Tuesday, April 25, 2017

POWER RANGERS IN AN SRW GAME



Bandai Namco has recently announced that the May update for their Super Robot Wars SRW X-Ω (Cross Omega) mobile game will feature the Daizyujin from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. American fans will know this as the first season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. It is worth noting however, that Zyuranger's debut it part of a special collaboration event and is only available for a limited time.


This is the first time a Super Sentai/Power Rangers series has appeared in an Super Robot Wars game (SRW for short), as the franchise is often restricted to mecha like Gundam, Macross, Gurren Lagann, Evangelion, etc. However, since its debut in Japan for smartphones in 2015, the X-Omega game has featured various shows normally not within the mecha genre, including Crayon Shin-chan, the Idolmaster, and Godzilla.

Historically, the Super Sentai series did appear in one crossover back in the Famicom (the Japanese NES). SD Battle Oozumo was sumo wrestling game featuring characters from Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Gundam, and Super Sentai (specifically Turbo Ranger, Liveman, Flashman, and Jetman. All four predate Zyuranger).


Zyuranger will make its grand debut in SRW X-Omega in May for the iOS and Android.

About Super Robot Wars -
Originally released for the Game Boy in 1991, Super Robot Wars is a long-running video game crossover franchise featuring various mecha anime. Players take the role of their favorite anime mecha from various shows like Code Geass, Full Metal Panic, The Big O, GoLion (Voltron in the US), Eureka Seven, and many more, while fighting enemies in a Turn-Based Strategy game similar to Nintendo's Fire Emblem series. Its most recent game, Super Robot Wars V, was released in early 2017 for the PS 4 and PS Vita. It is also the first in the series where it has been released in English (although only for Asian countries).

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