List of Super Robot Wars video games
Tactical role-playing games

List of Super Robot Wars video games

Section Title: Tactical role-playing games
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Super Robot Wars Original release date(s): JP: April 20, 1991	Release years by system: 1991 – Game Boy 2014 – PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network) 2014 – PlayStation Vita (PlayStation Network)

Notes: The first game of the series, which only features sentient robots from the Universal Century Gundam series, Mazinger series and Getter Robo series.

2nd Super Robot Wars Original release date(s): JP: December 12, 1991	Release years by system: 1991 – Nintendo Entertainment System 1995 – Game Boy 1999 – PlayStation 2004 - Game Boy Advance 2015 – Nintendo 3DS

Notes: This title establishes many of the core gameplay mechanics of the series. It is the first to feature "Banpresto Original" characters and mechs, such as the Cybuster, piloted by Masaki Andoh.

3rd Super Robot Wars Original release date(s): JP: July 23, 1993	Release years by system: 1993 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1999 – PlayStation

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars to include backgrounds during battles, discrete stats for pilots and units, and upgrades for units.

Super Robot Wars EX Original release date(s): JP: March 25, 1994	Release years by system: 1994 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1999 – PlayStation 2000 – PlayStation

Notes: The first title to focus on the Masō Kishin plot, and unique for having a "Multiple Scenario" system, wherein the order in which the player selects scenarios affects the plot.

4th Super Robot Wars Original release date(s): JP: March 17, 1995	Release years by system: 1995 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1996 – PlayStation

Notes: The first title to feature a "Banpresto Original" protagonist alongside separate real robot and super robot paths. It is the first Super Robot Wars to feature items that can be equipped to a unit to improve its performance or restore hit points or energy.

Super Robot Wars Gaiden: Masō Kishin – The Lord Of Elemental Original release date(s): JP: March 22, 1996	Release years by system: 1996 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System 2010 – Nintendo DS

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars title to give original characters the spotlight, exclusively. This particular title follows the storyline of the Masō Kishin and its cast.

Neo Super Robot Wars Original release date(s): JP: December 27, 1996	Release years by system: 1996 – PlayStation 1997 – PlayStation

Notes: This title is commonly referred to as Shin Super Robot Wars. "Neo" is the official English title, while "Shin" is taken directly from the game's untranslated name.

Super Robot Wars F Original release date(s): JP: September 25, 1997	Release years by system: 1997 – Sega Saturn 1998 – PlayStation

Notes: A partial remake of the 4th Super Robot Wars, rewritten to reflect the change of series included and the increased storage capacity of compact discs against read-only memory cartridges.

Super Robot Wars F Final Original release date(s): JP: April 23, 1998	Release years by system: 1998 – Sega Saturn 1999 – PlayStation

Notes: The sequel to Super Robot Wars F, this game marks the end of the "Classic" storyline of Super Robot Wars.

Super Robot Wars Compact Original release date(s): JP: April 28, 1999	Release years by system: 1999 – WonderSwan 2001 – WonderSwan Color

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars to feature the "Select Scenario" system, which allows the player to decide the order which stages are played.

Super Robot Wars 64 Original release date(s): JP: October 29, 1999	Release years by system: 1999 – Nintendo 64

Notes: Uses non-animated 2D sprites over rendered 3D backgrounds during battle animations. Secret units can be acquired by linking with Super Robot Wars Link Battler, and the first to feature multiple-unit combination attacks.

Super Robot Wars Compact 2 Original release date(s): JP: March 30, 2000 (Part 1: Earth Crisis), JP: September 14, 2000 (Part 2: Cosmoquake), JP: January 18, 2001 (Part 3: Galaxy Showdown)	Release years by system: 2000-2001 – WonderSwan

Notes: The second game for WonderSwan system was divided into three chapters sold as separate games. Finishing each game allows the player to carry their completion data to the subsequent game via the Wonderswan's internal memory.

Super Robot Wars Alpha Original release date(s): JP: May 25, 2000	Release years by system: 2000 – PlayStation 2001 – Dreamcast

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars to feature fully animated attacks and a more complex plot. It is also the first to include the "Skill Point" (localized as "Battle Mastery") system, where decisions made in and out of battle can affect the game's difficulty later and one's chances of unlocking and receiving more powerful units and items.

Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden Original release date(s): JP: March 29, 2001	Release years by system: 2001 – PlayStation

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars where all of a unit's weapons are upgraded simultaneously. Series Premiered: After War Gundam X, Turn A Gundam, Combat Mecha Xabungle, and Galaxy Cyclone Braiger.

Super Robot Wars A Original release date(s): JP: September 21, 2001	Release years by system: 2001 – Game Boy Advance 2008 – PlayStation Portable

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars game to be released on the Game Boy Advance, this title is the first and only to give shields a separate HP rating.

Super Robot Wars Impact Original release date(s): JP: March 28, 2002	Release years by system: 2002 – PlayStation 2

Notes: A remake of all three chapters of Super Robot Wars Compact 2 that uses Alpha Gaiden's battle animation engine. It features new scenarios, increasing the stage count to more than 100, and adds Martian Successor Nadesico, Mobile Fighter G Gundam and original character Einst Alfimi to the game's story.

Super Robot Wars R Original release date(s): JP: August 2, 2002	Release years by system: 2002 – Game Boy Advance

Notes: Ported in FOMA cellphones as Super Robot Wars i. Series Premiered: Gear Fighter Dendoh, Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo, and Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness The R in title stands for Reversal.

Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation Original release date(s): JP: November 22, 2002NA: August 8, 2006	Release years by system: 2002 – Game Boy Advance

Notes: This title is the first in the Original Generation sub-series, which focuses on the original (not derived from anime) story elements featured in previous Super Robot Wars games.

2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha Original release date(s): JP: March 27, 2003	Release years by system: 2003 – PlayStation 2

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars using the "Squad System", allowing players to arrange squads (up to 4 units acting as a single unit) to participate in battles.

Super Robot Wars Compact 3 Original release date(s): JP: July 17, 2003	Release years by system: 2003 – WonderSwan Color

Notes: Though New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine's mecha were featured in prior installments, this is the first title to utilize the OVA's plot and characters.

Super Robot Wars D Original release date(s): JP: August 8, 2003	Release years by system: 2003 – Game Boy Advance

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars to feature the "Chain Attack" system, where enemy units lined up in a row can be struck down simultaneously with designated melee attacks.

Super Robot Wars MX Original release date(s): JP: May 27, 2004	Release years by system: 2004 – PlayStation 2 2005 – PlayStation Portable

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars to include the "Favorite Series" system, which increases the upgrade limit and experience gain for all robots and pilots from a selected series.

Super Robot Wars GC Original release date(s): JP: December 16, 2004	Release years by system: 2004 – Nintendo GameCube 2006 – Xbox 360

Notes: Like the Dreamcast port of Super Robot Wars Alpha, this game boasts fully 3-D battle scenes; in addition, it includes a new battle system where some pilots can target the head, arms, legs or body of a machine specifically, as well as the ability to capture disabled enemy units for sale or for the player's use.

Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 Original release date(s): JP: February 3, 2005NA: November 14, 2006	Release years by system: 2005 – Game Boy Advance

Notes: A direct sequel to the first Original Generation game which features story elements from Compact 2, Impact, and Alpha 2.

3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy Original release date(s): JP: July 28, 2005	Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation 2

Notes: The end of the Super Robot Wars Alpha series. Virtual On's inclusion makes this title the first to feature a video game series not related to Namco Bandai or any of its subsidiaries.

Super Robot Wars J Original release date(s): JP: September 15, 2005	Release years by system: 2005 – Game Boy Advance

Notes: The last Super Robot Wars game to be released on the Game Boy Advance, and the first title to exclude every series featured in the original Super Robot Wars; the Getter Robo franchise is omitted entirely, the Gundam franchise is represented entirely by alternate universe series instead of a Universal Century one, and the Mazinger franchise is represented by the Mazinkaiser OVAs.

Super Robot Wars W Original release date(s): JP: March 1, 2007	Release years by system: 2007 – Nintendo DS

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars to utilize two screens and the first game to feature no robots dating before 1980.

Super Robot Wars: Original Generations Original release date(s): JP: June 28, 2007	Release years by system: 2007 – PlayStation 2

Notes: An enhanced remake of the first two Original Generation titles, with several extra stages included to show the goings-on of other members of the cast, as well as 11 new stages upon completion of certain requirements.

Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden Original release date(s): JP: December 27, 2007	Release years by system: 2007 – PlayStation 2

Notes: A direct sequel to Super Robot Wars Original Generations, it details the events of the bonus segment in Original Generations.

Super Robot Wars Z Original release date(s): JP: September 25, 2008	Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation 2

Notes: The first Super Robot Wars title to be created under Namco Bandai (excluding spin-offs, ports and remakes) and the start of the Z series.

Super Robot Wars Z: Special Disk Original release date(s): JP: March 5, 2009	Release years by system: 2009 – PlayStation 2

Notes: Release features additional missions, "Challenge Battles" (scenarios testing players' strategic/tactical decisions), a "Battle Viewer" (similar to Original Generation Gaiden's "Free Battle Mode"), a "Special Theater" displaying art work and concept designs for Z's original characters and robots and a library displaying all of the game's characters and robots.

Super Robot Wars K Original release date(s): JP: March 20, 2009	Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS

Notes: Features the "Partner Battle System", somewhat similar to Original Generations' "Twin Battle System". Infamous for featuring music tracks plagiarized from Chrono Trigger and Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals.

Super Robot Wars NEO Original release date(s): JP: October 29, 2009	Release years by system: 2009 – Wii

Notes: Not to be confused with the PlayStation Neo Super Robot Wars. It is the only title to not feature any "real robot" series, and Shippu!

Super Robot Wars L Original release date(s): JP: November 25, 2010	Release years by system: 2010 – Nintendo DS

Notes: Like Super Robot Wars J, this game features no series from the original Super Robot Wars and omits the Getter Robo franchise.

2nd Super Robot Wars Z Original release date(s): JP: April 14, 2011 (Hakai Hen), JP: April 5, 2012 (Saisei Hen)	Release years by system: 2011-2012 – PlayStation Portable

Notes: The direct sequel to Super Robot Wars Z. 2nd Z is divided into separate parts in a manner similar to F/Final and the Compact 2 series.

Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masō Kishin II – Revelation of Evil God Original release date(s): JP: January 12, 2012	Release years by system: 2012 – PlayStation Portable

Notes: The direct sequel to Super Robot Wars OG Saga: The Lord of Elemental, which expands the series's storyline about the Three Pillar Gods (Volkluss, Rasfitoto, and Gragios).

2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation Original release date(s): JP: November 29, 2012	Release years by system: 2012 – PlayStation 3

Notes: Not to be confused with the Game Boy Advance Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2, this is the first Super Robot Wars Game announced for the PS3 and includes the storylines of D, MX, the second half of 2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha, Lost Children, the beginning of 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha, Real Robot Regiment, F, part of F Final, and Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector.

Super Robot Wars UX Original release date(s): JP: March 14, 2013	Release years by system: 2013 – Nintendo 3DS

Notes: It is the first to use a mecha series based on an Eroge Visual Novel and the first non-Original Generation title not to have any incarnation of Mazinger Z in the game.

Super Robot Wars Operation Extend Original release date(s): JP: July 18, 2013	Release years by system: 2013 – PlayStation Portable (PlayStation Network)

Notes: This title, only downloadable from the PlayStation Store, consists of 8 chapters that can either be bought and downloaded separately or purchased as a single unit.

Super Robot Wars Taisen Original Generation Saga: Masō Kishin 3 – Pride of Justice Original release date(s): JP: August 22, 2013	Release years by system: 2013 – PlayStation 3 2013 – PlayStation Vita

Notes: Super Robot Wars Taisen Original Generation Saga: Masō Kishin 3 – Pride of Justice [ja],The third Lord of Elemental game and the first Super Robot Wars title for the PlayStation Vita.

3rd Super Robot Wars Z Original release date(s): JP: April 10, 2014 (Time Prison Chapter), JP: April 2, 2015 (Celestial Prison Chapter)	Release years by system: 2014 – PlayStation 3 2014 – PlayStation Vita

Notes: The third and final Sequel to the Z series and like the second, it is also divided into separate parts in a manner similar to F/Final and the Compact 2 series.

Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masō Kishin F – Coffin of the End Original release date(s): JP: August 28, 2014	Release years by system: 2014 – PlayStation 3

Notes: The final game to the Masō Kishin series, which skips the PlayStation Vita release and the save transfer system. It includes elements from Winkysoft's other franchise, Rayblade in the form of the new Masouki, Raveraid.

Super Robot Wars BX Original release date(s): JP: August 20, 2015	Release years by system: 2015 – Nintendo 3DS

Notes: The second Super Robot Wars game to be released on the Nintendo 3DS, it marks the return of a Universal Century-based Gundam series in a handheld title in years since Super Robot Wars D.

Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers Original release date(s): JP: June 30, 2016	Release years by system: 2016 – PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4

Notes: The first title released in commemoration of the series' 25th anniversary, it is the first Super Robot Wars game to be released on the PlayStation 4 platform and covers all the events from Super Robot Wars J, Super Robot Wars GC/XO, the beginning of 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy and Great Battle 2.

Super Robot Wars V Original release date(s): JP: February 23, 2017	Release years by system: 2017 – PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita

Notes: The second title released in commemoration of the series' 25th anniversary, it is the second Super Robot Wars game to be released on the PlayStation 4 platform.

Super Robot Wars X Original release date(s): JP: March 29, 2018	Release years by system: 2018 – PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita

Notes: The third Super Robot Wars game to be released on the PlayStation 4 platform, which focuses more on the "Another World" (Isekai) plot similar to Super Robot Wars EX.

Super Robot Wars T Original release date(s): JP: March 20, 2019	Release years by system: 2019 – PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch

Notes: The fourth Super Robot Wars game to be released on the PlayStation 4 platform and the first title to be released on the Nintendo Switch.

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The Super Robot Wars video games includes Super Robot Wars Z, which was released in 2008.
The Super Robot Wars video games includes Super Robot Wars Z, which was released in 2008.

final_sentence: The Super Robot Wars video games includes Super Robot Wars Z, which was released in 2008.
final_sentence: The Super Robot Wars video games includes Super Robot Wars Z, which was released in 2008.