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It is a sequel to 2nd Super Robot Wars (1991, hereafter the 2nd), and is the 2nd title in the "DC War series", one of the categories of the series.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the four reviewers gave 8, 7, 8, and 8, for a total of 31 out of 40, earning a place in the Silver Hall of Fame. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine, it scored 23.4 out of 30, as shown below.
This game was made to avert the risk that the series would be discontinued after the poor performance of the previous title, the 2nd, but at launch its sales were sluggish.
There was at first talk of ending the series with this title, but at the request of users the production of the next title, 4th Super Robot Wars (1995, hereafter the 4th), was decided, and Super Robot Wars EX (1994, hereafter EX) was then made in order to explain to users the setting of the original character Masō Kishin Cybaster.
This game was made to avert the risk that the series would be discontinued after the poor performance of the previous title, the 2nd, but at launch its sales were sluggish.
was the third game in a series, the second in the "classic" canon, and the first on the Super Famicom, published on July 23, 1993.
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