SRW:J has achieved a degree of notoriety amongst fans of the series. It was first announced only weeks following the release of the "" for the PlayStation 2. It lacks numerous traditional mainstays of the series, featuring (as an example) only two titles from the "Mobile Suit Gundam" metaseries (the fewest yet used in a SRW game excluding SRW: NEO), excluding the prolific Universal Century timeline that had contributed titles to all previous SRW games. Most noticeably, "Getter Robo" was absent entirely.