SD: The Great Battle

SD The Great Battle is another attempt of many for Bandai to release a popular Japanese series in the west. SD The Great Battle differs from most of these past attempts as it wasn't localized. The first game by Bandai to hold the unlocalized honor is '91's Ultraman, which SD was supposed to release alongside. SD had to be delayed, possibly due to translation issues, where it had a release of early '92. Unfortunately Ultraman failed terribly both is sales and critically. Bandai didn't want to take the risk, so they cancelled SD, which was overall a smart move financially. SD got very far in development, and would've been a very interesting and original idea for the SNES at the time. It was a top-down shooter with a bigger focus on exploration, something that wouldn't be done at all on the SNES. As for the series Bandai attempted to bring through, that would be the Compati Hero series, a three way crossover between the Kamen Rider series, the Gundam series, and the Ultraman series.