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Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On
Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム エクストリームバーサス マキシブースト ON) is an arena fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Studios Inc. and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. for the arcades in 2016 and was later ported to the PlayStation 4 in 2020.

The sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost, Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On is a 2v2 arena fighting game

that uses a 3D movement and camera system that tracks the opposing player with combat that emphasizes movement and positioning. The game introduces an additional burst,

the “Extend Burst '', which allows players to jump out of the opponent’s combos and take less damage.

During its arcade’s lifespan, the game had an initial roster of 160 mobile suits which grew to 183. The PlayStation 4 port added 3 more mobile suits which means the final total units is 186.

Gameplay
Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On is a 2v2 fighting game where teams have a shared life pool, able to use mobile suits with unique moveset and fight in a 3D environment with the objective of depleting the opponent team's lifepool.

Basic Controls
The basic controls use a stick or D-Pad (for PlayStation 4 port) as directional input, three primary buttons, supplementary target switch and communication buttons.

The primary action buttons are commonly referred to by their arcade layout: A (Shoot), B (Melee) and C (Jump)

In addition to each primary button action, each suit has a unique moveset based on button combinations, which are referred to as AB (Sub), BC (Special Melee), and AC (Special Shot). [1][2] Shoot

Pressing A will fire your main weapon, often referred to as main. For most mobile suits, their main will be a beam rifle shot, but some mobile suits may have a different type of main such as physical ammo shots.

Ranged attacks typically track towards the target in mid-air, which is known as guidance. Attacks will only guide if you are close enough to the target, indicated by your center reticle. A red lock indicates you will have guidance, while green indicates you're too far away. Attacks that do not have guidance simply travel in a straight line, making them unlikely to connect.

Melee

Pressing B will perform a melee attack. You can hold up, down, or side directions to get unique melee attacks. Melee attacks usually have additional follow ups if you press B additional times.

Charged Shot (CSa / CSb)

Some suits will have a charge bar in their ammo HUD indicating they have a charged attack. Charged attacks require holding either A or B (depending on the suit), and releasing them to perform a unique attack.

Unique Attacks

AB, AC, and BC are unique to the suit, and are the main aspect that separates each suit in the large roster. [3]

Boost Dash

Pressing C twice will perform a boost dash in the direction you point to. You can use a boost dash to cancel your current action, and you can do new attacks after boost dashing, meaning you can use boost dash to link attacks together. The most basic combo in the game is three beam rifle shots connected by boost dashes.

Sidestep

Inputting a direction twice will perform a sidestep. Stepping allows you to cut guidance while moving slightly in one direction.

Switch Target

Switching targets changes your perspective, but does not change where your suit is looking or acting - you can freely switch targets in the middle of actions.

Shield

Shield is performed by inputting down, then up, in quick succession. A basic shield input will raise your shield for a short amount of time, then force you to drop your shield. Continuing to hold the up direction will keep your shield raised, but consumes additional boost. Shielding allows you to block incoming attacks in front of you - attacks fired from the side or behind you will ignore the shield.

Cost system
The goal in Gundam Extreme is to defeat the enemy team by bringing their Team Cost gauge to zero. Each team starts with a gauge of 6000. Each mobile suit falls into one of four cost brackets: 3000, 2500, 2000, and 1500. When a player's mobile suit is taken down, it respawns and takes its cost value from the team pool. Higher cost suits have better performance but take more from the team pool.

Overcost
When shot down, if the remaining team cost after death is less than your suit's cost, you will respawn with only a portion of your max HP. This value is equal to the ratio of remaining team cost to your cost. For example, if you are playing a 3000 suit and your 2000 cost partner has died once, your team cost is 4000 out of 6000. If you are shot down, putting the team cost at 1000, you will respawn with 33% HP (1000 / 3000). [4]

Burst system
Extreme Burst is a power-up mode you can enter a limited amount of times throughout the game, activated by pressing all three primary buttons at the same time (ABC). In addition, you can perform a burst super by pressing ABC while in burst.

To activate Burst, you must be in a state where you can control your suit i.e. not stunned, knocked down, etc, and you must have at least 50% of your EX Gauge filled, seen on the lower area of the HUD. Having 100% meter will also allow you to Burst while being combo or knocked down. [5]

Arcade Final Roster
Mobile Suit Gundam Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack Mobile Suit Gundam F91 Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Mobile Fighter G Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz After War Gundam X Turn A Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Awakening of the Trailblazer Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Mobile Suit Gundam AGE Gundam Reconguista in G Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans Gundam Build Fighters Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory Mobile Suit Gundam: The MS 08th Team Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack: Beltorchika’s Children Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Astray Gundam Sentinel Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway’s Flash Mobile Suit Variations Mobile Suit Gundam 00V Gundam Build Fighters Amazing Ready Gundam EXA Additional Mobile Suits added to the PlayStation 4 Release [7]

Gundam Reconguista in G Gundam Build Fighters Pre-Order Bonus/Paid DLC Mobile Suits

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans

Arcade
On January 1, 2016, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced the release date of Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On which will be on March 9, 2016, in Japan. [8] The game had an initial roster of 160 Mobile Suits which grew overtime via monthly updates with the final roster being 183 mobile suits. These updates also brought balancing adjustments and bug fixes. Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On’s arcade release had a players versus players 2v2 game mode which had 2 ways to match with other players and 3 CPU Battle game modes.

To match with other players in the players versus players game mode, they can either use the Online Vs function which could match them with teammates and opponents across Japan or the in-store match function which allows players to team up and fight against other players in the same store.

The CPU Battle game modes consist of 3 game modes.

VS. Conquest, a monthly seasonal game mode where players across the country are put into teams to compete against CPU versions of their opposing team and accumulate points to take over the opponent’s area, the team that occupies that most area by the end of the season will be concluded as the winner.

Branch Battle, the Gundam Extreme’s traditional PvE game mode where the player fights their way through each node which branches out into higher, same or lower rows, the lower the row the more difficult the battle gets.

Training, a practice mode where the player can learn basic game movements  and mechanics, and practice combos. [9]

By using a Banapassport, Osaifu-Keitai or SEGA Aime Card, players are able to record their battles, and by linking the card to the Gundam Vs. Mobile service, players can set a name, customize their tags and other various customizations. [10]

On August 23, 2019 Bandai Namco announced that Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On arcade network services will be terminated on November 26, 2019 at 23:59. [11]

Standard Edition
On January 22, 2020, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On will be coming to the PlayStation 4 in 2020. [12] On March 24, 2020 another announcement was made and confirmed that the game will be released on July 30, 2020. [13]

Open Access Beta test for the game was set to open on June 20, 2020 from Saturday to Sunday with later weeks opening only on Saturdays until release day. During the available time of the Open Access Beta, 3 game modes were available, Player Match, Casual Match and Branch Battle.

On July 30, 2020, Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On was released worldwide. Majority of the game mechanics were kept the same as their arcade counterpart with only minimal balancing changes for some playable units. [14]

The PlayStation 4 version has a roster of 186 mobile suits, 3 of which are units that weren’t available in the original arcade version.

The 2v2 aspect of the game remains the same as the arcade version, but now players can matchmake worldwide or only in their region depending on their match settings. Players have the choice of playing in Player Match, a player created lobby, Casual Match, randomly matching with other people either solo or as a team, Ranked Match ,players will gain or loss rank rating depending on if they win or loss, or LAN Battles, players can fight each other by connecting their Playstation 4 to the same router. A new addition to the PlayStation 4 port is the 1v1 game mode, where a player can fight their opponent 1 on 1 which is available in the Player Match.

The PvE content retains Branch Battle that was available in the arcade version of the game, but now players can play this mode with a friend either by split-screen or online. The Playstation 4 port has a new PvE game mode called Maxi Boost Missions, a single player game mode where the player runs through missions to progress and earn upgrades.

Premium Soundtrack Edition

Premium Soundtrack Edition, released on July 30, 2020, Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On adds additional soundtracks that were in the arcade version but not in the standard edition. This edition of the game is only available in the South East Asia region. [14]

Starter Edition

Released on March 3, 2021, Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On Starter Edition is an digital exclusive version of the game with 185 playable Mobile Suits, but has fewer playable modes.

The playable game modes include Branch Battle Solo, Free Battle and Casual Match.

The progress done in the Starter Edition can be transferred into the Standard Edition or Premium Sound Edition. This edition of the game is only available in the South East Asia region. [15]

Reception
In Japan, the game reached #1 in the sales charts. Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS. Maxiboost ON for PlayStation 4 was the highest selling new title, opening at 123,147 total retail copies sold.