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** Another in-series example, only in Japanese: due to the [[AuthorExistenceFailure death of]] DaisukeGouri in between between the second and third games, TesshoGenda is voicing [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Dozle Zabi]] in ''3''.
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** Another in-series example, only in Japanese: due to the [[AuthorExistenceFailure death of]] DaisukeGouri in between between the second and third games, TesshoGenda Creator/TesshoGenda is voicing [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Dozle Zabi]] in ''3''.
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* ''Shin Gundam Musou'', (PS3, PSVita; 2013): Official Mode returns, using the stories of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]''. The Partner Strike mechanic is upgraded to allow the player to summon warships, and Mobile Armors are be playable for the first time in the series.
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* ''Shin Gundam Musou'', Musou'' (PS3, PSVita; 2013): Official Mode returns, using the stories of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]''. The Partner Strike mechanic is upgraded to allow the player to summon warships, and Mobile Armors are be playable for the first time in the series.
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As with the ''Dynasty'' and ''VideoGame/{{Samurai|Warriors}}'' series, ''DW: Gundam'' tells the tale of a famous period of warfare by way of having a player take control of influential combatants of the day and sending them on a FoeTossingCharge through depictions of noted battlefields while taking down millions upon millions of {{Mooks}}. However, the big twist here is that the famous period of warfare is the completely fictional ''Universal Century'' of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'', and most recently, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]''. The battles are fought not by people, but rather by influential [[AMechByAnyOtherName Mobile Suits]] of each period, and the [[FoeTossingCharge charges]] leaving dismembered MechaMooks and lots of StuffBlowingUp in their wake.
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As with the ''Dynasty'' and ''VideoGame/{{Samurai|Warriors}}'' series, ''DW: Gundam'' tells the tale of a famous period of warfare by way of having a player take control of influential combatants of the day and sending them on a FoeTossingCharge through depictions of noted battlefields while taking down millions upon millions of {{Mooks}}. However, the big twist here is that the famous period of warfare is the completely fictional ''Universal Century'' of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'', and most recently, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]''. The battles are fought not by people, but rather by influential [[AMechByAnyOtherName Mobile Suits]] of each period, and the [[FoeTossingCharge charges]] leaving dismembered MechaMooks and lots of StuffBlowingUp in their wake.
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* A fourth title, ''Shin Gundam Musou'', is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 19 2013 on the PS3 and PSVita. Official Mode will be returning, with ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' having confirmed stories. The Partner Strike mechanic is being upgraded to allow the player to summon warships and Mobile Armors will be playable for the first time in the series.
Not to be confused with ''BBSenshiSangokuden'', which is the story covered by ''Dynasty Warriors'' '''with'''(or more accurately '''as''') Gundams.
Not to be confused with ''BBSenshiSangokuden'', which is the story covered by ''Dynasty Warriors'' '''with'''(or more accurately '''as''') Gundams.
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* A fourth title, ''Shin Gundam Musou'', is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 19 2013 on the PS3 and PSVita. (PS3, PSVita; 2013): Official Mode will be returning, with returns, using the stories of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' having confirmed stories. Destiny]]''. The Partner Strike mechanic is being upgraded to allow the player to summon warships warships, and Mobile Armors will are be playable for the first time in the series.
Not to be confused with ''BBSenshiSangokuden'', which is the story covered by ''Dynasty Warriors'''''with'''(or '''with''' (or more accurately '''as''') Gundams.
Not to be confused with ''BBSenshiSangokuden'', which is the story covered by ''Dynasty Warriors''
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* A fourth title, ''Shin Gundam Musou'', has recently been announced and is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 19 2013 on the PS3 and PSVita. Official Mode will be returning, with ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' having confirmed stories. The Partner Strike mechanic is being upgraded to allow the player to summon warships and Mobile Armors will be playable for the first time in the series.
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* A fourth title, ''Shin Gundam Musou'', has recently been announced and is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 19 2013 on the PS3 and PSVita. Official Mode will be returning, with ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' having confirmed stories. The Partner Strike mechanic is being upgraded to allow the player to summon warships and Mobile Armors will be playable for the first time in the series.
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* StopHelpingMe: In DW:G2, sometimes a giant mobile suit will be on ''your'' side in a battle. Finally! Sweet payback for all those David and Goliath battles you had to win [[ItsUpToYou by yourself!]] Or at least until you walk into your giant ally's BeamSpam and get nuked along with all the enemy mooks around you.
** Or when part of your mission objective is to keep someone alive, and then they go into battle with a Mobile Armor with you, only to end up dying because the AI is stupid.
*** To be fair, it depends more on what they are listed as 'internally.' Much like Dynasty Warriors everyone still has their own 'AI' field (tactical, offensive, defensive, etc, just with more mixes to account for making their battle technique match their personality). Unfortunately it is invisible to you, the player. You can see this best when you compare Quess in the Azieru with Gyunei. Gyunei is an absolute monster (he'll tend to lose his own field because he kills so many of his own troops), while Quess is pretty weak and reserved when fighting. Gyunei is as dangerous to stand near as Lu Bu in DW even, if he's your ally. Yazan and Gym are equally dangerous when spawning in MAs, thankfully very rare if you have unlocked Musha however.
** Also, your allies will do things like kill-steal enemy aces from under you (especially when you're in a [[{{Mook}} Zaku]]), rush up to you just as you're using an SP Attack (especially when your team attack is less fitting to the situation) and wipe out all the mooks milling around a Mobile Armor so you can't refill your SP Gauge. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, guys.]]
** In-universe example: if your relationship values with pilots are low and you save them, they'll say to you just that.
*** Well, frankly, Haman tends to say that to everyone but Judau. And she gets confused if Char or [[FanNickname Papsmear Circus]] helps her.
** Or when part of your mission objective is to keep someone alive, and then they go into battle with a Mobile Armor with you, only to end up dying because the AI is stupid.
*** To be fair, it depends more on what they are listed as 'internally.' Much like Dynasty Warriors everyone still has their own 'AI' field (tactical, offensive, defensive, etc, just with more mixes to account for making their battle technique match their personality). Unfortunately it is invisible to you, the player. You can see this best when you compare Quess in the Azieru with Gyunei. Gyunei is an absolute monster (he'll tend to lose his own field because he kills so many of his own troops), while Quess is pretty weak and reserved when fighting. Gyunei is as dangerous to stand near as Lu Bu in DW even, if he's your ally. Yazan and Gym are equally dangerous when spawning in MAs, thankfully very rare if you have unlocked Musha however.
** Also, your allies will do things like kill-steal enemy aces from under you (especially when you're in a [[{{Mook}} Zaku]]), rush up to you just as you're using an SP Attack (especially when your team attack is less fitting to the situation) and wipe out all the mooks milling around a Mobile Armor so you can't refill your SP Gauge. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, guys.]]
** In-universe example: if your relationship values with pilots are low and you save them, they'll say to you just that.
*** Well, frankly, Haman tends to say that to everyone but Judau. And she gets confused if Char or [[FanNickname Papsmear Circus]] helps her.
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*** In fact, the Units and Fields screen is completely bogus at telling how close an ally is to defeat. It seems that after an ally indicates they are in trouble, a hidden timer starts which automatically kills them upon reaching zero, regardless of how much health they've got left. Thus, it is possible to leave Uso in a V2 Gundam at half health against Apolly in a Rick Dias with a tiny sliver of health left, only for Uso to die a few seconds after leaving the player's sight. [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Needless to say, enemy aces aren't afflicted by this...]]
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Not to be confused with ''BBSenshiSangokuden'', which is the story covered by ''Dynasty Warriors'' '''with''' Gundams.
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* BladeLock: if two non-mook combatants simultaneously melee each other, they go into this and a quick-time event happens. Successfully executing the displayed sequence of buttons in the available time[[hottip:*:the length of the time slot depends on the difficulty while the number of button presses appear to depend on how strong the opponent's mobile suit is]] will knock back and stun the opponent for a few seconds, giving you free hits in the meantime. But press the wrong button or run out of time and ''you'' will get stunned!
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* BladeLock: if two non-mook combatants simultaneously melee each other, they go into this and a quick-time event happens. Successfully executing the displayed sequence of buttons in the available time[[hottip:*:the time[[note]]the length of the time slot depends on the difficulty while the number of button presses appear to depend on how strong the opponent's mobile suit is]] is[[/note]] will knock back and stun the opponent for a few seconds, giving you free hits in the meantime. But press the wrong button or run out of time and ''you'' will get stunned!
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*** In the third game, the easiest way to increase everyone's friendship levels is to repeatedly fail a certain mission[[hottip:*:"Mobile Suits...And Love": catapult into the enemy field, die, repeat]] in 30-second intervals.
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*** In the third game, the easiest way to increase everyone's friendship levels is to repeatedly fail a certain mission[[hottip:*:"Mobile mission[[note]]"Mobile Suits...And Love": catapult into the enemy field, die, repeat]] repeat[[/note]] in 30-second intervals.
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* ImmuneToFlinching: The O in the second game has quite a few attack animations that cannot be interrupted with a well-timed counterattack, making it one of the deadliest enemies on Hard difficulty. The mobile armors are also invulnerable to flinching if the attack isn't a smash/SP attack or if it hits while the MA has no [[AttackItsWeakPoint exposed weak points]].
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* A fourth title, ''Shin Gundam Musou'', has recently been announced and is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 19 2013 on the PS3 and PSVita. Official Mode will be returning, with ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' having confirmed stories so far. The Partner Strike mechanic is being upgraded to allow the player to summon warships and Mobile Armors will be playable for the first time in the series.
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* A fourth title, ''Shin Gundam Musou'', has recently been announced and is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 19 2013 on the PS3 and PSVita. Official Mode will be returning, with ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' having confirmed stories so far.stories. The Partner Strike mechanic is being upgraded to allow the player to summon warships and Mobile Armors will be playable for the first time in the series.
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* A fourth title, ''Shin Gundam Musou'', has recently been announced and is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 19 2013 on the PS3 and PSVita. Official Mode will be returning, with ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' having confirmed stories so far. The Partner Strike mechanic is being upgraded to allow the player to summon warships and Mobile Armors will be playable for the first time in the series.
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** You have to wonder if Koei scripted Duo's death line after hearing ScottMcNeil's BigNo in the ''Wing'' dub...
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** You have to wonder if Koei scripted Duo's death line after hearing ScottMcNeil's Creator/ScottMcNeil's BigNo in the ''Wing'' dub...
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** And finally everyone comes together in; For Resolve.
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** And finally everyone comes together in; For Resolve.Reform.
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* AscendedMeme: The [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] is now an available support unit, this means that you can now defeat any enemy or take any field WITH THE HELP OF KYO~JI!!!
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* AscendedMeme: The [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] is now an available support unit, this means that you can now defeat any enemy or take any field WITH THE HELP OF KYO~JI!!!
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** Kyouji is available as a partner in DW:G3, meaning that you can now defeat your enemies WITH THE HELP OF ''KYOUJI!''
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** Kyouji In DW:G3, Kyoji Kasshu (piloting the Devil Gundam) is an available as a partner in DW:G3, meaning that you can / support unit, which now lets the player defeat your his enemies WITH THE HELP OF ''KYOUJI!''''KYO~JI!!!''
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* MovesetClone: Some mobile suits have moves tweaked and modified from other suits, especially if they have connections e.g. Unicorn and Amuro's Gundams, Sinanju and Char's suits, and the Master and Burning Gundams.
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* RyuandKen: Some mobile suits have moves tweaked and modified from other suits, especially if they have connections e.g. Unicorn and Amuro's Gundams, Sinanju and Char's suits, and the Master and Burning Gundams.
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* AscendedMeme: The [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] is now an available support unit, this means that you can now defeat any enemy or take any field [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM-0AwDMeEk WITH THE HELP OF KYO~JI!!!]]
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* AscendedMeme: The [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] is now an available support unit, this means that you can now defeat any enemy or take any field [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM-0AwDMeEk WITH THE HELP OF KYO~JI!!!]]KYO~JI!!!
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* TalkingToHimself: In the third game, Creator/BrianDrummond voices both Heero and Milliardo; it becomes a little obvious when [[OopsMeAccentsSlipping his Heero voice slips into his Zechs voice]].
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* TalkingToHimself: In the third game, BrianDrummond voices both Heero and Milliardo; it becomes a little obvious when [[OopsMeAccentsSlipping his Heero voice slips into his Zechs voice]].
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* TalkingToHimself: In the third game, BrianDrummond Creator/BrianDrummond voices both Heero and Milliardo; it becomes a little obvious when [[OopsMeAccentsSlipping his Heero voice slips into his Zechs voice]].
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* ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 / Gundam Musou 3'' (PS3, [[{{Xbox360}} X360]]; 2010): Includes ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'', ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', ''[[{{Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory}} Gundam 0083]]'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', as well as most of the playable MS from the previous two games. Another ''SD Gundam'' mainstay, the Knight Gundam, also joins the roster of playable suits. New to the series are the ability to switch between art-styles (original and [[CelShading cel-shaded]]), four-player online co-op, non-UC [[{{Mooks}} Class 3 mobile suits]] (such as the GINN from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', the Death Army from ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'', and the Kapool from ''Anime/TurnAGundam''), and [[DownloadableContent downloadable]] pilots and mobile suits.
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* ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 / Gundam Musou 3'' (PS3, [[{{Xbox360}} X360]]; 2010): Includes ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'', ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', ''[[{{Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory}} Gundam 0083]]'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', as well as most of the playable MS from the previous two games. Another ''SD Gundam'' mainstay, the Knight Gundam, also joins the roster of playable suits. New to the series are the ability to switch between art-styles (original and [[CelShading cel-shaded]]), is four-player online co-op, non-UC [[{{Mooks}} Class 3 mobile suits]] (such as the GINN from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', the Death Army from ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'', and the Kapool from ''Anime/TurnAGundam''), and [[DownloadableContent downloadable]] pilots and mobile suits.
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* ArtificialLongevity: The third game forces the player to raise Frienship levels as a requirement to play the History Missions. And in order to unlock the very final (and hardest) mission effectively requires the player to have maxed Friendship levels with EVERY SINGLE PILOT in the game. Since getting the strongest Mobile Suits in the game, as well as their perfect doesn't take that much work, the game effectively halts the player every now and then and forces them to stop everything and repeat random missions dozens of times in order to unlock the next History Mission.
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* ForcedLevelGrinding: In the third game, it appears in the form of friendship levels. The main story has none, but to unlock the various History Missions you must first unlock the required pilots by raising Friendship to Lv. 3. Cue the player doing the same missions over and over in hopes of having the aimed pilot as an ally, and then playing the missions selecting sid pilot as a partner. And for the last mission of a History chain, the requirement is to have all involved pilots at maxed Friendship level. And there goes the player to play even more random missions using said pilots.
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** The Double X is the first Mobile Suit to ever take-out an enemy unit with its [[CherryTapping vulcan guns.]] In [=DW:G3=] this is not only a part of its advanced combo, but one of its more powerful attacks.
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** Lacus as a villain in DW:G2, matching up with the popular "[[StarWars Darth Lacus]]" theory espoused by about half of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'''s BrokenBase.
** Henken going on about mass produced Big Zams.
** Kyouji is available as a partner in DW:G3, meaning that you can now defeat your enemies WITH THE HELP OF ''KYOUJI!''
** You have to wonder if Koei scripted Duo's death line after hearing ScottMcNeil's BigNo in the ''Wing'' dub...
** In DW:G in Amuro/Char's story, when Amuro asks Puru to join them, she's happy to because "he seems nice." But if Char is the one who asks her, she feels a bit unsure but agrees to. Hmm... wonder why?
** Henken going on about mass produced Big Zams.
** Kyouji is available as a partner in DW:G3, meaning that you can now defeat your enemies WITH THE HELP OF ''KYOUJI!''
** You have to wonder if Koei scripted Duo's death line after hearing ScottMcNeil's BigNo in the ''Wing'' dub...
** In DW:G in Amuro/Char's story, when Amuro asks Puru to join them, she's happy to because "he seems nice." But if Char is the one who asks her, she feels a bit unsure but agrees to. Hmm... wonder why?
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** Basically the Mission mode from the second game in a nutshell. Zech travels around the universe to destroy every mobile suit that uses funnels to prove that melee combat is the best thing ever. Master Asia wants to beat up every underage pilot as some kind of hardcore psychologist. Char Aznable also appears to be going through his middle age crisis. Some requests are just over the top like beating up Judau just because his sister is angry with him leaving his group.
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* CatFight / DesignatedGirlFight: Female pilots get a Friendship Mission where they battle against other female pilots in order to improve their relationship values with the male pilots (while male pilots, of course, get the opposite mission). Also notable is [[GundamF91 Cecily Fairchild's]] sole Story Mission, where she basically has to run a gauntlet of other female MS pilots, only to learn that [[spoiler:the reason everyone was attacking her was because Seabook told them about how pretty and awesome she was, in order to make it easier to find her when they picked fights with her out of jealousy. And yes, she does [[WhatTheHellHero kick the crap out of him for it]].]]
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* CatFight / DesignatedGirlFight: Female pilots get a Friendship Mission where they battle against other female pilots in order to improve their relationship values with the male pilots (while male pilots, of course, get the opposite mission). Also notable is [[GundamF91 [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Cecily Fairchild's]] sole Story Mission, where she basically has to run a gauntlet of other female MS pilots, only to learn that [[spoiler:the reason everyone was attacking her was because Seabook told them about how pretty and awesome she was, in order to make it easier to find her when they picked fights with her out of jealousy. And yes, she does [[WhatTheHellHero kick the crap out of him for it]].]]
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* ColonyDrop: This ''is'' a {{Gundam}} game. The first game's Original Mode features this as the ultimate goal of the Musha Gundam, as it plans to smash ''an entire planet'' into the Earth.
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* DemotedToExtra: While an active support character in the first game, [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Rain]] is reduced to being involved only in Domon's story missions and the Gundam Fight Friendship Missions compared to other characters with similar roles. [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Fa]] also goes from playable to support in the third game.
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* DemotedToExtra: While an active support character in the first game, [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Rain]] is reduced to being involved only in Domon's story missions and the Gundam Fight Friendship Missions compared to other characters with similar roles. [[MobileSuitZetaGundam [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Fa]] also goes from playable to support in the third game.
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* DownloadableContent: ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2'' has free downloadable missions available. ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3'' has priced DLC that includes new playable pilots and mobile suits, including [[MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Marida Cruz's Kshatriya]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Mr. Bushido's Susanowo, and all of the Gundam Meisters]] (except Setsuna, who's already included in the basic game).
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* DownloadableContent: ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2'' has free downloadable missions available. ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3'' has priced DLC that includes new playable pilots and mobile suits, including [[MobileSuitGundamUnicorn [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Marida Cruz's Kshatriya]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Mr. Bushido's Susanowo, and all of the Gundam Meisters]] (except Setsuna, who's already included in the basic game).
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** On that note, since the dubbing is done by voice actors mostly from Canada, series dubbed in America (''{{Gundam 0083}}'', ''GundamF91'', and ''GundamUnicorn'') had to be recast, with the strange exception of [[{{Gundam 0083}} Anavel Gato]], who, according to TheOtherWiki, is still voiced by his original voice actor, KirkThornton.
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** On that note, since the dubbing is done by voice actors mostly from Canada, series dubbed in America (''{{Gundam 0083}}'', ''GundamF91'', (''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gundam 0083]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Gundam F91]]'', and ''GundamUnicorn'') ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'') had to be recast, with the strange exception of [[{{Gundam 0083}} [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Anavel Gato]], who, according to TheOtherWiki, is still voiced by his original voice actor, KirkThornton.
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** although this is justified since all these songs would require licensing fees and with all the shows in the game the fees wouldn't be cheap.
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* ButThouMust: In some of the missions in DW:G3, regardless of your pilot/partner/operator, you are required play as a certain character.
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* NotSoStoic: Heero has plenty of these moments in the third game.
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*** "Ball Is Your Friend!" - take "Zaku Tank: Lord Of Land" and replace the Psycho Gundam [=MkII=] with the Alpha Azieru and it's the same principle.
*** "Ball Is Your Friend!" - take "Zaku Tank: Lord Of Land" and replace the Psycho Gundam [=MkII=] with the Alpha Azieru and it's the same principle.
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*** "Zaku Tank: Lord Of Land" - did you just take out a bunch of aces and the Psycho Psyco Gundam [=MkII=] with something that tends to work best using its tiny little claws?
*** "Ball Is Your Friend!" - take "Zaku Tank: Lord Of Land" and replace thePsycho Psyco Gundam [=MkII=] with the Alpha Azieru and it's the same principle.
*** "Ball Is Your Friend!" - take "Zaku Tank: Lord Of Land" and replace the
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* MoCapMecha: Mobile Suits in cutscenes tend to emote for their pilots, even if they're not supposed to be built that way.
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* GlassCannon: In DW3 there exist two skills, one that sacrifices the ability to block, and one that sacrifices the ability to repair armor; in exchange the player gets a huge boost to attack power. If you use both skills, you can kill enemy aces ludicrously easy but it's almost certain death if you get powered down or can't dodge an enemy SP attack. In DW2 the former of the skills also existed.
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* DemonicSpiders: the independently-launched funnels of Haman's Qubeley in the second game's Official mode. What makes them into significantly more pain in the ass than the funnels of the other boss suits that have them (the Nu Gundam, the Sazabi and the Alpha Azieru) is that they ''rapid-fire'', stunlocking you almost instantly if you get hit. And did we mention that Haman is ''still attacking you in the meantime''?
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* FoeYay: One of Judau's lines, after defeating an enemy officer, delivered quite flirtatiously: "We gotta get together sometime after the war." And yes, he will say this to ''anyone'', ranging from home series antagonist Haman Karn, to [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]], to [[NoYay Ramba Ral]]. This was tweaked in the third game; now his line is "I hope to see you again - in ''peaceful'' times."
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* GoddamnedBats: rocket-armed mooks at higher difficulty levels. ''Especially'' Doms and Gyans.
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* HoYay: Of the oddball crossover variety. For example, rescuing Seabook Arno from the bad guys, and hearing him gratefully remark, "My soul has drawn you here... or at least, that is what I want to believe." Glemy Toto's rescue lines are arguably even worse: they're the same ones he says when he falls in LoveAtFirstSight with Roux!
** And in the non-crossover category, Kira and Athrun's tendency toward long, soulful exchanges of dialogue. Possibly lampshaded in the following combination Special Attack dialogue:
---> '''Scirocco:''' Women are the goddesses of war, wouldn't you agree?
---> '''Athrun:''' How the hell should I know?
** And in the non-crossover category, Kira and Athrun's tendency toward long, soulful exchanges of dialogue. Possibly lampshaded in the following combination Special Attack dialogue:
---> '''Scirocco:''' Women are the goddesses of war, wouldn't you agree?
---> '''Athrun:''' How the hell should I know?
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[[caption-width-right:340:Damn it, Setsuna, watch where you swing those things! Those logos aren't cheap, you know.]]
As could be guessed from the title, '''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam''' (''Gundam Musou'' in Japan) is a SpinOff of {{Creator/Koei}}'s popular ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' HackAndSlash series of games, [[MixAndMatch flavored to the tastes of]] {{Creator/Bandai}}'s immensely popular ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series of HumongousMecha anime. Perhaps sadly, [[IThoughtItMeant it does NOT, however, involve]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the characters of the Three Kingdoms Era climbing into Gundam cockpits]] [[AnachronismStew and taking over ancient China with giant robots.]] [[EpilepticTrees Yet.]]
As with the ''Dynasty'' and ''VideoGame/{{Samurai|Warriors}}'' series, ''DW: Gundam'' tells the tale of a famous period of warfare by way of having a player take control of influential combatants of the day and sending them on a FoeTossingCharge through depictions of noted battlefields while taking down millions upon millions of {{Mooks}}. However, the big twist here is that the famous period of warfare is the completely fictional ''Universal Century'' of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'', and most recently, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]''. The battles are fought not by people, but rather by influential [[AMechByAnyOtherName Mobile Suits]] of each period, and the [[FoeTossingCharge charges]] leaving dismembered MechaMooks and lots of StuffBlowingUp in their wake.
Not wanting to leave non-UC fans left in the lurch, Koei and Bandai-Namco also decided to throw in the "Original Mode" (Later replaced with the new "Mission Mode") in which groups of pilots from across the various Gundam [[AlternateUniverse Universes]] are brought together for the sole purpose of beating the ever-loving tar out of each other's MS.
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So far, there have been the following installments in the series:
* ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam / Gundam Musou'' (PS3, later ported to {{Xbox 360}} and PS2; 2007): Featured characters and mecha from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'', and ''Anime/TurnAGundam'', as well as a full sized version of ''SD Gundam'' series mainstay Musha Gundam as an OmnicidalManiac, who operates without a known pilot.
* ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 / Gundam Musou 2'' (PS3, [[{{Xbox360}} X360]], PS2; 2009): All remaining characters and MS return, with additional series ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Gundam F91]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory Gundam]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', as well as a number of support characters from the previous game being unlockable along with every single Boss and RedShirt unit. The Musha Gundam is no longer pilotless and is operated by several characters depending on the storyline. Also appearing is the Musha Gundam Mk II, which also has a different pilot depending on who the player is using.
* ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 / Gundam Musou 3'' (PS3, [[{{Xbox360}} X360]]; 2010): Includes ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'', ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', ''[[{{Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory}} Gundam 0083]]'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', as well as most of the playable MS from the previous two games. Another ''SD Gundam'' mainstay, the Knight Gundam, also joins the roster of playable suits. New to the series are the ability to switch between art-styles (original and [[CelShading cel-shaded]]), four-player online co-op, non-UC [[{{Mooks}} Class 3 mobile suits]] (such as the GINN from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', the Death Army from ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'', and the Kapool from ''Anime/TurnAGundam''), and [[DownloadableContent downloadable]] pilots and mobile suits.
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!!Tropes used in the games:
* ActionGirl: The female pilots, obviously. Also, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Lacus Clyne]]'' of all people gets to be a pilot from the second game onwards. A pretty deadly one, too, since she's using her ex-fiancee Athrun's Infinite Justice Gundam to carve up the enemy.
** Lacus ends up fighting [[spoiler:her boyfriend Kira]] in her story mode and wins. [[spoiler: Despite wearing a dress, she wears the pants in their relationship.]]
* AGodAmI: Kai's ''almost'' averting it, but then: "[[SubvertedTrope Try as we might, humans can't be gods...]] [[DoubleSubverted But we can come pretty close though!]]"
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: For three characters in the second game: [[spoiler:Milliardo Peacecraft gets his [[MaskPower Zechs]] [[CharClone Marquise]] outfit, Loran Cehack [[WholesomeCrossdresser gets his pretty Laura Rolla party dress]], and Haman Karn gets her ZZ spacesuit. In the [=PS3=] and 360 releases, Amuro and Char can both switch between their ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', and ''CharsCounterattack'' outfits as soon as they're unlocked for Mission Mode. Hilariously, the data for Char and Amuro's extra outfits are ''still there'' in the PS2 version, they've just been DummiedOut. They ''are'' still accessible via codebreaker, though.]]
** The third game adds a few more outfits - [[spoiler:Char gets his Neo Zeon uniform (which becomes his default, and the CCA normal suit becomes an unlockable alternate), Haman Karn gets ''her'' Neo Zeon uniform (complete with slightly goofy-looking headpiece), and Katajina gets to let her hair down and just go crazy - literally.]]
* AntiVillain: Jerid Messa in the first game's Original mode, in which he fights to save the Earth, only so the Titans can oppress it. But he's still [[NobleBigot sincere about it.]]
** The Knight Gundam from the third game, who only wants to help the pilots learn how to resolve their conflicts through communication via the cosmic equivalent of a LockedInARoom scenario.
* AscendedExtra: The [[Anime/TurnAGundam Turn X]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Hambrabi]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Guncannon]] are upgraded from [[EliteMook Class 2]] to [[OneManArmy Class 1]] Mobile Suits in ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3''.
** Anavel Gato, Beecha Oleg and Elle Vianno had appeared in previous games as [=NPCs=] but were upgraded to playable characters in [=DWG3=] as well.
* AscendedMeme: The [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] is now an available support unit, this means that you can now defeat any enemy or take any field [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM-0AwDMeEk WITH THE HELP OF KYO~JI!!!]]
* TheAtoner: A few {{Big Bad}}s, most notably KnightTemplar [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Paptimus Scirocco]] and WellIntentionedExtremist [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char]] [[CharsCounterAttack Aznable]], express regret for the things they've done in their home series after teaming up with others in Original Mode. In her ending in the other two games, Haman Karn also shows signs of this.
* BackToBackBadasses: Amuro and Char do this in the first game.
** Domon and Master Asia (sort of) as well as Shinn, Kira, and Athrun (again, sort of) in the second game.
* {{Backtracking}}: If you've ruined your relationship with another character, you can replay certain missions again (and again, and again, and again...) to repair it. The sequel partially averts this with special missions specifically designed to allow you to boost relationships with those who don't like you (which you will also play again, and again, and again...). The third game changes the relationship system so that friendship levels can only go up, not down, so the main reason to play missions again ([[RunningGag and again, and again, and again...]]) is to boost friendship levels higher and earn more cash.
* BadassBoast: absolutely everyone, mostly when their killscore reaches [[OneManArmy any multiple of 100]]. Sometimes, friendly pilots even give compliments while enemy reactions range from [[WhatTheHellHero pissed]] to [[ThisIsGonnaSuck uneasy]].
* BadExportForYou: While both games on the next-gen consoles have been released overseas, the show tunes from various Gundam series (Ex. Anime Ja Nai, Rhythm Emotion) are only available in the Japanese versions. Also, the export versions of the second game are not dual-audio like the first and third games.
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Boy, these games sure do love telling you victory conditions have changed.
* BashBrothers: Gym and Yazan. Especially punctuated in the second game, when a random battle event has the duo entering the field against you - piloting both Musha Gundams.
* BattleAura: After doing an SP attack, the [[MobileSuitGundamF91 F91]]'s biocomputer goes online and temporarily envelops the Gundam with this in the second game, granting it increased damage to all melee attacks (technically, all attacks hit the target twice). Coupled with the Gundam's already stellar ranged firepower, this makes the F91 a real PintsizedPowerhouse.
** In CCA-Amuro's Official Mode in the second game, the Nu Gundam (or [[NewGamePlus whatever mobile suit Amuro is using]]) gets the same visual effect after the Alpha Azieru is defeated.
* BigBad: Musha Gundam in the first game, Musha Gundam and Musha Gundam Mk. II in the second game, and Knight Gundam in the third game.
* BladeLock: if two non-mook combatants simultaneously melee each other, they go into this and a quick-time event happens. Successfully executing the displayed sequence of buttons in the available time[[hottip:*:the length of the time slot depends on the difficulty while the number of button presses appear to depend on how strong the opponent's mobile suit is]] will knock back and stun the opponent for a few seconds, giving you free hits in the meantime. But press the wrong button or run out of time and ''you'' will get stunned!
** Interestingly, this mechanic can also be used to interrupt the otherwise uninterruptible SP attacks by launching your own into it. Both combatants zero out their SP meters and the duel plays out like described above.
** The "Hate to Lose" skill is specifically tailored for this trope: winning the duel will give you fifteen seconds of increased attack damage, allowing you to [[CurbstompBattle steamroll the stunned enemy into the ground before he can retaliate]].
** If one of the combatants is a mook, they'll simply CrossCounter each other.
* BluntYes: Kira Yamato and Shinn Asuka's Combo SP Conversation.
--> '''Kira''': "You will help, right?"
--> '''Shinn''': "Yes."
* BreakingTheFourthWall: By Mr. Bushido himself.
-->'''Mr. Bushido''': ''(when selected)'' All right. My first time as a Dynasty Warrior Gundam!
* BrotherChuck: Some characters that were present in the first game (Anavel Gato, Jamaican Danigan, Horace, etc.) are absent in the second game, though the Nightmare of Solomon returns in the third.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Sleggar, Bright, Johnny]], [[CharsCounterAttack and 90% of the CCA cast]] are absent from the 3rd game, although Chan manages to stick around as an operator. This happened to some of the suits too, like the Bolinoak Sammahn and Quess' Jagd Doga.
* [[CallAHitPointASmeerp Call A Musou Attack A Smeerp]]: Unlike other ''Warriors'' games, the ubiquitous power gauge and resulting LimitBreak-style attacks are referred to as the "SP Gauge" and "SP Attacks".
* CallingYourAttacks: Domon and Master Asia mostly, although Amuro, Char, Haman, Scirocco, Judau, and the Purus do it as well. Humorously, Heero lampshades whenever he and Domon use a Combination SP Attack (and once when they fight together in Heero's story mode), telling him to pipe down.
* CantCatchUp: Some playable pilots are simply better than others. For example, in the second game, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Lunamaria]] has lower stats at [[CharacterLevel Level 50]] ([[{{cap}} the maximum]]) than Shinn, Kira, and Athrun do at Level 40. Of course, it [[JustifiedTrope makes a certain degree of sense]] that the supporting cast would max out at a lower skill level than the main characters -- there's a reason they're the ''main'' characters, after all.
* CatFight / DesignatedGirlFight: Female pilots get a Friendship Mission where they battle against other female pilots in order to improve their relationship values with the male pilots (while male pilots, of course, get the opposite mission). Also notable is [[GundamF91 Cecily Fairchild's]] sole Story Mission, where she basically has to run a gauntlet of other female MS pilots, only to learn that [[spoiler:the reason everyone was attacking her was because Seabook told them about how pretty and awesome she was, in order to make it easier to find her when they picked fights with her out of jealousy. And yes, she does [[WhatTheHellHero kick the crap out of him for it]].]]
* CherryTapping: Some missions ''require'' you to play in crap-ass mobile suits, such as Zaku Tank or Ball, and for extra cherry-tapping value even require you to take down massive robot enemies in said suits.
** In DW:G2, the "Soldier's Battlefield" sequence of missions rewards you for this. If you beat all four, your friendship level with nearly all of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters goes up, since you've just impressed the hell out of everyone with your cherry tapping abilities.
*** "Zaku Tank: Lord Of Land" - did you just take out a bunch of aces and the Psycho Gundam [=MkII=] with something that tends to work best using its tiny little claws?
*** "Ball Is Your Friend!" - take "Zaku Tank: Lord Of Land" and replace the Psycho Gundam [=MkII=] with the Alpha Azieru and it's the same principle.
*** In the third game, the easiest way to increase everyone's friendship levels is to repeatedly fail a certain mission[[hottip:*:"Mobile Suits...And Love": catapult into the enemy field, die, repeat]] in 30-second intervals.
* ColonyDrop: This ''is'' a {{Gundam}} game. The first game's Original Mode features this as the ultimate goal of the Musha Gundam, as it plans to smash ''an entire planet'' into the Earth.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Enemy boss suits in the second game have access to certain special attacks (ex. Nu Gundam deploying its fin funnels independently, Wing Zero flying offscreen and turning into a KillSat) that the player can never learn.
** Also, some bosses (we're looking at you, Amuro!) can use their double-team SP attacks completely alone. You can tell when it's coming by looking at the telltale glow of them about to unleash an SP attack. If it looks like a standard smash attack, it's going to be a normal SP but if it's purple and SuckingInLines, it's going to be the double-team version.
* ContinuityNod: The "Remember the Past" missions in the second game, and the History Missions in the third game. Also, if certain pilots are on the same side (Ex. Haman and Kamille), they can disrupt the field.
** A rather heartwarming version is available in the third game - use Dozle as your pilot and Audrey as your operator, and you'll get family-based flavor comments from both, including Dozle letting out his PapaWolf.
** Another subtle one in the third game happens in the mission "Warriors, Again..." As part of the mission, you have to fight the remaining units from Glemy's failed revolt, including several of the mass-production Qubeleys. However, one will be marked Unknown, and when defeated will leave the field instead of being destroyed. [[spoiler:Those who know the backstory to Gundam Unicorn will quickly realize that was the MP Qubeley being piloted by Puru Twelve, a.k.a. Marida Cruz.]]
* CripplingOverspecialization: The use of the Overdrive skill can sometimes have this effect. Gundams and other non-mook class units have three SP Attacks: one ground, one aerial and one combination attack used when in close proximity to an ally who also has an SP charge. Usually one single SP attack is more suited for clearing hordes of mooks while the other is more suited to dealing pinpoint damage to commanders. Overdrive replaces the ground SP with the usually more powerful combo SP, which can sometimes cause trouble if it has the same specialty as the aerial attack. Turn A is a particularly good example of this problem.
** At the same time, Turn A's aerial SP and its combo SP are both frighteningly effective in tackling either aces or crowds of mass-produced suits. There's [[NukeEm a reason]] an Overdrive-enabled Turn A is considered a GameBreaker.
** The Gundam Epyon is a better example, as it has considerable melee strength and surprising reach with its whip-shaped heat rod. However, it doesn't have any ranged attacks in its arsenal, and if it can't close with an enemy, it's functionally helpless against its opponent.
** The Palace Athene and Guncannon, both EliteMook suits, swing straight to the other end of the scale of overspecialization. The Palace Athene carries beam cannons, grenade launchers, and missile racks, and is capable of hammering even AceCustom mobile suits to pieces, while the Guncannon has its massive twin shoulder cannons to wipe out mook suits. However, both units are quite sluggish and their melee attacks are definitely inferior, meaning that anyone who can get close enough can tear these suits new [[UnusualEuphemism exhaust ports]] several times over.
** There IS variation with a few Mook and EliteMook suits, it's just small and hard to see. Their combo and critical health SP attacks are basically the same with a little extra. The Gyan is the easiest to spot.
* CrutchCharacter: The Unicorn Gundam in DWG3. You can get him available relatively early, and his Destroy Mode drastically increases the speed and range, as well as giving a small bonus in attack. And regardless of the pilot's skill, Destroy Mode allows the pilot to do a extremely fast and powerful chain combo that will hit several enemies at once, buffing his SP gause extremely fast as well. While he will dominate any story mission without specific Mobile Suit requirements, using him to blast throught the game will often end with the player seeing himself without most licences, lacking good plans to develop other Mobile Suits, and if the player doesn't bother switching the pilots every now and then, most of the remaining pilots will be at low levels. Cue the player looking at a 6-Star Rank mission where he is required to use a pilot he never touched, with a Rank 1 Suit he didn't play once.
* CutScenePowerToTheMax: In the second game, Kira's final boss scene, as well as any scene where Kira himself is the final boss. Amongst others.
** In the first game, Char's Zaku II is somehow able to block the Bakunetsu God Finger with its heat hawk and survive being at Ground Zero of a Twin Buster Rifle shot.
* DavidVersusGoliath: The second game brings in gigantic Mobile Armors as bosses, leading to some truly epic boss fights.
* DeadpanSnarker: Several characters, though Ribbons is perhaps the foremost example, getting a disproportionate share of [=DWG3=]'s best lines.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Horribly, painfully averted. The more frequently you defeat another character, the more negative their opinion of you will become. This becomes a big problem when you require their friendship to unlock new missions. Thankfully, this is fixed in [=DW:G3=], where friendship levels always go up and never go down.
** Played straight with a random event where Kira and Athrun appear at once in the same area and start fighting while trading {{Motive Rant}}s back and forth. If you leave them alone, they'll eventually [[DoubleKnockout frag each other and disappear]]; if however you butt in on their fight (which Athrun will loudly complain about]]) and defeat both within a small timeframe, they "retreat due to injures" then a while later come back and team up with you for the rest of the mission.
** Also played straight for the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' series of Mission Mode missions in the second game. Any character other than Heero or Milliardo eventually gets e-mails from both of them that drop their relationship values to the lowest possible level and unlock missions where you have to fight them; eventually, however, [[spoiler:Relena sends you an e-mail asking you to help them, and if you complete the resulting mission chain, both Heero and Milliardo become your friends]].
** Also occurs in Amuro's Story Mode in part 2: In his early missions, he battles Heero, Domon, and Uso. They join his side in later missions.
** On the other hand, the AI's nature to prioritize the last enemy ace who hurt them can be exploited: the defeat-related decrease of friendship levels only occurs if the subject is defeated by ''you''. This means that if you don't particularly care about the goodies (parts, experience and a random item) you miss out, you can [[LoopholeAbuse beat them within an inch of their life then]] [[LetsYouAndHimFight lure them to someone else friendly to you and get them to aggro each other... then lean back and watch the show]]. Especially amusing if the friendly happens to be in a mobile armor. It doesn't always work as some missions have certain enemies [[ItsUpToYou scripted to not take killing blows from anyone but you]].
* DemonicSpiders: the independently-launched funnels of Haman's Qubeley in the second game's Official mode. What makes them into significantly more pain in the ass than the funnels of the other boss suits that have them (the Nu Gundam, the Sazabi and the Alpha Azieru) is that they ''rapid-fire'', stunlocking you almost instantly if you get hit. And did we mention that Haman is ''still attacking you in the meantime''?
* DemotedToExtra: While an active support character in the first game, [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Rain]] is reduced to being involved only in Domon's story missions and the Gundam Fight Friendship Missions compared to other characters with similar roles. [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Fa]] also goes from playable to support in the third game.
* DesperationAttack: At 25% armor, your SP gauge starts filling automatically, and any [[LimitBreak SP attacks]] you use are a more powerful version, complete with [[SuperMovePortraitAttack portrait cut-in]].
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVBkSxMbVQ For example, place Amuro in the Reborns Gundam, Ribbons' default MS.]] [[TohruFuruya Shared seiyuu aside]], Amuro's lines in battle will have him specifically mention the unique armaments of the Gundam, ''including'' his Fin Fangs (as opposed to the Nu Gundam's Fin Funnels) and Trans-Am.
* DoubleEntendre: Full of them, as per-usual in a Dynasty Warriors game. However, the mother of them all comes from Lacus Clyne, of all people. In her combo sp attack with Athrun Zala from the third game:
-->'''Lacus Clyne''': "Let's do it, Athrun"
-->'''Athrun Zala''': "Lacus... I don't know about this."
* DownloadableContent: ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2'' has free downloadable missions available. ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3'' has priced DLC that includes new playable pilots and mobile suits, including [[MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Marida Cruz's Kshatriya]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Mr. Bushido's Susanowo, and all of the Gundam Meisters]] (except Setsuna, who's already included in the basic game).
* DualBoss: Shinn's final battle in Mission Mode has Kira and Athrun double-teaming him.
-->'''Shinn:''' That's it, you're ALL going down!! '''ALL OF YOU!!!'''
* DualWield: Some use dual swords, some use dual guns, two use both.
* DuelBoss: Most of the Mission Mode stories end with this.
* DynamicEntry: On higher difficulty levels in the second game, enemy mooks love to crash-tackle you if you ''dare'' try to dash or do any kind of charge attack while not facing them. Speaking of which, they can and will do dash attacks from a standstill on any difficulty.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Quite literally in the second game, wherein [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam's]] Kamille Bidan has an Official Story mode whose ending can change depending on whether or not you prevent certain events from occurring. Playing normally results in the TV series' DownerEnding, but working to prevent the events leading to the deaths of ActionGirl Emma and GeniusBruiser Henken leads to the much happier ending from the CompilationMovie.
** To elaborate: While every character's Official Mode aside from the CCA versions of Amuro and Char has a good and bad ending depending on how the last mission plays out, Love is the Pulse of the Stars ''is an achievement.''
** On that note, this is averted with the Char's Counterattack scenario, as no matter how many times you save someone, they'll [[TooDumbToLive run away thanking you for saving them only to return and try the EXACT same tactic.]] The window to beat the opponent gets smaller each time until there is practically no way to avoid the character death cutscene. Only Rezin can be 'saved' and the game acts like she died anyway as she doesn't appear in the second part.
* EasterEgg: the PS2's graphic representation of save data belonging to the second game (seen when booting the console without a disc and choosing to view the memory card's contents) is a FunSize Musha Gundam Mark 2 precariously balancing on a pink Haro... with one leg in the air and sword-carrying arms spread out, like an amateur circus performer.
* EvilLaugh: Scirocco's default taunt when the player attacks him is an absolutely ''fabulous'' one.
* ExcusePlot: Musha Gundam distorting time and space is used to justify Mobile Suit pilots from different time periods fighting with and against each other in Original Mode.
** In the second game, Heero's Story Mode is just random missions he was hired for, without any connection to each other.
* ExtremityExtremist: The Gundam Epyon can only use melee attacks.
** In a more literal (and perhaps more comical) example, the Zeong is also an extremist, using only its hands to fight its enemies. Why is this? Recall the end of Mobile Suit Gundam if you will. The Zeong here is the same as seen there. It can't attack with its feet because ''it has no legs.''
* FlamingSword: Knight Gundam's sword becomes this after using its SP attacks.
* {{Flanderization}}: To cut down on time, what with the {{Loads and loads of characters}} and all, a lot of characters were taken down to the basic stock of what they were remembered for; and their [[MemeticMutation permutations.]]
** For instance every other word out of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna's]] mouth either has to do with his [[CargoShip Gundam]] or how [[{{Nay Theist}} there is no God.]]
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn]] is generally yelling about ''[[{{Wangst}} something]]''.
** And [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon]] [[LargeHam is usually just yelling.]]
*** [[HotBlooded For many reasons]].
* FoeTossingCharge: Plenty. This ''is'', after all, a DynastyWarriors game. The Unicorn's is arguably the most spectacular and devastating, whilst the Acguy's is ''definitely'' the least dignified.
** In the second game, the V2 Gundam's aerial SP attack where it spreads its wings and charges forward is an '''''extremely''''' devastating one, capable of cutting down dozens of mooks. A more conventional example would be any mobile suit equipped with the Aura Burst upgrade: simply dashing in any direction will violently toss aside everyone in the way (doesn't do much damage, though).
* FoeYay: One of Judau's lines, after defeating an enemy officer, delivered quite flirtatiously: "We gotta get together sometime after the war." And yes, he will say this to ''anyone'', ranging from home series antagonist Haman Karn, to [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]], to [[NoYay Ramba Ral]]. This was tweaked in the third game; now his line is "I hope to see you again - in ''peaceful'' times."
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Reccoa]]'s first story mission is meant to depict her infiltrating the ''Jupitris''; at one point she tells Paptimus Scirocco, "I'm Reccoa Londe, a civilian traveler, just passing through. My Suit is acting up." This is ''after'' she's slaughtered her way through the enemy army and single-handedly taken down the Psyco Gundam Mk II, and right before she personally hands Scirocco his ass while he's in [[LightningBruiser The O]], all while piloting a crappy Tier 3 Gelgoog. No wonder Scirocco politely wishes her a safe journey after he's been defeated -- Reccoa's ''scary!''
** Pretty damn scary in the original series too! [[MoralEventHorizon Wiping out colonies just to stay on someone's good side?]] She's clearly so far out there no dissonance trope can explain away any of what she does. Can't help but wonder if Scirocco responds to her overtures simply because he fears the monster he's created might gas the Jupitris similarly if he doesn't put her on the same pedestal as Sarah.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Oh so that's why I've been all tingly! It's because of you." The fact that it's said by ''[[TokenMiniMoe Puru]]'' pulls this into {{Squick}} Territory. It doesn't help that she proposed to take a bath with Judau, who thankfully declines.
** Puru makes the same offer to anybody who completes the CherryTapping 'Ball is your Friend!' mission in the second game - as part of a conversation in which [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Lacus]], [[Anime/TurnAGundam Laura]] and Puru congratulate the player on their skill with, ahem, Balls.
** This is just Puru's way to be friendly. So far the only one who agreed to take a bath with her is [[spoiler:Puru Two]].
** On a more dramatic and serious note, it's surprising that they kept Setsuna's militantly atheistic flavor comments in.
* GoddamnedBats: rocket-armed mooks at higher difficulty levels. ''Especially'' Doms and Gyans.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: The Guncannon's fighting style combines this with the {{BFG}}s on its shoulders. Particularly notable in ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3'', where the Guncannon is Class 1, and its new and slightly goofy-looking fighting style allows it to stand toe-to-toe with suits carrying beam sabers and heat hawks.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Several 'grab' attacks allow your pilots to do this. A particularly bizarre example is the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Seravee Gundam]]'s C6 attack, where the suit's built-in Seraphim Gundam allows Tieria to basically throw ''himself'' at the enemy.
** In the second game, the V2 Gundam's C3 attack sees the suit launch [[CombiningMecha its own lower half]] at the enemy, following up with a DiagonalCut from the upper part before reconnecting. Hilariously, it's possible to interrupt the sequence at any time, at which point the two parts of the suit instantaneously teleport to each other before the suit does the hit animation.
* HamToHamCombat: All the damn time.
* HotBlooded: Pretty much standard for most of the cast, even [[CoolBigSis Haman]] gets this way sometimes.
* HoYay: Of the oddball crossover variety. For example, rescuing Seabook Arno from the bad guys, and hearing him gratefully remark, "My soul has drawn you here... or at least, that is what I want to believe." Glemy Toto's rescue lines are arguably even worse: they're the same ones he says when he falls in LoveAtFirstSight with Roux!
** And in the non-crossover category, Kira and Athrun's tendency toward long, soulful exchanges of dialogue. Possibly lampshaded in the following combination Special Attack dialogue:
---> '''Scirocco:''' Women are the goddesses of war, wouldn't you agree?
---> '''Athrun:''' How the hell should I know?
* HyperspaceArsenal: Some mobile suits are capable of manifesting bazookas and Gundam hammers seemingly out of thin air, and pretty much every mobile suit's gun mysteriously vanishes when it pulls out a melee weapon.
* ItsUpToYou: In proud ''Dynasty Warriors'' tradition, if your side needs something important accomplished, you can count on being the one who has to do it. Especially if someone else volunteers to do the job, in which case your objective will be "save your ally's dumb ass and then do whatever it was they were trying to do."
** In one of Four's missions in DW:G2, Kamille Bidan shows up for the sole purpose of helping you, and then proceeds to park himself offscreen and not move while you take on a giant mecha by yourself. Thanks a lot, Kamille. (In his defense, Four does explicitly say that taking down the Psyco Gundam is [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself Something She's Got To Do Herself]].)
** It's also worth pointing out that, while they never do anything ''plotline'' important, your fellow squad leaders and aces are far from useless. They manage to capture enemy fields often enough, and the "Leadership" skill makes them fight better. In DW:G3, they become even more useful, though you still have to save their bacon occasionally.
*** Even better with "Jamming" skill, which ''makes enemies weaker''.
*** Amusingly, it seems to be all based on morale and not at all with what they're piloting. Meaning [[LittleMissBadass Lunamaria is one of the most deadly fighters offscreen]] in the entire DWG series. [[CherryTapping When she always pilots a Zaku]], red or otherwise. And macho guys like Yazan and Gym are constantly 'in trouble' despite using Musha or a Turn Gundam. (This being before you unlock the pilot switch mode.) Essentially the problems from normal DW, where the Qiaos can hold for an hour but Wei Yan and Zhang Fei constantly scream for help.
* IdiotBall: Millardo/Zechs holds it briefly in his second story mission.
** Puru Two for all of hers. It never occurs to you to just fly to another area, huh? Gotta take advantage of the whole [[LetsYouAndHimFight Let's You and Her Fight]] setup, right?
* IllKillYou: [[NeverLiveItDown Unsurprisingly]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]] eventually sends you an e-mail in Mission Mode that consists entirely of the following:
--> '''From:''' Heero Yuy
--> '''Subject:''' I'll kill you!
--> I will kill you!
** Also unsurprisingly, Heero [[IneffectualDeathThreats never actually gets around to carrying this out]], and [[DefeatMeansFriendship eventually becomes one of your best buddies]] if you complete the mission chain.
*** Aw, he's just shy. That's the only way he knows how to make friends.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Most of the guard-breaking 'grab' attacks actually involve stabbing someone with your beam saber before doing something deeply unpleasant to them (i.e., more unpleasant than being stabbed with a beam saber in the first place).
* ItemFarming: In order to obtain more powerful mobile suits, you have to obtain parts or plans in the second and third games, respectively. These {{Randomly Drop|s}} when you defeate enemy aces or large numbers of mooks. Also in the second game, obtaining higher-level torsos unlocks a longer SP gauge.
* JokeCharacter: The second game allows you to utilize mook-class MS as playable units. They're generally underpowered, and lacking the versatile movesets of the player and mid-boss level units, although properly upgrading them can yield potential LethalJokeCharacter results, especially the Ball and the [=GM=]s.
** The Ball has an extremely fast melee attack and one of the best dash attacks for excellent hit-and-run attacks against mobile armors and plowing through crowds of enemy mooks, respectively. Its RapidFireFisticuffs SP attack also dishes out a TON of damage and cannot be dodged.
** The GM series, otherwise quite weak due to their lack of smash and charge attacks as well as the area-effect ranged attacks some other suits have, can dish out '''8''' normal attacks in a single, uninterrupted chain, making them able to steadily wear down the opponent through repeated strikes that do not have a delay long enough to interrupt between them. Their other point of note is the SP attack that does decent attack against crowds.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Schwarz Bruder's partner attack in the third game reveals his secret identity, which was a pretty big plot point in ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''.
* LargeHam: This is a WorldOfHam so everyone falls under this at some point, but special mention really must go to Gym Ghingham, Master Asia, and Domon Kasshu.
** ''"YOU DON'T KNOW ME?! I AM MASTER ASIA, THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST!"''
** A hilarious example is a random event in the second game where Puru, Domon and Milliardo spawn together. The following exchange plays out:
--->'''Domon:''' Let's do it! Time they got a taste of my power!
--->'''Puru:''' Yay! Here we go... [[CatchPhrase My hand burns red!]]
--->'''[[TheStoic Milliardo]]:''' [[OutOfCharacterMoment It tells me to]] '''[[HOTBlooded GRASP VICTORY!!!]]'''
--->''([[AwesomenessIsVolatile battlefield plunges into chaos, randomizing the ownership of all fields]])''
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Pilots are assigned more-or-less randomly to one side or the other in most Mission Mode missions, even those ostensibly linked by a storyline. Certain common random encounters can also occur regardless of which pilot you're currently playing as. This leads to such curious matchups as [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Dozle Zabi vs. the Black Tri-Stars]], [[CharsCounterattack Amuro Ray vs. Chan Agi and Hathaway Noa]] (or worse yet, [[StuffedIntoTheFridge Lalah]] [[ILetGwenStacyDie Sune]]), or [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn Asuka vs. Lunamaria Hawke]], and also means that a pilot who was on your side in one storyline mission can be your enemy in the very next storyline mission and vice versa.
** Lampshaded when Elle and Roux wind up on the opposite sides and battle each other.
** In the ''Remember the Past'' missions of the second game, it is fully possible to have pilots fight ''themselves'' - for example, Zeta-era Amuro (in the RX-78!) versus CCA-era Amuro (the player).
* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: In Mission mode the player gains access to new missions, suits and characters by leveling up your pilot's relationship with other characters.
* LightningBruiser: In theory, most any MS can be made into one of these with the right combination of equipment and upgrades, but special mention has to go to Char's Zaku II in the third game. With its special equipment ([[AscendedMeme Triple Acceleration]]) unlocked and Char in the cockpit, the suit's movement and attack speed dramatically increase, allowing you to jet across the entire battlefield in seconds and hack apart enemy aces before they can finish saying their arrival speech.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: 40 playable pilots and 66 Mobile Suits in ''DW:G2'', not counting the various non-playable support characters and Mobile Armors.
* MamaBear: Haman, but [[spoiler: ''only'' with Minerva.]]
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover
* MeleeATrois: Certain missions include a third (yellow) faction, which is hostile to both the friendly (blue) and enemy (red) factions.
* MoCapMecha: Mobile Suits in cutscenes tend to emote for their pilots, even if they're not supposed to be built that way.
* MoneyGrinding: In the third game, developing and equipping the most powerful mobile suits take a lot of money, as does obtaining licenses, so you'll be spending a lot of time doing this.
* MoodWhiplash: During some Combination SP attacks.
--> '''Puru Two:''' I ''HATE YOU'', GET AWAY FROM ME!!!
--> '''Jerid Messa:''' Don't step on my toes.
** Also for some random dialogue. For example, first Puru spawns. "I'm Elpeo Puru. Nice to meetcha!" Then Jerid. "Nice to meet ya." And then Kamille spawns on the opposing side...
* MookChivalry: Averted. The Mook suits will swarm you, and attack from off screen. Bazooka wielders are by far the worst, practically stunlocking you with a constant barrage. In DW:G3 the Mook AI is improved, and they will quite often attack you in formation, as well as synchronize attacks (i.e. ranged MS shooting you while melee MS jump you).
** Averted is an understatement. In the second game, mook AI appears to get ''significantly'' more aggressive if you're not facing in their general direction. It is not at all uncommon at higher difficulty levels to see a GM suddenly shield bash you from off-screen, sending you flying... right into the shield bash of another GM, the AI quite literally playing pinball with your mobile suit while the others hack away at you flying past them.
*** On the other hand, mooks still visibly hesitate before closing into melee range, preferring to use ranged attacks in the meantime.
* MoralityPet: Audrey/Mineva for Haman in the third game where the worst trait Haman shows is being kind of haughty.
* MoreDakka: Several suits score highly in the firepower stakes, but surprisingly, the winner for 'most dakka in a single attack' doesn't go to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heavyarms Kai]] (which compensates by backing up its chest gatlings with [[MacrossMissileMassacre lots and lots of missiles]]), but to the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Unicorn]]'', whose air SP attack consists of unloading ''four'' beam gatling guns on the enemy (two in each hand). Not only that, but it's AwesomeYetPractical, scoring a OneHitKill on or chewing through most of the health of Mobile Armours on even the highest difficulty levels.
* MythologyGag: ChickMagnet Paptimus Scirocco making a suggestive comment to ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'''s Roux Louka, who reacts with incredulity and disgust. "Are you ''hitting'' on me?"
** By the third game he runs an entire faction with the sole purpose of collecting female characters, in fact the only male members of his faction were Garrod Ran and [[DudeLooksLikeALady Loran Cehack]].
** Normally, pilots will default to only using particular mobile suits from their respective series until the player unlocks the ability for pilots to use any suit. However, certain pilots can sortie in suits from other series that reference their series - for example, Lunamaria can sortie in Char's Zaku (referencing her red ZAKU Warrior) and Ribbons can sortie in the RX-78 (referencing the 0 Gundam).
** Shinn's relationship mission in the third game has him in a one-on-one fight with Four Murasame in the Psyco Gundam, resulting in a meta-mythology gag.
** In the first game, when Milliardo and Char meet in his story mode, Milliardo makes a speech about how he never had any aspirations for leadership, and is a warrior at heart. Char comments that "[[CharClone You sound just like me.]]"
* NeverGiveUpSpeech: In Domon/Puru/Milliardo's Original mode, [[spoiler:Master Asia and Heero respectively]] give one to Domon and Milliardo in their DarkestHour.
* {{Ninja}}: The [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Hyaku Shiki's]] moveset is ''very'' ninja-like.
* NoExportForYou: ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam: Special/Gundam Musou Special'' for PS2 which introduced Musha Gundam MK II was only released in Japan.
** Not really a loss in any way since unlike most of the entries on that page, pretty much every improvement and addition was shunted to 2, along with 2's base improvements.
* NoIndoorVoice: Domon has this awesome way of shouting 90% of his words.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Garrod Ran is easily one of the most easygoing characters in the franchise, but he is still older than half the playable characters in DW:G3.
* OneManArmy: It's ''DynastyWarriors.'' You're in a [[SuperPrototype Gundam]]. Do the math. There's also a skill you can earn actually ''called'' One Man Army, which turns you into even more of a {{badass}} when you're fighting on your own.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In the English dub of the second game, Puru normally has a fairly neutral American accent, but occasionally slips into a Southern drawl for no particular reason ("I'll cover y'all!"). She loses this trait in the third game.
* TheOtherDarrin: The English versions of the games were unable to obtain the services of several voice actors who worked on the various Gundam anime series, and thus had to recast some of the roles. For example, Mark Gatha (Domon) retired from voice acting to become a doctor, and MarkHildreth (Heero) has said he won't play the character anymore after being MisBlamed for his robotic performance in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]''. Travis Milne, who voices Kamille in the first two games, is replaced by James Beach because the former is involved in Rookie Blue, which is a TV series based in Toronto.
** On that note, since the dubbing is done by voice actors mostly from Canada, series dubbed in America (''{{Gundam 0083}}'', ''GundamF91'', and ''GundamUnicorn'') had to be recast, with the strange exception of [[{{Gundam 0083}} Anavel Gato]], who, according to TheOtherWiki, is still voiced by his original voice actor, KirkThornton.
** In-series example - Judau is voiced by AndrewFrancis instead of Sean Broadhurst in the sequel.
*** Judau was played by Francis in ''[[GundamVsSeries Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam]]'', meaning that technically Broadhurst was the Other Darrin and not the other way around.
** Another in-series example, only in Japanese: due to the [[AuthorExistenceFailure death of]] DaisukeGouri in between between the second and third games, TesshoGenda is voicing [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Dozle Zabi]] in ''3''.
* OverprotectiveDad: Dozle in the third game. His relationship mission has him wade through an army just to test if Banagher is good enough for his daughter - and culminates in him beating the tar out of the poor boy.
* PaletteSwap: In the first game, the Qubeley and its two Mk II successors are all effectively the same character with the same moveset. The only differences are in coloration and some very minor stat variations. The twin Gundam Mk II units are largely the same, but have the sequence of their successive LimitBreak attacks reversed from one another.
** The third game adds a significant difference for these suits, through their unique special equipment.
** Some of the Mook suits in the third game are essentially palette swaps of each other: the Gaza C and Gaza D differ only in their coloration and shape. The Gouf Flight Type has exactly the same moveset as the Dom. And the GM, GMII, and GM Command are all identical, except for coloration and how they hold their shield.
* PlotThreads: Puru/Puru Two's story missions, to the point that you'll have to basically switch from one to the other.
* PopularityPower: To focus on the dynamic between Amuro and Char and in the lack of CCA both Amuro and Char have their original Mobile Suit Gundam suits in the first game. While Amuro understandably is barely able to fight his enemies blow for blow Char takes them on quite well when in the original Gundam He was barely able to hurt Amuro.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A major theme of the third game's Story Mode. Communication difficulties, mistrust, and conflicting information between the various factions leads to a large number of conflicts that could otherwise have been avoided. Multiple characters in every faction [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this, commenting on the folly of rushing into battle when nobody really knows what the hell is going on. [[spoiler:It really doesn't help that the [[BigBad Knight Gundam]] is deliberately manufacturing several of these misunderstandings in order to create a conflict for the pilots to resolve.]]
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: An acceptable break from canon, as it allows the older series' MS to go toe-to-toe with opponents who would easily wipe the floor with them in-universe.
** Especially notable with the Turns, as they should be able to mop the floor with the rest of the lineup easily.
*** In fact the Turns are quite weak, so their movesets actually make viewing their series a big surprise for players unfamiliar with them. Aside from the awesomely huge invulnerability time blessed by Moonlight Butterfly, they are all-around average. (but thanks to X's ability to spam MB using all SP skills makes him effective, if cheap as hell.) The combo SP attack however, is pretty broken on both. For X, Butterfly lasts longer, for A, it [[KillItWithFire pulls the nuclear warhead out of its chest]] and throws it like a grenade. A really really big highly damaging grenade. (most of the one-hit SP attacks are crowd clearers and do terrible damage.)
* PowerTrio: Four trios are formed in the first game's Original Mode, though characters do change sides through campaign sometimes, the main setup is usually:
** Heero, Master Asia, and Jerid
** Domon, Milliardo, and Puru
** Loran, Emma, and Puru Two
** Judau, Roux, and Scirocco
* PummelDuel: Between Master Asia and Domon in Domon's fifth mission in DW:G1's Original Mode.
* TheRashomon: Subverted. Original Mode looks like it's this, but no character's route is completely compatible with any of the others', and some are drastically different.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ramba Ral's story mission in the second game consists of him giving a few to some of the younger pilots, and Master Asia does this to just about everyone in the second game as well.
* RecycledINSPACE
* RegeneratingHealth: Two variants - The Skill "DG Cells" in the second game (found on the Musha Mk I and Master Gundam) grants a unit this (at a fast rate) but kills your unit's Defence (making it a very dangerious idea if combined with Fighting Instinct, equaling GlassCannon), while in the third game, it's standard on all Suits, but it's limited up to the light blue/yellow/red portion of your Health Bar if you get hit, and you still need Armor Recovery if you get your butt knocked around hard enough.
* RedShirtArmy / {{Mooks}}: Well, ''duh''. Again, it's a ''Dynasty Warriors'' game.
** Plus, it's ''Gundam'' after all. If massed waves of grunt suits didn't explode on a regular basis, it just wouldn't be proper. In the third game the grunt suits will often ''literally'' explode, doing damage to anything around them, which can cause huge chain reactions of exploding grunts.
* RelationshipValues: A major part of unlocking hidden characters/MS/missions in the second game's Mission Mode is working on relationships with any and all characters you're not currently using. Values increase by fighting on the same side and aiding an ally when they're in trouble, but decrease if you wind up on opposite sides and by actually defeating them in battle.
** Also, pilots will start with relationship values for pilots set by the events of their series - for example, Kira and Lacus start off at the highest tier of relationship. This becomes a problem for characters like Char or Haman, who start off with a number of pilots that are pissed off at them.
** Thankfully, the third game has overhauled the system so friendship values can only increase.
* TheRival: Domon Kasshu eagerly latches onto a few other pilots as a friendly rival, with hilarious results in the case of Heero Yuy (who futilely tells [[NoIndoorVoice him]] to shut up) and Kamille Bidan (combination SP Attack conversation: "Are you ''MAN'' ENOUGH? ''KAMILLE?"'')
** In the second game, one of Domon's flavor comments is a long-winded declaration of his rivalry with your character. Unfortunately, it's pretty much the ''only'' flavor comment he makes at that relationship level, and it gets a bit old after the seventh or eighth time you hear it in a single mission.
* RunningGag: Koei loves to make jokes referring to ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' characters and self-destruction attempts in the 3rd Game.
* RyuandKen: Some mobile suits have moves tweaked and modified from other suits, especially if they have connections e.g. Unicorn and Amuro's Gundams, Sinanju and Char's suits, and the Master and Burning Gundams.
* SetBonus: Multiple parts from the same inventor give a stat bonus, while multiple parts of the same type give a special skill. Done away with in the third game, where instead of parts you get MS blueprints.
* ShoutOut: Roux and Leina comparing Judau's behavior to an old man in his Story in Mission Mode could possibly be a reference to his appearance as "Grey Stroke" in the Crossbone Gundam and V Gundam mangas.
** The ZZ and F91 teams crossing over happens in certain missions, such as Judau and Seabook's story modes in the Mission Mode.
** And what does young Amuro say sometimes if he's knocked down? [[BrightSlap "Not even my dad hits me!"]]
*** In the NA version of the third game, one of Amuro's positive flavor comments is "[[ActorAllusion Everything is ]][[Manga/DeathNote proceeding according to plan.]]"
** For that matter, most relationship or triumphant lines pilots say in battle are taken directly from their series. Most of them [[ItMakesSenseInContext make sense in the original use]], but here lead to the {{Narm}} and HoYay examples above.
** Watch Knight Gundam's death cutscene. [[FistOfTheNorthStar He died without a single regret.]]
* SlowMotionFall: When you defeat an enemy pilot, the game lets you witness your victory in slow-mo.
* StopHelpingMe: In DW:G2, sometimes a giant mobile suit will be on ''your'' side in a battle. Finally! Sweet payback for all those David and Goliath battles you had to win [[ItsUpToYou by yourself!]] Or at least until you walk into your giant ally's BeamSpam and get nuked along with all the enemy mooks around you.
** Or when part of your mission objective is to keep someone alive, and then they go into battle with a Mobile Armor with you, only to end up dying because the AI is stupid.
*** To be fair, it depends more on what they are listed as 'internally.' Much like Dynasty Warriors everyone still has their own 'AI' field (tactical, offensive, defensive, etc, just with more mixes to account for making their battle technique match their personality). Unfortunately it is invisible to you, the player. You can see this best when you compare Quess in the Azieru with Gyunei. Gyunei is an absolute monster (he'll tend to lose his own field because he kills so many of his own troops), while Quess is pretty weak and reserved when fighting. Gyunei is as dangerous to stand near as Lu Bu in DW even, if he's your ally. Yazan and Gym are equally dangerous when spawning in MAs, thankfully very rare if you have unlocked Musha however.
** Also, your allies will do things like kill-steal enemy aces from under you (especially when you're in a [[{{Mook}} Zaku]]), rush up to you just as you're using an SP Attack (especially when your team attack is less fitting to the situation) and wipe out all the mooks milling around a Mobile Armor so you can't refill your SP Gauge. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, guys.]]
** In-universe example: if your relationship values with pilots are low and you save them, they'll say to you just that.
*** Well, frankly, Haman tends to say that to everyone but Judau. And she gets confused if Char or [[FanNickname Papsmear Circus]] helps her.
* StrangeBedfellows: It's very possible for pilots who were antagonists in their series of origin to end up on the same side. Probably one of the weirder examples is Haman Karn's final story mission in the second game, when [[spoiler:Judau Ashta recruits Kamille Bidan and Amuro Ray, and all three show up in the middle of the battle to help her. It's a BigDamnHeroes moment that's ''actually'' pretty cool.]]
** The most extreme example is perhaps in either Kamille's or Haman's Original story mode in the first game. [[spoiler:They end up as friends and implied to be even more on Haman's. Haman and Kamille. Think about it.]]
** In Judau's Original story mode in the first game, he manages to [[spoiler:ultimately convince Paptimus Scirocco to do a massive HeelFaceTurn by the end of his route]].
** In a heroic case, Puru, Domon, and Zechs/Milliardo from the first game. You couldn't have asked a more bizarre trio to work together.
*** It gets better in the second game. They say Domon's trademark lines before a shining finger attack when they appear, Puru starting, Milliardo saying the middle, and Domon finishing. Also if you pay attention to their storymodes this time around [[FridgeBrilliance it is actually not out of place]]. All 3 follow codes of conduct that basically boil down to DefeatMeansFriendship to the letter (Milliardo never gets to his CCA Char story segment self unless you play as Heero. In which case he hilariously replaces Char on Axis, leading to much lampshading). It's like their entire reason for existing. There are also minor hints as to who teams up with who in their EX mode storylines based upon unique dual SP attack quotes.
* SuperMode: MS that canonically have them can enter into them via SP/Hyper SP Attack. This wasn't all that noticeable in the first two games, but with the third having quite a few more, it gives the suits that have the ability a definite advantage. In addition, the special gear of the Celestial Being suits extends Super Mode duration.
* SuperMovePortraitAttack
* TalkingToHimself: In the third game, BrianDrummond voices both Heero and Milliardo; it becomes a little obvious when [[OopsMeAccentsSlipping his Heero voice slips into his Zechs voice]].
* TeamDad: In the third game's Story Mode, ''[[CharsCounterattack CCA]]''-era Amuro and Char play this role to their respective [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Ragtag Bunches of Misfits]].
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: As the Musha Gundam is [[{{Expy}} this game's version]] of [[DynastyWarriors Lu Bu]] and [[SamuraiWarriors Honda Tadakatsu]], naturally it has its own theme tune when encountered. Cue running away...
** YMMV on this. While Honda is a beast, Musha and Lu Bu's most dangerous move is their lunging charge unblockable. Just as Lu Bu isn't quite as dangerous as a Boosted Gan Ning (One hit KO!) or Zhang Liao ([[FridgeBrilliance Lu Bu's dragon is tougher than he is when stats are equal, go fig]]), or the [[CherryTapping Qiaos/Zhou Yu]], the Hambrabi fulfills the role of Gan Ning (Stupidly powerful single-hit SP attack but overall only a mid-tier moveset), the Purus/Haman are the Qiaos, God Gundam is BOTH of these at once (SHIIIINING FINGER), and Nu Gundam/Sazabi round out the 'most irritating common fight' roster. Any of these can ruin your day a lot faster than either Musha when boosted. Wing Zero is no slouch either, having a Hambrabi-level hit as a NORMAL charge attack.
* ThemeNaming: The factions formed in DWG3 all share a similar name trend.
** The first four; Those who Understand, Those who Doubt, Those who Fight, and Those who Pass By
** When the factions merge into a two sided army, it becomes; For Peace, and For Victory
** And finally everyone comes together in; For Resolve.
* TurnsRed: Rival aces at critical armor levels can gain a yellow or red aura and come after you with their {{Desperation Attack}}s.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The last stage in Emma's story mission depicts what would happen if [[spoiler: [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Quattro sided with Axis.]]]]
** Kamille is often seen in Gyunei's Jagd Doga, possibly a ShoutOut to the persistent rumor that Gyunei was created as an {{Expy}} of Kamille after Tomino rejected the idea of Kamille showing up in ''CharsCounterattack'' fighting for Char after being put through some questionable brain surgery.
* WhatTheHellHero: In Jerid's story mission, [[spoiler: Shinn]] berates him for [[spoiler: the creation and use of Cyber-Newtypes.]]
** Puru Two's story missions soon become one WhatTheHellHero moment after the next stemming from [[spoiler: Roux' distrust for her and Puru after Puru [[SaveTheVillain helps Haman.]]]] Leading to missions involving fights against [[spoiler: Roux, Emma, Judau and Puru respectively.]]
* WorldOfHam: Because dude. It's a ''Dynasty Warriors'' game AND a ''Gundam'' game. This is like World of Ham squared.
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Averted, Haman considers Garrod's overly friendly way of speaking with Minerva an insult and demands he speaks to her more formally. Garrod being well... [[{{Shonen}} Garrod]], thinks the means he must speak as such, he stumbles around with thine, thy and thou before Minvera asks him to speak like he always does.
* {{Zeerust}}: Characters from the '70s and '80s still look like... characters from a '70s or '80s anime. Some of the Gundam sound effects from that era have also been kept.
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[[caption-width-right:340:Damn it, Setsuna, watch where you swing those things! Those logos aren't cheap, you know.]]
As could be guessed from the title, '''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam''' (''Gundam Musou'' in Japan) is a SpinOff of {{Creator/Koei}}'s popular ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' HackAndSlash series of games, [[MixAndMatch flavored to the tastes of]] {{Creator/Bandai}}'s immensely popular ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series of HumongousMecha anime. Perhaps sadly, [[IThoughtItMeant it does NOT, however, involve]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the characters of the Three Kingdoms Era climbing into Gundam cockpits]] [[AnachronismStew and taking over ancient China with giant robots.]] [[EpilepticTrees Yet.]]
As with the ''Dynasty'' and ''VideoGame/{{Samurai|Warriors}}'' series, ''DW: Gundam'' tells the tale of a famous period of warfare by way of having a player take control of influential combatants of the day and sending them on a FoeTossingCharge through depictions of noted battlefields while taking down millions upon millions of {{Mooks}}. However, the big twist here is that the famous period of warfare is the completely fictional ''Universal Century'' of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'', and most recently, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]''. The battles are fought not by people, but rather by influential [[AMechByAnyOtherName Mobile Suits]] of each period, and the [[FoeTossingCharge charges]] leaving dismembered MechaMooks and lots of StuffBlowingUp in their wake.
Not wanting to leave non-UC fans left in the lurch, Koei and Bandai-Namco also decided to throw in the "Original Mode" (Later replaced with the new "Mission Mode") in which groups of pilots from across the various Gundam [[AlternateUniverse Universes]] are brought together for the sole purpose of beating the ever-loving tar out of each other's MS.
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So far, there have been the following installments in the series:
* ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam / Gundam Musou'' (PS3, later ported to {{Xbox 360}} and PS2; 2007): Featured characters and mecha from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'', and ''Anime/TurnAGundam'', as well as a full sized version of ''SD Gundam'' series mainstay Musha Gundam as an OmnicidalManiac, who operates without a known pilot.
* ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 / Gundam Musou 2'' (PS3, [[{{Xbox360}} X360]], PS2; 2009): All remaining characters and MS return, with additional series ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Gundam F91]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory Gundam]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', as well as a number of support characters from the previous game being unlockable along with every single Boss and RedShirt unit. The Musha Gundam is no longer pilotless and is operated by several characters depending on the storyline. Also appearing is the Musha Gundam Mk II, which also has a different pilot depending on who the player is using.
* ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 / Gundam Musou 3'' (PS3, [[{{Xbox360}} X360]]; 2010): Includes ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'', ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', ''[[{{Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory}} Gundam 0083]]'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'', as well as most of the playable MS from the previous two games. Another ''SD Gundam'' mainstay, the Knight Gundam, also joins the roster of playable suits. New to the series are the ability to switch between art-styles (original and [[CelShading cel-shaded]]), four-player online co-op, non-UC [[{{Mooks}} Class 3 mobile suits]] (such as the GINN from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', the Death Army from ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'', and the Kapool from ''Anime/TurnAGundam''), and [[DownloadableContent downloadable]] pilots and mobile suits.
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!!Tropes used in the games:
* ActionGirl: The female pilots, obviously. Also, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Lacus Clyne]]'' of all people gets to be a pilot from the second game onwards. A pretty deadly one, too, since she's using her ex-fiancee Athrun's Infinite Justice Gundam to carve up the enemy.
** Lacus ends up fighting [[spoiler:her boyfriend Kira]] in her story mode and wins. [[spoiler: Despite wearing a dress, she wears the pants in their relationship.]]
* AGodAmI: Kai's ''almost'' averting it, but then: "[[SubvertedTrope Try as we might, humans can't be gods...]] [[DoubleSubverted But we can come pretty close though!]]"
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: For three characters in the second game: [[spoiler:Milliardo Peacecraft gets his [[MaskPower Zechs]] [[CharClone Marquise]] outfit, Loran Cehack [[WholesomeCrossdresser gets his pretty Laura Rolla party dress]], and Haman Karn gets her ZZ spacesuit. In the [=PS3=] and 360 releases, Amuro and Char can both switch between their ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'', and ''CharsCounterattack'' outfits as soon as they're unlocked for Mission Mode. Hilariously, the data for Char and Amuro's extra outfits are ''still there'' in the PS2 version, they've just been DummiedOut. They ''are'' still accessible via codebreaker, though.]]
** The third game adds a few more outfits - [[spoiler:Char gets his Neo Zeon uniform (which becomes his default, and the CCA normal suit becomes an unlockable alternate), Haman Karn gets ''her'' Neo Zeon uniform (complete with slightly goofy-looking headpiece), and Katajina gets to let her hair down and just go crazy - literally.]]
* AntiVillain: Jerid Messa in the first game's Original mode, in which he fights to save the Earth, only so the Titans can oppress it. But he's still [[NobleBigot sincere about it.]]
** The Knight Gundam from the third game, who only wants to help the pilots learn how to resolve their conflicts through communication via the cosmic equivalent of a LockedInARoom scenario.
* AscendedExtra: The [[Anime/TurnAGundam Turn X]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Hambrabi]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Guncannon]] are upgraded from [[EliteMook Class 2]] to [[OneManArmy Class 1]] Mobile Suits in ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3''.
** Anavel Gato, Beecha Oleg and Elle Vianno had appeared in previous games as [=NPCs=] but were upgraded to playable characters in [=DWG3=] as well.
* AscendedMeme: The [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] is now an available support unit, this means that you can now defeat any enemy or take any field [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM-0AwDMeEk WITH THE HELP OF KYO~JI!!!]]
* TheAtoner: A few {{Big Bad}}s, most notably KnightTemplar [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Paptimus Scirocco]] and WellIntentionedExtremist [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char]] [[CharsCounterAttack Aznable]], express regret for the things they've done in their home series after teaming up with others in Original Mode. In her ending in the other two games, Haman Karn also shows signs of this.
* BackToBackBadasses: Amuro and Char do this in the first game.
** Domon and Master Asia (sort of) as well as Shinn, Kira, and Athrun (again, sort of) in the second game.
* {{Backtracking}}: If you've ruined your relationship with another character, you can replay certain missions again (and again, and again, and again...) to repair it. The sequel partially averts this with special missions specifically designed to allow you to boost relationships with those who don't like you (which you will also play again, and again, and again...). The third game changes the relationship system so that friendship levels can only go up, not down, so the main reason to play missions again ([[RunningGag and again, and again, and again...]]) is to boost friendship levels higher and earn more cash.
* BadassBoast: absolutely everyone, mostly when their killscore reaches [[OneManArmy any multiple of 100]]. Sometimes, friendly pilots even give compliments while enemy reactions range from [[WhatTheHellHero pissed]] to [[ThisIsGonnaSuck uneasy]].
* BadExportForYou: While both games on the next-gen consoles have been released overseas, the show tunes from various Gundam series (Ex. Anime Ja Nai, Rhythm Emotion) are only available in the Japanese versions. Also, the export versions of the second game are not dual-audio like the first and third games.
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Boy, these games sure do love telling you victory conditions have changed.
* BashBrothers: Gym and Yazan. Especially punctuated in the second game, when a random battle event has the duo entering the field against you - piloting both Musha Gundams.
* BattleAura: After doing an SP attack, the [[MobileSuitGundamF91 F91]]'s biocomputer goes online and temporarily envelops the Gundam with this in the second game, granting it increased damage to all melee attacks (technically, all attacks hit the target twice). Coupled with the Gundam's already stellar ranged firepower, this makes the F91 a real PintsizedPowerhouse.
** In CCA-Amuro's Official Mode in the second game, the Nu Gundam (or [[NewGamePlus whatever mobile suit Amuro is using]]) gets the same visual effect after the Alpha Azieru is defeated.
* BigBad: Musha Gundam in the first game, Musha Gundam and Musha Gundam Mk. II in the second game, and Knight Gundam in the third game.
* BladeLock: if two non-mook combatants simultaneously melee each other, they go into this and a quick-time event happens. Successfully executing the displayed sequence of buttons in the available time[[hottip:*:the length of the time slot depends on the difficulty while the number of button presses appear to depend on how strong the opponent's mobile suit is]] will knock back and stun the opponent for a few seconds, giving you free hits in the meantime. But press the wrong button or run out of time and ''you'' will get stunned!
** Interestingly, this mechanic can also be used to interrupt the otherwise uninterruptible SP attacks by launching your own into it. Both combatants zero out their SP meters and the duel plays out like described above.
** The "Hate to Lose" skill is specifically tailored for this trope: winning the duel will give you fifteen seconds of increased attack damage, allowing you to [[CurbstompBattle steamroll the stunned enemy into the ground before he can retaliate]].
** If one of the combatants is a mook, they'll simply CrossCounter each other.
* BluntYes: Kira Yamato and Shinn Asuka's Combo SP Conversation.
--> '''Kira''': "You will help, right?"
--> '''Shinn''': "Yes."
* BreakingTheFourthWall: By Mr. Bushido himself.
-->'''Mr. Bushido''': ''(when selected)'' All right. My first time as a Dynasty Warrior Gundam!
* BrotherChuck: Some characters that were present in the first game (Anavel Gato, Jamaican Danigan, Horace, etc.) are absent in the second game, though the Nightmare of Solomon returns in the third.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Sleggar, Bright, Johnny]], [[CharsCounterAttack and 90% of the CCA cast]] are absent from the 3rd game, although Chan manages to stick around as an operator. This happened to some of the suits too, like the Bolinoak Sammahn and Quess' Jagd Doga.
* [[CallAHitPointASmeerp Call A Musou Attack A Smeerp]]: Unlike other ''Warriors'' games, the ubiquitous power gauge and resulting LimitBreak-style attacks are referred to as the "SP Gauge" and "SP Attacks".
* CallingYourAttacks: Domon and Master Asia mostly, although Amuro, Char, Haman, Scirocco, Judau, and the Purus do it as well. Humorously, Heero lampshades whenever he and Domon use a Combination SP Attack (and once when they fight together in Heero's story mode), telling him to pipe down.
* CantCatchUp: Some playable pilots are simply better than others. For example, in the second game, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Lunamaria]] has lower stats at [[CharacterLevel Level 50]] ([[{{cap}} the maximum]]) than Shinn, Kira, and Athrun do at Level 40. Of course, it [[JustifiedTrope makes a certain degree of sense]] that the supporting cast would max out at a lower skill level than the main characters -- there's a reason they're the ''main'' characters, after all.
* CatFight / DesignatedGirlFight: Female pilots get a Friendship Mission where they battle against other female pilots in order to improve their relationship values with the male pilots (while male pilots, of course, get the opposite mission). Also notable is [[GundamF91 Cecily Fairchild's]] sole Story Mission, where she basically has to run a gauntlet of other female MS pilots, only to learn that [[spoiler:the reason everyone was attacking her was because Seabook told them about how pretty and awesome she was, in order to make it easier to find her when they picked fights with her out of jealousy. And yes, she does [[WhatTheHellHero kick the crap out of him for it]].]]
* CherryTapping: Some missions ''require'' you to play in crap-ass mobile suits, such as Zaku Tank or Ball, and for extra cherry-tapping value even require you to take down massive robot enemies in said suits.
** In DW:G2, the "Soldier's Battlefield" sequence of missions rewards you for this. If you beat all four, your friendship level with nearly all of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters goes up, since you've just impressed the hell out of everyone with your cherry tapping abilities.
*** "Zaku Tank: Lord Of Land" - did you just take out a bunch of aces and the Psycho Gundam [=MkII=] with something that tends to work best using its tiny little claws?
*** "Ball Is Your Friend!" - take "Zaku Tank: Lord Of Land" and replace the Psycho Gundam [=MkII=] with the Alpha Azieru and it's the same principle.
*** In the third game, the easiest way to increase everyone's friendship levels is to repeatedly fail a certain mission[[hottip:*:"Mobile Suits...And Love": catapult into the enemy field, die, repeat]] in 30-second intervals.
* ColonyDrop: This ''is'' a {{Gundam}} game. The first game's Original Mode features this as the ultimate goal of the Musha Gundam, as it plans to smash ''an entire planet'' into the Earth.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Enemy boss suits in the second game have access to certain special attacks (ex. Nu Gundam deploying its fin funnels independently, Wing Zero flying offscreen and turning into a KillSat) that the player can never learn.
** Also, some bosses (we're looking at you, Amuro!) can use their double-team SP attacks completely alone. You can tell when it's coming by looking at the telltale glow of them about to unleash an SP attack. If it looks like a standard smash attack, it's going to be a normal SP but if it's purple and SuckingInLines, it's going to be the double-team version.
* ContinuityNod: The "Remember the Past" missions in the second game, and the History Missions in the third game. Also, if certain pilots are on the same side (Ex. Haman and Kamille), they can disrupt the field.
** A rather heartwarming version is available in the third game - use Dozle as your pilot and Audrey as your operator, and you'll get family-based flavor comments from both, including Dozle letting out his PapaWolf.
** Another subtle one in the third game happens in the mission "Warriors, Again..." As part of the mission, you have to fight the remaining units from Glemy's failed revolt, including several of the mass-production Qubeleys. However, one will be marked Unknown, and when defeated will leave the field instead of being destroyed. [[spoiler:Those who know the backstory to Gundam Unicorn will quickly realize that was the MP Qubeley being piloted by Puru Twelve, a.k.a. Marida Cruz.]]
* CripplingOverspecialization: The use of the Overdrive skill can sometimes have this effect. Gundams and other non-mook class units have three SP Attacks: one ground, one aerial and one combination attack used when in close proximity to an ally who also has an SP charge. Usually one single SP attack is more suited for clearing hordes of mooks while the other is more suited to dealing pinpoint damage to commanders. Overdrive replaces the ground SP with the usually more powerful combo SP, which can sometimes cause trouble if it has the same specialty as the aerial attack. Turn A is a particularly good example of this problem.
** At the same time, Turn A's aerial SP and its combo SP are both frighteningly effective in tackling either aces or crowds of mass-produced suits. There's [[NukeEm a reason]] an Overdrive-enabled Turn A is considered a GameBreaker.
** The Gundam Epyon is a better example, as it has considerable melee strength and surprising reach with its whip-shaped heat rod. However, it doesn't have any ranged attacks in its arsenal, and if it can't close with an enemy, it's functionally helpless against its opponent.
** The Palace Athene and Guncannon, both EliteMook suits, swing straight to the other end of the scale of overspecialization. The Palace Athene carries beam cannons, grenade launchers, and missile racks, and is capable of hammering even AceCustom mobile suits to pieces, while the Guncannon has its massive twin shoulder cannons to wipe out mook suits. However, both units are quite sluggish and their melee attacks are definitely inferior, meaning that anyone who can get close enough can tear these suits new [[UnusualEuphemism exhaust ports]] several times over.
** There IS variation with a few Mook and EliteMook suits, it's just small and hard to see. Their combo and critical health SP attacks are basically the same with a little extra. The Gyan is the easiest to spot.
* CrutchCharacter: The Unicorn Gundam in DWG3. You can get him available relatively early, and his Destroy Mode drastically increases the speed and range, as well as giving a small bonus in attack. And regardless of the pilot's skill, Destroy Mode allows the pilot to do a extremely fast and powerful chain combo that will hit several enemies at once, buffing his SP gause extremely fast as well. While he will dominate any story mission without specific Mobile Suit requirements, using him to blast throught the game will often end with the player seeing himself without most licences, lacking good plans to develop other Mobile Suits, and if the player doesn't bother switching the pilots every now and then, most of the remaining pilots will be at low levels. Cue the player looking at a 6-Star Rank mission where he is required to use a pilot he never touched, with a Rank 1 Suit he didn't play once.
* CutScenePowerToTheMax: In the second game, Kira's final boss scene, as well as any scene where Kira himself is the final boss. Amongst others.
** In the first game, Char's Zaku II is somehow able to block the Bakunetsu God Finger with its heat hawk and survive being at Ground Zero of a Twin Buster Rifle shot.
* DavidVersusGoliath: The second game brings in gigantic Mobile Armors as bosses, leading to some truly epic boss fights.
* DeadpanSnarker: Several characters, though Ribbons is perhaps the foremost example, getting a disproportionate share of [=DWG3=]'s best lines.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Horribly, painfully averted. The more frequently you defeat another character, the more negative their opinion of you will become. This becomes a big problem when you require their friendship to unlock new missions. Thankfully, this is fixed in [=DW:G3=], where friendship levels always go up and never go down.
** Played straight with a random event where Kira and Athrun appear at once in the same area and start fighting while trading {{Motive Rant}}s back and forth. If you leave them alone, they'll eventually [[DoubleKnockout frag each other and disappear]]; if however you butt in on their fight (which Athrun will loudly complain about]]) and defeat both within a small timeframe, they "retreat due to injures" then a while later come back and team up with you for the rest of the mission.
** Also played straight for the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' series of Mission Mode missions in the second game. Any character other than Heero or Milliardo eventually gets e-mails from both of them that drop their relationship values to the lowest possible level and unlock missions where you have to fight them; eventually, however, [[spoiler:Relena sends you an e-mail asking you to help them, and if you complete the resulting mission chain, both Heero and Milliardo become your friends]].
** Also occurs in Amuro's Story Mode in part 2: In his early missions, he battles Heero, Domon, and Uso. They join his side in later missions.
** On the other hand, the AI's nature to prioritize the last enemy ace who hurt them can be exploited: the defeat-related decrease of friendship levels only occurs if the subject is defeated by ''you''. This means that if you don't particularly care about the goodies (parts, experience and a random item) you miss out, you can [[LoopholeAbuse beat them within an inch of their life then]] [[LetsYouAndHimFight lure them to someone else friendly to you and get them to aggro each other... then lean back and watch the show]]. Especially amusing if the friendly happens to be in a mobile armor. It doesn't always work as some missions have certain enemies [[ItsUpToYou scripted to not take killing blows from anyone but you]].
* DemonicSpiders: the independently-launched funnels of Haman's Qubeley in the second game's Official mode. What makes them into significantly more pain in the ass than the funnels of the other boss suits that have them (the Nu Gundam, the Sazabi and the Alpha Azieru) is that they ''rapid-fire'', stunlocking you almost instantly if you get hit. And did we mention that Haman is ''still attacking you in the meantime''?
* DemotedToExtra: While an active support character in the first game, [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Rain]] is reduced to being involved only in Domon's story missions and the Gundam Fight Friendship Missions compared to other characters with similar roles. [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Fa]] also goes from playable to support in the third game.
* DesperationAttack: At 25% armor, your SP gauge starts filling automatically, and any [[LimitBreak SP attacks]] you use are a more powerful version, complete with [[SuperMovePortraitAttack portrait cut-in]].
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVBkSxMbVQ For example, place Amuro in the Reborns Gundam, Ribbons' default MS.]] [[TohruFuruya Shared seiyuu aside]], Amuro's lines in battle will have him specifically mention the unique armaments of the Gundam, ''including'' his Fin Fangs (as opposed to the Nu Gundam's Fin Funnels) and Trans-Am.
* DoubleEntendre: Full of them, as per-usual in a Dynasty Warriors game. However, the mother of them all comes from Lacus Clyne, of all people. In her combo sp attack with Athrun Zala from the third game:
-->'''Lacus Clyne''': "Let's do it, Athrun"
-->'''Athrun Zala''': "Lacus... I don't know about this."
* DownloadableContent: ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2'' has free downloadable missions available. ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3'' has priced DLC that includes new playable pilots and mobile suits, including [[MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Marida Cruz's Kshatriya]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Mr. Bushido's Susanowo, and all of the Gundam Meisters]] (except Setsuna, who's already included in the basic game).
* DualBoss: Shinn's final battle in Mission Mode has Kira and Athrun double-teaming him.
-->'''Shinn:''' That's it, you're ALL going down!! '''ALL OF YOU!!!'''
* DualWield: Some use dual swords, some use dual guns, two use both.
* DuelBoss: Most of the Mission Mode stories end with this.
* DynamicEntry: On higher difficulty levels in the second game, enemy mooks love to crash-tackle you if you ''dare'' try to dash or do any kind of charge attack while not facing them. Speaking of which, they can and will do dash attacks from a standstill on any difficulty.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Quite literally in the second game, wherein [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam's]] Kamille Bidan has an Official Story mode whose ending can change depending on whether or not you prevent certain events from occurring. Playing normally results in the TV series' DownerEnding, but working to prevent the events leading to the deaths of ActionGirl Emma and GeniusBruiser Henken leads to the much happier ending from the CompilationMovie.
** To elaborate: While every character's Official Mode aside from the CCA versions of Amuro and Char has a good and bad ending depending on how the last mission plays out, Love is the Pulse of the Stars ''is an achievement.''
** On that note, this is averted with the Char's Counterattack scenario, as no matter how many times you save someone, they'll [[TooDumbToLive run away thanking you for saving them only to return and try the EXACT same tactic.]] The window to beat the opponent gets smaller each time until there is practically no way to avoid the character death cutscene. Only Rezin can be 'saved' and the game acts like she died anyway as she doesn't appear in the second part.
* EasterEgg: the PS2's graphic representation of save data belonging to the second game (seen when booting the console without a disc and choosing to view the memory card's contents) is a FunSize Musha Gundam Mark 2 precariously balancing on a pink Haro... with one leg in the air and sword-carrying arms spread out, like an amateur circus performer.
* EvilLaugh: Scirocco's default taunt when the player attacks him is an absolutely ''fabulous'' one.
* ExcusePlot: Musha Gundam distorting time and space is used to justify Mobile Suit pilots from different time periods fighting with and against each other in Original Mode.
** In the second game, Heero's Story Mode is just random missions he was hired for, without any connection to each other.
* ExtremityExtremist: The Gundam Epyon can only use melee attacks.
** In a more literal (and perhaps more comical) example, the Zeong is also an extremist, using only its hands to fight its enemies. Why is this? Recall the end of Mobile Suit Gundam if you will. The Zeong here is the same as seen there. It can't attack with its feet because ''it has no legs.''
* FlamingSword: Knight Gundam's sword becomes this after using its SP attacks.
* {{Flanderization}}: To cut down on time, what with the {{Loads and loads of characters}} and all, a lot of characters were taken down to the basic stock of what they were remembered for; and their [[MemeticMutation permutations.]]
** For instance every other word out of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna's]] mouth either has to do with his [[CargoShip Gundam]] or how [[{{Nay Theist}} there is no God.]]
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn]] is generally yelling about ''[[{{Wangst}} something]]''.
** And [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon]] [[LargeHam is usually just yelling.]]
*** [[HotBlooded For many reasons]].
* FoeTossingCharge: Plenty. This ''is'', after all, a DynastyWarriors game. The Unicorn's is arguably the most spectacular and devastating, whilst the Acguy's is ''definitely'' the least dignified.
** In the second game, the V2 Gundam's aerial SP attack where it spreads its wings and charges forward is an '''''extremely''''' devastating one, capable of cutting down dozens of mooks. A more conventional example would be any mobile suit equipped with the Aura Burst upgrade: simply dashing in any direction will violently toss aside everyone in the way (doesn't do much damage, though).
* FoeYay: One of Judau's lines, after defeating an enemy officer, delivered quite flirtatiously: "We gotta get together sometime after the war." And yes, he will say this to ''anyone'', ranging from home series antagonist Haman Karn, to [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]], to [[NoYay Ramba Ral]]. This was tweaked in the third game; now his line is "I hope to see you again - in ''peaceful'' times."
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Reccoa]]'s first story mission is meant to depict her infiltrating the ''Jupitris''; at one point she tells Paptimus Scirocco, "I'm Reccoa Londe, a civilian traveler, just passing through. My Suit is acting up." This is ''after'' she's slaughtered her way through the enemy army and single-handedly taken down the Psyco Gundam Mk II, and right before she personally hands Scirocco his ass while he's in [[LightningBruiser The O]], all while piloting a crappy Tier 3 Gelgoog. No wonder Scirocco politely wishes her a safe journey after he's been defeated -- Reccoa's ''scary!''
** Pretty damn scary in the original series too! [[MoralEventHorizon Wiping out colonies just to stay on someone's good side?]] She's clearly so far out there no dissonance trope can explain away any of what she does. Can't help but wonder if Scirocco responds to her overtures simply because he fears the monster he's created might gas the Jupitris similarly if he doesn't put her on the same pedestal as Sarah.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Oh so that's why I've been all tingly! It's because of you." The fact that it's said by ''[[TokenMiniMoe Puru]]'' pulls this into {{Squick}} Territory. It doesn't help that she proposed to take a bath with Judau, who thankfully declines.
** Puru makes the same offer to anybody who completes the CherryTapping 'Ball is your Friend!' mission in the second game - as part of a conversation in which [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Lacus]], [[Anime/TurnAGundam Laura]] and Puru congratulate the player on their skill with, ahem, Balls.
** This is just Puru's way to be friendly. So far the only one who agreed to take a bath with her is [[spoiler:Puru Two]].
** On a more dramatic and serious note, it's surprising that they kept Setsuna's militantly atheistic flavor comments in.
* GoddamnedBats: rocket-armed mooks at higher difficulty levels. ''Especially'' Doms and Gyans.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: The Guncannon's fighting style combines this with the {{BFG}}s on its shoulders. Particularly notable in ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3'', where the Guncannon is Class 1, and its new and slightly goofy-looking fighting style allows it to stand toe-to-toe with suits carrying beam sabers and heat hawks.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Several 'grab' attacks allow your pilots to do this. A particularly bizarre example is the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Seravee Gundam]]'s C6 attack, where the suit's built-in Seraphim Gundam allows Tieria to basically throw ''himself'' at the enemy.
** In the second game, the V2 Gundam's C3 attack sees the suit launch [[CombiningMecha its own lower half]] at the enemy, following up with a DiagonalCut from the upper part before reconnecting. Hilariously, it's possible to interrupt the sequence at any time, at which point the two parts of the suit instantaneously teleport to each other before the suit does the hit animation.
* HamToHamCombat: All the damn time.
* HotBlooded: Pretty much standard for most of the cast, even [[CoolBigSis Haman]] gets this way sometimes.
* HoYay: Of the oddball crossover variety. For example, rescuing Seabook Arno from the bad guys, and hearing him gratefully remark, "My soul has drawn you here... or at least, that is what I want to believe." Glemy Toto's rescue lines are arguably even worse: they're the same ones he says when he falls in LoveAtFirstSight with Roux!
** And in the non-crossover category, Kira and Athrun's tendency toward long, soulful exchanges of dialogue. Possibly lampshaded in the following combination Special Attack dialogue:
---> '''Scirocco:''' Women are the goddesses of war, wouldn't you agree?
---> '''Athrun:''' How the hell should I know?
* HyperspaceArsenal: Some mobile suits are capable of manifesting bazookas and Gundam hammers seemingly out of thin air, and pretty much every mobile suit's gun mysteriously vanishes when it pulls out a melee weapon.
* ItsUpToYou: In proud ''Dynasty Warriors'' tradition, if your side needs something important accomplished, you can count on being the one who has to do it. Especially if someone else volunteers to do the job, in which case your objective will be "save your ally's dumb ass and then do whatever it was they were trying to do."
** In one of Four's missions in DW:G2, Kamille Bidan shows up for the sole purpose of helping you, and then proceeds to park himself offscreen and not move while you take on a giant mecha by yourself. Thanks a lot, Kamille. (In his defense, Four does explicitly say that taking down the Psyco Gundam is [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself Something She's Got To Do Herself]].)
** It's also worth pointing out that, while they never do anything ''plotline'' important, your fellow squad leaders and aces are far from useless. They manage to capture enemy fields often enough, and the "Leadership" skill makes them fight better. In DW:G3, they become even more useful, though you still have to save their bacon occasionally.
*** Even better with "Jamming" skill, which ''makes enemies weaker''.
*** Amusingly, it seems to be all based on morale and not at all with what they're piloting. Meaning [[LittleMissBadass Lunamaria is one of the most deadly fighters offscreen]] in the entire DWG series. [[CherryTapping When she always pilots a Zaku]], red or otherwise. And macho guys like Yazan and Gym are constantly 'in trouble' despite using Musha or a Turn Gundam. (This being before you unlock the pilot switch mode.) Essentially the problems from normal DW, where the Qiaos can hold for an hour but Wei Yan and Zhang Fei constantly scream for help.
* IdiotBall: Millardo/Zechs holds it briefly in his second story mission.
** Puru Two for all of hers. It never occurs to you to just fly to another area, huh? Gotta take advantage of the whole [[LetsYouAndHimFight Let's You and Her Fight]] setup, right?
* IllKillYou: [[NeverLiveItDown Unsurprisingly]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]] eventually sends you an e-mail in Mission Mode that consists entirely of the following:
--> '''From:''' Heero Yuy
--> '''Subject:''' I'll kill you!
--> I will kill you!
** Also unsurprisingly, Heero [[IneffectualDeathThreats never actually gets around to carrying this out]], and [[DefeatMeansFriendship eventually becomes one of your best buddies]] if you complete the mission chain.
*** Aw, he's just shy. That's the only way he knows how to make friends.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Most of the guard-breaking 'grab' attacks actually involve stabbing someone with your beam saber before doing something deeply unpleasant to them (i.e., more unpleasant than being stabbed with a beam saber in the first place).
* ItemFarming: In order to obtain more powerful mobile suits, you have to obtain parts or plans in the second and third games, respectively. These {{Randomly Drop|s}} when you defeate enemy aces or large numbers of mooks. Also in the second game, obtaining higher-level torsos unlocks a longer SP gauge.
* JokeCharacter: The second game allows you to utilize mook-class MS as playable units. They're generally underpowered, and lacking the versatile movesets of the player and mid-boss level units, although properly upgrading them can yield potential LethalJokeCharacter results, especially the Ball and the [=GM=]s.
** The Ball has an extremely fast melee attack and one of the best dash attacks for excellent hit-and-run attacks against mobile armors and plowing through crowds of enemy mooks, respectively. Its RapidFireFisticuffs SP attack also dishes out a TON of damage and cannot be dodged.
** The GM series, otherwise quite weak due to their lack of smash and charge attacks as well as the area-effect ranged attacks some other suits have, can dish out '''8''' normal attacks in a single, uninterrupted chain, making them able to steadily wear down the opponent through repeated strikes that do not have a delay long enough to interrupt between them. Their other point of note is the SP attack that does decent attack against crowds.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Schwarz Bruder's partner attack in the third game reveals his secret identity, which was a pretty big plot point in ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''.
* LargeHam: This is a WorldOfHam so everyone falls under this at some point, but special mention really must go to Gym Ghingham, Master Asia, and Domon Kasshu.
** ''"YOU DON'T KNOW ME?! I AM MASTER ASIA, THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST!"''
** A hilarious example is a random event in the second game where Puru, Domon and Milliardo spawn together. The following exchange plays out:
--->'''Domon:''' Let's do it! Time they got a taste of my power!
--->'''Puru:''' Yay! Here we go... [[CatchPhrase My hand burns red!]]
--->'''[[TheStoic Milliardo]]:''' [[OutOfCharacterMoment It tells me to]] '''[[HOTBlooded GRASP VICTORY!!!]]'''
--->''([[AwesomenessIsVolatile battlefield plunges into chaos, randomizing the ownership of all fields]])''
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Pilots are assigned more-or-less randomly to one side or the other in most Mission Mode missions, even those ostensibly linked by a storyline. Certain common random encounters can also occur regardless of which pilot you're currently playing as. This leads to such curious matchups as [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Dozle Zabi vs. the Black Tri-Stars]], [[CharsCounterattack Amuro Ray vs. Chan Agi and Hathaway Noa]] (or worse yet, [[StuffedIntoTheFridge Lalah]] [[ILetGwenStacyDie Sune]]), or [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn Asuka vs. Lunamaria Hawke]], and also means that a pilot who was on your side in one storyline mission can be your enemy in the very next storyline mission and vice versa.
** Lampshaded when Elle and Roux wind up on the opposite sides and battle each other.
** In the ''Remember the Past'' missions of the second game, it is fully possible to have pilots fight ''themselves'' - for example, Zeta-era Amuro (in the RX-78!) versus CCA-era Amuro (the player).
* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: In Mission mode the player gains access to new missions, suits and characters by leveling up your pilot's relationship with other characters.
* LightningBruiser: In theory, most any MS can be made into one of these with the right combination of equipment and upgrades, but special mention has to go to Char's Zaku II in the third game. With its special equipment ([[AscendedMeme Triple Acceleration]]) unlocked and Char in the cockpit, the suit's movement and attack speed dramatically increase, allowing you to jet across the entire battlefield in seconds and hack apart enemy aces before they can finish saying their arrival speech.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: 40 playable pilots and 66 Mobile Suits in ''DW:G2'', not counting the various non-playable support characters and Mobile Armors.
* MamaBear: Haman, but [[spoiler: ''only'' with Minerva.]]
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover
* MeleeATrois: Certain missions include a third (yellow) faction, which is hostile to both the friendly (blue) and enemy (red) factions.
* MoCapMecha: Mobile Suits in cutscenes tend to emote for their pilots, even if they're not supposed to be built that way.
* MoneyGrinding: In the third game, developing and equipping the most powerful mobile suits take a lot of money, as does obtaining licenses, so you'll be spending a lot of time doing this.
* MoodWhiplash: During some Combination SP attacks.
--> '''Puru Two:''' I ''HATE YOU'', GET AWAY FROM ME!!!
--> '''Jerid Messa:''' Don't step on my toes.
** Also for some random dialogue. For example, first Puru spawns. "I'm Elpeo Puru. Nice to meetcha!" Then Jerid. "Nice to meet ya." And then Kamille spawns on the opposing side...
* MookChivalry: Averted. The Mook suits will swarm you, and attack from off screen. Bazooka wielders are by far the worst, practically stunlocking you with a constant barrage. In DW:G3 the Mook AI is improved, and they will quite often attack you in formation, as well as synchronize attacks (i.e. ranged MS shooting you while melee MS jump you).
** Averted is an understatement. In the second game, mook AI appears to get ''significantly'' more aggressive if you're not facing in their general direction. It is not at all uncommon at higher difficulty levels to see a GM suddenly shield bash you from off-screen, sending you flying... right into the shield bash of another GM, the AI quite literally playing pinball with your mobile suit while the others hack away at you flying past them.
*** On the other hand, mooks still visibly hesitate before closing into melee range, preferring to use ranged attacks in the meantime.
* MoralityPet: Audrey/Mineva for Haman in the third game where the worst trait Haman shows is being kind of haughty.
* MoreDakka: Several suits score highly in the firepower stakes, but surprisingly, the winner for 'most dakka in a single attack' doesn't go to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heavyarms Kai]] (which compensates by backing up its chest gatlings with [[MacrossMissileMassacre lots and lots of missiles]]), but to the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Unicorn]]'', whose air SP attack consists of unloading ''four'' beam gatling guns on the enemy (two in each hand). Not only that, but it's AwesomeYetPractical, scoring a OneHitKill on or chewing through most of the health of Mobile Armours on even the highest difficulty levels.
* MythologyGag: ChickMagnet Paptimus Scirocco making a suggestive comment to ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'''s Roux Louka, who reacts with incredulity and disgust. "Are you ''hitting'' on me?"
** By the third game he runs an entire faction with the sole purpose of collecting female characters, in fact the only male members of his faction were Garrod Ran and [[DudeLooksLikeALady Loran Cehack]].
** Normally, pilots will default to only using particular mobile suits from their respective series until the player unlocks the ability for pilots to use any suit. However, certain pilots can sortie in suits from other series that reference their series - for example, Lunamaria can sortie in Char's Zaku (referencing her red ZAKU Warrior) and Ribbons can sortie in the RX-78 (referencing the 0 Gundam).
** Shinn's relationship mission in the third game has him in a one-on-one fight with Four Murasame in the Psyco Gundam, resulting in a meta-mythology gag.
** In the first game, when Milliardo and Char meet in his story mode, Milliardo makes a speech about how he never had any aspirations for leadership, and is a warrior at heart. Char comments that "[[CharClone You sound just like me.]]"
* NeverGiveUpSpeech: In Domon/Puru/Milliardo's Original mode, [[spoiler:Master Asia and Heero respectively]] give one to Domon and Milliardo in their DarkestHour.
* {{Ninja}}: The [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Hyaku Shiki's]] moveset is ''very'' ninja-like.
* NoExportForYou: ''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam: Special/Gundam Musou Special'' for PS2 which introduced Musha Gundam MK II was only released in Japan.
** Not really a loss in any way since unlike most of the entries on that page, pretty much every improvement and addition was shunted to 2, along with 2's base improvements.
* NoIndoorVoice: Domon has this awesome way of shouting 90% of his words.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Garrod Ran is easily one of the most easygoing characters in the franchise, but he is still older than half the playable characters in DW:G3.
* OneManArmy: It's ''DynastyWarriors.'' You're in a [[SuperPrototype Gundam]]. Do the math. There's also a skill you can earn actually ''called'' One Man Army, which turns you into even more of a {{badass}} when you're fighting on your own.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In the English dub of the second game, Puru normally has a fairly neutral American accent, but occasionally slips into a Southern drawl for no particular reason ("I'll cover y'all!"). She loses this trait in the third game.
* TheOtherDarrin: The English versions of the games were unable to obtain the services of several voice actors who worked on the various Gundam anime series, and thus had to recast some of the roles. For example, Mark Gatha (Domon) retired from voice acting to become a doctor, and MarkHildreth (Heero) has said he won't play the character anymore after being MisBlamed for his robotic performance in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]''. Travis Milne, who voices Kamille in the first two games, is replaced by James Beach because the former is involved in Rookie Blue, which is a TV series based in Toronto.
** On that note, since the dubbing is done by voice actors mostly from Canada, series dubbed in America (''{{Gundam 0083}}'', ''GundamF91'', and ''GundamUnicorn'') had to be recast, with the strange exception of [[{{Gundam 0083}} Anavel Gato]], who, according to TheOtherWiki, is still voiced by his original voice actor, KirkThornton.
** In-series example - Judau is voiced by AndrewFrancis instead of Sean Broadhurst in the sequel.
*** Judau was played by Francis in ''[[GundamVsSeries Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam]]'', meaning that technically Broadhurst was the Other Darrin and not the other way around.
** Another in-series example, only in Japanese: due to the [[AuthorExistenceFailure death of]] DaisukeGouri in between between the second and third games, TesshoGenda is voicing [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Dozle Zabi]] in ''3''.
* OverprotectiveDad: Dozle in the third game. His relationship mission has him wade through an army just to test if Banagher is good enough for his daughter - and culminates in him beating the tar out of the poor boy.
* PaletteSwap: In the first game, the Qubeley and its two Mk II successors are all effectively the same character with the same moveset. The only differences are in coloration and some very minor stat variations. The twin Gundam Mk II units are largely the same, but have the sequence of their successive LimitBreak attacks reversed from one another.
** The third game adds a significant difference for these suits, through their unique special equipment.
** Some of the Mook suits in the third game are essentially palette swaps of each other: the Gaza C and Gaza D differ only in their coloration and shape. The Gouf Flight Type has exactly the same moveset as the Dom. And the GM, GMII, and GM Command are all identical, except for coloration and how they hold their shield.
* PlotThreads: Puru/Puru Two's story missions, to the point that you'll have to basically switch from one to the other.
* PopularityPower: To focus on the dynamic between Amuro and Char and in the lack of CCA both Amuro and Char have their original Mobile Suit Gundam suits in the first game. While Amuro understandably is barely able to fight his enemies blow for blow Char takes them on quite well when in the original Gundam He was barely able to hurt Amuro.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A major theme of the third game's Story Mode. Communication difficulties, mistrust, and conflicting information between the various factions leads to a large number of conflicts that could otherwise have been avoided. Multiple characters in every faction [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this, commenting on the folly of rushing into battle when nobody really knows what the hell is going on. [[spoiler:It really doesn't help that the [[BigBad Knight Gundam]] is deliberately manufacturing several of these misunderstandings in order to create a conflict for the pilots to resolve.]]
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: An acceptable break from canon, as it allows the older series' MS to go toe-to-toe with opponents who would easily wipe the floor with them in-universe.
** Especially notable with the Turns, as they should be able to mop the floor with the rest of the lineup easily.
*** In fact the Turns are quite weak, so their movesets actually make viewing their series a big surprise for players unfamiliar with them. Aside from the awesomely huge invulnerability time blessed by Moonlight Butterfly, they are all-around average. (but thanks to X's ability to spam MB using all SP skills makes him effective, if cheap as hell.) The combo SP attack however, is pretty broken on both. For X, Butterfly lasts longer, for A, it [[KillItWithFire pulls the nuclear warhead out of its chest]] and throws it like a grenade. A really really big highly damaging grenade. (most of the one-hit SP attacks are crowd clearers and do terrible damage.)
* PowerTrio: Four trios are formed in the first game's Original Mode, though characters do change sides through campaign sometimes, the main setup is usually:
** Heero, Master Asia, and Jerid
** Domon, Milliardo, and Puru
** Loran, Emma, and Puru Two
** Judau, Roux, and Scirocco
* PummelDuel: Between Master Asia and Domon in Domon's fifth mission in DW:G1's Original Mode.
* TheRashomon: Subverted. Original Mode looks like it's this, but no character's route is completely compatible with any of the others', and some are drastically different.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ramba Ral's story mission in the second game consists of him giving a few to some of the younger pilots, and Master Asia does this to just about everyone in the second game as well.
* RecycledINSPACE
* RegeneratingHealth: Two variants - The Skill "DG Cells" in the second game (found on the Musha Mk I and Master Gundam) grants a unit this (at a fast rate) but kills your unit's Defence (making it a very dangerious idea if combined with Fighting Instinct, equaling GlassCannon), while in the third game, it's standard on all Suits, but it's limited up to the light blue/yellow/red portion of your Health Bar if you get hit, and you still need Armor Recovery if you get your butt knocked around hard enough.
* RedShirtArmy / {{Mooks}}: Well, ''duh''. Again, it's a ''Dynasty Warriors'' game.
** Plus, it's ''Gundam'' after all. If massed waves of grunt suits didn't explode on a regular basis, it just wouldn't be proper. In the third game the grunt suits will often ''literally'' explode, doing damage to anything around them, which can cause huge chain reactions of exploding grunts.
* RelationshipValues: A major part of unlocking hidden characters/MS/missions in the second game's Mission Mode is working on relationships with any and all characters you're not currently using. Values increase by fighting on the same side and aiding an ally when they're in trouble, but decrease if you wind up on opposite sides and by actually defeating them in battle.
** Also, pilots will start with relationship values for pilots set by the events of their series - for example, Kira and Lacus start off at the highest tier of relationship. This becomes a problem for characters like Char or Haman, who start off with a number of pilots that are pissed off at them.
** Thankfully, the third game has overhauled the system so friendship values can only increase.
* TheRival: Domon Kasshu eagerly latches onto a few other pilots as a friendly rival, with hilarious results in the case of Heero Yuy (who futilely tells [[NoIndoorVoice him]] to shut up) and Kamille Bidan (combination SP Attack conversation: "Are you ''MAN'' ENOUGH? ''KAMILLE?"'')
** In the second game, one of Domon's flavor comments is a long-winded declaration of his rivalry with your character. Unfortunately, it's pretty much the ''only'' flavor comment he makes at that relationship level, and it gets a bit old after the seventh or eighth time you hear it in a single mission.
* RunningGag: Koei loves to make jokes referring to ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' characters and self-destruction attempts in the 3rd Game.
* RyuandKen: Some mobile suits have moves tweaked and modified from other suits, especially if they have connections e.g. Unicorn and Amuro's Gundams, Sinanju and Char's suits, and the Master and Burning Gundams.
* SetBonus: Multiple parts from the same inventor give a stat bonus, while multiple parts of the same type give a special skill. Done away with in the third game, where instead of parts you get MS blueprints.
* ShoutOut: Roux and Leina comparing Judau's behavior to an old man in his Story in Mission Mode could possibly be a reference to his appearance as "Grey Stroke" in the Crossbone Gundam and V Gundam mangas.
** The ZZ and F91 teams crossing over happens in certain missions, such as Judau and Seabook's story modes in the Mission Mode.
** And what does young Amuro say sometimes if he's knocked down? [[BrightSlap "Not even my dad hits me!"]]
*** In the NA version of the third game, one of Amuro's positive flavor comments is "[[ActorAllusion Everything is ]][[Manga/DeathNote proceeding according to plan.]]"
** For that matter, most relationship or triumphant lines pilots say in battle are taken directly from their series. Most of them [[ItMakesSenseInContext make sense in the original use]], but here lead to the {{Narm}} and HoYay examples above.
** Watch Knight Gundam's death cutscene. [[FistOfTheNorthStar He died without a single regret.]]
* SlowMotionFall: When you defeat an enemy pilot, the game lets you witness your victory in slow-mo.
* StopHelpingMe: In DW:G2, sometimes a giant mobile suit will be on ''your'' side in a battle. Finally! Sweet payback for all those David and Goliath battles you had to win [[ItsUpToYou by yourself!]] Or at least until you walk into your giant ally's BeamSpam and get nuked along with all the enemy mooks around you.
** Or when part of your mission objective is to keep someone alive, and then they go into battle with a Mobile Armor with you, only to end up dying because the AI is stupid.
*** To be fair, it depends more on what they are listed as 'internally.' Much like Dynasty Warriors everyone still has their own 'AI' field (tactical, offensive, defensive, etc, just with more mixes to account for making their battle technique match their personality). Unfortunately it is invisible to you, the player. You can see this best when you compare Quess in the Azieru with Gyunei. Gyunei is an absolute monster (he'll tend to lose his own field because he kills so many of his own troops), while Quess is pretty weak and reserved when fighting. Gyunei is as dangerous to stand near as Lu Bu in DW even, if he's your ally. Yazan and Gym are equally dangerous when spawning in MAs, thankfully very rare if you have unlocked Musha however.
** Also, your allies will do things like kill-steal enemy aces from under you (especially when you're in a [[{{Mook}} Zaku]]), rush up to you just as you're using an SP Attack (especially when your team attack is less fitting to the situation) and wipe out all the mooks milling around a Mobile Armor so you can't refill your SP Gauge. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, guys.]]
** In-universe example: if your relationship values with pilots are low and you save them, they'll say to you just that.
*** Well, frankly, Haman tends to say that to everyone but Judau. And she gets confused if Char or [[FanNickname Papsmear Circus]] helps her.
* StrangeBedfellows: It's very possible for pilots who were antagonists in their series of origin to end up on the same side. Probably one of the weirder examples is Haman Karn's final story mission in the second game, when [[spoiler:Judau Ashta recruits Kamille Bidan and Amuro Ray, and all three show up in the middle of the battle to help her. It's a BigDamnHeroes moment that's ''actually'' pretty cool.]]
** The most extreme example is perhaps in either Kamille's or Haman's Original story mode in the first game. [[spoiler:They end up as friends and implied to be even more on Haman's. Haman and Kamille. Think about it.]]
** In Judau's Original story mode in the first game, he manages to [[spoiler:ultimately convince Paptimus Scirocco to do a massive HeelFaceTurn by the end of his route]].
** In a heroic case, Puru, Domon, and Zechs/Milliardo from the first game. You couldn't have asked a more bizarre trio to work together.
*** It gets better in the second game. They say Domon's trademark lines before a shining finger attack when they appear, Puru starting, Milliardo saying the middle, and Domon finishing. Also if you pay attention to their storymodes this time around [[FridgeBrilliance it is actually not out of place]]. All 3 follow codes of conduct that basically boil down to DefeatMeansFriendship to the letter (Milliardo never gets to his CCA Char story segment self unless you play as Heero. In which case he hilariously replaces Char on Axis, leading to much lampshading). It's like their entire reason for existing. There are also minor hints as to who teams up with who in their EX mode storylines based upon unique dual SP attack quotes.
* SuperMode: MS that canonically have them can enter into them via SP/Hyper SP Attack. This wasn't all that noticeable in the first two games, but with the third having quite a few more, it gives the suits that have the ability a definite advantage. In addition, the special gear of the Celestial Being suits extends Super Mode duration.
* SuperMovePortraitAttack
* TalkingToHimself: In the third game, BrianDrummond voices both Heero and Milliardo; it becomes a little obvious when [[OopsMeAccentsSlipping his Heero voice slips into his Zechs voice]].
* TeamDad: In the third game's Story Mode, ''[[CharsCounterattack CCA]]''-era Amuro and Char play this role to their respective [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Ragtag Bunches of Misfits]].
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: As the Musha Gundam is [[{{Expy}} this game's version]] of [[DynastyWarriors Lu Bu]] and [[SamuraiWarriors Honda Tadakatsu]], naturally it has its own theme tune when encountered. Cue running away...
** YMMV on this. While Honda is a beast, Musha and Lu Bu's most dangerous move is their lunging charge unblockable. Just as Lu Bu isn't quite as dangerous as a Boosted Gan Ning (One hit KO!) or Zhang Liao ([[FridgeBrilliance Lu Bu's dragon is tougher than he is when stats are equal, go fig]]), or the [[CherryTapping Qiaos/Zhou Yu]], the Hambrabi fulfills the role of Gan Ning (Stupidly powerful single-hit SP attack but overall only a mid-tier moveset), the Purus/Haman are the Qiaos, God Gundam is BOTH of these at once (SHIIIINING FINGER), and Nu Gundam/Sazabi round out the 'most irritating common fight' roster. Any of these can ruin your day a lot faster than either Musha when boosted. Wing Zero is no slouch either, having a Hambrabi-level hit as a NORMAL charge attack.
* ThemeNaming: The factions formed in DWG3 all share a similar name trend.
** The first four; Those who Understand, Those who Doubt, Those who Fight, and Those who Pass By
** When the factions merge into a two sided army, it becomes; For Peace, and For Victory
** And finally everyone comes together in; For Resolve.
* TurnsRed: Rival aces at critical armor levels can gain a yellow or red aura and come after you with their {{Desperation Attack}}s.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The last stage in Emma's story mission depicts what would happen if [[spoiler: [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Quattro sided with Axis.]]]]
** Kamille is often seen in Gyunei's Jagd Doga, possibly a ShoutOut to the persistent rumor that Gyunei was created as an {{Expy}} of Kamille after Tomino rejected the idea of Kamille showing up in ''CharsCounterattack'' fighting for Char after being put through some questionable brain surgery.
* WhatTheHellHero: In Jerid's story mission, [[spoiler: Shinn]] berates him for [[spoiler: the creation and use of Cyber-Newtypes.]]
** Puru Two's story missions soon become one WhatTheHellHero moment after the next stemming from [[spoiler: Roux' distrust for her and Puru after Puru [[SaveTheVillain helps Haman.]]]] Leading to missions involving fights against [[spoiler: Roux, Emma, Judau and Puru respectively.]]
* WorldOfHam: Because dude. It's a ''Dynasty Warriors'' game AND a ''Gundam'' game. This is like World of Ham squared.
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Averted, Haman considers Garrod's overly friendly way of speaking with Minerva an insult and demands he speaks to her more formally. Garrod being well... [[{{Shonen}} Garrod]], thinks the means he must speak as such, he stumbles around with thine, thy and thou before Minvera asks him to speak like he always does.
* {{Zeerust}}: Characters from the '70s and '80s still look like... characters from a '70s or '80s anime. Some of the Gundam sound effects from that era have also been kept.
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