History YMMV / SuperRobotWarsT

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Yuzurenai Negai/Unyielding Wish]] has been one of the most beloved classic AnimeThemeSong, and this game is Bandai Namco's chance to make a rendition of it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSUn1Nbbgns And it is awesome!]]

* AwesomeMusic: [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Yuzurenai Negai/Unyielding Wish]] has been one of the most beloved classic AnimeThemeSong, and this game is Bandai Namco's chance to make a rendition of it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSUn1Nbbgns And it is awesome!]]

** [[Anime/CowboyBebop Vicious]] is the BigBad of his series, but is DemotedToExtra, appearing in one cutscene. ''Super Robot Wars'' has precedence of putting a character into a mecha of another series, but he isn't given such a treatment; narratively, Vicious also could have been made to be on the UND's recruitment list. Sadly, B.B Studio did neither for him

** When [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Lantis]] joins the roster, he's not using a small unit that fights on-foot like the series proper, but rather brings Zagato's Rune God back into use, a surprising twist since, in the original show, Lantis was briefly seen piloting Geo Metro's GTO, but only via {{Flashback}}.

** [[Anime/ExpelledFromParadise Angela Balzac being quarantined by DEVA]]: in the original movie, it's supposed to show how Angela has been wrongly accused by a KnightTemplar system, with her being justifiably sad over it. ''T'' decides to alter her appearance into a blocky SuperDeformed {{Moe}} version of herself; contrast the {{Anime}} where she's rendered in normal size. Instead of feeling sorry for her predicament, players may end up being distracted by her cute visage.

** SpotlightStealingCrossover in a ''Super Robot Wars'' narrative has proved to be double-edged sword: while reception was positive with ''V'' and ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'', owing to the latter's dramatic story-telling nature and international popularity, it ended up [[BrokenBase divisive]] with ''X'' due to the LighterAndSofter setting of the ''Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries'' and [[NoExportForYou how much of its recognition was centered only in Japan and Chinese regions]]. ''T'' does away with the trope - no licensed series receives a disproportionate amount of screen-time or plot importance compared to another; likewise, the OriginalGeneration of the game stand on their own rather than being heavily linked to one series.

** The last time ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsNEO was in an installment]] [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii on a Nintendo console]], the only representatives were Domon Kasshu and the Devil Gundam - the series was considered {{Filler}} for the game, and this continued into ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOE'' where it was just Domon and the God Gundam. Per its promotional footage, ''Super Robot Wars T'' brings back members of the Shuffle Alliance and Allenby Beardsley as part of the {{Crossover}}. Further promotional footage also reveal that they're bringing back Master Asia as well.

** The usage of SpotlightStealingCrossover in the narrative proved to be double-edged sword at times, while it worked with ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'' and ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' in general owing to the latter's dramatic nature and international popularity (and even then, once in a blue moon, you may find someone who hasn't been following the franchise or watched the show at all), in the case of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'' and ''Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries'', it ended up more [[BrokenBase divisive]] due to ''Wataru'''s LighterAndSofter nature and how the majority of the popularity was in Japan. Due to this, ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT'' does away with the trope, none of the series involved get a disproportionate amount of screentime or importance compared to each other while the OriginalGeneration of the game can stand on their own instead of being heavily linked to one series.

** The title of the first AnimeThemeSong for ''Magic Knight Rayearth'', "''Yuzurenai Negai''", translates to "Unyielding Wish", evocative of how some ''Super Robot Wars'' fans have finally gotten what they wished for.

* HolyShitQuotient: Between the return of many series (''[=GaoGaiGar=]'', ''G Gundam'', ''Gun X Sword''), the combo of newcomers (''Cowboy Bebop'', ''Arcadia of My Youth'', ''Magic Knight Rayearth'') and the use of {{Canon Foreigner}}s as {{Unexpected Character}}s (Bellvine and Shin Getter Dragon), on top of a localization, this installment really piled up the quotient before ''T'' was even released.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: [[Anime/GunXSword Van's]] [[{{Kiai}} "CHEEESTOOH!!"]], which is always said all the time whenever he used his Machete attack (the weakest post-movement one). Other attacks may also have him say "CHEEESTOOH!!", but they were percentage-based.

** Similar to how ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers]]'' rendered the {{Kiai}} of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlphaGaiden Sanger Zonvolt]] from "CHEEEESTOOOO!!" into "CHEEEST!!", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRlcM41Lcg per the English trailer]] for ''Terra'', Van of ''Anime/GunXSword'' also uses it. While the official translations for ''Super Robot Wars'' has been improving overall, what is meant to be an archaic Japanese BattleCry shouldn't be a direct translation about a person's chest area. At this point, the localization may be running out of options for this particular word (ironically, the ''Gun X Sword'' dub [[{{Woolseyism}} modified it into "SEEEI-YAAAHHHH!!"]]). Ultimately {{Subverted}} - Van says "CHEEST!" and sometimes, he ''actually'' said "Chestoh!".
** [[Anime/ExpelledFromParadise Angela]] being quarantined by DEVA System. While it's supposed to showcase how Angela has been wrongly accused by a KnightTemplar system, her being justifiably sad over it... she's reduced to a blocky SuperDeformed version of herself that looks adorably cute (the actual anime rendered her in normal size). So instead of feeling sorry over her, players may end up being distracted with how cute SuperDeformed Angela is.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Meta-example - poor ''Expelled From Paradise'', while an all-around solid property, attracted less cheer [[https://twitter.com/180223/status/1064883433921376256 thanks to it debuting alongside]] ''Cowboy Bebop'', ''[[Anime/CaptainHarlock Arcadia of My Youth - Endless Orbit SSX]]'' and ''Magic Knight Rayearth'', who have higher fan reception and longevity. {{Lampshaded}} on ''Umasugi Wave'', where WordOfGod explains its inclusion is because it "[[TriviallyObvious is a mecha anime so it was just naturally picked]]".
* PlayerPunch: [[spoiler:Players get to experience what it feels like killing off [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Zagato and Emeraude.]] And just like [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Neil Dylandy/Lockon Stratos I]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ beforehand]], there is no way to avoid this due to the great impact their deaths had to the ''Rayearth'' plot overall.]]
* ThatOneRule: Pilot-locked attacks are already disliked enough to be noted in the general series YMMV page, but ''T'' has a particularly flagrant application of the rule by locking Bellvine's Hyper Aura Slash to Show. This upset fans on multiple levels. Show already has an exclusive attack in the Billbine's Aura Shoot, meaning that it is impossible to field both Billbine and Bellvine without one being handicapped. While Aura Shoot is an extra attack on top of the Billbine's already larger-than-average moveset, Hyper Aura Slash is a historically-standard attack for every non-{{Mook}} Aura Battler, including every other Aura Battler in this game. Then there's the question as to why a scrapped design from ''New Story'' has an attack exclusive to Show, when this is only the second game in franchise history to actually feature ''New Story's'' protagonist. All-in-all, pilot-locking the attack is seen as an absolutely senseless move.

** Anime/QueenEmeraldas is a staunch ally to Captain Harlock, gets quite involved in his plot, even her ship has its own map sprite, and spends most of her on-screen time being an all around badass. Despite all those, she's not playable at all.
** Despite the big dramatic meeting between [[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Show and Shion]] for the first time in the SRW franchise, Bern Bunnings does not appear at all to interact with Rabaan. They tried to mitigate it by [[spoiler:having Rabaan develop a split personality based on Bern's memories]]. But it still comes across as a wasted opportunity considering Creator/ShowHayami voices them both anyways.
** [[Anime/CowboyBebop Vicious]] is the BigBad of his series, and yet he's DemotedToExtra, only appearing in one cutscene. This is despite the franchise has had a history of putting a character into a mecha of another series, and Vicious could have been treated that way or his character would've made him to be on the UND's recruitment list, but no. Either B.B Studio forgot, or they thought Vicious is against riding a mech at all personally.

** For years, many fans had hoped for ''Cowboy Bebop'' to be included in these games, but felt it was more of a pipe dream, as the {{Anime}} is more known for its ground-based, character-driven adventure despite its ScienceFiction setting. However, Spike did pilot some combat planes in the show proper (notably the ''Swordfish II''), hence the go-ahead by Bandai Namco (also see OlderThanYouThink). Similarly, the most standout feature from ''Arcadia of My Youth'' was Captain Harlock's ship.
** ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' for several reasons: Creator/{{CLAMP}} is known for its defensive position on its properties[[note]]Unlike ''Anime/CodeGeass'' which is co-developed with Sunrise, ''Rayearth'' is a 100% CLAMP production[[/note]], though not to the extent as Ouji Hiroi with ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' and the ''Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries'' (given [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega both have already made]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX it into the franchise]]). Unlike many series included in ''Super Robot Wars'', ''Rayearth'' has no form of a command center or battleship to utilize[[note]]The closest equivalent would be Eagle Vision's NSX, except he's an antagonist, albeit a sympathetic one; contrast this with ''Dunbine'', which has the latter in lieu of its MedievalEuropeanFantasy setting and used by the protagonist. Hilariously enough, the NSX gets in the game as the fourth battleship that players can use while the one in ''Dunbine'' isn't in the game.[[/note]] and, like ''Cowboy Bebop'', focused more on land-based escapades, saving the HumongousMecha action primarily for its season one finale and second season. Despite these difficulties, it has made it into ''Super Robot Wars'' proper after topping fan request lists for decades.
** Following the recent trend of licensed-''Super Robot Wars'' titles bringing old-school OriginalGeneration units onto its roster (Grungust and Huckebein for ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'', Cybuster for ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX''), fans deduced ''Terra'' would do the same. After the release of the first trailer, Famitsu magazine unveiled the GuestFighter to be a black-colored Gespenst and piloted by an original character. This is unexpected because the Gespenst is an old mechanical design (up there with the Cybuster) and fans believed a ''VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha''-era unit was a likelier candidate. Furthermore, that a black Gespenst is used by a new character is surprising when it has a history to it[[note]][[Characters/CompatiHeroSeries Gilliam Yeager]] is synonymous with the machine in all ''Super Robot Wars'' appearances, including his debut game ''Hero Senki: Project Olympus'' when he wore it as PoweredArmor[[/note]].

** When Lantis joins the team, he's not a super small unit that fights on foot like in the series. He brings back Zagato's Rune God for him to use, which is something rather unexpected since in the original show, Lantis was only seen briefly piloting Autozam's GTO in a flashback and nobody expected Zagato having a spare Rune God for his brother.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: A ''lot'' of the attack animations have some beautifully-animated cutscenes. Including in those are Bebop Formation, which faithfully recreates ''Cowboy Bebop''[='s=] opening, Rocket Punch, which shows [[spoiler:Lisa gathering all of the Photon Power for Mazinger Z to use]], and Combined Rayearth: Sword of the Flash, which almost seems like they just yanked the blasted thing from the anime itself!

* {{Woolseyism}}: Inverted, though not in a bad way. The save-quit skit about [[Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine Joe]] [[UniquenessDecay losing the uniqueness of his Ace nickname]] return and unlike in ''V'' and ''X'', it was actually rewritten to look closer to what he's saying. In comparison:

--->'''Maito''': How's that sound, Joe?
--->'''Joe''': Actually, quite annoying!

--->'''Maito''': And that's how it is, Joe!
--->'''Joe''': Why does this piss me off so much...?

** The usage of SpotlightStealingCrossover in the narrative proved to be double-edged sword at times, while it worked with ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'' and ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' in general owing to the latter's international popularity, in the case of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'' and ''Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries'', it ended up more [[BrokenBase divisive]] due to ''Wataru'''s LighterAndSofter nature and how the majority of the popularity was in Japan. Due to this, ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT'' does away with the trope, none of the series involved get a disproportionate amount of screentime or importance compared to each other while the OriginalGeneration of the game can stand on their own instead of being heavily linked to one series.

** [[Anime/CowboyBebop Vicious]] is the BigBad of his series, and yet he's DemotedToExtra, only appearing in one cutscene. This is despite the franchise has had a history of putting a character into a mecha of another series, and Vicious could have been treated that way, but no. Either B.B Studio forgot, or they thought Vicious is against riding a mech at all personally.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Anime/QueenEmeraldas is a staunch ally to Captain Harlock, gets quite involved in his plot, even her ship has its own map sprite, and spends most of her on-screen time being an all around badass. Despite all those, she's not playable at all.

* ThatOneRule: Pilot-locked attacks are already disliked enough to be noted in the general series YMMV page, but ''T'' has a particularly flagrant application of the rule by locking Bellvine's Hyper Aura Slash to Show. This upset fans on multiple levels. Show already has an exclusive attack in the Billbine's Aura Shoot, meaning that it is impossible to field both Billbine and Bellvine without one being handicapped. While Aura Shoot is an extra attack on top of the Billbine's already larger-than-average moveset, Hyper Aura Slash is a historically-standard attack for every non-{{Mook}} Aura Battler, including every other Aura Battler in this game. Then there's the question as to why a scrapped design from ''New Story'' has an attack exclusive to Show, when this is only the second game in franchise history to actually feature ''New Story's'' protagonist. All-in-all, pilot-locking the attack is seen as an absolutely senseless move.

* PlayerPunch: [[spoiler:Players get to experience what it feels like killing off [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Zagato and Emeraude.]]]]

** The "international project" courtesy of Bandai Namco had been going on for a few games prior to ''Super Robot Wars Terra'' (one could argue it began as early as ''The Moon Dwellers''), but this installment is the first of the modern era where it feels like the roster is specifically angled at the international audience[[note]]''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'' was previously suspected of this initiative, but that went nowhere[[/note]]: ''Cowboy Bebop'' might be specious as a {{Mecha}} show, but English-speaking {{Anime}} fans of the 1990s and early 2000s hail it as one of the most beloved properties in the medium - an obvious pick as a draw for newcomers; ''Rayearth'', a heavily requested series for ''Super Robot Wars'' since the franchise took off, is a cornerstone to Anglophone and Hispanic speakers; finally, Captain Harlock predates the Internet fandom, aimed at attracting the "greybeards" outside of Japan just as well as within it.

* MemeticMutation:
** [[MemeticLoser The overshadowing]] of ''Anime/ExpelledFromParadise''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Per OvershadowedByAwesome, ''Expelled From Paradise'' has the unfortunate timing of debuting alongside ''Cowboy Bebop'', ''[[Anime/CaptainHarlock Arcadia of My Youth - Endless Orbit SSX]]'' and ''Magic Knight Rayearth'', thereby giving it a RunningGag within the fandom about how belittling it is for the former to be in ''T''. Things weren't helped when WordOfGod called its inclusion a case of being TriviallyObvious, as well as being the only new series that doesn't have licensed music attached to it. Granted, ''Expelled From Paradise'' wasn't known for its stellar soundtrack in the first place, but this only added to the series' memetic status for this game.[[/labelnote]]
** "''[Insert {{Mecha}} show here]'' is filmed in front of a live studio audience."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Starting with the ''X'' version of "[[Anime/GundamReconguistaInG G no Senkou/Flash of G]]", this comment was turned into a popular reply due to the use of a saxophone for the vocal segments of the games' instrumental version to a series opening or ending theme - [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Yuusha-Oh Tanjou]] and [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Trust You Forever]] being noteworthy examples in this entry.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion "I mustn't run away."]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to the memetic MadnessMantra spoken by Shinji Ikari, despite ''Evangelion'' not being in this game, Shinji's voice actress Creator/MegumiOgata does voice major ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' characters Eagle Vision and Emeraude. Even though the latter two aren't the type to run away, it looks like Ogata is [[NeverLiveItDown not going to live down Shinji]] [[StarMakingRole any time soon]].[[/labelnote]]
** [[Anime/GreatMazinger Great Booster is still not approved.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A gag hailing from ''Anime/MazingerZInfinity'', at the start of the movie, the Great Mazinger required approval for using its attacks one at a time. The only weapon not approved for use was the Great Booster due to civilians being too close to the combat zone. When a Great Mazinger plastic model figure was released after the film, it was designed with a Great Booster, but by then, it was too late for developer B.B. Studio to add this attack in the game.[[/labelnote]]
** VTX Corporate Philosophy X [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the original cast being part of a modern Japanese corporation, they have a list of phrases that are supposed to be inspiring for their salarymen. Most memetic is #6: "If you don't like it, get out of here!"[[/labelnote]]
%%** Due to the letter "T" in the title, expect any jokes about the dominant-asserting default-posed ragdolls.
%%** Speaking of ''Cowboy Bebop'', an image sprite of Spike pointing his gun to the viewer is also used as a "Delet Dis" reaction.

** VTX Corproate Philosophy X [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the original cast being part of a modern Japanese corporation, they have a list of phrases that are supposed to be inspiring for their salarymen. Most memetic is #6: "If you don't like it, get out of here!"[[/labelnote]]

** VTX Corproate Philosophy X [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the original cast being part of a modern Japanese corporation, they have a list of phrases that are supposed to be inspiring for their salarymen.[[/labelnote]]

* {{Narm}}: Similar to how ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers]]'' rendered the {{Kiai}} of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlphaGaiden Sanger Zonvolt]] from "CHEEEESTOOOO!!" into "CHEEEST!!", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRlcM41Lcg per the English trailer]] for ''Terra'', Van of ''Anime/GunXSword'' also uses it. While the official translations for ''Super Robot Wars'' has been improving overall, what is meant to be an archaic Japanese BattleCry shouldn't be a direct translation about a person's chest area. At this point, the localization may be running out of options for this particular word (ironically, the ''Gun X Sword'' dub [[{{Woolseyism}} modified it into "SEEEI-YAAAHHHH!!"]]). Ultimately {{Subverted}} - Van says "CHEEST!" and sometimes, he ''actually'' said "Chestoh!".

* PlayerPunch: [[spoiler:Players get to experience what it feels like killing off [[Anime/MagicKnightRayearth Zagato and Emeraude.]]]]

** VTX Corproate Philosophy X [[labelnote:Explanation]Due to the original cast being part of a modern Japanese corporation, they have a list of phrases that are supposed to be inspiring for their salarymen.[[/labelnote]]

** VTX Corproate Philosophy X [[labelnote:Explanation]Due to the original cast being part of a modern Japanese corporation, they have a list of phrases that are supposed to be inspiring for their salarymen.[[/labelnote]]

* MemeticBadass: The FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Dyma Goldwin]].
--> [[spoiler:VTX Corporate Philosophy 6: If you don’t want it, then get outta here!]]

* {{Narm}}: Similar to how ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers]]'' rendered the {{Kiai}} of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlphaGaiden Sanger Zonvolt]] from "CHEEEESTOOOO!!" into "CHEEEST!!", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRlcM41Lcg per the English trailer]] for ''Terra'', Van of ''Anime/GunXSword'' also uses it. While the official translations for ''Super Robot Wars'' has been improving overall, what is meant to be an archaic Japanese BattleCry shouldn't be a direct translation about a person's chest area. At this point, the localization may be running out of options for this particular word (ironically, the ''Gun X Sword'' dub [[{{Woolseyism}} modified it into "SEEEI-YAAAHHHH!!"]]). Ulimately {{Subverted}} - Van says "CHEEST!" and sometimes, he ''actually'' said "Chestoh!".