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These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
A game based on an anime.
Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Some television shows are ripe for interactive adaptations. Like Grey's Anatomy, or The Young Ones.
Tokusatsu is the name for Japanese live-action entertainment with traditional special effects. Made popular in the West by the likes of Godzilla, Ultraman, and Power Rangers, many games use the genre's over-the-top style, such as Viewtiful Joe and The Wonderful 101.
A corrupt military organization that serves as the antagonistic force of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
An art style prevalent in anime in which a character or other item is rendered in smaller proportions in order to make it small, cute, and cuddly.
Londo Bell is the protagonist group from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. It is also the name given to the player's team in most early Super Robot Wars games.
The One Year War is a fictional conflict featured in the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime and countless related sidestories. The war between the Earth Federation and Principality of Zeon is featured in many, if not most, Gundam-related games.
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