Puyo suffers this too, although for different reasons. T's cartridge being mostly made up of copyright owners shows that indeed up until this point, it was a copyright nightmare. Netflix was also a godsend in this regard as Expelled from Paradise wouldn't be featured at all if it weren't for the service giving it exposure to the west, and Bandai Namco choosing to let people vote on the series as well reducing legal headaches.
If you want SRW in the West, tell Namco Bandai themselves. I'm happy this video was made because it shows Namco Bandai that there clearly is an interest and market for it.
My two favorite Super Robot Taisen games deserve an honorable mention; Super Robot Pinball for Game Boy Color and Super Hero Retsuden for the Dreamcast. Neither follow the traditional format of the rest of the games in the series, but are exceptionally fun in their own right. I highly recommend them.
I can't believe you guys actually made a video on this. Here's hoping this sparks the fan-translation projects once more, resulting in even more games available to those who weren't able to experience them.
I've beaten A Portable, its a rough fuckin time by the end, Zweizergain is a bastard DAIMOS is ridic tho, Kazuya's Ace Bonus of 100% Parry Rate renders him functionally immune to over half the attacks in the game
I never got why a lot of anime fans I've come across are always like "i don't like mecha" despite never watching anything outside maybe the first episode of Gurren Lagann. Like what's there not to like about giant robots beating the shit out of eachother smh
Thumbs up to you for making this video. As a player of SRW since the gameboy days, I am so glad to see the SRW series gaining popularity across the globe today. Back then I already thought it was cool to have such a game being a Japanese robot/anime fan.
TARDISES I know the OGs exist, but I think it’s safe to say I’d prefer licensed characters, and I kiiiinda want a physical release in America. However, the fact I can play them in English at all is a godsend that I very much appreciate
It's like a cross of Fire emblem and every Mecha anime out there. It's an amazing long running series, fell in love immediately when i first played Super Robot Taisen Original Generation game on GBA :>
So you're telling me that only 3 out of the 50+ SRW games are actually had a western release because possible licensing? And they say Fire Emblem's 1-6 not localized was insanity.
It was in fact good reason. Banpresto could secure licences from major Japanese companies, but licencing of anime on west is literal shitfast, with common cases when no one exactly know who own what. As result of that it was literally impossible to release it outside Japan. Beside Original Generation what don't have licenced property.
@@TheRezro It didn't help either that at one point we NEARLY got the Dreamcast version of Alpha until Harmony Gold went nuts because of it having the original Macross in it. From what I understand they were the only obstacle to it getting released at the time but they weren't having it. So yeah, another reason to not like Harmony Gold
Bryce McKenzie Robotech and transformers are the problem as they are made of multiple anime and held by very stingy controlling copyright holders in the west-_-
@The Fantom Convoy I know Transformers isn't in SRWs but some of the franchises that Hasbro bought mechs and robots from in the mid 80s to make G1 Transformers do have represenation in SRW games so that like Robotech being a hodge podge of multiple franchises make things a little harder to deal with copyright granted Hasbro would probably be willing to work with Namco on those IPs that were turned into transformers western rights if they'er franchise gets some representation in there the main problem is Harmony Gold seeing anything related to the shows they used to make Robotech espacly Macross a masive threat to their brand -_- which is pretty silly and childish in my eyes
It's more like "The West don't buy into the rest of the series in SRW." SRW isn't just about Gundam series, but it mostly uses their calendars for timeline purposes, even if some games fuck that to hell.
@The Fantom Convoy true but none have had the same strong following as Gundam had for the past decade. While Gundam has released a new series bi-annually/tri-annually, the other mecha series didn't because of multiple reasons.
Unfortunately as of July 2020, V and X are still restricted to the asian digital storefronts and T nowhere in sight on Steam. Not that I mind as I buy hard copies anyway.
With the Remaster craze going on, they can put out ASIA version remasters of their classic games that many fans want. Especially the OG games. Here's hoping.
I remember their was a tv show called robot wars were people built their own robot and battled it against someone elses and home robots (built by specialists) and they tried to break (kill) each other with chain saws or flame throwers etc
I wish there would be Super Jump Wars game. As in, the same turn-based strategy game style, but with Jump Characters. When i play a game based on anime, i prefer to kick back and watch my favorite attacks in turn-based mode, rather in real time battles, where i am forced to always be on edge, thus not being able to watch my favorite attack on game's graphical engine. I hope i am not the only one who sees appeal of turn-based games in this way.
Nice! I'm one of the few who actually fell in love with the OG games back on the GBA. If any English speakers want a taste of what these amazing SRPGs are like, try those out! Also, thanks for reminding that T's finally released. I'll just go to play-asia real quick...
as of 5 days ago, I guess we can't say anymore that "no main Super Robot Wars game has an American release" since Super Robot Wars 30, oddly, will have a North American release on October 27
I think Super Best Friends Play is one of the few none mech TH-camrs that played SRW games. When four of them played Z3 only two knew what was going on while the other two only knew Gurren Lagann haha
Bamco has also recently released Kamen Rider Climax Fighters in Asian regions with an English language option because unlike Super Sentai with Power Rangers and the Shout Factory officially subtitled DVDs, the franchise has zero representation over here.
@@teddyriggs1305 What happened is that the thumbnail of this video was changed some time after it was published. Originally, instead of T, it showed AE (a fan-made game) in the middle
you guys forgot something, there was another anime based on super robot wars, not on the series, but on the elemental lords, characters, the anime is called Cybuster, named after the Lord of wind Mech.
Thankfully with the V/X/T psuedo-saga being in full translation (and being relatively easy games) its the perfect chance for new players to get into the series. If you like mecha anime, you'll like these games. In some cases, the adapted story turns out better than the original work (lookin at you SEED Destiny).
The games having an English translation and getting released in Asian territories is the closest we'll get to having these getting a western localization. Largely due to the licensing and the fact that an English dub will probably be demanded if this was to be tried to get released in the west, for a niche title it'll be way too expensive to risk. I'll glady stick with importing then at least we can still have it in English text.
YESSSS !!!!! Finally someone put out a video to acknowledge this underrated franchise !!!! Been playing the games since SRWF final chapter came out on PSX :)
Awesome! You guys did SRW! Just want to mention one bit. Depending on which robot series in the game, you can also change the pilots around. Fans of the Gundam series always wanted to see what happens if Amura Ray gets his hands on the Gundam NT. Or just for laughs, what if we put Boss in Mazinger? You can do that!
Super Robot Wars has been released outside Japan. OG and OG 2 for GBA were released in America. And a lot of the more recent games were released in Asia.
Ah yes, the Forbidden Fruit Theory The thing that is unreachable and locked, is more desired than the reachable , and available Luckily I'm learning Japanese
It all started with Marth and Roy in Melee, to playing Fire Emblem Path of Radiance. Then discovering Disgaea, which lead me to look for more turn based strategy RPGs. As a young kid browsing through GBA emulators and I stumbled upon a SRW GBA game and I never looked back...it easily makes one of my top 3 favorite video game franchise all time. This genre went from “why would you waste a consoles processing power on these types of games” to one of the few types of video game genres I’ll play when I barely have time due to adulting lol Thanks for the video and the exposure! Supah Robot, Supah Robot Wars! Lol
i think a fun way to get SRW in the west is to make a game specifically with westerners in mind, so crossing over series that wouldn't have a hard time in the west. A few that come to mind are Transformers, Power Rangers, Gundam (for the history), etc
Been playing every translated so far and I'm still a high supporter in buying every one that has English included in Asian version. Great series for mecha fans indeed.
Finally i been waiting for you to make a Video about Srw. Edit:Also for people who wants to play A Super Robot Wars game i Recommend Srw Z series those were the best.
I've finish Super Robot Wars V. Thanks to your video now I understand why the translation is so good. Now playing Super Robot Wars T I'm still amaze. The game it's rock solid for me. If for some reason Bandai decide to re-release some of the old games or new ones for PC/Steam. It would be a blast.
@@mehmetburak8Yeah, it's a bit complicated but in a nutshell, they basically confirmed the events of PxZ as canon to the series, two characters (Hacken and Sanger) literally just appear in one of the games basically telling about their adventures in that game, also PxZ main characters have been in SRW endless frontier before, and PxZ was already very notorious for referencing other capcom crossovers like MvC and had Nintendo characters from FE and Xenoblade (which also features Kos-Mos from Xenosaga, who has been in both series before) On another note, apparently that game is canon to the .hack series too, so yeah, SRW is the biggest multiverse ever, the. amount of references and canonical connections in these games is insane.
This is my favourite game series bar none. The fact its being translated (albeit for SEA) was the best news i ever heard. I pray more people get to discover this franchise.
@Irregular/ Hunter420 Yeah. Big O has appeared in: • SRW D • SRW Z • SRW Z2-1 • SRW Z2-2 • SRW Z3-1 • SRW Z3-2 Maybe it also appeared in a smart phone game (I'm not sure), but I usually don't count those anyway Edit: I'm pretty sure Jigoku-Hen is Z3 (not Z2) 👍
Sad to hear Banpresto as a independent company is no more than being part of Bandai Namco's umbrella as of now. But Bandai Banpresto isn't so bad. It did pave over to many later video game & anime licensed crossovers
Playing SRW T on Switch right now. First game I've played in the series so far. The stores here all have X and V in English, so I might pick those up later. Still not sure if I like it or not. I'm on like chapter 5 or 6, and haven't upgraded a single thing at all because I don't know what's important to upgrade yet and I don't see any way to go back and grind levels or resources... but I also haven't upgraded anything yet because nothing seems to be able to even hit me. I've never seen the main mech, the Tyrando get hit even once. I've had other characters get hit maybe one time in a fight, but they were never in danger of dying. Maybe I need to bump up the difficulty? I went for normal mode, but it seems to be putting battles in hard. There's also Expert and Super-Expert (or something like that). I figure I'm not an expert since I've never played the series. I also know very little about mech anime, though who doesn't like giant fighting robots? Still not sure if this series is worth going through without being an anime fan, but I'll keep going for now.
one more trivia is how well merge is some of the lore and mythos of each series are integrated to another or even fix by the writers. For example, the writters basically rewrite the entire half of Gundam SEED Destiny in SRW L (in DS) just so the plot make sense and avoid some of the unnecesary deaths ... even so ... to the point you can save the vast mayority of the canonical deaths and others (such as Ken from Goddanar and Michael from Macross Frontier). Or make the same but on Azure of Fafner in UX (and also make the joke since both SEED and AoF has the same character desingner).
Thanks DYKG for giving me the opportunity to help with the research and for making this awesome video on my favorite game franchise of all time.
LOL, that typo at 1:49 though 😂
Big thanks
thanks hugely for this man,this brought joy to my day., 💖
P.S. I always see you when searching for OSTs here in youtube,lol.,
Hype train
im glad they are more than willing to work with somebody to make a video like this.
also Super War Wars V is my favorite game ever!
I see you have the best mecha as your avatar, nice.
"Then everything changed when SRW 30 was released on Steam"
Here's hoping we continue to get SRW titles on English Steam
still waiting for them to realize there many OG fan out there and want Moon Dweller on PC
Who cares it's steam. Thankfully modern consoles aren't region locked
SRW: Doing top anime crossovers long before it was cool
And Multiverve stuff.
One of the bigger reasons they can't get these brought over to the west? Well, a lot of them include Macross characters and mecha. Harmony Gold refuses to let them get brought over unless A) all Macross characters and Mecha get renamed to their Robotech equivalents and B) that Harmony Gold gets top billing in the credits. Oh, and an unreasonably large amount of money. So... yeah. Hopefully once HG's license lapses we'll see a few of these.
Its a shame too since the Z saga is one of the best and Macross Frontier is a large part of Z3.
I think they hold accountable only the 3 series they merge into that .... since Macross (the very 1st) and Mospeda are 2 diferent series. But outside that they doesn't had any rights on things like Seven , Frontier , or Plus.
Plus they can also do like Expell from Paradise for the music since the english release has an original song.
I have some real hate for Harmony Gold for this reason. Macross (and Do You Remember Love) are among the greatest anime of the 80s imo, and they butchered it and chopped it up and won't even let the real version be released in the west. What a sham. what an ass-terrible company.
Anyways yeah. The real reason the west will never see these games on store shelves is because many of these series are in licensing hell
@@oceanmew Add to the fact most mecha that isnt Voltron, Robotech, Gundam, Evangelion, Gurren Lagan are virtually unknown in North America. Most "anime fans" in the US only know current shonen or whatever aired on Cartoon Network back in the day
This was also noted to be the reason why SRW Alpha was going to have an international release, but fell through. Imagine everyone in the wider mecha commmunity knowing about SKILL and GONG by 2010.
SRW is the reason why video game crossovers ever happened, it paved the way for crossovers like Smash, Capcom versus series, NamcoXCapcom, ProjectXZone etc. It is the greatest crossover franchise ever made.
@The Fantom Convoy Mecha, that genre that gave the west stuff like Transformers and Golion, two mainstays in western pop culture yet is one of the most shit on anime genres. Kinda funny isn't it.
The funny part about this is that more or less those crossovers mentioned are all canon to the SRW series by literally confirming the events of PxZ as canon in the latest OG game, the implications of that are just insane on their own.
@The Fantom Convoy Stuff like Franxx, Geass and Lagann should have gotten people more invested in it. But instead they use the 'Its not like other mecha' thing.
I always hate hearing people go "I don't like mecha" But you like Code Geass and Gurren Lagann "Yeah, but those are different" like piss off, give the shows a chance jfc
@@RayShadow278 Yeah. They say it's different but actually don't know the genre. Seriously, the genre has been around over 60 years since the original Tetsujin manga, but yet the past 20 year years is when the genre became intelligent and worthwhile. What a load of rubbish, they've been experimenting since it's inception Mazinger Z, in fact decontructed Tetsujin by being more serious and violent. Like someone said that Mecha is appealing to certain people because it requires no physical training. Tell that to Getter Robo. It required the pilots to be physically strong to withstand the affects of the Getter Machines. Newbie 'Oh Darling in Franxx is different and focuses on the relationship aspect' Me 'It's ironic how 02 is called waifu material and is always calling the main Darling, yet Anna and Go in Godanner fought in tandem and were actually married and went through married couple issues. Or how about Vandread were the men and women are forced to work together despite being from different planets and deals with Hibiki and Dita's relationship and their need to work together with their mechs.' Plus even hardcore mecha fans will learn more about the genre. I was surprised to find Giant Robo introduced the Rocket Punch before Mazinger, a common misconception for even those who are sure they know the genre.
Ok, knowing that Namco and Banpresto hired fans translators to help with the english subs made me respect them more.
Having worked alongside Steel Souls and Aeon Genesis on a few of these titles, it makes my heart glad to see the amount of support from the fan base for these titles! Thanks for the support everyone!
Thank you so much for said work. I found AGTP through some SNES translation, which led me to the SRW3 translation. Didn't know anything about it other than that something called Gundam existed, essentially. This must have been around 15 years ago. Also found Doukutsu Monogatari there. Compiled a nearly complete torrent of all ROMs and ISOs up until Z at one point. This obviously also led into reading up on and watching lots and lots of mecha. To put it simply: That SRW3 translation helped shape one of my biggest hobbies and I'm really grateful for the work out into it.
@@Arancil I can't take much credit, as I was only 'n translation editor on SRW Ex and A Portable, but I appreciate it still!
@@ssjcybersonic9255 I'm a little late, but the translation of A portable it's amazing, even the profiles are translated, it's like an official translation! Great job!
@@blaze45ful The team did a really great job on this entire project. Thanks for the support!
stop lying dude you didnt do anything lol they said they dont know you and. there wasnt anyone else involved!
"Marvel's Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history"
Super Robot Wars: "LMAO, sure fam :^)"
Well, one is built to be in cross overs, the other is more spontaneous. which kind is better? I don't know... I tend to lean toward the more spontaneous kind (Gurren Lagann, Shin Chan and Godzilla in one game?!? that's much more unexpected than a super hero team ups...), but I can see why people would prefer the other kind...
Smash Bros. is up there as well.
MCU drones blown the fuck out!
@@MisterHeroman drone this drones that
Little little self esteem
@@naotatheendlessesper Projecting much?
Glad to see SRW getting some recognition in the west. It truly is a hidden gem of a franchise. Everybody should go and try out the new games that are in English.
I knew one day super robot wars was going to be in region lock
Same here
@@igodreamer7096 Also, nice to see Bandai Namco finally making the V, X, and T installments of the SRW games region free and translated into English.
@@Reapermaskhybrid Wait what? When did this happen? In which platfroms? And how can i get them?
@@sotoskun861 I got my PS4 copy on Amazon a month ago, man.
@@Reapermaskhybrid Oh man. I ve waitted for years for somthing like this. But i checked it. The last english version dont include my favorite franchise. Macross is not in them. What a shame.
So this was your secret plan, D180223?!
In the video description,
"Footage provided by D180223"
yup this was the secret plan
SRW time.
Everything makes sense now
That guys was very famous on a lot of comment sections ya know! kudos to him!
Even though we never got them, the games are still pretty good
Most of them, Puyo Puyo suffers this too, although for different reasons. T's cartridge being mostly made up of copyright owners shows that indeed up until this point, it was a copyright nightmare. Netflix was also a godsend in this regard as Expelled from Paradise wouldn't be featured at all if it weren't for the service giving it exposure to the west, and Bandai Namco choosing to let people vote on the series as well reducing legal headaches.
Z2 is the best.
Indeed
Mngalahad Aye aye.
11:25 - also, all of those licenses. A lot of those games involve the Macross franchise, which Harmony Gold fiercely defends with its dying breath.
I remember playing Super Robot Wars OG for the GBA. I really loved that game, as a fan of Advance Wars and Fire Emblem. Glad to see it mentioned more!
Cowboy Bebop in a mecha game? Let's jam!
You lived after all
Yup and he's actualy one of the best untis in T
I highly recommend this series to all Mecha anime fans!
Even to non mecha anime fans., they may come to like them.
It's a very fun series.
Had a feeling this is what my man D180223 was helping with! Excellent video! :)
If you want SRW in the West, tell Namco Bandai themselves. I'm happy this video was made because it shows Namco Bandai that there clearly is an interest and market for it.
5:43 Actually this SRW game IS developed by SEGA's very own Chain Chronicle team. They will show SEGA logo before the title screen.
Glad y’all showcased this series, any exposure helps.
SRW 30: Allow me to introduce myself.
My two favorite Super Robot Taisen games deserve an honorable mention; Super Robot Pinball for Game Boy Color and Super Hero Retsuden for the Dreamcast. Neither follow the traditional format of the rest of the games in the series, but are exceptionally fun in their own right. I highly recommend them.
One of my favorite series...Great games..Massive respect for the time and efforts of the translating teams out there.
This series is so mainstream where I'm from since the 90s. Glad western people are getting to know it.
日本人？
I can't believe you guys actually made a video on this. Here's hoping this sparks the fan-translation projects once more, resulting in even more games available to those who weren't able to experience them.
I just want the OGs games remakes for the PS2 to get a translation
Rather an official translation, these days fan translations hardly get finished or ignore the story completely to save time.
Well that happened. OGs for the PS2 got a full translation in English and was released just before Christmas 2020!
OGs for PS2 and W for DS got translations since this video was posted.
Good to see a big gaming channel talk about SRW, esp with d180's help
also the Wing bit at the end was p top tier.
Anyone that sees this that gets interested in the series, just don't start with A Portable. Unless you want to cry yourself to sleep.
I've beaten A Portable, its a rough fuckin time by the end, Zweizergain is a bastard
DAIMOS is ridic tho, Kazuya's Ace Bonus of 100% Parry Rate renders him functionally immune to over half the attacks in the game
I never got why a lot of anime fans I've come across are always like "i don't like mecha" despite never watching anything outside maybe the first episode of Gurren Lagann. Like what's there not to like about giant robots beating the shit out of eachother smh
I'd have to disagree with Gurren Lagann not having much substance
What the. This game looks god tier. Thanks for releasing it overseas 😭
You can import English versions from play-asia.com
You can buy English versions in Singapore psn store. You only need to buy Singapore psn cards online first.
That was a really weird episode of Gundam Wing Abridged at the end of this Region Locked....
Who did this abridged btw? I'm curious
Nice
We get a video on SRW and the game featured in the center of the thumbnail isn't real
Over 50 games and somehow that happened
Kisama?
@@adventureoflinkmk2 yes?
@@BanprestoPurgatory just making sure I had my Japanese right is all
@@adventureoflinkmk2 power to you
What do you mean it isn't real? Was it cancelled or summin?
THAT'S THE MAZINGER Z THEME! 😭😭😭😭 The nostalgia feels man......
Fuck yeah! One of my favorite series, the main reason I started learning Japanese
mousefire777 when are we going to get speak in a week day 2?
When Super Robot Wars Z gets an official English localization
Me too.
Same here actually! :D
Same, I started learning Japan after SRWFFinal and got decent enough to understand SRWAlpha's story.
I'm a simple man, see is about SRW, thumbs up
Playing Endless Frontier IT HAS THE WEIRDEST BATTLESYSTEM IVE SEEN IN AN RPG but the animations are godly, as usual in the SRT franchise
Super Robot Taisen for life.
Imagine Megas XLR in a Super Robot Wars game.
Next time when Bandai Namco does a poll for the next title, you should vouch for Megas XLR to be in it.
I have wanted this for so many years, not gonna lie
"Uh, Coop? What are they saying?"
"I have no idea."
Who even owns that show right now anyway? Didn't CN do some kind of write-off that essentially forced them to never air it again?
@@dr.velious5411 That has to do with broadcast rights, not merchandising.
Thumbs up to you for making this video. As a player of SRW since the gameboy days, I am so glad to see the SRW series gaining popularity across the globe today. Back then I already thought it was cool to have such a game being a Japanese robot/anime fan.
Finally THE Region Locked series gets its due, thank you D108!
Man, I've never heard of this series, and never have really been into mech anime, but this video makes me want to check out both
If you haven't yet SRW 30 was released officially on English Steam a long while back.
I’ve always wanted an official Super Robot Wars localization, and I’m glad this video brings such an injustice to light
TARDISES I know the OGs exist, but I think it’s safe to say I’d prefer licensed characters, and I kiiiinda want a physical release in America. However, the fact I can play them in English at all is a godsend that I very much appreciate
I'm from the future and i'm telling you that SRW 30 is now the first official game to be released worldwide on Steam. Get it right now!
It's like a cross of Fire emblem and every Mecha anime out there. It's an amazing long running series, fell in love immediately when i first played Super Robot Taisen Original Generation game on GBA :>
So you're telling me that only 3 out of the 50+ SRW games are actually had a western release because possible licensing? And they say Fire Emblem's 1-6 not localized was insanity.
It was in fact good reason. Banpresto could secure licences from major Japanese companies, but licencing of anime on west is literal shitfast, with common cases when no one exactly know who own what. As result of that it was literally impossible to release it outside Japan. Beside Original Generation what don't have licenced property.
@@TheRezro It didn't help either that at one point we NEARLY got the Dreamcast version of Alpha until Harmony Gold went nuts because of it having the original Macross in it. From what I understand they were the only obstacle to it getting released at the time but they weren't having it. So yeah, another reason to not like Harmony Gold
Oh shit, a Super Robot Wars video. I wasn't expecting this.
Look at all these Srw fans rising from the shadows.
This series is actually one of my favorites. I got over 10 of them in japanese(Sadly)
A neat follow up video might be "Another Century's Episode", or ACE. Same crossover concept but arcade gameplay instead. Also it's a FROM title.
But the gameplay is very different tho. If anyone like Gundam, can try SD Gundam G Generation. Got a new title coming out this year.
I never expected to see SRW on here, but I'm happy to.
50 games? They really need to Port this! I'm really intrigued
Bryce McKenzie Robotech and transformers are the problem as they are made of multiple anime and held by very stingy controlling copyright holders in the west-_-
@The Fantom Convoy I know Transformers isn't in SRWs but some of the franchises that Hasbro bought mechs and robots from in the mid 80s to make G1 Transformers do have represenation in SRW games so that like Robotech being a hodge podge of multiple franchises make things a little harder to deal with copyright granted Hasbro would probably be willing to work with Namco on those IPs that were turned into transformers western rights if they'er franchise gets some representation in there the main problem is Harmony Gold seeing anything related to the shows they used to make Robotech espacly Macross a masive threat to their brand -_- which is pretty silly and childish in my eyes
@@demi-fiendoftime3825 Don't forget Harmony Gold. Which the sole reason most Japanese Macross games ain't going to the US.
Always love seeing SRW get some attention
Namco Bandai: "thE wEst dOEsn't bUy gUndAm!"
I think it's more of the difficulty of publishing a extremely niche title to the west
@@ALam5 Gundam aren't niche. The problem is always the licensing.
It's more like "The West don't buy into the rest of the series in SRW."
SRW isn't just about Gundam series, but it mostly uses their calendars for timeline purposes, even if some games fuck that to hell.
@The Fantom Convoy true but none have had the same strong following as Gundam had for the past decade.
While Gundam has released a new series bi-annually/tri-annually, the other mecha series didn't because of multiple reasons.
@The Fantom Convoy fair enough though.
And of course a week ago, Banpresto announces that SRW: X and T will now be getting official US releases on Steam, PS4, and Switch.
Is there official us releases of L and Z by any chance?
Unfortunately as of July 2020, V and X are still restricted to the asian digital storefronts and T nowhere in sight on Steam. Not that I mind as I buy hard copies anyway.
With the Remaster craze going on, they can put out ASIA version remasters of their classic games that many fans want. Especially the OG games. Here's hoping.
I remember their was a tv show called robot wars were people built their own robot and battled it against someone elses and home robots (built by specialists) and they tried to break (kill) each other with chain saws or flame throwers etc
This is a very good Region Locked episode, altrough i feel that a mention of JAM Project involvement with the series would have been welcomed.
I even attended their concert in Japan once. Good times.
The way he pronounced Mazinger is hilarious to me.
Favorite mech and character in the entire series is Shu Shirakawa and his Granzon. Dark Prison slaps! No matter which iteration!
It's Greg! Always a pleasure listening to his stuff.
I wish there would be Super Jump Wars game. As in, the same turn-based strategy game style, but with Jump Characters.
When i play a game based on anime, i prefer to kick back and watch my favorite attacks in turn-based mode, rather in real time battles, where i am forced to always be on edge, thus not being able to watch my favorite attack on game's graphical engine.
I hope i am not the only one who sees appeal of turn-based games in this way.
Holy crap I forgot how young the pilots in Gundam Wing were, look at the size of them.
Nice! I'm one of the few who actually fell in love with the OG games back on the GBA. If any English speakers want a taste of what these amazing SRPGs are like, try those out! Also, thanks for reminding that T's finally released. I'll just go to play-asia real quick...
I never in my life thought that did you know gaming would talk about SRW
SRW: OG is one of my favorite games of all time
as of 5 days ago, I guess we can't say anymore that "no main Super Robot Wars game has an American release" since Super Robot Wars 30, oddly, will have a North American release on October 27
Wow, rare to see SRW being covered by any youtuber.
I think Super Best Friends Play is one of the few none mech TH-camrs that played SRW games. When four of them played Z3 only two knew what was going on while the other two only knew Gurren Lagann haha
Bamco has also recently released Kamen Rider Climax Fighters in Asian regions with an English language option because unlike Super Sentai with Power Rangers and the Shout Factory officially subtitled DVDs, the franchise has zero representation over here.
Kind of surprised no one's pointed it out, but the "AE" Switch game in the thumbnail is fan made.
Andrew Kos SRW T IS available on the switch
@@teddyriggs1305 What happened is that the thumbnail of this video was changed some time after it was published. Originally, instead of T, it showed AE (a fan-made game) in the middle
you guys forgot something, there was another anime based on super robot wars, not on the series, but on the elemental lords, characters, the anime is called Cybuster, named after the Lord of wind Mech.
The Cybuster Anime has so much inspiration from Masou Kishin and yet so little in common with it that it's kinda hilarious to watch for its own sake.
@1:10 FIRE! BOMBER! (Yes I'm a Macross Nerd and no I won't apologize for 7 being my favorite soundtrack)
In a future video, please make about the Masoukishin series, Cybuster and cia. need more love outside of Japan!
Thankfully with the V/X/T psuedo-saga being in full translation (and being relatively easy games) its the perfect chance for new players to get into the series. If you like mecha anime, you'll like these games. In some cases, the adapted story turns out better than the original work (lookin at you SEED Destiny).
Finally! Representation for a series I've been following for years!
It's a damn shame because I for one REALLY want it localized
The lastest 3 games have full English translations and if you have a PS4 or a Switch you can just buy them off amazon like any other game
The games having an English translation and getting released in Asian territories is the closest we'll get to having these getting a western localization. Largely due to the licensing and the fact that an English dub will probably be demanded if this was to be tried to get released in the west, for a niche title it'll be way too expensive to risk. I'll glady stick with importing then at least we can still have it in English text.
YESSSS !!!!! Finally someone put out a video to acknowledge this underrated franchise !!!! Been playing the games since SRWF final chapter came out on PSX :)
Came to this video after I just finished watching playthroughs of the OG gba games. Pretty cool series!
Now watch V,T and X games, or you can just order them, they come in English subs.
lolcatjunior That’s a big fat nah. At least, for the time being. I got other things I’m working on and they take priority. But maybe someday!
I've played Endlezz Frontier. It is FANTASTIC
Maybe now a hero that can translate Alpha 1/Z will show up.
Awesome! You guys did SRW! Just want to mention one bit. Depending on which robot series in the game, you can also change the pilots around. Fans of the Gundam series always wanted to see what happens if Amura Ray gets his hands on the Gundam NT. Or just for laughs, what if we put Boss in Mazinger? You can do that!
Oh hey, a video on my favorite series ever made
Super Robot Wars has been released outside Japan. OG and OG 2 for GBA were released in America. And a lot of the more recent games were released in Asia.
Watch the video.
All of which is covered in this video.
Ah yes, the Forbidden Fruit Theory
The thing that is unreachable and locked, is more desired than the reachable , and available
Luckily I'm learning Japanese
It all started with Marth and Roy in Melee, to playing Fire Emblem Path of Radiance. Then discovering Disgaea, which lead me to look for more turn based strategy RPGs. As a young kid browsing through GBA emulators and I stumbled upon a SRW GBA game and I never looked back...it easily makes one of my top 3 favorite video game franchise all time.
This genre went from “why would you waste a consoles processing power on these types of games” to one of the few types of video game genres I’ll play when I barely have time due to adulting lol
Thanks for the video and the exposure! Supah Robot, Supah Robot Wars! Lol
No longer region locked!!!
i think a fun way to get SRW in the west is to make a game specifically with westerners in mind, so crossing over series that wouldn't have a hard time in the west. A few that come to mind are Transformers, Power Rangers, Gundam (for the history), etc
Man, I've got Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier on the ds. It's fun
Been playing every translated so far and I'm still a high supporter in buying every one that has English included in Asian version. Great series for mecha fans indeed.
Finally i been waiting for you to make a Video about Srw.
Edit:Also for people who wants to play A Super Robot Wars game i Recommend Srw Z series those were the best.
Its also was pretty newbie friendly especially with Z2 onward
TheGreatWan The BGM is also one the best of the series (to me that is)
@@sadam-kd5ug Heck yeah. The Banpresto Originals theme were really, really good on Z
I've finish Super Robot Wars V. Thanks to your video now I understand why the translation is so good. Now playing Super Robot Wars T I'm still amaze. The game it's rock solid for me. If for some reason Bandai decide to re-release some of the old games or new ones for PC/Steam. It would be a blast.
Just an advice for new people getting into the series.
Everything is canon in franchise, even Nintendo and Marvel stuff.
Really?
@@mehmetburak8Yeah, it's a bit complicated but in a nutshell, they basically confirmed the events of PxZ as canon to the series, two characters (Hacken and Sanger) literally just appear in one of the games basically telling about their adventures in that game, also PxZ main characters have been in SRW endless frontier before, and PxZ was already very notorious for referencing other capcom crossovers like MvC and had Nintendo characters from FE and Xenoblade (which also features Kos-Mos from Xenosaga, who has been in both series before)
On another note, apparently that game is canon to the .hack series too, so yeah, SRW is the biggest multiverse ever, the. amount of references and canonical connections in these games is insane.
This is my favourite game series bar none. The fact its being translated (albeit for SEA) was the best news i ever heard. I pray more people get to discover this franchise.
One of the games has the Big O and Roger Smith as a playable character.
Big O has actually appeared in 6 of these games 👍
J-Marcos The series is something I was always interested in.
@Irregular/ Hunter420 Yeah. Big O has appeared in:
• SRW D
• SRW Z
• SRW Z2-1
• SRW Z2-2
• SRW Z3-1
• SRW Z3-2
Maybe it also appeared in a smart phone game (I'm not sure), but I usually don't count those anyway
Edit: I'm pretty sure Jigoku-Hen is Z3 (not Z2) 👍
Sad to hear Banpresto as a independent company is no more than being part of Bandai Namco's umbrella as of now. But Bandai Banpresto isn't so bad. It did pave over to many later video game & anime licensed crossovers
Playing SRW T on Switch right now. First game I've played in the series so far. The stores here all have X and V in English, so I might pick those up later. Still not sure if I like it or not. I'm on like chapter 5 or 6, and haven't upgraded a single thing at all because I don't know what's important to upgrade yet and I don't see any way to go back and grind levels or resources... but I also haven't upgraded anything yet because nothing seems to be able to even hit me. I've never seen the main mech, the Tyrando get hit even once. I've had other characters get hit maybe one time in a fight, but they were never in danger of dying.
Maybe I need to bump up the difficulty? I went for normal mode, but it seems to be putting battles in hard. There's also Expert and Super-Expert (or something like that). I figure I'm not an expert since I've never played the series.
I also know very little about mech anime, though who doesn't like giant fighting robots? Still not sure if this series is worth going through without being an anime fan, but I'll keep going for now.
Loved this episode! I found the SRW series on accident years ago and fell in love with it. Just got my copy of SRW T the other day super fun!
thank god I got the rom for the one localized GBA one
Thanks for this video. Really important. Love me some Taisen. Congratulations on the book.
HOW DARE YOU KEEP A TURN-BASED ROBOT GAME AWAY FROM ME REEEEEEEEEEE
I love the Super Robot Wars series, it's one of my favorite Strategy RPGs ever and it made me interested in the mecha genre in general.
- V.D.
I hope someone could do a fan translation of Super Robot Wars F and Super Robot Wars Final on the Sega Saturn.
one more trivia is how well merge is some of the lore and mythos of each series are integrated to another or even fix by the writers.
For example, the writters basically rewrite the entire half of Gundam SEED Destiny in SRW L (in DS) just so the plot make sense and avoid some of the unnecesary deaths ... even so ... to the point you can save the vast mayority of the canonical deaths and others (such as Ken from Goddanar and Michael from Macross Frontier). Or make the same but on Azure of Fafner in UX (and also make the joke since both SEED and AoF has the same character desingner).