Line #14 VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment


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2	''Super Robot Wars Judgment'' is the final installment of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series for the Creator/{{Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, featuring vastly improved visuals, game mechanics and an all-new storyline dealing with the invasion of the lunar [[HumanAliens Fury]]. The player, as usual, can choose between a male or a female PlayerCharacter, each with his or her own unique storyline that ties in with the new imposing menace.
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4	''Judgment'' generated considerable controversy in the ''Super Robot Wars'' fandom. The game was announced mere ''weeks after'' the release of ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]]'' with ''Judgment'' launching less than ''a month'' post-announcement[[note]]No two ''Super Robot Wars'' installments have had such a narrow release window between them[[/note]]. Secondly, ''Judgment'' broke tradition by excluding Universal Century ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' and ''Manga/GetterRobo'', which disappointed some of the franchise veterans (to date, only ''Anime/{{Mazinger\|Z}}'' has appeared in every licensed-''Super Robot Wars'' game). Finally, the inclusion of ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' was seen as a violation by some, as the series uses PoweredArmor rather than HumongousMecha (fans, however, note this demonstrates Banpresto's willingness to expand upon the definition of "robot" for the franchise).
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6	A FanTranslation has been released by the Romhacking Aerie.
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8	!Series featured in ''Judgment'' ('''Bold''' indicates debuting entries):
9	* ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''
10	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''
11	* ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}''
12	** '''''Mazinkaiser vs. The Great General of Darkness'''''
13	* ''Anime/CombattlerV''
14	* ''Anime/VoltesV''
15	* ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}''
16	* ''Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner''
17	* ''Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer''
18	* '''''Anime/TekkamanBlade'''''
19	* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico''
20	* ''Anime/BrainPowerd''
21	* '''''Literature/FullMetalPanic'''''
22	** '''''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'''''
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24	!''Judgment'' features examples of:
25	* AIIsACrapshoot: The Nadesico's main computer system Omoikane suffers a malfunction at the start of Chapter 15 (in the route split where you stay with the Nadesico instead of transferring to the Archangel), which resulted in the Aestivalis units (which rely on it for targeting information and other data) and Nadesico treating Dancougar, Shining Gundam, and UEFA as enemy units. The Dancougar crew were naturally not amused by this.
26	** That said, it did not simply "run amok"; it was integrated with a sophisticated learning program which Omoikane uses to decide the best moves to make autonomously. The problem however lies with the learning program, as the Nadesico had to fight the UEFA to get to Mars near the start of the game. However, the reason it did not give trouble at Heliopolis, fought alongside the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Archangel]] without problems, and doesn't recognize the patrol units surrounding the Nadesico after the mess was handled, not to mention attacking Dancougar despite it not even being part of the army, Inez explains that it's a result of Omoikane essentially undergoing stress with all the surfeit of information it's had to take. As such, it has a reset system, which explains its non-aggression against the Archangel, though it only side-stepped the problem. Because its first memories are of fighting the UEFA, it still has a lingering resentment against them, and that is why it snapped during that joint operation, and in order to protect the Nadesico and its crew, it reverted its decision-making basis to its pre-Mars state. The reason the player's mecha was spared was because it had fought alongside the Nadesico and was thus marked as an ally.
27	** And on the main mission itself, the Aestivalis and Nadesico herself turn into "yellow units" on Turn 3 (and will eject any units loaded inside the Nadesico), attacking all other units indiscriminately except for the player mecha and Combattler V (who also participated in the escape to Mars). On Turn 4, Capt. Teletha Testarossa from Mithril makes contact and offers to hack into Omoikane from her ship, with Ruri's help in regards to what she's supposed to correct. They eventually fix things (albeit temporarily) after you take out the attacking Boazanian forces ''and'' Baron Ashura's Mechabeasts after that.
28	* AIBreaker: This game inverts the usual flavor of ArtificialStupidity that SRW games of the time had regarding FragileSpeedster units, as the AI in this game is coded to flat-out ignore units that it has no hope of hitting. This leads to amusing sights, such as enemies bypassing Layzner in droves to get mowed down by the likes of [[MightyGlacier Mazinkaiser]].
29	* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED The Strike Rouge]] is given to the Archangel a lot earlier where Cagalli receives it during a time Kira is still piloting the Strike compared to obtaining it in the very last battle of the anime.
30	* AdaptationExpansion: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED The Strike Rouge]] can use the Launcher and Sword packs where it can use the packs in theory but never shown to use them. Like ''Alpha 3'', the Strike Rouge is compatible with the IWSP pack.
31	* AdaptationalLateAppearance: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira]] gains the ability to use [[SuperMode SEED mode]] after landing to Earth whereas in the original anime, he does so much earlier on.
32	* AdaptationalVillainy: While General Colbert has always been a colossal jerk, in [[Anime/TekkamanBlade his original series]] his worst issue was being a possessive and power-hungry military commander, but he still wanted to get rid of the Radam menace as much as the heroes did. Here? He outright forms a BigBadDuumvirate with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Muruta Azrael]], seduced by the ideology of Blue Cosmos and its attendant genocidal hatred for the Coordinators, and forms alliances with plenty of other villains whenever convenient.
33	* AdaptationalWimp: [[spoiler:[[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} The Great General of Darkness]]]] appears in only two scenarios late in ''Judgment'' and only if players pick the correct route (it's possible to miss him entirely). In the first of these, he attacks while players are fighting someone else, something the [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Gradosians]] and [[Anime/VoltesV Boazanians]] have already tried. In the second encounter, the [[Anime/BrainPowerd Reclaimers]] defeat most of his generals before the heroes even arrive on the scene. Sure, he puts up a fight, but his late, brief appearance, un-original style, and the total failure of his plan just don't convey what he was capable of back in his home series.
34	* AdaptedOut:
35	** The entire "[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Colony]]" arc, as its plot comes to a halt upon [[spoiler:Master Asia's death]].
36	** [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Prime Minister Wong Yun-Fat]] (who was involved in the TV series' final arc that the final battle is based on) and [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Urube Ishikawa]] (whose role of manipulating Domon is partially done by Azrael) are given this.
37	** The [[Anime/{{Dancougar}} Muge Zorbados Empire]] does not exist in ''Judgment''; instead, Shapiro defects to the Gradosians.
38	** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Arnold Neumann]] is not present as an Archangel crew member in the entire game.
39	* AGodAmI: BigBad [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Gu-Landon Goetz]] and [[Anime/{{Dancougar}} Shapiro Keats]], at least until [[spoiler:[[Anime/{{Dancougar}} Sara]] [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim shoots him]]]]
40	* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:[[Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer Great]] [[SecretCharacter Zeorymer]]]] possesess the strongest attacks of all seven enemy [[Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer Hakkeshu of the Hau Dragon]]. In the case of Breist of Fire and Gallowin of Water, this is their CombinationAttack "Twin Lords" which [[spoiler:Great Zeorymer]] performs by ''cloning itself''.
41	* AmbidextrousSprite: Averted; it doesn't matter for most units, as they don't [[FaceHeelTurn change sides]] and most of cast are symmetrical, but it still manages to avoid it with [[spoiler: several Gundam units ([[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Gundam Rose and Bolt Gundam]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Buster and Duel AS]]) having asymmetrical designs. When they appear as enemies, their sprites are edited to not be ambidexterous]].
42	** But played straight in most cases, as seen in mission where there are yellow enemy units that can also attack the red ones.
43	* AnimationEvolution: The first three license-based GBA ''Super Robot Wars'' games used the LimitedAnimation that the series was known for in the 1990s. This game recreates, and in some cases even improves upon, animations from the ''[=PlayStation 2=]'' entries.
44	* ArcWelding: Like most [=SRWs=], ''Judgment'' ties together the disparate stories of the various series involved. For instance, the HumanAliens from ''Layzner'' and ''Voltes V'' are descendants of the ancient Martian civilization from ''Nadesico'' (who are presumably descended from space explorers of [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} the advanced Mycenae civilization]] or contemporaries of them) and the truly extraterrestrial enemies such as [[Anime/BrainPowerd Orphan]] and the [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Radam]] are presumably members of the alien alliance the Fury fled to Earth from in order to escape. Some of the advanced technologies created by humans such as [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico IFS Nanomachines]] and the seven Hakkeshu are said to have been created using designs gleaned from the MentalTimeTravel of the [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Whispered]], who are in turn tapping into Fury designs.
45	* AscendedExtra: Of the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Shuffle Alliance's]] support characters (excluding [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Rain Mikamura]]), only George de Sand's butler Raymond makes it in as a new attack for the Gundam Rose, no less. To top it off, Raymond's Butler Gundam gets a map sprite.
46	** The original Shuffle Alliance make their only cameo appearance in the '''''entire [=SRW=] franchise to date''''' in ''Judgment''. Sadly, this trope is subverted as they are not playable nor do their units have any animations or sprites outside of a map sprite.
47	** Even though [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Tetsuya Tsurugi]] has a relatively small role in ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'', he is the only supporting character in the game who has dialogue with bosses outside his parent series. On the other hand, given his [[SpotlightStealingSquad previous ascension]] in the ''Alpha'' series, it's understandable that certain villains want to have a word with him.
48	** [[spoiler: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigoji]], if you get him back]].
49	** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Miguel]] actually managed to survive his battle with the Strike Gundam and continues to pursue the Archangel as part of the Creuset team, [[spoiler: though he still dies later.]]
50	* AscendedFanboy: In addition to Gai and [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito Tenkawa]], [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Kouji Kabuto]] is also a Anime/{{Gekiganger 3}} fan. If you take the Nadesico[=/=]Layzner Route after Scenario 43, the special Gekiganger film created by the [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Jovians]] turns almost everyone else into a fan. Even [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]] is overcome with emotion.
51	** On the very same scenario, we find out that [[TheBigGuy Daijoro]] is an aspiring manga artist.
52	* AwesomeButImpractical: The Shuffle Alliance CombinationAttack is one of the strongest attacks in ''Judgment'', but requires energy from all five Gundams of the Alliance and must be adjacent to one another. The dual {{Combination Attack}}s from each other are more efficient and easier to set up.
53	** The "Love" Spirit Command may grant almost every possible buff in the game, but is still the most expensive Spirit Command in the game at the cost of 90 Spirit Points (for point of comparison, by the end of ''Judgment'', an average pilot will have amassed around 160-200 Spirit Points), and it's rare a pilot will need all possible Spirit Commands at once. Even if it's used solely against bosses, the Accel movement boost is usually wasted.
54	** Great Zeorymer is possibly the strongest single unit in the game. Howewer, to obtain it you need to choose routes leading to missing most of the other secrets, and you must abstain from using normal Zeorymer - which is a very useful robot in its own right - in all missions except for those where its deployment is mandatory.
55	* AxCrazy: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Jua-Mu Dalby]], after getting shot down for the first time and receiving his promotion to full Knight, and [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Gosterro]]
56	* TheBattleDidntCount: If you manage to defeat Ru-Kain in Scenario 30 (difficult, but doable), it turns out you haven't even managed to dent his Zakarl - its regenerates HP and the Prince laughs in your face.
57	** The same goes for Moon/Nadesico route Scenario 23.
58	* BeachEpisode: Which kind of loses its point as it's rendered all in text...
59	* BigDamnHeroes: [[Anime/{{Dancougar}} Alan Igor]] and [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Schwarz Bruder]] do this, but [[spoiler:when the party is running from the failed peace negotiations, Gai is the one who pulls this and starts talking about things that actually make sense (even while speaking in Gekiganger), that is, if you meet the requirements for getting him back]].
60	** Another one pulled by the protagonist during a ''Full Metal Panic'' event: [[spoiler:[[Literature/FullMetalPanic Sôsuke Sagara, Chidori Kaname]], [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Kouji Kabuto and Sayaka Yumi]] are stranded behind enemy lines and are about to be discovered by the enemy when [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Melissa Mao and Kurz Weber]] appear, then followed by a whole team of robots. Chidori being amazed at the number of mecha is an icing on the cake]].
61	* BossInMookClothing: The 'Behemoth' [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Arm Slave]]. In the anime, it was a unique, one-of-a-kind AwesomeButImpractical unit that required a special (and insane) pilot. But after the relevant incident has popped up in the game, numerous Behemoths - driven by ordinary {{Mooks}} - show up in a bunch of stages as mercenaries. They possess thick armor, a ton of HP, and a 'Lambda Drive' shield to boot... their attacks, though [[PowerfulButInaccurate powerful, aren't very accurate]], or very long ranged, so they mostly just wind up serving as metallic [[StoneWall Meat Shields]]. On the other hand, if they DO manage to hit you... you're gonna NOTICE.
62	* BoringButPractical:
63	** Aside from pilot stats, Spirit Commands, and [[Anime/BrainPowerd Nanga's]] air support, eight out of ten ''Brain Powerd'' units carry the same abilities: good mobility, a barrier, a variant on "Mirror Image" [[note]]At 130 Will, gain an Ability-modified chance of evading any attack[[/note]], A-ranking for performance underwater, decent melee weapon, relationship boosts with one another, and reliable long-ranged {{Combination Attack}}s. Their practicality is only limited by low health and energy reserves, both of which regenerate quickly. Emphasis on "boring", all units use the exact same sprites, animations, and loadouts. No player can be blamed for turning battle animations off when fielding more than a few of them, due to how repetitive it can get watching the same thing over and over under a different PaletteSwap.
64	** To a lesser extent the [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Aestivalis Units]]. Decent mobility, a nice barrier, as long as they are in range of the Nadesico they refill their energy each turn. Later they get a Barrier ignoring melee attack. Ryoko, Hikaru and Izumi also have some nice team attacks you can easily spam after upgrading their energy a bit, and they all have relationship bonuses with one another and the battleship.
65	*** While they have the same repetitiveness from the Brain Powerds above, there are a few small differences in their animation to better reflect the pilots' personalities, like Akito hamming up a simple Distortion Punch, Ryoko smashing a knife inside the enemy unit with a roundhouse kick, or Gai uppercutting a battleship!
66	** One of the most powerful Modules in the game just grants a pilot the Hit and Run ability, which can grant a huge amount of extra mobility to many units that aren't supposed to have it.
67	* BreakingOldTrends: This game is the first to exclude every series featured in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars1 the original]] ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars1''. The classic ''Mazinger'' units are playable in this game, but only because the ''Mazinkaiser'' [=OVA=] is utilized. ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' would later one-up ''Judgement'' in this regard by using [[Anime/MazinkaiserSKL a Mazinger series]] that doesn't feature Mazinger Z or Koji Kabuto.
68	* BrokenBird: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Calvina Coulange]]; she gets better.
69	* BullyingADragon: [[Anime/TekkamanBlade General Colbert]] tries to [[spoiler: nuke Orphan, which, with help from the heroes, sends the missiles through the Vital Net directly to his position]].
70	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: If you attack [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Prince Ru-Kain]] with Akito in one scenario, he'll pull this on the deaths of Akito's martian parents. [[BerserkButton Akito doesn't appreciate this]].
71	* TheCameo: ''Judgment'' has a few of units appearing as map-only sprite cameos. These include the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam original Shuffle Alliance Gundams, Gundam Spiegel]] and [[Anime/CombattlerV Combattler V's head unit the Battle Jet]]
72	* CharacterDevelopment: For many characters, especially for the chosen protagonist, [[spoiler: and for Gai, if you acquire him]].
73	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Master Asia]] can take out several anti-aircraft batteries on the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Archangel]] with his bare hands like it was nothing, then ''leaps through the air over to the Nadesico and do the exact same thing''. Of course, this IS "[[RedBaron The Undefeated of the East]]" we're talking about here.
74	* CloudCuckoolander: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Izumi]] is this HARD. She regularly [[BreakingTheFourthWall smashes the fourth wall to tiny bits]], [[ShoutOut makes references to anything she can]] and [[HurricaneOfPuns has dialogue that would fit right into]] a ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' game.
75	* ComboRifle: The Belzelute's Orgone Rifle: Mode A, combines its pistols with its rifle to form a bow-like WaveMotionTuningFork.
76	* CurseCutShort: Although specific to the translation patch, at one point Mao calls Kurz a "motherf-" only for him to cut her off. Later, Domon cuts [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Allenby Beardsley]] off when she starts to call [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Murata Azrael]] a "blonde, racist, son of a--"
77	* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:Touya's parents (El-Serda Shiun and his unnamed wife) and Franz Zeppelin (who developed the three starting mechs, and also friends with El-Serda).]]
78	* DemotedToExtra:
79	** [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Mazinkaiser vs. the Great General of Darkness]]'s entire plot got merged with the Anime/BrainPowerd finale, so the Mycenae Empire, instead of being the apocalyptic threat it was in the show, are treated as secondary enemies for the grand total of ''two scenarios'' they appear in (both of which are optional). On top of that, only three of the Seven Generals actually appear as enemies, the other four get killed off-screen by Jonathan.
80	** ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}'' in general doesn't have many plotlines; aside from the main cast interacting with other shows the only major enemy is Shapiro, who turns his coat for the Gradosians in the absence of any other alien invaders, and the only side character who shows up on-screen is Alan.
81	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The [[Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer seven Hakkeshu of the Hau Dragon]] and [[spoiler: [[Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer Great Zeorymer]]]], [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam The Devil Gundam]], [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Tekkaman Omega]], [[Anime/BrainPowerd Baron Maximillian's Hyper Baronz]] and [[spoiler: Gu-Landon's Zui Gaiden fused with the Fury mothership]]
82	* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Natarle Badgiruel, Tolle Koenig, and Kuzzey Buskirk]]]] all depart the Archangel over the course of the story; it's why it's generally less powerful than the Nadesico.
83	* FakeLongevity: While an issue in many ''Super Robot Wars'' games, ''Judgement'' in particular is noted for the number of times that it spawns large numbers of enemy reinforcements. The game is especially fond of doing this on large maps, where it will take several turns for said reinforcements to even reach the player's units.
84	* FieryRedhead: [[Anime/BrainPowerd Hime Utsumiya]], [[Anime/{{Dancougar}} Sara Yuuki]] and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Festenia Muse]]
85	* FixFic: [[spoiler:Gai, [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Miyuki "Tekkaman Rapier" Aiba and Balzack Azimov]], [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Ahmos Gale and Alberto Null Julia Asuka]]]] can survive. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Asagi, Juri and Mayura of Orb]] also survive (but other named ''SEED'' characters aren't so lucky...), [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Rolly and Roll]] and [[spoiler: Alan]] don't die. However, [[spoiler: Ru-Kain]] does bite it, while [[spoiler:[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Haruki Kusakabe]]]] FINALLY dies and the tragic events of ''[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Prince Of Darkness]]'' are averted.
86	* FlatWhat: The general reactions the non-''Nadesico'' characters have to viewing the "How and Why of the Nadesico" bits in-game.
87	* FreezeFrameBonus: The Devil Gundam's "Death Army attack" has the Death Master and Death Dragon (common Death Army units that are outfitted with parts of the Master Gundam and Dragon Gundam's armor and weapons respectively) appear among the common Death Army units.
88	* GlassCannon: The Shuffle Alliance units hit hard thanks to their pilots' stats and get stronger the more of a beating they take, but their evasion rate and armor rating [[MasterOfNone try to split the difference between Super and Real strategies and end up being great at neither]]. The exceptions are the God Gundam (a MidSeasonUpgrade), which gets God Shadow as defensive ability that works with Domon's high Ability, Dragon Gundam, since it has a its own Mirror Image variant and an attack that decreases the target's attack, and Bolt Gundam, which is more of a MightyGlacier than the others. Rising Gundam and Nobel Gundam lean more into dodging and are stronger for it.
89	* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler: The [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Tuatha de Danann]]]] provides some fire support from the water during the assault on Hell Castle. [[spoiler: Tekkaman Rapier, Balzak, and Gai Daigoji]] also count, provided you don't save them.
90	** WelcomeBackTraitor: [[spoiler: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Akatsuki Nagare]]]]
91	* GuideDangIt: Par for the course for the series, when getting secret characters who have a lot of conditions. Some are obvious, some are not.
92	** Wanna get the InfinityPlusOneSword down there? You have to NOT use [[Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer Zeorymer]], [[InfinityMinusOneSword an incredibly good unit on its own]], whenever it isn't mandatory, defeat all of the bosses from its series with it, and take a route which will leave you missing nearly every other secret character. In exchange though, you'll get one godly GameBreaker of a unit, [[spoiler: its MidSeasonUpgrade, Great Zeorymer]].
93	** Some of the later Puzzle Robos are positively ''fiendish'', requiring extreme lateral thinking and perfect mastery of the game mechanics, to say nothing of perfectly arranging lots of attacks, movements, spirit commands...
94	* HandsomeLech: Kurz hits on the female bosses when attacking them.
95	* HenshinHero: We're not sure why the Tekkamen are in a game about giant robots, but no one's complaining.
96	* HotBlooded: One of the pilots [[LampshadeHanging mentions pretty much all the characters are]].
97	* HumanAliens: Seems to be the theme of this game. With [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Jovians]], [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Gradosians]] and later on [[OriginalGeneration the Fury]], indistinguishably human aliens form a good part of the plot.
98	* HypocriticalHumor: Occasionally, [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Argo Gulskii]] will espouse that only newcomers give speeches in battle. Given where he comes from... Though, to be fair, he [[TheQuietOne never joins in]].
99	* InfinityPlusOneSword: [[spoiler: Great Zeorymer is, pound for pound, the most powerful robot in the game... and the hardest to unlock.]]
100	* InterfaceSpoiler: Characters who are lovers in canon start with the "love" relationship correction (represented by a red heart on the map), even ''before'' they become lovers in the story. So you can tell who ends up with who at a glance.
101	* JigglePhysics: All the original generation female characters during the final attacks of the units; in the case of the male protagonist, its a result of AnimeHair.
102	* JokeCharacter: Bonta-kun: shares the same stat growths as the [[Literature/FullMetalPanic ARX-7 Arbalest]]. The only reason why it's not as useful is a lower HP pool and weaker weapons, not to the mention it lacks the Arbalest's "Lambda Drive" abiliity. To balance that, it does have a high evasion rate, can be upgraded to have fairly decent, if not outstanding parameters (carrying four possible parts slots in contrast to the Arbalest's two), with the benefit of inspiring some [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments absurdly funny comments from the villains who fight it]]. The Grenade Launcher is also a mid-to-long ranged weapon at a maximum range of six, whereas the Arbalest caps at the range of four.
103	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Much like in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Impact]]'', [[spoiler:[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Haruki Kusakabe]] won't escape justice and will be swiftly killed. However, you're not the one doing it this time, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Rau Le Crueset]] does the job for you, [[AssholeVictim and no one is complaining.]]]]
104	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Every Gundam SEED character who dies in canon stays dead, with absolutely no way to save any of them]]. The sole exceptions are the [[spoiler: M1 Astray pilots]], who are DemotedToExtra. Unlike other titles, particularly ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance'', [[spoiler:Master Asia stays dead with no way to obtain him]]. This is one of the few games where he is not playable in any capacity, even as a guest character.
105	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Azrael tells Akatsuki that having IFS Nanomachines makes him no better than [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Coordinators]]. Both traits have the same effect on pilot performance.
106	* LethalJokeCharacter: Believe it or not, [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Boss Borot]] - four parts slots and three pilots with a great set of Spirit Commands each, it's an absolute monster when upgraded. Just make sure to slap a part that enables flight. Plus, like most [=SRWs=] that have the Boss Borot as a playable unit, if it gets destroyed in battle, it costs a mere ''10 credits'' to repair, even if it used its [[ActionBomb self-destruct attack]].
107	** What really adds to this unit's lethality is it's a CombatMedic in ''Judgment'': not only can it perform its usual resupplying ammo and energy job, but the Boss Borot is capable of repairing allied units, and its weaponry is exceptionally cheap to upgrade. Essentially, it's [[SwissArmyWeapon Swiss Army]] GlassCannon in a game with lots of options for upgrading durability.
108	** Unlike its previous counterparts, the Boss Borot has attacks that can strike aerial opponents. Granted, ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance'', ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'' gave the unit the "Borot Pressure Punch", but ''Advance'' rendered it a secret upgrade, became a MidSeasonUpgrade in ''Reversal'' and was available in ''Destiny'' from the start, but that game had much better units.
109	* LetsSplitUpGang: A staple in Super Robot Wars games. The route splits do a good job in mixing the series up but the last two route splits are asking which series you do ''not'' want to have in your party as aside from two series, everyone else will follow the route chosen. Notably, Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED and [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nadesico]] are always mutually exclusive on all routes, [[JustifiedTrope justifiably]] because those series each contain the main battleships the group uses.
110	** Stage 44 to 45 is either have Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED and Anime/TekkamanBlade units or [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Layzner]] and [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nadesico]] units.
111	** Stage 47 to 48 is either Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED, Anime/TekkamanBlade and [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Layzner]] units or Anime/BrainPowerd and [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nadesico]] units.
112	* MagikarpPower: The Shuffle Alliance units may be {{Glass Cannon}}s, but they have enough to benefit from upgrades to armor rating and mobility. This hybrid defense works well with the pilots' high level of the "[[CriticalStatusBuff Prevail]]" pilot skill [[note]]The lower the HP, the greater the increase to accuracy/evasion/critical/armor stats[[/note]] and allows their strong offense to work to its fullest. Each unit also receives a MidSeasonUpgrade later, with the God Gundam for Domon and the rest of the Shuffle Alliance getting their {{Super Mode}}s and {{Combination Attack}}s.
113	** The [[SecretCharacter hidden]] [[spoiler:Vorlent]] unit may seem like an underwhelming original unit with only three attacks, especially considering its requirement (beating the game three times each with a different original mecha). However, not only does it start out with Orgone Cloud when the other three each require a MidseasonUpgrade to unlock it, its enhanced form is the [[spoiler:Raftclans]], arguably the strongest of the original playable mecha.
114	** Layzner, too: a FragileSpeedster at the start, but once it unlocks "V-MAX", it becomes a LightningBruiser.
115	** Units with poor base stats make up for it with more parts slots and more cost effective weapon upgrades.
116	* ManlyTears: Kouji, [[Anime/CombattlerV Hyoma Aoi]] and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Touya Shun's]] reaction to [[spoiler: the aftermath of Master Asia's death]].
117	* MarathonLevel: The attack on [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Hell Island]] pits you against several waves of high HP bosses and EliteMooks, including [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Gauron]], who is invulnerable to all but the strongest and most expensive attacks.
118	* MercyLead: If you choose to save Gale in Chapter 4, at the end he'll say that his forces will give them 10 minutes before they launch their attack.
119	* MistakenForPedophile: At one point, Kurz tries to cheer up [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Ruri Hoshino]]. She tells him he's acting inappropriately and the other pilots proceed to tease the hell out of him.
120	* MsExposition: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Inez Fressange]] really likes explaining things and usually shows up out of nowhere whenever someone asks a technical question just to explain it and disappear again. She joins the crew after chapter 3, within one or two battles other characters in the game start to comment on her love of explanations, by chapter 7 people start to openly ignore her.
121	* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: [[spoiler:[[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Ahmos Gale or Julia Asuka]] are both secrets but only one of them can be obtained while the other is lost. The player can fulfill conditions for both of them but Gale will take priority over Julia]]. [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger]] are mutually exclusive where Z leaves in the stage where Great joins immediately after. What makes this example stand out is that Z and Great have two combination attacks together but cannot be used due to their conflicting availability.
122	* NukeEm: The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Earth Alliance's]] solution to every problem. It eventually comes back to bite them in the ass HARD.
123	** This is [[Manga/{{Zeorymer}} Burrstone of the Mountain's]] specialty.
124	* ObviouslyEvil: Gu-Landon, as immediately noted by the Dancougar team. "If he looks like a bad guy, talks like a bad guy, and acts like a bad guy..."
125	* OutOfCharacterMoment: [[SmugSnake Ru-Kain]] leads the [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Gradosian Empire]] in striking an alliance with the [[spoiler: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Jovian Federation]]. This is completely antithetical to his [[TheSocialDarwinist in-series beliefs]], where he [[FantasticRacism views all humans as inferior]]. It's partially justified by it playing to his MightMakesRight philosophy, however, and dovetails with both his CharacterDevelopment throughout the series and the OVA, where he comes to trust and respect some humans who have demonstrated their strength and cunning, to the point of leaving on in charge of Earth's occupation while he goes out to fight Layzner]]. Several characters do point out the Grandosians would never see the Jovians as equals, and are simply using this alliance to make their invasion of Earth easier before turning on them, to the point of aggravating the war so that the Earthlings and Jovians will wipe each other out.
126	* PostScriptSeason: For ''Combattler V'', as the [[Anime/CombattlerV Campbellians]] have either been defeated before ''Judgment'' starts or they simply don't exist in this setting. For the most part, Combattler is treated as a part of the ''Voltes V'' plotline (though they have separate slots in the "Favorites System").
127	* RedemptionDemotion: Averted with Gale and Julia; they have the same stats they had as bosses if they join you. [[spoiler: And when Al Van zips in for the final battle, he gets all his boss upgrades including a staggering 50,000 HP]].
128	** Played straight with [[Anime/BrainPowerd Jonathan and Quincy]], whose [[MidSeasonUpgrade Baronz]] are more powerful than all but the [[Anime/BrainPowerd Nelly Brain]], but are nowhere near the 60,000 HP they exhibited as bosses.
129	* {{Reconstruction}}: Remember the moment where Akito calls himself a fool for believing in Gekiganger? If you saved [[spoiler:Gai]], he shouts that just because the Jovians are abusing the ideal doesn't mean the ideal itself is wrong. After all, [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Tsukumo Shiratori]] believes in that ideal, too. [[spoiler: Eventually, that same ideal inspires the Jovian aces to rebel against Kusukabe, in a sequence of events that culminates in the mad admiral's death]].
130	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Yurika's father, Admiral Koichiro, holds back [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Blue Cosmos]] and their mad plans from within the UEFA for as long as he can.
131	* SecretAIMoves:
132	** The Great Zeorymer fought as a boss to unlock it as a player unit doesn't have the signature Hades Attack of the original, but does have Omzack's Proton Thunder as a substitute MAP attack.
133	** The Raftclans has two different attack animations for each of its moves, with Fu-Lu getting a flashier Orgone Rifle than the normal one, Al-Van the Sword, and Jua-Mu the Claw. The player Raftclans gets all three of the flashier moves, but none of the basic ones. This trait is carried over in ''The Moon Dwellers'' for Al-Van and Fu-Lu, while the Orgone Claw specialty goes to Karo-Ran.
134	* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler:There's quite a few. To name all of them: either [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Gale or Julia plus the Layzner mk-II]], [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Tekkaman Rapier and Balzac]], [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigoji and the X-Aestivalis]], [[Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer Great Zeorymer]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Strike IWSP Pack]], [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Allenby Beardsley]], and [[Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu Bonta-kun]]. From the originals, you will get Vorlent and its MidSeasonUpgrade Raftclans after you finish the game thrice with different mechs.]].
135	* SetPiecePuzzle: The "Puzzle Robo" minigame is an unusual variant of this. You're given a very short scenario with a few units, and you have to move them in the correct way to complete the objective (move to the correct space(s), attack the correct enemy etc.)
136	* ShoutOut: The animation for the "Burning Punch" from the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Gundam Maxter]] ends with a [[Franchise/StreetFighter Shoryu]][[{{Shoryuken}} reppa]]. Bonta-kun's melee attack also incorporates the same punch.
137	** Other [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Chibodee Crockett]]-related shouts include references to boxers Mike Tyson and Mohammad Ali. Hell, he even references Ali's [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]]:
138	--> '''Chibodee''': You wanna see me sting like a bee? Sit tight. That's comin' next.
139	** When using his [[ChainPain chain attack]], [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Boss]] will sometimes yell "[[Franchise/MortalKombat Get over here]]!"
140	** [[Manga/{{Zeorymer}} Masato Akitsu's]] [[SplitPersonalityTakeover evil-half Masaki Kihara]] uses one of [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Iori Yagami's]] DesperationAttack quotes.
141	--> '''Masaki''': Scream, cry, and then die!
142	** The background music for Bonta-kun may sound a few notes familiar... and is indeed titled [[Series/TheATeam Tokkou Yarou]].
143	* ShutUpHannibal: A lot of them, but especially frequent in Scenario 49. To wit:
144	** Akito vs Ru-Kain:
145	--> '''Akito''': Why would a man such as yourself ally himself with Kusakabe?
146	--> '''Ru-Kain''': What Kusakabe affirms is right. [[MightMakesRight Justice is power, and power is justice]]. This is the meaning of being conquered by your betters.
147	--> '''Akito''': There is no way this can be called justice, neither in Gekiganger nor anywhere else!
148	** [[spoiler:Gai]] vs [[spoiler:Kusakabe]]
149	--> '''[[spoiler:Kusakabe]]''': Justice isn't something that can be just spoken of. It must be made real by destroying evil ones such as yourself.
150	--> '''[[spoiler:Gai]]''': Huhuhuu... Actually, Jovian general, you got it all wrong. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter if you win or lose. What does matter is what you believe inside of yourself. A justice like yours, founded of deceit and betrayal, isn't worth a damn!
151	** [[spoiler:Gai]] also gives a version this to Akatsuki when he starts talking about how there is no justice and bashes how idealistic the heroes are.
152	** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]] vs Rau Le Crueset
153	--> '''Crueset''': You're a mistake, boy! You're something that should never have existed! It is time that you disappear forever!
154	--> '''Kira''': That's my line! If you hate the world so much that you want everyone to die, then the only way is for you to be destroyed!
155	* ShutUpKirk: In one of the earlier scenarios, [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Karla Egiel]] summarily orders the heroes to be silent, as "[[FantasticRacism monkeys]]" like them have no right to even question the "[[SocialDarwinist clearly superior]]" Gradosians. The heroes [[TalkToTheFist aren't impressed]].
156	* SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration:
157	** Integration: ''J'' is one of the few games where [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam the Shuffle Alliance units]] can fly in a Super Robot Wars game as they all can in the series (Domon even using the God Gundam to fly out of the atmosphere no less!). However, they have a B ranking in the air compared which may be because the Gundams can fly but there are rarely any aerial fights in ''G Gundam''. Like in the early episodes of the anime, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED attacking the Aegis Gundam with Kira]] will cause all attacks to be counted as "Cannot Counter" rather than attack back, defend or evade the attack, reflecting Athrun's hesitance to fighting Kira [[spoiler:until Nicol's death]]. In gameplay, the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Buster Gundam's]] beam rifle consumes the unit's EN rather than be counted as ammunition which is accurate to the anime as beam rifles in the Cosmic Era are commonly powered by the Mobile Suit's battery.
158	** Segregation: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED The Aile Strike Gundam and Moebius Zero]] can both fly in the earth's atmosphere, despite neither being able to do so in canon. The Aile Strike does get upgraded to do so in the sequel ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' but it never does in the original series. This may be {{Justified\|Trope}} to give the Aile Strike a niche that the other Strike forms do not have and to allow the Moebius Zero to be playable in space colony stages which use Air and Ground terrain rankings.
159	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Played with; although the crew of the Archangel are extremely cynical, they do make sound tactical judgment and treat everything as WarIsHell. The likes of [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Eiji Asuka]] and [[Anime/TekkamanBlade D-Boy]] are justifiably downbeat, too. On the other hand, most of the others are ridiculously idealistic and despite making decisions that could get everyone killed, are always morally right. [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Makes]] [[Anime/BrainPowerd perfect]] [[Anime/VoltesV sense]] [[Anime/CombattlerV when]] [[Anime/{{Dancougar}} you]] [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico look]] [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam at the cast]].
160	* TheSmartGuy: In addition to those from their respective series, Masato becomes this after [[spoiler: [[SplitPersonalityMerge inheriting]] EvilGenius Masaki's memories and knowledge]].
161	* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Spell My Name With The Heavens]]: The translation patch calls it "Zeorymer of the Skies", compared to the more-liked "of the Heavens". This will be fixed in a future release.
162	* StockFootage: The game does reuse a few bits of animation where it can get away with it, most commonly seen with the explosions near the end of more powerful attacks. {{Justified\|Trope}} given the game's animation is already pushing the GBA's limits.
163	* StoryBranching: At multiple points, the player gets to choose between going with the Archangel or the Nadesico and various teams of units. They merge again after a few stages each time, but which paths the player takes determine unlocks for secrets.
164	* SecretArt: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Mu La Flaga]] is the only one who can use the [[AttackDrone Wire-Guided Gunbarrel]] attack when piloting the Moebius Zero. All other Gundam Seed pilots can use the Moebius Zero but they will not have access to the attack.
165	* SuicidalOverconfidence: Other than the featured series, ''Judgment'' is notorious for the AI's preference for attacking units with low evasion rates. This tends to result in super robots and battleships hogging all the kills.
166	* SuperMovePortraitAttack: A staple in ''Super Robot Wars'' games but certain units will receive exclusive cut-ins based on the pilot. Examples are [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Dearka in the Buster Gundam's Anti-Armor Shotgun and Yzak using the Beam Saber in the Duel Gundam]]. Using any other pilot will not have a replacement cut-in for those attacks.
167	* ThisCannotBe: Jonathan and Quincy, all the time, especially if they're taken down when piloting their Baronz. Also, [[spoiler:Ru Kain and Shapiro]] murmur this as they die.
168	** [[spoiler: Jua-Mu]], who dies in his insanity screaming that he can't be defeated over and over.
169	* TimeStandsStill: The Fury's Larseilam device freezes non-Fury units over a fairly wide area. Only Calvina/Touya's mech is able to counter the effect, which means that having them shot down while fighting the Fury is an automatic loss since it'd leave the party helpless.
170	* TokenEvilTeammate: Akatsuki is kind of a jerk, while Masaki is kind of a monster. [[spoiler: Fortunately, only one of them sticks around]].
171	* TookALevelInBadass: Touya, Akito, Kira, and [[spoiler:Gai]]
172	* VillainousBreakdown: Gu-Landon falls apart in a spectacular fashion once he realizes that those he considered insignificant insects are beating him. He goes from the intent to take the Earth for the Fury [[spoiler: to trying to render Earth into an uninhabitable ball of slag, negating the work of four billion years; then to an attempt to sacrifice his own race for a powerup to his mecha, [[OmnicidalManiac rambling how he is going to destroy all life]] during the final battle. For no better apparent reason than being a sore loser.]]
173	* VillainTeamUp: The [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Jovian Union]] and the Gradosian Empire joined forces. In fact, the team spends a good chunk of the game thinking that Jovian Lizards are Gradosian unmanned weapons.
174	** Gauron works for Dr. Hell and the Steel Dragon.
175	** Azrael managed to convert General Colbert to the Blue Cosmos.
176	** The trope gets subverted when [[spoiler: Master Asia tricks [[Anime/VoltesV Duke Bergan]] into facing the heroes underprepared]].
177	* WeCanRuleTogether: Dr. Hell pulls this on the heroes once they've beaten all his forces. Our heroes reject the offer right away and tell him to [[ShutUpHannibal shut up]].
178	* WhatTheHellHero: After the Archangel uses [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Lacus Clyne]] as a human shield, almost everyone who had joined the group (and Touya, if he's the protagonist) up to that point are royally pissed, to the point the Archangel crew was worried they would abandon them. Just about the only character who takes the other side is [[GreyAndGreyMorality Akatsuki]].
179	** To a lesser extent, Touya's initial choice to desert the crew after his first skirmish regardless of the consequences causes Kouji and Tetsuya to have this reaction. Kouji, in particular, really lays it into Touya, going so far as [[SayMyName using Touya's surname as opposed to his first]].
180	* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: Ruri recommends this after Master Asia makes his first appearance.
181	* TheWorfEffect: Kouji and his Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} briefly suffer this when [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Gauron]] uses the Lambda Drive to block a Turbo Smasher Punch.
182	* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Doctor Hell]] is attacking in full force, [[Anime/BrainPowerd Orphan]] is about to exit the atmosphere, [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Radam trees]] are growing all over the world, and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED GENESIS]] is ready to burn the Earth to a crisp. Yeah, nothing alarming about it.
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185	%% After Eiji suffers a breakdown after being forced to kill Gale, Kira reflects on his situation with Athrun and wonders if the same thing might happen. Mu and the prtoagonist('s cast) fill Cagalli and the Brain Powered pilots in on this. While the circumstances that got Kira involved are slightly different from Eiji's, the crux of the issue is the same.

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