History YMMV / SuperRobotWars

* AnticlimaxBoss: Not that Shuu is easier than the {{mook}}s, but [[spoiler:after fighting someone like the Dark Brain]], he's so much easier, even when he's the [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss]] for OGG. Quite the shame that he was horrendously difficult in ''3'' and was the second hardest boss in SRW history in his Alpha Gaiden incarnation, though probably the primitiveness of the game engines for those games contribute to his difficulty back then, as well as his lack of knack of constantly casting Spirit Commands like in his Alpha Gaiden incarnation.
** Makes up for it for being a GameBreaker in ''2nd Original Generation''. Though in the same game, [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Euzeth Gozzo]] is a lot easier especially after considering you had to go through [[ThatOneBoss Per]][[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny fec]][[NighInvulnerable tio]] and his cronies.]]
* CompleteMonster: Monster/SuperRobotWars
* DemonicSpiders: [[MacrossPlus Ghost X-9s]] in ''Alpha'' and the Katana clones in ''EndlessFrontier''.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Sanger Zonvolt began as a sympathetic enemy and late-joining SixthRanger type in ''Alpha Gaiden'', but was so popular among fans of the game he was brought back as a major character for ''Original Generation'', as a ''main'' character for ''Alpha 2'' and has a prominent role in ''Alpha 3'', ''then'' representing main timeline SRW OG in ''ProjectXZone''. Being one of, if not, '''THE''' biggest badass in the Banpresto multiverse helps.
** The Ardyguns are wildly popular as well. The fact that they have one of the most iconic GameBreaker mecha in the franchise helped a bit of their popularity. Or really, SuperRobotWarsW in general. For a one-game-only continuity DS SRW, it's so well-liked that a sizable part of the fanbase considered it the best SRW game.
** SuperRobotWarsJ is pretty popular for its mecha design, main characters and for breaking traditions, especially amongst Western players thanks to the FanTranslation.
** For the Original Generation games, theres the Agressors and the School Kids, namely Latooni Subota and Ouka Nagisa;
* GameBreaker: See [[Gamebreaker/SuperRobotWars entries here]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Scramble Commander 2nd might not be one of the most well-received games, but it had MacrossZero and GundamSeedDestiny. In other words, two series where [[NamesTheSame the main character was named Shinn.]]
** In other words, you could say this is one area where it gets [[IncrediblyLamePun a leg up - twice]] - on the other games.

** A scene in the final episode of Divine Wars about [[spoiler:the characters' WTF reaction on Lefina in a PlayboyBunny outfit]] is also becoming a meme on its own, usually having them get surprised on WTF scenes in other media...or even getting recursive by reacting to the reaction panels of its "Gaijin 4koma" predecessor.

** Never be surprised if you suddenly see [[SuperRobotWarsK Mist Rex]] into the most recent SRW screenshot, OG or not. He's just [[TheScrappy that hated]] and the {{Troll}}s are using him to agitate the fans into thinking that he's in the new SRW.
** And the newest one on the list is '''[[ManBehindTheMan Sore mo,]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha watashi da!]]'''
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Playing later, better-polished and more-refined games in the series first is an '''excellent''' way to ruin the much more-primitive early entries for yourself. It's really hard to motivate yourself to get through the ExcusePlot of the NintendoHard ''first Super Robot Wars'' when there is little to no battle animation, and lacking the ability to skip the animation or for that matter, being able to choose how to react to an attack when it happens (instead you have to make one choice for the whole party)

** Makes up for it for being a GameBreaker in ''2nd Original Generation''. Though in the same game, [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Euzeth Gozzo]] is a lot easier especially after considering you had to go through [[ThatOneBoss Per]][[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny fec]][[NighInvulnerable tio]] and his cronies.

** Makes up for it for being a GameBreaker in ''2nd Original Generation''.

* Nerf: This has been occurring on a series basis as things such as Max SP being reduced, Hot Blood being learned later, 99% of attacks have some sort of cost, and certain skills being randomly unavailable or hard to get. This is obviously done to counteract certain cheesy tactics such as sending one fully upgraded unit unit a bunch of enemies and easily take them out with free/low cost attacks or using various spirits to basically attack many more times than normal during a turn. On the plus side, to balance out most of these, the max HP of bosses is lowered.
** However they risk being excessive with these tweaks as the latest game, 2nd OG has a bunch of nerfs, some out of nowhere. This is the branch of the series that is infamous for end game bosses that have RegeneratingHealth and powerful barriers, which is what prompted the spirit spam tactic in past games.
** An rather infamous accidental nerfing occurred in Alpha Gaiden: The Masoukishin cast as they were not readjusted for the new game and thus wound up quite weak.

** The Ardyguns are wildly popular as well, the fact that they has one of the most iconic GameBreaker mecha in the franchise helped a bit of their popularity. Or really, SuperRobotWarsW in general. For a one game only continuity DS SRW, is so well liked that a sizable part of the fanbase considered it the best SRW game.

* However they risk being excessive with these tweaks as the latest game, 2nd OG has a bunch of nerfs, some out of nowhere. This is the branch of the series that is infamous for end game bosses that have RegeneratingHealth and powerful barriers, which is what prompted the spirit spam tactic in past games.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Playing later, better-polished and more-refined games in the series first is an '''excellent''' way to ruin the much more-primitive early entries for yourself. It's really hard to motivate yourself to get through the ExcusePlot of the NintendoHard ''first Super Robot Wars'' when there is little to no battle animation, and lacking the ability to skip the animation.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Playing later, better-polished and more-refined games in the series first is an '''excellent''' way to ruin the much more-primitive early entries for yourself. It's really hard to motivate yourself to get through the ExcusePlot of the NintendoHard ''first Super Robot Wars'' when there is little to no battle animation.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Playing later, better-polished and more-refined games in the series first is an '''excellent''' way to ruin the much more-primitive early entries for yourself. It's hard to motivate yourself to beat the non-animate with only ExcusePlot of the ''first Super Robot Wars''.

* DemonicSpiders ([[MacrossPlus Ghost X-9s]] in ''Alpha'' and the Katana clones in ''EndlessFrontier'')
* EnsembleDarkhorse (Sanger Zonvolt began as a sympathetic enemy and late-joining SixthRanger type in ''Alpha Gaiden'', but was so popular among fans of the game he was brought back as a major character for ''Original Generation'', as a ''main'' character for ''Alpha 2'' and has a prominent role in ''Alpha 3'', ''then'' representing main timeline SRW OG in ''ProjectXZone''. Being one of, if not, '''THE''' biggest badass in the Banpresto multiverse helps)

* GameBreaker (See [[Gamebreaker/SuperRobotWars entries here]]).
* GoddamnedBats (Barrelions from ''Original Generation'', nearly all {{mook}}s in ''Destiny'')
* MemeticMutation (Trombe over-* http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pYsz3ytMQ3Y * )

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny (Playing later, better-polished and more-refined games in the series first (''[[SuperRobotWarsJudgement Judgement]]'', for instance) is an '''excellent''' way to ruin the much more-primitive early entries for yourself. (''SuperRobotWarsAlphaGaiden'', ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', etc.).

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny (Playing latter, better-polished and more-refined games in the series first (''[[SuperRobotWarsJudgement Judgement]]'', for instance) is an '''excellent''' way to ruin the much more-primitive early entries for yourself. (''SuperRobotWarsAlphaGaiden'', ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', etc.).

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Playing later, better-polished and more-refined games in the series first (''[[SuperRobotWarsJudgement Judgement]]'') is an '''excellent''' way to ruin the much more-primitive early entries for yourself (''SuperRobotWarsAlphaGaiden'', ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', etc)

* AndTheFandomRejoiced (Any time one of your favourite series gets included. In particular, the reception to ''SuperRobotWarsZ 2'' featuring the Super Robot Wars debut of ''GurrenLagann'' was ''overwhelmingly'' positive.

* EnsembleDarkhorse (Sanger Zonvolt began as a sympathetic enemy and late-joining SixthRanger type in ''Alpha Gaiden'', but was so popular among fans of the game he was brought back as a major character for ''Original Generation'', as a ''main'' character for ''Alpha 2'' and has a prominent role in ''Alpha 3''. Being one of, if not, '''THE''' biggest badass in the Banpresto multiverse helps)

* GoddamnedBats (Barrelions from ''Original Generation'', nearly all {{mook}}s in ''Destiny'')

* Gamebreaker (See [[Gamebreaker/SuperRobotWars entries here]]).

* GoddamnedBats (Barrelions from ''Original Generation'', nearly all {{mook}}s in ''Destiny'', Dimensional Monsters in ''Z2'')

* GoddamnedBats (Barrelions from ''Original Generation'', nearly all {{mook}}s in ''Destiny'')

* DemonicSpiders ([[MacrossPlus Ghost X-9s]] in ''Alpha'' and the Katana clones in ''EndlessFrontier'')