Super Robot Wars 64

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.[1] 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.

Super Robot Wars 64
Developer(s)	AI
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

Series included in Super Robot Wars 64

• Aura Battler Dunbine
• Banpresto Originals (not a TV or movie series)
• Blue Comet SPT Layzner
• Chōdenji Robo Combattler V
• Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God
• Getter Robo
  • Getter Robo G
  • Shin Getter Robo
• Giant Robo (debut)
• GoShogun
• Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
• Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
• Mazinger
  • Great Mazinger
  • Grendizer
• Gundam
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (debut)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
  • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
  • Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
  • Mobile Suit Gundam F91
  • Mobile Fighter G Gundam
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
    • Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
• Six God Combination Godmars (debut)

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.[2]

References

1. https://archive.org/details/Dengeki_Nintendo_64_Issue_040_September_1999/page/n11/mode/2up
2. 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.