Gundam is probably the most recognizable mech franchise in history, and after more than four decades of various anime series, movies, manga, novels, audio dramas, video games, and more, it's not hard to see why. While there is a much smaller amount of Gundam media released internationally compared to that released in Japan, there has still been a handful here and there, with more Gundam media releasing internationally now than ever before.
But because so much media was only ever officially released in Japan, international fans have missed out on a lot of video games based on the franchise. In this list, we'll look at 10 Gundam games that never launched outside of Japan.
10 🧔Mobile Suit G😼undam Part 1: Gundam Stands On The Ground!!
The first Gundam game for home compu꧟ters, Mobile Suit Gundam Part 1, was released for FM-7, PC-88, PC 98, and Sharp X1 home computers in 1984, and is a text adventure game that follows the same plot as the first three episodes of the original anime seriꦆes.
In addition to cutscenes and text-based gameplay, Gundam Stands On The Ground!! also had shooter sections. The second part of the series, Mobile Suit Gundam Part 2: Fly! Gundam was released later in the same year and covers episodes four through 12. This makes it perhaps the most dated Gundam video game, but it's still interesting to see how everything started.
9 ꦏ Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Fighter G Gundam is a 2D fighting game released for the Super Famicom in 1994 and is based on the anime series of the same name; the first game to be solely based on it. Despite the series having many original Gundams, the Super Famicom game is limited to only 10 playable characters, possibly due to the Super Famicom's limitations.
While Mobile Fighter G Gundam is more unconventional compared to o🌄ther Gundam series, Gundams and pilots from the series also later appeared in other Gundam fighting games 🅰such as Gundam Battle Assault 2 and Gundam Versus.
8 ♋ 🥀 Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story I: Blue Terror
Gundam Side Story I: Blue Terror is a first-person mech action game that was released for the Sega Saturn in 1996. It's the first entry in the Gundam Side Story series and The Blue Destiny trilogy, which was completed in 1997. The Side Story series is also known for telling original stories not based on pre-existing characters or events from the franchise.
In 2014, The Blue Destiny trilogy was remade alongside other Gundam Side Story ga💧mes and packaged together with the new game, Gundam S🦂ide Story: Missing Link for the Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories collection for PlayStation 3.
7 Harobots
Harobots is a peculiar JRPG that was released for the WonderSwan in 1999 and featured recurring Gundam character Haro as ꦡthe main robot. Harobots does not feature any other robots from the Gundam series otherwise,ꦡ but Haro has the ability to turn into nearly any mech from many other series that had been made by anime studio Sunrise at the time.
The reason why there are no other Gundam-related robots in the game besides Haro seems to be unknown, but Harobots went on to have three sequels, with the last being 2005's Harobots Action!! for the Nintendo DS.
6 Gundam Wing🍸 The Battle ꦕ
Gundam Wing The Battle was released for the PlayStation in 2002 as part of the Simple Characters 2000 series, which was a series of low budget titles, and is the second game to focus specifically on characters and Gundams from the Gundam Wing anime series, with the first being 1996's Gundam Wing: Endless Duel for the Super Famicom.
Gundam Wing: The Battle is actually a cut-down Japanese version of Gundam Battle Assault 2, a game originally released in North America. Another version focusing on Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Mobile Fighter G Gundam: The Battܫle, was also released under the same label.
5 Mo🍬bile Suitౠ Gundam: MS Sensen 0079
The first-person mech action game Mobile Suit Gundam: MS Sensen 0079 was released for the Nintendo Wii in 2007. In MS Sensen 0079, players choose between one of two factions from the original series, The Earth Federation Forces or The Principality Of Zeon, playing as the other after they have finished the campaign of whichever they chose first. Some notable characters from the series also happen to make appearances from time to time. While, like many other games, MS Sensen's movement and combat controls are primarily button inputs, melee weapons are motion controlled and are used by swinging the Wiimote.
4 🅰 Gundam 00: Gun🎀dam Meisters
In 2008, the third-person mech action game Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters was released for the PlayStation 2. Gundam Meisters is the second game to be based on the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series, as the first, simply titled Mobile Suit Gundam 00, was released for the Nintendo DS several months earlier, but due to the first season not yet being finished at th൲e time of release, it did not feature the complete story. Gundam Meisters lets the player play as one of several Gundams from the paramilitary organization Celestial Being as they play through 🐻missions and take down the other mechs in their way.
3 ꦚ ✅ Gundam Operation: Troy
Gundam Operation: Troy, also known as Mobile Ops: The One-Year War, is an Xbox 360 exclusive title that was released in 2008. A unique aspect of Gundam Operation: Troy's gameplay is that the pilots can get out of their mechs to fight other pilots and mechs on the ground, making it more similar to series like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Battlefield or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Titanfall. Due to some of these similarities, the game could also be seen as a predecessor to the Gundam: Battle Operation series. A manga series by Kazuhisa Kondo based on the game was also released and finished prior to the game's launch.
2 ▨ Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn ဣ
Released for the PlayStation 3 in 2012, Gundam Unicorn is a mech action game based on the OVA series of the same name. It is also the first and only Gundam game developed by From Software, who were primarily known for the Armored Core series as well as mech crossover game Another Century's Episode, which featured Gundam, since only 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Demon's Souls and the first entry in the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls series had been released at the time.
For those familiar with the gameplay of the Armored Core series, the gameplay of Gundam Uniไcorn is very similar, just featuring characters and mechs from Gundam 𓄧Unicorn instead. There was also DLC for the game, which featured exclusive playable units and missions.
1 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Battle D⭕eꦐstiny
Released for the PlayStation Vita in 2012, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Battle Destiny is a third-person mech action game based on both the Mobile Su♐it Gundam Seed anime series and the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destin💝y anime series; but also features characters, Gundams, and events from various spin-off series based on Mobile Suit Gundam Seed.
Instead of playing primarily as pre-existing characters from the seriꦜes, players create their own character and experience the story starting from the beginning. Battle Destiny also happens to be the first Gundam🐼 game released for PlayStation Vita and the last game to be based on Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and its spin-offs.