Okay, so, maybe you've heard the news that SRW30 will be released in the US on Steam in October.

And maybe you've seen the list of included IPs.

But have you seen this blurb from Anime News Network?

"Only the mecha from Z-MSV, M-MSV, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III - Glorification, MazinKaiser Infinitism, and GaoGaiGar Final will be in the game."

<https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-14/super-robot-wars-30-game-gets-western-release-on-steam-on-october-28/.175127>

MSV is the Mobile Suit Variations collections, Z for the Zeta Gundam Collection and M for the Kunio Okawara Collection.

Perhaps I misinterpret the ANN blurb, but if the mecha list is that limited? Not good.

I think it means that only the mecha-and not any characters will be present in the game for those specific series. The other included series’ would presumably have both characters and mecha present.
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That makes more sense than what I lead myself to think.
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>I think it means that only the mecha-and not any characters will be
>present in the game for those specific series. The other included
>series’ would presumably have both characters and mecha present.

If I were that writer's editor, I'd have sent that sentence back to the kitchen.

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Also if you check out the previous game, Super Robot Wars T, that one's got Cowboy Bebop in it, as well as G Gundam and Gaogaigar. Banpresto has started to add shows to the games which are more marketed towards the USA crowd, so consider T a 'dry run' for 30 if you will.

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All SRW games feature a core of Go Nagai and Bandai shows, something from the 1970s like Zambot and Daitarn, and a mix of newer shows including some which are not robot shows at all like Yamato 2199 and Captain Harlock. And they haven't sold a main line SRW game in North America since OG 1 and 2 on Gameboy Advance and that was all originals.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, T was never released on Steam (X and V were). NA players needed to import PS4 or Switch editions of the game. Switch is not region locked but PS4 is. Taken together, the NA player base for T is relatively quite small.

So yeah, I don't think T was any kind of market test at all. I think Bandai and Banpresto see a sufficient demand and they picked a list of shows that would be easy for a NA release. Note for example the lack of Gainax properties which were prominent in V, X and T (Evangelion, Nadia, Gunbuster).