Battle Robot Retsuden

Battle Robot Retsuden

Cover art
Developer(s) Winky Soft[1]
Publisher(s) Banpresto[1]
Producer(s) Ishikawa Hajime
Composer(s) Atsushi Migaki
Platform(s) Super Famicom[2]
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Strategy[1] (with a sci-fi anime theme[3])
Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer

Battle Robot Retsuden (バトルロボット烈伝 Robot Battle Retsu Tsutae)[4] is a Japan-exclusive video game that was released in 1995 for the Super Famicom.

The player controls a huge mecha that has to fight other mecha.[5] One of its critical points is that the dialogue is excessive large for a strategy game.[6] Combating some sort of evil empire, the player has to battle robots by either punching them or using weapons at them.[6] Players can either directly control their mech or relegate the operation of the robot to the AI.[6]

Featured Anime

System overview

The maps are divided into a vast "strategic action" map and a "local strategic" map. The strategic actions are located in both the friends' and enemies' map with a "mother ship" that is organized into five-minute units and aircraft. "Platoons" appear when three units are merged. By contact with the enemy troops and aircraft, these platoons are moved to the actual maps to do battle tactics. The leveling up of units and weapon modifications are done in both the "strategy" and "action" maps.

The tactics maps are used to operate the camera unit of the platoon leader, otherwise the AI will act with autonomy. With the AI cooperation option, the player has to wait in order to do specific tasks like individual commands.

Traditional squares for unit movement are used instead of hexagons. Each unit can be told to face in six possible directions; affecting their line of sight. The direction and the direction of enemy units, unlike the amount of damage from enemy attacks from behind the increase as. Most units move on foot. However, there is also air movement through hovering; which is affected by the topography.

The order of action units, TP come around in order of ascending numerical status. Moreover, TP in addition to AP figures that move or attack to consume this number and make defense. The number of actions in his turn is variable, AP can act as many times until exhausted.

Characters

Humanoid

He is the young hero of the story whose father left behind a journal and a red jewel known as "Apple." This character will be at the forefront of the war that he managed to found. As a navigator on board the Centaur, he was responsible for leading the team captain out of sticky situations. As a substitute tall center, he was found to hold hidden talents.
A tall woman working for the military operator of the center. Would overwhelm the opponent around her and gets pissed off at the player as soon as one team comes to support the Centaur in a sunny disposition. She has an excellent ability to analyze information.
Thor is the future captain of the veteran Norse kingdom center. He is to be convened by a commander-in-chief of the allied forces after the alliance with the neighboring kingdom of Estrogen. Subsequently, Thor was appointed as successor to the arc at that time.
Part of an operations staff that has been dispatched from the military headquarters to be an assistant captain of the toll agency. This agency would become the center arc. They recognized many times as a friend after a fight that he was prejudiced against the military regulations that protect his protect branch arc.
One of Gerster's old generals of the empire named Takashi Masaru. Norse's attempts to invade the kingdom as the captain led the fleet aboard the Imperial flagship Dragoon. Uses subordinates who have a personal magnetism. He is a warrior from the branch, but on the other hand, he is also a tool for dealing with them. This character is considered to have a strong antipathy.
She is a woman of the Gerster's Imperial General Staff. The purpose of the Empire's warriors by Char Aznable to act independently of official leadership is an entirely different branch from hers.
Gareth Gerster's daughter, and the princess of Gerster. She had an encounter with the police and came to the front in her freaky Road Gerster. She was so naive and selfish, that people thought that Gareth had been a doting father. She met a soldier from the branch named Gyaburetto Gyabure met while growing up, learning various things from him.
Women of the chaperon Kurisutea. When it became the captain of Gyabure Dorakon, it will aide them. They were inspired by the spies that were gradually sent in order to actually monitor the Ururofu Gyabure.
Gerster's captain of the load. While watching the growth of the empire, Kurisutea was swayed by the selfish princess.
He is the leader of Gerster's imperial empire. During the game, people have been told that he would die from the disease. Eventually, this hung conversation does not appear in the scene.
He is the king of the Norse kingdom. Does not appear in the game, including the name of all, to introduce the story of the game in the form of address to the students in graduate school as their instructing officer.
The Norse kingdom's military who have written their names listed on the arc identification manual. They do not appear in-game.

Battleships

Newly built aircraft and warships for the Norse kingdom from the arc. They also have an aircraft carrier with an emphasis on the operational aspects of the branch as well as a warriors' battleship.
This is the best large-ship battleship class of the Empire Doragori Gerster and is assigned the color black. Corps Ururofu = head off as many times aboard the Centaur Vaiasu.
This is the second large Battleship USS Doragori class D and is colored purple. This mecha is bestowed directly from Kurisutea Gyabure.
A large third-class battleship USS Doragori that Eleanor passed from Char. Have been painted red for the captain or the Char.
Kurisutea's private ship bearing the name of the empire. Basically, the ship is designed with an emphasis on elegant ceremonial use of gold throughout the hull.
Developed with the ultimate weapon of the duplicator technology from the Gerster Empire. The bunker is used to attack coalition forces; which were shot down in one blow from the Imperial fleet even though they were too far away.

Reception

On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 22 out of 40.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  2. ↑ Battle Robot Retsuden at super-famicom.jp (Japanese)
  3. ↑ "Theme information". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  4. ↑ "English-Japanese title translation/version information". SuperFamicom.org. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  5. ↑ "Player information". Retro Gamers' Diary. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Basic game overview". Good-Evil.Net. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  7. ↑ NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: バトルロボット烈伝. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.351. Pg.29. 8 September 1995.