Another Century's Episode
Developer(s)	From Software
Publisher(s)	Banpresto
Release date(s)	January 27, 2005
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	N/A
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2

Another Century's Episode, abbreviated as ACE, is a mecha action video game produced by Banpresto and developed by From Software. It was released for the Sony Playstation 2 on January 27, 2005. Image File history File links ACEcover. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... From Software is a Japanese software company founded in November of 1986 that develops games for Sonys PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendos DS, GameCube, Microsoft Windows PCs, Xbox and upcoming Xbox 360, and Segas Dreamcast. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Banpresto Co. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... Action games could be considered the video game equivalent of action movies. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... MEChA, an acronym for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán), is an organization that seeks to promote an awareness of Chicano history by education and political action. ... Action games could be considered the video game equivalent of action movies. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Banpresto Co. ... From Software is a Japanese software company founded in November of 1986 that develops games for Sonys PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendos DS, GameCube, Microsoft Windows PCs, Xbox and upcoming Xbox 360, and Segas Dreamcast. ... The two versions of the PS2 with an Eye Toy camera The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, after the PlayStation. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Another Century's Episode is the collaboration of Banpresto, best known for the Super Robot Wars series, and From Software, best known for the Armored Core series. As might be expected, the game is a fast-paced action game featuring characters, mecha and story elements from nine famous anime. However, while Super Robot Wars is known for combining Super Robots like Mazinger Z and Real Robots like Gundam, ACE exclusively focuses on Real Robots. Banpresto Co. ... Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden, one of many SRW games released by Banpresto in Japan. ... From Software is a Japanese software company founded in November of 1986 that develops games for Sonys PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendos DS, GameCube, Microsoft Windows PCs, Xbox and upcoming Xbox 360, and Segas Dreamcast. ... Armored Core 3 Armored Core is a mecha-based video game series for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mobile Phone platforms. ... MEChA, an acronym for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán), is an organization that seeks to promote an awareness of Chicano history by education and political action. ... // A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is a style of cartoon animation originating in Japan, with distinctive character and background stylings that visually set it apart from other forms of animation. ... Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden, one of many SRW games released by Banpresto in Japan. ... The Super Robot Mazinger Z. Super Robot is a term used in manga and anime to describe a giant robot or mecha, with an arsenal of fantastical super-powered weapons, sometimes transformable or combined from two or more robots and/or vehicles usually piloted by young, daring heroes, and often... Mazinger Z The Movie DVD cover Mazinger Z (マジンガーZ or マジンガー・ゼット), also known as Tranzor Z, is the name of a manga by artist Go Nagai, first published in Japan in 1972, and turned into a long-running anime television series later in the same year. ... Real Robot is a term first seen in the Super Robot Wars series of video games, to describe giant robots or mecha that are treated as tools rather than as heroic semi-characters, or super robots. ... Gundam is one of the longest running meta-series of anime featuring giant robots. ... Real Robot is a term first seen in the Super Robot Wars series of video games, to describe giant robots or mecha that are treated as tools rather than as heroic semi-characters, or super robots. ...

Plot

In the future, mankind has reached the stars, with colonies orbiting Earth and even Mars. However, political and economical strife have lead to a recession that has affected the colonies the hardest. In order to deal with these issues, the multitude of Earth governments have united under the banner of the United Community of Earth (UCE). Unfortunately, the UCE's existence has done nothing to prevent the organization of such rebel groups as White Fang and the Lunar Empire of Giganos. To that end, the UCE creates a special taskforce to quell such rebellions.

In order to deal with the energy crisis affecting the Earth Sphere, the UCE develops a new energy source called E2. Though powerful, E2 is also highly volatile, and many groups seek to steal it for their own purposes. Though most of the anime series' plots are followed faithfully, the most notable change is to Char's Counterattack. When Quattro Bajeena realizes how corrupt and self-serving the UCE government is, he leaves the taskforce. Several stages later, he resurfaces in his Char's Counterattack form, piloting Sazabi and leading an attack on Jaburo. Later, he attempts to ram Axis through A Baoa Qu (as was done in Zeta Gundam), but the attempt fails and the two asteroids become stuck together. Unfazed, Char steals a large supply of E2 and sends it to Earth in a civilian shuttle. If the shuttle reaches Earth, it will cause an even greater cataclysm than Axis's impact would have. Unfortunately, Char had the shuttle sent to Earth along with a fleet of refugee ships sent under the auspices of Relena Peacecraft. Running low on time and realizing that their situation was grim either way, the heroes attacked the shuttles in an attempt to stop Char's E2 bomb. Though they succeeded in stopping the bomb, the incident caused the heroes to be labelled traitors, and they were forced to go into hiding. // A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is a style of cartoon animation originating in Japan, with distinctive character and background stylings that visually set it apart from other forms of animation. ... Mobile Suit Gundam: Chars Counterattack is an anime movie set in the primary (UC) timeline of Gundam, taking place in UC0093. ... Char Aznable, as appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam: Chars Counterattack Char Aznable (シャア・アズナブル) is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Chars Counterattack, voiced by Shuichi Ikeda (Japanese), Michael Kopsa (English dub of original series and Chars... The MSN-04 Sazabi is Char Aznable’s personal mobile suit is the Gundam movie Chars Counterattack Spoiler warning: After Char Aznable returned as the leader of his own Neo Zeon faction in UC 0093 he ordered his engineers to create him a new mobile suit which would fit... One-time rivals Amuro Ray and Char Aznable, new hero Kamille Bidan and the Zeta Gundam. ... Relena Peacecraft (also known as Relena Darlian), a fictional character, is one of the central characters in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and its various spinoffs. ...

Playable Units

Though the game focuses on the nine featured anime, it also includes a number of original machines made exclusively for the game. Unlike Super Robot Wars, however, the original enemies are not the central villains. In addition, the first units that the player gets are original machines representing the two companies. Banpresto's machine is the Mass Production Gespenst Mark II from Super Robot Wars, while From Software's is a Mass Production Cloud Breaker, based on the machines from the Microsoft X-Box game Murakumo: Renegade Mech Persuit. // A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is a style of cartoon animation originating in Japan, with distinctive character and background stylings that visually set it apart from other forms of animation. ... Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden, one of many SRW games released by Banpresto in Japan. ... Banpresto Co. ... PTX-007 Gespenst Mk-II The PTX-001 Gespenst (or Geshpenst) is a fictional giant robot featured in various Super Robot Wars games. ... Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden, one of many SRW games released by Banpresto in Japan. ... From Software is a Japanese software company founded in November of 1986 that develops games for Sonys PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendos DS, GameCube, Microsoft Windows PCs, Xbox and upcoming Xbox 360, and Segas Dreamcast. ... Xbox and a Controller S The Xbox is Microsofts game console, released on November 15, 2001. ...

Original Machines

• RPT-007 Mass Production Gespenst Mark II (Pilot: Player)
• Cloud Breaker Mass Production Type (Pilot: Player)

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• WAT-62 Main Battle Tank
• H-41B Battle Helicopter
• Risnil
• Shutea
• Barlar

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• Dunbine (Pilot: Show Zama)
• Bilbine (Pilot: Show Zama)
• Bilbine Camoflage Colors (Pilot: Show Zama)
• Zwarth (Pilot: Black Knight)

Non-Playable

• Tungy
• Wryneck
• Galava (Pilot: Black Knight)
• Lepruchan

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• Black Sarena (Pilot: Akito Tenkawa)
• Aestivalis Custom (Pilot: Ryoko Subaru)
• Alstroemeria (Pilot: Genichiro Tsukiomi)

Non-Playable

• Grasshopper
• Mzra
• Yatenkou (Pilot: Hokushin)

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• Layzner (Pilot: Eiji Asuka)
• Zakarl (Pilot: Ru Kain)

Non-Playable

• Bloodykaiser
• Greimkaiser

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• Yuu Brain (Pilot: Yuu Isami)
• Hime Brain (Pilot: Hime Utsumiya)
• Nelly Brain (Pilot: Yuu Isami)
• Baronz (Pilot: Johnathan Glenn)

Non-Playable

• Grancher
• Johnathan Grancher (Pilot: Johnathan Glenn)

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• XXXG-01W Wing Gundam (Pilot: Heero Yuy)
• XXXG-01D Gundam Deathscythe (Pilot: Duo Maxwell)
• XXXG-01H Gundam Heavyarms (Pilot: Trowa Barton)
• XXXG-01SR Gundam Sandrock (Pilot: Quatre Raberba Winner)
• XXXG-01S Shenlong Gundam (Pilot: Chang Wufei)
• OZ-00MS Tallgeese (Pilot: Zechs Merquise)
• OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon (Pilot: Zechs Merquise)

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• OZ-06MS Leo
• OZ-07AMS Aries
• OZ-08MMS Cancer
• OZ-02MD Virgo

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• XDFU-01 Dragonar-1 Lifter/XC-00 Cavalier-00 (Pilot: Kaine Wakaba)
• XDFU-02 Dragonar-2 Lifter (Pilot: Tapp Oceano)
• XDFU-03 Dragonar-3 Lifter (Pilot: Light Newman)
• YGMA-14 Gilgazamune (Pilot: Gun Jym)

Non-Playable

• AMA-03B Gebaye
• FMA-04A Dyne
• MAFFU-08 Gelf MAFFU
• MAFFU-08 Jagd Gelf MAFFU
• MAFFU-08C Reb Gelf MAFFU
• MAFFU-09 Falguen MAFFU (Pilot: Meio Plato)

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam One-time rivals Amuro Ray and Char Aznable, new hero Kamille Bidan and the Zeta Gundam. ...

• MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam (Pilot: Kamille Bidan)
• MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki (Pilot: Quattro Bajeena)
• NRX-055 Baund Doc (Pilot: Jerid Messa)
• AMX-004 Qubeley (Pilot: Haman Karn)

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• RMS-106 Hi-Zack
• RMS-108 Marasai
• RX-139 Hambrabi (Pilot: Yazan Gable)
• PMX-003 The O
• MRX-009 Psyco Gundam (Pilot: Four Murasame)
• MRX-010 Psyco Gundam Mk-II

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• L-Gaim (Pilot: Daba Mylord)
• L-Gaim Mk-II (Pilot: Daba Mylord)
• Ashura Temple (Pilot: Gavlet Gablae)
• Novel D.Sserd (Pilot: Gaw Ha Leccee)
• Amon Duule "Stack" (Pilot: Daba Mylord)
• Auge (Pilot: Oldna Poseidal)

Non-Playable

• Lista
• Graia
• Batshuu
• A.Taul
• Blood Temple

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• RX-93 Nu Gundam (Pilot: Amuro Ray)
• MSN-04 Sazabi (Pilot: Char Aznable)

Non-Playable RX-93 ν Gundam from the movie Mobile Suit Gundam: Chars Counterattack. ... Amuro Ray, as he appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam. ... The MSN-04 Sazabi is Char Aznable’s personal mobile suit is the Gundam movie Chars Counterattack Spoiler warning: After Char Aznable returned as the leader of his own Neo Zeon faction in UC 0093 he ordered his engineers to create him a new mobile suit which would fit... Char Aznable, as appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam: Chars Counterattack Char Aznable (シャア・アズナブル) is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Chars Counterattack, voiced by Shuichi Ikeda (Japanese), Michael Kopsa (English dub of original series and Chars...

• AMS-119 Geara Doga
• MSN-03 Jagd Doga (Pilots: Gyunei Guss, Quess Paraya)
• NZ-333 Alpha Azieru (Pilot: Quess Paraya)

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Music

ACE's soundtrack consists mostly of original songs, but each of the featured anime gets one or two remixed songs, typically the series' opening theme and a piece of incidental, battle-appropriate music. The game's opening theme is "Garnet Moon", performed by Hitomi Shimatani; an instrumental version also plays during Stage 43. The closing theme is "inori", also by Shimatani. Hitomi Shimatani (jap. ...

Critical Response

Since ACE was only released in Japan, it was not reviewed by American magazines. However, response from the players was positive. The gameplay was highly similar to the popular Zone of the Enders series of games, but used Banpresto's usual attention to detail and accuracy, as seen in the Super Robot Wars series. While past 3D mecha games tended to make all the units play the same, ACE was popular because the companies did their best to have each unit move and act like it did in its anime. For example, each unit gets a unique set of melee attacks, such as L-Gaim being able to perform a shield punch and Gundam Heavyarms having its spinning knife attack. Zone of the Enders, also known as Z.O.E, is a video game that was developed and published by Konami in 2001 for the PlayStation 2. ... Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden, one of many SRW games released by Banpresto in Japan. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... MEChA, an acronym for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán), is an organization that seeks to promote an awareness of Chicano history by education and political action. ... XXXG-01H Gundam Heavyarms is one of the gundam type mobile suits in the anime series New Mobile Report Gundam Wing. ...

Sequels

Banpresto and From Software have announced a sequel, Another Century's Episode 2, slated for a March 30, 2006 release. Another Centurys Episode 2, abbreviated as A.C.E. 2, is a mecha action video game produced by Banpresto and developed by From Software. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official website