The Assault Suits series is a series of futuristic robotic war video games developed by NCS featuring giant robots equipped with Assault Suits. Spanning the course of 15 years and beyond, the games would be cross-distributed, cross-published and developed between the U.S. and Japan. It would be known as one of the most challenging series to follow due to the drastic changes from game to game.TimelineThe SeriesTarget Earth / Assault Suits Leynos
The first known game of the series. In its debute, fans considered it a combination of Macross, Gundam but without the any of their licenses. Most fans who played it considered it a great game, but the US sales was lukewarm.Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken
The success of the first Assault Suits game in Japan would spawn its another game but indirect sequel on the SuperFamicon. The artwork style, assault armor concepts, as well as the dialogue engine would remain similar to that of Target Earth, but with major graphical improvements. The US name Cybernator added confusion to American gamers and disconnected many of the fans from the Target Earth roots.Metal Warriors
The story would take place in 2102, it would seem like everything has deviated far away from Target Earth by this point in the series. Despite having no Japan release, Assault Suits Gideon was the proposed name. It was released in the US under LucasArts. Known for publishing Star Wars video games, the company may have been influenced the addition of the light saber.Assault Suits Leynos II
This game would arrive on the Sega Saturn as the true sequel to Assault Suit Leynos, but was released only in Japan.Assault Suits Valken II
After the release in 1999, the same game would be reprinted by the company Four Winds on August 30, 2001.Controversy
- It is debatable as to whether the contents of the Assault Suits series inspired the creation of Front Mission: Gun Hazard in 1996. Though by the time Front Mission came out, there is no more direct plot or timeline relation between the series or Target Earth. Therefore Target Earth cannot be credited as being the predecessor of the Front Mission series, even though the assault suit units look extremely similar in both games.
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