2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha | |
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Developer(s) | Banpresto |
Publisher(s) | Banpresto |
Director(s) | Takanobu Terada, Jippa Hitokarage, Souichirou Morizumi |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre(s) | Strategy RPG |
2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha (第2次スーパーロボット大戦α Dai-Ni-Ji Sūpā Robotto Taisen Arufa?), for the PlayStation 2, is the third game in the Alpha series, continuing from Super Robot Wars Alpha and Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden. The 2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha, or simply Alpha 2, includes series debuts Brain Powerd, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (the first appearance of a Brave series title) and Steel Jeeg. This game also has the distinction of being one of three Super Robot Wars games that features mecha from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack and adheres to the plot of the film, the other two being Super Robot Wars D for the Game Boy Advance and 3rd Super Robot Wars Z for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
Although unlisted, units from Mobile Suit Gundam F90 and Getter Robo Armageddon appears as hidden units in this game.
This is the first Super Robot Wars game featuring series whose toy rights are held by Bandai rival Takara (GaoGaiGar and Steel Jeeg).
When starting the game, the player chooses between four scenarios, one for each combination of a male or female protagonist and super or real robot, as follows: