Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front

Overview

Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front is a video game for the PlayStation 2. Set in the Gundam franchise's Universal Century timeline, Zeonic Front places players in the role of the Midnight Fenrir Corps, a mobile suit special forces unit of the Principality of Zeon, as it undertakes missions against the Earth Federation during the One Year War. This marked a notable departure from previous Gundam UC games, in which the player always fought on the side of the Earth Federation.

Zeonic front allows players to take control of a variety of Principality of Zeon mobile suits from a third-person perspective across a linear sequence of missions that take place on sprawling battle zones around Earth. Before missions, players select which mobile suits they wish to control directly, with the remaining units of the Midnight Fenrir Corps being directed by game AI. Once a mission is underway, the player can swap between their selected units in order to manage different combat situations on the map as they arise. Completing a mission requires successfully achieving one or more progressive objectives, some of which can be tackled with multiple different tactical approaches. As the player advances through the campaign, more pilots join the Midnight Fenrir Corps, expanding the available mobile suit selection.

In March of UC 0079, the Midnight Fenrir Corps is deployed on its first mission: capturing an Earth Federation base in North America as part of the Principality of Zeon's second Earth Drop Operation. Midnight Fenrir captures the base easily, demonstrating the effectiveness of Lt. Garret Schmitzer's idea to use small mobile suit groups to carry out surgical strikes on enemy targets. Midnight Fenrir goes on to capture the Federation's key California Base, which becomes a major regional headquarters for Zeon's military operations. Zeon's eventual victory seems inevitable until the demise of Garma Zabi, overall commander of Zeon's Earth Attack Force, in the Battle of Seattle, and the emergence of Federation mobile suits, which turns the tide of the war.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front was released in Japan for the PlayStation 2 on September 6, 2001.

Game details

Genres

Strategy

Developer

BEC

Publisher

Bandai

Series

Gundam

Platforms

PlayStation 2

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

No

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

ESRB

T

Release dates

Playable today

Credits

Region

US