Super Robot Wars Compact 3

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Super Robot Wars Compact 3 is the final Wonderswan game in the Super Robot Wars franchise, and is the only non-remake installment on the Wonderswan Color.

The Earth is nearing what seems to be the end of a long, painful war. Dr. Hell, the Mikene Empire, the Hyakki Empire, Neo Zeon, and the Organization of the Zodiac have all been defeated, with the Cambellians and the Titans on the verge of destruction. However, the Earth Federation cuts back at the very last minute: the Argama is forced to finish off remnant Titans on its own, while the Super Robot teams are left to deal with the remains of their respective enemies without assistance. Because of this, half a year passes with little-to-no progress being made against completely destroying the various factions.

Little do they know that a new war's about to begin: when Jaburo is under siege by a mysterious, fight-happy race called the Shura, a stray warrior named Folka Albark with his mech Ialdabaoth ends up siding with the Londo Bell, while being systematically hunted by his fellow kinsmen.

Compact 3's notorious for the addition of "oddball" magical mecha series, such as Vision of Escaflowne and New Story Of Aura Battler Dunbine.

Series List

• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
• New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
• Mazinger Z
• Great Mazinger
• Getter Robo G
• Shin Getter Robo (Manga version)
• Super Electromagnetic Robot Combattler V
• Combining Squadron Mechander Robo (Debut)
• Acrobunch (Debut)
• Aura Battler Dunbine
  • New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine (Character/storyline debut)
• The Vision of Escaflowne (Debut)
• Betterman (new)
• Banpresto Originals (Original characters created for the game)

Tropes that Compact 3 has

• Ancestral Weapon (All high-class Shura Gods, specifically the ones used by Shura Generals, are relics of their ancestors; current generation of Shura only has the technology to build the lowest class, namely the Mooks)
• Aloof Big Brother (Altis Tarl, Folka and Fernando Albark's older brother)
• An Ice Person (Maysis Mark, the Shura General of Ice)
• Ars Goetia: The Shura Mecha's Theme Naming
• Badass (Naturally, Folka)
• Badass Family (The Randou Family from Acrobunch)
• Big Bouncy Breasts (Hinoki and Keade from Betterman has these in their Super Move Portrait Attack)
• Blood Knight (Most likely "Freedom Knight" Alion Lucada...though to be honest, being a Blood Knight is a requirement for any Shura warrior)
• Brainwashed and Crazy (Fernando)
• Cain and Abel (Inversion: Fernando being the "bad" Abel for Folka, who's "good" Cain)
• Caped Mecha (A feature of pretty much any Guymelef that isn't a mass production model. The capes on Zaibach mecha double as Invisibility Cloaks. Also present with Fernando's Valefor after its apotheosis.)
• Catgirl (Merle, Nariya and Eriya)
• Chivalrous Pervert (Alion has a crush on Maysis and hits on his own robot (as a joke, mind you))
• Combining Mecha (Acrobunch, Combattler V, Getter Robo G, Mechander Robo, Shin Getter Robo)
• Cool Horse (Altis' mecha is not a horse, but a centaur. A bit of a Shout-Out to Koku-Oh, with Altis being the Aloof Big Brother of Kenshiro pastiche Folka)
  • Alion's mecha Agares is actually an anthromorphic horse
• Crowning Music of Awesome (Crimson Shura God)
• Demoted to Extra (In spite of being the titular character and more or less the hero of his series, Betterman Lamia's reduced to a handful of roles in the game and always is a NPC ally on missions he appears)
• Expy (Averted so far: Folka isn't THAT much of a Kenshiro expy in the beginning, except for the attack Kanji display, due to graphical limitations)
• Evil Chancellor (Mizal Touval; trope's more evident in Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden)
• Five-Bad Band (The top Shura Generals)
  • Big Bad: Alkaid Nassh
  • The Dragon: Altis
  • The Brute: Magnaz Ald
  • Evil Genius: Mizal
  • Dark Chick: Maysis
• Game Breaker (Ialdabaoth's nigh untouchable with high damage output...and that's not even before casting the Focus Spirit Command. In fact, this troper just sent him alone against the Final Boss and still came out victorious)
• Goddamned Bats (The Omega Missile)
• Gonk (Magnaz)
• Human Alien: The Shura and Jimmy from Mechander Robo.
• Life Energy (Powering a Shura God requires one's life)
  • Subverted once Folka "apotheosizes" the Ialdabaoth
• Little Miss Badass: Leina Ashta becomes one in this game.
• The Remnant (Whatever's left of the Titans and Neo Zeon)
• Ryu and Ken (Folka-Fernando, Ialdabaoth-Valefor)
• Smug Snake (Mizal)
• Spam Attack (Folka has those Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs; he also has Shinha Kou Ken, where he spams energy bolts. Folka loves to spam)
• Sphere of Destruction (Stoner Sunshine)
• Spell My Name with an "S" (Is it Phorka or Folka? Is it Fernando or Phernand? Is it Ialdabaoth or Yaldabaoth? Is it Valefor or Valefar? In fact, Compact 3's inherent use of this trope for its original characters and mecha is just mind-boggling)
• Stalked by the Bell: the Omega Missile from Mechander Robo frequently shows up after 3 turns from Stage 10 until Stage 16. It has a post movement MAPW with a range of 1-6 around itself that hits for about 4k damage and NEVER misses.
• The Starscream (Mizal)
• Theme Naming (All Shura Gods are named after mythical demons)
• Tsundere (Maysis gets really gushy in front of Altis, but when Alion teases her about it, she snaps; likewise, in battle, she possesses a no-nonsense personality like Soi Fon)
• White-Haired Pretty Boy (Altis, but more like silver-haired. Alion sports a darker tone of this (and is more cheerier))
• Too Many Belts (Folka's outfit is loaded with it)