History VideoGame / SuperRobotWars30

* ShoutOut: The missions where the player recruits Voltes V noticeably take place in the UsefulNotes/Philippines, where the show enjoyed massive popularity. To the point that the Philippines are making a [[Series/VoltesVLegacy live-action remake]] of the show, using the character names from that iconic dub.

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Saint Advent of Happiness and the Supreme God Z]] return as an optional fight once the player's team gets strong enough. Humiliatingly, this boss is reduced to a punching bag as the fight can be repeated again and again after hitting extra Combat Power milestones for extra loot.

** The Extra Arms X and Omega parts from maxing out certain systems of the Dreisstrager enable this to a comedic extent by having a simple, single line of text: "Increases the power of the mech's strongest weapon to 8000 unless it's already higher". It doesn't have to be a big, super attacks like Shin Getter Dragon's Getter Shine, or the Huckebein's Double Graviton Beam, it can be any weapon, so long as it qualifies as the strongest weapon in the mech's basic selection - including the Giant Sang Yung's Mystery Beam or the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Methuss]]'s Arm Beam. Slap one of these two parts onto either, or any other mech with an easily spammable weapon loadout like Eagles's FTO, and you'll dominate any fight other than ''perhaps'' the BonusBoss.

''Super Robot Wars 30'' is a TurnBasedStrategy video game of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' franchise and was released simultaneously on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 28, 2021. A demo of the game was released on October 15th that ends at Chapter 4 with data porting to the full game. Like most of the ''Super Robot Wars'' games released in the latter 2010s, the game was translated into English; not only were all versions sold in Southeast Asia as usual, the Steam version was released worldwide, making ''30'' the first ever license-based ''Super Robot Wars'' to be sold outside of Asia.

*** Relative to the other "International Era" games, ''30'' lacks an "Invincible Trilogy"[[note]]''Anime/Zambot3'', ''Anime/Daitarn3'', ''Tryder G7''[[/note]] anime, a Creator/StudioGainax show[[note]]''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' in ''V'', ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' and ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' in ''X'', and ''Anime/GunBuster'' in ''T'')[[/note]] ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'', ''[[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Steel Seven]]'', and ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', which were in all three games of the VTX Trilogy. That said, ''30'' does have very rough equivalents for most of them: ''Combattler V'' (and ''Voltes V'' through DLC) from the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' replace the Invincible Trilogy anime as 1970s reps, ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' hails from Gainax's unofficial successor Creator/StudioTrigger, ''Gundam Narrative'' and ''Victory Gundam'' replace ''Gundam ZZ'' and ''Steel Seven'' for their respective Universal Century ''Gundam'' eras, and ''J-Decker'' stands in for ''Might Gaine'' as this game's ''Anime/BraveSeries'' rep.

* MusicalNod: Being a celebration of 30 years of ''Super Robot Wars'', ''30'' references older games in the series via music:
** The anniversary logo uses a brand new composition of the original Creator/{{Banpresto}} logo sting, first heard in ''Videogame/SuperRobotWars3''.
** The BGM that plays on each mission title is the first part of the stage intro theme from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3''.

*** Relative to the other "International Era" games, ''30'' lacks an "Invincible Trilogy" (''Anime/Zambot3'', ''Anime/Daitarn3'', ''Tryder G7'') anime, a Creator/StudioGainax show (''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' in ''V'', ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' and ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' in ''X'', and ''Anime/GunBuster'' in ''T''), ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'', ''[[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Steel Seven]]'', and ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', which were in all three games of the VTX Trilogy. ''30'' does have very rough equivalents for most of them: ''Combattler V'' for the Invincible trilogy (part of the ''[[Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy other]]'' 1970s trilogy whose ''Super Robot Wars'' roots date back to ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3''), ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' for a Gainax show (Creator/StudioTrigger is generally considered to be Gainax's successor), ''Victory Gundam'' for ''Crossbone Gundam'' (late Universal Century works), and ''J-Decker'' for ''Might Gaine'' (''Anime/BraveSeries'' works).

*** Every unit is assigned a numerical rating based on a combination of their numerical stats, skills, upgrades, and equipped parts.

** The [[Anime/CodeGeassLelouchOfTheResurrection Lancelot Albion Zero]] takes the Lancelot Albion sprite from ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX X]]'' and turns the white body to black and the green wings to purple.

*** Relative to the other "International Era" games, ''30'' lacks an "Invincible Trilogy" (''Anime/Zambot3'', ''Anime/Daitarn3'', ''Tryder G7'') anime, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'', ''[[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Steel Seven]]'', and ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', which were in all three games of the VTX Trilogy. ''30'' does have very rough equivalents for most of them: ''Combattler V'' for the Invincible trilogy (part of the ''[[Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy other]]'' 1970s trilogy whose ''Super Robot Wars'' roots date back to ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3''), ''Victory Gundam'' for ''Crossbone Gundam'' (late Universal Century works), and ''J-Decker'' for ''Might Gaine'' (''Anime/BraveSeries'' works).

* WithholdingTheirName: While it's clearly displayed during Intermissions, Banagher chooses not to divulge his name to anyone, even when asked for it. As such, the party are forced to address him as just "you."

** In one cutscene, [[Literature/KnightsAndMagic Horacio]] scoffs at the idea of being interested in [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Cephiro's Rune Gods]], claiming that they're little more than special Silhouette Knights that will nothing but flies compared to what he has in store. Despite this, should the Wyver battle against the Magic Knights, his special dialogue has him talk about how fascinating the Rune Gods are.

** ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ The Third Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku-Hen]]''[[labelnote:note (unmarked spoilers)]]Sidereal {{Mook}}s appear in late-game and DLC scenarios, while Saint Advent of Happiness and the Supreme God Z appear as a BonusBoss after reaching a Combat Power of two million. The game's post-plot is also as of [=DLC1=] a StealthSequel to ''Tengoku-Hen'' as the Angels' Idom system is still active piloting said mooks.[[/labelnote]]

** Most of the ''Manga/MajesticPrince'' movie's content was excluded from its debut in this game, including all of Team Forn, Instructor Sugita, and [[spoiler:White Zero, the last of which ended up getting replaced with Blue One's Full Burst Mode in Team Rabbits' second CombinationAttack.]]

** Equally hilariously is a stage where J and Renais can help try to capture Victim in 'What the Heart Dictates'. What makes it weird is if this stage is played before playing The Lion Revived -PHOENIX- where the two are still under 000's control as Thralls.

* ShoutOut: The missions where the player recruits Voltes V noticeably take place in the Philipines, where the show enjoyed massive popularity. To the point that the Philipines are making a [[Series/VoltesVLegacy live-action remake]] of the show, using the character names from that iconic dub.

* ShoutOut: The missions where the player recruits Voltes V noticeably take place in the Philipines, where the show enjoyed massive popularity. To the point that the Philipines are making a live-action sequel to the show, using the character names from that iconic dub.

* '''''LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic'''''

** It has been noted that the Getter One from Devolution bears a resemblance to the [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Red Dragon Scale Mail.]] Creator/YukiKaji, Issei's seiyuu, plays the role of Ryoma in a nod to this.

** The country of [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Cephiro]] takes place in the same world as the [[LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic Fremmevira Kingdom, etc.]]

* CommonalityConnection: [[LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic Ernie]] and [[Literature/KingOfKingsGaoGaiGarVsBetterman Keita]] form a friendship thanks to their shared love of HumongousMecha. Meanwhile, Quattro and Lelouch bond over their status as competitors to the title of ''worst person in history'', [[ZeroApprovalGambit and all the underlying reasons they had to get there]].

* DubNameChange: Keeping consistent with its English localization, the nickname of the main character from ''LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic'', Ernesti Echivalier, was changed to Ernie, when it was Eru in the original Japanese.

** In ''LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic'', Ernie's modifications to the Ikaruga resulted in even the most basic of attacks guzzling too much energy for it to even function; rather than optimize the systems, Ernie settled to replace its energy source with something that could bear the load. In-game, this is reflected by the stats for the Ikaruga's weapons being very energy-inefficient despite their mediocre damage, but are balanced out by heaps of EN regeneration and deep reserves that get extra bonuses from upgrades.

** [[LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic Ernie]] spends his entire introductory stage [[WallOfText going crazy about the cool robots]] and immediately wants to join up with Dreikreuz because [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny them teaming up for burning justice and fighting evil across the galaxy]] is ''evidence'' that they are the good guys.
-->''([[{{Beat}} game randomly points to two of your character mechs]])''
-->'''[[BishieSparkle Ernie]]''': There's no way people controlling robots that cool are the bad guys!

** In the leadup to recruiting [[Anime/MajesticPrince Ange]], a discussion regarding manga styles comes up, and it quickly becomes very meta as the {{Manga/Magic Knight Rayearth}} characters discuss common Shoujo qualities like the big eyes and long limbs, while Ernie ([[MetaGuy again]]) brings up how one could just forgo the visual medium and write a [[LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic light novel]].

* ThisIsReality: [[LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic Ernie]] laments that the mecha trope of replacing a wrecked robot with a shiny new one would do nothing in real life to downplay the immense sorrow caused by losing the original after [[spoiler:[[Anime/BravePoliceJDecker Duke Fire is forced to replace J-Decker after Victim shuts hims down and hauls away his lifeless body]]]].

** [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Zagato's forces]] have entered an alliance with the [[LightNovel/KnightsAndMagic Zaloudek Empire]]. [[spoiler:After Zagato's defeat, both Autozam and Debonair's forces take his place in the alliance, though Autozam pulls a HeelFaceTurn soon enough]].

** Since the DLC missions can be completed at almost any point in the game, a lot of care went into fitting them in the story no matter when you played them. For stories that can take place only at certain points in the story, the mission is framed as a flashback. In particular, if you save the BeachEpisode mission until after [[spoiler:you recruited [[Anime/SSSSGridman Akane]]]], she'll actually apologize for [[spoiler:sending kaijus after the team.]]

** Deckard and the Brave Police were built with help from Kosuke and Koji and using data from GGG's own Super AI line, which was banned after the team's disappearance. As well, Build Tiger's chest plate isn't just "because it's cool", it's in honor of Koutaro Taiga of the Gutsy Galaxy Guard.

** [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the AEUG]] and [[Anime/CodeGeass the Black Knights]] fought together against the Titans, who were under the thumb of Britannia. The likes of Kallen, Kamille, and Fa having been comrades in arms ever since then.

* NonIndicativeName: The various DLC OriginalGeneration characters are all listed as being from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration''. [[spoiler: However, as it turns out thusfar ''none'' of the DLC characters are actually from the actual OG-verse, instead being the versions of those characters from Non-OG titles. Of the characters introduced so far, Masaki, the SRX Team, Kusuha, Bullet, Sanger, and Ratsel are from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'', Gilliam Jeager and Irmgard Kazahara are from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'', and Kyosuke and Excellen are from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2'']]

* AdaptationalNationality: Of sorts. The cast of ''Anime/GunXSword'' were from the Planet Endless Illusion in their home series, though are from Mars in the game.

* DualBoss: [[spoiler:The final showdowns with [[Anime/BravePoliceJDecker Eva]] and [[Anime/MagicKnightRayearth Lady Debonair]] both occur in the same stage. Depending on the order you do the Key Missions, [[Anime/GunXSword the Claw]] can also show up.]]
** Similarly, [[spoiler:the final battles with [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Fonse]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative Zoltan]] happen at the same time. Again, the Claw will also be fought for the final time here depending on the order you do the Key Missions.]]

** After being playable in ''T'', [[Manga/GetterRobo Musashi]] from ''Getter Robo Armageddon'' ends up being reduced to an NPC in ''30''. Taking it even further, he only appears during the [[https://youtu.be/QR4_tzB_Z3A East Asian Frontline mission]] and has no major role in the Getter Robo storyline of the game unlike in the previous one.

** [[spoiler:White Zero is replaced by Blue One's Full Burst Mode in the updated version of [[Manga/MajesticPrince Rabbits Formation]].]]

* AdaptedOut:
** Due to the changes listed under DemotedToExtra, the [[Literature/KingOfKingsGaoGaiGarVsBetterman Gutsy Galaxy Guard's Super AI robots]] don't get their Ruin versions in ''30''. Even worse, however, are their successors from the Gutsy Global Guard, who aren't even mentioned as existing here. This gets a HandWave as Super AI research was forbidden after GGG left Earth until the Brave Police were formed.
** [[Literature/KingOfKingsGaoGaiGarVsBetterman Deus]] flat out does not exist here, despite the novel giving him an important role in [[spoiler:kidnapping Sakura and putting her inside of Conquering King Genesic.]]
** [[Manga/GetterRobo Cohen and Stinger]] are completely cut from ''30'''s rendition of the ''Getter Robo Armageddon'' plot, apparently because Ryoma thwarted their plans by stopping the deuteron missile from hitting Shin Dragon. [[spoiler: However, this is averted in the Expansion Pack as they become the main villains of the ''Getter Robo Devolution'' plot]].
** While [[Manga/MajesticPrince Rahda and Lumes]] had their own Mobile Weapons in the source material, both are stuck in Wulgaru Warships here.
** [[Anime/SSSSGridman Powered Zenon]] does not appear in the game, as the Neon Genesis Junior High Students are too busy expanding the movesets of Gridman [[spoiler:and Gridknight]].
** The DownloadableContent omits any support structure for the units, which hits hardest with series like Videogame/SakuraWars and Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion, who are depicted normally with several allies and a massive support team, all of which do not appear.
** ''Shinkalion'' really gets the worst of it as the movie involved alternate universe versions of characters from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', forcing the team to trim it down to two characters.
** [[spoiler:White Zero is replaced by Blue One's Full Burst Mode in the updated version of [[Manga/MajesticPrince Rabbits Formation]].]]

* AnachronismStew: ''30'' mixes together several InUniverse years of the Universal Century ''Gundam'' timeline [[RecurringElement per series tradition]]; the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' and ''Victory Gundam'' are canonically the earliest (UC 0079) and latest (UC 0153) wars set within Universal Century, but take place within ten years of each other here. However, ''30'' has a particularly notable example with the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2]] - it has a unique pilot cut-in for its Beam Rifle attack where ''Char's Counterattack''-era Amuro Ray, hailing from a time where mobile suits have fully-panoramic cockpit views and targeting systems, has to reach for the original Gundam's primitive, binocular-esque targeting sight.