Editing Medarot G

{{Infobox game
| name        = Medarot G
| name-j      = メダロットＧ
| name-r      = Medarotto G
| image       = Medarot G Kabuto Box.jpg
| genre       = Action
| platform    = Game Boy Advance
| developer   = Natsume
| publisher   = Imagineer
| date        = JP: July 19, 2002
}}

'''Medarot G''' is a 2D action game released in 2002 for the Game Boy Advance. It was the first Medarot action game to be released in Japan.

Following tradition, it was released in Kabuto (rhinoceros beetle) and Kuwagata (stag beetle) versions, where the player starts with [[Dichotom]] and [[Adolphin]] respectively. The game mainly features characters and Medarots from [[Medarot 5]], but some major characters from [[Medarot 2]] also make an appearance.

The gameplay and battle system were also used in [[Medabots AX]], which was released in North America a month earlier.

== Plot ==

The story is that [[Densuke Tamayasu]], the mayor of [[Susutake]], has opened a Robottle theme park called "Densuke Land" which is hosting a Robottle tournament. [[Koishimaru Tensan|Koishimaru]] and his friends have made their way to the park to take part in the tournament. Koishimaru's [[Medarotch]] is not working properly, but he receives a brand new prototype Medarot ([[Dichotom]] or [[Adolphin]]) from [[Shigeyuki]] to use during the tournament instead.

After the Tounament, Koishimaru must contend with Team Revo-Revo, who steal Hardness Ten's parts, and are revealed to be testing Koishimaru, being familliar faces.

He also encounters [[Ikki Tenryou]] and his friends, and like [[Kasumi]], deals with the [[Screws]].

== Continuity and Placement ==

The game is set shortly after the events of Medarot 5. Considering that Medarot 2 cast are teenagers, it can be inferred that the game also takes place some time after Medarot Navi but years before Medarot DS/7.

== Gameplay ==

Unlike previous games, Medarot G has the player control their Medarot directly in real-time battles on a 2D field. The battles are 2 vs. 2, with one Medarot per team designated as the "leader" and the other as the "partner". The player's partner Medarot is AI-controlled.

The player controls their leader Medarot's movement with the D-pad, and can jump with A and attack with B. Pressing B on its own uses the right arm attack, down + B uses the left arm attack, and up + B uses the head. Similar to the RPG games, each part has a designated cooldown time that has to elapse before the part can be used again. Pressing L makes the Medarot block, and pressing Select uses their [[Medaforce]] (which is different depending on the Medal used).

Between battles and before each battle, the player can swap parts on their leader and partner Medarots. The player can also set each Medarot's "strategy panels", which change how the Medarot behaves in-battle. Panels can affect how the AI-controller partner Medarot behaves (for example by telling it to use certain parts or protect the leader) or simply power up the Medarot or make it more likely to hit certain parts. Each Medal has a different set of 30 possible panels, which it gains access to as it levels up. Each Medarot can bring up to 5 panels into a battle. Pressing R in battle switches between the available strategies for your partner. 

A battle ends once a leader Medarot's head is destroyed, or after 3 minutes have elapsed. In battles that end with time running out, the team with more parts remaining is considered the winner.

== Selection of Medarots ==
:''Main article: [[Medarots in Medarot G]]''

Medarot G contains 37 total Medarots, 7 of which were created specifically for the game. The other Medarots come from Medarot 1, 2, and 5. With the exception of the two new starting Medarots, all of the new Medarots added in Medarot G came from winners of a fan-made Medarot contest held in [[Comic BomBom]] called the "[[X-Project|EX Project]]".

== Manga series ==
:''Main article: [[Medarot G (manga)]]''

A manga series by [[Horuma Rin]] ran in [[Comic BomBom]] from mid-2002 to mid-2003, and was later collected in two volumes released by Kodansha. It served as a direct sequel to [[Medarot 5 (manga)|Medarot 5]], picking up directly after the end of the previous series with [[Koishimaru Tensan|Koishimaru]] and [[Chrotojil|Omeda]] as the main characters. Medarot G was the last Medarot manga to run in Comic BomBom, and the last manga penned by Horuma Rin until the series was revived in 2009 with [[Medarot DS]].

== Box art ==

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File:Medarot G Kabuto Box.jpg|Kabuto version
File:Medarot G Kuwagata Box.jpg|Kuwagata version
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Medabots AX]]

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