So it sounds like Westphalia is going with VOTOMs mecha or Heavy Gears. Basically super heavy infantry mecha.
Doesn't sound like they are big enough to be compared to Code Geass Knightmare Frames.
This is now Code Geass. They're fielding Knightmare Frames.
or that they are making something similar to the land spinners from code geas
I admit I have a soft spot for that style of Real Robot mecha. It's got the right mixture of agility and chonkiness, and is overall just a really cool aesthetic. (Which was why I was kind of annoyed when Code Geass ditched that in favor of flying Super Robots in all but name, but that's another story entirely)
I describe them as somewhat short and squat, but in the proud tradition of different anime series having
very different size scales, different mecha and Super Robots are going to vary greatly. I will say they're not as small as Steeds or the
Scopedog (VOTOMS), which are 3.8m tall (and as you can see in other pictures, the
cockpit and the pilot take up about half of the space).
That said - Super Robot Wars has always had a funny disconnect in size differences. There would be times when Mobile Suits (roughly about 18-ish meters tall) will be fighting Aura Battlers (which are comparatively
tiny at about 7 meters or so), but aside from size bonuses/penalties in fighting each other, the game and story treats them as on par with each other. Here, I like to explore what that sort of mismatch of technologies would look like, though I won't spend too much time on the details (writing and fun comes first for me here!).
I'll also give a few size comparisons just to help make imagining it easier. Remember that a six-storey building is about 20 meters.
- Mercury V - The close equivalent is more roughly at Great Mazinger's size, at about 22-ish meters. And the kaiju he fights are roughly about the same in height, if not taller, and have even more mass and muscle behind that.
- Valiant - On the opposite end of the scales, Valiant is quite small at around 10m (which is about how tall Kotetsu Jeeg is). Erika is often fighting enemies larger than her in some capacity (such as the Walkers, or the Brute). But the new enemy mecha are a little smaller than her - they're just more numerous.
- Kaus - Among the tallest natural Kausen are Galbinus and Tyrannous. I describe them as really tall, barring any combiner, and they stand at around 18 m tall (give or take extra bits from their alt-forms). Unless they combine, it's a safe bet that all other Kaus are almost as tall, or just smaller than either of them.
- DFRI - It will naturally vary. Beowulf on its lonesome is only a little taller than Valiant, and the Falcon doesn't actually contribute to height so much. But as the Timberwolf, and later as Beowulf Fenrir, it comes closer to Galbinus's height. Ichiro is taller than Core Beowulf, though he doesn't naturally reach Galbinus's height - the Buster Pack does help him get there, though.
No one is as tall as Daitarn 3 or Ideon yet, which I think everyone in universe is grateful for at the moment.
I could go on, but hopefully that does give a rough idea.
