Banpresto Originals
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Banpresto Original is a blanket term for the many characters and machines created by Japanese gaming company Banpresto for their various crossover games. Many of the best-known Banpresto Originals exist mainly within the Super Robot Wars series of games, supporting the featured series and providing a larger plot connected to the various series plots. Other Banpresto Originals have appeared in other Banpresto game series, including The Great Battle and Hero Sakusen.
The first Banpresto Original character was Masaki Andoh, pilot of Cybuster, the Elemental Lord of Wind, which was introduced in 2nd Super Robot Wars, released for the Nintendo Famicom in 1991. The first game by Banpresto to devote itself entirely to its originals was Super Robot Wars Gaiden: Masou Kishin - The Lord Of Elemental for the Super Famicom, released in 1996.
More recently, Banpresto has begun a new original-centric series of Super Robot Wars games, titled Original Generation. The first two games, Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation and Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 were released for the Game Boy Advance, with the first having the distinction of being the first SRW game officially translated and distributed in English by Atlus. A third game titled Super Robot Wars Original Generations— an enhanced retelling of the first two games—has been announced for the Sony PlayStation 2, and set for a release on June 28, 2007. Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation, a three-episode OVA series, based on the first two games, was released in 2005. Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars, which began airing October 4, 2006, retells the events of Original Generation with its own special twists.
[edit] Trivia
Many Earth-based mechs have names derived from the German language, whereas mechs from the Balmar Empire in the Super Robot Wars Alpha and Original Generation series have Hebrew names. The Ruina mechs in Super Robot Wars D, for the Gameboy Advance, have Latin names.
[edit] External link
- The Gate of Magus - an up to date site on Banpresto Originals
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