Galaxy Robo
May 26, 2011 18:52:08 GMT -5
Post by ldorado on May 26, 2011 18:52:08 GMT -5
This is a very obscure game for the Super Famicom and was released only in Japan in 1994 and developed by Imagineer (not the ones at Disney).
Despite the name, the word "robot" is not mentioned once outside the title. Instead, they are called kidouhei(機動兵), or "Mobile Soldiers". The protagonist mecha are called Kodai-kihei (古代機兵)or "Ancient Machine Soldiers".
Storywise, the game takes place in the Farleus Star Cluster (ファーレウス星系) and three kingdoms, Lohan (ローハン), Altomira(アルトミーラ), and Luxia(ルクシア). Several Ancient Machine Soldiers, actual bio-machines, were discovered and many Mobile Soldiers were built not just based on the Ancient Machine Soldiers, but as a means to counter them. In the meantime, Emperor Bazel of the Luxia Empire attempts to conquer the other two kingdoms and already succeeds in defeating Altomira.
In terms of gameplay, it's a typical strategy RPG. However, unlike most, units cannot counterattack. Every unit has a little information tid-bit when you view its stats. One thing critical in the game is that you must not allow any of the Ancient Machine Soldiers to be destroyed or it's game over, making the last stage especially difficult given you have only the four protagonists versus Bazel and his guards.
It's not a terribly long or difficult game, totaling 19 stages with no consequences for normal units getting blown up.
Main Characters:
Fatis (ファティス)- A young man whose father, a genius scientist who built some of the first Mobile Soldiers, dies during an ambush from thieves. In his Ancient Machine Soldier, the Freet, Fatis joins in the fight against Luxia.
Leon (レオン)- Prince of Luxia. Disgusted at his father, Bazel, for the attack on Altomira, he joins Lohan in fighting his former homeland. Pilots the Feen.
Irius (イリアス)- Prince of Lohan. Leads the fight against Altomira. Pilots the Earsha.
Shia (シーア)- Princess of Altomira. Initially angry with Leon for leading the attack on her kingdom, changes her mind and holds deep feelings for him. Pilots the Mobile Soldier Pixie.
Bazel (バゼル)- Emperor of Luxia. It is revealed that he planned to conquer Farleus to get all the Ancient Machine Soldiers and put their cores into his bizarre Ancient Machine Soldier, the Wyvern.
Despite the name, the word "robot" is not mentioned once outside the title. Instead, they are called kidouhei(機動兵), or "Mobile Soldiers". The protagonist mecha are called Kodai-kihei (古代機兵)or "Ancient Machine Soldiers".
Storywise, the game takes place in the Farleus Star Cluster (ファーレウス星系) and three kingdoms, Lohan (ローハン), Altomira(アルトミーラ), and Luxia(ルクシア). Several Ancient Machine Soldiers, actual bio-machines, were discovered and many Mobile Soldiers were built not just based on the Ancient Machine Soldiers, but as a means to counter them. In the meantime, Emperor Bazel of the Luxia Empire attempts to conquer the other two kingdoms and already succeeds in defeating Altomira.
In terms of gameplay, it's a typical strategy RPG. However, unlike most, units cannot counterattack. Every unit has a little information tid-bit when you view its stats. One thing critical in the game is that you must not allow any of the Ancient Machine Soldiers to be destroyed or it's game over, making the last stage especially difficult given you have only the four protagonists versus Bazel and his guards.
It's not a terribly long or difficult game, totaling 19 stages with no consequences for normal units getting blown up.
Main Characters:
Fatis (ファティス)- A young man whose father, a genius scientist who built some of the first Mobile Soldiers, dies during an ambush from thieves. In his Ancient Machine Soldier, the Freet, Fatis joins in the fight against Luxia.
Leon (レオン)- Prince of Luxia. Disgusted at his father, Bazel, for the attack on Altomira, he joins Lohan in fighting his former homeland. Pilots the Feen.
Irius (イリアス)- Prince of Lohan. Leads the fight against Altomira. Pilots the Earsha.
Shia (シーア)- Princess of Altomira. Initially angry with Leon for leading the attack on her kingdom, changes her mind and holds deep feelings for him. Pilots the Mobile Soldier Pixie.
Bazel (バゼル)- Emperor of Luxia. It is revealed that he planned to conquer Farleus to get all the Ancient Machine Soldiers and put their cores into his bizarre Ancient Machine Soldier, the Wyvern.