History VideoGame / Gungriffon

* ObviousBeta: Between its abundance of bugs, very rough presentation and complete absence of any ending, ''Allied Strike'' is not the most polished of games.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: Sega's English localization of ''Gungriffon'' completely rewrote the plot of the game. The English script moved the game to 2075 and instead had the player be a pilot of the U.S's 45th Foreign Legion assisting Russian forces in beating back an invasion by the APC. The opening FMV was edited to remove German voice clips (as their role as enemies were reversed by the plot changes), although the briefing illustrations and radio chatter in the missions were left unaltered. Likely, these changes were done as the final legs of the game had the player fight US troops.
** DubInducedPlotHole: These changes introduced a bunch of incongruencies, such as why the armies are still using 90's-era jets and armored vehicles as battlefield mainstays in 2075.

* NextSundayAd: The original game was released in 1996 and set in 2015 ([[CutAndPasteTranslation Sega's localisation]] notwhistanding).

* ButNotTooForeign: The main mecha in most of the franchise, the Japanese ''Type 12 High Mobility Aromred Combat System'', aka "''Type 12 High-MACS''", is developed by the Japanese-American ''[[CocaPepsiInc McDonnell Douglas Mitsubishi]]'', which makes it unique as the only American-designed mecha used by a foreign power. This gives the Asian faction a slight advantage in weapon development, because the isolationist Americans are the best mecha developers due to being pioneers in the field (the Europeans jumped later into the mecha arms race, while the non-Japanese Asians mostly rely on cheapter counterparts of the European models). [[spoiler:The Americans are savy enough to have their own counterpart, the ''VW-1'', in case they want to participate in the war without Japanese involvement.]]

* HoverTank: The High-MACS' advantage over the other AWGS is its jumping / hovering abilities, so it esentially fulfills this role in the battlefield. The Japanese-American ''Type 12'' that stars in the first two games is the first international model, but it's quickly followed by the American ''VW-1'', the Japanese ''Type 12 Kai'', and the German ''Jagdpanther''. ''Gungriffon Blaze'' introduces the Japanese ''Type 16'' and the German ''Volkspanther'', while ''Allied Strike'' goes all out creating new models, namely the Japanese ''Type 20'', the American ''XVW-2'', the Korean ''KW-1b'', and the Russian ''Mi-57''.

* AMechByAnyOtherName: The first-generation Walking Tank and Spider Tank-type mechs in this game are called "AWGS" (''Armored Walking Gun System''), while the second-generation mechs with hovering capabilities are called "HIGH-MACS" (''High Mobility Armored Combat System'').

* RealRobotGenre: A fairly realistic setting, since it happens roughly [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 20 years after it was released]] (Gungriffon came out in 1996, while the game is set in 2015). The third world war is still largely fought with military vehicles used in the 1990s, with the exception of novel highly mobile [[WalkingTank walking tanks]], and a few state-of-the-art models which could be described as a cross between a tank and a helicopter.
* RollerbladeGood: Some of the AWGS are upgraded to have tires and/or rollerblades for better movement, like the American ''M91A1 Brutal Crab II'' and ''M16A1'', and the German ''Sturmtiger'' and ''Sturmpanther''. All of the High-MACS are equipped by default with these.
* ShoutOut: The HIGH-Macs BIOS in the first two games is named "Silpheed", the name of an earlier ''Game Art'' title. The use of "Topaz" and "Garnet" as squadron names is also a nod to ''Silpheed'.
* SpiderTank: One of the main types of AWGS. There's the American ''M15 Land Crab'' / ''M19 Brutal Crab'', the Japanese ''Type 10'', the German ''Tiger'' / ''Sturmtiger'', the South African-British ''Elephant'', and the Italian six-legged ''Littorio'' (and its Chinese copy ''Type 14'').

* WalkingTank: The other main type oF AWGS. These include the American ''M-16'', the Japanese ''Type 9'', the German ''Panzer'' / ''Sturmpanzer'', the British armless ''Valiant'', the Russian ''BMX'' / ''BMX-30'' (and its Chinese copy ''Type 13'', the Thai ''Korat'', and the French ChickenWalker ''Autruche'' / ''Super Autruche''. Gungriffon Blaze also introduces the Italian jumping ''Satyros''.
* WorldWarIII: It's the setting of the first two games, which happens in 2015. It starts after the isolationist stance of the North American "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement AFTA]]" ends up snowballing into proxy conflicts between an [[TheAlliance Asian alliance]] (APC) and an [[UnitedEurope European coalition]] (PEU) in an expansionist Libya (PEU) and Egypt (APC), and later a European-allied Russia (PEU) and Ukraine (APC), which end up bringing a full-scale war into the Europe-Asian borders. [[spoiler:At the midpoint of the war, The internal conflicts of the APC and PEU let the formerly isolationist AFTA to [[AmericaSavesTheDay intervene against the two and singlehandedly win the war]], similar to the US' invervention in the two world wars.]]

''Gungriffon'' is a series of MechaGame developed by Creator/GameArts, active from 1996 to 2004. Born out of a prototype for the 3D engine used for ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}'', ''Gungriffon'' was one of the first attempt to make a truly immersive Mech simulation on consoles.

In the far-flung future of [[NextSundayAD 2015]], the world is fragmented between four superpowers: The Asian Pacific Community (APC), the Pan European Union (PEU), the American Freedom Trade Association (AFTA)[[labelnote:*]]renamed United American Countries (UAC) in the English script of the first game, most likely to avoid association with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement NAFTA]], which was still a major political controversy at the time[[/labelnote]] and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The alliances fight over the world's dwindling supplies of natural resources, bolstered by the creation of the [[AMechByAnyOtherName Armored Walking Gun System]] (AWGS) paradigm. The development of the High-MACS, an heavily armed and hyper-mobile type of AWGS, threatens to upset the balance of power.

In the far-flung future of [[NextSundayAD 2015]], the world is fragmented between four superpowers: The Asian Pacific Community (APC), the Pan European Union (PEU), the American Freedom Trade Association (AFTA)[[labelnote:*]]renamed United American Countries (UAC) in the English script of the first game[[/labelnote]] and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The alliances fight over the world's dwindling supplies of natural resources, bolstered by the creation of the [[AMechByAnyOtherName Armored Walking Gun System]] (AWGS) paradigm. The development of the High-MACS, an heavily armed and hyper-mobile type of AWGS, threatens to upset the balance of power.

World War III has ended, but the world is still destabilized by regional conflicts and ecological disasters. As a pilot of the Japanese Foreign Troops, you are to participate in a variety of peace-keeping operations. ''Blaze'' had a greater focus on ScoringPoints and featured an "Item Box" system which prompted the palyer to pick and choose blind bags collected during missions to unlock consumable weapons, power-ups, or entries in the in-game encyclopedia.

* HufflepuffHouse: The OAU are mentioned as one of the major superpower in the introduction of the original game, but they have no involvement in the events of the Saturn installments (to the point they're the only faction not given a logo in ''II'''s manual and are barely mentioned in the timeline in ''Blaze'''s manual. They are the opponents in the final mission of ''Blaze'', however.

In the far-flung future of [[NextSundayAD 2015]], the world is fragmented between four superpowers: The Asian Pacific Community (APC), the Pan European Union (PEU), the United American Countries (UAC) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The alliances fight over the world's dwindling supplies of natural resources, bolstered by the creation of the [[AMechByAnyOtherName Armored Walking Gun System]] (AWGS) paradigm. The development of the High-MACS, an heavily armed and hyper-mobile type of AWGS, threatens to upset the balance of power.

An {{Interquel}} to the first, depicting battles set before and during the events of the original game. Gameplay-wise, ''Gungriffon II'' added features like support for analog controls, customizable weapon loadouts, and alternate gameplay modes.

World War III has ended, but the world is still destabilized by regional conflicts and ecological disaster. As a pilot of the Japanese Foreign Troops, you are to participate in a variety of peace-keeping operations.

* EmergencyWeapon: The machien gun serves this role in all the games, being fairly weak but the only weapon to have unlimited ammo. In ''Allied Strike'', it is also the only weapon that can be used when the mech's arms are broken.
* HufflepuffHouse: The OAU are mentioned as one of the major superpower in the introduction of the original game, but they have no involvement in the events of the Saturn installments and are barely mentioned in the timeline in ''Blaze'''s manual. They are the opponents in the final mission of ''Blaze'', however.

* NoobCave: The Guam training mission in ''Blaze'', which is mostly populated by stactic, easily destroy enemies on a small map (beside a single Jadgpanther the palyer is advised to save for last). When completing it, the palyer can only grab one option box instead of the standard three.

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In the far-flung future of [[NextSundayAD 2015]], the world is fragmented between four superpowers: The Asian Pacific Community (APC), the Pan –European Union (PEU), the UAC (United American Countries) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The alliances fight over the world's dwindling supplies of natural resources, bolstered by the creation of the [[AMechByAnyOtherName Armored Walking Gun System]] (AWGS) paradigm. The development of the High-MACS, an heavily armed and hyper-mobile type of AWGS, threatens to upset the balance of power.

In the far-flung future of [[NextSundayAD 2015]], the world is fragmented between four superpowers: The Asian Pacific Community (APC), the Pan –European Union (PEU), the AFTA (American Freedom Trade Association) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The alliances fight over the world's dwindling supplies of natural resources, bolstered by the creation of the [[AMechByAnyOtherName Armored Walking Gun System]] (AWGS) paradigm. The development of the High-MACS, an heavily armed and hyper-mobile type of AWGS, threatens to upset the balance of power.

''Gungriffon'' is a series of MechaGame developed by Creator/GameArts, active from 1994 to 2004. Born out of a prototype for the 3D engine used for ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}'', ''Gungriffon'' was one of the first attempt to make a truly immersive Mech simulation on consoles.

* InvisibleAdvertising: The western release of ''Gungriffon'' had essentially no marketing from Sega, a fact that some publications lamented in their reviews of the game.