The series features mobile suits from several eras of the Gundam metaverse and some non-traditional fighting game elements.
Even this first game features the large multi-jointed sprites and 2-screen-high stages that the rest of the series would follow on.
It includes the following mobile suits from the Universal Century era: Gundam: The Battle Master features gameplay unlike most fighting games, let alone the other games within its series: In 2004, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Battle Assault was released for the Game Boy Advance and featured units exclusively from the then-recent localization of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
The player had the option of choosing a manual method for executing special moves or an automatic one (similar to the easy mode of Capcom's Vs. series).
It was the first to feature full 3D graphics and it also focused on units from the Gundam Seed anime, including grunt mobile suits like GINNs.