Super Robot Wars 64

Super Robot Wars 64
Developer(s) Banpresto
Publisher(s) Banpresto
Director(s) Jin Akabane
Platform(s) Nintendo 64
Release
  • JP: October 29, 1999
Genre(s) Strategy role-playing game
Mode(s) Single player

Super Robot Wars 64 (スーパーロボット大戦64, Sūpā Robotto Taisen Rokujūyon) is a strategy role-playing game for the Nintendo 64. It was released only in Japan in 1999. The game can make use of the Nintendo 64's Transfer Pak with the Game Boy Color game Super Robot Wars: Link Battler.

Series included in Super Robot Wars 64

Originals

The player is able to choose 4 storylines: Super Robot Male, Super Robot Female, Real Robot Male, Real Robot Female. Each has a protagonist and rival.

The original robots of this game would later be re-used and upgraded in Super Robot Wars A

  • Super Robot Male Route
    • Protagonist: Brad Skywind.
      • Piloting: Earthgain (predecessor of Soulgain)
    • Rival: Katz Folneus
      • Piloting: Virose (predecessor of Vysaga)
        • Both robots will later combine into Super Earthgain (supposedly the predecessor of Zweizergain)
  • Super Robot Female Route
    • Protagonist: Manami Hamill
      • Piloting: Simurgh
    • Rival: Aisha Ridgemond
      • Piloting: Elbulls
        • Both robots will later combine into Simurgh Splendid (predecessor of Angelg)
  • Real Robot Male Route
    • Protagonist: Arklight Blue
      • Piloting: Soldifar, upgraded into Ashcleef (predecessors of Ash Saver)
    • Rival: Elrich Schtazen
      • Piloting: Norouz
  • Real Robot Female Route
    • Protagonist: Selene Meneth
      • Piloting: Svanhild, upgraded into Rathgrith Custom (part of the Valkyrie series, predecessors of both Randgrith and Laz Angriff)
    • Rival: Reese Greasewell
      • Piloting: Sigrun

If you take a real robot hero and choose the Oz road, a bug will occur (you will not be able to play with Daitarn 3 anymore during the game).

Reception

On release, Famitsu magazine scored the game a 30 out of 40.[1]

References

  1. ニンテンドウ64 – スーパーロボット大戦64. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.33. June 30, 2006.
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