Shin Gundam Musou (True Dynasty Warriors Gundam) unveiled

In 2007, Bandai and Koei banned together to create the first of many collaboration games. Known as "Gunam Musou" in Japan, the game was released overseas as "Dynasty Warriors Gundam". Now, three years since the last release, Koei-Tecmo has announced that there will be another addition to the series "Shin Gundam Musou" 

Shin-Gundam Musou is named after the spin off series of Dynasty Warriors known as "Shin-Sangoku Musou" Since the original game was a fighter, when the current hack and slash game came out it was titled "True-Dynasty Warriors" however, abroad, the game was simple numbered as "Dynasty Warriors 2" Fans of the series know this is the reason behind the numbering issue. (The current Dynasty Warriors game in Japan is "Shin-Sangoku Musou 7" while overseas it is "Dynasty Warriors 8") 

So why the new name for Musou Gundam? 

The series took new steps in Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3. Instead of standard CG graphics the game used cell shaded animation. The series was introduced to new interactive fields, and a new partner system. A downside for fans of Gundam was that the history missions took a back seat to the cross over plot driven missions. With so much to consider, Koei and Bandai have decided to reboot the series instead of making another sequel. 

A cell shaded RX-78-2 "Gundam" 

Since the game has only recently been announced, on a few details have been released. 

1. Mode Types

On the official webpage for Shin-Gundam Musou, a snippit proclaims that there will be two modes.
Official mode - Playing through story mode for each mobile suit's series.
Ultimate mode - The details of Ultimate Mode haven't been revealed yet but, it will contain sub modes. 

2. Mobile Units 

According to famitsu.com there will be over 100 Gundams and Mobile Suits available for play. 

The current list is: 

Unit: RX-78-2 "Gundam" 

Series: Mobile Suit Gundam

 Unit: RX-0 "Unicorn"
Series: Mobile Suit Gundam UC

Unit: MSZ - 006 "Zeta"
Series: Mobile Suit Z (Zeta) Gundam

Unit: ZGMF-X20A "Strike Freedom"
Series: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny

Famitsu.com has released a list of other mobile suits that have been confirmed for Shin-Gundam Musou

Gundams
GN-0000 + GNR-10 "Double 0 Raiser": Mobile Suit Gundam 00
RX-0 "Banshee": Mobile Suit Gundam UC
GAT-X105 "Strike Gundam" :  Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
GAT-X303 "Aegis Gundam" : Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
ZGMF-X19A "∞ (Infinite) Justice" : Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
ZGMF-X42S "Destiny Gundam" : Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
RX-93 "ν (nu) Gundam" : Mobile Suit Gundam - Char's Counterattack  
Mobile Suits
CONCEPT-X 6-1-2 "Turn X" : ∀ (Turn A) Gundam  AMZ-004 "Qubeley" : Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ NZ-666 Kshatriya : Mobile Suit Gundam UC
MS-065 "Zaku II" : Mobile Suit Gundam
MSN-04 "Sazabi" : Mobile Suit Gundam - Char's Counterattack
MSN-065 "Shinaju" : Mobile Suit Gundam UC
MSN-02 "Zeong" : Mobile Suit Gundam 

More details about the game are expected to be presented at KoeiTecmo's TGS booth. The game is set to release on December 19th for the Playstation 3 and the Playstation Vita. Price will be 7,980 yen for the PS3 version and 6,980 yen for the Vita. There are currently no known plans to release the game overseas. 

LINKS: 

Official Shin-Gundam Musou webpage - http://gundam-musou.jp/