Dai-3-ji Super Robot Taisen

About

Dai-3-ji Super Robot Taisen is a turn-based strategy game that expands the large Super Robot Wars series. Set six months after the events of its predecessor, the story follows Earth’s fragile recovery as the Zabi family rebuilds the Divine Crusaders and mysterious alien forces emerge. Players command familiar units from past games like the White Base crew while managing new mechs and tactics. Combat involves grid-based battles with status effects and unit upgrades, balancing resource management with squad positioning. The narrative weaves together political shifts, missing military units, and escalating threats, pushing players to adapt strategies against multiple factions. This entry deepened the series’ reputation for complex storytelling and tactical depth. Though it launched in 1993 on the Super Famicom, its layered plot and mechanics set a template for future installments. Longtime fans note it as a turning point, introducing alien antagonists and refining systems that later games would build on. With no modern ports available, its influence lingers in the franchise’s enduring popularity, though newcomers might want to start with more recent entries in the series.

Storyline

The story begins six month after the war against the Divine Crusaders (DC) in Super Robot Wars II. The war left the world in a great state of disorder and chaos, and the United Nations was powerless. To solve the crisis, the Earth Federation was established, replacing the United Nations. Members of the White Base were reunited and tasked with maintaining peace, but only old equiptments were supplied to them due to the lack of power available. While Earth seemed peaceful for a while, cases of sudden disappearances of federal troops began to occur frequently, and Londo Bell was ordered to investigate. Originally it was believed that DC remnants were responsible, but it is later discovered that the true reason behind the disappearances was a threat from outer space, an alien invasion like Bian Zoldark feared that could occur. A new war begins, with Londo Bell troops fighting against DC (now led by the Zabi family) and the alien forces.