Mighty Strike Freedom Wins Fan-Voted Best Gundam of All Time Tournament

Over the past 2 weeks, IGN held a fan-voted tourney to find what you deliberation is the champion Gundam successful the astir 50-year past of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. We’ve counted up the votes, and 1 champion has officially been crowned: Mighty Strike Freedom.

Introduced successful Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, Mighty Strike Freedom is simply a combo of the Strike Freedom Gundam Type II and the Proud Defender enactment craft. The Proud Defender acts arsenic the unit’s backpack, has violative and antiaircraft capabilities, and allows usage of the Disruptor beam cannon and Futsunomitama sword.

It came into being erstwhile the Strike Freedom II piloted by Kira Yamato was connected the verge of defeat. It was saved conscionable successful the nick of time, and Lacus Clyne arrived soon aft with the Proud Defender. The Strike Freedom II docked with the enactment craft, creating the Mighty Strike Freedom. The upgraded Gundam past repelled the force attack, launched a counterattack, and helped enactment an extremity to the Foundation Conflict.

We held this tourney successful portion to observe the merchandise of Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, which conscionable came retired successful U.S. theaters today. It’s the 2nd section of the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway trilogy and follows the anti-government radical MAFTY, led by protagonist Hathaway Noa, successful its gyration seeking to overthrow the Earth Federation. Hathaway volition person to grapple with questions similar erstwhile revolutionaries go terrorists, erstwhile justness becomes extremism, and erstwhile warfare is worthy the trauma it leaves successful its wake. And arsenic always, it features immoderate epic mobile suit battles.

Congrats to Mighty Strike Freedom connected the win, and convey you to everyone who voted. For each the latest sum of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, instrumentality to IGN.