Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.
Developer(s) Namco Bandai Games
Publisher(s) Namco Bandai Games
Platform(s) Arcade
PlayStation 3
Release date(s)

Arcade

  • JP: September 28, 2010

PlayStation 3

  • JP: December 1, 2011

Full Boost (Arcade)

  • JP: April 5, 2012

Full Boost (Playstation 3)

  • JP: January 30, 2014

Maxi Boost (Arcade)

  • JP: March 6, 2014

Maxi Boost ON (Arcade)

  • JP: March 9, 2016
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer
Arcade system Namco System 357

Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. (機動戦士ガンダム エクストリームバーサス) is a 3D arcade fighting game and the newest in the series of Gundam VS video game series developed and published by Namco Bandai Games. Extreme Vs. is the sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT. The game was first unveiled at the AOU 2010 and released on September 28, 2010. The game was later released on the PlayStation 3 on December 1, 2011, featuring balance tweaks.

The game's theme song is titled "The Catalyst", performed by Linkin Park. Bandai and the band also cooperated in the development of a special limited edition HGUC 1/144 RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam Zephyranthes Full Vernian model kit molded in colors and including detail stickers inspired by the cover art for A Thousand Suns.

A sequel, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Full Boost (機動戦士ガンダム エクストリームバーサス フルブースト), was released in arcades on April 5, 2012. The base version includes 74 mobile suits and new ones are added every month via net updates. The theme song for Full Boost is titled "Fight It Out (Pay Money to my Pain)" (feat. K), performed by both Akihiro Namba of Hi-Standard and Takeshi Ueda of AA=.

Another sequel, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Maxi Boost (機動戦士ガンダム エクストリームバーサス マキシブースト), was released in arcades on March 6, 2014. The game introduced both new suits and characters as well as new game mechanics such as a revamped EX Mode and changes to forms for certain units. The theme song for Maxi Boost is titled "Rave-up Tonight", performed by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas.

An upgrade sequel, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Maxi Boost ON (機動戦士ガンダム エクストリームバーサス マキシブースト ON), was released in arcades on March 9, 2016. The game introduced both newer suits and characters and much more than the prequel. The theme song for Maxi Boost ON is titled "No Future", performed by SiM.

Gameplay

Extreme Vs. retains the trademark gameplay of previous installments of the Gundam Vs. series, with a few adjustments and changes. During a standard arcade battle, each team is given a resource meter of 6000 points; when a mobile suit is shot down, its cost is deducted from the meter, and the first team to hit 0 loses. Each mobile suit costs 3000, 2500, 2000, or 1000 points, with higher cost machines being more powerful while cheaper machines are much weaker. A few missions, particularly boss battles, eschew this in favor of making a single machine the target and having its defeat be the goal of the stage (the player's side still has a resource meter and will lose as normal if it's depleted).

Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS Maxi Boost has major changes since it's update from Full Boost, the previous version; all 1000 points units are up 500 each, so it's 1500 points in total. The 1000-cost mobile units' HP, and other ammos are now up since it's added by 500 points, so the weapons are also up and they're now par with 2000 cost mobile suits in terms of skill speed (e.g. Gundam 00 Colasour GNX-III's [Note: Normal/Powered] cost 1000 -> 1500, HP 330 -> 480, main ammo [A] 40/60 -> 60/90, sub [ab] 3/6 -> 6/9, and enough mobility). The other mobile suits, 2000, 2500 and 3000 costs are now HP up by 20-40, 40-100, and 40-100 respectively. Some mobile suits such as 00 Raiser, have some adjustments, with the 00 Raiser's (as example) main ammo (A) is 5 ammo, compared with 6 ammo from Full Boost, and now at 40% HP (300), it becomes permanent equip with Raiser; his HP 680 -> 750 also.

Gameplay makes use of four primary buttons: Shoot, Melee, Jump, and Search. There are also three sub-commands used by pressing Shoot and Melee (Sub-Weapon), Shoot and Jump (Special Shooting) and Melee and Jump (Special Melee). In addition to these, machines can have two different charge attacks, activated by holding the Shoot or Melee button until a meter on the ammunition display fills.

Extreme Vs. adds in two important gameplay changes. Extreme Action is the ability to dash-cancel one's attacks, allowing the player to string together larger and more damaging combos. Extreme Burst is a super mode, similar to older games' Awakenings, activated by pressing Shoot, Melee, and Jump together when a meter at the bottom of the screen is filled. Several machines (primarily those piloted by the protagonists of each series) also have a super-powerful Burst Attack, executed by pressing Shoot, Melee, and Jump together while Extreme Burst is active. Full Boost will give Burst Attacks to every mobile suit in the game.

The PlayStation 3 release adds Trial Mission Mode, which features a series of specific challenges that go outside the normal conditions of the game, such as destroying a set number of machines within a time limit or sinking a battleship such as the Argama or Archangel. Trial Mission Mode features a number of enemy-exclusive mobile suits from all the included series, as well as a number of new boss characters.

Playable units

Mobile Suit Gundam

Stage: Side 7, A Baoa Qu Sector (Full Boost)
BGM: "Gallant Char" by Yuji Matsuyama, "Gundam in Crisis" by Takeo Watanabe, "Tobe! Gundam" by Koh Ikeda (Full Boost)

Mobile Suit Variations

Stage: None
BGM: None

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Stage: Colony Laser, New Hong Kong (Full Boost)
BGM: "Mobile Suit Battle" by Shigeaki Saegusa, "Fleet Battle" by Shigeaki Saegusa, "Riders in the Sky" (Kamille's Theme) by Shigeaki Saegusa, "Metamorphoze" by Gackt (Full Boost)

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

Stage: Moon Moon
BGM: "Silent Voice" by Jun Hiroe, "Anime Ja Nai ~Yume o Wasureta Furui Chikyūjin yo~" by Masato Arai (Full Boost)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Stage: Londenion
BGM: "SALLY" by Shigeaki Saegusa

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children

BGM: "SWAN" by Shigeaki Saegusa

Mobile Suit Gundam F91

Stage: Frontier I (Full Boost)
BGM: "Eternal Wind ~ Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka" by Hiroko Moriguchi, Kimi wo Mitsumete by Hiroko Moriguchi (Full Boost)

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam

Stage: Angel Halo
BGM: "Standup to the Victory" by Tomohisa Kawasoe, "Don't Stop! Carry On!" by RD (Full Boost)

Mobile Fighter G Gundam

Stage: Guyana Highlands
BGM: "Flying in the Sky" by Yoshifumi Ushima, "Waga Kokoro, Meikyo Shisui ~Saredo Kono Tenohira wa Rekka no Gotoku~" by Kouhei Tanaka, "Moeagare Toushi Imawashiki Shukumei wo Koete" by Kouhei Tanaka (Full Boost)

New Mobile Report Gundam Wing

Stage: Sanc Kingdom
BGM: "The Wings Of a Boy That Killed Adolescence" by Kow Otani (Full Boost)

New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

Stage: Brussels
BGM: "LAST IMPRESSION" by Two-Mix, "White Reflection" by Two-Mix (Full Boost)

After War Gundam X

Stage: Newtype Lab, Microwave Transmission Facility (PS3 version)
BGM: "Resolution" by ROmantic Mode, "DREAMS" by ROmantic Mode (Full Boost)

Turn A Gundam

Stage: Manyu Pichu
BGM: "CENTURY COLOR" by RAY-GUNS, "Turn A Turn" by Hideki Saijo (Full Boost), " Final Shore - Ah, the second coming is" by Yoko Kanno (Full Boost)

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

Stage: African Desert, Heliopolis (Full Boost)
BGM: "Invoke" by TM Revolution, "Strike Shutsugeki" by Toshihiko Sahashi, "Tobe! Freedom" by Toshihiko Sahashi (Full Boost), "Three Evil Weapons" by Toshihiko Sahashi (Full Boost)

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny

Stage: Messiah
BGM: "Ignited" by TM Revolution, "Kakusei, Shinn Asuka" by Toshihiko Sahashi

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer

Stage: Troja Station (DSSD Space Station)
BGM: "Stargazer ~Hoshi no Tobira~" by Satori Negishi

Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Stage: Africa Tower, REBIRTH
BGM: "Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi" by UVERworld, "TRANS-AM RAISER" by Kenji Kawai, "Scramble" by Kenji Kawai, Namida no Mukou by Stereopony (Full Boost), "Counterattack" by Kenji Kawai (Full Boost), "Fight" by Kenji Kawai (Full Boost), "Decisive Battle" by Kenji Kawai (Full Boost)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00V

Stage: None
BGM: None

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the Trailblazer

Stage: None
BGM: "Tozasareta Sekai (Closed World)" by The Back Horn (Full Boost)

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE

Stage: None
BGM: "Kimi no Naka no Eiyuu" by Minami Kuribayashi

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

Stage: Industrial 7, Areas around Torington Base (Full Boost)
BGM: "UNICORN" by Hiroyuki Sawano, "Mobile Suit" by Hiroyuki Sawano (Full Boost)

Gundam Reconguista in G

Additional Characters: Aida Surugan (CV: Yu Shimamura)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

Stage: Bunker Base
BGM: "Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite" by Chihiro Yonekura

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

Stage: Side 6 (Full Boost)
BGM: "Itsuka Sora ni Todoite" by Megumi Shiina

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory

Stage: None
BGM: "The Winner" by Miki Matsubara, Men of Destiny by MIO (Full Boost)

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War

Stage: None
BGM: "Mobile Battle"

Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt

Stage: N/A
BGM: "Thunderbolt for Main Theme"

Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam

Stage: Io
BGM: "Space Pirates Crossbone Vanguard Battle Theme", "Raid from the Empire", "Skull Heart Arrives"

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray

Stage: Giga-Float (Full Boost)
BGM: "Zips" by TM Revolution

Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: THE BLUE DESTINY

Stage: None
BGM: "Shivering Blue"

Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash

Stage: None
BGM: "His Name is Mafty Naviyu Erin"

Gundam EX A

Stage: None BGM: "Divine Act -The EXTREME- Revised"

Gundam EX A VS

Stage: None
BGM: None

Boss units

Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam F91

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079

Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam

Gundam EXA VS

Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Original

Stage: EXTREME UNIVERSE, EXTREME EVOLUTION

Note: Extreme Gundam is currently the final boss of the game.

References

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