SD Gundam Over Galaxian
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SD Gundam Over Galaxian takes Namco’s arcade classic and combines it with visuals and ideas from the SD Gundam subsection of that franchise, creating a strange experiment of a revival. Rather than being developed by Namco, this game was developed by Lay-Up, a company that specializes in producing and selling toys based on popular Japanese media like Ultraman and Saint Seiya. SD Gundam was their earliest success, so they’ve revisited it over the years via additional toy lines and smaller contributions like package design for SD Gundam: G Century.
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