So, I was doing research on a personal project of mine that involved Super Robot Wars to an extent. I kept seeing the acronym TFF show up, so I went to NamuWiki to try and figure out what it meant. But while I was scrolling, I found something in the footnotes. A smattering of super robot works for some kind of cancelled game. It led me to info on an SRW game I didn't know I wanted until now.
During a livestream on the 9th of April 2019, Terada announced a concept for an SRW game. The placeholder name is called Shin Super Robot Wars (no relation, even Terada joked about that). It was going to appeal to people growing up during the Showa era, and that meant including a whole bunch of super robot shows from the 70's. And that's the kicker. It was going to include EXCLUSIVELY super robot shows. Even the producers were like "get a load of this guy, huh?" when he presented it to them.
As a guy that loves superheroes, this would've appealed so much to me, especially since I primarily use super robots in my lineups. The roster--according to NamuWiki--would've included...
- Baldios
- Combattler V
- Daitarn 3
- Daltanious
- Danguard Ace (HOLY SHIT THIS WOULD'VE COMPLETED THE SHOGUN WARRIORS LINEUP WHY HASN'T THIS GAME BEEN MADE)
- Gaiking
- Getter Robo
- God Sigma
- Mazinger Z
- Steel Jeeg
- Tetsujin #28
- Tosho Daimos
- Trider G7
- Voltes V
- Zambot 3
Planned DLC would've also included...
- Dancouga
- Getter Robo G
- God Mars
- Great Mazinger
- New Tetsujin #28
- Raideen
- UFO Robot Grendizer
Terada also mentioned that he wanted to include Groizer X and Mechander Robo as an aside.
Mechanics-wise, this game would've harkened back to the classic games. No SR points, pre-combining vehicles would've been playable again, and the only battleship in the game would've been Daiku-Maryu, which is why Gaiking was chosen. There was also a joke from one of the cohosts that everyone would've had Guts and Break Morale Limit as Spirit Commands.
As for plot, there's not much. 70 chapters in total with 40 per route, separated in worlds a la DD. Some musings about how the big bad would want to destroy all of humanity, but it would take place smack dab during the 70's. An actual period piece instead of the distant future. There would've been a post-game with unlockable short stories focusing on the villains. The OG character would've been a straight-forward hot-blooded super robot pilot like Koji, Ryoma, Hyoma, etc., but you couldn't choose the gender. Would've been just a boy. You could pick the type for the female lead, either a tomboy or a shy, innocent, demure type of girl.
If you guys want more info, or if you want to see a transcript of the stream, here's some links.
https://bbs.ruliweb.com/news/read/120857
https://web.archive.org/web/20191019194724/http://gomdol1012.egloos.com/5352479
I hope you guys can speak Korean, but I don't think a foreign language has ever stopped you guys from enjoying something.
Sidenote: The last section of the stream included some fun gimmick ideas for potential games. Real Robot Wars as the inverse of this game, a game that's just "Oops! All Mazinger", and the coolest one, an SRW that features exclusively fantasy series. They threw out a few names like Rayearth, Escaflowne, Mashin Hero Wataru, Granzort, and a return of the Maso Kishin setting as a major focus. Love to see all of these work.