Super Robot Taisen R

The second Super Robot Wars GBA title, focusing instead on time travel.

Unused Graphics#

The game's font includes squished text for "Akatsuki" (アカツキ) among the names of the other Nadesico Aestivalis pilots (Akito/アキト, Gai/ガイ, Hikaru/ヒカル, Izumi/イズミ and Ryoko/リョーコ), though Akatsuki does not appear in this game.

Unused Weapons#

The weapon data contains some weapons that aren't pointed to from any robot's data. Most of them are placeholders named "dummy" (ダミー) or duplicates of used weapons; the interesting ones are:

• A weapon set containing "Nail Missile", "Melee" and "Compact Shot" (ネイルミサイル, 格闘, コンパクトショット) among the data for the Daitarn 3 enemies.
• A weapon set containing typical Getter-1 weapons plus "Getter Final Knuckle" (ゲッターファイナルナックル). This data suggests that the God Getter was once planned to be an actual unit rather than only appearing in a cutscene.
• A copy of Gundam Maxter's weapon set with greatly inflated attack power and with different EN costs (some weapons consume more EN than the regular Gundam Maxter's and others consume less). It's hard to guess what this might represent; in the GBA titles, bosses and late-game enemies are normally made strong by giving them upgrade ranks rather than inflated base stats.
• Two copies of a "Twin Bit" (ツインビット) combination attack, one of which is in the Febral's weapon list (but never usable or even visible in-game) and the other which is not associated with any robot.

Unused Battle Dialogs#

These dialogs can be viewed in the "BTL BG VIEWER" of the debug menu (see below) with the given settings.

マシュマー「行けっ！　ファンネルよ！」

マシュマー「蹴散らせっ！　ファンネルッ！！」

Mashmyre: "Let's go! FUNNEL!"

FILE  = JIBUN
PILOT = 013
ACT   = ATTACK
PAT   = 000 or 001

ハサウェイ「僕にだって使える・・・
　いけ、ファンネル！」

ハサウェイ「ファンネル、頼むぞ！」

Hathaway "Even I can use this...
　Go, funnel!

Hathaway "Requesting for a funnel!"

FILE  = JIBUN
PILOT = 020
ACT   = ATTACK
PAT   = 000 or 001

Debug Menu#

Like most of the GBA titles, Super Robot Taisen R has a debug menu. Use the CodeBreaker code 03001320:31, restart, and you'll end up in the debug menu. Disable it once you're in.

Sound Test#

Accessible from the debug menu.

Data View#

The "DATA VIEW" option is unreachable from the debug menu, but can be accessed by using the code 03001320:30 instead. Controls:

• A / B: Selects the next / previous resource. Static images may not load the correct sprite sheets because this information is not available on the resource table for the sprites.
• R + A / R + B: As above, but advances through resources in increments of 10.
• Start: Pauses or unpauses the debug menu.
• Arrow keys: Moves the animation. Static images cannot be moved.
• R + Arrow keys: Adjusts the 6 parameters shown for animations. The parameters are all displayed in hexadecimal. The flip options do not work if either the scale is not 0100 or the angle is not 0000.

In-Game Debug Menu#

Another in-game "system debug menu" can be accessed using the codes 080951C8:08030ED9 and 080951CC:080342B9. This replaces the grid on / off menu with the menu shown to the left.

These options are available:

• Character debug (キャラデバッグ): Adds an extra "DBG" option at the bottom of the action menu for all unmoved player units. Selecting "DBG" will enter the unit debug menu shown below. Certain actions such as viewing battle animations may turn this option off.
• Display coordinates (座標表示): Displays the X and Y coordinates of the cursor in the bottom right corner.
• Rout grunts (ザコ全滅): Destroys all enemy units that use generic pilots.
• Gather enemies (敵集結): Respawns all enemy units at the cursor.

The debug menu for units is split into two pages and has the following layout. Use the L and R buttons to cycle through available values. Use B to exit the menu.

Not all support coefficient values are modifiable.