Banpresto mecha simulation SRPG with robots from many animated series. Generous fanservice, deep strategy. Japanese barrier is significant but mecha fans will find their happiness. First part of a two-part series.
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Tactics1 player12+
Description
Tactical strategy game uniting the heroes of dozens of cult super robot series. Published by Banpresto, released in Japan in 1997. Mecha units from Gundam, Evangelion, Macross and Getter Robo among others, turn-based tactical combat, original scenario linking the universes, character voice acting. The first Saturn entry in the Super Robot Taisen series.
Super Robot Taisen F review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
The visual feat lies in making mecha drawn twenty years apart share a screen: the massive machines of the seventies, the slender silhouettes of the space sagas, more recent organic frames, all redrawn to a common scale without betraying their original style. The tactical maps stay deliberately neutral so this impossible catalogue can hold together.
The principle is simple and formidably effective: every series represented keeps its own theme, arranged for the console with brass, choirs and guitars. Hearing a seventies robot march follow a space saga theme on the same map produces a collision of sound that is the whole point of the formula, and every unit gains an immediate presence from it.
The writing gamble is to weld separately conceived universes into a single believable timeline: a shared invasion forces the crews into alliance, and the rivalries inherited from each series are reused as dramatic fuel rather than erased. The original story tying it all together stands on its own, and its patient setup prepares the conclusion of the second part.
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Gathering the heroes of dozens of super-robot series onto a single front promises long turn-based maps, spectacular and demanding. The campaign chains its missions, its pilots to power up and its delightful attack animations. That marriage of fan service and tactical depth feeds a lifespan Super Robot fans savour.
Technical info
💾0,37 GB📅25/09/1997
Published by Banpresto
Super Robot Taisen F (Saturn) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
Japan exclusive Saturn edition of Super Robot Taisen F, distributed by Banpresto in September 1997 as a Rev A revision with 10M to 13M specifications depending on the run, a SRPG crossover including Gundam, Mazinger, Getter Robo and Evangelion among others. Banpresto Japan run was short, jewel case with intact obi, and the impossibility of a localization outside the archipelago due to multiple licenses makes it for Super Robot Taisen enthusiasts the only physical Saturn access. Complete with obi clearly sought after.
Is Super Robot Taisen F still worth playing in 2026?
A tactical RPG by Banpresto exclusive to Japan, Super Robot Taisen F offers an epic crossover between giant robots from multiple anime series with deep turn based combat system and massive roster. The sublime manga art direction, strategic depth and complex scenario make it an absolute mecha tactical RPG reference on Saturn. Without official western translation, the title asks for Japanese notions. For mecha anime or Japanese tactical RPG fans, a warm recommendation today still truly here indeed for any patient newcomer.
