Bandai Namco has revealed that it will add the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero to the playable unit roster for the PC version of Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2. Players of the online PC game will be able to pilot the After Colony-era Mobile Suit, which will look exactly as it appeared in the 1995 TV version of Gundam Wing.
The facts that the Battle Operation series generally focuses on the Universal Century and that this news appeared on April 1 may seem like an elaborate April Fools prank. However, this announcement is completely legit, as Wing Zero is not the first Mobile Suit from an alternate universe to appear in the PC game.
The ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED was the first alternate universe unit to appear in Battle Operation 2 in early 2024. Later on, in November 2024, Bandai Namco added G Gundam‘s flagship Mobile Fighter GF13-017NJII God Gundam, which is alternatively known in the Western releases as Burning Gundam.
Bandai Namco added the alternate universe Gundams to celebrate special occasions for each of them. The Freedom Gundam appeared to mark the launch of the 2024 movie Gundam SEED Freedom, while the God/Burning Gundam celebrated Mobile Fighter G Gundam‘s 30th anniversary. Likewise, the Wing Gundam Zero will appear to mark the 30th anniversary of the Gundam Wing TV show that aired in 1995.
The XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero from the TV version of Gundam Wing will be available exclusively in the PC Steam release of Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2. Bandai Namco also runs a separate build of the online game on PlayStation 4 and 5, which stays true to the setting by only featuring units from the Universal Century timeline.
Published: Apr 1, 2025 01:00 pm