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Atlus imports robots and role-playing

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Mar 6, 2006 4:37 pm PT

Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation series and Contact on the way for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, respectively.

The long-running Super Robot Taisen series is set to make its North American debut, as Atlus USA has announced it is bringing over Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation for the Game Boy Advance, alongside the Nintendo DS role-playing game Contact.

Super Robot Taisen (also known as Super Robot Wars) pits giant robots against each other in strategy role-playing combat, although the brutality of a robot war is somewhat offset by the series' "superdeformed" art style. Atlus has scheduled Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation for release in the summer, with Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 to follow in the fall.

Developed by Grasshopper (the studio behind Killer 7), Contact tells the story of a professor, whose spaceship crashes on a strange world, and Terry, the young man who helps him gather the necessary parts to fix the craft and escape the alien world. Featuring character designs by Atsuko Fukushima (PoPoLoCrois), Contact will feature support for Nintendo's Wi-Fi connection and is slated for a summer release.

16 Comments

  • spyboy29

    Posted Mar 18, 2006 5:59 am PT

    I can't believe it. SRW is finally getting a release here in the states. I'm just so happy to finally get a chance to play it.

  • dc0079

    Posted Mar 8, 2006 1:23 am PT

    Very interesting. It's only possible to get OG over because it's all origional designs (i.e. no license). I'm guessing if it sell well enough, they might port the main serie.

  • paladinvn

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 4:44 pm PT

    I'm a long-time running fan of Super Robot War franchise. Can't wait till it happen so that I can stop importing the games.

  • bonso

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 7:52 am PT

    Atlus became one of my favorite publisher after they released Disgaea in the US.

  • Legir

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 7:21 am PT

    Atlus has always been one of my favorite game companies.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 4:27 am PT

    cool

  • Mantis_248th

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 6:11 pm PT

    The Snes games pwned. I only hope it dose it justice. Then again Atlus isnt famous for doo doo.

  • Prof_Frink

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 5:59 pm PT

    I wish there was a few screen shots and or a little more plot/game details. I am not familiar with this series. I guess I will track it and learn more when it comes to the site.

  • dwmorrow

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 5:59 pm PT

    Excellent news. I love Atlus. As for Grasshopper, Killer 7 is probably one of the best games I've ever played so I'm pretty psyched to check out Contact.

  • i_am_error

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 5:20 pm PT

    Finally Contact get a secured US date... and from Atlus, which means will get a proper translation.

  • ElBanano216

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 5:06 pm PT

    I wanted the Robopon series... :-(

  • joeamis

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 5:06 pm PT

    Didn't Pikmin have a similar plot with the whole fix the spaceship thing by getting the necessary parts? I could be totally off but it rings a bell.

  • Donkeljohn

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 5:05 pm PT

    I've never really been a fan of the super-deformed presentation style

  • glitchgeeman

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 5:01 pm PT

    Cool. Can't wait to play the Super Robot games. They sound really interesting. I hope Grasshopper can make their game as cool as killer 7.

  • Rokushin

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 4:59 pm PT

    Ever since Killer 7 I have become a morbid follower of Grasshopper. XD Now...I just need a DS...;_;

  • Theman3788

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 4:48 pm PT

    nice, looks interesting

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