Bandai Wants Gundam To Take Tabletop Games

Over the years, a Gundam permission he has always been present in anime, video games, especially firearms. Someone a big show It’s not a new thing coming to the popular mecha franchise – Bandai is taking the business to the world of video games.

At this week’s Bandai Card Games Fest, the company made the announcement Gundam Assemble, a tabletop game that sees players using 5cm figures to play out various game scenarios. Some live inside Assemble’s First of all, some “pass” permission, but the goal is to know better and to be different. The basic figures of the game, which come out of the box unpainted, each have their own abilities, and span the ‘major races’, from basic to regional favorites (Wings and Seeds) is the last large series, Witches from Mercury. At launch, the numbers are:

• RX-78-2 GUN
• MS-06S FOR Ⅱ
• WING GUNDAM ZERO EW
• GUNDAM AERIAL
• KAPOOL
• THE ARCHANGEL

Tabletop gaming is a new field Gundam which expanded last year with a refreshed version of its integrated card game. This can be a Gundam-a rich month, in particular: along with the North American beta of the game that hit later that month (before the full launch later in 2025), the episodes are coming. Gundam: GQuuuuuuX The anime is being remastered in theaters hitting Japanese theaters on January 17. The first version of the series, based on his iconic mobile suit, is also hitting sometime this month.

But Gundam Assemble? Bandai Namco hasn’t revealed a date for this yet, but has said to expect more information—such as pricing, rules, and marketing materials—later in the year.

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