The first Banpresto Original mecha, the Masoukishin of Wind, Cybuster

Banpresto Original is a blanket term for the many characters and machines created by Japanese gaming company Banpresto for their various crossover games. Many of the best-known Banpresto Originals exist mainly within the Super Robot Wars series of games, supporting the featured series and providing a larger plot connected to the various series plots. Other Banpresto Originals have appeared in other Banpresto game series, including The Great Battle and Hero Sakusen. Image File history File linksMetadata Cybaster. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Cybaster. ... Banpresto Co. ... A fictional crossover occurs when two or more otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media meet and interact with each other. ... Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden, one of many SRW games released by Banpresto in Japan. ...

The first Banpresto Original character was Masaki Andoh, pilot of Cybuster, the Elemental Lord of Wind, which was introduced in 2nd Super Robot Wars, released for the Nintendo Famicom in 1991. The first game by Banpresto to devote itself entirely to its originals was Super Robot Wars Gaiden: Masou Kishin - The Lord Of Elemental for the Super Famicom, released in 1996. Masaki Andoh Masaki Andoh (マサキ・アンドー) is a fictional character in the Super Robot Wars series. ... The Cybuster is an original mecha which originated in the Banpresto strategy Role Playing Game series Super Robot Wars. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (U.S., Europe, and Australia) NES redirects here. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES (pronounced either as a word or acronym), is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

More recently, Banpresto has begun a new original-centric series of Super Robot Wars games, titled Original Generation. The first two games, Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation and Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 were released for the Game Boy Advance, with the first having the distinction of being the first SRW game officially translated and distributed in English by Atlus. A third game titled Super Robot Wars Original Generations— an enhanced retelling of the first two games—has been announced for the Sony PlayStation 2, and set for a release sometime in the second quarter of 2007. Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation, a three-episode OVA series based on the first two games, was released in 2006. Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars, which aired October 4, 2006, retells the events of Original Generation with its own special twists. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Atlus is a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. ... Super Robot Wars Original Generations (Japanese スーパーロボット大戦オリジナルジェネレーシオンズ, Romaji Suupaa Robotto Taisen Orijinaru Jenereeshionzu) is a game in the popular Super Robot Wars series of turn-based tactics video games. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... A human ovum An ovum (loosely, egg or egg cell) is a female sex cell or gamete. ...

External link

• The Gate of Magus - an up to date site on Banpresto Originals

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