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9	[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from top-left: ''VideoGame/Titanfall2'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/MetalWarriors'', ''VideoGame/FrontMission 1st: Remake''.]]
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11	A SubGenre of nearly every video game genre out there, The Mecha Game focuses on the use of {{Mecha}} to blow the crap out of each other.
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13	Mecha games usually come in two flavors, [[FragileSpeedster High-Speed]] and [[MightyGlacier Stompy]], mirroring the {{Super Robot\|Genre}} versus {{Real Robot\|Genre}} divide. In stompy games, usually referred to as Mech Simulators, which were more prevalent in earlier times, the Mecha move rather slow normally, and an emphasis is on long-range combat with missiles, lasers, machineguns, and the like. Mech Sims usually also have a first-person perspective from the mech's cockpit. High-speed games are, as their name suggests, much zippier, often with a focus on close-range combat, although guns may be just as prevalent. These are usually shown from a third-person perspective.
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15	As noted in the opening, Mecha Games are not a genre in and of themselves, but a sub-class that encompasses action games, simulations, [[TurnBasedStrategy Turn-Based]] ''and'' RealTimeStrategy, and more. What sets these games apart as a sub-genre is the fact that most Mecha games have a heavy customization element. Weapons, pilots, and sometimes entire mechs and parts thereof can be purchased and switched around between missions/stages, giving players unique engines of destruction and mayhem. This focus on {{Elite Tweak}}ing makes it entirely possible for a MechaGame to allow both stompy and high-speed styles of play. Other games may not have the customization element (for instance, ''VideoGame/MechAssault''), but are included due to the sheer force of Humongous Mecha as a trope/meme. Because the term "Mech" has been trademarked, expect to see AMechByAnyOtherName.
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19	!!Examples:
20	[[index]]
21	* ''VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim''
22	* ''VideoGame/AnotherCenturysEpisode''
23	* ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' (TropeCodifier for the action-oriented Mecha Games)
24	** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore1''
25	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreProjectPhantasma''
26	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreMasterOfArena''
27	** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore2''
28	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore2AnotherAge''
29	** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore3''
30	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreSilentLine''
31	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreNexus''
32	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreFormulaFront''
33	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreNineBreaker''
34	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreLastRaven''
35	** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore4''
36	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreForAnswer''
37	** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreV''
38	*** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVerdictDay''
39	** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVIFiresOfRubicon''
40	* ''Armed Seven''
41	* ''VideoGame/ArmoredHunterGunhound''
42	* ''VideoGame/ArmoredWarriors''
43	* ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken''
44	* ''VideoGame/{{Astebreed}}''
45	* ''Baldr Sky'' (a visual novel series with 2D combat from an over-head perspective)
46	* ''VideoGame/BangaiO''
47	* ''VideoGame/BattleCorps''
48	* ''VideoGame/BattleEngineAquila''
49	* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' and its various spinoffs and simulator consoles.
50	** ''VideoGame/BattleTech2018'' (turn-based tactics/team management sim)
51	** ''Videogame/MechAssault'' (third person, hybrid stompy/speed)
52	** ''Videogame/MechCommander'' (RTS)
53	** ''Videogame/MechWarrior'' (simulator)
54	* ''BulkSlash''
55	* ''VideoGame/BionicDues'', a mecha game done in a top-down Roguelike style.
56	* ''VideoGame/BorderBreak''
57	* ''VideoGame/BRAHMAForceTheAssaultOnBeltlogger9''
58	* ''VideoGame/{{Brigador}}''
59	* ''VideoGame/CarBattlerJoe''
60	* ''VideoGame/ChromeHounds''
61	* ''VideoGame/CustomMechWars''
62	* ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' is an interesting example: it takes the HumongousMecha trope and chokeslams it onto its head. ''The titular robos are knee-high''.
63	* ''VideoGame/{{Cybattler}}''
64	* ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}''
65	* ''VideoGame/DaemonXMachina''
66	* ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}''
67	* ''VideoGame/{{Devadasy}}''
68	* ''VideoGame/FinalZone''
69	* ''VideoGame/FrontMission1''
70	** ''VideoGame/FrontMission2''
71	** ''VideoGame/FrontMission3''
72	** ''VideoGame/FrontMission4''
73	** ''VideoGame/FrontMission5''
74	** ''VideoGame/FrontMissionEvolved''
75	** ''VideoGame/FrontMissionGunHazard''
76	** ''VideoGame/LeftAlive''
77	* ''VideoGame/FutureCopLAPD''
78	* ''[[VideoGame/GarrisonArchangel Garrison: Archangel]]'' (3D-fighting game with customization elements)
79	* ''VideoGame/GearHead''
80	* ''VideoGame/{{Genocide}}''
81	* ''VideoGame/GeppyX''
82	* ''VideoGame/GhostInTheShell'' - where you pilot a SpiderTank to fight assorted robotic enemies throughout
83	* ''VideoGame/GiganticArmy''
84	* ''VideoGame/GotchaForce''
85	* From the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise:
86	** ''VideoGame/GihrensGreed''
87	*** ''VideoGame/ShinGihrensGreed''
88	** ''VideoGame/Gundam0079TheWarForEarth''
89	** ''VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamSideStory0079RiseFromTheAshes''
90	** ''VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamClimaxUC''
91	** ''VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamCrossfire''
92	** ''VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamBattleOperation2''
93	** ''VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamBattleOperationCodeFairy''
94	** ''[[VideoGame/GundamBreaker Gundam Breaker Series]]''
95	*** ''VideoGame/NewGundamBreaker''
96	*** ''VideoGame/GundamBreakerMobile''
97	** ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam''
98	** ''VideoGame/GundamVsSeries''
99	** ''VideoGame/MSSagaANewDawn''
100	** ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration''
101	** ''VideoGame/GundamEvolution''
102	** ''VideoGame/SDGundamBattleAlliance''
103	* ''{{VideoGame/Gungriffon}}''
104	* ''VideoGame/{{Hawken}}''
105	* ''VideoGame/HardcoreMecha''
106	* ''VideoGame/HyperDyneSideArms''
107	* ''VideoGame/IntoTheBreach''
108	* ''IronAssault''
109	* ''VideoGame/IronBrigade''
110	* ''VideoGame/{{Ironcast}}''
111	* ''VideoGame/IronSaga''
112	* ''IronSoldier''
113	* ''VideoGame/{{Kileak}}''
114	* ''VideoGame/KileakTheBlood''
115	** ''Kileak 2: Reason In Madness''
116	* ''VideoGame/KrazyIvan''
117	* ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}''
118	* ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience''
119	* ''VideoGame/LostPlanet''
120	* ''VideoGame/MachineHunter'' - where you can physically implant your ''soul'' into a mecha. '''Awesome'''.
121	* ''VideoGame/Macross30TheVoiceThatConnectsTheGalaxy''
122	* ''VideoGame/MacrossFrontierTrilogy''
123	* ''VideoGame/MadStalkerFullMetalForce'', a 2D beat 'em up that plays akin to a fighting game and shifts into the latter during boss battles.
124	* ''M.A.S.S. Builder''
125	* ''Mech Platoon''
126	* ''VideoGame/MechaAce''
127	* ''Mechblaze''
128	* ''VideoGame/MechQuest''
129	* ''VideoGame/MechRunner''
130	* ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}''
131	** ''VideoGame/MedarotKabutoAndKuwagata''
132	** ''VideoGame/MedabotsMetabeeAndRokusho''
133	** ''VideoGame/MedabotsAXMetabeeAndRokusho''
134	* ''VideoGame/MegatonMusashi''
135	* ''VideoGame/MetalFatigue''
136	* ''VideoGame/MetalHead''
137	* ''Metal Jacket''
138	* ''VideoGame/MetalWalker''
139	* ''VideoGame/MetalWarriors''
140	* ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos''
141	* ''VideoGame/OneMustFall 2097''
142	* ''VideoGame/OverrideMechCityBrawl''
143	* ''VideoGame/PhantomCrash''
144	* ''VideoGame/ProjectHornedOwl''
145	* ''VideoGame/ProjectNimbus''
146	* ''VideoGame/PsychoNicsOscar''
147	* ''VideoGame/RangerX''
148	* ''VideoGame/{{Relayer}}''
149	* ''VideoGame/RobotechInvasion''
150	* ''VideoGame/RobotAlchemicDrive'' (a spiritual successor the Japan-only ''Remote Control Dandy'' series)
151	* ''VideoGame/{{Robotica}}''
152	* ''VideoGame/{{Robopon}}''
153	* ''VideoGame/RobotechBattlecry''
154	* ''VideoGame/RobotWarlords''
155	* ''VideoGame/TheScrambleVice''
156	* ''VideoGame/SenkoNoRonde'' is another interesting example; it blends the shoot 'em up genre with a fighting game.
157	* ''VideoGame/ShadowMaster''
158	* ''VideoGame/ShatteredSteel''
159	* ''VideoGame/ShogoMobileArmorDivision''
160	* ''VideoGame/SlaveZero''
161	* ''VideoGame/StarwardRogue''
162	* ''VideoGame/StarwingParadox''
163	* ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion''
164	* ''[=EarthSiege=]''
165	** ''VideoGame/{{CyberStorm}}''
166	** ''VideoGame/{{Starsiege}}''
167	* ''VideoGame/SLAISteelLancerArenaInternational''
168	* ''Steel Strider''
169	* ''VideoGame/StrikeSuitZero''
170	* ''VideoGame/SuperchargedRobotVulkaiser''
171	* ''SuperMechaChampions''
172	* ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}''
173	* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''
174	** ''VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars''
175	** ''VideoGame/SupaRoboGakuen''
176	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotSpirits''
177	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars1''
178	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars2''
179	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3''
180	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''
181	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4''
182	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars64''
183	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance''
184	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha''
185	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsBX''
186	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact''
187	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2''
188	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3''
189	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDD''
190	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny''
191	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsEX''
192	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGaiden''
193	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGC''
194	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment''
195	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''
196	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL''
197	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsMX''
198	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsNEO''
199	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOE''
200	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration''
201	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal''
202	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT''
203	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX''
204	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV''
205	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW''
206	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX''
207	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega''
208	** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''
209	* ''VideoGame/SuperTokusatsuTaisen2001''
210	* ''VideoGame/TargetEarth''
211	* ''VideoGame/TechRomancer''
212	* ''VideoGame/TerraNovaStrikeForceCentauri''
213	* ''VideoGame/{{Thexder}}''
214	* ''VideoGame/TitanFall''
215	** ''VideoGame/Titanfall2''
216	* ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''
217	* ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron''
218	* ''VideoGame/TransformersRiseOfTheDarkSpark''
219	* ''VideoGame/TransformersCybertronAdventures''
220	* ''VideoGame/TransformersEarthsparkExpedition''
221	* ''VideoGame/VanguardBandits''
222	* ''VideoGame/VirtualOn''
223	* ''VideoGame/{{Vortex}}''
224	* ''VideoGame/{{Walker\|1993}}''
225	* ''VideoGame/TheWarOfEustrath''
226	* ''VideoGame/WindomXP''
227	* ''VideoGame/WingOfDarkness''
228	* ''VideoGame/WolfFang''
229	* ''VideoGame/{{Wolfstride}}''
230	* ''VideoGame/{{Xeno}}'' series:
231	** ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''
232	** ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}''
233	** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''
234	* ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders''
235	* ''ZXE-D: Legend Of The Plasmatlite''
236	[[/index]]
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