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Super Robot Wars V PS4/PS Vita Game Trailer Reveals February 23 Release Date
posted on by Alex Mateo
Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming on Monday a new trailer for its upcoming Super Robot Wars V PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game, announcing that the game will ship in Japan on February 23, 2017.
Early adopters will receive download codes for the Huckebein and Grungust robots (pictured below). The picture also shows the robots' pilots, Vertab Text (voiced by Ryōsuke Kanemoto) and Charlotte Hasting (voiced by Haruka Terui). In addition to the robots' download codes, preorders include a "Special Starter Pack" and the Super Robot Wars V original theme.
The video also introduces two protagonists and the Vangray robot:
Both the PS4 and PS Vita editions will be available in regular edition and a limited "Premium Anisong & Sound Edition" that comes with 35 background songs. The retail prices are as follows:
- PS4 Physical Regular Edition: 8,600 yen (about US$82)
- PS Vita Physical Regular Edition: 7,600 yen (about US$73)
- PS4 Digital Regular Edition: 7,740 yen (about US$74) until March 22
- PS Vita Digital Regular Edition: 6,840 yen (about US$66) until March 22
- PS4 Physical Limited Edition: 12,600 yen (about US$121)
- PS Vita Physical Limited Edition: 11,600 yen (about US$112)
- PS4 Digital Limited Edition: 11,340 yen (about US$109) until March 22
- PS Vita Digital Limited Edition: 10,440 yen (about US$100) until March 22
The game is the second project in the franchise's 25th anniversary celebration. This will be the first game in the franchise to feature characters or mecha from the following works:
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash
- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Skull Heart
- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Steel Seven
- Yūsha Tokkyū Might Gaine
- Shin Mazinger Zero vs. Great General of Darkness
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199
- CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon
Characters and mecha from 19 works will also return in the game:
- Muteki Chōjin Zambot 3
- Muteki Kōjin Daitarn 3
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
- Mobile Suit Gundam UC
- Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness
- Getter Robo: Armageddon
- Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact!
- Full Metal Panic! (anime and original novel)
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
- Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
- Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone
- Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance
- Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Source: Hachima Kikou
