History Trivia / SuperRobotWars

** To be fair, Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment and Creator/ToeiAnimation combined currently own the American distribution rights of virtually all new series. However, anything ''Anime/{{Macross}}''-related is caught in the legal snarl preventing most of it from ever making it overseas ([[ScrewedByTheLawyers Thank you Harmony Gold, Big West]], Creator/StudioNue and Creator/TatsunokoProduction), and series picked up for distribution by third-parties always makes things a little harder. In fact, ''V'', ''X'' and ''T'' are able to avoid getting blocked because they don't feature any ''Macross'' properties whatsoever. With 2021 bringing an settlement between all three parties to allow the release of more ''Macross'' properties overseas, this may likely change for future title post-''30''.

* ActorAllusion
** Plentiful; there are quite a few jokes stemming from characters from different series being played by the same voice actor. One example would be [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ribbons Almark]] in ''Saisei-hen'', both voiced by Creator/ToruFuruya.
** ''Anime/SailorMoon'' is especially popular to reference, given Creator/ToruFuruya ([[Anime/SailorMoon Tuxedo Kamen]]) is in most games by virtue of playing Amuro, and Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (Anime/SailorMoon) shows up extremely often as well, most famously as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Misato Katsuragi]]. Expect this trope to occur frequently during save-quit intermission dialogue.

** Players had thought a HumongousMecha series originating from {{Eroge}} VisualNovels can never be included in the franchise because of their premise, even if they are given a BleachedUnderpants adaptation. With ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' as part of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'', this was another theory proven false[[note]]While ''UX'' primarily uses ''Kishin Houkou'', the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Demonbane'', the game does have a few elements coming from the ''Zanma Taisei'' VisualNovel[[/note]].

* NoExportForYou: Another notorious example from Japan

** To be fair, Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment and Creator/ToeiAnimation combined currently own the American distribution rights of virtually all new series. However, anything ''Anime/{{Macross}}''-related is caught in the legal snarl preventing most of it from ever making it overseas ([[ScrewedByTheLawyers Thank you Harmony Gold, Big West]], Creator/StudioNue and Creator/TatsunokoProduction), and series picked up for distribution by third-parties always makes things a little harder. In fact, ''V'', ''X'' and ''T'' are able to avoid getting blocked because they don't feature any ''Macross'' properties whatsoever. With 2021 bringing an settlement between all three parties to allow the release of more ''Macross'' properties overseas, this may likely change.

** One of the most frustrating examples, however, would go to ''Alpha'': Creator/{{Banpresto}} was able to get the green light from almost of all the license-holders stateside to use their properties, and it would have been the ideal time to release it, as ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' was at the height of its popularity. There was even a significant amount of work put into localizing it until the aforementioned Harmony Gold said no, not wanting ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' to be brought stateside and interfere with the sales of ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' (a series which had ended over 10 years prior). As ''Macross'' was essential to the plot of ''Alpha'', this pretty much killed any chance of the game being released.

** The lack of series that featured/starred Creator/AkiraKamiya (1970's ''Manga/GetterRobo'', ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'', ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'', ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'' and ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'') after the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' saga, including Kamiya's old age and personal statements that he strained his voice after so many HotBlooded recordings in his prime, created rumors that those series won't ever be included in modern ''Super Robot Wars'' installments out of respect for his health or that it was because Kamiya signed a retirement contract that prevents him from getting paid for recycled voiceovers or that his reputable voice actor status means it would be expensive to even re-use his pre-recorded lines. This was also compounded with how the mobile game ''Iron Saga'' once collaborated with ''Dangaioh'', yet featured no voiceovers. These rumors were quickly swept away in the franchise's 30th anniversary live-stream: when Kamiya guest-starred in the early talk show with Terada, both revealed that Kamiya's absence weren't because he requested not to appear or that he can't do normal voiceovers that aren't HotBlooded roles again (in fact, he [[RoleReprise reprised]] as [[Manga/CityHunter Ryo Saeba]] recently), but rather that Terada felt it wasn't the right time to use those aforementioned shows yet - it's just mere coincidence[[note]]Since ''Iron Saga'' isn't a Bandai Namco property, it's implied the retirement contract would prevent Kamiya from recording new dialogue for them or that negotiations with him failed. On the other hand, it didn't forbid the usage of pre-recorded lines that was made for Bandai Namco and B.B. Studio[[/note]].

** Plentiful; there are quite a few jokes stemming from characters from different series [[TalkingToHimself being played by the same voice actor]]. One example would be [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ribbons Almark]] in ''Saisei-hen'', both voiced by Creator/ToruFuruya.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://superrobotwars.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page See it here]].

** Ironically, the series lineup in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'' consisted entirely of Bandai Namco and Toei Animation-held, American-released shows, which could have made it overseas before ''V''. Unfortunately, the rights for ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' in America are held by World Events Productions (who have reportedly been in off-again, on-again disputes over it with Toei for the rights to make a movie), ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' and ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' are Creator/MediaBlasters properties, while ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'', ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' and ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' were part of Creator/ADVFilms and may still belong to Creator/SentaiFilmworks or Aesir Holdings. ''W'' would have been one of the simplest titles to sort out, licensing-wise, but nothing came of it. In short, the hurdles facing any ''Super Robot Wars'' installment legally are formidable due to the way {{Anime}} sub-licensing has worked and continues to work.