Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Difference between revisions

As of August 2011, nearly 7 years after OG2 was released on the Gameboy Advance, the TRUE non-[[Gaiden Game]], non-remake sequel has been announced. Entitled ''The Second Super Robot Wars Original Generation'', it will be the first SRW to be released on the [[PlayStation 3]]. According to initial scans, the story will expand the ''Alpha 2'' plotlines of Kusuha Mizuha's and Ibis' into Original Generation, as well as concluding the MX saga. In addition, Joshua Radcliffe and Cliana Rimskaya of ''[[Super Robot Wars Destiny]]'', Ariel Org and Duvan Org of ''Real Robot Regiment'' and Ing Egret from the ''Alpha 2'' side-story manga ''Lost Children'', and a brand new character (currently enemy), a black haired, black leotard-wearing woman named Aamara, piloting a custom Huckebein, will be the new entrants into the series. From a mecha standpoint, they finally included RyuKoOh and KoRyuOh's brother machines JakuBuOh and BuJakuOh, although who are piloting them remain a mystery. Additionally, the game cover features the RaiOh from ''Alpha 3'', yet a villianous AI-controlled [[Super Prototype]] appears, whose objective is the destruction of the other Dynamic General Guardian [[Super Robot|super robots]]. Its name? The ''[[Continuity Nod|Jin]][[Mythology Gag|Rai]]''.

* [[Absent Aliens]] ({{spoiler|All life originated on Earth, even the [[Cosmic Horror|Einsts]]}}, which also inverts the [[Ancient Astronauts]] trope)

* [[The Ace]] (Aside from characters given a notification for achieving a certain amount of kills, becoming "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|aces]]", characters from the elite Aggressors unit have been in combat longer than the rest of the cast)

* [[Adaptation Decay]] (Both ''Divine Wars'' and ''The Inspector'', to an extent; ultimately, much of this stems from the fact the format of an animated TV series [[Compressed Adaptation|forces the writers of the show to squeeze all of the content from a 40+ level game (which features ''many'' more when you take into account the game's multiple routes) rife with dialogue and action sequences into twenty-six twenty-two minute episodes]], frequently resulting in many key events and fights being hurried along or cut out of the plot altogether)

* [[Another Century's Episode]] (The mass-produced Gespenst MK II in the first installment, the ART-1, Alt Eisen Reise and Cybuster in the fourth game "R" and the Gespenst MK II Custom in the latest "Portable")

* [[Art Evolution]] ([http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/Kuruni/MS-Story/Vault-SRW/rtx-008r.jpg This] is the Huckebein in ''[[Super Robot Wars 4]]''; compare it to [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/Kuruni/MS-Story/Vault-SRW/rtx-008.jpg the current version])

* [[Ascended Extra]] (''Hagane'' [[Bridge Bunny]] Azuki Sawa from ''The Inspector'', who was originally a nameless female operator in the games. The production staff has stated that when the next Original Generation game is released, she will be in it)

* [[Ascended Fanboy]] (No less than three of them. Each get to live their dreams and [[Took a Level In Badass]]. Ryusei, though, is practically the patron saint of this trope)

* [[Badass]] (Most characters, whether heroic or villanous, adhere to this trope, though '''SANGER ZONVOLT, THE SWORD THAT SMITES EVIL!''' greatly personifies it, being Banpresto's walking embodiment of it. To wit:)

** [[Badass Abnormal]] (Kyosuke's [[Born Lucky|luck is just NOT normal]] and lampshaded CONSTANTLY, while Excellen's a {{spoiler|[[Half-Human Hybrid]]}})

** [[Badass Adorable]] (Take everyone from [[Little Miss Badass]] and add in Kusuha Mizuha)

** [[Badass Army]] (We've got the Earth Federation Army (the [[Player Characters]]), the Shura, the Divine Crusaders led by Bian Zoldark, the United Colony Corps led by Maier V. Branstein and the Shadow-Mirror)

** [[Badass Bookworm]] (Shu must have a Ph.D in asskicking (well, in addition to his ACTUAL Ph.D in [[Applied Phlebotinum]]), and Ryoto Hikawa's [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Shinji Ikari]] with [[Gundam Seed|Kira Yamato]] smarts and [[Zeta Gundam|Kamille Bidan's]] balls)

** [[Badass Crew]] (The collective forces of the Hagane and Hiryu Custom pilots are this. To a smaller extent, the ATX Team/SRX Team/Octo Squad/Aggressors)

** [[Badass Family]] (Epitomized by the Bransteins)

** [[Badass Grandpa]] (Daitetsu Minase and Rishu Togo)

** [[Badass Labcoat]] (Shu and Bian. Lemon Browning also counts, seeing as she's willing to take on [[Badass Abnormal]] Excellen with little more than a customized Ashsaber)

** [[Badass Mustache]] (Kai Kitamura, who doubles as poster man for the trope below. Axel Almer lacks a 'stache, but he puts it on his "Mustache Man" Soulgain, both who are very much [[Badass|Badasses]])

** [[Badass Normal]] (Kai, Katina Tarask (also a [[Glass Cannon]]), Russel Bagman and anyone who's last name contains "Stein" (they're just THAT GOOD...really, their badassery is powered by pure skill))

*** Well, Leona Garstein's a [[Psychic Powers|Psychodriver]], but that's just gravy. She'd still kick ungodly amounts of ass even without it

*** It's worth noting Elzam von Branstein frequently pilots mecha designed for use by aforementioned Psychodrivers...but he's ''not'' one. In fact, he pilots these mecha ''far better'' than they do, despite being unable to use half of their features

*** Well, being a former Aggressor helps matters; he's just an experienced pilot with years of training and combat under his belt

*** Gilliam Yeager's also able to fight like the rest of them, being in the intelligence division and {{spoiler|having been the very first Gespenst pilot and perhaps the very creator of that line of machines}}

** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] (Arado is a pathetic pilot [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|in the story]], despite being from The School. This is a side effect of being conditioned to fight with a partner; he surprises the hell out of everybody whenever Seolla Schweizer winds up getting threatened.)

** [[Four-Star Badass]] (Maier and Bian are the leaders of their respective militaries, and not only fought you to the death, they {{spoiler|''planned'' for you to do this as part of their mutual [[Xanatos Gambit]]}}! Bonus points to Maier for {{spoiler|facing certain death courtesy of BURNING ALIVE in atmospheric re-entry}}, and doing so with a hell of a lot of dignity)

*** The Inspectors are the generals of their own army, and each is pretty badass, albeit being the biggest [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] in the history of <s>SRW</s> the world

** [[Little Miss Badass]] (Latooni Subota, Einst Alfimi and Shine Hausen are the flagship of this trope)

*** [[Token Mini-Moe]] (Latooni, on the Hagane team AND for entire team, later. Shine also counts after getting her own unit)

** [[Heartbroken Badass]] (Both Elzam and his brother Raidiese F. Branstein, for perfectly understandable reasons. Leona, by extension, and Aya Kobayashi to an extent, by the end of OG1)

** [[Pregnant Badass]] {{spoiler|1=Garnet Sandi was revealed OG1's ending to be expecting kids, and since the sequel takes place six months later, she was about three months}}

** [[Took a Level In Badass]] (Look no further than Kusuha, Shine, and the [[Ascended Fanboy|AscendedFanboys]])

*** Let's just say all playable (and even some non-playable) characters are [[Badass]] in their own right...well, {{spoiler|with the exception of [[The Scrappy|Lee Linjun]]}}

* [[Beach Episode]] (Present in both games for no reason other than [[Fan Service]]. Then the ending credits of ''The Inspector'' is one itself. Notably absent are [[Charles Atlas Superpower|Lune Zoldark]], [[The Captain|Lefina Einfield]], [[Hot-Blooded|Katina]], [[Body Horror|Radha Byraban]], [[Tsundere|Rio Mei Long]], and [[Pettanko|Ibis Douglas]]. Strangely, [[Too Cool to Live|Ouka Nagisa]] is present)

* [[Big Bad Wannabe]] (Say hello to Wilhelm von Juergen, who debuts in the OVA and gets carried over to OGs. This scientist-turned-emo switched his ODE System to do an [[Assimilation Plot]] and along the way, through pure luck, captured and rendered {{spoiler|Lamia}} totally helpless. While he's downed easily in the OVA, the game takes it to notorieity by "killing" {{spoiler|Lamia}} through a cheap shot, only for Juergen to be [[One-Hit Kill|One Hit Killed]] by {{spoiler|Duminuss}}, after the party batters him down. Juergen's practically the ''[[Trope Pantheons/Disgraces|God of this trope]]'')

* [[Big Eater]] (Arado, who can make the Neo DC go bankrupt with his "Three servings, please! No, five!", though it's partially implied Aya and Ibis follow this, too)

* [[Boring but Practical]] (Fully upgraded Machine Guns. They're quite powerful, have decent range and are usable after moving, have a ton of ammo, cheap to upgrade, and their damage isn't degraded in water.)

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] (This tends to recur with disturbing frequency throughout the span of the storyline. Among those who went through brainwashing of some manner at some point are Tempest Hawker, Shine, Tenzan Nakajima (though he was already [[Ax Crazy|pretty crazy to begin with]]), Kusuha, Tenzan ''again'', and Levi Torah in OG1, while Seolla, Ouka, and Excellen get hit with this in the sequel. OGs retools {{spoiler|Ingram Prisken's}} plotline to make it so that ''he'' was suffering from this, to an extent, as well. ''Then'' in OG Gaiden, Lamia, Kouta Azuma's sister Shouko, and Fernando Albark of Compact 3 get to join in on the fun)

* [[Breakout Character]] (Kyosuke isn't the canon protagonist in OG1, but he becomes popular enough to warrant his Compact 2/Impact story to take center stage for the sequel)

* [[Bridge Bunnies]] (Already a standout since the first game, being only nameless NPCs that aren't faceless with OGs giving two portraits for them. ''The Inspector'' anime highlights them as cute girls that can easily be mistaken as supporting characters <ref> The fact one of them looks awfully familiar to one of the [[Gravion]] [[Bridge Bunnies]] doesn't help</ref>. At this point, they're the main reason fans do worry about the Shirogane)

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] (Let's be blunt: EVERY allied character, and a fair majority of the baddies are weird, which DOESN'T detract from their asskicking abilities)

* [[Canon Discontinuity]] (The second half of Kyosuke's route in OG1. Something of an odd case, because even though OG2 follows Ryusei's entire route, Kyosuke's OG1 second half drops tons of [[Foreshadowing]] as to the plot of the second, and lets us know somewhat more of just how much a [[Magnificent Bastard]] {{spoiler|Ingram}} really is)

* [[Canon Immigrant]] (<s>Elzam</s> Ratsel Feinschmecker, TWICE: introduced in OG1, then ported to [[Super Robot Wars Alpha|Alpha 2]] under his [[Paper-Thin Disguise]], then ported BACK to OG2...all to the refrain of '''[[Theme Music Power-Up|Trombe!]]''')

* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]] (Tetsuya Onodera, but this comes as a surprise when Sanger's the other one)

* [[Captain Ersatz]] (Hagane to [[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]], Hiryu Kai to the [[Martian Successor Nadesico|Nadesico]] and Kurogane to [[Godzilla|Gotengo]])

* [[Char Clone]] (Elzam)

* [[Closing Credits]] (See [[Beach Episode]], but episode 17 of ''The Inspector'' breaks from tradition, featuring a softer, more romantic song accompanying clips of Kyosuke and Excellen from earlier episodes {{spoiler|because this is the point where Excellen's abducted by the [[Eldritch Abomination|Einst]]}})

* [[Cool Old Guy]] (Captain Daitetsu and the original Aggressors, consisting of Sanger, Elzam, Kai and Gilliam. Master Rishu's older than the rest, and this man taught Sanger how to ''be'' [[Badass]]. Oh, and he can deflect bullets with his [[Sword Cane]])

* [[Damsel in Distress]] (At least one in every game, but Kusuha stands out, in heavy contrast to her complete (but still gentle) [[Action Girl]] self in the Alpha series. To sum it up, it won't be complete if Kusuha doesn't get kidnapped in any way, even when she's not the main [[Damsel in Distress]] (she was this in OG1, then Excellen takes the mantle for the sequel, which later gets passed to Lamia in OG Gaiden. Kusuha always find her way to get kidnapped amongst those times))

** But considering once they rescue all of them and are still usable and kick major butt, they're more like [[Badass in Distress|Badasses In Distress]]...except maybe Shine (who eventually [[Took a Level In Badass]] to rectify her situation)

* [[Deconstruction]] (Believe it or not OG1 did this to [[Super Robot|Super Robots]]: instead of ultimate machines that run on willpower alone, all supers are treated as considerably stronger [[Real Robot|Real Robots]] that run on feasible Earth technology and dynamics. This is later reconstructed in the sequel, with the introduction of the Choukijin. It isn't until the appearance of Fighter Roar and his Compatible Kaiser that we get classic [[Super Robot]])

* [[Derivative Works]] (Includes, but limited to:)

* [[Determinator]] (Axel's king of this trope, while most of the other villains are pretty dedicated to "taking you down like Han Solo", and the good guys when sufficently pissed)

** The in-game ''Resolve'' Spirit Command, which allows pilots to ignore negative status effects like being "Webbed" for that turn, assuming they aren't "Stunned", which prevents them from doing anything

* [[Divergent Character Evolution]] (Kusuha and Bullet may be Alpha's recurring stars, but the other six Alpha originals get a fair share of the spotlight here)

* [[Dreadlock Rasta]] (Why Giado Venerdi has a Jamaican accent in the localization)

* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] (Kai: he makes Masaki stand perfectly still for an hour, and forces Arado to balance three buckets of water for combat idiocy. Katina follows this, as well)

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]] ({{spoiler|1=Cobray Gordon of Alpha 3 in OGs, the MX originals and Touma Kanou of Alpha 3 in OG Gaiden}})

* [[Easter Egg]] (You might never think of swapping mecha for Excellen and Kyosuke, or putting Arado in the Wild Falken, but it can be worth it just for the special lines)

* [[Exiled From Continuity]] (The notably absent Huckebeins in the [[Animated Adaptation|Animated Adaptations]]. See entry for more details)

* [[Exposition]] (Tons of it, largely of characters in enemy factions discussing matters that helps the player understand some of the things going on, or to give them a reason to ''really'' hate some of them. Smarter players will be able to figure out quite a bit, due to loads of dropped hints. If you're very lucky, your fingers won't drop off)

* [[Expy]] (While some characters share characteristics of many protagonists of licensed shows, the originals themselves get expies of their own ''for'' licensed shows, with [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Signum]] referencing Lamia being the best example)

* [[Face Heel Turn]] (Can't have an SRW without one or two of these...)

** [[Heel Face Turn]] (...or six or seven of these. Justified as a means to increase the number of [[Player Characters]])

* [[Fallen Hero]] (Tempest Hawker's the only Aggressor who pulls a genuine [[Face Heel Turn]] to evil, all due to {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister|losing his wife and daughter]] in the Hope Incident}})

* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]] (Lamia might've been one since Advance, but she takes this [[Up to Eleven]])