looking for criminally underrated Anime Fighters or mecha RPG's

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

Fill-in Cafe's Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force (1997) on PlayStation

More of a brawler, beat'em up style mecha game. A remake from the original X68000 which was also ported to FM Towns, PC Engine Arcade CD-ROM² and more recently dumped Mega Drive.

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Hudson Soft's Blood Gear (1994) on PC Engine Super CD-ROM²

Which is a criminally underrated mecha RPG that fits your description- although its on PC Engine CD. I've started playing this not too long ago. Since it was never localized, and currently no fan translation exists I'm using guides online.

 

[Evoluder]

Gonna throw in my recc for SRW OGs as well. It's the cream of the crop, and has so much content I still don't feel like I'm half done after 100+ hours. The animations and story make the modern games look like slop. Seriously, give it a go.

Hopefully Gaiden and 2nd OGs get a translation soon, and maybe a retranslation for Moon Dwellers.

Oof that would be the dream but I doubt it

Alpha 1's TL has been in WIP for more than a decade and it's still not done, and 2nd OG is even bigger
Gaiden does seem doable enough for the team that worked on the OGs TL

 

[DigitamaMun]

Oof that would be the dream but I doubt it

Alpha 1's TL has been in WIP for more than a decade and it's still not done, and 2nd OG is even bigger
Gaiden does seem doable enough for the team that worked on the OGs TL

The weird thing is there's a full translation of 2nd OGs is readily available, but no one has worked on actually implementing into the game.

2nd Super Robot Taisen OG (In English)

English Translations for each chapter in 2nd Super Robot Taisen OGs.

2ndsrwoge.com

I assume interfacing with it is significantly more complicated because of the PS3 is more advanced/complicated, and it being super niche in the West isn't doing progress any favors.

A decent chunk of Gaiden is already in OGs itself so the job is partially done, I wonder why there's no news on it.

The only thing I think will never happen is Moon Dwellers getting a retranslation, as sucky as that is. At least it's basically a filler game.

Based name and icon btw.

 

[Evoluder]

oh right, the OG 2.5 section, still I do want Gaiden cause of the Free Battle Mode
And yeah while there's a written script TL of 2nd, actually translating the game is the extremely difficult part.


I don't see MD ever being touched again unfortunately, shame cause in general its a fun OG that just decides to give you the SRX nearly at the start for shits and giggles




based pfp for you too, the R-1 is awesome

 

[ChojinRamenStan]

Gear Fighter Denhoh on the PS1 is a pretty cool beat em up with Fighting Game mechanics and a VS Mode that I wish gets a translation. He also appeared on SRW J on GBA.

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Gear Fighter Dendoh (Japan) PSX ISO – RGT Repository

Gear Fighter Dendoh (Japan) PSX ISO Game ID: SLPS-03189. Languages: Japanese. For Sony PlayStation.

retrogametalk.com

Dendoh appears in SRW R and MX, not J as far as I know lol

 

[Zerohour2k12]

Dendoh appears in SRW R and MX, not J as far as I know lol

Lol you're right!My bad!