Editing Armored Core (section)

=== ''Armored Core'' ===
{{Main|Armored Core (video game)|Armored Core: Project Phantasma|Armored Core: Master of Arena}}
The original trilogy of ''Armored Core'' games were developed for the original [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] by [[FromSoftware]] and established many of the core themes and mechanics that would be found in the rest of the series. The debut title, ''[[Armored Core (video game)|Armored Core]]'', was released on July 10, 1997, in [[Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/detail.html?csm=004|title=Armored Core {{!}} FromSoftware|website=www.fromsoftware.jp|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> Story elements like corporate-funded conflicts, post-apocalyptic settings, and silent protagonists were introduced in the first game. The game's mechanics revolve around taking on missions from various clients for pay, using earned money to customize the player's Armored Core unit.<ref name="AllGame">{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=2019&tab=review|title=Armored Core - Review|last=Sackenheim|first=Shawn|website=[[AllGame]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114210110/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=2019&tab=review|archive-date=November 14, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2018}}</ref>

''[[Armored Core: Project Phantasma]]'' was released as a stand-alone expansion to the original game, released on December 4, 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/detail.html?csm=005|title=''Armored Core: Project Phantasma'' {{!}} FromSoftware|website=www.fromsoftware.jp|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> ''Project Phantasma'' introduced an Arena mechanic that would be expanded on in later titles, as well as an import mechanic that would become an important feature through the franchise. Players were able to import save data from earlier ''Armored Core'' games and bring their existing Armored Core units into the expansions.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/armored-core-project-phantasma-review/1900-2546603/|title=Armored Core: Project Phantasma Review [Import]|last=Fielder|first=Joe|date=December 18, 1997|website=[[GameSpot]]|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=December 14, 2018}}</ref>

A second stand-alone expansion, ''[[Armored Core: Master of Arena]]'', was released on February 4, 1999, and was the final game released for the original [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/detail.html?csm=008|title=Armored Core: Master of Arena {{!}} FromSoftware|website=www.fromsoftware.jp|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> It concluded the core arc of the original ''Armored Core'' and greatly expanded on the Arena mechanic introduced in ''Project Phantasma''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/35796-armored-core-master-of-arena-review|title=Armored Core: Master of Arena Review|last=Sanders|first=Shawn|date=April 16, 2000|website=[[Game Revolution]]|publisher=[[CraveOnline]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012023212/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/armored-core-master-of-arena|archive-date=October 12, 2015|access-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref> Like its predecessor, ''Master of Arena'' allowed players to import save files from both the original ''Armored Core'' and ''Project Phantasma'' to continue their progress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/28/armored-core-master-of-arena|title=Armored Core: Master of Arena|last=Conrad|first=Jeremy|date=March 27, 2000|website=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|access-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref>

All three games from the original PlayStation era were re-released on the [[PlayStation Network]] in 2007 for the tenth anniversary of the original title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.playstation.com/ja-jp/product/JP0506-NPJJ00068_00-0000000000000001|title=Armored Core|website=PlayStation™Store|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.playstation.com/ja-jp/product/JP0506-NPJJ00089_00-0000000000000001|title=Armored Core Project Phantasma|website=PlayStation™Store|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.playstation.com/ja-jp/product/JP0506-NPJJ00105_00-0000000000000001|title=Armored Core Master of Arena|website=PlayStation™Store|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> The original ''Armored Core'' was also released on the Japanese [[PlayStation Classic]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/japan-playstation-classic-full-game-lineup-a-lot-better-than-us-europe-parasite-eve|title=Japan's PlayStation Classic Full Game Lineup Is A Lot Better Than Ours|last=McCarthy|first=Caty|date=October 29, 2018|website=USgamer|language=en|access-date=2020-03-28|archive-date=2019-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514040835/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/japan-playstation-classic-full-game-lineup-a-lot-better-than-us-europe-parasite-eve|url-status=dead}}</ref>