Producer(s) Takenobu Terada Mode(s) Single-player Series Super Robot Wars Publisher Banpresto | Release date(s) JP: July 28, 2005 Initial release date 28 July 2005 Developer Banpresto Platform PlayStation 2 | |
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Genre Tactical role-playing game Similar Super Robot Wars games, Banpresto games, Tactical role-playing games | ||
Super robot wars alpha 3 opening
3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy (第3次スーパーロボット大戦α 終焉の銀河へ, Dai-San-Ji Sūpā Robotto Taisen Arufa: Shūen no Ginga e) is a tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation 2 developed and published by Banpresto. It's the 4th and final installment of the Super Robot Wars Alpha series, and canonically the last game produced by Banpresto, before the merging with Bandai Namco Games. It is officially released in Japan on July 28, 2005.
Contents
- Super robot wars alpha 3 opening
- Overview
- Series Included
- Plot summary
- Banpresto Originals
- Noteworthy
- References
3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha, or simply, Alpha 3, contains one of the largest casts to ever be placed together within a Super Robot Wars game, only to be out-beaten by Super Robot Wars Z.
Overview
Alpha 3 continues to use the Squad System from 2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha, where a maximum of four units can be assigned to a squad that counts as a single unit. Since all playable mecha are of different sizes, a size limit is placed, thus the player must consider building an effective squad. The system has received several improvements, including:
Alpha 3 also contains the following:
Series Included
Plot summary
The game's plot is told over the course of the 3 previous Alpha titles, but Alpha 3 focuses primarily on the events of the following series: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God, Macross 7, Steel Jeeg, The End of Evangelion, Gunbuster, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Chōdenji Robo Combattler V, Chōdenji Machine Voltes V, Tōshō Daimos, and Space Runaway Ideon. However, there is an overarching plot that is told over the backdrop of the various series. The game starts at the end of the "War of Seals" (see 2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha) with the crew of the Ra Calium coming upon a massive ring like structure in the Asteroid Field. This Crossgate (as it is later called) causes the Excelion (which blew up at the end of the first Alpha game to take out the STMC) and its crew to reappear even though two years have passed since the end of the first Alpha. The game then gives a summary of all the events of the previous 3 games and depending on which character the player chose at the start of the game will then start the story from there. As the story progresses the Alpha numbers find themselves fighting against the Akashic Record itself to stop the complete destruction of the galaxy which is known as "Apocalypsis".
Banpresto Originals
When starting a new game, players are offered a choice between one of four original characters, each having their own distinct personality and robot (although information, such as birthdate, are customizable). Each character's story is also different; as a result, the player's choice will determine which characters from licensed series will appear first.
The Super Robot TypesAppearing in all four of the originals' stories is the SRX Team, composed of Ryusei Date (VA: Shinichiro Miki), Raidiese F. Branstein (VA: Ryotaro Okiayu), Aya Kobayashi (VA: Yumi Toma), Mai Kobayashi (VA: Ai Orikasa), and Viletta Vadim (VA: Atsuko Tanaka). With the exception of Viletta, all were absent in the 2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha. Initially, Ryusei sorties in the R-Blade Custom, while Viletta returns to the R-Gun Powered, after piloting the Huckebein MK III L. Later on, the SRX team receives the SRX altered, which Ryusei names Banpreios.
Sanger Zonvolt (VA: Kenichi Ono), having first appeared in Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden, makes his third appearance in the Alpha series, piloting the Dygenguard, while Rätsel Feinschmecker (VA: Tetsu Inada) makes his second appearance, piloting the Huckebein MK III R Trombe and later, the "Ausenseiter". Both characters appear in all four of the originals' stories.