History VideoGame / ShinSuperRobotWars

* AccidentalKiss: During a Space Route Scenario, [[Anime/MazingerZ Sayaka Yumi]] shows [[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]] the completed Jet Scrander, which brings Kouji to tears with joy. He plants a happy kiss right on Sayaka's lips. Stunned, she half-yells at him and demands to know what the heck he's thinking, but it's clear that he's mostly thinking about finally being able to fly. Sayaka hastily tells him she understands how he feels, and manages to prevent him from kissing her too many more times.

* AlienAbduction[=/=]DamselInDistress: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Professor Eri Anzai]] is kidnapped by Ze Balmary Empire because of her vast knowledge of ancient history. No item confirming the existence of this mythical people has ever come to light, but the Balmar sure seem convinced. They went so far as to [[TransferableMemory digitize all of Professor Anzai's research data plus her brainwaves]], despite the fact that even Eri herself has no clear idea of where the Mu might have dwelt. The Daikyuu Maryuu team discovers said ruins in an air pocket 35,000 feet beneath the surface in the Marianas Trench.

* ApocalypticLog: [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Eiji Asuka]] is able to identify an artifact that Professor Anzai brought back with her - a storage device which, despite its age, he may just be able to get running. After some fiddling with it, he gets it to project a hologram of a beautiful woman. With an expression of deep sorrow, she relates that her people are the descendants of refugees from a war with Balmar. They had scarcely begun establishing their own culture on this distant planet when the off-worldly assault came again, and the battle rages on even as she records her words. She tells of a massive war of attrition, the destructive fruit of which is a ravaged surface of the planet soon to be submerged as the polar ice melts. Believing their destruction to be imminent, her people have created twelve special children using the DNA harmonizing apparatus, and sent them to the highest spot on the planet in the hope that they can one day revive her people, and with her people's last reserves of Tronium. With a sad smile, she says that even the faintest glimmer of hope that one day her words will be heard and understood makes the undertaking worth it, and says that all depends on the twelve children, and the Mutron-powered combat robot, Raideen.

* AwesomeYetImpractical: At one point during both routes, [[Manga/GetterRobo Hayato Jin]] informs the SRX Team that the time has come to change out their engines, saying that only when combined as one can the SRX show its true power. The new engine uses Tronium, yet leaves a PlotHole regarding how it could be developed so quickly. The bad news is that at around three minutes of time at full throttle, the engine is likely to meltdown and explode - the pilots surely won't make it through alive. For GameplayAndStoryIntegration, this means the SRX can only stay combined for three turns, and once the pilots separate their units again, they won't be able to recombine that battle.

* BadassNormal: Discussed between [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Raidiese F. Branstein]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Gyunei Guss]]. Gyunei asks Rai if he's a "Fortified Human", which Rai knows nothing about. He then demands to know how Rai [[TheStoic can be so calm when his life is on the line in this battle]], and Rai answers that calmness is only natural for a skilled pilot, the implication that Gyunei is afraid of fighting.

* BootstrappedTheme: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brPfmHUuhuY Everywhere You Go]]", the leitmotif of Ryusei has become the theme song of Banpresto, ''the company that makes the games''. Whenever you see their logo, expect the first few notes to play.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: ''Shin'' has a route split, but it covers a majority of the game; in fact, some characters are exclusive to each route. The only time they get to meet is in the TrueFinalBoss scenario.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Shakti Kareen]] explains she was in the [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Angel Halo]] because she had to be put into the machine in place of her mother, [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Queen Maria Pia Armonia]]. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Londo Bell]] fills her in on how Char deceived her into thinking she could stop the fighting and put her mother at ease. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Amuro Ray]] kindly tells Shakti she needs not apologize for cooperating with an apparatus intended to brainwash mankind - it's all Char's fault for leading her into it.

* HumansAreFlawed: [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Master Asia]] met [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Professor Kasshu]] and Char and figures the latter was where his problems started, coming short on the heels of the signing of the Luna Treaty that guarantees independence and sovereignty for the Earth, Moon, and space colonies. This treaty was enough to bring peace to the war-weary humans, but could not by itself remove the scars of the war. [[BoomerangBigot Char, who loved humanity more than anyone, also hated it, having sacrificed numerous followers and taken many lives himself]]. Since he possessed vast influence and resources, Master Asia treated him as a representative of humanity. He was led to believe humans were unstable, destructive beings, and decided to manipulate Kasshu to help nip any potential for trouble in the bud.

* JumpedAtTheCall: In Ryusei's first appearance in ''Shin'', [[Anime/VoltesV Professor Hamaguchi]] orders him to sortie in the R-1, telling him not to press his luck since reinforcements will arrive soon. Ryusei has been waiting for this chance and isn't planning on not pushing his luck. His highly confident battle cry does little to inspire the staffers, but they have little choice but to leave it up to him. He beats up the aliens with backup from the Raideen, but Hamaguchi gives Ryusei a verbal chewing for pushing the experimental R-1 so hard, threatening to ground him if he pulls any more reckless stunts.

* [[TheHeavy Plot Driving Villain]]: Char Aznable takes on a heavy role in Shin's storyline because he is responsible for the Char's Counterattack, Victory Gundam and G Gundam plots in Shin
* PsychicPowers: As usual, ''Shin'' has "[[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Newtypes]]", but while Aya is the one who telekinetically combines the SRX. After a Space Route scenario, the party is impressed at the SRX's abilities, but Amuro notes that Aya is looking a bit green in the gills from all the power she has to expend to keep the SRX together. Hayato agrees to give them a day off. Aya confesses to Amuro later that she is in fact an "Esper", apologizing for misleading him earlier. She's not entirely thrilled with her powers, which Amuro can relate.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: As [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Bright Noa]] deliberates during Scenario 20 of the Space Route, Bright gets an unexpected transmission from someone he's never met before: Chief Oka of the Federation Far East Base. He asks if Bright is planning to heed the order he just got to return, and Bright says that he doesn't see any alternative. Oka is adamant that Bright do no such thing, saying that as Bright is well aware, Staff HQ is anything but sane these days. There's no call for Bright to be punished for the whims of a [[CorruptPolitician few lunatics]], especially since [[ItsUpToYou he and his men]] are one of the few glimmers of hope mankind has left. Bright briefly protests that disobeying would get all his men branded as traitors, but Oka firmly points out that fighting the aliens comes first. He tells Bright to leave things to him and his friends at Staff HQ, though [[PutOnABus The Reinforce Jr. itself will have to be relinquished]].
** Amuro is impressed with Oka, and after all the transfer is complete, Londo Bell decides to go to the Moon. This will fulfill the League Militare's needs and let Amuro pick up the [[MidSeasonUpgrade Nu Gundam]] from its commissioned builders at Anaheim Electronics. Usso is a little sad to see Gomez go, but most of the rest of the crew are still with the Londo Bell.

* ShutUpHannibal: Londo Bell receives an unexpected communiqué from, of all people, the Neo Zeon - in particular, from Char! Gomez takes the call, asking whether the rumors of Char's turning traitor on mankind are true. Char allows that he's aiding the aliens, but says that he hasn't sold out humanity. Romelo doesn't buy that, but Char asks the Londo Bell what they think awaits at the end of this fight. After all, the Ze Balmary Empire possesses such incredible technology that they've been able to come all this way just to take over the Earth. He figures that Londo Bell's foolish resistance is only going to enrage the more, which is why Neo Zeon jumped at the chance to help the aliens, as the one and only means to ensure a future for mankind. Amuro tells Char to shut up. Amuro points out how Char loves to prattle on about justice based solely on his own narrow views. He asks what value a peace founded on the sacrifice of numerous human lives could have, and challenges Char to stop treating other people's lives like toys for once. [[ShutUpKirk Char thinks Amuro is full of it]], claiming that mankind's history shows that people are happiest when ruled by the strongest leader. He thinks Amuro is incapable of grasping the larger picture, accusing him of myopically leading people even deeper into danger and then having the gall to question his lofty perspective. Amuro fires back that capitulating to the aliens and therefore making human kill human cannot be correct. Char asks whether Amuro thinks that fighting until no one is left can really make mankind happy, and Amuro points out that mankind's defeat is not yet a foregone conclusion. Kouji finally interrupts, pointing out that there's no way to know that until they try. Shinobu goes further, pissed off beyond measure at people like Char who debate outcomes without lifting a finger on their own. Char figures that there's no common ground between Londo Bell, and informs you that he'll show them no mercy, which is just fine with Shinobu.

* StayWithTheAliens: Since Char is worried about mankind too, in his fashion, he has chosen to accompany the aliens returning to their own worlds. Therefore, he is entrusting Londo Bell with all the alien technology he has been able to amass, telling them to put it to good use for humanity.

* VillainExitStageLeft: During the second-to-last scenario of the Earth Route, The Daikyuu Maryuu team beats up Lu Cain and the Demon Death squadron to the point where Lu Cain and the Demon Death squadron are forced to retreat to the mothership. To find out what happened to those guys, You have to play through the Space Route and fight them in the last scenario in that Route.
* VillainousBreakdown: During the final Space Route scenario, Laodecia starts disbelieving this is happening to him, thinking this is a nightmare he'll wake up from as soon as he returns to the Hermodr...except he can't, because the ship fires its main gun and reduces him to particles.

* WeNeedADistraction: Before Scenario 29 of the Space Route in ''Shin'', Londo Bell concocts a plan: create a diversion to let their forces sneak inside. The diversionary squad includes Ryusei, for whom making a big scene is a specialty.
* WreckedWeapon: As the Voltes team sorties in Scenario 14 of the Space Route, the aliens spring their trap: the Namazunga flies over to wreck their Ultramagnetic Generators. Voltes is in dire straights to say the very least, and the group loses touch with Voltes as they slow the transport down to try to allow an emergency landing. After a quick rescue by the others, Ken'ichi is the first to wake up, disoriented and in considerable pain from whatever the bad guys did. He frantically asks after his other pilots, who are still out cold, though Megumi wakes up in short order. The bad news is that the Ultramagnetic Generators of all the Volt machines are toast, and they can't even move, much less combine. Ken'ichi is heartbroken, seeing as how they just got good at combining and all. Nothing for it but returning to Japan!

* TriangRelations: ''Type 7'' happens with Amuro (A), Aya (B) and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Chen Agi]] (C). In a Space Route scenario, Amuro and Aya start complimenting each other on how swift they are in combat, and she's clearly interested in him. Chen continues glaring at the two of them from her place in hiding. In another Space Route scenario, Chen is pleasantly surprised when Amuro invites her to accompany him to the city.

* HotScientist: Professor Anzai is the world's foremost expert in ancient relics, and is especially famous for advancing the unique notion that the [[AncientAstronauts Mu and Atlantean cultures were founded by aliens]]. When rescued by the protagonists, they see that Anzai is such a stunning beauty, even [[Anime/{{Gaiking}} Professor Daimonji]] is drooling. It's clear she's better off in their hands than in the clutches of the aliens who pilfered her from Osaka.

* '''''[[Anime/VoltesV Super Electomagnetic Machine Voltes V]]'''''

* DummiedOut:
** Muge Empire and Robot Empire (Tryder) enemy units/pilots (can be seen in karaoke mode)
** Daikuumaryuu's alternate forms
** A lot of cut stages
** At least one song was. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GldA26Es_vg This is probably for the best.]]

* TheStarscream: During a Space Route scenario, Londo Bell rescues [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Fonse Kagatie]] from imprisonment. He relates how the alien attack and Tassilo's treachery brought about the end of the Zanscare Empire (just as [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Lupe Cineau]] had said), ending in Tassilo bringing him here a prisoner. When the party tells him that Zanscare is still active, Fonse realizes that [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Char must have taken control]]. [[AdaptationalHeroism Increasingly panicked, he tells the party they must stop Char before he achieves his misguided goal of robbing all mankind of its emotions, creating obedient soldiers as the aliens want]].

* ReverseMole: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Nanai Miguel]] is more than a little uneasy about the alliance with the Ze Balmary Empire, and Char admits one mistake and all of mankind could become the Balmarians' playthings. He's willing to take that risk, given it will take time to assimilate Balmarian tech, but he needs mankind to sit still until then. Nanai is willing to go along with this so long as Char loves her and helps keep construction of the Angel Halo on schedule.

* '''''Invincible Robo Trider G7'''''

* DemotedToExtra: ''Shin Getter Robo'', ''Dancougar'', and ''Trider G7'' have no plot relevance in ''Shin'', while ''Gundam Wing'' and ''G Gundam'' get the bare minimum of its characters. In fact, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]] is a SecretCharacter in this game.

** Muge Empire and Robot Empire (Trider) enemy units/pilots (can be seen in karaoke mode)

* TransformingMecha: R-1, Trider G7, Raideen, Layzner and Shin Getter Robo

* InSeriesNickname: "Ryu" for Ryusei and "Rai" for Rai.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:[[VoltesV Prince Heinel]]]], available as a SecretCharacter

''Shin Super Robot Wars'' contains the following tropes:

''Shin Super Robot Wars'' is the first ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' title released on the SonyPlayStation. In a similar vein to ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGaiden Masou Kishin: The Lord of Elemental]]'', the game eschews the SuperDeformed formula from previous [=SRWs=] and renders the HumongousMecha into full-sized. Although ''Shin'' is largely forgotten, the protagonists and their CombiningMecha "SRX" ('''S'''uper '''R'''obot Type-'''X'''), not to mention their antagonists, the Balmar Empire, would be a precursor to the overarching storyline present in the later ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' series.

* BadassNormal: Discussed between [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Raidiese F. Branstein]] and [[CharsCounterattack Gyunei Guss]]. Gyunei asks Rai if he's a "Fortified Human", which Rai knows nothing about. He then demands to know how Rai [[TheStoic can be so calm when his life is on the line in this battle]], and Rai answers that calmness is only natural for a skilled pilot, the implication that Gyunei is afraid of fighting.

* '''[[Anime/{{Gaiking}} Demon Sky Dragon Gaiking]]'''

** '''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing New Mobile Report Gundam Wing]]'''

* '''[[Anime/VoltesV Super Electomagnetic Machine Voltes V]]'''
* '''Invincible Robo Trider G7'''

* '''Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner'''

* ''Franchise/Gundam''

* ''MobileSuitGundam''

''Shin Super Robot Wars'' provides the following series (debuts are highlighted in '''bold'''):

* Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack
* Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam
* Anime/MobileFighterGGundam
* '''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing New Mobile Report Gundam Wing]]'''
* Anime/MazingerZ
* [[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Getter Robo]] (manga version for both characters and mecha)
* [[Anime/{{Raideen}} Brave Raideen]]

* [[Anime/{{Dancougar}} Super Beast Machine God Dancougar]]

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: When the [[spoiler: [[MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]]]] returns as the TrueFinalBoss, it becomes much stronger even though it requires [[spoiler: an unwilling female pilot in order to reach its full strength]].

* AnimateDead: [[spoiler: The Devil Gundam can use its nanomachines to reanimate corpses, turning them into zombies to pilot the [[MobileFighterGGundam Death Army]] mobile suits]].

* AttackDrones: [[MobileSuitGundam Funnels and fin funnels]]. The R-3 Powered's Strike Shields are notable in that they are entirely unarmed, with no guns or blades to speak of. They're just giant blunt bits of metal that Aya psychically smashes into enemy units.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:[[MobileFighterGGundam Schwartz Bruder]]]] reappears in the final scenario leading to the TrueFinalBoss. Given he's just a copy of [[spoiler:[[MobileFighterGGundam Kyouji Kasshu]]]], along with his memories as a {{Cyborg}}, it's not implausible he could reappear.

* CaptainErsatz: Each of the "R-Units" of the SRX are one to a [[{{Gundam}} Universal Century mobile suit]] - R-1 to the ZetaGundam, R-2 Powered to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Guncannon]] and R-3 to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory GP-03 Dendrobium Stamen]], especially when you compare the R-3 Powered to the Dendrobium Orchis. Additionally, the R-Units and the SRX are done by famed ''{{Gundam}}'' mechanical designer Hajime Katoki.

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Schwartz, [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Julia Asuka]], [[MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Marquise]] (if you unlocked Heero), and Heinel (if you unlocked him)]] all join the party during the final scenario leading to the true ending.

** During a Space Route scenario, Kouji and [[MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Astonaige Medoz]] are both a tad baffled how to use whatever the new gadget on the Mazinger Z is. It claims to be some type of energy charger, yet it doesn't have any visible controls. Astonaige figures it will probably just..."do whatever it does" when the time comes.

* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In Scenario 28 of the Earth Route, Domon is willing to settle the score with [[MobileFighterGGundam Allenby Beardsley]], and not just as a game, but [[MobileFighterGGundam Rain Mikamura]] isn't buying it and storms off. Domon can either follow Allenby or Rain - the former is the first step towards recruiting Allenby, while the latter is a trigger for getting Rain in the [[MobileFighterGGundam Rising Gundam]].

* PsychicPowers: As usual, ''Shin'' has "[[{{Gundam}} Newtypes]]", but while Aya is the one who telekinetically combines the SRX. After a Space Route scenario, the party is impressed at the SRX's abilities, but Amuro notes that Aya is looking a bit green in the gills from all the power she has to expend to keep the SRX together. Hayato agrees to give them a day off. Aya confesses to Amuro later that she is in fact an "Esper", apologizing for misleading him earlier. She's not entirely thrilled with her powers, which Amuro can relate.

* ReverseMole: [[MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Nanai Miguel]] is more than a little uneasy about the alliance with the Ze Balmary Empire, and Char admits one mistake and all of mankind could become the Balmarians' playthings. He's willing to take that risk, given it will take time to assimilate Balmarian tech, but he needs mankind to sit still until then. Nanai is willing to go along with this so long as Char loves her and helps keep construction of the Angel Halo on schedule.

* TheQuisling: [[MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Neo Zeon]] jumped at the chance to help the Balmarians, as the one and only means to ensure a future for mankind.

* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:[[MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]]]]

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: [[MazingerZ Dr. Hell]] has already killed several humans in the process of perfecting the technique of creating obedient soldiers, or rather, mutilating them horribly enough [[FateWorseThanDeath that death would be preferable]].

* ApocalypticLog: [[BlueCometSPTLayzner Eiji Asuka]] is able to identify an artifact that Professor Anzai brought back with her - a storage device which, despite its age, he may just be able to get running. After some fiddling with it, he gets it to project a hologram of a beautiful woman. With an expression of deep sorrow, she relates that her people are the descendants of refugees from a war with Balmar. They had scarcely begun establishing their own culture on this distant planet when the off-worldly assault came again, and the battle rages on even as she records her words. She tells of a massive war of attrition, the destructive fruit of which is a ravaged surface of the planet soon to be submerged as the polar ice melts. Believing their destruction to be imminent, her people have created twelve special children using the DNA harmonizing apparatus, and sent them to the highest spot on the planet in the hope that they can one day revive her people, and with her people's last reserves of Tronium. With a sad smile, she says that even the faintest glimmer of hope that one day her words will be heard and understood makes the undertaking worth it, and says that all depends on the twelve children, and the Mutron-powered combat robot, Raideen.

* CameBackWrong: After the final scenario, Kouji is disgusted the [[spoiler: Devil Gundam would revive the dead as zombies]], and the psychological effect of doing so is plainly visible on Eiji, as he remembers [[BlueCometSPTLayzner Ahmos Gale]].

* DragonInChief: [[BlueCometSPTLayzner Lu Cain]] gives orders to the Ze Balmary Empire, but gets his orders from Laodecia. In fact, Laodecia never makes an appearance in the Earth Route.

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Schwartz, [[BlueCometSPTLayzner Julia Asuka]], [[MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Marquise]] (if you unlocked Heero), and Heinel (if you unlocked him)]] all join the party during the final scenario leading to the true ending.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the last scenario of the Earth Route, the [[{{Anime/Gaiking}} Daikyu Maryu team]] arrives in time to see [[spoiler:[[BlueCometSPTLayzner Gosterro]] get eaten by the Devil Gundam]]. In the true final scenario, [[spoiler: Gosterro is the pilot of the Devil Gundam]].

* [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]
* [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Mobile Suit Victory Gundam]]
* [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]

* [[Anime/MazingerZ Mazinger Z]]

* '''[[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Blue Comet SPT Layzner]]'''

* TheStarscream: During a Space Route scenario, Londo Bell rescues [[MobileSuitVictoryGundam Fonse Kagatie]] from imprisonment. He relates how the alien attack and Tassilo's treachery brought about the end of the Zanscare Empire (just as [[MobileSuitVictoryGundam Lupe Cineau]] had said), ending in Tassilo bringing him here a prisoner. When the party tells him that Zanscare is still active, Fonse realizes that [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Char must have taken control]]. [[AdaptationalHeroism Increasingly panicked, he tells the party they must stop Char before he achieves his misguided goal of robbing all mankind of its emotions, creating obedient soldiers as the aliens want]].

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: As [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Bright Noa]] deliberates during Scenario 20 of the Space Route, Bright gets an unexpected transmission from someone he's never met before: Chief Oka of the Federation Far East Base. He asks if Bright is planning to heed the order he just got to return, and Bright says that he doesn't see any alternative. Oka is adamant that Bright do no such thing, saying that as Bright is well aware, Staff HQ is anything but sane these days. There's no call for Bright to be punished for the whims of a [[CorruptPolitician few lunatics]], especially since [[ItsUpToYou he and his men]] are one of the few glimmers of hope mankind has left. Bright briefly protests that disobeying would get all his men branded as traitors, but Oka firmly points out that fighting the aliens comes first. He tells Bright to leave things to him and his friends at Staff HQ, though [[PutOnABus The Reinforce Jr. itself will have to be relinquished]].\\
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Amuro is impressed with Oka, and after all the transfer is complete, Londo Bell decides to go to the Moon. This will fulfill the League Militare's needs and let Amuro pick up the [[MidSeasonUpgrade Nu Gundam]] from its commissioned builders at Anaheim Electronics. Usso is a little sad to see Gomez go, but most of the rest of the crew are still with the Londo Bell.

* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Devil Gundam]]