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4''Super Robot Wars W'' is the first Platform/NintendoDS entry of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series.
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6It is "Space Calendar" (SC) 99. In the previous age, Earth governments formed the "[[TheFederation Federated Earth Nation]]" (FEN) to bring WorldWarIII to an end. After putting down the [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico defiant lunar colonies]], the Space Calendar was instituted. To alleviate environmental pressures and overpopulation, the FEN began expanding into space, constructing space colonies and asteroid cities, as well as an [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Orbital Space Ring]] around the Earth, and the development and terraforming of the Moon and Mars. This was accomplished in a short time, due to quantum leaps in physics and energy research. But repression of those living in the colonies by the FEN ignited a war between multiple factions in space and the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Organization of Zodiac]], the true leaders of the FEN. This "Revolutionary War" ended in the year 98, with the death of FEN President [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Treize Khushrenada]]. From his will, a "New United Nations" was formed, returning power back to the individual states.
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8But the new Earth Sphere's troubles seems to multiply: Earth is invaded by the [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Radam]], who seized control of the Orbital Ring, and the invaders known as the "[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Jovian Lizards]]", who destroyed the Mars Colony. In addition, internal strife, such as the distinction between [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Coordinators and Naturals]], and mechanized terrorism (terrorists in HumongousMecha) seem to be taking the New United Nations to the breaking point. To make things worse, [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Dr. Hell has begun mobilizing with his army of Mechanical Beasts]], destroying the Manga/GetterRobo and putting the Anime/MazingerZ and Anime/GreatMazinger out of commission.
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10To this point, [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Kotaro Taiga]], head of the "[[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gutsy Geoid Guard]]", works together with his old partner [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Heinrich Freeman of the "Space Knights"]] to face this crisis. To this effect, he has also enlisted the "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Preventers]]" organization, and is attempting to get assistance from "[[Literature/FullMetalPanic Mithril]]", "[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nergal Heavy Industries]]" and anyone else who is willing to join the fight. As luck would have it, two Preventer agents happened to have hitched a ride from [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsW Blessfield Ardygun]], a former SpacePirate and an old WorthyOpponent of Taiga and Freeman's, who has become a "Trailer", a space-bourne Jack-of-All-Trades, and his family. They know from first-hand experience that Blessfield happens to carry some heavy firepower, thus it might be time to turn an old enemy into a new friend...
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12''W'' uses an engine similar to ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'', and in the case of shared series', many of the same sprites.
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15!Featured series in ''W'' include (debuts are highlighted in '''bold'''):
16* '''''Anime/DetonatorOrgun'''''
17* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic''
18** ''Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu''
19** '''''Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid'''''
20* ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo G]]'' (with the characters piloting the Shin Getter Robo)
21* '''''[[Anime/{{GoLion}} King of Beasts GoLion]]'''''
22* ''[[Anime/GaoGaiGar The King of Braves GaoGaiGar]]''
23** ''[[Anime/GaoGaiGarFinal The King of Braves [=GaoGaiGar=] FINAL]]''
24* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico''
25** ''Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness''
26* ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}''
27** ''Mazinkaiser: Fight to the Death! The Great General of Darkness''
28* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''
29** '''''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray'''''
30** '''''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray R''''' (uncredited in the official roster, despite two exclusive mecha and a major antagonist)
31** '''''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray'''''
32* ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz]]''
33* ''Anime/TekkamanBlade''
34** '''''Tekkaman Blade II'''''
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36Note that with the inclusion of Blade and Orgun, this game is of a ''slightly'' smaller scale than other games in the series, with a larger number of units, both friendly and otherwise, in the "SS" (human-sized) scale. There's also a {{Transhuman}} undercurrent in ''W'', with many characters being either genetically modified, {{Cyborg}}s, or a combination of the two. This is rather important, given the whole Coordinator vs. Natural conflict from ''Gundam SEED''.
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38Also worth noting is that the series listing was the first time in the history of the franchise that all entries were licensed and distributed in the United States at some point prior to the game's announcement, with some (''Gundam Wing'', ''Gundam SEED'', and ''[=GoLion/Voltron=]'') being very popular in the American market. Indeed, a few (''Voltron'' and ''Orgun'', which was an early and much-liked Central Park Media release) are not well-remembered at all in Japan and seemed to have been included primarily to make ''W'' more appealing to an international audience. Despite this, the game was not released in English and no localization plans were ever announced (and given that the game and the Nintendo DS are now solidly at a RetroGaming age, [[NoExportForYou it's fairly likely it won't ever be released overseas officially]], barring a VideoGameRemake). Fortunately, a complete English FanTranslation patch was released on February 27th, 2022.
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41!''W'' contains examples of the following:
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43* ActorAllusion: Many allusions were made for the fact that Creator/AkiraKamiya voiced [[Anime/GoLion Prince Sinclyne]], despite this game having no voice acting. The others recognized him for having a voice of a hero (and even he boasts that he's got a heroic voice fitting for a conqueror), but the actual heroes were mostly pissed that he's using the heroic voice for unadulterated evil, because a majority of Akira Kamiya's resume are basically [[Anime/{{Raideen}} heroic figures]] [[Anime/{{Dangaioh}} that have]] [[Anime/{{Gaiking}} fought off]] [[Anime/{{Daimos}} many evils]] within the crossover series. And naturally, Sinclyne also complimented [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryouma Nagare]] for having the same fine voice, but [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Ryouma was pissed instead]], because he didn't have the aura of 'condescending sneer' in his voice unlike Sinclyne.
44* AdaptationAmalgamation:
45** The ''Getter Robo'' representation in this game combines the characters and {{Leitmotif}} of the 1970s ''Getter Robo G'' anime with the Shin Getter Robo, the latter taking cues from ''Getter Robo Armageddon'' as usual.
46** This game uses the ''Mazinkaiser'' [=OVAs=] but gives the titular super robot the "Kaiser Nova" attack from its Banpresto-created incarnation.
47* AdaptationalBadass: [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Yumi Francois]] got used to her Tekkaman power much quicker than in her home series. Originally, she couldn't control her PowerIncontinence of her first Reactor Voltekka, causing a lot of friendly fire and only stopped when Aki personally shot her down without killing her; but this resulted Yumi getting suspended from duty, getting chewed out and slapped by Natasha for her recklessness, locking herself up in her room crying; and ''then'' getting a proper training to catch up. Here? She used her own HeroicWillpower to stop the PowerIncontinence, succeeded, and as a result, Aki was proud of her, and Natasha was not pissed off at her, finally acknowledging her as a full-fledged Tekkaman.
48* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Gundam SEED/Astray's storyline doesn't begin properly until the second half the game, but Mu La Flaga and Gai Murakumo both make playable cameos in the first half.
49* AdaptedOut:
50** [[spoiler:[[Anime/GoLion Ryou Shirogane]] does not appear in this game, so once Takashi bites it, that's the last of the Shirogane family you'll ever see(he does get mentioned in the ending, though). Meanwhile, Sincline goes down fighting the Neue Wärter to the bitter end instead of having someone shove him off the tower in Ryou's place.]]
51** Due to the reworking of ''Anime/TekkamanBlade II'' plot into a {{Midquel}}, Natasha's father along with the event he caused (Black September of Prague), are not included in the story, also resulting [[spoiler:Noal being SparedByTheAdaptation]].
52* AgeLift: For the portion of ''Anime/TekkamanBlade II'', Aki stayed in her youthful form instead of growing more adult, and this didn't change her Tekkaman form much.
53* AIIsACrapshoot: [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Zonders]], [[Anime/GaoGaiGarFinal the Eleven Masters of Sol]] and the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsW Database]]
54* ArtEvolution: The increased power and storage space of the Nintendo DS means that ''W'', while sharing roughly the same artstyle as its Game Boy Advance predecessor, is able to incorporate more intricate effects and become less reliant on StockFootage explosions and recycled beam sprites. They are also numerous "dynamic" kill animations whenever an attack defeats an enemy with practically every major unit having at least 1 with the strongest versions of many of them having 2 or more, whereas ''Judgement'' only gave this extra animation to Nadesico Y-Unit, Anime/{{Dancouga|r}}, and [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam God Gundam]].
55* TheArtifact: Despite being the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Endless Waltz]]'' version, the final attack of the Wing Gundam Zero references an iconic moment from the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing TV Series]] (the Wing Zero's destruction of Libra) rather than anything from the movie.
56* AscendedExtra: [[Anime/GaoGaiGarFinal Gimlet]] was a weak StarterVillain in his series and a borderline JokeCharacter. In ''W'', he appears during several scenarios, and the players must fight him three times, each putting up some resistance.
57** The Junk Guild and Serpent Tail characters earn more screentime than the original ''Gundam SEED'' cast. Additionally, many side characters from ''SEED'' and ''Astray'' make various appearances:
58*** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Miguel]] [[MauveShirt Aimen]] not only [[SparedByTheAdaptation survives the destruction of the "Heliopolis" colony]], he reappears as a sub-boss in several scenarios, including "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Operation Spitbreak]]" and the ''SEED'' finale. It's a MythologyGag to the final chapter of the ''Astray'' manga, which featured Miguel and Gai fighting each other in AceCustom mobile suits that end up getting trashed just before the Heliopolis mission. The story being [[WhatCouldHaveBeen that things could have been different in both SEED and Astray had they not fought each other]].
59*** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Shiho]] [[TheVoiceless Hahnenfuss]], like Miguel, makes several appearances, generally alongside [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Yzak Joule]].
60*** [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Jean Carey]] meets the Ardygun family at the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED JOSH-A base in Alaska]] prior to Operation Spitbreak. In fact, [[HeelFaceTurn he's shown defecting directly]] after the event along with the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Archangel]]'' crew, though he doesn't directly join "Wärter".
61*** [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Edward Harrelson]] also meets the Ardyguns in Alaska, though he doesn't defect and reappears as an enemy unit during the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Battle of Orb]] and at the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Jachin Due fortress]]. However, [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Lowe Guele]] can convince him to pull a HeelFaceTurn.
62* BadassArmy: Wärter, later "Neue Wärter", both composed of various {{Badass Crew}}s.
63* BadassFamily: The Ardyguns
64* {{BFG}}: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Wing Gundam Zero's Twin Buster Rifle, Heavyarms Kai's Quad Gatling Guns]], [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Astray Blue Frame's Gatling Gun]] and [[WaveMotionGun "Lohengrin" beam launcher]].
65* {{BFS}}: [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Astray Red Frame's 150-meter long "Gerbera Straight"]], Astray Blue Frame's "Tactical Arms", Valzacard's "Dimension Breaker", [[spoiler:using the Arm Arcus as a sword hilt]]
66* BigBad: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsW Inference]], [[spoiler:later [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsW Critic]] on the [[NewGamePlus second playthrough of the game]]]]
67* BigBadWannabe: Out of the various villains in the game, the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Mariemaia Army]] certainly winds up being the least of a threat. They pop up for only a few stages, are notably the only villain faction to be entirely wiped out prior to the TimeSkip, and are ultimately revealed to be an UnwittingPawn[=/=]FalseFlagOperation used by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Blue Cosmos]] and [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Amalgam]] to stir up anti-colony resentment on Earth so as to justify the Bloody Valentine attack.
68* BigDamnHeroes: [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Aki Kisaragi]] during the TimeSkip, [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Guy Shishioh]], and Tekkaman Blade perform this a lot. This is also the speciality of [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Tetsuya Tsurugi]], who gets a BadassCreed by [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Tsukumo Shiratori]] of all people.
69* BiggerIsBetter: The Valzacard is roughly the size of the ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}''.
70* BoringButPractical: Any unit with the "Repair" [[note]]Regenerate an adjacent allied unit's HP by a small percentage[[/note]] and "Resupply" [[note]]Refill an adjacent allied unit's EN and ammo to maximum[[/note]] modules, in general, but Aki as a Tekkaman lives on this trope. She lacks a "[[WaveMotionGun Voltekka]]" and her weapons' attack power are relatively low and consist of basic strikes. On the other hand, she has two Spirit Command pools (one for herself, the other for her PowerUpMount), a nice Spirit Command list, a mutual "love" bonus with Blade via the RelationshipValues game mechanic in ''W'' and a powerful, yet cheap CombinationAttack with him, alongside having the best raw stats in the game bar none.
71** The [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Ryu robots]] handle their ability to combine by sharing ''all'' upgrades done to any of them, meaning any cash or skill part investment into them is multiplied fourfold. They each have their own Spirit Command pools that are tracked separately from their combined forms, meaning they have six pools between the four of them. The Ryus also each come with a status effect on their moves that cuts one of the opponent's important stats by half[[note]][=HyoRyu=] halves movement, [=EnRyu=] halves attack power, [=FuRyu=] halves attack range, and [=RaiRyu=] halves mobility[[/note]], which can quickly take the wind out of a boss's sails. Together with their wide array of powerful combination attacks with each other, it's very difficult to beat the Ryu brothers for sheer efficiency.
72** [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Volfogg]] will see a lot of use simply because his Melting Siren nullifies enemy barriers for the rest of the turn after it's used. The challenge regarding enemies that have some form of a barrier is drastically lowered. His Bunshin Assassination also halves the enemy's accuracy, which like [=EnRyu=] halving damage, cripples most bosses.
73** [=GoLion=] has a powerful weapon set with long range that's made even longer by its pilots having access to Accel and Assail, is relatively sturdy, has five pilots with large and diverse Spirit Command pools, and its Fire Tornado attack inflicts a status that halves the target's attack power.
74* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Due to the game having ''Tekkaman Blade II'' taking place between arcs of the original series, Blade can combine the Voltekka Crush Intrude he used against Dead End with the Blaster Voltekka he had at the end of the first series.
75* BrotherSisterIncest: Hilariously played with the Ryu robots. When [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsW Kazuma Ardygun]] asks whether or not the brothers can combine with the sisters, the four brothers started trying to one-up each other to curry favor with the girls.
76* ButtMonkey: The [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Nerima Red Dragon]]. Everytime they show up, they are inevitably wiped out by whoever they're fighting. Be it [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Radam beasts]], [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Zonder robos]], or even [[Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu Bonta-kun]].
77* ChekhovsGun:
78** In the opening scrawl of the game, Kazuma relates his sadness regarding how Pluto was demoted from being a planet. Take a wild guess where you fight the FinalBoss.
79** Those explosive earrings Sōsuke Sagara makes for Kaname Chidori? In ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'', they were just a one-off joke; in ''W'', she makes good use of them to escape from her kidnappers on two separate occasions.
80* ClownCar: One of the most extreme cases in [=SRW=]. Because of some battleships being reduced to deployable units, such as the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Eternal]] and the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar J-Ark]], it's actually possible to deploy units that are larger than the ships they're being deployed from. This includes swapping them in and out during a scenario, meaning they're actually supposed to be inside.
81* CombiningMecha: Valguard (mecha + battleship) and Valzacard ([[spoiler:two mecha + two battleships]]). Also, the Shin Getter, [=GoLion=], [=GaoGaiGar=] and 80% of the [=GaoGaiGar=] units
82* CompositeCharacter: A moveset example with Mazinkaiser where [[spoiler:it has both the Kaiser Nova and Final Kaiser Blade which are the finishing moves of the ''Super Robot Wars'' original and OVA Mazinkaiser respectively. Even newer Super Robot Wars games do not have Mazinkaiser wielding both attacks at the same time]].
83* CoolShip: The Valstork.
84* CutenessOverload: Every time Bonta-kun has pre-fight dialogue with an enemy, they always remark about how adorable it is. Even [[OmnicidalManiac Rau Le Creuset]] feels the darkness in his soul lifting.
85* DamselInDistress: Most spectacularly [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Kaname]], who spends the second half of ''W'' being traded around by various enemy factions until you get her back mid-way through the final scenario.
86* ADayInTheLimelight: ''W'' casts the spotlight of the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Cosmic Era]] on the characters of ''Gundam SEED Astray'', as the game primarily focuses on the characters from the [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Junk Guild and Serpent Tail]]. Much of the earlier parts of ''Gundam SEED'' plot occurs off-screen.
87* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice Prince]]: ''Prince of Darkness''-[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito Tenkawa]] via gameplay. The first time you use "[[CombinationAttack Double Gekigan Flare]]", he mutters something. The second time, he starts saying stuff hesitantly; by the third, he returns to full-on {{Hotblooded}}ness.
88* DemotedToExtra:
89** The Archangel for roughly half of SEED's storyline. W mostly follows Astray instead, so the main SEED cast is usually off following their own storyline alone for the third quarter of the game, save the battle against Andrew Waltfield, where it is shown that Quatre and Seina helped them.
90** [[Anime/GoLion Emperor Dai Bazaal]] barely shows up until it's time to fight him at the end of the [=GoLion=] plot, despite being the BigBad and a regular in his series. To add further injury, his death isn't even the point of the scenario, as [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Palparepa]] and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsW Applicant]] appear after he dies and takes the spotlight. Can be {{justified|Trope}} in that Dai Bazaal's always been mainly an OrcusOnHisThrone and [[TheDragon his son]] [[Anime/GoLion Sinclyne]] is the more active villain. Unfortunately, for any players who don't know much about ''[=GoLion=]'', Dai Bazaal feels like a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere.
91** In an odd way, [[Anime/DetonatorOrgun Tomoru Shindo]] get's something like this. The other major characters of the series, Youko, Dr. Kanzuki and Archetype Orgun, along with some of the villains, show up multiple times in the first half of the game. Orgun himself is a major recurring presence, tied closely into the plot of ''Anime/TekkamanBlade''. Meanwhile [[TheHero Tomoru]] himself doesn't show up until about the last third of the game.
92** [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Goldymarg]] used to be a unit in the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha]]'' subseries. In this game, he only appears when [=GaoGaiGar=] is about to do Goldion Hammer/Crusher. This is actually beneficial for the players, because beforehand, Goldion Hammer/Crusher was considered a CombinationAttack, so the player is forced to deploy Goldymarg who is otherwise rather lackluster as a unit. Now, they just need to deploy [=GaoGaiGar=] and can use the Hammer/Crusher anytime as long as it has enough Energy and Spirit.
93* TheDitz: The game carries over [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Yumi's]] earlier messy training before she TookALevelInBadass by having one of her animations to be wiggling her arms almost losing her balance while standing on Hayato's Blue Earth Gamma, kneeling to catch her breath before pointing out at the enemy.
94* DiscOneNuke: ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'' units join early and are extremely good for that part of the game, particularly [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Big Volfogg]] and the Ryu robots. However, the real nuke is the Mazinkaiser, who joins a bit later, but is a LightningBruiser with absurd damage output that puts other units like the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Genesic GaoGaiGar]] to shame. The Kaiser also never diminishes in power nor suffers from TheWorfEffect, as it gains access to the most powerful attack in the game.
95** The Valguard for the second half of the game. While most [[BreakingTheFellowship of your team are unavailable]] after the TimeSkip and you're left with mainly new, unupgraded machines, you still have this Battleship-sized, five-pilot, LightningBruiser of a mecha, which can steamroll most of the early Part 2 bosses with ease.
96* DuelBoss: [[Anime/TekkamanBlade D-Boy]] has to fight a few solo battles against Tekkaman Evil (Chapters 10 and 50 if chosen to fight the Radam on the Moon), Tekkaman Axe (Chapter 21) and Tekkaman Dead (Chapter 39). Kira also has one against Athrun in Chapter 37 if you choose to search for Kaname at Orb.
97* DyingAsYourself: Both [[spoiler: [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Tekkaman Axe and Tekkaman Evil]]]]'s mugshots show them as humans when they die. [[spoiler: Blade himself]] also gets this when [[spoiler: he was apparently annihilated by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED GENESIS]]]].
98** [[spoiler: ''[[Literature/FullMetalPanic Gauron]]'']] of all people gets this treatment, if you can believe that.
99* DyingMomentOfAwesome: As opposed to the original series where [[spoiler:his death was [[DroppedABridgeOnHim rather abrupt]], [[Anime/GoLion Shirogane]] goes out with a bang. First, [[TakingTheBullet he covered Fala from a fatal shot from Honeruba]]. And then, after being sent to the infirmary, knowing that he's going to die soon, he went to pilot the Blue Lion anyway and make it look like he's healthy to inspire morale to the Wärter, piloting the best he could as the subpilot of [=GoLion=] until both Honeruba and Baron Ashura are forced to retreat. [[TheLastDance Only after that did he finally succumb to his wound and pass away.]]]]
100* EarlyBirdCameo: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Mu La Flaga]] and the ''Astray'' cast appear early in ''W'', despite the ''Gundam SEED'' plot not starting until the second half. Also, the [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Radam Tree]] sequence featuring [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Yumi Francois, David Krugel and Natasha Pablociva]] getting swallowed up to become Tekkamen is never seen in ''Tekkaman Blade II'' (it was only mentioned).
101** [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Fuuryu and Rairyu]] make an appearance some time before even the defeat of EI-01 and even achieve their [[FusionDance Symmetrical Docking]] in Gekiryuujin, though they still don't join the heroes until after the Primevals start appearing.
102** Archetype Orgun shows up several times in the first half of the game, and the player gains control of him during the final battle with the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Z-Master]]. The end of the first half actually kicks off the ''Orgun'' plot, with Orgun being destroyed in a BeamOWar with Inference.
103* EleventhHourRanger: [[Anime/DetonatorOrgun Archetype Orgun]] and [[Anime/GaoGaiGar King J-Der]] join the party outright for Part 1's final battle against the Z-Master.
104* EleventhHourSuperpower: The finale of the first half, where all allied units begin the scenario at maximum Will, with all ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'' units' Will notched up to '''250'''. The Ryu robots in their Gouryujin and Genryujin forms with Archetype Orgun and the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar King J-Der]] joining as reinforcements.
105** The Valzacard in the second half of ''W'' is only available near the end of the game.
106** Also, [[Anime/GaoGaiGar the Goldion Crusher]], one of the three most powerful attacks in the game as well as the largest MAP area attack, is only available in the final two missions.
107* EnemyMine, GuestStarPartyMember: At one point, the players ends up controlling [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Tekkaman Evil]] who works in tandem with Blade to remove the Zonders, just so the Radam Trees can grow. Another example is [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsW Aria Advance]], who joins for one scenario in the Arm Arcus (though this is before she reveals herself to be part of the Database), which is by far better than any unit you have access to up to that point. [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Seina]] may also count, as she joins for a couple of missions involving the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Wing]]'' cast (albeit by the time she seems to have done a mild HeelFaceTurn).
108* [[EvilVersusEvil Evil Versus Evil Versus Evil]]: The Radam, Evoluders, and Zonders have been fighting each other all across the galaxy. They don't get along with the other baddies, either. Multiple early scenarios and story scenes see the heroes able to come out on top because the villains are too busy scrapping with each other to enact their evil plans.
109* {{Expy}}: Gameplay-wise. The Golion and its crew have the exact same role (if not stats) and Spirit Command setup as Anime/CombattlerV did in ''Judgement''.
110** The 'Val' series of mechs are a clear nod to the SRX team. To whit:
111*** Valhawk: 'Leader' mech/[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam expy]] (R-1)
112*** Valstork: BFG and FriendlyFireproof [[HerdHittingAttack MAP attack]] (R-2/R-3)
113*** Valguard: [[CombiningMecha Combined from the first two]] with finger lasers and energy-fist attacks (SRX)
114*** Valzacard: Final Upgrade and uses a second mech as a weapon in its final attack (Banpreios/SRX-Altered)
115* FinalBossPreview: [[spoiler:Inference appears in the Scientia and blasts the heroes just before the TimeSkip. However, the Scientia is actually the second-to-last boss, although Inference does normally pilot the real FinalBoss machine]].
116* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on in the story, [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Chidori]] is experimented on by an Amalgam scientist in an attempt to extract her Whispered knowledge. She ends up spouting a lot of seemingly nonsensical TechnoBabble, all of which prove to be important dozens of stages later.
117** Some of the terms she mentioned include [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico IFS, Retrospect]], infinite information circuit (better known as [[Anime/GaoGaiGar G-Stone]]), Obarium 808 (the material of [[Anime/DetonatorOrgun Orgun]]'s armor), [[OriginalGeneration precursor civilization Es]], [[Anime/GoLion Leo]], Gamma Glipheptin (the drug used by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Earth Alliance's Boosted Men]]) and [[Anime/GaoGaiGarFinal Galeorea Comet]]. [[spoiler: Though that last one is actually a RedHerring, since the protagonists never go to the Sol Masters' universe in this game, and the Galeorea Comet never comes into play.]]
118** When the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Arm Primeval]] attacked Orbit Base, he was shocked to see that Blessfield was there and immediately retreated to form the Combined Primeval, [[spoiler: because he thought Blessfield was Applicant.]]
119** The Valstork fires its cannons out of an apparatus that very clearly resembles a hand for no real reason, hinting that it has a transformation mechanism stored in it. [[spoiler:This isn't elaborated on until near the end of part 1, when Caret uses THE POWER to activate the signal required to form the Valguard by combining it with the Valhawk]].
120* GraspTheSun: Orgun reaches out to the Earth [[spoiler:as he dies from the wounds sustained from the explosion when he and the Scientia fired their MAP weapons at each other]].
121* GratuitousEnglish: The Database MechaMooks only say things like [ATTACK], [DAMAGE], and [SUPPORT]. On one occasion [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Mr. Gates]] also screams "OH! MY GOD!" (sic) on an open channel.
122* GratuitousGerman: Wärter and Neue Wärter; "wärter" means "warden" (and is pronounced with a V sound), specifically the "warden of a lighthouse", and "neue" means "new"
123* GuestStarPartyMember: The first half of the game is absolutely ''loaded'' with such characters, with numerous [[EarlyBirdCameo Early Bird Cameos]] of several ''[[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray ASTRAY]]'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED SEED]]'' characters and regular appearances by [[Anime/DetonatorOrgun Archetype Orgun]]. Even casts that are part of the Part 1 roster like ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' and ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' make playable appearances but don't actually join the cast until a few stages later. The biggest case of this goes to the crew of [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nadesico]], who despite being introduced as early as Stage 3 and making several playable appearances afterwards, don't technically join the party until Stage 11, or Stage ''14'' if you don't take one route split.
124* {{Henshin Hero}}es: The Tekkamen and Orgun
125* HerdHittingAttack: This instalment has some whoppers. Yumi's "Reactor Voltekka" MAP version hits 41 square grids, while the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED METEOR units' "Full Burst"]] hits 43, and both are FriendlyFireproof, unlike most attacks of this type.
126* HollywoodHacking: In Stage 13, some members of the team, including Kazuma, try to earn some extra cash by helping [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Aqua Crimson]] debug a video game that her company is developing. They do this by piloting simulated versions of their robots against simulated versions of Aestivalis and the Nadesico, which are apparently the representation of bugs according to Aqua. [[spoiler: It later turned out that she was lying: the Aestivalis represent the Nadesico's defense programs, and the Nadesico is the representation of Omoikane, the Nadesico's AI. The entire job was a scheme to destroy the Nadesico's computer system.]]
127* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Since the ''Anime/TekkamanBlade II'' OVA got refitted into a Midquel, D-Boy also brings Yumi into his old home along with Aki and is able to entrust his dream of future Tekkaman surpassing their sad destiny to Yumi. This became the reason for how she interpreted the 'D' part of his name as 'Dream'. That, and learning some extent of D-Boy's [[DarkAndTroubledPast utterly shit past]] and Aki's years of devotion for it, enabled her to move on from her crush of D-Boy, backing out of the LoveTriangle in Aki's favor.
128* IncorruptiblePurePureness: In mission 9, Relena gets stuffed into the cockpit of Kurz's Arm Slave to keep her safe. Kurz complains that Relena is so nice he can't even ''think'' about hitting on her.
129* IncrediblyLamePun: One of the {{Yonkoma}} has [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Relena Peacecraft]] say that she's going to join the heroes by becoming a Tekkaman. In the last panel she puts on one of Dr. Hell's {{mook}} helmets, prompting Heero to respond "No, that's a Tekkamen"[[note]]"Iron Mask"[[/note]].
130* InNameOnly: Even though [[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Getter Robo]]'s home series is listed as "Shin Getter Robo (Original Manga Version)", its design is actually the one from ''Getter Robo Armageddon'', and it's piloted by the anime version of the Getter Team. So essentially, it has '''nothing''' to do with the Shin Getter manga.
131* InSpiteOfANail: The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Blue Cosmos]] never got their hands on Neutron Jammer Canceller technology in this game, preventing them from attacking the [=PLANTs=] with nuclear weapons. However, the O.M.N.I. Enforcer ended up deploying something even more powerful: [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Fermion particle]] [[{{Antimatter}} missiles]] developed using [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Black Technology]] (it's implied that Leonard Testarossa was the one responsible).
132* {{Irony}}: Crossed with CallBack and IronicEcho. During the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Zonuda]] event, Tetsuya is the one who points out that it's the choice of one's life ([[spoiler:[[Anime/GaoGaiGar Mikoto Utsugi]]]]) versus the lives of everyone on Earth. This is ironic when you realize Tetsuya faced the same problem during his first battle after his debut in the ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' manga.
133* JokeCharacter: It's possible to beat ''W'' with any unit in the game... except [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Sol Tekkaman Unit-1 and Sol Tekkaman Unit-2]]. Doing so with these two is possible, but is generally considering difficult and time consuming.
134* KarmaHoudini: By the end of the game, pretty much every villain is either reformed or KilledOffForReal, including [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Dr. Hell]], whose death was [[NeverFoundTheBody ambiguous]] in his original series. The sole exception is [[spoiler: [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Leonard Testarossa]], since the FMP storyline in the game ends after ''The Second Raid''.]]
135* LightningBruiser: Anyone from [=GaoGaiGar=] eventually becomes one of these, thanks to their exclusive ''Brave'' skill, effectively Newtype on steroids that increases evasion, accuracy, armor and even critical rate.
136* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Shirogane/Sven, [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Papillion]] (both versions of her), Bernard and [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Leo Shishioh]]. (although he dies during the events of ''[=GaoGaiGar=] FINAL'' rather than the end of the TV series) Blessfield also died long before the start of the game due to time shenanigans.]]
137* KillerRabbit, LethalJokeCharacter: [[Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu Bonta-Kun]]
138* MacGuffinDeliveryService: More than once does Wärter defeat an enemy or retrieves an artifact only for the Database to immediately swoop in and steal it away for themselves.
139* MagikarpPower: [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Mic Sounders the 13th]] begins with only "Disc P" and "Disc M" as his attacks until midway through the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Primevals]] segment of the ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'' plot, where he gains MAP versions of both attacks, plus the powerful "Disc X" and its respective MAP attack, the "Solitary Wave". Post-TimeSkip, mic gains "Disc F", his most powerful attack.
140** Just like ''Judgment'', Sousuke and the [[Literature/FullMetalPanic ARX-7 Arbalest]] is an AceCustom of his team's mecha with middling weapon range, evasion, and low armor alongside relatively low attack power, especially compared to the powerhouse {{Super Robot}}s in Wärter. The addition of a {{Nerf}}ed "Lambda Drive" increased its durability and attack power into a level that is simply par of the course for {{Real Robot}}s, which is made even worse since its strongest attack, while cheap on EN cost, is a CombinationAttack that forces you to deploy rather mediocre units alongside the Arbalest. However, upgrade its weaponry and defenses a bit, while placing on ammo-enhancing equippable parts, and you get a unit that can spam its strongest non-CombinationAttack, with nice durability and evasion. It helps that the Arbalest has an extremely versatile weapon set.
141* MeleeATrois: Several missions have the heroes facing two villainous groups that are also at odds with each other ([[ColorCodedForYourConvenience represented by red and yellow units]]). Played with as sometimes the second villain group doesn't act from the beginning, only popping up after the player has dealt with the other villain first.
142* MidSeasonTwist: The last scenario before the TimeSkip, as you'd expect. [[spoiler:All the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar GGG robots]] went out of commission fighting the Zonuda Robot, [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Tekkaman Blade]] is presumed dead, Miyuki "Tekkaman Rapier" Aiba is KilledOffForReal if you don't meet the requirements to recruit her, [[Anime/DetonatorOrgun Orgun]] is dead, Blessfield is rendered missing-in-action, and the protagonists fail to prevent [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED the Bloody Valentine incident]], which led to war between Earth and the PLANT]].
143* MythologyGag: In a confrontation with the Arm Primeval, Kogane will declare that Golion is the [[Anime/{{Voltron}} Defender of the Universe]].
144* {{Nerf}}:
145** The Arbalest isn't the same beast it was back in ''Judgment''. Much of the nerf stems from its damage output. Additionally, Sousuke doesn't have the "Accelerate" Spirit Command [[note]]User gains +3 to movement for one turn[[/note]] like he did in ''Judgment''. Instead, he gains the "Drive" Spirit Command [[note]]Increase pilot's Will by 30[[/note]] in ''W'', which allows him to activate the Lambda Drive immediately.
146** The ''[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nadesico]]'' is down to only two pilots and their sets of spirit commands at any one time. This applies even if Yurika is unlocked in Mission 48, and takes command of the ''Nadesico A'' again. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, the awesome pump-up opening credits track "You Get to Burning!" isn't availible, and its replacement, "Schiaparelli Project" is significantly less fun.]]
147* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Because [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsW Akane Ardygun]] is a [[https://youtu.be/Vpq5D3qNV8M?t=311 huge fan]] of [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Uppo-Kun]], [[Anime/GaoGaiGar EI-13]] nearly gets retconned from existence. Unfortunately, Sousuke shows up in his Bonta-Kun outfit and causes trouble, which results in the creation of EI-13, anyways]].
148** The reveal that [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED George Glenn]] gave [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico the Jovians]] his Gekiganger collection, effectively starting the conflict between them and Earth. Whoops]].
149* NoSell: All Database units have an ability that makes them immune to StatusEffects, [[spoiler:with the exception of the Valarm when Applicant pulls his HeelFaceTurn]].
150* ObviouslyEvil: This is Blessfield and Kazuma's opinion of [[Anime/GoLion Honeruba]] when they first meet her. They pretty much unilaterally decide to commit Earth to war with the [[Anime/GoLion Galra Empire]] on the spot because of it.
151* OlderThanTheyLook: Gai Daigoji looks much younger [[spoiler:post-TimeSkip]].
152* OriginalGeneration: The Ardygun family and the Database
153* OverratedAndUnderleveled: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito Tenkawa]], which especially stands out considering he's the protagonist of his series. In the first half his stats and machine aren't that special and the Ryoko/Hikaru/Izumi trio are much more useful with their [[CombinationAttack Team Attacks]]. He'd be better in Part 2... except that he isn't usable until the last two missions of the game.
154* OvershadowedByAwesome: Many units that stop upgrading in the first part will be this by stronger units in the second half. A particularly notable example are the ''Gundam SEED'' units (other than Freedom and Justice), which are overshadowed by the Astrays thanks to their not-so-notable performance and late arrival, and the [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Aestivalises]], which are solid units as a whole but are relatively worse in terms of mobility, when compared to something like the Tekkamen.
155** During the "Reactor Voltekka" event of ''Tekkaman Blade II'', David {{lampshades}} the fact that a Reactor Voltekka given to Natasha means he's destined to be put in this position.
156* PaperFanOfDoom: Kaname's paper fan is an actual equippable part in the game [[note]]Unit's weapon critical hit rate is increased by 30%[[/note]].
157* PlotRelevantAgeUp: In the six month TimeSkip, [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Science Officer Ruri Hoshino]] transforms into her older self: Captain Ruri Hoshino of the ''Nadesico B'' battleship. {{Lampshaded}}, then {{Handwave}}d as "puberty".
158** Just like in the original, Yurika comments that everyone looks older after she wakes up. Ryoko handwaves it by saying that it's because they're worried about her
159* PostScriptSeason: The Getter Team are shown as post-''Getter Robo G'' and using the Shin Getter Robo, instead.
160* PoweredArmor: Tekkamen, [[Anime/DetonatorOrgun Birdmen]] and the Sol Tekkamen suits. Bonta-Kun might count, as well
161* PowerGivesYouWings: The Valzacard grows glowing energy wings during some of its attacks, [[spoiler:as does the Sapientia]].
162* PowerOfRock: Mic Sounders turns out to be one of the best support characters in the game, especially after his upgrade gives him an ''area of effect'' Will boost.
163* PowersAsPrograms: The Database
164* RammingAlwaysWorks: In the first half of the game, it's just the Valhawk's "Heat Edge Exploder", [=GaoGaiGar=]'s "Hell and Heaven" and the Aestavelis who follow this trope, but in the second half, they're joined by King J-Der's "J-Quath", Mazinkaiser's "Kaiser Nova", Shin Getter Robo's "Shin Shine Spark", [[Anime/GaoGaiGar GaoFighGar]]'s "Hell and Heaven" and Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=]'s "Genesic Hell and Heaven".
165* {{Robeast}}: Mechanical Beasts, Zonders and the [[Anime/GoLion trope namer]]
166* RecurringExtra: Kaname's class takes good advantage of the expansion ''W'' gives with lots of field trips (even to the Moon!), usually arriving shortly before a battle breaks out there.
167* RecycledSoundtrack: The music for ''Gundam SEED Astray'' and ''X Astray'' comes from ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration'', much like ''Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam'' in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 2]]''.
168* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Surprisingly, the game does this to [[spoiler:Tekkaman Evil; rather than dying after waking up from Radam control, Blade's younger brother says his thanks by transforming back into a Tekkaman and [[YouShallNotPass blocks off a horde of Radam beasts alone]], [[BolivianArmyEnding allowing Blade to confront Tekkaman Omega at cost of his life]]]].
169* RespawningEnemies: As usual for [=SRW=], many scenarios feature multiple waves of enemy reinforcements. One of the ''Mazinkaiser'' scenarios has infinite respawns, as does the second-to-last ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'' scenario (though the enemies who respawn are Eviluders) and the final scenario. The concluding mission of the ''Endless Waltz'' storyline ''appears'' to have endless reinforcements, but they stop after fourteen waves.
170* RocketPunch: (Genesic) [=GaoGaiGar=]'s "Broken Magnum", [=GaoFighGar=]'s "Broken Phantom", Aestavelis' "Wire Fist", [=GoLion=]'s "Hundred Ton Punch", Mazinkaiser's "Turbo Smasher"
171* SixthRanger: Though he politely declines an official invitation (complete with LampshadeHanging), Guy plays this role with the [=GoLion=] crew a number of times.
172* SpannerInTheWorks: Tetsuya. The [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Mycene Empire]] did not expect Tetsuya to be such a massive threat to their plans to defeat Kouji and the Mazinkaiser. As a result, he manages to foil their plans by being a distraction to [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Ankoku Daishogun]], who respects Tetsuya for his outstanding performance.
173* SparedByTheAdaptation: A lot of people, particularly the cast of ''Gundam SEED'', but subverted with [[spoiler: Leo, who survives his canon death only to be killed by Palparepa during the events of ''[=GaoGaiGar=] FINAL'']].
174** [[spoiler:Gai Daigoji, who survives to go through the events of ''Prince of Darkness'': he even gets a character redesign and an Aestivalis Custom! However, he does not receive an updated SuperMovePortraitAttack until he and Akito unlock their Aestivalis Custom's version of the Double Gekigan Flare. Only then will his new cut-in appear, but exclusively for that attack]].
175** It's possible to save [[spoiler:Tekkaman Rapier]], though doing so requires you to ''bust your ass'' when fighting Tekkaman Evil in his "[[SuperMode Blaster]]" mode within a set number of turns, and prevents you from recruiting [[spoiler: Canard and the Hyperion Gundam]].
176** [[spoiler:Tsukumo survives the events of his death and forms a family with [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Haruka Minato and Yukina Shiratori]]]].
177** Given the beginning of ''[=GoLion=]'', the Earth itself. In fact, after meeting the princess and acquiring the [=GoLion=], the team takes advantage of this and heads straight back to find allies.
178** Since the events of ''Anime/TekkamanBlade II'' is refitted into a {{Midquel}}, Noal ends up staying to the end instead of [[DroppedABridgeOnHim being killed off for no reason.]]
179** Balzac also ends up being spared from his canon death, with Bernard, a non-playable character from the same series who was also spared from his earlier canon death, taking his place in performing a HeroicSacrifice to take down Tekkaman Sword.
180* SuperMode: "Blaster" mode, "[[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Mazin Power]]", "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz ZERO System]]", "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED SEED Mode]]", and "Lambda Drive"
181* SuperpowerLottery: An odd example regarding Yumi. The reason she got the "Reactor Voltekka" is due to some form of programming malfunction, when it was supposed to be given to Natasha. As a result, Yumi becomes the most powerful Tekkaman of the team.
182* SuperTitleSixtyFourAdvance: Makes more sense when you realize the Japanese use the letter "W" as a short-hand for "Double", or in this case, "'''D'''ual '''S'''creen".
183* TakingTheBullet: Gai Daigodji has a habit of ''not'' dying from this in the game.
184* ThemeMusicPowerUp:
185** In the Final Mazinkaizer mission, where Kouji gets the Kaiser Scrander, the music overrides to "Mazin Kenzan".
186** When the Jovians [[HeelFaceTurn switch sides]] and help Warter fight off the Galra, Ruri invokes this by playing "[[Anime/Gekiganger3 Lets Go Gekiganger 3]]" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e02RkB6FxXc during the battle]], giving everyone the extra dose of hot-bloodedness they need to save the day. Sousuke and Heero try to resist this, as they must be TheStoic, but only Heero really succeeds.
187** It's played straight again in the very next chapter, where [=GaoGaiGar=], King J-Der and the GGG robots(and the rest of Warter) get POWER-ed up and start tearing into the Machine Primevals and Galra as the music changes to "Saikyo Yusha Robo Gundan", just as it did in the series.
188* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: One of the Astray Red Frame's attacks involves tossing its 150-meter long Gerbera Straight.
189* TimeSkip: A period of six months, at which point the plots of ''Gundam SEED'', ''Detonator Orgun'' and the sequels kick in.
190* TransformingMecha: Valhawk, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Taurus]] and the Birdmen, which are transformable PoweredArmor.
191* TrainingFromHell: In lieu of making him go to school with Kouji and Ryoma, Kazama gets to spend his days in the tender care of Mao and Noin.
192* TheUsualAdversaries: Any mission that doesn't start with you fighting the Radam has an even chance of getting crashed by them later. To a lesser extent, the Evoluders, particularly towards the end of the game.
193* VillainTeamUp: Dr. Hell + Galra Empire, [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Amalgam]] + [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Mariemaia Army]] + [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Blue Cosmos]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED ZAFT]] + [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Martian Successors]] + Amalgam, Database + Galra Empire + Eleven Masters of Sol
194* WaveMotionGun: Wing Gundam Zero's Twin Buster Rifle, ''Nadesico's'' "Gravity Blast", ''Nadesico B's'' "Phase Transition Cannons", ''Archangel's'' "Lohengrin Positron Cannon", ''Valstork's'' "Dual Proton Cannons", the Tekkamen's Voltekkas, and Orgun's "P.E.C. Cannon"
195* WeirdnessMagnet: [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Mamoru Amami, Hana Hatsuno]] and Kaname; the latter {{lampshades}} this by noting that every time she runs into Mamoru and Hana, something bad happens. This is right before the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar EI-01 (Pasdar)]] tries to turn half the population of Tokyo into Zonders and the Radam trying to turn the other half into Tekkamen.
196* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: The only thing that seems to keep the world going out early on is the fact that 80% of the villains don't like each other at all. Justified more strongly than usual: several of extraterrestrial armies aren't in the Earth Sphere to fight humanity - they're here to fight [[EvilVersusEvil each other]], and the hapless Earth caught between them is just [[HumanResources grist]] [[AssimilationPlot for]] [[PlanetLooters the mill]].
197* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The New United Nations. The Secretariat, led by BigGood [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Rose Approval]], is responsible for backing the Wärter and genuinely tries to make the world a better place. However, the Security Council, which is in charge of the deployment of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED O.M.N.I. Enforcer]], is mostly controlled by Blue Cosmos and is far more interested in wiping out the Coordinators by any means necessary.
198* WorthyOpponent: Tetsuya is one to Ankoku Daishogun, just like the classic series.
199* YouWannaGetSued: Upon seeing Lowe use the "Thunder Ball" energy attack (due to an accident with the Astray Red Frame's power distribution), Gai Daigoji is about to call it the "[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Shining Finger]]", until [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Saburota Takasugi]] stops him mid-sentence. Doubles as an ActorAllusion, as Saburota is voiced by Creator/ShinichiroMiki, voice actor for [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ryusei]] [[AscendedFanboy Date]][[note]]whose R-1 uses the very similar T-Link Knuckle[[/note]], and Gai is voiced by Creator/TomokazuSeki, [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]].

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