{"id":841944,"date":"2026-08-02T07:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841944\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T07:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:21:10","slug":"super-robot-wars-y-gets-final-update-and-dlc-in-a-few-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841944\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Super Robot Wars Y\u2019 Gets Final Update And DLC In A Few Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1785655270_409_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"Super Robot Wars Y\" data-height=\"1080\" data-width=\"1932\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Billbine gets the new long rifle launcher from the 2024 &#8216;Side R&#8217; animation in this new DLC pack.<\/p>\n<p>Bandai Namco<\/p>\n<p>The thoroughly excellent <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/games\/2025\/09\/05\/super-robot-wars-y-switch-review-an-excellent-entry-for-newcomers\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/games\/2025\/09\/05\/super-robot-wars-y-switch-review-an-excellent-entry-for-newcomers\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Super Robot Wars Y\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Super Robot Wars Y<\/a> gets its final update and DLC pack in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, the free update to version 1.40 increases the pilot level cap to 200 and adds two new missions to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Super Robot Wars series and its lifetime sales of 20 million units. There will also be a new \u201cBoost\u201d mode included to make the game a bit easier.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, the next DLC pack, called the Anniversary Expansion Pack, will include 33 new area missions, 12 new weapons, five new playable units (including the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gundam.fandom.com\/wiki\/X-EX01_Gundam_Calibarn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/gundam.fandom.com\/wiki\/X-EX01_Gundam_Calibarn\" aria-label=\"Gundam Calibarn\">Gundam Calibarn<\/a> from <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2024\/12\/02\/gundam-witch-from-mercury-blu-ray-review-layered-and-poignant\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2024\/12\/02\/gundam-witch-from-mercury-blu-ray-review-layered-and-poignant\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Witch from Mercury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Witch from Mercury<\/a>), a new Assist member, and an additional bonus mission.<\/p>\n<p>The other big news is the re-inclusion of combination attacks. Normally, these tended to be within certain series, such as Mazinger Z and Getter Robo, in prior games, but it seems this now also includes genre and class types, such as with <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2026\/06\/15\/heavy-metal-l-gaim-blu-ray-review-much-more-nagano-than-tomino\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2026\/06\/15\/heavy-metal-l-gaim-blu-ray-review-much-more-nagano-than-tomino\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"L-Gaim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">L-Gaim<\/a> and <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2018\/08\/25\/aura-battler-dunbine-blu-ray-review-the-only-isekai-anime-that-really-matters\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2018\/08\/25\/aura-battler-dunbine-blu-ray-review-the-only-isekai-anime-that-really-matters\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Dunbine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dunbine<\/a>, which is interesting.<\/p>\n<p>While this is the last update and DLC for Super Robot Wars Y, I am more than happy with that. We\u2019ve already had <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2026\/04\/21\/super-robot-wars-y-gets-another-free-update-and-new-dlc\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2026\/04\/21\/super-robot-wars-y-gets-another-free-update-and-new-dlc\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"multiple updates and DLC packs released\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">multiple updates and DLC packs released<\/a>, and the fact we\u2019re still getting content nearly a year after the game came out is really great.<\/p>\n<p>One minor point worth mentioning, though, is that in the new trailer (shown below), the Billbine gets its new long rifle launcher (shown above) as seen in the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2024\/11\/14\/aura-battle-dunbine-gets-some-more-experimental-animation\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2024\/11\/14\/aura-battle-dunbine-gets-some-more-experimental-animation\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Side R footage from 2024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Side R footage from 2024<\/a>. We\u2019ve already seen <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2024\/11\/14\/tamashii-nation-2024-goes-all-in-on-aura-battler-dunbine\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2024\/11\/14\/tamashii-nation-2024-goes-all-in-on-aura-battler-dunbine\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"prototype toys include these weapons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">prototype toys include these weapons<\/a> from around the same time, but it\u2019s nice to see these weapons actually included in a Super Robot Wars game.<\/p>\n<p>This is likely driven by the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2025\/09\/12\/why-is-japan-still-obsessed-with-aura-battler-dunbine\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2025\/09\/12\/why-is-japan-still-obsessed-with-aura-battler-dunbine\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"insane popularity of Aura Battler Dunbine in Japan these days\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">insane popularity of Aura Battler Dunbine in Japan these days<\/a>, despite the anime being first broadcast back in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>The final free update for Super Robot Wars Y is released on August 4, with the Anniversary Expansion Pack released on August 5. My review for the Switch version of the game can be found <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/games\/2025\/09\/05\/super-robot-wars-y-switch-review-an-excellent-entry-for-newcomers\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/games\/2025\/09\/05\/super-robot-wars-y-switch-review-an-excellent-entry-for-newcomers\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"here\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cacophanus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/Cacophanus\" aria-label=\"X\">X<\/a>, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cacophanus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cacophanus\" aria-label=\"Facebook\">Facebook<\/a> , and <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Cacophanus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Cacophanus\" aria-label=\"YouTube\">YouTube<\/a>. I also manage <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mechadamashii.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:http:\/\/www.mechadamashii.com\/\" aria-label=\"Mecha Damashii\">Mecha Damashii<\/a> and am currently writing a regular column in Japanese about mecha games for <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/author\/294\/recent\/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/author\/294\/recent\/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC\" aria-label=\"Game*Spark\">Game*Spark<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Billbine gets the new long rifle launcher from the 2024 &#8216;Side R&#8217; animation in this new DLC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36321,24068,49,48,126866,36323,27063,293175,36319,61,2939,2881,293176],"class_list":["post-841944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-anime","tag-anniversary","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dlc","tag-dunbine","tag-mecha","tag-srwy","tag-super-robot-wars-y","tag-technology","tag-update","tag-video-games","tag-witch-from-mercury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}