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Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Banpresto was a partly-ow ...

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'' franchise and the first to appear on the

handheld; the letter "A" in the title stands for "Advance". It was ported onto mobile phones as part of the ''Super Robot Wars i'' collection in 2006. An

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of ''Super Robot Wars A'' was released for the

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on June 19, 2008 as ''Super Robot Wars A Portable''.

Featured series

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Plot and characters

The story of ''Super Robot Wars A'' revolves around an organization called the Shadow-Mirror, which exists in a parallel world where events happened in a different way than the original game world, thus making the state of the worlds different, though a bit similar at times. Its leader, Vindel Mauser, desires a world of eternal war to make humanity improve more through war. His plan is to send his agents towards another dimension, spy on the defense forces of the world in order to make adjustments on the attack, and eventually conquer it. The player is given a choice as one of the two possible volunteers of the dimensional jump to the parallel world from the Shadow-Mirror universe and will later discover through their own way whether the Shadow-Mirror is right or wrong. There are two selectable characters: *Axel Almer is one of the top agents of the Shadow-Mirror and is in a relationship with its top researcher, ''Lemon Browning''. He used to be a cold-hearted, but dedicated soldier towards the belief of the Shadow Mirror. If chosen as the main protagonist, Axel will suffer

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due to his jump and will develop second thoughts on the Shadow-Mirror's intentions throughout the course of the game. The player may choose the ''Ash Saver'' or the ''Laz Angriff'' if playing on a

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route or the ''Soulgain'' or ''Vaisaga'' on a

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route. As of '' Super Robot Wars: Original Generations'', he is voiced by

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. *Lamia Loveless is an

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created from Lemon's ''W-Series'' project, in the hopes she can create an

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on par with humans. Lamia is the 17th creation, thus nicknamed "W17". As a machine, she is bound to orders, which is an obstacle towards Lemon's intended purpose on her. If chosen as the protagonist, Lamia's communication device will be damaged in the jump, causing her to develop a broken grammar speech pattern and unable to contact her superiors, allowing her freedom to move around in the mission, while enabling her to develop her own consciousness and making decisions of her own. Lamia can pilot any of the mechs Axel can, with the exception of the Soulgain; in its place is the ''Angelg''. As in ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generations'', she is voiced by

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. The original robots debuting in ''Super Robot Wars A'' are based on the original robots in '' Super Robot Wars 64''. The player's choice of the main robot, regardless whether it is a super- or real-type, will affect the beginning of the game, as well as the choice of robots deployed by the enemy.

Reception

On release, ''

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'' scored the Game Boy Advance version of the game a 33 out of 40.''ゲームボーイアドバンス - スーパーロボット大戦A''. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.115. 30 June 2006.

References

External links

Official website

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