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Video Game: Super Robot Wars NEO
Super Robot Wars NEO (Sūpā Robotto Taisen NEO) is the first and only Nintendo
Wii Super Robot Wars title and the
Spiritual Successor to
Super Robot Wars GC .
NEO is the first time in franchise history that places focus solely on
Super Robots , as well as not completely feature any
Mobile Suit Gundam instalment (the only
Real Robot representative is
Domon Kasshu and the God Gundam ).
NEO also marks a first for the franchise: rather than use the
Series listing for NEO (debuting series are highlighted in bold ):
Tropes regarding Super Robot Wars NEO include: Ace Custom (Penpader and Debajno) An Axe to Grind (Alsignos, Go Shogun , Queen Saidarone, Ryu Chief Shinebaram and Getter-1. Getter-1 unlocks an attack which lets its axe glow green and grow to an immense size) Another Dimension (Earth Tear) Bald of Awesome (Benkei Mushashibou) Bald of Evil (Don Harumage) Big Ol' Eyebrows (Ryouma, Benkei Mushashibou and NG Knight Lamune & 40 non-mecha characters) BFG (Space Bazooka) Big Bad ( Larva ) Black Knight (Galden and Dark Knight Steru) Blade on a Stick (Brai-Spear and Velgada Lancer) Brainwashed and Crazy (Da Cider, Sharlie and Galden) Carry a Big Stick (Debajino and Ryu Priest Baurus) Cain and Abel (Amane Inaba when possessed by Larva is the Cain and Kakeru Inaba is the Abel) Chest Blaster (Getter Beam, Breast Fire, Venus Missile, Diana Missile, and Breast Burn) Combat Tentacles ( Larva ) Combining Mecha (Getter Robo and the Eldoran series units) Combination Attack (The Eldoran Special and Final Dynamic Special) Cool BFS (Shigzarl, Ryu Knight Zepher, the Eldoran units, Great Mazinger and Thunder Liger use them) Pure Energy The moment any Sig unit uses its Last Burn attack. Cool Car (Brai-Thunder) Cool Horse (Fire Liger rides one and becomes Velgada Liger ) Cool Ship (The Ionia) Cute Witch (Sharlie Lunoille and Mer ville ) Cut Short : New Getter's plot ends after beating Abe no Seimei. Demonic Possession (Amane Inaba gets possessed by Larva ) Demonic Invaders (The Drago Empire and the Daimakai) Demoted to Extra (None of the bad guys from Braiger , Mazinger Z , Great Mazinger , G Gundam and Goshogun appear. Domon, the J9 team and the Go Shogun team are the only representatives of their respective series) Dude Looks Like a Lady (Amane) Elemental Powers Hair Decorations (Sharlie wears hair decs) Everything's Better with Penguins (Zanbar and the Penpader) Evil Counterpart (The Alsignos is this to the Shigzarl) Eyes Always Shut (Izumi) Face Palm of Doom (God Finger and God Finger: Seikha Tenkyoken) Fembot (Venus Ace and Diana Ace) Forgotten Superweapon : Larva Glasses Girl (Cocoa and Katze) Head Pet (Tama-Q and Hagu Hagu) Healing Hands (Ryu Priest Baurus) Heel Face Turn ( Da Cider, Leska, Galden, Rivalis, Zanbar, Belzeb, Falzeb, Taida, Gold Mask, Gold Arm and Gold Foot ) Hey, It's That Voice! Hot Blooded (Domon Kasshu, the Getter team, Da Cider, Magnum Ace, Baba Lamune and Adeu the Sonic) Hot-Blooded Sideburns (Kouji, Tetsuya and Ryouma) I Believe I Can Fly (Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger because of scranders) I Know Madden Kombat (The Iron League units) Instant Runes (Alsignos, Shigzarl AND Larva ) Joke Character (Boss Borot) Knight in Shining Armor (Adeu the Sonic, he even has a special ability called Chivelry) Leitmotif Kakeru has "Spiritual Transmission" as his default theme, and "Extreme Degree" for his final attack. Upon upgrading to the Sigzarius, he default theme becomes "Sword of Justice", which becomes "Ultimate Energy" for his 2 strongest attacks. Sharl has "Magical Spectrum", which changes to "Brilliant Valkyrie" for her final attack. Amane's theme is "Mysterious Power". Zanba's theme is "Flying Column of Bonehead", which also has an "SPmix" for his final attack. Rivalis's inital theme is "Strike Head On", later switching to "Rock Me βmix" for his final attack. Chaos has "Majestic Enigma" as her theme. Amane, when possessed by Larva, has "Majestic Enigma" and "Rush of Shudder" as his themes. Larva himself has "Hokai no Ibuki" (Breath of Collapse) as his intial form's theme, with his form as the Final Boss having "Kakuseisuru Zoou" (Awakening Hatred) as its theme. Magic Knight (Ryu Knight Zepher, Dark Knight Steru and Shigzarl) Magitech (Ryu Knight units) Mechanical Lifeforms (Iron Leaguer units and the Machine Empire) Medieval European Fantasy (Earth Tear) Motion Capture Mecha (God Gundam and the Ryu Knight units) Multicolored Hair (Rivalis Muilove, Leska/Cafe Au Lait ) Names to Run Away From Really Fast : Larva, The God of Destruction Ninja (Ninja Sarutobi and Ryu Ninja Bakunetsumaru ) Obviously Evil (Abe No Seimei) Odd Name Out : New Getter Robo in the middle of all these kids's shows, which is clearly not...for small children like the rest. Ordinary High School Student (Kakeru Inaba) Pointed Ears (Cocoa, Milk, Leska and Chaos Rail) Power Fist (God Gundam) Power Glows (Getter-1, God Gundam and Go Shogun using its Finishing Moves The Rival (Rivalis Muilove) Rocket Punch (Rocket Punch, Iron Cutter, Dasharin Rocket Punch, Atomic Punch, Drill Pressure Punch and Drill Missile) Royals Who Actually Do Something (Princess Paffy Pafuricia and the 3 Maidens) Single Line of Descent (Baba Lamune and Ken Taiga are descendants of heroes.) Slasher Smile (Ryouma and Hayato do this in their attack cut-ins Summon Magic (Baba Lamune does this with the help of Tama-Q) Super Robot (No Real Robots at all) Theme Music Powerup The Sword of Justice . The moment you start hearing the new theme for Kakeru, you know shit's going down! This Is a Drill (Getter-2) Trademark Favorite Food /Sweet Tooth (Donuts for Sharlie, so much that they call her Donut Girl) Transforming Mecha (Getter Robo , Braiger, King Scascher and Queen Saidarone) Verbal Tic (-pen for Zanbar) Wave Motion Gun (Brai-Cannon, Etheral Blaze, RevolBuster, Saurer Big Burster, Getter Beam at Full Power and Space Bazooka) What Could Have Been : Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru was supposed to be one of the debuting entries, but was cut out. Wolverine Claws (Penpader and Debajino)
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