New Generation Robot Operation BRAVE SAGA Guide By Phillip L Yee Version 0.5 2/9/99 Shin Sedai Robot Sakksen BRAVE SAGA TAKARA Simulation RPG Sony Playstation 6800 Yen Released: 12/17/98 Disclaimer ========== This FAQ may be distributed freely. None of the information in this document may be reproduced in any form with out the permission of the Author whom can be reached at peeyee@earthlink.net New Versions (if any) can also be found on http://www.gamefaqs.com All Names and characters are copyrighted by their respective owners: (C) Sunrise (C) Sunrise * Nagoya Television (C) Takara CO. LTD 1998 Hello you Super Robot Freaks. A year ago after Super Robot War F Final was announced and released, Takara Announced their next entry into the PSX Game market, Shin Sedai Robot Sakksen BRAVE SAGA. Naturally it would involve characters from Takara's Yuusha (Hero) Anime Series. The Yuusha series compared to the eternally popular Gundam saga isn't as popular. However it has held its own against the Bandai Juggernaught since its target audience are younger viewers (elementary school aged children while Gundam was usually Jr.high to High School). At any case, the usual formula for the typical Yuusha show involves a young boy (usually in jr.high) who ether stumbles upon an object that grants him the ability to call upon a robot. Or the robot enlists the help of a boy (usually in Jr.high) while trying to save the world. Here is the List of the Series that appear in Brave Saga: Yuusha Exkaiser Yaiyo no Yuusha Fribird Densetsu no Yuusha Dagan Yuusha Tokkyuu Might Gain Yuusha Keisatsu J-Decker Ougan Yuusha Goldran Yuusha Shirei Daguon Taiyo no Kiba Daugram Soukou Kihyou Voltoms Kikou Kai Galliant The Last 3 titles are better known as "Fang of the Sun Dugram", "Armored Trooper Voltoms" and "Panzer World Gallent". As you may have noticed they arent Yuusha shows, but early 80's Sunrise (known as "Nippon Sunrise" back then) Mecha shows. In contrast, they are like the Evangeleon units in SRWF, Just thrown into the game for their namesake to attract fans of their respective series. Story (in a nutshell): On some planet. The Emperor Grandark sends his henchmen to try to invade earth. However around the earths orbit. A mysterious life force witnesses hostile forces entering earth. Meanwhile in the VARS (Sorta like Pokemon, but instead of cute disgusting monsters, you have Robots) Stadium, our hero Shunpei and his best friend Hiro have made it to the VARS Finals. The next match places them both against each other to see who will be the champion. However outside the stadium the Two Geist- stars Attack the stadium, almost destroying. Fribird and Exkaiser both show up and holds off the Geist-Stars attack for the time being. Inside the stadium Shunpei wakes up and finds the place is on fire. He tries to look around for his Friend Hiro but sees that where Hiro once was, is buried under rubble. Thinking that his friend is dead, Shunpei begins to cry. However His VARS begins to talk to him and introduces himself as Sei Yuusha (Star Hero) Ban. This of course freaks Shunpei out. Ban tells him that he needs Shunpei's help in order to fight the Evil forces that are attacking earth. Shunpei Pulls a Shinji from Evangeleon and whines how he isn't a fighter and doesn't want to fight. Ban tries once more to talk some sense into Shunpei, because he senses the great potential courage in Shunpei, which is why he choose him as a partner. Ban asks Shunpei to shout out the phrase "Brave Charge!" to activate his power. Shunpei still being the wimp that he is cant bring himself to do it. Until his friend Nanako was about to get crushed by falling debris.. Thus begins the adventure of Shinpei and Sei Yuusha Ban. Game play: I think of Brave Saga as the Sakura Taisen for the PSX. The game structure is very similar to ST (except without the dating aspect), because each chapter of the game is set up like a real TV Series. Which are what the makers of the game wanted you to feel. You will be presented with the simple plot, then the set up (choose who you want to fight on the map) and go kick butt. However unlike SRW there aren't any Psycho Spells to use, so you'll have to buy items from the item shop to heal and resupply your units when needed. Also if two specific units are right next to each other, they can perform a Combination attack (just like in Sakura Taisen , except that the both of them aren't in love). In a future version of this guide I'll list which units can perform Combination attacks with other units. But in the meantime you can tell which attacks are the combos by looking at a unit's lists of attacks, the combo attack is the attack with blue characters. As for modifications to your units, the only unit you can personally modify is Ban. Go to the first floor of the VARS base and you can choose which of the 3 abilities you want to increase (Attack, Hitting and Defense). Hit L1 or R1 to switch between the stats and hit up or down to increase or decrease. Eventually later in the game you can modify your units weapons as well. But you can't do this till like episode 20 or even sooner. It's one of the rooms on the first floor again. Sub Events: Some of you might not have picked this up. But in-between episodes, if you go into the rooms of the other heroes (and sometimes in the training room), you may or may not be asked to participate in a sub event. Think of them as bonus levels and opportunities to build up your weaker units. Sometimes sub events are the only way to meet units that aren't involved in the main plot (such as Black Gaine) and see extra FMV clips of transformation sequences you wont normally get to see if you don't find the sub event. What's Next for this Guide: I don't plan on writing about every single episode of this game in this guide because the plot is pretty obvious as you go along. I will however list the Combination attacks as I promised earlier and any other secrets that may pop-up in the game. I just wanted to pop this ultra-Alpha version out so I can generate some (hopefully) constructive criticism, comments and ideas. I don't plan to spend too much time on this guide as I am thinking about going back to work the SRWF Final Episode Guide. The demand for one is building again, especially since the Playstation version comes out in April, or maybe I'll just start a Super Hero Sakksen Guide. Banpresto's new RPG featuring characters from Ultraman , G Gundam , Gundam Wing , The space Sherrif series and Kikaider to name a few.