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Initial machine of Kusuha at the start of Alpha 3. A mass produced prototype based on the Choukijin.
The upgraded form of Granteed. It's one of the Super Robots you choose in the beginning of Super Robot Wars J.
Created by Go Nagai in 1974, Great Mazinger is the successor and direct sequel to Mazinger Z. Piloted by Tetsuya Tsurugi, it often appears in video games with Mazinger Z and Kouji Kabuto.
The title robot of Go Nagai's 1975 anime, Grendizer is the third Super Robot in the Mazinger metaseries. Piloted by Duke Fleed, it gained a huge following in European and Arabic countries, and is often paired with Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger in video games.
One of the latest of the Grungust series.
Considered one of the most frequent and controversial implements of destruction in video games and real life, guns are devices that fire projectiles with explosive force.
Lead Super Robot of Gainax's 1988 OVA series "Aim for the Top!" Piloted by Noriko Takaya and Kazumi Amano, it appears in three Super Robot Wars games as one of the largest, most powerful units, with its biggest weakness being excessive energy consumption.
Gurren Lagann is the protagonist mecha for most of the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann anime series; it is a combination of Simon's Lagann and Kamina's Gurren. In Super Robot Wars, it is depicted as a powerhouse that gets stronger as its pilots' Will raises, but has very limited attack range.
Whether it's worn for protection or style, helmets appear in various game genres.
One of the Huckebein models, it was custom painted by Elzam Von Branstein, and has the Branstein family crest on it.
Title Super Robot of Yoshiyuki Tomino's 1980 anime, piloted by Cosmo Yuki and Kasha Imhof, as well as various crewmembers. Seldom seen in video games, its appearance in Super Robot Wars mirrors its anime incarnation as one of the most overpowering robots of all, along with the risks and dangers that come with it.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
The SPT-LZ-00X Layzner is the titular mecha of the Blue Comet SPT Layzner anime series. It is much smaller and more agile than most mecha, and its signature technique, V-MAX, allows it to literally become a blue comet of destruction.
Traditionally, lightning is a form of electrical discharge originating within clouds. Within video games, lightning can be used as an offensive attack.
Machine guns, generally, are heavier weapons with a rapid rate of fire. To quote the Quake manual, they "eat ammo like popcorn."
Mazinger Z, created by Go Nagai in 1972, is a popular Super Robot, featured in manga, anime, and several video games, including various arcade shooters and all Super Robot Wars games involving giant robot anime crossovers. Piloted by Kouji Kabuto, it is considered the first super robot.
Mechs (or Mecha) are humanoid-like pilot driven vehicles often depicted in media as a combat machine. Early examples of Mech/Mecha in video games are often derived from early manga and anime as well as table-top games.
The titular mobile suit of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, piloted by Kamille Bidan and later Roux Louka. It can transform into a jet-like "Waverider."
The eponymous machine of Super Dimension Century Orguss. It was built by using Emaan technology to remodel Kei Katsuragi's wrecked Bronco II.
Mobile Suit from the Gundam Wing series.
The third model of the Tallgeese built with some of Gundam Epyon's features. It is featured in Gundam Wing Endless Waltz and is piloted by Zechs Merquise.
There are only four Rafclans in Super Robot Taisen J's universe. Of the three, are piloted by Al-Van Ranks, Fu-Lu Mu-Lu, and Jua-Mu Dalbi. The fourth one is still located on earth.
A super robot equipped with System LIOH. Piloted by Touma Kanou of the Alpha Numbers.
The title robot of Yoshiyuki Tomino's 1975 animated series, Reideen is cited as the first Super Robot with ancient, mystical orgins. Piloted by Akira Hibiki, it is often used in the uncommon "ranged Super Robot" role in games it has appeared in.
A mechanical lifeform, typically exhibiting superhuman abilities, that can be found in games as either the main protaganist or as powerful enemies or allies.
The title robot of Yoshiyuki Tomino's 1979 anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam". Piloted by Amuro Ray, it is the basis for every Gundam series and robot after it, separated itself from the Super Robot genre, and spawned a franchise spanning anime, manga, video games, model kits, and much more.
The Nu Gundam is a mobile suit that appears in Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, and is often Amuro Ray's mobile suit of choice in various Gundam and Super Robot Wars games.
The Hi-Nu is a Mobile Suit that appears in Char's Counterattack's second novelization, Beltorchika's Children. Despite its non-canon status, it is often portrayed in video games as Amuro Ray's ultimate MS.
The Scopedog is an iconic mecha from Armored Trooper Votoms. It is the antithesis of the typical protagonist's mecha: small, dull-colored, mass-produced, and relatively expendable.
Main interstellar spacecraft of the Macross anime
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