Tech Romancer

Tech Romancer (known in Japan as Choukou Senki Kikaioh) is a 1998 3D mecha arcade fighting game created by Capcom which was later ported to the Dreamcast in 2000.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It's Capcom's own tribute and homage to the mecha anime genre as it has both robots and characters based on renowned and legendary mecha anime series such as Mazinger Z, Ultraman, Gundam, and Macross.
 * 2) A unique Story Mode as each robot and character has their own distinctive stories, complete with eyecatches between the matches themselves. The player can also change the story depending on decisions made during story dialogues or match conditions met during the battles themselves, which can lead to various multiple endings for both the robots and the characters.
 * 3) Tight and responsive controls for all of the robots.
 * 4) Each robot has its own unique items and weapons, special and super moves, and a devastating finishing move known as the "Final Attack", which varies depending on the robot itself.
 * 5) An awesome intro that gets you quite very ready and prepared for the game.
 * 6) A memorable and unforgettable soundtrack.
 * 7) Great voice acting, featuring many noted seiyuu (whom many of which have roles in mecha anime, coincidentally) such as Koichi Tochika (Junpei), Takehito Koyasu (Kai, Thomas, Simon), Yuji Ueda (Jin), Ryusei Nakao (Arekshim), Shigeru Nakahara (Nakato), Michiko Neya (Reika), Rica Matsumoto (Amuritta), Satomi Koorogi (Pollin), Kikuko Inoue (Saori) and Mayumi Iizuka (Sora), just to name a few.
 * 8) Remarkable and extraordinary artwork for both the robots and the characters. The mecha designs done by Macross creator Shoji Kawamori and Studio Nue.
 * 9) The Dreamcast port has an awesome exclusive unlockable anime intro which makes you really wish that Tech Romancer did have an actual anime series or at the very least an OVA special. It also includes Jin Saotome (who also appeared in the first two Marvel vs. Capcom games), the protagonist of the game's spirtual predescessor Cyberbots as an unlockable character where he pilots the Blodia II.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Goldibus is quite possibly one of Capcom's hardest and toughest fighting game bosses ever created, as aside from having the usual and standard brutal and overpowered moves, Goldibus also has a deadly and dangerous second form that must be defeated from within the full duration of the match.
 * 2) Wise Duck is the only robot that cannot jump.
 * 3) Changing a few stories of the robots/characters via match conditions in Story Mode can be very difficult and frustrating.