SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Switch Review 

Edit: There's a new PLATINUM Edition available which includes all the DLC! Links below for that too! Original: Hey guys, as promised in my Essential Imports video, our review of SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays. Try saying that 5 times as fast as possible! If you want to buy this one, consider supporting the show at the same time with these affiliate links: Asian Standard: bit.ly/2QGVCrG Japanese Standard: bit.ly/37sKoNj Japanese Premium Sound: bit.ly/2D9HYWe SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays (Platinum): Asian (Def. Has English): bit.ly/38JXfNM JP Version (probably has English): bit.ly/3bpz1KP 3000¥ eShop Credit: bit.ly/34MPkuE 5000¥ eShop Credit: bit.ly/2Y31rl5

Just throwing it out there, this game is available on Steam

i'm so grateful that this was released on pc. it's such a fucking amazing game, oldschool japanese turn-based goodness.

I think you can make overpower team in any SD Gundam G Generation series. Even in previous game, humble Zaku II can Overkill Neo Zeong if you build it properly

Being able to put Lacus in a Strike Freedom to assert her dominance over everyone is the reason I love G Generation games.

I was hoping to see a review on this and I knew you guys would be the channel to deliver! Just what I needed.

I think one element of the game it would have been worth going over that you didn't address is what sets this apart from SRW: Team development and customization. If you're someone who loves tech trees and building units and whatnot, this whole G Generation series shines. And if you'd like to try a game like this but maybe don't want to shell out as much money, there is also a Switch version of G Generation Genesis, which uses all Universal Century units and stories, while this one is all non-UC. You could probably get it at a cheaper price nowadays.

Thank goodness it's on steam. With no importing needed.

It has been a long way for me since I came upon "SD Gundam G Generation F" for PS (third title in the franchise proper, and obviously in japanese) in the early 2000s... I was about 14 or 15 years old. And while I havent played all of them I have been a hardcore fan since then even more of it than of the SRWs. Dont get me wrong, I LOVE both franchises, but Im way more attached to the SDGG (Mainly cause I dont have to deal with using units/characters of series I despise like in the SRW games)... but thats me xD And this game, oh boy I will make sure to put my hands on it.

SRPGs are my jam!

I'm loving this game so far. I'm playing through Gundam Wing first (my favorite Gundam series). I want to get more of these games now. It's my first SD Gundam game (I love Gundam Versus on PS4!)

I bought super robot wars t n it's awesome I cant g ett enough of it, ur vids helps a lot n considering on buying sd gundam thx

I'm just happy that this game genre is still alive and someday I get to see and play next gen game of this genre

Just a heads up, Super Robot Wars V on Switch is much cheaper on Amazon, has similar/same gameplay, and has lots of Gundam and many other mecha series in it (like Evangelion) This game still looks sicc tho

I was wondering if you’d you a SD Gundam review! (I should have guessed though lol). Been looking forward to this for MONTHS! Ever since dropping 500 hours on Genesis for the vita. Huge fan, and happily imported the G Sound Edition. Time to collect giant robots!!! :D

thanks for this review, hope you guys know how awesome this channel is! one the best on this site for switch reviews and we appreciate your original funny honest content

3yrs later I just got the platinum edition for 4200 yen never played a gundam game before battle Alliance I'm so excited

Just dropping in to say I got this physical(Japanese premium G-Sound) And it came with same bits you got, the code for the early stuff and Monoeyes Gundam.

The game contained many fan made characters and gundams which are not in the official amines. It will took you more than 100 hours to grind (100% the game). Therefore, it is for people who want to get into the gundams’ universe, not so much for those who enjoyed strategy games and amines.

This animations reminds me of the gba games, fantastic! May actually get this one as the newer ones felt very off to me

I want to talk about something important for new comers. Since in this video dose not explain new mechanics to the series. A new change for the secret objectives, in older versions of the SD series when you beat the main unit of the secret objectives you can capture them but that change in Cross Rays now when you beat them you unlock skills. To capture units you must complete the dispatch missions with other rewards but it's a 100% possible to fail the mission and lose a unit or two since you have no control over the dispatch missions. Lets talk about the new raids groups, previews series you always must have two ships if you want to have two groups but with the introduction of raid groups you can now deploy units with no ship. Since that group did not deploy with the ship you can't return to a ship to recharge your EN rather you must use the move all command to move all your units by doing so your units will attack automatically to a near by unit base on there range but when you use the move all command you will regain health and EN. Development of units is the same. Lets talk about the GET bar. This bar is presented to the main guest unit. By defeating enemy units with the guest unit you will gain a bar and when you fill this bar that guest unit for example the Strike Gundam when you fill the bar for the Strike Gundam it will appear in your production list meaning you can know buy the unit. The GET bar is not a new mechanic but just wanted to inform you all. A major change to custom characters. previews series custom pilots always have a show eyes but now you can have eyes to your custom characters. If you want to have a better understanding of the series as a whole I recommend playing SD Gundam Overworld or SD Gundam G Generation World for the PSP both game are translated thanks too a dedicated team. I hope this is informative to new players. Happy playing Edit: I forgot to something important A new feature is a single save file. while there are bunch of quick save slots you only have one save file. Every time you beat a mission it auto saves and when you start up a new mission you are force to delete all of your quick save slots.

Front Mission+ MS Gundam, finally my best dreams became reality S2

I'm a big fan of Gundam... SO I'll be buying this sooner or later. Great Review Jordan!! I can always relate to your taste in games

Great review Jordan. Enjoyed this as well as the Super Robot Wars reviews. Those helped me decide on buying them and they are a lot of fun.

Bought it because I wanted another Dynasty Warriors Gundam

It's on pc, steam/ you can buy it their

Speaking of Sd Gundam strategy games on Nintendo systems, people need to check out SD Gundam Gashapon Wars for Gamecube and Wii. Its a turn based strategy game featuring UC and CE suits, but a lot simpler like Advanced Wars. However, once you enter combat, it becomes a power stone style action game. Theres a ton of suits and content, local multiplayer, and is one of my favorite gundam games. It was even developed by the Smash bros team.

My first contact with this game series was through the SD G Generation Overworld fantranslated PSP game, and I fell in love with it. I'm glad that we have now a proper PC release of the new game in the series and on Steam nevertheless!

Or you can get this game on the Singapore english psn for $65 us

I was looking for something that reminded me of front mission on the ps1 and this looks right up my alley.

For the english cover version for Switch, how can you purchase the DLC? I'm a bit new to games that are not typically sold in US stores.

It's a revamped version of SD Gundam G Generation Overworld. Will play it since there's more units and more animations than the former.

I believe they just announced Cross Rays is getting released locally in NA. Since there isn't the same licensing problem as Super Robot Wars (ie. everything owned by the same company) this was a no-brainer for Bamco.

I wish the price tag is lower :/

Awesome review Jordan, like always.. I don’t own a single game in this style gameplay

I like almost everything in this game, but there are 2 things that become my minus points for this game(Based on my own experience playing this game for almost 2 months) : 1. I don't know if this only happens on my Switch, but this game tend to freeze or even forced shut down due to unknown error... Is this only happens when you play this in Handheld Mode but safe in Docked Mode? I don't know, but this happens more than thrice... 2. The translation is bad... Like Fon Spaak called his Astraea F2 "Astray", Tieria Erde called his Virtue "Veda", Duo Maxwell doesn't mention anything about his "Partner" despite the voice say otherwise, and the worst offender so far is the quest to unlock Ride from Gundam IBO where the text said that you need to unlock Shiden Custom "RYUSEI-GO" but the truth is that you need to unlock RAIDEN-GO & heck even the Japanese Text write it as "Raiden-Go" in Japanese not "Ryusei-Go"... Also, some of the translation are waaay off from the original meaning, some are acceptable & cooler because it fits the pilot's personality, but some are super duper off like this 1 simple example where Argi Mirage scream "IKEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" but the text said "Go... Gooo!!!"..... If SRT English Translation's bad due to typo, weird translation, & mistranslation for some things including the weapon name(Getter Razor into Getter Laser? Pffft), SD Gundam Cross Rays English Translation's bad due to some weird translation, mistranslation for some names, & 1 misleading translation(Since i only found 1 so far)... I'm super duper bad with Japanese especially the writing(Super duper bad with Kanji, Hiragana, & Katakana), but not that bad since i've watched anime, read manga(Including the translation note, which is helpful, trust me), & have a friend who's kinda fluent with Japanese that can tell if the translation's correct or not so i kinda know even just a bit(But don't throw me Kanji, Hiragana, & Katakana... Instant-Death).

Strike Noir: im the best shooter ever! Zabanya: hold my Haro "Dynames" and Haro "Cherudim"

Very disappointed it’s not on the western eshop

Thanks for the review was waiting for this. It was between this or Super Robot Wars T, and because im new to it all, I have just bought T. Unfortunately I could only find the Japanese one in the UK. I don't like buying from playasia import/customs gets me fees every time.

You can get it on Steam aswell that’s the only western port but the game constantly crashes on laptops till they release a patch for that but not on desktops

So i just watched my first gundam series which was unicorn, what a series action packed every episode now im watching the others, but i deffinetely getting this game looks wicked awesome good review im giving a like and a sub

Great review, however worth mentioning that the Switch version is VERY poorly optimised when in handheld mode, battle scenes run at less than 20 fps and are incredibly choppy. Also a lot of reports of visual glitches and full game crashes. I have had several black screen freezes that require a full restart of the switch console to resolve. Map sprites are also low res, which is a shame considering how often the player views them. Hopefully they will patch some of these issues! Currently SD G Gen on Vita looked and performed better than this does on the switch.

Thank you so much for your review, just got my copy and i'm having an extremely hard time putting it down! Time flys when playing this game! Have you played Genesis?

Reminds me of the game on the old Toonami website

I got the Japanese Premium BGM version from play-asia for $100 before shipping. But you have to wait a while for it to arrive, so factor that into the cost.

woot woot came out on the PC and i'm happy AF

If i buy physically will it work on my american Nintendo switch

It sucks on switch, cant tell you how many times it froze, lags and crashed on me. Make sure you quick save very often.

Does the Premium Sound edition change the bgm during cutscenes as well or does it just add a few songs for you to select as BGM during attacks? Also do they have custom loop points? If not I can just use custom bgm.

The game is more of a tactical RPG and also there are people i know that doesn't like the anime/manga but loves playing the games so you don't really have to be a fan of the series to enjoy playing this game because i loved watching the anime Tales of the Abyss but i didn't enjoy the game same goes for the game Disgaea i really enjoy playing that but the anime was meh so really the game is focus on 2 different types of people which are the types that loves the anime and the type that loves a tactical RPG and also for people that doesn't like seeing the animated battle cutscenes they can always skip it and just go through it a little more quickly.

The PC version is soo good.

Bought a physical copy for my Lite. Sadly, battle animations are terrible imo with handheld. It drops to 15-20 depending on terrain. I still enjoy the gameplay since I've been in G Gen since the PSP titles.

Loved the video and you get a new sub!

Hmmmm....I prefer a collection of the beat em up from the Super Famicom era 😁😁😁

Thanks! Great Review! You ARE lovely.

I’d love a good hack and slash mech game on then $20 range with an action based rpg.

The G-Units??? Dayyummm lol G-G-GGGG!!!

9:20 Looks like that is no longer true, albeit Steam only. Maybe one day G Generation...maybe one day. Thanks for this review~

As someone who loves and bought all the dlc i did winch at price 😂

Cant wait, FedEx needs to move faster idk if i can wait to Wednesday lol

If anyone considering this game who isn't a big Gundam fan is intimidated by the story, don't be. I had only seen around 3/4 of the anime and manga featured before I played, and both the campaigns I was and wasn't familiar with were equally adequate at establishing the story info and characters that were relevant to the game. You can go in almost completely blind to Gundam and still enjoy it just fine (although you will get spoiled... a lot).

2 questions. 1.) how did the game perform in handheld mode as opposed to docked. 2.) are you using a digital or physical copy. I ask these because i have heard alot of reports or display lag, and crashing on the Switch.

This game is on sale on steam! 70% off

Thank you for your review

would u recomend this or Super Robot Wars T Switch ???? help me guys and what version i have to buy becouse im from uk and i dont see it on e shop. ty in advance guys.

man... a gundam game... ON the switch, with subtitles and NO UC but instead all of the non UC universes. and no English release unless its stream... lame

So the Switch japanese version has English language options yeah?

I can't wait for my copy to arrive but it takes so long :(

If you buy physical and import it do you still get access to the dlc they've released, or do you need a Japanese account for that?

No digital versions of this or super robot wars 😭😭

Are the eshop cards listed on play Asia digital codes that they email to you? Really want to get this but I've never bought japanese eshop cards before.

Can switch lite play this game as framerate good as switch ?

Wish the mobile suits looked like the real suits not a scales down little pops

Came for a review on SD gundam. Was basically told to get a different game.

Are the nintendo switch get the same newest patch as the steam version?

It is on steam...

This game has been great only question I have for you is on pc are you experiencing crashes? Or is it just my pc?

Is there a way to set English, I downloaded it and it's all Japanese? Guessing I've wasted 30.00

Does this game take to long to star up and get to the star screen or im the only one with this problem in the switch. It takes more than 1 min. Or more to get to the start menu on nintendo switch.

Yeah, for its type, 60 bucks is pretty steep. But as my third full price purchase, the last two being mkx and overwatch, this game has the least bullshit compared to the other two

Just wondering if I bought the platinum version using a japanese nintendo account, can I play the actual game in english?

TBH, I prefer SD gundam over SRW.

If there is English and a steam english review then why not release on switch in english/west too? The work is done

Amazing game with content overload.

I don’t see this on switch online store.

when u lose a unit, u lose it forever right?

This game seems perfect for the switch. It’s just too bad you can’t upload music on the switch version

I played demo and could not wait on my local store I bought it digitally instead and its soo worth it..

I hope we get the other gundam game from ps4 someday

the only wanna know if you can save the tekkadan kids

what about difficulty? Is it easy like SRW? do you one shot everything with no strategy?

If I buy this in the Japanese E-shop will I be able to play it in english?

its so laggy on switch tho

It blows my mind that the only place this was released in English (outside of importing) was steam. Know your audience FFS...

I ended up with the steam version lol

Is this available in the USA?? Nowhere sells it

Bought this game on the Switch and it crashes so much that I stopped playing. I'm a big fan of this series but super disappointed with the incomplete and broken product they chose to release.

I dont recommend the switch version. It has crashed on me multiple times and if you dont save often you will cry

I'm big fan of sd gundam g generation this game is masterpiece 🤔

They lacked a lot of gundams because UC like the original gundams are not in it.