History Trivia / SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration

* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'', after TheReveal about Al-Van, Calvina started to antagonize Katia, Festenia and Melua, whereas [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Melissa Mao]] [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan literally slapped some sense on her]]. In ''The Moon Dwellers'', she didn't antagonize the three, but nearly flew into rage when Touya started inquiring about his father from her at a bad timing, where she thought he was also accusing her for conspiring with the enemy too. This is eventually stopped when both Irmgard Kazahara and Aya Kobayashi intervened, with Irm stating that he didn't want to end up marking her a deserter, while Aya indirectly told her that she was also betrayed by a lover (Ingram Prissken) so Calvina wasn't the only one suffering a betrayal of lover.

** Creator/KenyuHoriuchi voices [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationOthersAndWalkingSpoilers Jonathan Kazahara]] and his son [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Irmgult Kazahara]] in ''The Inspectors''.

* Unlike ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden]]'', the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlphaGaiden Machinery Children]] in ''Original Generation 2'' are clones of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Arado Balanga]], not [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Egret Feff]].

** The "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Aerogaters]]" do not arrive after the "[[CivilWar Divine Crusaders War]]": it's the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Inspectors]]". Similarly, Meteor-3 does not crash on the Earth; it's implied the radioactive mineral "Tronium" used to power the SRX is brought to Earth rather than being found within the meteor.
** [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Excellen Browning]] dies in the shuttle crash. Her parents take her body and resuscitate her through science and technology, rendering her into [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lemon Browning]]]]. Likewise, Sanger is killed-in-action: [[spoiler:his body is taken by the Shadow-Mirror and rebuilt into the W-Numbers [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration W-15 "Wodan Ymir"]]. It's implied the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einst]]", instead of Excellen, targets [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Kyosuke Nanbu]], creating the destructive "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Beowulf]]"]].

* [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Ing Egret]] is [[spoiler:not a Machinery Child: he's a clone of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ingram Plisken]]. [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Euzeth Gozzo]] uses Ing as an "artificial pilot" in place of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha2 Irui Gan Eden]] to control the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Nashim Gan Eden]]]] in the final scenario of the ''Second Original Generation''. Most people have inferred that Egret Feff was working for [[spoiler:Euzeth]] all along, just like [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Nibhal Mubhal]]]] has been doing since the very beginning.

* It's explicitly stated the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Zuvorg Alliance]]" haven't directly fought the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ze Balmary Empire]]": in fact, it's unclear if the latter even exists in ''Original Generation''. It's suggested the Zuvorg had scuffles on the edges of their systems with the Balmar's "Neviim" lunar satellites and their automated legions and such, referring to those things as the "wandering Balmar".

* Rather than use the "[[{{Anime/Raideen}} the Star of La-Mu]]" in ''MX'', [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Eldy Mitte]] uses the Cross Gate in the Fabula Fores beneath Antarctica to power up the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX AI-1]]". [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Duvan Org]] also attempts it, but the Alles Geist can't handle its power. Since Eldy is simply using Duvan to buy time, the AI-1 absorbs Duvan and the Alles, turning into its final form from ''MX'']].
* In general, the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Gaia Sabers]]" don't seem to really mind what [[spoiler:Eldy]] is doing throughout the game (until it turns out [[spoiler:Euzeth was counting on her to complete the AI-1 all along]]), and General Mitall Zapad was openly trying [[spoiler:to stop her from working on it. Like ''MX'', Eldy eventually kills Mitall for interferring with her plans]].
* The plan to include [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Arteil Steinbeck]] in the story has been around since the developers were drawing up the story for ''Original Generation''. The writers even thought about adding him to ''Divine Wars'', ''Original Generations'' and ''The Inspectors''. Instead, Steinbeck is briefly mentioned in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' before appearing fully for the ''Second Original Generation''.

** The Huckebeins being ExiledFromContinuity in ''Divine Wars'' is continued to the point of self-parody: Bullet's intended Huckebein MK II and its mass-produced variants are replaced by a mass-produced Wildschwein (a mech that ''also'' resembles a Franchise/{{Gundam}}, though not as much as the Huckebein). Likewise, the "[=GuarBein=]" MK III Trombe belonging to [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Ratsel Feinschmecker]] in episode nine is a mish-mash of the Huckebein MK III and his old Guarlion Custom, while [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ryoto Hikawa]] gets the '''[=EX=]'''bein, the InUniverse prototype of the MK III.
* The {{Leitmotif}} "Fairy Dang-Sing" heard in episode ten is the first time since ''Alpha'' a character's theme song is given official lyrics. Current [=SRW=] series producer Takanobu Terada wrote the lyrics, with the voice actresses for [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Latooni Subbota and Shine Hausen]] singing it.
** In the same episode, the SuperRobot ''Gravilion'' used by [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Archibald Grims]] is a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen: the animated staff states the Gravilion was originally going to be in the first game as an enemy unit for the Divine Crusaders, but this was dropped during development. Eventually, they decided to bring it into ''The Inspectors'' to showcase the Neo Divine Crusaders having access to exotic, {{Super Robot}}s other than the Valsion Custom in ''Divine Wars''.

* ActorAllusion: Of sorts; the voice actor for [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Russel Bagman]] has no other roles because his primary job is "director photographer". In other words, he's the one in charge of the background.

* CastingGag: When [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Shouko Azuma]] turns into "[[HenshinHero Fighter Emi]]", her helmet is shaped like a cat's head, likely a reference to Shouko's voice actress Creator/HiromiKonno and her role as Neko Musume from the 2007 version of ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro''.

** Meta-example - [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Lenonjayce Stallord and Patricia Hackman]] may have created some of the Gespenst's more famous attacks, but before ''Original Generation'' was released, the machine was largely forgotten by [=SRW=] players. When [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Kai Kitamura]] makes his debut in the games, who demonstrates why the Gespenst isn't a simple {{Mook}} unit, fan reception to the mech, largely due to Kai's {{Memetic Badass}}ery with the machine, gave it a well-deserved bump back up on par with other units like the SRX and Dygenguard. By the ''Second Original Generation'', the Gespenst is as easily recognizable as some of players' favorite units throughout the franchise.
** {{Irony}} ensues InUniverse: TheFederation originally intended to scrap the Gespenst in favor of the cost-efficient, mass-produced Huckebein until Kai takes this further by designing a customized, mass-produced Gespenst MK II in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' on his own (with some internal support from [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Gilliam Yeager]]) and promoting its benefits to the higher-ups. By the ''Second Original Generation'', these Gespenst MK II Custom units are used widely by the military over the Huckebein.
* ContestWinnerCameo: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Katina Tarask]] was the winner of a character design contest for a TradingCardGame.

* NamesTheSame: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Professor Kisaburo Azuma]] to [[Characters/CompatiHeroSeries Doctor Kisaburo]]
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Due to probably sharing the same hiring studio, starting with the ''Second Original Generation'', a lot of voice actors are recycled from works in the [[Creator/{{Koei}} Tecmo Koei]] ''[[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Warriors]]'' [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors fran]][[VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi chise]]. For instance, with the exception of Joshua, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Contagio]] and Perfectio, the cast of ''Destiny'' have done at least one ''Warriors'' installment; as of ''The Moon Dwellers'', all of the ''Judgment'' cast (except the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration co-pilot trio and Fu-Lu Mu-Lu]]).

** Creator/ReiSakuma voices [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Radha Bairaban]] and [[Characters/MasouKishin Kuro]], the latter of Masaki's two {{Familiar}} cats.
** Creator/YumikoKobayashi voices [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Ariel Org]], the same voice actress as Ryoto, except this time it isn't a CrossdressingVoice.
** Subverted with [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Keparoc Narmo]]; despite Creator/TetsuInada voicing him, he and Ratsel do not meet.
** Creator/KenyuHoriuchi voices [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Jonathan Kazahara]] and his son [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Irmgult Kazahara]] in ''The Inspectors''.

** Creator/ShihoKawaragi as [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Eun Hyojin]]

** Kousuke Okano as [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Lee Linjun]] in ''The Inspectors''

--> ''Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers''[[note]]Occurs post-''Coffin of the End''; explicitly referenced due to [[spoiler:the Cybuster losing its connection to Cyfis]], which happens in the finale for ''Coffin of the End''; furthermore, [[spoiler:the FinalBoss in this game is the same one from ''Coffin of the End'']][[/note]]

** Building off the above, [[spoiler:the "Sympathia System" used in the ''Destiny'' HumongousMecha are replicas of the Fury's "Cytron Control System", first hinted at when [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Joshua Radcliffe]] is using his "Geant Chevalier" and it resonated with the Granteed; this is later confirmed]].

--> ''Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers''[[note]]Occurs post-''Coffin of the End''; explicitly referenced due to [[spoiler:the Cybuster losing its connection to Cyfis]], which happens in the finale for ''Coffin of the End'', and [[spoiler:the FinalBoss being Yotennai, last seen falling to the Cross Gate at La Gias, not killed]][[/note]]

* In ''Judgment'', the Fury is noted to have been locked in a war with another faction in regards of the fate of Earth. In ''Moon Dwellers'', this was revealed to be [[spoiler:the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Ruina]], and the Fury won and sealed Perfectio and the Fabula Fores in Antartica. After this, the Fury constructed Granteed as a countermeasure in case Perfectio returns.]]
** Building off from the above, [[spoiler:the Sympathia system used in the ''Destiny'' mecha are replicas of the Fury's Cytron Control System. It was first hinted at when Josh's Geant Chevalier resonated with Touya's Granteed, and later confirmed]].

** When the [[spoiler:Nashim Gan Eden]] fires a WaveMotionGun towards the moon just as the FinalBoss scenario is underway in the ''Second Original Generation'', many players believed this event was simply {{Foreshadowing}} ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'' getting into ''Original Generation'' as the villainous "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Fury]]" reside deep within the moon; even [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha3 Elma]] makes a quip about this in ''Dark Prison'', citing the blast "did not hit any man-made structures". Sure enough, they serve as the headlining antagonists in ''The Moon Dwellers''.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Due to probably sharing the same hiring studio, starting with the ''Second Original Generation'', a lot of voice actors are recycled from works in the [[Creator/{{Koei}} Tecmo Koei]] ''[[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Warriors]]'' [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors fran]][[VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi chise]]. For instance, with the exception of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Joshua Radcliffe, Contagio and Perfectio]], the cast of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'' have done at least one ''Warriors'' installment; as of ''The Moon Dwellers'', all of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'' cast (except the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration co-pilot trio and Fu-Lu Mu-Lu]]).

* FanNickname: See [[FanNickname/{{VideoGames N-S}} here]] for the entries

* In ''Judgment'', the Fury is noted to have been locked in a war with another faction in regards of the fate of Earth. In ''Moon Dwellers'', this was revealed to be [[spoiler:the Ruina, and the Fury won and sealed Perfectio and the Fabula Fores in Antartica. After this, the Fury constructed Granteed as a countermeasure in case Perfectio returns.]]

* In RealLife, the mechanical design of the Wildschwein is based off of an early mechanical design for the Huckebein. InUniverse, however, the Huckebein line is developed directly from the Wildschwein.

--> ''Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers''[[note]]Occurs post-''Coffin of the End''; explicitly referenced due to [[spoiler:the Cybuster losing its connection to Cyfis]], which happens in the finale for ''Coffin of the End''[[/note]]

Main {{continuity}} for ''Original Generation'' is roughly as follows:

---> ''EndlessFrontier'' [[note]]Occurs concurrently with ''Original Generation 2''[[/note]]

---> ''[[EndlessFrontier Endless Frontier EXCEED]]'' [[note]]Set sometime after ''Original Generation Gaiden'', but before the ''Second Original Generation''[[/note]]
---> ''[[AnotherCenturysEpisode Another Century's Episode R]]'' [[note]]Set sometime after ''Original Generation Gaiden'', but just as the ''Second Original Generation'' begins[[/note]]

---> ''Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Dark Prison'' [[note]]Occurs simultaneously with, but ends shortly after the last scenario of the ''Second Original Generation''[[/note]]
--> ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' [[note]]Set sometime post-''Second Original Generation'' due to the inclusion of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Sanger Zonvolt]] and his references to those events in ''Project X Zone''; bridged further due to ''The Moon Dwellers'' having [[Character/EndlessFrontier Haken Browning]] set to appear in the latter[[/note]]
--> ''Masou Kishin: The Lord of Elemental Part 2'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoDS[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable UpdatedRerelease) [[note]]''Part 2'' cannot occur between the ''EX'' scenarios and the Elemental Lords returning to the surface world in the ''Second Original Generation'', as WordOfGod states the secret Elemental Lords' attacks are only present as an unlockable treat to players, which should not occur until later[[/note]]

* All pre-made ''Alpha'' protagonists [[DivergentCharacterEvolution become original characters]]. In the ''Alpha'' series, only [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Kusuha Mizuha and Brookyln "Bullet" Luckfield]] were given unique personalities.
* The scene where [[Characters/MasouKishin Masaki Andoh]] uses the Cybuster and displays its power at Wake Island was pastiched from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars2''. Likewise, the scene with the first appearance of [[Characters/MasouKishin Lune Zoldark]] is a replica of a similar event from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3''.
* In RealLife, the mechanical design of the Wildschwein is based off of an early mechanical design for the Huckebein. InUniverse, however, the Huckebein line was developed directly from the Wildschwein.
* Unlike ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden]]'', the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Machinery Children]] in ''Original Generation 2'' are clones of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Arado Balanga]], not [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Egret Fehu]].
* [[CombinationAttack Rampage Ghost]] can be used with the Rein Weiss Ritter for the first time in ''Original Generation 2''. In ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Super Robot Wars Impact]]'', the player has a choice of either reverting the Rein to normal or keep it as it is but lose the [[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Getter Robo]]; doing the latter, however, gains Rampage Ghost for the normal Weiss Ritter and Alt Eisen Riese, something ''Original Generation'' doesn't have.

* The key differences between the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Shadow-Mirror]] dimension and the Original Generation universe are as follows:
** The "Elpis Incident" killed off the entire [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Branstein family]]. Fortunately, the youngest son [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Raidiese]] survived; however, he was killed during the "Vanishing Trooper Incident". This event also made it taboo among mechanical designers to ever manufacture another [[AMechByAnyOtherName Personal Trooper]] that resembles a Huckebein, which explains the proliferation of Gespensts within the Shadow-Mirror.
** The [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Aerogaters]] did not arrive after the [[CivilWar Divine Crusaders War]]: it was the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Inspectors]]. Similarly, Meteor-3 did not crash on the Earth; it's implied the radioactive mineral "Tronium" used to power the SRX was brought to Earth rather than being found within the meteor.
** [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Excellen Browning]] died in the shuttle crash. Her parents took her body and resuscitated her through science and technology, rendering her into [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lemon Browning]]]]. Likewise, Sanger was killed-in-action: [[spoiler:his body was taken by the Shadow-Mirror and rebuilt into the W-Numbers [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration W-15 "Wodan Ymir"]]. Inspectors and [=OGs=] add this up with the side-effect that the Einst instead targetted Kyosuke Nanbu and succeeded since Excellen wasn't there to balance him, creating the destructive Beowulf]].

* One of ploys of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsReversal Duminuss]] is to use a dead character close to the protagonists in order to demoralize them. In its [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal original game]], it was [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Master Asia]], who was resurrected via DG Cells until an overload of [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Rays]] purged it from his body. In ''Original Generation'', [[spoiler:Lamia is used; rather than Machine Cells (the ''Original Generation'' {{Expy}} of DG Cells), she's reprogrammed in a way where it might not be possible to restore her (since she's the last of the Shadow-Mirror). [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Axel Almer]], who's NotQuiteDead, reboots Lamia into her original programming via "Code: DTD"]].
* Instead of the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] dispatching the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Cry Wolves]], it was a [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Jetzt Regisseur]]. Subsequently, Foglia Est wasn't zombified and had to be given a MercyKill; instead, he pulls a HeroicSacrifice for his father Albero Est]].
* For ''Alpha Gaiden'' and this installment, [[Characters/MasouKishin Shu Shirakawa]] is the TrueFinalBoss. However, he blatantly states he serves "[[Characters/MasouKishin Shiva Volkruss]]" for this game instead of referring to it as "a being" for ''Alpha Gaiden''. Meanwhile, the final battle against him in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' is more of parallel to the same one from ''Super Robot Wars 3'' than ''Alpha Gaiden'' by summoning several automated Valsion units, with the title of the scenario being called "Armageddon", the same one from ''3''.
* Backstory in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3'' loosely mentions another ''Heaven''-class Shura God in the Swordian Fortress. It still remains in slumber by the end of the game.

* Back in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsEX'', playing Masaki's route will lead to him and his allies encountering the Zamzeed under Shutendonias control, with vague mentions that [[Characters/MasouKishin Tytti Noorbuck]] has a history with the Elemental Lord. It isn't until ''The Lord of Elemental'' was released that this PlotHole was resolved; as LateArrivalSpoiler is in play for this game regarding ''Masou Kishin'', Tytti explicitly tells the surface dwellers the Zamzeed was previously used by their posthumous comrade [[Characters/MasouKishin Ricardo Silvera]]. The game also highlights on Tytti's conflicting emotions when [[Characters/MasouKishin Mio Sasuga]] is chosen to be Ricardo's successor.
* [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Ing Egret]] is [[spoiler:not a Machinery Child: he's a clone of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ingram Plisken]]. This is why [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Euzeth Gozzo]] absorbs him in the final scenario of the ''Second Original Generation'', in hopes to take a sample of Ingram's DNA]]. Most people have inferred that Egret Fehu was working for [[spoiler:Euzeth]] all along, just like [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Nibhal Mubhal]]]] has been doing since the very beginning.
* Back in ''Super Hero Sakusen'' ("Super Hero Operations"), Euzeth used the power of Series/{{Ultraman}} to become Chojin Zest, an {{Expy}} of [[Series/UltramanTiga Evil Tiga]]. [[spoiler:In the ''Second Original Generation'', he does the same, but with the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Nashim Gan Eden]] instead of Ultraman, becoming the Adamatron]].
* The [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Zuvorg Alliance]] haven't directly fought the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ze Balmary Empire]]: in fact, it's unclear if the latter even exists in ''Original Generation''. It's suggested the Zuvorg had scuffles on the edges of their systems with the Balmar's Neviim and their automated legions and such, referring to those things as the "wandering Balmar".
* The fate of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Perfectio]] remains the same, except [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Ventus]]]] is the one who takes the place of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Treize Kushrenada]]. Perfectio even reveals the memories of [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Felio Radcliffe]]]], which fills in some lingering {{Plot Hole}}s from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'', namely explaining the SplitPersonality of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Cliana Rimskaya]], since the ''Second Original Generation'' did not use the experimentation trauma from ''Destiny'' which caused the split, and where the missing Melior Esse comes from ([[spoiler:Liana being an incomplete Melior Esse]]). Perfectio also notes about [[{{Precursors}} an ancient civilization that created the Cross Gate]].
* The Medius Locus stops evolving after it reaches its second form because [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Eldy Mitte]]]] assassinates Albero Est, believing he is an obstacle for the AI-1's evolution. The Medius Locus is discarded afterwards; instead, its replacement is the [[spoiler:Model-X "Garberus", previously hinted at in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsMX'', and the intended final prototype of the Tsentr Project]].
* Rather than use the [[{{Anime/Raideen}} the Star of La-Mu]] in ''MX'', Eldy uses the Crossgate beneath Antarctica to power up AI-1. [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Duvan Org]] tries to do it too, but the Alles Geist can't handle its power. Since Eldy is simply using Duvan to buy time, the AI-1 consumes him once she doesn't need him anymore.
* The [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Gaia Sabers]] don't seem to really mind Eldy, in general (until it turns out [[spoiler:Euzeth]] was counting on her to complete the AI-1 all along), and General Mitall Zapad was openly trying to stop her from working on it. Like ''MX'', [[spoiler:Eldy eventually kills Mitall for interferring with her plans]].
* The plan to include [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Arteil Steinbeck]] in the story has been around since they were drawing up the story for ''Original Generation''. The writers even thought about adding him to ''Divine Wars'', ''Original Generations'' and ''The Inspectors''. Instead, Steinbeck is briefly mentioned in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' before appearing fully for the ''Second Original Generation''.

--> "These are your ancient forebearers" [[note]][[spoiler:Nashim Gan Eden and Gebel Gan Eden]][[/note]]

* In the first episode, aside from the SRX that Beowulf destroys, two other machines are seen. According to WordOfGod, they are the Grungust and the Wildraubtier.
** The Huckebeins being ExiledFromContinuity in ''Divine Wars'' is continued to the point of self-parody: Bullet's intended Huckebein MK II and its mass-produced variants are replaced by a mass-produced Wildschwein (a mech that ''also'' resembles a Franchise/{{Gundam}}, though not as much as the Huckebein). Likewise, the "[=GuarBein=]" MK III Trombe belonging to [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Ratsel Feinschmecker]] in episode nine is a mish-mash of the Huckebein MK III and his old Guarlion Custom, while [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ryoto Hikawa]] gets the '''[=EX=]'''bein, the in-universe prototype of the MK III.
* The {{Leitmotif}} "Fairy Dang-Sing" heard in episode ten is the first time since ''Alpha'' that a character's theme song is given official lyrics. Current [=SRW=] series producer Takenobu Terada wrote the lyrics, with the voice actresses for [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Latooni Subbota and Shine Hausen]] singing it.

* In episode nineteen, the voices of the [=RyuOhKi=] and [=KoOhKi=] are Masami Obari and Terada, respectively. This marks the first time the Choukijin are voiced.

* ActorAllusion: Of sorts; the voice actor for Russel Bagman has no other roles, because his primary job is "director photographer". In other words, he's the one in charge of the background.
* AscendedFanon: Latooni and use of the Wildraubtier. ''Original Generation'' wasn't very demanding in terms of "mandating" players to put which character in which unit, and due to her lack of plot focus, the game allows Latooni to be in any mecha without protest. However, savvy players will put two-and-two together and place her in the Wildraubtier the instant [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ryusei Date]] is done with it, due to it matching her high evasion stat and ranged combat style perfectly. This didn't go unnoticed by the developers, and in ''Original Generations'', the switch became mandatory. Even when she isn't using the Fairlion, the Wildraubtier remains her default unit.
* CastingGag: When Shouko Azuma turns into Fighter Emi, her helmet is shaped like a cat's head, likely a reference to Shouko's voice actress Creator/HiromiKonno and her role as Neko Musume from the 2007 version of ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro''.
* ColbertBump: A meta-example - [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Lenonjayce Stallord and Patricia Hackman]] may have created some of the Gespenst's more famous attacks, but by the time ''Original Generation'' came around, the machine had fallen on hard times. When Kai Kitamura shows up, he gives the Gespenst a well-deserved bump back into the halls of awesome. InUniverse, he takes this further by designing the MK II M Custom in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' on his own (with some internal support from [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Gilliam Yeager]]) and promoting its benefits to the higher-ups.
* ContestWinnerCameo: Katina was the winner of a character design contest.

** Played with regarding Beowulf: fans deduced he was associated with the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einsts]] via FacialMarkings under his eyes in his character portrait for ''Original Generations'', similar to [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einst Alfimi]]. The ''Endless Frontier'' drama CD doesn't explain why the MK III could regenerate a lost limb after Axel uses the Soulgain to destroy it, further fueling the speculation he is tied to the {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. The first five minutes of ''The Inspectors'' confirms this, but its validity in the games' {{Continuity}} has not been established yet.
** When the [[spoiler:Nashim Gan Eden]] fires a WaveMotionGun towards the moon just as the FinalBoss scenario is underway in the ''Second Original Generation'', many players believed this event was simply {{Foreshadowing}} ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'' getting into ''Original Generation'' as the villainous Fury reside deep within the moon; even [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha3 Elma]] makes a quip about this in ''Dark Prison'', citing the blast "did not hit any man-made structures". Sure enough, they serve as the headlining antagonists in ''The Moon Dwellers''.
* NamesTheSame: Professor Kisaburo Azuma to [[Characters/CompatiHeroSeries Doctor Kisaburo]]
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Due to probably sharing the same seiyuu studio, starting with 2nd [=OGs=], you will notice that the game uses a lot of seiyuus that have done voice works in [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors KOEI's]] [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Warriors]] [[VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi games]], regardless of which one came out first. For instance, the whole Ruina minus [[Creator/ToshihikoSeki Perfectio]] and [[Creator/BinShimada Contagio]] are voiced by Warriors' alumnus (Masaya Takatsuka (Aquila/Naoe Kanetsugu), Ryota Takeuchi (Ignis/Katakura Kojuro & Uesugi Kagekatsu), Creator/KenjiNojima (Ventus/Lu Xun), Creator/YukaKomatsu (Glacies/Tamamo no Mae), Hiroko Uchida (Umbra/Lu Lingqi)). Even [[Creator/HoukoKuwashima Rim's VA]] has done voicework there (Wang Yi).
** This trend eventually continues to ''The Moon Dwellers'', excepting the Fury girls and Fu-Lu, newly voiced characters use many ''Musou'' alumnus, such as Creator/NobunagaShimazaki (Touya/Guan Xing), Creator/MasumiAsano (Calvina/Zhang Chunhua), Creator/HideoIshikawa (Al-Van/Jia Xu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Zhou Tai, Mouri Motonari), Creator/MasayaMatsukaze (Jua-Mu/Todo Takatora), Shunzou Miyasaka (Akimi/Shimazu Toyohisa, Ne Zha)

** Creator/ReiSakuma also voices [[Characters/MasouKishin Kuro]], one of Masaki's two {{Familiar}} cats.
** Creator/YumikoKobayashi voices Ariel, the same voice actress as Ryoto, except this time it isn't a CrossdressingVoice.
** Subverted with Keparoc Narmo; despite Creator/TetsuInada voicing him, he and Ratsel do not meet.
** Creator/KenyuHoriuchi voices Jonathan Kazahara and his son [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Irmgard Kazahara]] in ''The Inspectors''.

** Creator/ShihoKawaragi as Eun Hyojin
** YuuAsakawa as Aguija in ''The Inspectors''
** Kousuke Okano as Lee Linjun in ''The Inspectors''

** [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Excellen Browning]] died in the shuttle crash. Her parents took her body and resuscitated her through science and technology, rendering her into [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lemon Browning]]]]. Likewise, Sanger was killed-in-action: [[spoiler:his body was taken by the Shadow-Mirror and rebuilt into the W-Numbers [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration W-15 "Wodan Ymir"]]]].

** [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Excellen Browning]] died in the shuttle crash. Her parents took her body and resuscitated her through science and technology, rendering her into [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lemon Browning]]]]. Likewise, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Sanger Zonvolt]] was killed-in-action: [[spoiler:his body was taken by the Shadow-Mirror and rebuilt into the W-Numbers [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration W-15 "Wodan Ymir"]]]].

--> ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGaiden Masou Kishin: The Lord of Elemental Part 1]]'' (NintendoDS[=/=]PlayStationPortable UpdatedRerelease)

--> ''Masou Kishin: The Lord of Elemental Part 2'' (NintendoDS[=/=]PlayStationPortable UpdatedRerelease) [[note]]''Part 2'' cannot occur between the ''EX'' scenarios and the Elemental Lords returning to the surface world in the ''Second Original Generation'', as WordOfGod states the secret Elemental Lords' attacks are only present as an unlockable treat to players, which should not occur until later[[/note]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: Since the main cast is craploaded with them, this is for those exclusively in ''Original Generation''.
** Ratsel is [[Anime/TurnAGundam Harry Ord]] and [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Lu Bu]]
** Kai is [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Berserker]], when he actually speaks coherently.
** Kouta Azuma can't use the "[[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Mugen Punch]]" or shout "[[{{Franchise/Jewelpet}} Burning]]", but he sure does sound like the person who uses it.
** Daitetsu Minase is the male half of [[Anime/MazingerZ classic Baron Ashura]]: ''no joke''...oh, and [[spoiler:like a certain [[{{Naruto}} old ninja, who doubles as the village's leader]], he too gets killed by a {{Face Heel Turn}}ing subordinate]].
** Lefina Enfield is [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Tomoyo]], [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Hikari]] and [[MaiHime Akane]]
** Radha Byraban is [[Anime/OnegaiMyMelody My Melody]]
** Ariel Org is [[Franchise/{{Jewelpet}} Gumimin]]
** Rishu Tougou is [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Zuo Ci]]
** Imagine Kenneth Garret as [[{{Franchise/Jewelpet}} Aoi's new butler]]
** Brian Midcrid is [[{{Manga/Bleach}} Sosuke Aizen]] and [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Maximillian Jenius]]
** Tenzan Nakajima is [[Anime/TurnAGundam Corin Nander]]
** Maier von Branstein is [[Anime/CodeGeass Charles zi Britannia]] and [[{{Hellsing}} Alexander Anderson]]
** Van Vat Tran is Albero
** Archibald Grims is an evil, crazed version of [[Anime/MacrossPlus Isamu Alva Dyson]], minus the variable fighter.
** Ouka Nagisa is [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist Riza Hawkeye]] and [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Melissa Mao]]
** Wilheim von Juergen is [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Kvar]]; too bad there's no [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Kratos Aurion]]-equivalent in ''Original Generation'' telling him to "Feel the pain! Of those inferior beings! As you burn in Hell!"
** Mitsuko Isurugi is [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Setsuko Ohara]]

* In RealLife, the mechanical design of the Wildschwein is based off of an early mechanical design for the Huckebein. In-story, however, the Huckebein line was developed directly from the Wildschwein.

* In-universe, the Wild Falken and Wild Wurger are meant to be a GenerationXerox of the Weiss Ritter and Alt Eisen, respectively.

* One of Duminuss' ploys are to use a dead person close to the protagonists to demoralize them. [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Originally]], it was [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Master Asia]] to demoralize Domon and the Shuffle Alliance by shoving a lot of Machine Cells to him, until eventually an overload of [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Ray]] by Neo Getter purged him from the Machine Cells. In the OG continuity, [[spoiler:it was Lamia to demoralize Kyosuke by reprogramming her that there might be no other way to restore her (seeing that they thought she's the only remnant of Shadow Mirror back then)... until Axel, fresh from being BackFromTheDead, brought up Code: DTD that can reboot her into her original programming, and did so.]]
* Instead of the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] dispatching the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Cry Wolves]], it was a [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Jetzt Regisseur]]. Subsequently, Foglia Esto wasn't zombified and had to be given a MercyKill, he instead pulled a HeroicSacrifice for Albero's sake]].
* For both ''Alpha Gaiden'' and this title, [[Characters/MasouKishin Shu Shirakawa]] is the TrueFinalBoss. However, he blatantly states that he serves "[[Characters/MasouKishin Shiva Volkruss]]" for this game, instead of referring to it as "a being" for ''Alpha Gaiden''. His battle is also more similar to the one in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3'', by summoning several autopiloted Valsion units and the map theme being ''Armageddon'', though he waited until [[spoiler:the defeat of Dark Brain]] instead of right after defeating the Inspectors.

* Back in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsEX'', when Masaki's team encountered the geased Zamzeed, there was only vague mentions that Tytti has a history with Zamzeed. Since ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGaiden'' is released after EX, in OG, they can finally explain that Tytti still recognized that it's the Elemental Lord belonging to her old boyfriend, Ricardo Silvera, considerably giving her a few bout of angst when it's known that Mio would succeed it.

* The Medius Locus stops evolving after it reaches its second form because [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Eldy Mitte]]]] assassinates [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Albero Est]], believing he is an obstacle for the AI-1's evolution. The Medius Locus is discarded afterwards; instead, its replacement is the [[spoiler:Model-X "Garberus", previously hinted at in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsMX'', and the intended final prototype of the Tsentr Project]].

* IKnewIt: Played with - fans deduced Beowulf is associated with the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einsts]] via FacialMarkings under his eyes in his character portrait for ''Original Generations'', similar to [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einst Alfimi]]. The ''Endless Frontier'' drama CD doesn't tell us why the MK III could regenerate a lost limb, after [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Axel Almer]] uses the Soulgain to destroy it, further fueling the speculation he is tied to the {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. The first five minutes of ''The Inspectors'' confirms this, but its validity in the games' {{Continuity}} has not been established yet.

* Rather than use the [[{{Raideen}} the Star of La-Mu]] in ''MX'', Eldy uses the Crossgate beneath Antarctica to power up AI-1. [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Duvan Org]] tries to do it too, but the Alles Geist can't handle its power. Since Eldy is simply using Duvan to buy time, the AI-1 consumes him once she doesn't need him anymore.

* For both ''Alpha Gaiden'' and this title, [[Characters/MasouKishin Shu Shirakawa]] is the TrueFinalBoss. However, he blatantly states that he serves "[[Characters/MasouKishin Shiva Volkruss]]" for this game, instead of referring to it as "a being" for ''Alpha Gaiden''.

* One of Duminuss' ploys are to use a dead person close to the protagonists to demoralize them. [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Originally]], it was [[MobileFighterGGundam Master Asia]] to demoralize Domon and the Shuffle Alliance by shoving a lot of Machine Cells to him, until eventually an overload of [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Ray]] by Neo Getter purged him from the Machine Cells. In the OG continuity, [[spoiler:it was Lamia to demoralize Kyosuke by reprogramming her that there might be no other way to restore her (seeing that they thought she's the only remnant of Shadow Mirror back then)... until Axel, fresh from being BackFromTheDead, brought up Code: DTD that can reboot her into her original programming, and did so.]]
* Instead of the [[MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] dispatching the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Cry Wolves]], it was a [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Jetzt Regisseur]]. Subsequently, Foglia Esto wasn't zombified and had to be given a MercyKill, he instead pulled a HeroicSacrifice for Albero's sake]].

* The fate of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Perfectio]] remains the same, except [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Ventus]]]] is the one who takes the place of [[MobileSuitGundamWing Treize Kushrenada]]. Perfectio even reveals the memories of [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Felio Radcliffe]]]], which fills in some lingering {{Plot Hole}}s from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'', namely explaining the SplitPersonality of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Cliana Rimskaya]], since the ''Second Original Generation'' did not use the experimentation trauma from ''Destiny'' which caused the split, and where the missing Melior Esse comes from ([[spoiler:Liana being an incomplete Melior Esse]]). Perfectio also notes about [[{{Precursors}} an ancient civilization that created the Cross Gate]].

** The Huckebeins being ExiledFromContinuity in ''Divine Wars'' is continued to the point of self-parody: Bullet's intended Huckebein MK II and its mass-produced variants are replaced by a mass-produced Wildschwein (a mech that ''also'' resembles a {{Gundam}}, though not as much as the Huckebein). Likewise, the "[=GuarBein=]" MK III Trombe belonging to [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Ratsel Feinschmecker]] in episode nine is a mish-mash of the Huckebein MK III and his old Guarlion Custom, while [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ryoto Hikawa]] gets the '''[=EX=]'''bein, the in-universe prototype of the MK III.

** Maier von Branstein is [[CodeGeass Charles zi Britannia]] and [[{{Hellsing}} Alexander Anderson]]

** Daitetsu Minase is the male half of [[MazingerZ classic Baron Ashura]]: ''no joke''...oh, and [[spoiler:like a certain [[{{Naruto}} old ninja, who doubles as the village's leader]], he too gets killed by a {{Face Heel Turn}}ing subordinate]].

** Archibald Grims is an evil, crazed version of [[MacrossPlus Isamu Alva Dyson]], minus the variable fighter.

* Instead of the [[MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] dispatching the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Cry Wolves]], it was a [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Jetzt Regisseur]]]].

* [[CombinationAttack Rampage Ghost]] can be used with the Rein Weiss Ritter for the first time in ''Original Generation 2''. In ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Super Robot Wars Impact]]'', the player has a choice of either reverting the Rein to normal or keep it as it is but lose the [[GetterRobo Shin Getter Robo]]; doing the latter, however, gains Rampage Ghost for the normal Weiss Ritter and Alt Eisen Riese, something ''Original Generation'' doesn't have.

** Ratsel is [[Anime/TurnAGundam Harry Ord]] and [[DynastyWarriors Lu Bu]]

** Rishu Tougou is [[DynastyWarriors Zuo Ci]]

** Kai is [[FateStayNight Berserker]], when he actually speaks coherently.