2001 · Banpresto · Mecha · Role-playing

Super Robot Wars A

Nintendo exclusive

Super Robot Taisen A (Advance) is the first Super Robot Wars on the Game Boy Advance. The Londo Bell forces battle against the Shadow Mirror.

Released: 21 September 2001
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Genres: Mecha Role-playing Strategy Tactical Tactical role-playing
Developers: Banpresto
Publishers: Banpresto
Series: Super Robot Wars
Themes: Science fiction
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

About

Super Robot Wars A (スーパーロボット大戦A, Sūpā Robotto Taisen Ē) is a video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, part of Banpresto's Super Robot Wars franchise and the first to appear on the Game Boy Advance handheld; the letter "A" in the title stands for "Advance". It was ported onto mobile phones as part of the Super Robot Wars i collection in 2006. An enhanced remake of Super Robot Wars A was released for the PlayStation Portable on June 19, 2008, as Super Robot Wars A Portable.

Keywords

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Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The story of Super Robot Wars A revolves around an organization called the Shadow-Mirror, which exists in a parallel world where events happened in a different way than the original game world, thus making the state of the worlds different, though a bit similar at times. Its leader, Vindel Mauser, desires a world of eternal war to make humanity improve more through war. His plan is to send his agents towards another dimension, spy on the defense forces of the world in order to make adjustments on the attack, and eventually conquer it.

The player is given a choice as one of the two possible volunteers of the dimensional jump to the parallel world from the Shadow-Mirror universe and will later discover through their own way whether the Shadow-Mirror is right or wrong. There are two selectable characters:

Reception

Super Robot Wars A was released in Japan for the Game Boy Advance on September 21, 2001. The four reviewers in Famitsu scored the 8/10, 8/10, 8/10 and 9/10.