Like Cheng Tian's Scorching Sun Legion—and even the unfortunate Rhea Principality army—Iori and Anmarie, who rode the Magic Mecha Jelgard and should have shone as protagonists in Super Robot Wars X, along with the Magic Parrot Hopps, had all been transported from other planes into this world by the forced Spatial Transfer phenomenon known as a "Dimensional Tremor."
Of course, any knowledgeable Player knew that according to Y's normal timeline, they should not have appeared while being in the X plane. There was only one main reason for their appearance at this moment—
The current Super Robot Wars Y dungeon included DLC mecha and pilots that required additional purchases!
There was no other explanation!
And if nothing unexpected happened, they were not the only other Super Robot Wars protagonists brought here.
Following Super Robot Wars tradition, when Players chose the protagonist identity representing them, most titles allowed them to choose between a male and female protagonist. Such a choice could also affect subsequent mecha and a small number of side stories that did not affect the main plot.
Super Robot Wars Y's DLC, meanwhile, brought over both the male and female protagonists, along with the mecha corresponding to them.
Super Robot Wars X was a little different, though. The male and female protagonists in that title both piloted Jelgard, which resulted in the Magic Mecha—originally built for a single pilot—being modified into a two-seater.
Oh, according to their worldview, "magic" should have been called "doctrine."
But as intense magical fluctuations erupted from Jelgard and a visible gale rose around him, Cheng Tian's side quickly realized that having two pilots was actually an enhancement for Jelgard, who was essentially an enormous self-propelled magic wand. And... the two youngsters had gotten fired up.
Cheng Tian said he could understand.
If he had