Super Robot Taisen W

About

Super Robot Taisen W is a turn-based strategy game that layers deep tactical combat with a large sci-fi narrative. You command giant mechs and support units across grids that blend 2D and 3D elements, balancing attack patterns, terrain advantages, and squad positioning. The Nintendo DS hardware adds quirks like unlocking bonus content by inserting Game Boy Advance titles into the second slot. Each battle feels like a puzzle where small mistakes snowball, demanding careful resource management and unit upgrades. The game’s story weaves together multiple franchises into a chaotic but cohesive space opera. Players navigate political intrigue, mech-driven warfare, and sudden plot twists across dozens of characters and factions. Community reviews highlight its 8.5/10 score on GameFAQs for balancing complexity with accessibility. What sticks out is the sheer density of content, over 100 missions and branching story paths, without slowing momentum. Strategy forums still debate optimal unit builds and unlock methods, proving its lasting appeal.

Storyline

Space Calendar (SC) 99. In the previous age, the governments of Earth formed the Federated Earth Nation (FEN) to bring World War III to an end. After putting down the defiant lunar colony, the Federation Space Calendar was instituted. To alleviate environmental pressures and overpopulation, the FEN began expanding into space, constructing space colonies and asteroid cities, as well as an Orbital Space Ring around the Earth, and the development and terraforming of the Moon and Mars. This was accomplished in a short time, due to quantum leaps in physics and energy research. But repression of those living in the colonies by the FEN ignited a war between factions in space, and OZ, the true leaders of the FEN. This "Revolutionary War" ended in the year 98, with the death of FEN President Treize Khushrenada. From Treize's will, a New United Nations was formed, returning power back to the individual states. But the new Earth Sphere's troubles seemed to multiply. The Earth Sphere was invaded by the Radam, who seized control of the Orbital Space Ring, and the invaders known as the Jovian Lizards, who destroyed the Mars Colony. In addition, internal strife, such as the arbitrary distinction between Coordinators and Naturals, and mechanized terrorism, seem to be taking the New United Nations to the breaking point. On June 13, SC 99, Kazuma Ardygun and his family, a group of Trailers, are tasked with the job of escorting Quatre Raberba Winner and Duo Maxwell, disguised as "Heero Yuy", to Earth...