So I got my copy of Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 in the mail and ended up reading more about the universe that it was in... Apparently the VX2 was inspired much by the Gundam series. it leads me to think that with how similar they are, the original VX has partially the same heritage...

Wikipedia link (About 4/5's down)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam

Isuzu Link

http://www.isuzu.co.jp/museum/conhis/vx2.html

Gundam in Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam_Mk-II


Thoughts anyone?