Kotaku: super robot taisen

Want To See How They Made This Shoko Nakagawa Ad?

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:00:00 MDT

Nerd heroine Shoko Nakagawa appears in the latest ad for Super Robot Taisen NEO. She wears pearls and cosplays as an announcer lady while she talks into the camera. Making something like that must be very difficult.

Eh...

This isn't Francis Ford Coppola in the jungle with Marlon Brando or Wernor Herzog trying to push a boat over a mountain. It is Shoko Nakagawa sitting in front of a green screen — hey, there's a new idol named Kurumi Takahashi, too. Finished product below:

Yes, the making of for a fifteen second ad.

Note: The asterisk in the main image has a note that reads, "This is a Super Robot Taisen commercial.

しょこたんがニュースキャスター役に初挑戦！Wii『スーパーロボット大戦NEO』TVCM10月17日より放送開始！ | インサイド [Inside]

Super Robot Wars K Announced For Nintendo DS

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:00:00 MST

The latest Super Robot Wars game is once again coming to the Nintendo DS. Titled Super Robot Wars K, the game features these series:

Haja Tensei Dangaioh
Overman King Gainer
Sokyuu no Fafner
Dennou Senki Virtual On Mars
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 STARGAZER
Mazinger Z
Gaiking Legend of Daikumaryu
Kotetsu Shin Jeeg
Kijuu Souseiki Zoids Genesis
Shinkon Gattai Godannar!!
Shinkon Gattai Godannar!! Second Season
GunXSword

As game site Insert Credit points out, Getter Robo won't be a part of Super Robot Wars — it's been in every every SRW except SRW J on the GBA.Super Robot Wars K will be out this April in Japan.

~~Super Robot Wars [HongFire via DannyChoo]~~

Less Robot, More (Two) Other Things

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:00 MDT

Banpresto's newest Super Robot Taisen game puts less emphasis on the the "robot taisen" and more, way more, on the "super" well... Above is the box suggestive box art for the Nintendo DS RPG Mugen no Frontier Super Robot Taisen OG Saga and an image from the in store demo. The game features lots of "boob shaking" scenes apparently and went on sale late the week. Want to see how the launch went? Hit the jump.

This game clearly appears to gentlemen in suits carrying umbrellas.

Super Robot Boob War [Akiba Blog]

Game Promotion Through Nerd Running

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:00:49 MDT

Good rule of thumb: Japanese game promotion events are dull. They usually involve people sitting on stools and poster boards. But Super Robot Taisen OG producer Takanobu Terada is different. He knows that a good game promotion involves one thing: RUNNING. And not just running, but spiriting through Akihabara! This morning, two hundred bystanders cheered him on as he filmed an internet commercial for Super Robot Taisen OG, which involved an Akiba dash. Dudes with backpacks and in flannel clapped thunderously when he reached the finish line. Takanobu Terada, today's nerd hero. Brian Ashcraft

Super Robo Ad [Famitsu]

Super Shoko-tan Idol Wars!

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:40:26 MDT

The last time we saw cat-head sucking Shoko Nakagawa promoting a Super Robot Taisen game, she was all glammed up as Shoko-tan Version 2.0. For the upcoming Super Robot Taisen Taisen Original Generations, she's returned to her nerd cosplay robots by donning the mecha armor of in-game character Valsione. Shoko-tan, a cosplay nerd herself, says this was the most spectacular cosplay of her life, and she even went as fair as trimming her hair and her fingernails for this costume. Now, that's dedication.

Hit the jump for some amazing action pics. Brian Ashcraft

Shoko-tan Super Robot Wars [Famitsu Thanks, DiO!]