If the popularity of the Transformers films is any indication, people enjoy watching robots engage in combat. Since the debut of Gigantor (Tetsujin 28-go) in 1963, anime has been a source of these grand, extravagant action tales. While more recent episodes attempt to modernise the mecha genre with new types of storytelling and action, certain classic anime remains to serve as inspiration for the genre today. Despite the popularity or current existence of the genre, Mecha anime games are here to stay owing to these amazing programmes. Here are some of the greatest mecha anime games to start with for those seeking to delve a little deeper into this world.
Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation
The video game, which debuted on November 22, 2002, in Japan, features a variety of original Banpresto Super Robot Wars series characters. The game, like the much earlier Super Robot Wars Gaiden, employs entirely Banpresto’s unique inventions in an original narrative and does not at all include any licenced mecha or characters. Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation, a brief animated OVA that takes place after the second game in the series, was created from the popular video games that did well in Japan. The original game’s plot is told in the television series Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars. On August 8, 2006, Original Generation was made available in the United States.
Xenosaga
The role-playing video game series Xenosaga was created by Monolith Soft and is largely distributed by Namco. The science fiction series Xenosaga, which is a component of the larger Xeno metaseries, is set in a world where hostile aliens known as the Gnosis and human groups vying for possession of the Zohar, an artefact linked to a godlike energy known as U-DO, are both encountered by the main protagonists. The series’ games share a turn-based combat engine and a sequential storyline that guides the protagonists through enemy encounters. The group engages in combat in a variety of mechs as well as on foot.
Zone Of The Enders: The 2nd Runner
Two years have passed since the events of Zone of the Enders, and Dingo Egret, a former soldier from Mars’ military group BAHRAM, is the centre of the story. His leader, Ridley “Nohman” Hardiman, wants Dingo to rejoin him. After being rejected, Nohman shoots Dingo, but agent Ken Marinaris saves him by joining Dingo’s body to Jehuty and forcing him to cooperate in the fight against BAHRAM. Producer Hideo Kojima hired Shuyo Murata as the game’s new director in order to offer a unique experience. The 2nd Runner has greater action components as a consequence of the team’s efforts to address the criticism the first Zone of the Enders got.
Transformers: Devastation
The game is divided into seven chapters, each of which has many tasks and some optional side quests. On each assignment, players are ranked according to how well they performed overall. By eliminating adversaries, destroying specific items, and resolving the mysteries buried throughout each chapter, players may get credits and new weaponry. Credits may be spent to upgrade each Autobot’s stats or to buy new items, manoeuvres, and weapons. They can also be used to create T.E.C.H. to give passive stat increases. Each chapter also has unique treasures that unlock character and concept art. The game has many difficulty settings, with more becoming available after finishing it more than once. There is also a Challenge Mode that has 50 independent missions.
Tech Romancer
The universe of Tech Romancer is set in the far future, when technological advancements have made life peaceful and respectable for people all across the world, including the people of Japan. The tranquilly, however, is short-lived as an evil alien ruler by the name of Goldibus invades the planet with the help of its devoted subjects and sets out to rule the whole globe while enslaving the human people. With their special mecha robots, an unexpected bunch of heroes join forces to take on the threat posed by Goldibus. They won’t stop until Goldibus has been beaten and the planet is no longer in danger.
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 is an action-packed hack-and-slash game with some tactical components, similar to earlier Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors titles. Despite sharing the same history, Koei’s Gundam games offer distinctive gameplay elements that help differentiate them from Koei’s main Dynasty Warriors series. For instance, although melee fighting remains the game’s primary focus, players now have access to more ranged combat choices than in previous Dynasty Warriors titles. In Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3, the units are also a lot more mobile, employing their thrusters to dash, jump in the air, and (for some of them) even fly.
Virtual On: Cyber Troopers
The game takes place in a dystopian future when corporate syndicates rule over Earth. People colonise other worlds in an effort to end their dominance. One of these colonies has a potent technology that was employed by a long-extinct race. Reverse-engineering the technology allows one of the corporate syndicates, DN, to create fighting robots known as Virtuaroids. The test complex’s main computer develops self-awareness as the new technology is being tested, and it turns on the Sun Cannon with the intention of eradicating humanity. To take control of many Virtuaroids and utilise them to knock down malicious computers, DN dispatches its best people.
Legend Of The Mystical Ninja 64
Players control Goemon as he travels through dungeons, fields, woods, and other three-dimensional representations of locations from feudal Japan. In order to navigate obstacles, gather resources, and eliminate foes, Goemon and his buddies can run, leap, fight, and employ special skills. Players can only control one of the four characters at once, although they can switch between them by pressing a button. Character health is shown by hearts at the bottom of the screen. A character loses a heart whenever harm is taken. A Maneki-neko (Luck Cat) contributes a heart to total health, and some things and actions restore health. The player resumes at the entrance to the field map they died in if all hearts are lost, and their life total is reduced by one.
Steel Battalion
The player must “start-up” the computer and operating system at the beginning of each mission; this is accomplished by pressing a number of switches and buttons. The machine will topple over if the corner is turned too quickly. The operating system of the player’s computer has to be reset if it overheats. In the event that mud hits the display, the game even replicates window wipers. The game will wipe its own stored data and the player’s in-game character will “die” if the user does not eject when requested, forcing them to restart from scratch. The vehicles driven in the series are vertical tanks (VTs).
Chibi-Robo!
Platform-adventure video game Chibi-Robo! was created by Skip Ltd. with assistance from Nintendo for GameCube. The game was initially launched in Japan in 2005, and the following year it was also made available in North America and Europe. It was initially planned as a point-and-click adventure game, but it was shelved until Nintendo producer Shigeru Miyamoto took an interest in it and reworked its creation. The player assumes control of the 10-centimetre-tall robot with a power plug for a tail who goes by the name of Chibi-Robo. The main game mechanics involve moving about home and earning “Happy Points.” These points are earned by accomplishing different duties, such as domestic chores and assisting the Sanderson family and the many living toys who live in their home.
That’s all folks! These were the Top 10 Mecha Anime Games. If you know any more awesome mecha games do mention them in the comment section below. We would love to hear from you!
