Gundam: The Battle Master 2 is the direct sequel to Gundam: The Battle Master, released exclusively for the Sony Playstation in Japan. The game features all of the mobile suits featured in the first game, as well as a number of new ones, including the first non-Universal Century mobile suit featured in the series, the Hydra Gundam.
It would later be localized under the name Gundam Battle Assault, which would remove all the game-original characters in favor of existing Universal Century and After Colony characters.
Gameplay
The gameplay from the original game had received a significant overhaul. While mobile suits still retain three health bars, they no longer recover over time, lending to a more traditional fighting game experience. Ranged and melee weapon attacks were also significantly altered. Special attacks that use the main weapon now consume ammo as represented by a numerical value. By pressing either the Weak or Strong buttons with the command, fighters can alternate between single or short bursts to conserve ammo or fire additional shots at the expense of increased ammo consumption. If this value reaches 0, those attacks can no longer be used with no way of reloading. Melee attacks involving beam sabers and the like now have a wind up, telegraphed animation with their weapon and arm flashing though with the tradeoff of these attacks being unblockable.
Unlike the first game, the game's story follows two main characters new to this universe, Gloria Chanvalley and her partner, Pixie, a mysterious youth as they travel around the world combating other mobile suit pilots. Aside from interaction with the other fighters, the story also includes animated interludes in between fights that delve further into the relationship between the two.
The game also features a slightly expanded VS mode that allows the player to play against the CPU as well as pilot additional unlockable mobile suits and mobile armors.
The Characters
| Pilot | Mobile Suits | Series | Unlocked or Hidden |
| Keiji Date | AMX-103 Hamma Hamma | Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ | Playable from the Start |
| Lloyd Nichols | MS-06F Zaku II | Mobile Suit Gundam | Playable from the Start |
| Patricia Estefan | MSM-04 Acguy | Mobile Suit Gundam | Playable from the Start |
| Mercury Promenade | MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam | Zeta Gundam | Playable from the Start |
| Honey-B | FA-010S Full Armor Double Zeta Gundam | Gundam ZZ | Playable from the Start |
| Rachel Aiphath | PMX-003 The O | Zeta Gundam | Playable from the Start |
| Rita Sue | AMX-004 Qubeley | Gundam ZZ | Playable from the Start |
| Lloyd Nicholas | MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type | Mobile Suit Gundam | Playable by Cheat Code Only |
| Noise | MSN-02 Zeong | Mobile Suit Gundam | Playable from the Start |
| Smith Kingsley | MSN-04 Sazabi | Char's Counterattack | Playable from the Start |
| Mercury Promenade | RX-78-2 Gundam | Mobile Suit Gundam | Hidden Character |
| Keiji Date | RX-93 Nu Gundam | Char's Counterattack | Hidden Character |
| Gloria Chanvalley | RB-79 Ball | Mobile Suit Gundam | Hidden Character. Can pilot any MS outside of VS mode. |
| Carol Youngfan | MSM-03C Hygogg | Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket | Playable from the Start |
| Largo Ford | RX-78GP02A Gundam "Physalis" | Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory | Playable from the Start |
| Synapse | NZ-000 Queen Mansa | Gundam ZZ | Playable from the Start |
| Gallus Goldine | MA-08 Big Zam | Mobile Suit Gundam | Hidden Character (Mid-Boss) |
| Symeon | AMX-002 Neue Ziel | Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory | Hidden Character (1st Sub Boss) |
| Maria Nichols | MRX-012 Psycho Gundam Mk-III | The Battle Master | Hidden Character (2nd Sub Boss) |
| Pixie | OZ-15AGX Hydra Gundam | Gundam Wing: G-Unit | Hidden Character (Final Boss) |
Trivia
- Several of the Mobile Suits' secondary colors reference other Mobile Suits:
- The Zaku II's beige scheme bears a resemblance to the Desert Zaku series.
- The Qubeley's black scheme makes it resemble the MK.II version which is supposed to be a slightly smaller variant.
- The Zeong's red scheme is an obvious reference to its original pilot Char Aznable's tendency towards red-colored mobile suits.
- The ZZ Gundam's black scheme is similar to the Final Test version of the FAZZ.
- The Neue-Ziel's white and blue color scheme references the Earth Federation's normal color scheme for captured Zeon suits.
- The MS-06S Zaku II's yellow scheme is a reference to the Hyaku Shiki, piloted by Char Aznable during the Gryps War.
- The RX-78-2 Gundam's white and gray color scheme references the original Rollout color scheme intended for the Gundam.