The Brave series is a toy and animation franchise that began after toy company Takara had ended the animated "Generation One" storyline of Transformers in Japan. Following a decline in the series' popularity that led to the cancellation of the OVA series Transformers: Zone, Takara struck a cooperative deal with the animation studio Sunrise (known for its mecha series, most notably Gundam) to develop a new franchise and set of toy lines. The franchise, in fact, would play a key role in the reintroduction of the Super Robot genre to the Japanese mainstream in the 1990s.
It is worth noting that Sunrise's official Yuusha web site considers Brave Saga the ninth Brave series, even though it was not fully produced. It was the main robot for the game Brave Saga, which was released on the Playstation. Sunrise even produced animated transformation and merging sequences to go with the game and a fully animated intro.
Yuusha show involves a young boy (usually in jr.high) who ether stumbles upon an object that grants him the ability to call upon a robot. Or the robot enlists the help of a boy (usually in Jr.high) while trying to save the world.
Here is the List of the Series that appear in Brave Saga:
- Yuusha Exkaiser
- Yaiyo no Yuusha Fribird
- Densetsu no Yuusha Dagan
- Yuusha Tokkyuu Might Gain
- Yuusha Keisatsu J-Decker
- Ougan Yuusha Goldran
- Yuusha Shirei Daguon
- Taiyo no Kiba Daugram
- Soukou Kihyou Voltoms
- Kikou Kai Galliant
The Last 3 titles are better known as "Fang of the Sun Dugram","Armored Trooper Voltoms" and "Panzer World Gallent". As you may have noticed they arent Yuusha shows, but early 80's Sunrise (known as "Nippon Sunrise" back then) Mecha shows. In contrast, they are like the Evangeleon units in SRWF, Just thrown into the game for their namesake to attract fans of their respective series.
STORY:
On some planet. The Emperor Grandark sends his henchmen to try to invade earth. However around the earths orbit. A mysterious life force witnesses hostile forces entering earth. Meanwhile in the VARS Stadium, our hero Shunpei and his best friend Hiro have made it to the VARS Finals. The next match places them both against each other to see who will be the champion.
However outside the stadium the Two Geist-stars attack the stadium, almost destroying. Fribird and Exkaiser both show up and holds off the Geist-Stars attack for the time being. Inside the stadium Shunpei wakes up and finds the place is on fire. He tries to look around for his Friend Hiro but sees that where Hiro once was, is buried under rubble.
Thinking that his friend is dead, Shunpei begins to cry. However His VARS begins to talk to him and introduces himself as Sei Yuusha (Star Hero) Ban. This of course freaks Shunpei out. Ban tells him that he needs Shunpei's help in order to fight the Evil forces that are attacking earth. Shunpei Pulls a Shinji from Evangeleon and whines how he isn't a fighter and doesn't want to fight.
Ban tries once more to talk some sense into Shunpei, because he senses the great potential courage in Shunpei, which is why he choose him as a partner. Ban asks Shunpei to shout out the phrase "Brave Charge!" to activate his power. Shunpei still being the wimp that he is cant bring himself to do it. Until his friend Nanako was about to get crushed by falling debris.. Thus begins the adventure of Shinpei and Sei Yuusha Ban.
GAMEPLAY:
The only unit you can personally modify is Ban. Go to the first floor of the VARS base and you can choose which of the 3 abilities you want to increase (Attack, Hitting and Defense). Hit L1 or R1 to switch between the stats and hit up or down to increase or decrease. Eventually later in the game you can modify your units weapons as well. But you can't do this till like episode 20 or even sooner. It's one of the rooms on the first floor again.
Manufacturer's description:
Robot anime "Hero" series of original stories, "Barn Garn Brave jihad" simulation with a focus on RPG. Each hero or enhanced weapons, and items can also create an advantage in combat. Hero of the former and new heroes, "Garn Burn" with us "Gurandaku absolute evil, " Defeat!
Features:
- Third person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- SCI-FI, Futuristic, Fantasy & Anime themes.
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