Gundam Wing Endless Duel FAQ/Moves List
by Preventer Void (
[email protected])
v 1.0 (2/23/00)
Moves lists for all the characters, some combos, a few translations.
v 1.5 (9/23/00)
Started on the FAQ again after nearly a year. General info, moves,
and extras added.
v 2.0 (3/3/01)
Picked this thing up again and dusted it off. Moved Epyon to a new
section, combos and strategies for each MS.
v 2.5 (6/26/01)
First public release. In addition to game info, there's quite a bit
of info on the Wing series itself.
The latest version of this FAQ can be found at
members.aol.com/HeeroPV/gwed_faq.txt
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Gundam Wing
2. Game Engine
3. Universal Commands
4. Characters
4.1-Wing Gundam/Heero Yuy
4.2-Gundam Deathscythe/Duo Maxwell
4.3-Gundam Heavyarms/Trowa Barton
4.4-Gundam Sandrock/Quatre Rabera Winner
4.5-Gundam Shen-Long/Chang Wufei
4.6-Tallgeese/Zechs Marquise
4.7-Vayate/Lady Une
4.8-Mercurius/Lucrezia Noin
4.9-Wing Gundam Zero/Heero Yuy
5. Final Battle
5.1-Gundam Epyon/Milliardo Peacecraft
6. Extras
6.1-Epyon Code
6.2-Deathscythe's Buster Shield Super?
6.3-Characters
6.3.1-Heero Yuy
6.3.2-Duo Maxwell
6.3.3-Trowa Barton
6.3.4-Quatre Rabera Winner
6.3.5-Chang Wufei
6.3.6-Zechs Marquise/Millardo Peacecraft
6.3.7-Lady Une
6.3.8-Lucrezia Noin
6.3.9-Relena Darlain/Peacecraft
6.3.10-Treize Khushrenada
6.4-Pilot Adjustments
6.5-Story
6.6-Other Wing Stories
6.7-Miscellanious Facts
7. Closing and Acknowledgements
Game Engine
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GWED isn't unlike Capcom's Marvel vs Capcom series: it uses a tall
battlefield rather than a wide one, allowing for aerial battles, and
features some pretty unfair combos. A few noticeable differences,
however, exist:
-Four attack buttons: Strong and weak punch, strong and weak weapon.
-Special attacks and supermoves can be performed using any button.
-You can attack downed opponents, allowing for even worse cheese
combos.
-Specials and supers cost energy. Weak specials cost nothing,
strong ones cost 100 energy, and supers cost 200. Energy is regained
by successfully attacking or blocking an opponent's attacks.
Terminology
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HW/LW/HP/LP: Heavy weapon, light weapon, heavy punch, light punch
DF, DB: Down-forward, down-back
DP: Dragon Punch motion (Forward, down, DF)
Universal Moves
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Dash: Tap forward twice
Retreat: Tap back twice
High-Power Jump: 2 Attack buttons together.
Blocking Rush: Forward + 2 Attacks
Double Jump: Direction + 2 Attacks in air
Triple Jump: Direction + 2 Attacks after Double Jump
Vernier: Down in air after Jump, High-Power Jump, or Double Jump.
Slows your character's descent. You can attack during this time, but
you will fall to the ground afterwards.
Vulcan: HP or LP when half a screen away. Vulcans cost energy, and
are generic projectiles. All characters except Epyon have vulcans.
Characters
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Wing Gundam (XXXG-01W)
Pilot: Heero Yuy
Fighting: 130
Weapon: 140
Speed: 150
Power: 120
Armor: 130
Weapons: Vulcan Gun (2), Machine Cannon (2), Buster Rifle, Beam Sabre
Player's Notes: Fans of Ryu, Capcom's first (and, IMO, best)
fighter, will find Wing to be very close to the Shotokan brawler.
Specials:
Buster Rifle Blast (5 per shot)-Down, DF, forward + Attack; Ground
or air
Wing fires a blast out of its buster rifle. Light fires one small
shot; heavy fires three big shots.
Shield Uppercut (17-23)-DP + Attack; Ground or air
Wing performs a rising uppercut attack with its shield that ends
with a beam sabre slash. Light version hits three times; heavy hits
five times.
Wing Combination (13-22)-Down, DB, back + Attack; Ground only
Wing rushes at the opponent, connecting with its shield and beam
sabre. Light version hits twice, heavy version hits three times.
Both knock the opponent down if they connect.
Supers:
Super Buster Rifle (33)-Down, DF, forward, down, DF, forward + Attack;
Ground or air
Wing fires three large shots from its buster rifle. Hits nine times.
Bird Mode (40)-Down, DB, back + Attack; Ground only
Wing leaps off-screen and enters Bird mode, flying across the screen
three times. Hits up to five times with each pass. Wing is
invincible during this move.
Playing as Wing:
Fighting Wing:
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Gundam Deathscythe (XXXG-01D)
Pilot: Duo Maxwell
Fighting: 140
Weapon: 120
Speed: 160
Power: 120
Armor: 120
Weapons: Vulcan Gun (2), Machine Cannon (2), Beam Scythe
Player's Notes: SHORYUKEN! Deathscythe channels Ken, the more
offensive Shotokan fighter, with a powerful, multi-hit uppercut.
Specials:
Buster Shield (11)-Down, DF, forward + Attack; Ground only
Deathscythe throws its buster shield at the opponent. Both versions
hit three times, but heavy version moves Deathscythe next to the
opponent after the second hit.
Rising Scythe (11-17)-DP + Attack; Ground or air
Deathscythe performs a rising slash with its beam scythe. Light
version hits three times, heavy hits five times.
Super:
Shinigami (38)-Down, DF, forward, down, DF, forward +
Attack; Ground or air
Deathscythe performs an enhanced version of its light rising slash,
with greater horizontal range and a wave of yellow energy emitting
from the scythe's blade. Hits nine times.
Notes:
Dashing causes Deathscythe to teleport. This is a good diversionary
tactic, but beware: the computer will throw overzealous teleporters.
Playing as Deathscythe:
Fighting Deathscythe:
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Gundam Heavyarms (XXXG-01H)
Pilot: Trowa Barton
Fighting: 110
Weapon: 160
Speed: 110
Power: 140
Armor: 140
Weapons: Vulcan Gun (2), Machine Cannon (2), Gatling Gun (2), Army
Knife, Beam Gatling Gun, Homing Missile (12), Micro-Missile (24)
Player's Notes: Heavyarms is a slow powerhouse fighter with lots of
projectile specials. Fortunately, unlike in the anime, Heavyarms
can't run out of bullets or missiles.
Specials:
Gatling Shot (9-17)-Down, DF, forward + Attack; Ground only
Heavyarms fires its beam gatling gun. Light version hits three
times, heavy hits five times.
Homing Missile (16-29)-DP + Attack; Ground or air
Heavyarms fires missiles from its chest. All missiles hit twice
each. Light version fires one missile, heavy fires two.
Gatling Slam (11-19)-Down, DB, back + Attack; Ground only (throw
range)
Heavyarms grabs the opponent and smashes them with the doors on its
chest. Heavy version is followed by six vulcan shots.
Super:
Full Arsenal (44)-Down, DF, forward, down, DF, forward + Attack;
Ground
only
Heavyarms opens its chest, shoulder, and leg doors and bombards the
enemy with massive explosions. Hits seven times and carries the
enemy upwards.
Notes: Crouching HW fires several small missiles, a good anti-air
move or combo finisher. Standing HW hits low, good for downed
opponents.
Combos:
Throw, dash in, crouching LW, crouching HP, standing HW, Full Arsenal
Playing as Heavyarms:
Fighting Heavyarms:
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Gundam Sandrock (XXXG-01SR)
Pilot: Quatre Rabera Winner
Fighting: 120
Weapon: 120
Speed: 110
Power: 150
Armor: 160
Weapons: Heat Shotel (2), Beam Sub-Machinegun, Missile (2), Cross
Crusher
Player's Notes: Sandrock is a good all-around character, with a nice
variety of moves.
Specials:
Shotel Cutter (7-9)-Down, DF, forwand + Attack; Ground or air
Sandrock throws a projectile from its heat shotels. Light version
hits once, heavy hits twice.
Desert Smash (19-28)-DP + Attack; Ground only (throw range)
Sandrock grabs the opponent and performs a special throw. In the
light version, it headbutts the opponent three times. In the heavy
version, Sandrock performs a powerbomb.
Shotel Charge (13-19)-Down, DB, back + Attack; Ground only
Sandrock performs a rushing combo with its heat shortels. Light
version hits three times, heavy hits four times.
Super:
Army Assault (3 per shot)-Down, DF, forward, down, DF, forward +
Attack; Ground
only
Sandrock pulls out its uzi and fires at its opponent while a series
of identical shots come from off-screen (the Maganac mercenaries,
probably). Hits 19-21 times.
Notes:
Super hits the opponent even if they jump behind Sandrock, due to
the off-screen shots.
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Gundam Shen-Long (XXXG-01S)
Pilot: Chang Wufei
Fighting: 160
Weapon: 110
Speed: 130
Power: 140
Armor: 120
Weapons: Dragon Fang, Flamethrower (2), Beam Glaive
Player's Notes: Shen-Long has only two moves and one super, but all
can be used in the air and have nice effects. In a Street Fighter
context, he's sort of like E. Honda, but sort of not.
Specials:
Dragon Fang (14-29)-Down, DF, forward + Attack; Ground or air
Shen-Long reaches out with its dragon fang. Light version hits
twice, heavy hits twice, then throws the opponent over Shen-Long's
shoulder. Air version moves Shen-Long backwards.
Glaive Thrust (11-22)-DP + Attack; Ground or air
Shen-Long twirls its beam glaive, then performs a repeating strike.
Light version hits three times, heavy hits six times. Air version
lacks the twirl at the start.
Super:
Dragon Fang Fire (25)-Down, DF, forward, down, DF, forward + Attack;
Ground or air
Shen-Long fires a blast from its flamethrower. Hits the bottom half
of the screen and pushes the opponent upwards. Does six hits.
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Tallgeese (OZ-00MS)
Pilot: Zechs Marquise
Fighting: 100
Weapon: 110
Speed: 150
Power: 130
Armor: 120
Weapons: Dober Gun, Beam Sabre (2)
Player's Notes: Zechs' Leo prototype is actually pretty
powerful...makes you wonder why they didn't mass-produce it. In the
game, Tallgeese is a sort of Akuma-style character.
Specials:
Dober Gun (3 per shot)-Down, DF, forwand + Attack; Ground or air
Tallgeese pulls out its dober gun and fires. Ground version is
horizontal, air version is diagonal downwards. Heavy version shoots
five blasts, light shoots two.
Vernier Slam (13)-DP + Attack; Ground or air
Tallgeese uses its backpack vernier to perform a quick rushing
shoulder butt. Both versions hit once.
Body Slam (17-24)-Down, DB, back + Attack; Ground only
Tallgeese charges froward, then grabs the enmey and performs a
powerbomb. Counts as two
hits.
Super:
Sabre Shockwave (29)-Down, DF, forward, down, DF, forward + Attack;
Ground only
Tallgeese pulls out its two beam sabres and slashes, creating a
shockwave of energy. Hits the entire bottom screen (but can be super-
jumped over). Does five hits.
Notes:
Tallgeese's size makes it take extra hits from projectiles.
Combos:
Standing LP, standing LP, standing LW, crouching HW, Vernier Slam
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Vayate (OZ-13MSX1)
Pilot: Lady Une (Designated Pilot: Trowa Barton)
Fighting: 110
Weapon: 160
Speed: 125
Power: 110
Armor: 130
Weapon: Beam Cannon
Player's Notes: As in the anime, Vayate is an all-out offense
fighter. Although Trowa was the designated pilot, Bandai assigned
Lady Une to the Vayate so that Trowa wouldn't be in two Mobile Suits
at the same time (see Extras section).
Specials:
Cannon Blast (7-18)-Down, DF, forward + Attack; Ground or air
Vayate fires an oblong blast from the beam cannon. Heavy version
does two hits, light does one.
Knee Attack (11-19)-DP + Attack; Ground only
Vayate performs a rising knee attack. Heavy version does four
hits, light does two. After the move is over, Vayate can perform an
air attack as if it had jumped.
Super:
Hyper Cannon (25)-Down, DF, forward, down, DF, forward + Attack;
Ground or air
Vayate fires a large blast from its beam cannon. The beam looks
like a cut-and-paste of Iron Man's Proton Cannon. Does six hits.
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Mercurius (OZ-13MSX2)
Pilot: Lucrezia Noin (Designated Pilot: Heero Yuy)
Fighting: 150
Weapon: 100
Speed: 125
Power: 130
Armor: 130
Weapons: Crash Shield, Beam Gun, Planet Defensor (8)
Player's Notes: Vayate's defensive counterpart, Mercuirus focuses
more on hand-to-hand fighting than distance fighting. As with
Vayate, Mercurius got a new pilot to keep the real pilot from
appearing in another Suit (Heero's already pulling triple duty with
Wing, Wing Zero, and occationally Epyon.)
Specials:
Shield Crash (14-24)-DP + Attack; Ground or air
Mercurius flies forward with its crash shield on its chest. Heavy
version does four hits, light does one.
Defensor Shield (0)-Down, DB, back + Attack; Ground only
Mercurius activates its planet defensor shield. While active, the
shield make Mercurius immune to all attacks except for throws. Both
versions cost no energy initally, but the shield drains energy
constantly.
Defensor Attack (7 per defensor)-Down, DF, forward + Attack; Ground
only
Mercurius throws the planet defensors at the enemy. This can only
be used if Mercurius has its shield active (the previous move). Light
throws the defensors in the primary directions; heavy version homes
in on the enemy.
Super:
Defensor Thunder (30)-Down, DF, forward, down, DF, forward + Attack;
Ground only
Mercurius floats upwards and discharges electricity from the planet
defensors. Does eight hits and carries the enemy upwards.
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Wing Gundam Zero (XXXG-00W0)
Pilot: Heero Yuy
Fighting: 150
Weapon: 150
Speed: 160
Power: 140
Armor: 140
Weapons: Wing Vulcan Gun (2), Machine Cannon (2), Twin Buster Rifle,
Beam Sabre (2)
Player's Notes: Wing Zero! Heero's upgraded Gundam plays almost
identically to Wing, with a few notable changes.
Specials:
Buster Blast (5 per shot)-Down, DF, forward + Attack, Ground or air
Wing Zero pulls out its buster rifle and fires a few shots. Light
version shoots two big blasts, heavy shoots four.
Shield Uppercut (10-13)-DP + Attack; Ground or air
Wing Zero perfors a rising uppercut attack with its shield. Light
version hits twice, heavy hits four times.
Angled Buster (6 per shot)-Down, DB, back + Attack; Ground or air
Wing Zero shoots its buster rifle at an angle; ground version shoots
upwards, air shoots downwards. For both, light version shoots two
medium-sized blasts, heavy shoots four.
Supers:
Twin Buster (22)-Down, DF, forward, down, DF, forward + Attack;
Ground only
Wing Zero splits its buster rifle and fires four alternating blasts
from each rifle. Does six hits.
Neo-Bird Mode (37)-Down, DB, back, down, DB, back + Attack; Ground
only
Wing Zero leaps off-screen and enters Neo-Bird mode, flying across
the screen three times. Each pass does up to three hits. Wing Zero
is invincible during this move.
Final Battle: Gundam Epyon
===============
Well, you've fought your way through the five Gundams and the best
OZ could throw at you. So what's next? You fight Treize
Khushrenada's ultimate dueling suit, Epyon. Be prepared for one of
the hardest fights ever!
Epyon is a really tough opponent. He's fast, strong, and cheap.
Keep in the air to avoid its knock-down attacks, and barrage it with
projectiles (Heavyarms' missiles work well). If it charges, it's
execute a quick heat rod combo and try to knock you down so it can do
it again.
Gundam Epyon (OZ-13MS)
Pilot: Milliardo Peacecraft (Zechs Marquise unmasked)
Fighting: 160
Weapon: 140
Speed: 160
Power: 150
Armor: 140
Weapons: Beam Sword, Heat Rod
Player's Notes: Epyon is the super-unfair boss in the grand
tradition of M. Bison, Apocalypse, and Orochi, altough it isn't
undefeatable.
Specials:
Epyon Cruhser (14 per charge)-Down, DF, forward + Attack; Ground or
air
Epyon performs a Psycho Crusher-style flying body attack. The
heavy version has an additional charge after the first, which can be
redirected. Each charge does one hit.
Forward Hop (0)-Down, DB, back + Attack; Ground only
Epyon hops forward. It can perform any air attack while hopping.
It works like an air dash, and counts as an overhead attack, so
opponents must block high.
Super:
Energy Bomber (3 per ball, 21 if enemy touches shield)-Down, DF,
forward, Down, DF, forward + Attack; Ground or air
Epyon hovers in mid-air with an energy shield surrounding its body
and fires twenty energy balls. The balls home in on the enemy and
will almost always lead into a combo. The shield protects Epyon from
physical attacks, but it can still be hit with projectiles.
Notes:
Epyon doesn't have vulcans, so it has punches at all ranges.
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Codes/Extras
Epyon Code
Highlight Tallgeese and hit L, L, L, L, R, R, R, R, L, R,
L, R, L, R, L, R, L, R. Note that these are the shoulder buttons,
not left and right. This code only works in Versus and Trial modes.
To get Eypon's alternate color, hold Start before doing the code.
Deathscythe's Buster Shield Super?
A friend of mine claims that he once did a buster shield supermove
for Deathscythe. I haven't gotten this to work, but if it does, e-
mail me and tell me about it.
Characters:
Heero Yuy: Wing and Wing Zero's pilot. An emotionless soldier,
using the name of a slain diplomat as his codename. Heero tries to
kill Relena in the beginning, but never does. Considered the
ultimate pilot (pilots the widest variety of Suits in the series).
Duo Maxwell: Deathscythe's pilot. Cheerful and happy-go-lucky, Duo
becomes surprisingly grim when piloting Deathscythe, calling himself
the God of Death. Dresses like a priest in honor of his adoptive
family, a preist and nun who were slaughtered by OZ. Later gets an
upgraded Deathscythe with a twin scythe, shield wings, and an
invisibility/energy deflection device based off Mercurius's defensor
system.
Trowa Barton: Heavyarms' pilot. A morose young man with exceptional
acrobatic skills. He almost constantly uses codenames, and has even
forgotten his real name. Rumors suggest that he is actually the
long-lost brother of fellow circus performer Catherine Bloom (she
told him he was her brother while he had amnesia.
Quatre Rabera Winner: Sandrock's pilot. Quatre comes from a rich
family, but went against his father's wishes when he became a Gundam
pilot. He is aided by the Maganac mercenaries. Builds Wing Zero
when his father is killed by OZ.
Chang Wufei: Shen-Long's pilot. A warrior who firmly believes in
integriy and honor. A known loner, Wufei hates women and weak
people. Calls his Gundams "Nataku" in honor of his slain wife.
Later gets a new Shen-Long (Altron) with two dragon fangs, a beam
trident, and a beam cannon based off Vayate's blaster.
Zechs Marquise: Tallgeese and Epyon's pilot. An elite OZ pilot, he
is the long-lost son of the Peacecraft family. While he loves duels,
Zechs thinks wars are pointless unless they show how futile wars
really are. Changes sides more often than Ross Perot. The manga
implies that he is a Newtype (the psychics from Universal Century and
X Gundam). Later pilots the third Tallgeese.
Lady Une: Vayate's pilot. An OZ commander with split personalities.
One is a cold, calculating soldier, the other is a compassionate
woman who is in love with Treize.
Lucrezia Noin: Mercurius' pilot. A piloting instructor, Noin joined
the fighting after Wufei massacred her trainees the day after they
graduated. Secretly loves Zechs, and treats her trainees like family
members.
Relena Darlain/Peacecraft: A girl whose lineage leads her to support
total pacifism. She has a crush on Heero, and is the only one who
can make him show emotins. Appears in the opening.
Treize Khushrenada: OZ's leader, Treize is Zechs' lifelong friend.
A traditionalist, Treize finds duels beautiful and hates Mobile
Dolls. Builds Epyon, Tallgeese II and Tallgeese III. Appears in
the Normal and Hard Difficulty endings.
Pilot Adjustments:
In Story Mode, some Suits will have different pilots depending upon
who you chose. If you are Heero in Wing, Zechs will be in Wing Zero.
Heero in Wing Zero fights Trowa in Wing, and Zechs in Tallgeese
fights Heero in Epyon. Technically, Heero and Trowa should be in
Mercurius and Vayate, but that wouldn't have worked. Note that if
you continue and change Suits, the pilots remain, so Heero in Wing
Zero can fight Heero in Epyon. @_@
Story:
In the year A.C. 195, the outlying space colonies are being
oppressed by the Earth Sphere Alliance. In retaliation, five
colonies send Mobile Suits of incomparable power to Earth. Heero
Yuy, pilot of the Wing Gundam, is intercepted by ace pilot Zechs
Marquise, causing him to land off-course. After washing up on shore,
he is seen by Relena Darlain, the daughter of a famous ambassador.
To Relena's shock, Heero shows up at her shcool as a transfer
student. When she invites him to her birthday party, he tears the
invitation in half. Crying, she asks him why and he (in the show's
most famous moment), walks by her, wipes a tear from her eye, and
whispers, "I will kill you."
Beliving his mission is a failure, Heero prepares to destroy Wing,
which is at the bottom of the ocean. However, the Alliance is
already there, trying to capture the Gundam. Then Duo Maxwell,
pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe, destroy the Alliance forces and
attempts to take Wing (he wants it for spare parts). Heero attempts
to shoot Relena (who left her birthday party to find him), but Duo
shoots him in the hand. Then Heero lurches forward and hits a button
that launches torpedoes that sink Wing and Deathscythe. Heero is
captured by the E.S.A. and put in a military hospital, but Duo comes
to his rescue. Jumping out of the building, Heero survives a massive
fall with only a broken leg (which he pops back into place, to Duo's
disgust.)
The two manage to do a fair amount of damage to the Alliance, all
while a secret organization, OZ, is manipulating everything from the
shadows. During a peaceful meeting of the Alliance, the delagates
are attacked by Heero in Wing (who thinks the delegates' plane is
full of OZ officers), killing all but one, who declares war on the
colonies before OZ kills him. Trowa and Wufei try to assinate OZ
Supreme Commander Treize Khushrenada, but Wufei gives up after losing
to Treize in a swordfight and falls into a deep depression. Then,
hearing of a shipment of new space Mobile Suits on two routes, the
pilots split up; Quatre and Duo attack the land route, and Heero and
Trowa attack the air route. The land route is a decoy, but Duo,
Quatre and the Maganac soldiers fight off the Leos. On the air
route, Zechs, in the prototype Mobile Suit Tallgeese, attacks Heero,
just before the pilot self-destructs Wing Gundam.
The pilots split up once again. Heero remains in a coma for a
month, during which time OZ manages to completely overpower the
Alliance. Led by Trieze, OZ tries to gain control of the world while
pretending to want to unite the colonies and Earth. Secretly, Zechs
had the remnants of Wing rebuilt, and got his friend, instructor
Lucrezia Noin, to track down Heero (who was with Trowa, trying to
atone for killing the Alliance leaders) and invite him to continue
the duel in Antarctica. However, when they get there, Heero chooses
to fight in Trowa's Hevayarms, and is getting beaten when Relena
shows up. Her father was killed, but he revealed that she is
actually one of the last surviving members of the Peacecraft family,
who promoted non-violence. She tells Heero to kill Zechs, but Noin
tells Relena that Zechs is her older brother, Milliardo. When a
group of soldiers attacks the base, Heero and Trowa leave with the
reconstructed Wing.
Meanwhile, Quatre and Duo decide to return to space. While trying
to steal some Mobile Suit transports, they get attacked, and, even
when Wufei shows up in Shen-Long, the trio is losing. Quatre self-
destructs Sandrock to distract the enemy while Duo and Wufei escape
into space. However, Deathscythe is severly damaged while fighting
the self-piloting Mobile Dolls, and Duo abandons it. Trowa,
posing as an OZ soldier, destroyes Deathscythe. The five engineers
who created the Gundams are captured, and OZ forces thm to build the
Vayate and Mercurius. Heero gets captured when he tries to destroy
the pseudo-Gundams, and Duo is caught while trying to destroy the
Mobile Doll-making Lunar Base. Wufei, whose Shen-Long is runing out
of fuel and ammunition, lets himself get captured. OZ assigns Trowa
to pilot Vayate, and makes Heero pilot Mercurius. Meanwhile, the
Gundam engineers are secretly rebuilding Deathscythe and Shen-Long.
Suddenly, Quatre shows up in Wing Zero and blows up a colony.
Trowa plans to steal the Vayate and Mercurius and, along with the new
Deathscythe, Shen-Long, and Wing, destroy OZ. However, Quatre seems
to have gone insane, and when Trowa and Heero confront him, he tries
to shoot the Mercurius, only to have Trowa throw Vayate in the way,
resulting in his apparent death. Heero manages to stop him, but
Mercurius is destroyed as well. The two pilots abandon Wing Zero
and return to Earth. Meanwhile, Tuberov, the creator of the Mobile
Dolls, tries to kill Duo, Wufei, and the engineers but cutting off
their oxygen supply. Lady Une intervienes and saves them, but gets
shot by Tuberov. Duo and Wufei take their new Gundams, Deathscythe
Hell and Altron and escape.
On Earth, Relena and Noin have gone to the Sanc Kingdom, the home
of the Peacecraft family, and are inviting those who wish to avoid
the war to come to the country. The Romafeller Foundation, a group
of aristocrats who controls OZ, sees Relena as a major problem and
plans on destroying the Sanc Kingdom. The Foundation's leader sends
his grand-daughter, Dorothy, to keep an eye on Relena. In the
meantime, Heero and Quatre, who were trying to avoid the execution
orders OZ placed on thier heads, are invited to the Sanc Kingdom by
Noin. She tells them that the Kingdom was destroyed because they
could not fight off the invaders, and that she has a hangar full of
Taurus Suits, and Heero's abandoned Wing Gundam. Treize, who opposes
Romafeller's plans, is stripped of his title and placed under a form
of house arrest in Luxembourg. Trowa, who is suffering from amnesia,
was found by one of his fellow circus performers (he joined the
circus as a cover).
In space, Wufei watches his home colony destroyed and starts
fiercely beliveing in integrity (his sensei's last wish was that
Wufei would keep his sense of integrity while fighting OZ). An OZ
soldier starts experimenting with Wing Zero, discovering that it
uses the Zero System, a piloting system that feeds data directly
into the pilot's brain, providing speed-of-thought reactions, but it
can lead to insanity. Duo fights Wing Zero in Deathscythe Hell,
resulting in the soldier's death as Wing Zero is left to drift in
space.
Back on Earth, a group of OZ who supports Treize, calling
themselves the Treize Faction, tries to rescue him from Luxembourg.
Heero takes Wing there to try and kill Treize. When he gets there,
he discovers Treize was waiting for him with a Gundam he built:
Epyon. The evil Gundam has the Zero System as well, and Heero
leaves Wing behind as he takes Epyon to the Sanc Kingdom. In space,
Zechs finds Wing Zero and self-destructs Tallgeese, using Wing Zero
to try and get the Gundam pilots to join him in destroying Romafeller.
The Romafeller Foundation sends troops from space to attack the
Sanc Kingdom, which is lightly defended since Quatre left to get the
reconstructed Sandrock. Zechs fights the Romafeller forces in space,
and persues them down to Earth, where he fights Heero in Epyon. They
prove to be equally matched, and agree to stop fighting. When more
Romafeller troops attack, Heero takes Wing Zero, saying that Treize
probably wanted Zechs to have Epyon. The Sanc Kingdom falls, and
Dorothy offers Relena the title of Romafeller's chief representative.
Relena accepts, to save her home, and becomes Queen Relena. While
seeming to support her belief in total pacifism, Romafeller plans on
taking over the united "World Nation" through her. In Siberia, Zechs
meets a mercenary who wants the colonies to be independant from
Earth. He agrees to join their group, the White Fang. Heero and
Quatre, realizing that their work is done, go back to space.
The White Fang quickly takes or destroys what remains of OZ's space
forces, taking the new battleship, Libra, for their flagship. Treize
ousts Relena from her position and takes over as the World Nation's
soverign, declaring war on the White Fang. The Gundam pilots are
reunited on the space cruiser Peacemillion, owned by one of Duo's old
friends. When the colony where Trowa's circus co-workers gets
attacked, he borrows Wing Zero and saves them, regaining his memory
in the process. Then, as a declaraction of war, the White Fang fires
its massive beam cannon into Earth. Treize begins amassing the
Earth's military forces for a final battle. White Fang builds new
Mobile Dolls with a version of the Zero System installed, making them
fight more like humans. They also make Mobile Doll versions of
Mercurius and Vayate, which are quickly destroyed by Duo.
As the final battle begins, Treize, piloting Tallgeese II,
challenges Zechs to a duel. Zechs declines, saying that a mere duel
will not determine a war, and fires Libra's cannon at Treize. Lady
Une manages to push Treize out of the way with Wing Gundam, leading
to the big battle. Earth's forces are quickly being destroyed when
the five Gundams start fighting the White Fang's Virgo Suits. Wufei
fights and kills Treize, ending what they began so long ago. Heero
goes off to fight Zechs, and Peacemillion crashes into Libra, sending
both ships toward Earth. Wing Zero and Epyon fight through the
destroyed ship, ending when Zechs seemingly sacrifices himself to
blow up Libra's engine, making the ship break up. However, a large
chunk is still headed for Earth, sufficient to destroy the planet.
Heero flies ahead of it and, despite Wing Zero's breaking apart, blows
it up with a blast from its buster rifle.
This is not the complete story, believe it or not. Cartoon Network
picked up Gundam Wing on Monday, March 6, 2000, and as of September
23, was in its third run. The summary provided is an abridged
version of the plot, that mentions only the most relevant details.
CN pulled Wing from its line-up, replacing it with Tenchi Muyo!
(another popular anime). In early 2001, CN announced that Wing would
return in March, only to be aired once before being removed when CN
cut Toonami dwn from three hours to two. Endless Waltz, the three-
part OVA sequel to Wing, was first aired on Novenmber 10, 2000 and
has had several subsequent reruns in Toonami's In-Flight Movies
(this author was one of the many who got an advance screening of the
uncut version at Anime Weekend Atlanta; he was the jerk who yelled
"Heero sucks! Go Duo!"). Recently, CN announced that the original
Gundam and the 1996 sequel/sidestory 08th MS Team, would begin airing
in summer, 2001.
Other Wing Stories
Endless Waltz: Three OVA episodes, later combined into a movie with
10 minutes of additional footage. Tells the story of a revolution
started exactly one year after GW ends, headed by the daughter of
Treize and the creator of Operation Meteor. Features New designs of
the Gundams by Hajime Katoki (who designed all the OZ MS).
Ground Zero: 3-issue manga, with 1-issue unrelated story. When Wing
Zero is stolen, Heero goes to an abandoned colony to retrieve it,
only to find that apparently, the same happened to the other pilots'
Gundams, and Duo's gone insane. The story explains why the pilots
decided to destroy their Gundams in Endless Waltz, and implies that
the Katoki redesigns were custom modifications to the Gundams made by
the pilots. The fourth manga, "In-Rose," has nothing to do with the
rest of the story and is simply the happy ending for Heero and Relena
that most romantics wanted, but Relena-haters and yaoi-fans despised.
Blind Target: 4-issue sidestory manga. A weapons contractor
manipulates some soldiers from the White Fang into starting another
war, and the pilots teams up to avert the crisis. This manga details
why Wufei joins the Barton/Mariemaia army in EW.
Episode Zero: 7-issue manga. This manga details what happened to
the major characters (the pilots and Relena) before the series began,
explaining certain mysteries like why Duo dresses like a priest, and
how Wufei started calling his Gundams "Nataku." These aren't
official, but they explain an awful lot about the characters. Note
that many people mistake a minor character in Trowa's story, a girl
named Middie Une, for the same Lady Une from the series; this is
impossible, because Middie's too young.
Battlefield of Pacifist: ??-issue manga. An extremist group
advocates the destruction of all MS as the source of conflicts, but
this is just a front for their own schemes. This manga features the
upgraded Virgo-III and Scorpio, also seen in SD G-Generation.
G-Unit: 3-volume manga series. An alternate universe version of
Wing (already an alternate universe in itself), this story focuses on
the effort of two brothers who try to defend the asteroid MO-V from
the attacks of OZ. The Hydra Gundam from G-Unit shows up in Battle
Assault/Battle Master 2.
Miscellanious Facts:
-Sword-fighting seems to be the interplanetary pasttime in the After
Colony Universe. Of all the major characters, Heero, Quatre, Wufei,
Zechs, Treize, Dorothy, and even Relena's butler have been shown
fencing. Heero destroys two fencing masks in the show (a male
classmate's and Dorothy's).
-The manga plot differed a bit from the anime version. While Heero
is bed-ridden, Quatre gets the other pilots to come to the Sanc
Kingdom, encountering Zechs along the way. The Gundams have a last
stand in the Kingdom (with Sandorck in an armored cape and Heavyarms
sporting a cannon backpack) when Relena surrenders. Heero goes to
kill her, but Zechs intervenes, at which point they exchange Zero and
Epyon. The comedy moments include Duo suggesting whacking Trowa in
the head to restore his memory, and Dorothy giving flowers to Heero
(to Quatre's surprise).
-In the manga, there were a series of cross-overs between Wing and G-
Gundam, the martial arts parody. Notable moments include Duo leaving
the depressing Wing universe and living happily in the G-Universe (he
is shown walking around with Allenby and Rain, singing the theme
song); the entire male cast of G having a crush on Relena (including
Master Asia, the villain), and Heero's happy-go-evil attitude.
-The song played in the opening is Rhythm Emotion, Wing's second
theme song. You can find it on the Net, or listen to it during the
series, notably in Episode 41, Crossfire at Barge.
-The entire series makes puns on numbers; several character's names
are numbers in various languages (Une/one, Duo/two, Treize/three,
Quatre/four, Quinte/five, Zechs/six, Noin/nine, and
Milliardo/billion).
Closing and Acknowledgements
-To Kao Megura, whose FAQs for Street Fighter and King of Fighters
have been endlessly useful for both the games and inspiration.
-To Shadow Duo, who told me about the Buster Shield super.
-To Bandai/Sunrise/TV Asahi for producing one of the coolest mecha
animes I've seen, short of Eva.
-To my family, for not pestering me -too- much during the wiritng
process.
-To Yoshiyuki Tomino, for first creating the wonder that is Gundam
in the first place.
(C) 2001 Preventer Void. Don't rip my stuff off or I'll come after
you with a rusty knife, okay?
