I swear I didn’t make this video to talk about the 4th Gundam Mk.II Disclaimer: Due to recent developments surrounding a certain virus, I feel the need to point out that my joke about the Dutch invading Belgium was not meant as a jab at the current situation. This video has been in the works for over a month, including the joke. It’s simply unfortunate that my joke now holds some truth. (For most people reading this: The Netherlands are currently in lockdown, leading to many Dutch people going to Belgium to shop instead. And yes, our newspapers are printing things like “Dutch/Orange Invasion” en masse, hence my disclaimer)
Kakarot197 can you tell me the pixie gundam that lilith aidan using in code fairy is from the same pixie unit that developed in one year war or new unit.?
as a Dutchman, I could appreciate the joke :P and the screenshot of the windmills with the 'Gundams' made me spil my beer. anyway, de groeten uit Nederland!
The most mass produced Gundams, were inflatables deployed to make Federation forces look more intimidating. So long as the enemy didn't get close enough, these Mobile Balloons could delay enemy time tables by days. In the age of Minosky, deception was king. -True History of the Universal Century, by Kakarot.
What always struck me as hilariously ironic is how Gundam was the first real robot show, meaning the mecha are just another piece of military vehicle, but in real life the production version of any tank, airplane, etc. is alwags better than their prototypes. Victory is the first and only time in the series that a Gundam was genuinely mass produced and better as a mass production model than as a prototype.
For American units? Yes. But this don't apply to all countries, Russia being the prime example, they always make one off High end prototypes (Su-37/47 comes to mind), then due ti reasons they either downgrade then for mass production or incorporate technologies related to the project in older models although a lower end version
@@scarface1ghost624 the Su35 for instance is a major improvement in every way over the Su37, but I agree with you about Su47. That one hasn't really been matched but I'm not sure it was intended to go anywhere beyond being some kind of technology demonstrator.
@@Arkeo36 I mean yes, but it came almost 2 decades later than it. Their solution was to use the data to give some minor improvements to the Su-27. Not much unlike how the Gundam data was used to upgrade the GM, which years later the GM variants outclassing the Grandpa in every aspect
In Gundam they do stuff a little backward. Instead of iterating on a base design, they make the best possible unit and work backwards from there to mass produce it, which doesn’t necessarily make sense in the real world. You’d want to put the best stuff on your production units as well. In real life, the gundam would be impossible to use that extensively due to the lack of spare parts and other logistical issues in running the thing. Plus the idea of one unit coming out on top in multiple enemy engagements where it’s completely outnumbered head to head also makes no sense.
One could argue that the 4th MK.II is the one that gets delivered to the Argama during ZZ. Since if I recall, Emma's MK.II got wrecked during the end of the gryps war.
"It started off as a single prototype, but after witnessing its raw destructive power -- and the mental instability of the pilot -- the Earth Alliance top brass knew that this was the Gundam that perfectly embodied them and everything they stood for." My favorite line of the whole video, because a day without dunking on the Earth Alliance for being mustache-twirling supervillains is like a day without sunshine.
Well to be honest the Destroy gundam was only properly used the first time because they lacked any support from other units in the base defense and the bad luck of facing Destiny without said support too
The Murasames were fighting half-heartedly prior to joining Lacus & Friends. So their plot armors (which are already grunt level) were also half-baked. And then Lacus has an AoE plot armor boost for allies, making them awesome all of a sudden.
Regarding the 4th Gundam Mk.II. I kinda wonder if that also relates as to how Banagher got his custom Mk.II in the Return of the Lion manga. Surely Anaheim wouldn't just give away their last gundam mk.II away if there were three.
The abundant Impulse Gundam spare parts on the Minerva always bugged me...why not send out all 57 of them on board the ship? They could have conquered Orb on their own.
Or at least, they could have given their main trio a gundam each... Maybe even develop strategies involving swaping parts with each other like a certain Victory team in Crossbone Ghost.
@@zettovii1367 That was always something that bothered me with the "spare parts gundams". Why not send out a group of fully powered gundams rather then save all the bits for the main character. If you have a group of good pilots and the are all like that... Why not have a group of strong machines. The AGE was like that as well. But they intentionally made sure people couldnt get another Age
@@echos5823 are you sure about that? All the stolen Gundams of the GAT series and second stage series didn't seem to need any spare parts. The same goes for the Freedom and Justice Gundams and even the Savior Gundam was send on a long range mission from the Plants to the Minerva on earth without any spare parts.
Honestly, I'd like to remind you that in the Cosmic Era timeline the term "Gundam" comes from the operating system and not the designs themselves, assuming that each mobile suit in Seed has a standardized OS that means that every mobile suit is arguably a Gundam. Because of this the gundam I'd want to pilot is the Zaku phantom of Gundam Seed. If we aren't allowing that technicality then I'd sat I'd want to pilot the Murasumes
I'm proud to announce that us Dutchmen have started a new windmill border project so that everyone around them can enjoy true Dutch heritage~! Very, very soon indeed.
Personal opinion, one thing that's a bit risky about making Gundam MS Lore, either prototypes or mass produced: Bandai's love for retconning stuff, just to be able to make "Variations line" kits. Cause just like me and Mr.Krabs, we like money.
@@fishpop Hey those old kits had a lot of love! Try building one, it can't truly compare to a modern kit, but some old msv no grades are better than early hgucs
the interesting part in Victory is that the grunts get the Hexa and the commanders the normal Victory. Considering that both V1 and V2 also have the same modular system as the Impulse and for a while there was a second V2 core fighter around until people made bad decisions, I'd say it's fair to call the V2 semi-mass-produced as well
The V1 and V2 are classified as limited production rather than mass produced. I think Uso had the only remaining V2 which was one of only 2, and there definitely weren’t more than 15-20 V1s, which still isn’t that many.
There were some production V2s in the manga that we see Judau again, who somehow convinced the league to give him some. However despite this he still preferred piloting his own broken down ZZ. Notably, other V2s are painted blue or black and lacked the Assault Buster pack that Uso had.
Gundam Marine type is also known as the 'Waterproof Gundam'. Also, there may have been 4 Pixies due to the appearance of it in Code Fairy. 2 were confirmed to be used by Bork and the Slaive Wraith team, but another was used at a training facility in 'We Are Federation Hooligans'. So the presence of another Pixy is confusing.
The pixies in code fairy is the early type that was converted into the Lilith custom. It’s either a 4th unit or the Belfast unit transferred to North America since California base is a prime target after Odessa. The one used by Bork and the Slave wraith might be the same due to Bork abandoning it, the federation retrieved it, and the wraith got their hands on it.
There was a 2nd Phenex built far into the future of UC so there are technically 4 Unicorns. The CAMS-RX0 G-Phenex was a silver Phenex that appeared in the OVA 'Gundam Reconguista in G: From the Past to the Future'. In the lore it was built with blueprints from the Rose of Hermes during the Reguild Century, which is the setting of G-reco.
@@davidvasquez08 G-Reco takes place during the "Regild Century" era, which is a relative far future to the Universal Century era (the main Gundam timeline). More specifically, the events of the G-Reco series take place in the year 1014 of the Regild Century timeline. There is some debate as to whether the Regild Century era occurs before or after the Correct Century era (the timeline for Turn-A Gundam). This is relevant because animated works have pointed to the Correct Century era being a point at which all Gundam timelines (at least, all of the ones produced prior to the production of Turn-A Gundam) converge. Additionally, one recent animated work, "Light of Life: Chronicle U.C." indicates that the multiple eras/timelines are the result of a cyclic near-extinction event in which the Turn-A Gundam seemingly spontaneously activates, resets civilization to an essentially pre-industrial state by using its Moonlight Butterfly system to destroy all modern high technology, and then reburies itself, leaving the survivors and their descendants to rebuild over the course of centuries/millennia (including eventually redeveloping variations of MS technology) before doing it again.
Kakarot: only 3 pixies where made Lilith (code fairy): *internal screaming* xD But no seriously what about her pixie? Or was because it became a customized and upgraded pixie it doesn't count as a fourth pixie unit?
-I love the deco of the G3-the chill winter-like color scheme just vibes with me. -I was unaware the Cosmic Era had Purus! -Imagine how much better the League Militaire would have done if they didn't hand like a dozen Gundams worth of parts to a 12 year old that used them as projectiles...
I recently got the G3 beyond global HG, and I’m not too much of a fan of the RX 78 2 but the colours make it look so much cooler, it’s hard to get your hands on but if you can it is definitely worth it
The fourth Gundam MKII is probably an actual thing since Banagher managed to snag himself one and there is a fourth RX-0 as well that was is G-Recco which was silver and in the Phenex configuration.
@@Gay_Priest it wasn't in the actual anime( then again I never watched it), there was a G-recco short that had bellri vs mask in a phenex knockoff Ps I think you can find it on RU-vid
@@Gay_Priest Its the Phenex. Or based on it. Of course since Mask is the one who pilots it, it didn't really do much. It still can uae its NT-D for some reason
Its more of a kind-of 4th unit rather than an actual fourth unit since it was made from the Rose of Hermes blueprints. And the Mark 2 Banagher pilots has an extra arm strapped to one of its arms just to reinforce the arm for Beam Magnum use lol.
There's a book that once talked about the 4th Gundam Mk2. It was crashed during a flight test in Green Noah 1. It can be found on the website starting from the letter E.
In case you were interested in it, Gundam Battle Operation 2 for the most previous gacha banner, was the Hazel Custom, people on the Reddit are excited for what other Hazel units could be added. I know they’re in the SD Gundam games or SRW, but I like GBO2 allowing you to actually pilot the suit. Personally I’d want to pilot a Ground Gundam, love it’s versatility.
Awesome video, dude! One quick correction, though: according to their profiles at MAHQ, the RX-78-2 and RX-78-3 were definitely NOT upgraded RX-78-1s. The RX-78-2 had 3 units produced; the two not piloted by Amuro Ray were destroyed during Char's attack on Side 7. Their remains were loaded onto White Base, and after it reached Jaburo, they were cobbled together into the RX-78-3.
Actually, they were. In addition, the Rx-78-1 and Rx-78-3 were not built from destroyed units. The Rx-78-1 was probably still in its disassembled parts form since one of the Zeon soldiers thought that the Gundam was a ton of unassembled parts. The Rx-78-3 is probably the same story but it appears to also be used as replacements for the Gundam if it was damaged really badly.
I mean, it can whip up storm winds and is able to fly in atmosphere. It would definitely be a threat in early UC and against grunts in a few other timelines. One of those “this thing is so weak, but only by the logic of its own universe” things like with Digimon. If most of those critters were real, then it would be like a Godzilla movie and that’s not even counting the ones that can distort reality and so on. That’s the funny thing about fiction, especially anime from my experience.
I still can’t believe that 4x S Gundams got built, but only 1 was ever deployed. You’d think AE would arrange for at least 1 unit to get “stolen” or “lost in transit with all hands onboard” down the line.
7:04 talking about the Pixies. In Code Fairy there's a pixie in North America that was used by the WitchHunters. Could this be a 4th unit or could it be unit 1 or 3? (The designation is Prototype Pixie)
@@tomhuynh3867 wel this shows that federation had alot of gundams for specific units even non newtypes and some where just test bed to see how it flows against zeon I still wonder about those other pale riders units and the missing link squads
I'd take any Gundam that lets me shoot my guns from range and has the armor to keep me alive! Screw melee, you can't hit me if you are a smoking crater or an ashy pot mark on the dirt!
hey i think i know what happened to one of the pixys, in the manga "we are federation hooligans" one enemy ace the characters fight pilots a pixy gundam shortly before the attack on California base
In my novel there were enough blueprints for 16 Gundam Units! Only 12 were developed in secret on a reportedly abandoned Earth, while ONI got the other 4, using Unit 13 as the base for their own Mobile Suit armada the data for which eventually went into the X Series of prototypes and the other 3 being given to Martian forces to combat the people who were sent to pick up the Gundams originally but decided it best they be kept out of ONI's hands! Like, "are you going to give us what are, I should point out, OUR weapons?" "Nope! We don't trust you!" "Fine, we'll jus destroy you then!"
While it'd be nice for my ego to pilot one of the cooler gundams, I acknowledge that I am a massive coward and would definitely choose the Nether Gundam given all options. There's no getting around that I could still die to the Devil Gundam when it takes over Neo Japan, but I'll just keep at a safe distance and throw... wind at it?
If there's a 4th unicorn unit i would want it to be silver and be called fenrir after a wolf cuz that does complete the animal roster and it will make it more awesome if that 4th unit was more close combat focused
Honestly if it was me I'd have a fleet of every Gundam so it depends on the day I can pilot a different Gundam everyday. As long as they don't have the saikamu system or any of the other systems that drive you completely mad or absorb you
So the Regenerate Gundam was a modified Aegis Gundam, there was the Proto Savior and the official Savior Gundams but they were either upgraded into the Proto Savior + 11 or mass produced as the Vent Savior, the last ones I can think of from Seed was the 3 different Sword Calamity Gundams and the Armed Raider Gundams. Do the wing Gundams count because of the semi cannonical New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Sidestory: Tiel's Impulse? That's all I can think of currently I might update this later.
This happened much later after Kakarot197 made this video, but the RX-79-2 was literally mass-produced in Despair Memory Gundam Sequel and won a war. Then they were all smelted down into slag after the war.
Feel like you did miss the Zeta Plus as I saw at least someone else mention because if you are putting the M1 Astrays and Murasames in there then the Zeta Plus should fit in the same grey area as them especially considering the existence of a true mass production model in the MSZ-007. Also speaking of Zetas what about the units from Gundam Evolve?
@@Joshua_N-A I don't think the Silver Bullet is a gundam personally it has the head design sure but the fact that it was developed off of the Doven Wolf which in turn was off of the MK V. I feel makes it fall more into the "GM" category but I do see good argument for honorable mention or being on the list especially considering it did a lot of test work.
Domon should be thankful he didn't fought Neither Gundam Btw I remember seeing a picture of Mass Production Wing Zero Endless Waltz version in some of Tokita's Wing manga. Not really a credible source,but this is Tokita we're talking about
All the newer minion models do get the magnetic joints when it was invented? I think some of the reasons normal pilots can't use the unit is like when you play fps and the mouse sensitivity is crank up to 100. And the dutch wonder why people randomly blow up windmills when they attack.
Murasame for the following reasons: -Carrier capable fighter jet in MA mode with six underwing hardpoints and four machineguns in the wings, just reduce it to two guns and up-gun them to Colt 20mm revolving cannons, plus two beam weapons if you're not carrying the sensor radome of the recon type -It transforms, 'nuff said -Space and atmospheric capable -Has landing gear, something that I have yet to see on the Delta Plus and Zeta Plus from UC 0091, could use some VTOL/STVOL capabilities added to it though
Just thought I'd throw a few more uc ms that i think were produced in "some" numbers, f90: 3 units, heavy gundam: 3-4 units, and one ms that is technically a gundam, zeta plus (all variants): ~20-30 units
I will say that in my Turn A Gundam fan fic all mass produced Gundam that survived to the end of their series ( the universal century, G Gundam, and Gundam X) are all possibilities of becoming mass produced Gundams in Turn A Gundam. ( My main character pilots a Gundam F91). Also even though it is not called a gundam the Jack edge from Gundam age I do consider a mass produced Gundam.
Crossbone Vangaurd also had the Flints which where nerfed versions on the F97 but they aren’t called Flint Gundams so I can understand why they weren’t included
They were mass-produced models based on F97, not F97 -s. On the other hand, the video forgot about F99 -s, which were intended for mass production, and SNRI made multiple units of them.
i actually enjoy NT-1 / Alex the most out of the one year war era machines due to its relatively balanced Physical and Beam weapon loadout. it's the same reason why i enjoy using Hi-Nu. they are my primary suits when i play Gundam Assault Survive. btw... did you just miss the Zeta Plus?
No. They ditch the missiles of Core Splendor immediately after launching it to dock into Impulse without ever firing them, the top brass would have a heart attack from that kind of ammo waste if they were to mass-produce them. XD
"world where you can make your own character and give him/her a Gundam without having to worry about canon implications" The thing is, I have already made that world. Most of my OC's all have Gundams
Also, the one unit Banagher received could be a brand new one, as Yazan Gable got an AE made GUNDAM MKII which is identical to the original ones Titans produced back to U.C.0087 in MSV-R manga at U.C. 0090
You forget the Tallgeese from Gundam Wing. Not only was the Tallgeese the predecessor to the 5 Gundams sent to Earth but it was also the father of all Mobile Suits and the precursor to the Wing Zero. And the Tallgeese produced 2 more sister units once Zechs Marquis rediscovered the Tallgeese after the 5 Gundams showed up on Earth. So you cant forget this awesome suit, Kakarot197.
@@kokomart_in It technically is. The face cover is of a Gundam face and its made out of Gundanium alloy like the 5 Gundams were made out of (also Wing Zero as well). In the A.C. that checks off some of it that Tallgeese is a Gundam. The Leos that came after it that was basically mass-produced versions of the Tallgeese that were made out of different alloy entirely to cut down on costs and Gundanium Alloy is only found in outer space as mentioned in the show. This is explained during Tallgeese's introduction episode of Gundam Wing. The eyes of the Tallgeese aren't Gundam like as it shares a visor type simiar to what's seen on the Heavy Gundam and it doesn't share a V antenna but the face vents are Gundam-like. Not every Gundam is gonna have a V antenna or the exact face of one.
@@LagunaShirogane No it isn't. Only the Tallgeese II has the Gundam styled face, the Tallgeese and Tallgeese III has a visor. Even then the original Tallgeese's face was just a cover for the main camera, which looked like the Leo (or rather the Leo looks like it). The fact that the Tallgeese is made with Gundanium doesn't automatically make it a Gundam. Is the Virgo a Gundam? If no then the Tallgeese isn't either. Also factor in the other universes, is the Sazabi a Gundam? It's made with Gundarium after all but it isn't counted as one officially. Is the Rasveht a Gundam? It has a Gundam face, has the same flash system, and is also made with Gundarium. How about the GN-X?. Is the GM a Gundam? Because that one was made directly from *the* Gundam. Rule of thumb, if the suit isn't named a Gundam then it isn't a Gundam. Especially in the AU's where Gundam can have wildly different meanings.
Hey kakarot , did you know that there are a few Char clones outside of Gundam ? Most notably Commander Farsight from Warhammer in his red battlesuit with a taste for melee .