This week’s issue of Famitsu Magazine had screenshots forSuper Robot Wars T, showing new characters and mecha units, including fan favorite Umi fromRayearth. As always, you can find these below, but keep in mind Bandai Namco should publish direct-feed versions of these same screenshots a few days from now.
Moreover, the magazine also included comments from producers Takanobu Terada and Shouhei Mogami. Here are the most interesting tidbits:
Super Robot Wars Tis coming to Switch along with PS4 because it’s a very popular console and allows players to play the game both at home and on the go.
A lot of the series included in T are series many fans wanted, both in and outside Japan. This time, they put in even more consideration towards fan’s answers in the polls asking which series you’d like to see.G GundamandGaoGaiGarare in because it’s been a very long time since they last appeared, and because of their popularity outside Japan.Getter Robo: Armageddon, Might Gaine, Top wo Nerae!, Gun x SwordandMartian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darknessare also among the most requested series in polls by non-japanese fans.
As they do surveys and polls, they also know that the majority ofSuper Robot Warsplayers are men. They hope thatRayearth’sfemale fans will playSuper Robot Wars T,and they’d like more women to playSuper Robot Warsin general. They’re also trying to appeal to multiple generations.Captain Harlockis for people into anime for a very long while, then you’ve gotRayearthfor people the generation below,Cowboy Bebopfor the generation a bit below, and thenExpelled from Paradiseis for younger people.
They decided the series in the new mobile game,Super Robot Wars DD, at the same time as the series inSuper Robot Wars T,and made it so both games have attractive series while avoiding redundancy.
As usual, the stories of the series included will be rewritten to fit together. This is especially the case here as some series included have the Earth already in ruins in their story. The previous game,Super Robot Wars X, was set in another world, so for T, they decided to go back to the how things are usually, with a classic setting featuring Earth.
Producer Terada said that when writing aSuper Robot Warsgame’s story, they basically have two methods. Either they decide on how the story will go overall, pick the series, and then write the story in detail. Or they pick most of the series and then write everything later. ForSuper Robot Wars T, they went with the second method.
Super Robot Wars Twill have some new gameplay system(s) compared to previous games, they’ll reveal them later.
Fans greatly appreciated the “movie cut-ins” inSuper Robot Wars X,so they included even more cut-ins like that inT. These are the cut-ins you often find in X’s strongest attacks. These animations go much beyond an animated portrait of the pilot, and are closely similar to anime, with lots of movements, different points of views and camera changes, etc. Many of the strongest attacks in T will have cut-ins like that. The animation team struggled a lot to create satisfying animations.
The game will have some “what if” stories that are only possible inSuper Robot Wars, like the meeting betweenDunbine’s Shoh andDunbine OVA’s Shion, who is supposed to be his reincarnation.
They put in a Gespesnst as a “special guest unit” as they already put in a Huckebein + a Grungust in V, and Cybaster, Masaki and his cats inX. The Gespenst is one of the first Original mecha they created for the series, and it first appeared inSuper Robot Wars 4, part of the first saga in the series. However the Gespenst in T will be piloted by a brand new Original character. So they thought it’ll be cool to see the newest character they created pilot one of the oldest mecha they created.
Moreover, this week’s issue of Famitsu Magazine also features its traditional end of the year corner, the “Game developers' aspirations for next year”. In it, Producer Terada said that he’s hard at work and need to be “tough” to be sure theSuper Robot Warsseries' games are developed without issues. The series will have 3 games in 2019:Super Robot Wars T, the new mobile gameSuper Robot Wars DD, and the already released and ongoing mobile gameSuper Robot Wars Cross-Omega. As for what Terada-san is looking forward to in 2019, he’s awaiting the releases ofAce Combat 7, Left Alive,and the finalYamato 2202movie. He’s also looking forward to the climaxes of the three big Tokusatsu series’s latest shows:Ultraman R/B, Kamen Rider Zi-OandKaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger.Lastly, he enjoys camping so he’d like to go camping in 2019.
Super Robot Wars Twill launch for PS4 and Switch in Japan on March 20. The Southeast Asia version of the game with English subtitles will release the same day. A new version of the first trailer that now includes the release datewas published as well.In Japan, the game will also receive a limited edition containing 35 different songs. The Edit BGM function, which allows you to use any MP3 file, will however only be included in the PS4 version. Producer Terada also said onthe latest streamthat the game’s Original characters should be revealed in January, which means the second trailer should be released then as well.
