Bandai Namco released a new trailer for the feature-length, virtual reality movie Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom on the official GundamInfo YouTube Channel that also confirmed its release date. The trailer showcased viewer interactions with the film, revealed its mixed reality (MR) action elements, and announced it will launch on October 3, 2024.
The movie, which is co-produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks and French VR production company Atlas V, will center on Universal Century story mercenary group Argent Kell. It is on an assassination mission targeting an Earth Federation official in U.C. 0096, around the same time as Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. The mysterious silver Gundam the nameless protagonist, controlled by the Meta Quest viewer, uses takes part in the struggle.
You can view the new trailer here:
The trailer showcased how viewers of the film on the Meta Quest headset will be able to interact with this Gundam movie. In it, Bandai Namco stated a desire to make the viewer “become the protagonist” through first person cockpit views and motions. It is designed to feel as though the viewer will be piloting the silver Gundam themselves.
In addition, the trailer showed the two MR features. The first is a smaller interactive shooter, during which we will control a small Gundam like the RX-78 or Nu Gundam and fight off waves of mobile suits. The second will let us get up close and personal with the life-sized rendition of select Gundams of our choice, with the chosen one in the trailer being the Nu Gundam.
This is not the only 3D-CG Mobile Suit Gundam film releasing in 2024. Requiem For Vengeance will also be releasing in October 2024.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom will be available exclusively on the Meta Quest store on October 3, 2024. People can pre-order it for $15.99.
Published: Aug 24, 2024 10:30 am