SD Gundam Battle Alliance launches worldwide for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC in 2022
Bandai Namco has revealed a new Gundam action RPG game titled SD Gundam Battle Alliance. While the game was first revealed at the February 2022 Nintendo Direct, the company later confirmed that it will be available on not only Nintendo Switch but also PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Windows 10 PC via Steam.
As suggested by the title, this game will feature Gundams and other Mobile Suits in Super Deformed chibi forms—similar to the SD Gundam G Generation strategy RPG series. Its story will feature the Break Phenomenon where certain figures in a Gundam title storyline get replaced with another unit from a different title. For example, the trailer shows how the Gouf in the first Gundam storyline is suddenly replaced by Iron-Blooded Orphans' Gundam Barbatos.
The Japanese official website also contains a full lineup of Gundam anime and manga titles that will have representative characters and mechs in this game:
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Gundam 08th MS Team
- Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
- Gundam Thunderbolt
- Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
- Zeta Gundam
- Gundam ZZ
- Char's Counterattack
- Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children
- Gundam Unicorn
- Gundam F91
- Crossbone Gundam
- Victory Gundam
- G Gundam
- Gundam Wing
- Gundam X
- Turn A Gundam
- Gundam SEED
- Gundam SEED Astray
- Gundam SEED Destiny
- Gundam SEED VS Astray
- Gundam 00
- Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
- Reconguista in G
- Iron-Blooded Orphans
Find the official trailer, press release, and screenshots right below. SD Gundam Battle Alliance will support online multiplayer with up to 3 players. The game will also have subtitles in Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Neutral Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Thai.
This action RPG brings players to another world through the strange phenomenon known as “Breaks,” experiencing original works from an array of Gundam stories while striving to restore the world to normal. From “Mobile Suit Gundam” to “Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans,” SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE encourages players to lead a 3-unit squadron to experience exciting cooperative battles with a multitude of characters and extensive mechanics. Players can experience the solo story or take advantage of each Mobile Suits’ unique strength to win the day by joining with friends. SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE will have players battling Super Deformed (SD) versions of Mobile Suits from the Gundam series with thrilling animations in this all new epic RPG.