History VideoGame / SuperRobotWarsL

* ''[[MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz]]''

* HotbloodedSideburns - [[{{Mazinkaiser}} Kouji Kabuto]], [[GreatMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]], [[KoutetsuJeeg Hiroshi Shiba and Kenji Kusanagi]]

Rumour has it Masami Obari of ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'' and ''{{Gravion}}'' fame had a hand in the game's entry selection, which would explain why ''Iczer'' and ''Dancougar Nova'' made it in as debuts. Given Obari was busy putting up the final directing touches for the October 2010 release of the AnimatedAdaptation of ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', this might not be such a coincidence.

Rumour has it Masami Obari of ''{{Dangaioh}}'' and ''{{Gravion}}'' fame had a hand in the game's entry selection, which would explain why ''Iczer'' and ''Dancougar Nova'' made it in as debuts. Given Obari was busy putting up the final directing touches for the October 2010 release of the AnimatedAdaptation of ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', this might not be such a coincidence.

* '''''DancougarNova'''''

Earthlings head to colonize space, but the journey's been tough for the past one hundred years: atomic war, strife against the [[KotetsuJeeg Jama Kingdom]] and the lack of resources on Earth due to the space colonies seizing most of it. Around 15 years ago, the [[RebuildOfEvangelion Second Impact]] occurred, to which forces such as the [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Darius Empire]], the [[LinebarrelsOfIron Katou Organization]] and the [[DancougarNova Dancougar]] appeared. As a result, nations began increasing their military strength and indirectly affected those living in space.

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[Anime/{{Iczer}} Big Gold]] and [[DancougarNova Moon Will]]. So, it comes as no suprise that they [[VillainTeamUp join forces]] to KillAllHumans.

* CharClone - [[GundamWing Zechs Marquise]], [[GundamSEEDDestiny Neo Roanoke]], [[MacrossFrontier Brera Stern]] and [[spoiler: [[DancougarNova Eida]]]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu - [[RebuildOfEvangelion The Angels]], [[Anime/{{Iczer}} Big Gold and Neos Gold]], [[DancougarNova Moon Will's Original Dancouga]], [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Proist's King Darius the 18th]], [[KotetsuJeeg Susanoh]], [[LinebarrelsOfIron Central]], [[spoiler: [[MacrossFrontier Grace O'Connor as the Vajra Queen]]]] and [[spoiler: [[OriginalGeneration Lude Gloria's Galtdeus]]]].

* IdolSinger - [[DancougarNova Eida]], [[MacrossFrontier Sheryl Nome, Ranka Lee]], [[GundamSEEDDestiny Meer Campbell]] and [[GundamSEED Lacus Clyne]]. Amusingly, [[GundamSEEDDestiny Gilbert Durandal]] tries to use at least three of them in his plans

* ThisIsUnforgivable - [[DancougarNova Aoi]]'s reaction to [[spoiler:[[Anime/{{Iczer}} Neos Gold]] [[MoralEventHorizon killing]] [[JerkassWoobie Atross]].]]

* ''CombattlerV''

* {{Expy}} - The Rushbird's attacks are exactly like [[HadesProjectZeorymer Zeorymer]], as well as Alice being an Expy of Miku, aka RobotGirl [[spoiler: capable of channeling interdimensional energy into said mecha.]] The only main difference here is Nagumo isn't a [[{{Jerkass}} humongous bastard]] like [[DesignatedHero Masato.]]
** Dr Graife, the scientist who designed Rushbird, also has some character design similarities to [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]].

* '''''[[{{Iczer}} Fight!! Iczer-1]]'''''
** '''''[[{{Iczer}} Adventure! Iczer-3]]''''' (a.k.a. ''Iczer Reborn'')

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[{{Iczer}} Big Gold]] and [[DancougarNova Moon Will]]. So, it comes as no suprise that they [[VillainTeamUp join forces]] to KillAllHumans.

* AlienInvaders - [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu The Darius Empire]], [[{{Iczer}} Big Gold and her forces]].
* AlternateUniverse - MacrossFrontier, VoltesV and [[{{Iczer}} Iczer-3]] all come from one universe and end up somehow Folding into another, which is where all the other series take place. [[spoiler: The Machina from LinebarrelsOfIron, as well as the game's [[OriginalGeneration original villain]], also hail from that same AlternateUniverse. ]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu - [[RebuildOfEvangelion The Angels]], [[{{Iczer}} Big Gold and Neos Gold]], [[DancougarNova Moon Will's Original Dancouga]], [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Proist's King Darius the 18th]], [[KotetsuJeeg Susanoh]], [[LinebarrelsOfIron Central]], [[spoiler: [[MacrossFrontier Grace O'Connor as the Vajra Queen]]]] and [[spoiler: [[OriginalGeneration Lude Gloria's Galtdeus]]]].

* FixFic - Again like Z and K, SEED Destiny gets a much better treatment in L: for starters, [[spoiler:the deaths of Shinn's family gets re-written]]. Also, [[spoiler:the Archangel does not interfere with the Minerva's battles and Athrun does not defect]]. To top it off, [[spoiler:during Operation Angel Down, due to the Archangel lending a hand against [[{{Iczer}} Iczer One's]] enemies, Captain Talia Gladys assists in faking the sinking of the Archangel]].

** In addition, [[spoiler:[[MacrossFrontier Michael]], [[{{Godannar}} Ken]], [[{{Iczer}} Atros]] and [[LinebarrelsOfIron Soubi]]]] all can be saved from their canon deaths. Interestingly enough, you can also save [[spoiler:[[GundamSEEDDestiny Stella and Rey]]]], but to keep [[spoiler:Stella]], you have to go along on a route split. Otherwise, [[spoiler:she still lives]], but gets DemotedToExtra and is no longer playable.

* HeroicSacrifice - [[spoiler:[[GundamSEEDDestiny Gilbert Durandal]] kamikazes the damaged and crashing Messiah in order to kill [[{{Iczer}} Neos Gold]].]]

* [[LinebarrelsOfIron Jack Smith]] [[{{Iczer}} and the Iczers]] [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Can Breathe In Space]] - Justified; in Jack's case, [[spoiler: his body is a [[HollywoodCyborg human-sized Arma]]]]. For the Iczers, they are alien androids.

* RobotGirl - AL-3 Alice and HL-0 Haruno, copilots for [[{{TheHero}} Ichitaka]] and [[{{TheRival}} Yuunagi]], respectively. Also Iczers 1 through 3 and [[{{Iczer}} Atros]]. On the enemy side we have [[EvilCounterpart HL-1]]

* ThisIsUnforgivable - [[DancougarNova Aoi]]'s reaction to [[spoiler: [[{{Iczer}}Neos Gold]] [[MoralEventHorizon killing]] [[JerkassWoobie Atross]].]]

''Super Robot Wars L'' is the third entry in the ever-so popular ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series on the NintendoDS, preceded by ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''. It was released on November 25, 2010. According to WordOfGod, the "L" stands for "Link".

''L'''s lineup was under some scrutiny following its announcement: the debut appearance of ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' raises questions on how exactly its story can stir L's plot, especially when "1.0: You Are (Not) Alone" and "2.0: You Can (Not) Advance" is only ''half'' of the Rebuild saga. The reappearance of certain series from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'', W, and K (specifically Wing, SEED, SEED Destiny, Gaiking, Jeeg, Mazinkaiser, Godannar, Combattler V And Voltes V) have elicited many "[[LazyArtist expect loads of recycled sprites and pilot cut-in]]" responses, although it turned out many of those units had their animations updated to some degree. ''L'' also modified the controversial partner system of ''K'', making it more like traditional ''SRW'' squad mechanics.

Rumour has it that Masami Obari of ''{{Dangaioh}}'' and ''{{Gravion}}'' fame had a hand in L's entry selection, which would explain why ''Iczer'' and ''Dancougar Nova'' made it in as debuts. Given Obari was busy putting up the final directing touches for the October 2010 release of the AnimatedAdaptation of ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', this might not be such a coincidence.

Series included are (Debut series in '''bold'''):

* ''[[GundamSEED Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]''
** ''[[GundamSEEDDestiny Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]''
* ''[[GundamWing New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz]]''

* '''''LinebarrelsOfIron''''' (Debut of the anime adaptation)

** ''[[{{Mazinkaiser}} Mazinkaiser: Fight to the Death! The Great General of Darkness]]''

L's back-story involves Earthlings heading to colonize space, but the journey's been tough for the past one hundred years: atomic war, strife against the [[KotetsuJeeg Jama Kingdom]] and the lack of resources on Earth due to the space colonies seizing most of it. Around 15 years ago, the [[RebuildOfEvangelion Second Impact]] occured, to which forces such as the [[Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu Darius Empire]], the [[LinebarrelsOfIron Katou Organization]] and the [[DancougarNova Dancougar]] appeared. As a result, nations began increasing their military strength and indirectly affected those living in space.

5 years ago, humanity waged a long war with the [[ShinkonGattaiGodannar Mimetic Beasts]] and although victory was achieved, tensions mounted following a [[GundamSEED terrorist incident that destroyed a space colony 3 years earlier]]. 2 years before L's story, humans on Earth and space colonists waged a deadly one-year war that lead to the Earth nations winning, but left their countries severely weakened from the fallout. Seeing a chance, [[{{Mazinkaiser}} Dr. Hell's Mechanical Beast army]] attacks, leading to an uneasy Earth/space colony truce to fight against them. With Dr. Hell and his [[{{Mazinkaiser}} Mycene]] allies defeated, peace returns to the Earth. Soon afterward, Darius mounts their full-scale assault and the seal preventing the Jama Kingdom from returning is broken. Now, visitors from beyond the Earth Sphere come into contact with humanity and a new battle begins.

* ''[[{{Gaiking}} Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu]]''

L's back-story involves Earthlings heading to colonize space, but the journey's been tough for the past one hundred years: atomic war, strife against the [[KotetsuJeeg Jama Kingdom]] and the lack of resources on Earth due to the space colonies seizing most of it. Around 15 years ago, the [[RebuildOfEvangelion Second Impact]] occured, to which forces such as the [[{{Gaiking}} Darius Empire]], the [[LinebarrelsOfIron Katou Organization]] and the [[DancougarNova Dancougar]] appeared. As a result, nations began increasing their military strength and indirectly affected those living in space.

* AlienInvaders - [[{{Gaiking}} The Darius Empire]], [[{{Iczer}} Big Gold and her forces]].

* AscendedExtra - Rebecca from {{Gaiking}} was a one-shot character in the anime, but in ''L'' she's somehow the subpilot of the Daichi Maryuu. Sadly, Kane still pilots the Tenkuu Maryuu all alone, but at least comes with SuperMovePortraitAttack this time

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu - [[RebuildOfEvangelion The Angels]], [[{{Iczer}} Big Gold and Neos Gold]], [[DancougarNova Moon Will's Original Dancouga]], [[{{Gaiking}} Proist's King Darius the 18th]], [[KotetsuJeeg Susanoh]], [[LinebarrelsOfIron Central]], [[spoiler: [[MacrossFrontier Grace O'Connor as the Vajra Queen]]]] and [[spoiler: [[OriginalGeneration Lude Gloria's Galtdeus]]]].

* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: The game gives you the full upgrade bar (10 stages, as opposed to the five you begin with) right before Stage 24, where you have to face [[spoiler:[[{{Gaiking}} Proist's]] [[{{OhCrap}} Chou Maryu Dborak.]]]]

* BGMOverride - In grand Macross tradition, the finale for Macross Frontier's plot will select a Macross tune to play at the beginning of every turn that overrides all other [=BGMs=] that other characters might have.

* ''[[KoutetsuJeeg Kotetsushin Jeeg]]''

''Super Robot Wars L'' is the third entry in the ever-so popular ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series on the NintendoDS, preceded by ''SuperRobotWarsW'' and ''SuperRobotWarsK''. It was released on November 25, 2010. According to WordOfGod, the "L" stands for "Link".

''L'''s lineup was under some scrutiny following its announcement: the debut appearance of ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' raises questions on how exactly its story can stir L's plot, especially when "1.0: You Are (Not) Alone" and "2.0: You Can (Not) Advance" is only ''half'' of the Rebuild saga. The reappearance of certain series from ''SuperRobotWarsJudgment'', W, and K (specifically Wing, SEED, SEED Destiny, Gaiking, Jeeg, Mazinkaiser, Godannar, Combattler V And Voltes V) have elicited many "[[LazyArtist expect loads of recycled sprites and pilot cut-in]]" responses, although it turned out many of those units had their animations updated to some degree. ''L'' also modified the controversial partner system of ''K'', making it more like traditional ''SRW'' squad mechanics.

Rumour has it that Masami Obari of ''{{Dangaioh}}'' and ''{{Gravion}}'' fame had a hand in L's entry selection, which would explain why ''Iczer'' and ''Dancougar Nova'' made it in as debuts. Given Obari was busy putting up the final directing touches for the October 2010 release of the AnimatedAdaptation of ''[[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', this might not be such a coincidence.

* EvolvingWeapon - Like the machines in ''SuperRobotWarsAdvance'' and the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Gunleon]], the Rushbird gains new attacks and abilities as the game progresses

* MythologyGag - The teams of Voltes V and Combattler V meeting Dancougar Nova, the [[MacrossFrontier SMS]] meeting [[RebuildOfEvangelion NERV]] and the [[{{Mazinkaiser}} Photon Labs team]] meeting the [[KoutetsuJeeg Build Base team]] and the new Gaiking. All of these meetings already occured in ''SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' with their prequel series
** The way they handle RebuildOfEvangelion, using only part of its plot, is exactly how they did in SuperRobotWarsF.

* EvolvingWeapon - Like the machines in ''SuperRobotWarsAdvance'' and the [[SuperRobotWarsZ Gunleon]], the Rushbird gains new attacks and abilities as the game progresses

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[IczerOne Big Gold]]. She's a FragileSpeedster, but unlike some enemies, your characters DO have the means to easily bypass that (Strike Spirit Command). Cue Big Gold being taken down with about four strong attacks, whereas other bosses take twice as much

* HarsherinHindsight: Everyone was annoyed that Rebuild 2.0's ending was cut, with the fans complaining they wanted badass god powered Shinji. Then 3.0 came out [spoiler:revealing that god powered Shinji is a bad thing, and the near 3rd Impact wasn't something that could be easily written off.] People suspect the staff had advance notice on this.

* EyesOfGold - [[LinebarrelsOfIron Machina]] pilots whenever their Machina enters into its SuperMode

''Super Robot Wars L'' is the third entry in the ever-so popular ''SuperRobotWars'' series on the NintendoDS, preceded by ''SuperRobotWarsW'' and ''SuperRobotWarsK''. It was released on November 25, 2010. According to WordOfGod, the "L" stands for "Link".

* FixFic - Again like Z and K, SEED Destiny gets a much better treatment in L: for starters, [[spoiler:the deaths of Shinn's family gets re-written]]. Also, [[spoiler:the Archangel does not interfere with the Minerva's battles and Athrun does not defect]]. To top it off, [[spoiler:during Operation Angel Down, due to the Archangel lending a hand against [[{{Iczer}} Iczer One's]] enemies, Captain Talia Gladys assists in faking the sinking of the Archangel]]. See WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis below for more.

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis - An inversion's invoked with the SEED Destiny plot at Berlin: [[spoiler: due to Kira Yamato helping Shinn save Stella Loussier, Shinn loses a very strong personal vendetta to keep hating Kira]]. This has repercussions later on during the Strike Freedom's debut, [[spoiler: with Shinn [[BigDamnHeroes saving the day]] when Kira is about to be killed by the original villains]]

* ThisIsUnforgivable - [[DancougarNova Aoi]]'s reaction to [[spoiler: [[{{Iczer}}Neos]] [[CompleteMonster Gold]] [[MoralEventHorizon killing]] [[JerkassWoobie Atross]].]]

** Dr Graife, the scientist who designed Rushbird, also has some character design similarities to [[BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]].

* HesBack - Not a case with characters, but with ''mecha'': [[spoiler: the [[GundamSEED Duel Gundam AS (Assault Shroud) and the Buster Gundam]] make their return as secret units]]. Also, for the first time since ''Destiny'', you get to name the team you're on.
** AndTheFandomRejoiced
*** SomethingWeForgot: However, [[spoiler:Duel Gundam AS' beam rifle is missing its grenade launcher attachment]], for no explained reason.

* OnlySixFaces - Character portraits of the Linebarrel and SEED Destiny characters. It isn't as bad as comparing [[{{Ptitlep23b1sab}} Fafner]] and Destiny in ''K'', but still fit this trope

* {{Expy}} - The Rushbird's attacks are exactly like [[HadesProjectZeorymer Zeorymer]], as well as Alice being an Expy of Miku, aka RobotGirl [[spoiler: capable of channeling interdimensional energy into said mecha.]] The only main differance here is Nagumo isn't a [[{{Jerkass}} humongous bastard]] like [[DesignatedHero Masato.]]