News: Super Robots on handhelds

October 25, 2005, 01:02 PM

by chazumaru, via Sunrise/Banpresto -
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gaogaigar.jpgSuper robots are invading both trendy handhelds of the moment. First, The DS will host Sunrise's popular robot series Gaogaigar (the one with the big lion head on its torso, for those mildly familiar with Super Robot Taisen). Probably the best concept ever, at least provided you dig robots and logigraphs, Oekaki Puzzle Battle! Yuusha-Ou Gaogaigar Hen will arrive on DS next november. For those unfamiliar with the term "logigraph" or cool magazines such as IllustLogic, the game is nothing more than a new take on the old handheld classic Mario no Picross.
Afterwards, super robots will appear in Super Robot Taisen MX Portable, an upgraded port of the PS2 game, which will be released on PlayStation Portable on December 29th. This will not be the only solution to save the world in public transports, mind you, as Super Robot Taisen J was recently released on the GameBoy Advance (along with a limited edition faceplate for the GameBoy Micro) and an episode for DS has already been confirmed as in the works. Speaking of Banpresto's popular franchise, Majoria's News has given a bunch of interesting related links recently, including fan arts and Wikipedia entries. (And yes, I do know I am probably the only guy in the world who's equally a fan of both super robots and Picross.)