Getter Robo Series
"Change, Getter 1! Switch On!"
The Getter Robo franchise started in the 1970s, and is the first mecha series to depict smaller machines combining into a single combat robot. SRTMOO's Getter integration focuses primarily on Shin Getter Robo vs. Neo Getter Robo, a second attempt at adapting the characters and general scenario of sequel series Getter Robo Go, but with a very different central plot.
Shin Getter Robo vs. Neo Getter Robo
It has been five years since Musashi Tomoe gave his life defending Earth from the Dinosaur Empire; the Getter Team of old has broken up, and Getter research is banned. Hayato Jin now heads up NISAR, a self-defense organization run by the Japanese government. Hayato puts together a new team, using a Getter Robo that does not use the Getter Rays -- but will this be enough to face a resurgent Dinosaur Empire?
Integration Notes
The following are elements of the Getter Robo series that had to change or be adjusted to work on SRTMOO.
- NISAR is part of the NERV Federation anti-alien apparatus. Being brought into a somewhat sketchy broader apparatus plays to Hayato's strengths.
- We welcome Hayato or Ryoma players to get back into the robot. Driving robots is cool and good.
- Getter Robo has fought threats besides the Dinosaur Empire; during the 0080s, it fought alongside the Federation, including the Titans, against Dr. Hell, the BETA, and other threats, and sided with the Anti Earth-Union Group during the Gryps Conflict.
Development Trivia
The following is some development trivia regarding the Getter Robo series and its integration on SRTMOO.
- We wanted to nail down the Getter timeline in a big way; there's a lot of cases in limited-multitheme games in general where a show with a lot of AUs is just kind of tossed to the four winds and told to go nuts. Creating clear hooks is the way to go!
- Super Robot Wars T informed the integration despite using a different Getter; as part of being late in Mazinger Series and Universal Century Gundam, we wanted Getter -- the third of the "big three" -- to also be fairly far along.