Trivia / Super Robot Wars 30

• Acting for Two: As is standard procedure for this franchise, a bunch of voice actors are playing more than one character each:
  • Hikaru Midorikawa voices the titular character of SSSS.GRIDMAN, Jiart, and Masaki Andoh (the latter being available in the game via Downloadable Content).
  • Miki Itō provides the voices of Lupe Chineau, Eva Fahrzeug and Nova.
  • Unlike previous entries that had the GaoGaiGar installments, Hana Hatsuno now had voice clips provided by her original VA Konami Yoshida, who also voices Umi Ryuuzaki.
  • Takehito Koyasu provides the voices of Victim O'Rand and Betterman Lamia.
  • Tomokazu Sugita provides the voices of Edge Sainklaus and Bullet Luckfield.
  • Yuichi Nakamura provides the voices of Caruleum Vaull and Horatio Kojass.
  • Nobuo Tobita provides the voices of Kamille Bidan and Neuber Fahrzeug.
  • Chizuru Nambara and Megumi Oka are still voiced by Miyuki Ueda.
  • Kenji Akabane voices new character Reynold Hardin while also reprising his role as Asahi Inui.
  • Yoshimasa Hosoya voices both Orga Itsuka and the Devolution version of Hayato Jin.
  • Natsuki Hanae voices both Shiro Kabuto and the Devolution version of Benkei Kuruma.
  • Takahiro Sakurai voices Suzaku Kururugi, Ray Lundgren, and McGillis Fareed.
• Blooper:
  • At launch, the Gedlav's name was incorrectly coded into the English version, with attempts to display its name appearing as "Error! No match StringID."
  • The artists and/or animation team forgot some of the V2 Assault-Buster Gundam's armor plating, which was corrected in the game's first major patch.
  • The AI system associated with the Angels and used on units like the Asclepius has some of its voicelines (normally an incredibly deep baritone) replaced with Kusuha's high-pitched voice due to a coding error.
• Colbert Bump: Sometime after Brave Police J-Decker was revealed to be in the game, Super Robot Chogokin figures of J-Decker sold out on online Japanese stores.
• Content Leak:
  • Between the game's teaser released at E3 2021 and its first trailer shown a month later, it was discovered that the pages for many Anime on Bandai Channel's website had the teaser linked. While more series had the teaser linked over time, the initial list of series was eventually confirmed to be part of the game's roster - only two series were complete surprises.
  • A datamine of the demo released a few weeks before the final game spoiled the series intended for the four originally planned waves of DLC.
• Fandom Nod:
  • In the 1st DLC, the mission where you recruit the Voltes V takes place in Manila, the capital of Philippines as a nod to how the show is extremely popular there, even more so than in its home country.
  • The same goes for RyuKoOh and KoRyuOh showing up in Taipei.
  • Each chapter of the post-game DLC stories always features an event with a lone Angeloi Arca spawning, only for one of the characters from the current wave to power up and destroy it in one shot. This is likely a reference to the original unit's reputation among fans as a Boss in Mook Clothing.
• Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.":
  • 30 marks the global debut of King of Kings: GaoGaiGar vs. Betterman with official first looks at animation, mechanical specs and full design, character design solidification, and Mitsuki Saiga as Ikumi Kaidou.
  • This game marks the first North American appearances of Getter Robo Daikessen!!, Brave Police J-Decker, Heavy Metal L-Gaim, and GaoGaiGar FINAL in any medium (in the latter case, managing to edge out the Discotek release of FINAL by about a year and a half).
  • This is the English debut for The Didarion and Van Ein, the hero units for the two recent mobile-only titles, the latter of which is both a licensing minefield and no longer available even in Japan.
• Milestone Celebration: The game is intended to celebrate the franchise's 30th anniversary, hence its title "Super Robot Wars 30".
• No Export for You: Zigzagged - unlike the Steam versions of Super Robot Wars V and Super Robot Wars X, 30 is the first Super Robot Wars game that can be bought internationally in all countries, but Venezuela^note Likely due to various sanctions placed on the nation. However, the Sony PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions still play this straight, with the caveat that like other "International Era" games, these versions aren't region-locked at the hardware level and can be imported at will.
• The Original Darrin: After being replaced by the late Unshō Ishizuka in the L-Gaim OVA, Shunsuke Takamiya reprises his role as Baan-Gania in this game.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Due to the passing of Sayuri Yamauchi from cancer, Mitsuki Saiga succeeds her as Ikumi Kaidou of the GaoGaiGar series. Invoked when GaoGaiGar and Betterman series director Yoshimoto Yonetani personally appointed Saiga to continue Kaidou's Crossdressing Voice aspect in tribute to Yamauchi, while simultaneously giving Kaidou a vocal change to indicate his physical maturation into adulthood thanks to Saiga's ability to reach down to a convincing male vocal range.
  • Marbet and Odello are voiced by Akiko Kimura and Jun Fukushima, their respective replacement actors from SD Gundam G Generation Spirits.
  • Eiji Takemoto succeeds the late Kōji Totani as the voice of Doktor Gauss. Yasuhiro Mamiya does the same for the late Ginzo Matsuo as the Chieftains. Finally, Hirofumi Nojima replaces Naoki Makishima as Gunmax due to the latter suffering from cancer.
  • Even though Hiroyuki Miyasako reprised his role as the male half of Baron Ashura in Super Robot Wars T, he is replaced by Ryota Takeuchi in 30.
• Overtook the Manga: The game's script was completed before King of Kings: GaoGaiGar vs. Betterman finished its run, forcing the development team to omit large swathes of the story's action and hastily write in new plotlines to fill in for various uncertainties.
• Posthumous Credit: As is standard for Super Robot Wars, a number of characters were not recast even after their original voice actors had already passed away, leading to the use of archived voice clips from previous games:
  • Chronicle Asher reuses the voice of Tomoyuki Dan, as he had recorded for Chronicle via the SD Gundam G Generation series several times before his untimely passing. Notably, some voice clips from the G Generaton series were added to give his dialogue a little more variety.
  • Both Tashiro and Captain Gomez retain the voices of the late Hidetoshi Nakamura and Osamu Kato.
  • Daisaku Nishikawa retains the voice of Kazuya Tatekabe.
  • Ippei Mine retains the voice of Kazuyuki Sogabe.
  • Excellen Browning retains the voice of Yuko Mizutani.
  • Fannaria Amm, Hashamoja, and the real Posaydal also keep the voices of Chieko Honda, Kōji Totani, and Ryuichi Horibe.
  • Count Brocken still retains the recently-recorded (from the previous game) voices of Keiji Fujiwara.
  • In the DLC, Ryo Shiba still reuses the decades old recordings of Kaneto Shiozawa.
• Promoted Fanboy: Christina Rose, best known for her Fan Translation of Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden, returns for her fourth consecutive localization duty of the franchise in 30, repeating as lead translator from X and T.
• Recast as a Regular: After playing supporting roles in previous games, Mai Aizawa gets a protagonist role with Az.
• Throw It In!: Lelouch calling out his attacks like a Super Robot pilot was because of Jun Fukuyama making a joke ad-lib. The creators of Code Geass liked it so much that they decided to keep it in. This also doubles as an Actor Allusion, because Fukuyama voiced Go in Getter Robo Daikessen!
• What Could Have Been: There are references to a new Combination Attack implied to be a variant of the Final Dynamic Special in the game's code; given that such an attack does not appear in the Expansion Pack, it appears to have been scrapped for unknown reasons.
• You Sound Familiar: Barring Lian, all of the game's original characters have the same voice actors as previous characters in the franchise:
  • Edge is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita, previously Bullet, Hamelin, Gaen, and Angilon.
  • Az is voiced by Mai Aizawa, previously Mel, Azuki, Katrina, and Meryl.
  • Mitsuba is voiced by Saori Hayami, previously Yong and Shana-Mia.
  • Reynold is voiced by Kenji Akabane, previously Code:Black and Asahi.
  • Caruleum is voiced by Yūichi Nakamura, previously Pete Pain, Josh, and Fang.
  • Orchidacea is voiced by Houko Kuwashima, previously Rim, Rosaly, and Chika.
  • Magister, aka "Quaestor," is voiced by series veteran Ryōtarō Okiayu, previously Rai, Feilord, Saldias, Wassilmon, and many more.
  • Cyclaminos is voiced by Masako Nozawa, who previously played Porsha Zania Berifait from Masou Kishin III: Pride of Justice.