The firstSuper Robot Wars title forthe Nintendo Game Boy Advance. Difficult in the same vein of old-school SRWs, itborrows a lot of designs fromSuper Robot Wars 64. The story revolves around thewarmongering organization Shadow-Mirror, who sends out one of its members to spy onanother universe: eithertheir ace Axel Almer or thenewly created android Lamia Loveless. Unfortunately for them, due to a mess up in the jump to another universe, they receive a certain misfortune (Easy Amnesia for Axel,Speech Impediment for Lamia) and actuallyally themselves with the heroes, thereby betraying the Shadow-Mirror.The game can't skip battle scenes, whichdoesn't sit quite too well for many fans.

Later on, anUpdated Rerelease forAdvance is made for the SonyPlayStation Portable, titledSuper Robot Wars A Portable (notAdvance Portable, since it's no longer on the GBA), boastingSuper Robot Wars Original Generations graphics, voice acting, selectable pilot skills, skippable battle scenes and many other improvements. Yet, the difficulty is takenUp to Eleven, thusfans are divided whether A Portable was a good remake or not.

This game includes the following series (new series inbold):

• Mobile Suit Gundam
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
• G Gundam
• Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
• Mazinger Z
• Great Mazinger
• UFO Robo Grendizer
• Getter Robo
• Getter Robo G
• Combattler V
• Voltes V
• Daimos
• Zambot 3
• Daitarn 3
• Metal Armor Dragonar
• Martian Successor Nadesico

• Alternate Universe
• Becoming the Mask
• Big Bad:Vindel Mauser
• Casanova Wannabe: Axel as the protagonist AKAAhoseru orSilly Axel.
• Combination Attack:Advance marks the first appearance of the Final Dynamic Special.
• Expy: Almost all originalMecha inAdvance are cut-and-paste copies of the original machines fromSuper Robot Wars 64, which led toWild Mass Guessing by fans the64 andAdvance stories are interconnected, which wasJossed byWord of God.
  • However, theSuper Robot Wars 64 plot does share similarities with theSuper Robot Wars Advance backstory (The goals of theOriginal Generation villains of both games is fundamentally identical, along with the protagonists ofSuper Robot Wars 64 ending up as a heroic Shadow-Mirror equivalent) along with a Gespenst MK-III reference. And considering howTerada treats the fanbase...
• Foreshadowing: The mention of a Gespenst MK III inAdvance paved the way for a certain rivalry Axel fuels in theOriginal Generation sub-series. Unfortunately, this only sets him up for a massiveFlanderization that displeased the fanbase. It takes anUpdated Rerelease to set things right.
  • It also mentions "W16", who certainly doesn't appear inAdvance but inOriginal Generation, the character's given the name "Echidna Iisaki"
  • The Gespenst MK-III was also mentioned in theSuper Robot Wars 64 backstory.
• Guest Star Party Member: In the Earth route for scenario 8,Schwarz Bruder appears to help you at level 10, with some incredibly overpowered stats and all six Spirit Commands at his disposal. Due towhat you'reup against, he's more than crucial.
  • AlsoSayla Mass: she joins you in the early Space Route for several missions...then she leaves...forever
• Heel Face Turn: Just afterThe Reveal occurs that sets the event for thechosen protagonist's failedHeroic Sacrifice against theBig Bad.
• Heroic Sacrifice:Richter and Raiza, thoughnot by throwing themselves into the sun like how Richter did it in the original series, but blowing themselves up in a nuclear level explosion, wiping out half of the army of theVegan Alliance.
  • Subverted in the case forthe chosen protagonist, who fails to kill theBig Bad by self-detonating his/her machine
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Particularly inAdvanced Portable: BothNobutoshi Canna (who HAD to record Silly Axel's voice (because he didn't go silly in OG); also recording Axel vsVindel and Axel in the Vysaga) andKaori Shimizu return.
• HumongousCombining and/orTransformingReal andSuper Robots
• Karma Houdini: No, no, no. If you really want to killHaruki Kusakabe, wait until future SRWs. But at least you screwed his plans up so much there's no way he can carry out thePrince of Darkness plots.
• Made of Iron,No One Could Survive That: This explains why Axel/Lamia survived afterself-detonating their machines to protect the heroes. If this doesn't impress you, how about surviving after being punched by bothDomon Kasshu and Kazuya? For Lamia, she gets hit RIGHT AT THE VITALS and shrugs them off just fine, though relatively justified since she's an android, but for Axel, hemanages to stay on his feet, clutching his stomach. It's later revealed Domon and Kazuya BARELY missed his vitals; Axel vaguely dodged it by reflex.
• Mid-Season Upgrade: One of the few instances in SRW where it's averted: Axel and Lamia's starting machine gets upgraded in no way, shape, or form. The closest you get is unlocking the mecha's final attack when they hit level 20, butLevel Grinding can get you the attack quite quickly.
• The Mole: Whoever the chosen protagonist is.
• Original Generation: Axel, Lamia and the Shadow-Mirror.
  • For theMecha, theAngelg,Soulgain,Vysaga,Ashsaver,Laz Angriff, Gespenst MK II and Zweizergain
    • And the Weisssaber in the remake.
• Nintendo Hard: Even the original game was pretty tough, butAdvanced Portable was made even harder. In particular, theRandom Number God who presides overFire Emblem wandered in and is now out for your blood.
• Pink Girl, Blue Boy: The exclusiveSuper originals: Axel gets the blue Soulgain, Lamia gets the pink Angelg.
• Real Men Wear Pink: If you play as Axel, you'll see Shadow-Mirrormooks riding in Lamia's really girly Angelg in the last few scenarios.
• The Rival: Whoever the player doesn't select as the protagonist becomes the chosen protagonist's rival for the duration of the game.
• Secret Character: Let's see here...
  • Aestevalis Gai Custom/Gai Daigoji, Daitetsujin/Tsukumo Shiratori
  • Nobel Gundam/Allenby Beardsley, Master Gundam/Master Asia, Fuunsaiki Gundam/Fuunsaiki
  • Gouf Custom/Norris Packard
  • Tekkou Ki, Kochou Ki, also Musashi Tomoe alive for the rest of the game
  • Either Four Murasame or Rosamia Badam.Yes, you can only pick one
  • Qubeley/Puru & Puru II (Yes, you can accidentally kill them)
  • Elmeth/Lalah Sune
  • Falguen/Meio Plato
• Shout-Out:Amuro Ray in the Shadow-Mirror universe died in the Battle of A-Baoa-Qu. This certainly sounds familiar in a certain Gundam novel.
  • Only inA Portable:

Axel: "LISTEN TO MYSONGSCREAM!! - now's not the time to be saying that!" Axel: "Rocket Soul Punch! Or something!"

• Shut UP, Hannibal: Done byHaran Banjou toHaman Karn.
• Super Title 64 Advance
• Transformation Name Announcement: Spoofed byGai Daigoji in response ofKazuya Ryuuzaki's "DAAAAIIIMOOOOOSSS!!!"

AESTIIIII!!! VALIIIIISSS!!!!

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• Mecha Game
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