Dark Gundam

The Dark Gundam began its existence as the Ultimate Gundam, a revolutionary new mobile fighter developed by Dr. Raizo Kasshu and his son Kyoji at the space colony of Neo Japan. Thanks to the miracle of nanotechnology, this unique machine possessed unlimited powers of self-multiplication, self-recovery, and self-evolution.
However, the Ultimate Gundam was stolen by Kyoji Kasshu and taken to Earth, where it metamorphosed into the terrifying Dark Gundam. Now this dangerous machine is hidden somewhere on the planet, infecting the dueling Gundam Fighters with biomechanical DG Cells and gathering a rampaging Dark Army to overrun Earth's cities.
In hopes of averting a global disaster, Neo Japan's government dispatches Dr. Kasshu's younger son Domon to Earth, with orders to simultaneously win the 13th Gundam Fight and track down the rogue Dark Gundam.

Head height : 23.9 meters (in final mode)
Base weight : 41.2 tons (in final mode)
Max. load : 84.9 tons (in final mode)
Armormaterials : Gundarium alloy super ceramic composite, rare metal hybrid multilayered materials
Armament : vulcan x 4Dark Finger x 2beam cannons
Pilot : Kyoji Kasshu

Mode : Final
Power : 41.24
Speed : 67.39
Offense : 64.86
Defense :7.61
Search : 37.20
Adaptation : 49.48
Total : 307.78

Mobile Fighter G Gundam

After Mobile Suit Victory Gundam finished airing in Japan in early 1994, Bandai celebrated Gundam's 15th anniversary by trying something new: free the franchise from the continuity of the the Universal Century (and sell more model kits). Thus, the alternate universes were born that are the settings for every TV series following Victory Gundam. Premiering in 1994, G Gundam was the first alternate universe series, and perhaps one of the most controversial. Directed by Giant Robo's Yasuhiro Imagawa, this series takes a vastly different approach to the Gundam saga. Instead of having wars between the colonies and the Earth, a fighting tournament is held to determine the ruler of the colonies. Called the Gundam Fight, it is held once every four years by the United Colonies Federation. Each country has its own representative Gundam (some of which are really ridiculous looking), and the Gundams fight on Earth until only one is left. Set in FC 60, this series chronicles the 13th Gundam Fight and stars Neo Japanese Gundam Fighter Domon Kasshu, who is in the fight as much to win as to fulfill a personal quest. The series aired on Cartoon Network in 2002 and is available on DVD. Please note that the names of various mobile suits were changed for the American release. The reviews here follow the original Japanese names devised by Sunrise. Although some of the changes don't make sense, the list below documents all the changes.

Psycho Gundam

General and Technical Data
Model number: MRX-009
Code name: Psyco Gundam
Unit type: prototype Newtype use transformable mobile armor
Manufacturer: Murasame Research Institute
Operator: Titans
First deployment: UC 0087
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in head
Dimensions: mobile suit mode: overall height 41.0 meters, head height 40.0 meters; mobile fortress mode: overall height 30.2 meters, wingspan 32.4 meters
Weight: empty 214.1 metric tons; max gross 388.6 metric tons
Construction: gundarium alloy on semi-monocoque frame
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 33600 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 84000 kg; Minovsky craft system: 500000 kg total (operable in mobile fortress mode only); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 6
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: 0.43 G mobile suit mode, 1.72 G mobile fortress mode; maximum speed Mach 0.5 (mobile fortress mode)
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 10200 meters; psycommu system; psycho-control chair in cockpit (subsequent upgrade); anti-beam coating on armor
Fixed armaments: 3-barrel scattering mega particle gun, power rated at 4.8 MW per barrel, mounted in torso; 10 x beam gun, power rated at 2.0 MW, emitter barrels mounted as fingers in hands; 2-barrel beam gun, mounted in head; shield, mounted on left forearmTechnical and Historical Notes
As the Earth Federation Forces' Titans force continued to build up its military and political power in its crusade to rule the Earth Sphere with an iron fist, one area of research actively pursued by the Titans was "cyber Newtypes" - artificially-engineered Newtypes who could operate revolutionary new Newtype-controlled weapons. At their Murasame Laboratory in Japan, the Titans built the Federation's first Newtype-use unit, the MRX-009 Psyco Gundam. Equipped with a psycommu ("psychic communicator") system similar to that developed by the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War (hence the name "Psyco," which is short for "psycommu"), the Psyco Gundam's tremendous beam weapon firepower could be controlled by the pilot's mere thoughts. The Psyco Gundam was heavily armed, sporting a 3-barreled scattering beam gun in its chest, ten beam guns in its fingers and a 2-barrel beam gun in its head, making the unit capable of attacking several targets at one (or levelling lots of real estate). Due to its massive size, the Psyco Gundam could transform into a "mobile fortress" mode equipped with a Minovsky craft system to give it high-altitude atmospheric flight. The Psyco Gundam's chosen pilot was Murasame Labs' cyber Newtype "Number Four," or Four Murasame, and the unit was soon dispatched to destroy the AEUG and Karaba forces operating on Earth. The Psyco Gundam was severely damaged during an AEUG mission to launch Kamille Bidan and his RX-178 Gundam Mark II back out into space, and the Psyco Gundam was taken to the Titans' Kilimanjaro base in Africa, where it would be repaired and equipped with an experimental new "psycho-control chair," further enhancing Four's abilities to control the Psyco Gundam.

Miscellaneous Information
Pilot(s): Four Murasame, Ben Wooder
Appearances: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Original mechanical designer: Katsuji Murakami (principal design), Kazumi Fujita (cleanup)