-Game takes place on Mars in the middle of terraforming- habitable, but shitty in some places
-Mars is boring as shit and the robots are cheap, so robot battles are a big thing
-In addition to the capture mechanic of "hack weakened robots", you can break down robots for parts in the wild to rebuild them or buy/sell them
-Big twist is that the Martians are in stasis underground, act as Team Rocket equivalent.
-Some robots have advanced human-level AI (?)
-Mewtwo equivalent is last remaining Martian Tripod.

Instead of gym badges, you get licenses for different kinds of robots.
Civilian
Transport (Restricted)- Unlocked immediately after the tutorial. You can ride them in the overworld to go faster.
Terraforming
Industrial
Mining:
Military (Restricted)


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Manufacturers are guidelines for a robot's stats, like guns in Borderlands.
Detroit Motor Company: Based on classic American muscle cars, lots of Transport and Industrial models. PURE POWER and cheap repairs.
Robotics
Totally-Not-Ferrari: Sells for ridiculously high prices, mid-high performance
Jurai Heavy Industries- Everything looks like Super Robots, super modular
Danbai- Humanoid robots only, metal heroes
Martian: War of the Worlds, classic alien technology look



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JP-02 "Janpy"
License:
Originally a heavily armed military model, this mass-produced robot was programmed to "Annihilate crime and destroy evil." When the test run went horribly wrong, most of the weapons were stripped and the Janpies were reprogrammed as SWAT units.