Super Robot Wars Collection

VIDEO GAME OST [LACA-5034] (#34) TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS α ORIGINAL STORY D-2  AKA:   スーパーロボット大戦α ORIGINAL STORY D-2  Release Date: 23 May 2001 (2001.05.23)  This is the 2nd drama CD available for Super Robot Wars Alpha, released one month after the first ORIGINAL STORY D-1. The Drama D collection has been published a year after the release of Super Robot Wars Alpha on Playstation. The title “Original Story” stands for a drama CD (CD that includes an audio story). However, the content provided is much more than a simple drama. First, the story is well mixed, full of sounds and action. Furthermore, the tracks provided include more than that. Track 5 is a remix of Cybuster famous song. The title “EDGEWIRED” stands for a hard rock version. There’s also 3 arranged versions background musics, including 2 orchestral versions ! (Track 6 and 12).  If I compare it to the first D-1, I have to admit that it’s not as good as the first STORY CD. I’m not a fan of hard rock and orchestral tracks don’t sound as inspired as the previous CD of the serie. Not so bad, but far from being the best Super Robot Wars CD released. 01 聖十字軍の脅威 9:01 02 出撃前夜 10:11 03 ハガネ発進 4:29 04 最後の希望 4:50 05 熱風!疾風!サイバスター EDGEWIRED Ver. 4:57 06 修羅の予感 オーケストラアレンジver. 1:51 07 進路に光明, 退路に絶望 オーケストラアレンジver. 2:17 08 魔装機神 4:42 09 決意 9:32 10 決戦,アイドネウス島 4:29 11 試練の時は終わりを告げる 12:57 12 遠い日の安息 (ドラマアレンジver.) 2:00 Disc length 71:16 Japanese tracks English translation (source VGMDB.net)  01 Threat of the Holy Crusaders 9:01 02 The Night Before the Sortie 10:11 03 Hagane Takes Off 4:29 04 Last Hope 4:50 05 Cyclone! Hurricane! Cybuster EDGEWIRED Ver. 4:57 06 Premonition of Fighting Orchestra Arrange ver. 1:51 07 Glory Lies Ahead, Hopelessness Lies Along the Path of Retreat Orchestra Arrange ver. 2:17 08 Demon Suit Machine God 4:42 09 Decision 9:32 10 Decisive Battle, Idoneus Island 4:29 11 I Inform You that the Time of Trial is Over 12:57 12 Rest on a Distant Day Drama Arrange ver. 2:00 Disc length 71:16

PHONE CARD (#33) TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS Z (PS2) PRE-ORDER GIFT  (IMAGINE) AKA: スーパーロボット大戦Z  テレホンカード Release date: 25 September 2008 (2008.9.25)    

This beautiful Phone Card is what you got when you pre-ordered Super Robot Wars Z on Playstation 2. It features Setsuko Ohara and her mecha, VIRGOLA UNIT 1, both created for the game. There are many Super Robot Wars pre-order gifts. This phone card was given if you bought the game at Imagine/Tsutaya shops.  I use a brand new scan filter for this image, which explains why the picture is crisp and shiny. I will reupload older files with the new settings ʘ‿ʘ

A4 CLEAR FILE FOLDER (#32) TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS ALPHA GAIDEN (PS1) - PRE-ORDER GIFT AKA:   スーパーロボット大戦α外伝 A4クリアファイル Release date: 29 March 2001 (2001.03.29) This is a pre-order gift for Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden on Playstation. You got it from shops called “doki doki boken shima” (ドキドキ冒険島). The back of the A4 clearfile is transparent. The composition of the illustration is quite remarkable. A nice pre-order gift.

VIDEO GAME OST [KTCR-1376] (#31) TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS GAIDEN: Masou Kishin THE LORD OF ELEMENTAL Sound Storm AKA: スーパーロボット大戦外伝 魔装機神 THE LORD OF ELEMENTAL サウンドストーム Release Date: 25 May 1996 (1996.05.25) This music CD was released 2 months after the original Super Famicom game came out. Do not expect licensed music from other anime series since Lord of elemental only features Banpresto Original robots. The 73 minutes OST contains 46 tracks. Keep in mind that the music is taken directly from the Super Famicom, so make sure you enjoy Chip Tunes music. Of course, if you’re a Lord of Elemental fan, I don’t need to tell you to buy it. You will find the original tracks from the series, called Psybuster, Flapper Girl or Endless Battling. The Soundtrack also includes 4 arranged versions which don’t differ much from the original ones. If you’re not a LOE fan, you might prefer other Super Robot Wars music CDs. If you’re into Chip Tunes, I would rather recommend Super Robot Wars Complete Collection Soundtrack. Overall, this CD is not bad, but it’s far from the best ones. 01 ラ・ギアスの風（アレンジ） 3:43 02 終わりなき戦い（アレンジ） 3:18 03 熱風！疾風！サイバスター 1:45 04 炎の中華体育教師 1:11 05 水と沼の国から 1:46 06 フラッパーガール 1:41 07 正調ミオのじょんがら節 1:06 08 終わりなき戦い 1:17 09 ラ・ギアスの風 1:10 10 KING OF KINGS 1:55 11 巨大な闇 1:12 12 迫り来る敵 1:05 13 プロローグ 2:22 14 ホーリーエムブレム 1:26 15 破壊の足音 0:57 16 闇に沈む 1:07 17 シャドウストーカー 1:19 18 猛々しき行進 1:04 19 無名の師 1:02 20 守護者 1:42 21 墜ちた神々 1:17 22 さまよえる魂 1:25 23 突然の衝撃 0:44 24 悪い予感 0:47 25 戦闘体制 1:12 26 ダークプリズン 1:37 27 神々の祝福 1:10 28 悲しみは消えず 1:39 29 オープニング 1:02 30 ゲームオーバー 0:19 31 サブタイトル 0:11 32 タイトルロゴ 0:06 33 インディアンサマー 1:19 34 春風のプレシア 1:18 35 インディアンサマーVer.2 1:22 36 エンディング2 2:58 37 ありふれた日常 1:01 38 インターミッション 1:36 39 力と技の祭典 1:08 40 エンディング 2:29 41 誇りたかき者達 1:35 42 勇気を胸に 1:50 43 光の導き 1:20 44 君がいるから 4:15 45 インディアンサマー（アレンジ） 3:16 46 エンディング1（アレンジ） 3:37 Disc length 72:41

Japanese track titles -> English translation from VGMDB.net 01 Winds of La Gias (Arranged Version) 3:43 02 Endless Battling (Arranged Version) 3:18 03 Hot Wind! Fierce Wind! Psybuster 1:45 04 Chinese Battle Master of Flames 1:11 05 The Land of Water and Marshes 1:46 06 Flapper Girl 1:41 07 Jongara-bushi of Mio 1:06 08 Endless Battling 1:17 09 Winds of La Gias 1:10 10 KING OF KINGS 1:55 11 Great Darkness 1:12 12 Approaching Enemy 1:05 13 Prologue 2:22 14 Holy Emblem 1:26 15 Footsteps of Destruction 0:57 16 Submerge in Darkness 1:07 17 Shadow Stalker 1:19 18 Unrelenting March 1:04 19 Nameless Master 1:02 20 Guardians 1:42 21 Fallen Gods 1:17 22 Airborne Souls 1:25 23 Sudden Shock 0:44 24 Bad Premonition 0:47 25 Preparations for War 1:12 26 Dark Prison 1:37 27 Gods' Blessing 1:10 28 The Sadness Does Not Fade Away 1:39 29 Opening 1:02 30 Game Over 0:19 31 Subtitle 0:11 32 Title Logo 0:06 33 Indian Summer 1:19 34 Presia of the Spring Breeze 1:18 35 Indian Summer Ver2 1:22 36 Ending 2 2:58 37 Everyday Routine 1:01 38 Intermission 1:36 39 Festival of Power and Skill 1:08 40 Ending 2:29 41 Those Full of Pride 1:35 42 Heart Full of Courage 1:50 43 Guiding Light 1:20 44 Because You're Here 4:15 45 Indian Summer (Arranged Version) 3:16 46 Ending 1 (Arranged Version) 3:37 Disc length 72:41                 

VIDEO GAME BOX (#30) TITLE: Super Robot Wars MX PORTABLE (PSP) AKA: スーパーロボット大戦 MX PORTABLE  Release Date: 27 May 2004 (2004.5.27)

The PORTABLE version of Super Robot Wars MX is truly amazing. Super Robot Wars MX is one of the best Super Robot Wars since 1991. It features an incredible amount of mechas series that were released both in Japan, US and Europe. You want Grendizer, Evangelion, Gear Fighter Dendoh, Gundam, Getter Robot, Nadesico, Rahxephon: You got it ! Also the new Zeorymer is a power beast. It can pretty much kill anything. Boost it and finish the game ! 

The PSP version is truly impressive. The game is technically more or less the same than the PS2 version, it has been ported for the widescreen ratio of the console. Game mechanics have been slightly improved, so it’s more an improved remake than a simple conversion. A must play.    

Featured series (Source akurasu.net)

機動戦士Zガンダム Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 機動戦士ガンダムZZ Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ 機動戦士ガンダム：逆襲のシャア Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack 機動武闘伝Gガンダム Mobile Fighter G Gundam マジンガーＺ Mazinger Z グレートマジンガ Great Mazinger UFOロボ·グレンダイザ UFO Robo Grendizer ゲッターロボ Getter Robo ゲッターロボG Getter Robo G 闘将ダイモス Fighting King Daimos 勇者ライディーン Raideen the Brave 機甲戦記ドラグナー Metal Armor Dragonar マシンロボ クロノスの大逆襲 Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos 冥王計画 [プロジェクト] ゼオライマー Hades Project Zeorymer (NEW) 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Neon Genesis Evangelion 機動戦艦ナデシコ -The prince of darkness- Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness GEAR戦士電童 Gear Fighter Dendoh ラーゼフォン RahXephon (NEW) バンプレストオリジナル Banpresto Originals

VIDEO GAME PROMO DVD (#29) TITLE: Super Robot Wars L (DS) AKA: スーパーロボット大戦 L Release Date: 25 November 2010 (2010.11.25) Restored version by http://www.srwcollection.com  The DVD was sent to shops to promote the sales of Super Robot Wars L on Nintendo DS. I restored the DVD image with the H.265 plugin. However the source was good enough, so no extensive video settings was required. This is one of the best Super Robot Wars game released on a handheld with a ridiculously good animation for the DS. Great Work !  

PHONE CARD (#28) TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS MX (PS2) PRE-ORDER GIFT   AKA: スーパーロボット大戦MX テレホンカード Release date: 27 May 2004 (2004.5.27)    

Another great phone card. Again if you don’t know anything about the Japanese phone card market, head over this article. This phone card was provided with the first sales of Super Robot Wars MX. It features Aqua, one of the main original characters created by Banpresto for the game. The publisher will follow this new way of designing Phone cards, since the upcoming cards will feature original characters instead of showing the classic “Cover art” from the game.     

VIDEO GAME OST [FSCA-10039] (#27) TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS F FINAL VOCAL AND ARRANGE COLLECTION GOLD AKA: スーパーロボット大戦F 完結編 ボーカル&アレンジコレクション GOLD Release Date: 17 June 1998 (1998.06.17)

This soundtrack was released after the release of Super Robot Wars F Final on Saturn. The Playstation version was released one year after the soundtrack. I have already reviewed the SILVER version of the soundtrack released a month before the gold one. 

So what differs with the GOLD one ? Well basically EVERYTHING. The first 6 tracks are rearranged voiced songs. The first song must be one of the best “TIME TO COME” song version ever released. They also did a very fine job with other songs. They sound as good as original ones, which by itself is an impressive achievement. Other tracks are rearranged music from the game. The only downside of this album might be the low running time: only 42 minutes of great songs.

This is the 3rd OST from Super Robot Wars F/FFinal reviewed on srwcollection. Back in the days, the producers had to focus on voices and music, since Super Robot Wars F wasn’t quite a big graphic improvement after Super Robot Wars 4 despite a major hardware change.        

PS: I am missing the “OBI” on that Soundtrack. I am sorry.

01 TIME TO COME（スーパーロボット大戦オリジナルロボット） 3:19 02 サイレント・ヴォイス（機動戦士ガンダムZZ） 4:10 03 THE WINNER（機動戦士ガンダム0083 STARDUST MEMORY） 4:05 04 トップをねらえ！～Fly High～（トップをねらえ！） 4:33 05 JUST COMMUNICATION（新機動戦記ガンダムW） 4:16 06 コスモスに君と（伝説巨神イデオン） 3:29 07 LOADする？ 2:35 08 ワルキューレの騎行 2:50 09 はるけき彼方で 2:58 10 マルスベルセルク 2:25 11 衝撃 0:47 12 増援部隊出現 0:33 13 サブタイトル 1:01 14 予感 1:40 15 しんだ？ 0:17 16 レクイエム 3:25

Japanese/English Track title translation from http://vgmdb.net

01 TIME TO COME (Super Robot Wars Original Robot) 3:19 02 Silent Voice (Kidou Senshi Gundam ZZ) 4:10 03 THE WINNER (Kidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory) 4:05 04 Aim for the Top! ~Fly High~ (Top wo Nerae!) 4:33 05 JUST COMMUNICATION (Kidou Senshi Gundam Wing) 4:16 06 To the Cosmos With You (Densetsu Kyojin Ideon) 3:29 07 Did It LOAD? 2:35 08 Ride of the Valkyrie 2:50 09 To the Distant Place 2:58 10 Mars Berserk 2:25 11 Shock 0:47 12 Reinforcements Appear 0:33 13 Subtitle 1:01 14 Premonition 1:40 15 Is It Dead? 0:17 16 Requiem 3:25

A4 CLEAR FILE FOLDER (#26) TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS Z 3 - TENGOKU HEN (PS3/VITA) PRE-ORDER GIFT AKA:   第3次スーパーロボット大戦Z 天獄編 Release date: 2 April 2015 (2015.04.02) Here’s another pre-sale gift ! This clear file was given to people who bought the game at GEO, Hyper Media Shop. I got this preorder benefit thanks to my friend Kazuma who offered me the game ! Thank you so much Kazuma ʘ‿ʘ    

RESTORED VIDEO GAME OPENING (#25) TITLE: Super Robot Wars IMPACT (PS2) AKA: スーパーロボット大戦-IMPACT Release Date: 28 March 2002 (2002.3.28)

Since I restore Promo DVD videos from Super Robot Wars, I guess I can do it for video game openings too right ? Using H265 plugin, improving the contrast. This is the opening of Super Robot Wars IMPACT on PS2. Enjoy !

VIDEO GAME OST [LACM-5032] (#24)   TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS α ORIGINAL STORY D-1 AKA:   スーパーロボット大戦α ORIGINAL STORY D-1 Release Date: 25 April 2001 (2001.04.25) This Music CD is quite special. It was available a year after the release of Super Robot Wars Alpha on Playstation. The title “Original Story” stands for a drama CD (CD that includes an audio story). However, the content provided is much more than a simple drama. First, the story is well mixed, full of sounds and action. Furthermore, the tracks provided include more than that. Track 5 is a remix version of “Everywhere you Go” featuring Masaaki Endoh. This remix sounds like an ending song from a movie. There’s also 3 arranged versions background musics, including 2 orchestral versions ! (Track 6 and 12). These are gorgeous !  Balanced content, well mixed drama, great arranged music... that’s a good CD overall ! Special thanks to my first tumblr and twitter followers ʘ‿ʘ    01. バニシング 02. リュウセイ・ダテ 03. パーソナルトルーパー 04. 導かれし者たち 05. EVERYWHERE YOU GO (METALBODY ver.) 06. 揺れる照星 (アレンジver.) 07. 災い来たりて (アレンジver.) 08. SRXチーム 09. シロガネ 10. 南極の惨劇 11. DC叛乱 12. 勝利と敗北の狭間で (アレンジver.) Japanese track title translation (from http://www.vgmdb.net) 01. Vanishing 02. Ryuusei Date 03. Personal Trooper 04. Those Who Show the Way 05. EVERYWHERE YOU GO (METALBODY ver.) 06. Shaking Crosshairs (Arrange ver.) 07. Disastrous Arrival (Arrange ver.) 08. SRX Team 09. Shirogane 10. Tragedy at the South Pole 11. DC Mutiny 12. In Between Victory and Defeat (Arrange ver.)               

ORIGINAL MULTIFUNCTION CASE (#23) TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS L (DS) PRE-ORDER GIFT AKA:  スーパーロボット大戦L」オリジナルマルチケース Release date: 25 November 2010 (2010.11.25) Here’s another pre-order gift you get when buying a Super Robot Wars game before its release. This is an “ORIGINAL MULTIFUNCTION CASE”. The whole stuff is made of plastic (PVC) and you can put your DS games or memory cards on it. I can’t think of any other use, so it’s not really “multifunction” Here’s a fun story about the release of the item. As you can see, the pre-order picture provided by Bandai-Namco (the second one) was slightly different from the scan of the final version. Indeed: the full copyright of each serie included in the game was missing. I had NO idea that you had to write it down even if you were not displaying game artwork. The publisher himself wasn’t aware of that. So, Bandai-Namco had to add 9 lines (I’m not joking) of copyright inside. It seems that the publisher printed it in haste after the original production. Unfortunately the copyright print wasn’t dry so it drooled on the other side of your “Multifunction case”, spoiling the gift. But hey, it was free, so don’t complain.  

VIDEO GAME HIGHLIGHT (#22) TITLE: Super Robot Wars OG - The Moon Dwellers (PS4) AKA: スーパーロボット大戦og ムーン・デュエラーズ Release Date: 5 August 2016 (2016.8.4)

The reason why I love Super Robot Wars. I’m not a fan of longplay videos, but this one is only 3 minutes long. Have a look and enjoy these incredible real-time animations in the latest PS4 game. Kill or get Killed strategy. Of course, this is my play :D

VIDEO GAME OST [LACM-4195] (#21)   TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS ORIGINAL GENERATION THE ANIMATION OVA THEME SONG Meikyuu no Prisoner by JAM PROJECT AKA:  JAM Project／OVA スーパーロボット大戦 ORIGINAL GENERATION THE ANIMATION オープニング主題歌： 迷宮のプリズナー CD Release Date: 22 June 2005 (2005.06.22) First guys, please, make the title of your next CD shorter. WHY can’t your CD title stand on 2 lines ?! That said, this cd contains only 2 songs: The opening song from the OVA, and a special version of the super famous “Nippu! Shippu! Cybuster!”. They also provide the karaoke versions, so that makes a total of 4 tracks. I would have expected more. There are only 5 official songs from the OVA, so including them all on a CD would have been easy. The booklet is empty too. That’s too bad, because overall the 2 songs are great nonetheless. 01. 迷宮のプリズナー  02.  熱風! 疾風! サイバスター 03. 迷宮のプリズナー (off vocal) 04.  熱風! 疾風! サイバスター (off vocal) Japanese tracks title tentative English translation 01. Meikyuu no Prisoner - Labyrinth of Prisoner 02. Nippu! Shippu! Cybuster! 03. Meikyuu no Prisoner - Labyrinth of Prisoner (off vocal) 04. Nippu! Shippu! Cybuster! (off vocal)

MAGAZINE (#20) SUPER FAMICOM magazine August News 1993 + CD AKA:  スーパーファミコンマガジン8月情報号特別付録 (1993) Release date: August 1993 (1993.8) This is the August release 1993 of Super Famicom Magazine, a Japanese magazine that includes a cd with video games tracks. I always enjoyed the music from Super Famicom and SNES games, so that’s perfectly fine with me. The first 4 tracks are taken from Super Robot Wars 3, which was released late July. For a change, I ripped track 2 of the CD for you to enjoy, since this is mostly a promotional CD, but if it ever goes down, so be it http://vimeo.com/178475284

I also included the SRW3 ad that was in the magazine. Of course, to get music tracks from the game, I somehow have the feeling that Famicom Magazine gave Banpresto a huge bargain on the ad price... but who know ? :D  SUPER FAMICOM magazine August 1993 Appendix CD   1. STRATEGIC COMMAND (SRW3) 2. WILDNESS WAR (SRW3) 3. GROUND ZERO (SRW3) 4. VIOLENT BATTLE (SRW3) ...  PS: Red color from old Japanese magazines breaks the Tumblr image uploader, so I had to slightly fade out the pictures.

SUPER ROBOT WARS OG SAGA: Masou Kishin The Lord of Elemental phone card (#19) AKA: スーパーロボット大戦OGサーガ 魔装機神 THE LORD OF ELEMENTAL PHONE CARD Release date: 27 May 2010 (2010.5.27)      

Another SRW Phone card. if you haven’t read the whole story about Japanese phone cards, please have a look at this article. It was produced as a pre-order gift for the DS remake of Super Robot Wars OG - Lord of Elemental. However you received it only if you preo-ordered the item in Sofmap shops. Lord of Elemental serie hasn’t been as popular as the regular SRW or even SRW OG. However, the first episode on Super Famicom version has really kicked out the technical limits of the console.       

TITLE: SUPER ROBOT WARS OG - THE MOON DWELLERS Original Acrylic phone holder (#18) AKA: スーパーロボット大戦OG ムーン・デュエラーズ  オリジナル アクリル携帯スタンド Release date: 30 July 2016 (2016.7.30)      

This, gentlemen, is a bonus gift you receive if you pre-order the new “Super Robot Wars OG - The Moon Dwellers” (Hype!!!) at Sofmap Japanese shops. Hold your breath, this is an “Original Acrylic Phone Holder”. In other words, if you open it, you can put your beloved portable phone on it, close to your bed, so that it can stand by itself. At the very same time, you can enjoy the cover of the game. WHO wouldn’t need this incredible item... well who would actually. But you got it for free, so don’t complain !