Editing Super Robot Wars (section)

==Reception and sales==
As of April 2014, the ''Super Robot Wars'' series has exceeded 16 million copies across all platforms.<ref>{{cite web|title=「スーパーロボット大戦」シリーズ累計出荷本数1,600万本突破。第1作のHDリメイク版がPS Storeで販売開始 |trans-title=Cumulative shipment of "Super Robot Wars" series exceeded 16 million. The first HD remake version is now available on the PS Store |language=ja |website=[[4Gamer.net]] |publisher=Aetas |url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/243/G024393/20140424035/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922003731/https://www.4gamer.net/games/243/G024393/20140424035/ |archive-date= 22 September 2015|date=24 April 2014 |access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> The debut entry sold a combined	190,000 units and became a best-seller for the Game Boy during its first few weeks on the market.<ref>{{cite book |title=スーパーロボット大戦F プレイステーション版 完全攻略ガイド |date=10 January 1999 |publisher=[[MediaWorks (publisher)|MediaWorks]] |isbn=4073107178 |pages=168–173 |language=ja}}</ref> The best-selling entry is ''Super Robot Wars α'' on the PlayStation, having sold over 715,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Game Search (based on Famitsu data) |url=https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search |website=Game Data Library |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424035430/https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search |archive-date=24 April 2019 |date=1 March 2020}}</ref> ''Super Robot Wars'' games have become consistent best-sellers for both Banpresto and Bandai Namco, having regularly appeared on top sales charts in Japan as late as 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cifaldi |first1=Frank |title=Latest Super Robot Wars Dominates Japanese Sales Chart |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/latest-super-robot-wars-dominates-japanese-sales-chart |website=[[Gamasutra]] |publisher=[[UBM Technology Group]] |access-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514213944/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/124521/Latest_Super_Robot_Wars_Dominates_Japanese_Sales_Chart.php |archive-date=14 May 2014 |url-status=live |date=20 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fahey |first1=Rob |title=Japan Charts: Banpresto's Super Robot Wars scores another No.1 |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/japan-charts-banprestos-super-robot-wars-scores-another-no1 |website=[[Gamesindustry.biz]] |access-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821190815/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/japan-charts-banprestos-super-robot-wars-scores-another-no1 |archive-date=21 August 2020 |date=8 August 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Romano |first1=Sal |title=Media Create Sales: 3/18/19 – 3/24/19 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2019/03/media-create-sales-3-18-19-3-24-19 |website=Gematsu |access-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807021017/https://www.gematsu.com/2019/03/media-create-sales-3-18-19-3-24-19 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |date=27 March 2019}}</ref> As of 2022, the series has shipped over 20 million copies worldwide.<ref>[https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/ir/integrated/pdf/2022EN_fact.pdf] Bandai Namco group fact book 2022, P. 03</ref>

Ollie Bardner, a writer for ''[[Eurogamer]]'', described ''Super Robot Wars'' as "one of Japan's most enduring mecha series", showing appreciation towards its turn-based gameplay and large roster of mecha series and characters. Bardner believes part of the franchise's success is introducing its players to older mecha anime series: "Originally intended as a mere mecha anime crossover vehicle,'' Super Robot Wars'' has become something else. Not only has it facilitated new generations of gamers to discover brilliant anime from times long past, but also birthed unique games and anime in their own right."<ref name="EuroG SRW">{{cite web |last1=Barder |first1=Ollie |title=All is fair in love and Super Robot Wars |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-04-21-all-is-fair-in-love-and-super-robot-wars |website=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |access-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105141725/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-04-21-all-is-fair-in-love-and-super-robot-wars |archive-date=5 November 2019 |date=22 April 2014}}</ref> ''[[USgamer]]''{{'}}s Kat Bailey stated that the series serves as an "extremely faithful tribute" to the mecha genre and its history, writing that it "beautifully [remixes] everything from ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' to ''Voltron''."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bailey |first1=Kat |title=Super Robot Wars T Is Out Today, and We're Here to Answer Your Questions About Where to Find It and More |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/super-robot-wars-t-is-out-today-and-were-here-to-answer-your-questions-about-where-to-find-it-and-more |website=[[USgamer]] |publisher=Reedpop |access-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321042341/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/super-robot-wars-t-is-out-today-and-were-here-to-answer-your-questions-about-where-to-find-it-and-more |archive-date=21 March 2019 |date=22 March 2019}}</ref>

The games' main influence is the creation of animated shows influenced by original units and characters created for the games. The best examples are ''[[Getter Robo Armageddon]]'', ''[[Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo]]'' and the ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' [[OVA]], released in the [[United States]] in 2002. Shin Getter Robo first appeared in ''[[Ken Ishikawa (manga artist)|Ken Ishikawa's]]'' manga for ''Getter Robo Go'', then became by its apparition in various Super Robot Wars games until receiving its aforementioned OVAs. Mazinkaiser appeared for the first time in ''Super Robot Wars F Final'', released for the ''[[Sega Saturn]]'' and the Sony PlayStation in 1998, as an upgrade to the original Mazinger Z in order to allow the Mazinger franchise to compete with other super robots such as Shin Getter Robo. Mazinger Z writer and illustrator, Go Nagai, eventually implements it into his manga as the prototype of the other Mazinger machines, and the aforementioned OVA was also created.

The series was certified by the [[Guinness World Records]] for the "most intellectual property licenses used in a role-playing video game series".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-11/super-robot-wars-30-rpg-new-video-unveils-more-titles-in-lineup-october-28-launch/.175010|title=Super Robot Wars 30 RPG's New Video Unveils More Titles in Lineup, October 28 Launch|date=6 June 2023 }}</ref>