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Super Robot Wars Original Generation (スーパーロボット大戦ORIGINAL GENERATION Sūpā Robotto Taisen ORIGINAL GENERATION) is a tactical role-playing game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, developed and published by Banpresto in Japan, and later localized by Atlus in North America as Super Robot Taisen Original Generation.
The game was originally released in Japan on November 22, 2002, and stars various original characters created by Banpresto for the Super Robot Wars series. The game was the first in the series to feature no licensed mecha or characters at all - instead, it uses only Banpresto's own creations, in an original story. The games sold well in Japan, and later adapted for a short animated OVA called Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation, which takes place after Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2. A television series, Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars, retells the story of the first game.
Original Generation was released in the United States on August 8, 2006. It is the first game in the Super Robot Wars series to be commercially released overseas, since, unlike the rest of the series, it contains no characters from other media, therefore, no legal entanglements were involved in a foreign release.
A sequel, Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2, was released in Japan and North America. In 2007, Super Robot Wars OG Original Generations, an enhanced remake of both Original Generation games, was released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
Storyline[]
It is two hundred years after the beginning of the "Space Era", a time period when civilization began expanding into space. However, by the start of the 21st century, two meteors struck and destroyed much of the Earth, sending humanity into chaos. By year 179 of the Space Era, secret technology, dubbed Extra-Over Technology, or EOT, was discovered by the Earth Federal Government within a third meteor that had hit Earth at the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific. Dr. Bian Zoldark, while investigating the meteor, also found out that the creators of the Extra-Over Technology were heading to Earth to reclaim it. In order to defend earth, the government starts to develop a group of humanoid mecha, known as Personal Troopers.
The alien race that created Extra-Over Technology, called the Aerogaters by the Earth Federal Government, initially attacks an Earth ship sent out to investigate their presence in the far reaches of the solar system. This initial skirmish ends in a defeat for the Aerogaters, prompting them to sue for negotiations with the Earth Federation Army. Talks are arranged to take place at a secret facility in Antarctica, but the talks are targeted by a rogue faction called the Divine Crusaders.
The Divine Crusaders destroys the Aerogater delegation, then turn on the Federation forces. Bian Zoldark, revealing himself to be the leader of the Divine Crusaders, announces the existence of the Aerogaters to the world and rebel against the Earth Government. As Earth spins into civil war, a new Aerogater force is on the move, seeking to reclaim their lost technology...
Gameplay[]
Original Generation offers the player a choice to play the game from the perspective of either two male protagonists, both of whom find themselves fighting the Divine Crusaders and Aerogaters from different fronts. While both routes share similarities, each character has his own unique missions to follow, as well as meeting different people and piloting different mechs in their respective scenarios. Regardless of who the player chooses, both protagonists and their parties will eventually join up to form one large cast, with brief branching stages, based on the character chosen in the beginning of the game.
As a first in the franchise, Original Generation allows the player to equip or remove weapons on mechs. For example, the Plasma Saber equipped on the Weiss Ritter can be removed and placed on the R-1 for its pilot to utilize during sorties. However, this unique system is only available on mechs that are of the real-type, while super robots are not capable of switching weapons. The game also allows the use of customizing playable pilots, through a set of pilot skills, bought by Pilot Points received from defeating enemy units. These Pilot Points can also upgrade their stats and terrain adaptivity.
Cast[]
Characters[]
- Ryusei Date (Main Character)
- Raidiese F. Branstein
- Aya Kobayashi
- Ingram Plissken
- Gilliam Yeager
- Latune Subbota
- Irmgult Kazahara
- Giado Venerdi
- Garnet Sunday
- Masaki Andoh
- Ryune Zoldark
- Rio Mei Long
- Ryoto Hikawa
- Kai Kitamura
- Kusuha Mizuha
- Kyosuke Nanbu (Main Character)
- Excellen Browning
- Brooklyn Luckfield
- Sanger Zonvolt
- Daitetsu Minase
- Tetsuya Onodera
- Eita Nadaka
- Katina Tarask
- Russel Bergman
- Leona Garstein
- Tasuku Shinguuji
- Radha Bairaban
- Viletta Vadim
- Elzam V. Branstein
- Bian Zoldark
- Nibhal Mubhal
- Jonathan Kazahara
- Robert H. Ohmiya
- Marion Radom
- Kirk Hamill
- Julia Hainkel
- Shu Shirakawa
- Kar-Wai Lau
- Tenzan Nakajima
- Tempest Hawker
- Thomas Pratt
- Adler Koch
- Galuin M'Habel
- Atad Shamran
- Levi Tolar
- Lily Junkers
- Yuan Mei Long
- Lefina Enfield
- Sean Webley
- Eun
- Shine Hausen
- Joyce L'Dhal
- List Incomplete!
Ally Units[]
- Real Personal Trooper Type-1 (R-1)
- Real Personal Trooper Type-2 (R-2)
- Real Personal Trooper Type-3 (R-3)
- SRX
- Alt Eisen
- Weissritter
- Judecca
- Wildrauptier
- Grungust^
- R-Gun
- Valsione
- Valsion
- Valsion Custom (Aerogater copy)
- R-Gun Rivale
- Giganscudo
- Huckebein^
- Gespenst^
- Septuagint
- Lion
- Guarlion Custom (Leona's)
- Schutzwald
^These pages include the information for the "unique" units in the game such as the Gespenst Mk-II Type-R, the Grungust series, etc.
Enemy Units[]
- Megillot
- Megillot Ach
- Yirmeyah
- Yirmeyah Ach
- Mishlei
- Mishlei Ach
- Zechariah
- Habakkuk
- Ezekiel
- Huleh
- Lion
- Guarlion
- Barrelion
- Killer Whale
- Rhinoceros
- List Incomplete!
Factions[]
- Aerogaters
- Divine Crusaders
- Earth Federation Army
- United Colony Corps
- Troye Unit
- Last Battalion
- List Incomplete!
Series included in Super Robot Wars Original Generation[]
- Banpresto Originals (Not a television or movie series)
Media[]
See also[]
- Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2
- Super Robot Wars OG Original Generations
- Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars