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Super Robot Wars 30 RPG's New Video Unveils More Titles in Lineup, October 28 Launch
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The "Super Robot Wars Steel Ultra Appreciation Festival 2021" event debuted a new promotional video for Super Robot Wars 30, the latest game in the long-running Super Robot Wars crossover strategy role-playing game series, on Sunday. The video announced more of the game's intellectual property lineup and October 28 launch.
The festival also announced that the Super Robot Wars DD smartphone game is marking its second anniversary this year by adding the 45th anniversary Super Sentai series Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger and Pac-Man for a limited time. The staff announced that Guinness World Records certified the franchise's world record for "most intellectual property licenses used in a role-playing video game series."
The newly introduced intellectual properties in Super Robot Wars 30 are:
- Knight's & Magic
- Mazinkaiser Infinitism
- The Brave Police J-Decker
- SSSS.Gridman
- Hakaiō ~GaoGaiGar tai Betterman~ (Hakaiō: GaoGaiGar VS. Betterman) manga
The previously released intellectual properties include:
- Super Electromagnetic Robot Combattler V
- Mazinger Z: Infinity
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam
- GaoGaiGar Final
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
- Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
- Getter Robo: Armageddon
- Heavy Metal L-Gaim
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
- Gun x Sword
- Mobile Suit Gundam NT
- Mobile Suit V Gundam
- Majestic Prince
Only the mecha from Z-MSV, M-MSV, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III - Glorification, Mazinkaiser Infinitism, and GaoGaiGar Final will be in the game.
The original male and female protagonists are:
Theme song: Ryūri no Yaiba ~sleeping beast~/Masaaki Endoh
Az Seinklaus voiced by Mai Aizawa
Theme song: Divine beast/M.A.R.Y.4 Tunes
Franchise mainstay Hajime Katoki designed the mecha Huckenbein 30:
Edge and Az will face a mystery enemy named Karleum Vaul (Yūichi Nakamura) in the mecha Gravalin, as designed by Masami Obari (STudio G-1 Neo):
Go Nagai designed the logo for the game.
A Premium Sound & Data Pack will be available for download with music from the original IP titles. (Previous games in the franchise offered physical editions with the music from the various IP titles.)
In addition, there will be two DLC sets this year, each with nine playable mecha (including two from the Super Robot Wars OG sub-franchise) and 13 missions. Players can purchase a season pass with early access to both DLC sets and two bonus missions. The "Ultra Limited Edition" will bundle a Metal Robot Damashii (Ka signature) Side OG figure of Huckenbein 30 and a serial code to download the original soundtrack.
The game will launch on October 28 for the PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam in both Japan and Southeast Asia (in English).
Update: Bandai Namco Enertainment updated the promotional video.
Source: Super Robot Wars Steel Ultra Appreciation Festival 2021
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