Main article: List of Super Robot Wars video games The franchise celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2016, and its 30th anniversary in 2021. Due to the nature of crossover games and licensing involved, only a few games have been released outside Japan, and in English. Later spawning numerous games that were released on various consoles and handhelds.
The first game in the franchise was released for the Game Boy on April 20, 1991. Starting out as a spinoff of the Compati Hero series, the main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to team up or battle one another. Super Robot Wars is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Banpresto.