Five games worth of henshin hero and mecha action
BeforeGundamappeared in theSuper Robot Warsgames, the anime’s Mobile Suits were in an older crossover franchise known as theCompati Hero series. The strange part about these titles is that the mechs team up with characters from theUltramanandKamen Ridershows. To this day, I’m still wrapping my head around this aspect.
Speaking ofCompati Hero, the groupAeon Genesiscreated a fan translation ofThe Great Battle IthroughV. The neat part about these SNES titles is that the first one is a top-down platformer shooter, the next two are beat em’ ups, the fourth instalment has aContravibe, and the fifth feels likeWild Guns. That said, they deserve props for having these iconic characters and robots appear in different gaming genres. Most importantly, you get to seeG-Gundam’sGod Gundam defeat his enemies while wearing a cowboy outfit.
Interestingly, Fighter Roar and the Compatible Kaiser from theSuper Robot Wars OGseries made their debut inThe Great Battlegames. In fact, the classic titles serve as his backstory before he arrived in theOGuniverse and merged with Kouta Azuma. As a person who loves the franchise’s lore, I look forward to learning about his early encounters with his adversary called Dark Brain.
