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Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)

2010-04-22T18:10:18Z

168.254.225.254: /* Characters */

[[Image:Transformerswarforcybertron.jpg|center|500px|]]

'''''Transformers: War for Cybertron''''' is a video game developed by [[High Moon Studios]] and published by [[Activision Blizzard|Activision]], set before the Transformers take their war to [[Earth]]. [[Hasbro]] intends it to act as a foundation for ''[[Transformers brand| Transformers]]'' franchise storylines for years to come, and so they've been giving a lot of input and stressing character development.<ref name="tfw2005">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/video-games-17/tfw2005-war-for-cybertron-interview-with-aaron-archer-and-matt-tieger-168910/ War for Cybertron interview with Aaron Archer and Matt Tieger @ TFW2005.com]</ref> The upcoming book ''[[Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron]]'' may be a tie-in to the game and its fiction.

Unlike previous ''Transformers'' video games which feature distinctly separate campaigns for the Autobots and the Decepticons (traditionally depicting the playable faction utterly defeating the other), ''War for Cybertron'' will feature a single, linear storyline; the Decepticon campaign occurs chronologically before the Autobot campaign, but [[Fandom|fans]] can play through them in whichever order they prefer.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/index.php?f_keyword=war+for+cybertron Seibertron Q&A with Activision]</ref>

The game itself will be an over-the-shoulder third-person shooter in which the player can choose his character from a small roster of either Autobots or Decepticons. The game will be released on [[June 22]], [[2010]], for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and personal computers.
{{quote|One shall stand.|Optimus}}
:{{quote|One shall fall.|Megatron}}

==Synopsis==

[[Image:WarforCybertron-OptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Prime auditions for Unreal Tournament. There were no survivors.]]

The game is set during the waning days of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before coming to Earth. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is searching for a dangerous power source known as [[Dark Energon]] to fuel his conquest of the planet. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] assumes temporary command following an attack on [[Iacon]] that killed [[Zeta Prime]], but he is not yet leader of the Autobots. [[Starscream]] joins the Decepticons as second-in-command, but does not consider either Optimus or Megatron to have the planet's best interests at heart. (We will apparently learn ''why'' Starscream is such a whopping traitor and why Megatron [[:Image:Infiltration6_takeyourpunishment.jpg|doesn't just]] [[:Image:Swordscream.JPG|kill him]]).

==Characters==
At the start of each level, the player can choose from one of three characters. The characters available will shift from level to level. Known playable characters include:

'''Autobots'''
*[[Optimus_Prime_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_video_game|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]]) ([http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/11/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-optimus-prime.aspx ''WfC'' character profile])
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Johnny Yong Bosch]]) <ref>[http://twitter.com/johnnyyongbosch/status/11686292590 Twitter post by Johnny Yong Bosch confirming his role as Bumblebee.]</ref>
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
'''Decepticons'''
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([http://gameinformer.com/games/transformers_war_for_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2009/12/18/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-megatron.aspx ''WfC'' character profile])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Doug Parker]]) ( [http://gameinformer.com/games/transformers_war_for_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2009/12/23/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-starscream.aspx ''WfC'' character profile])
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
*[[Motormaster]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (Gamestop preorder Multiplayer exclusive)
*[[Demolishor (WFC)|Demolishor]] (Amazon.com preorder Multiplayer exclusive) <ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-War-Cybertron-Playstation-3/dp/B0030HM2WO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1270579997&sr=8-1 Amazon.com preorder page featuring a special Demolishor trailer]</ref>

The Decepticon campaign includes a boss battle with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and the Autobot campaign includes defending [[Iacon]]. [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] appears in the IGN trailer, but he's, uh, probably not playable. Players should expect references to Cybertron locations taken from all previous Transformer stories, "things which may have only been referenced once, in one comic way back when, could be used and expanded upon."<ref name="tfw2005"/>

...They're totally reading the Wiki, aren't they? Hello, designers!

<center><gallery>
Image:WfC-IGN-Bumblebee.jpg|Bumblebee fires his weapon.
Image:WfC-IGN-RatchetBumblebeePrime.jpg|Ratchet, Bumblebee, and Prime in battle.
Image:WfC-IGN-OmegaSupreme.jpg|Omega Supreme attacks a platoon of Decepticons.
Image:WfC-IGN-StarscreamMegatron.jpg|Starscream and Megatron get ready for the ground assault.
Image:WfC-IGN-StarscreamMegatronSoundwave.jpg|More Decepticons!
Image:WfC-IGN-Soundwave.jpg|Soundwave sneaks around.
Image:WfC-IGN-Trypticon.jpg|Oh Primus.
Image:War for Cybertron Shockwave.jpg|Resistance really does seem to be futile.
Image:WfC-Kutaku-Grimlock.jpg|Dynobot?

</gallery></center>

==Features==
* Campaigns will be co-op both online and off for the first time in a Transformers game.
* All playable characters have two special abilities, such as absorbing health from enemies or marking targets.
* The game will run on the Unreal engine.
* High Moon is prepared to "support the game after release," meaning either patches or downloadable content.
* Online Multiplayer is being developed for the game.
* All environments, including cover, can be destroyed.
* Characters transform at any time with an easy and quick tap of the Left Analog stick. There is no "cool down" so players can transform as often and as freely as they wish.
* The ability to create your own Transformers character for multiplayer. <ref>[http://www.3news.co.nz/Transformers-War-for-Cybertron-trailer/tabid/418/articleID/144347/Default.aspx War For Cybertron trailer news at 3news.co.nz]</ref>

==Production==

As an early marketing campaign, the game's website included the feature "Operation Transmission Recovery": using transmission and coordinate dials, you could pick up "transmissions" from Cybertron (or "video clips" to you and me).

The art and design team did intense research (i.e. watched the original cartoon, looked at comics, and watched "typical sci-fi cool stuff" like ''Blade Runner'') to work out the aesthetic of Cybertron; lead artist [[Ivan Power]] remarked that the original cartoon was the main inspiration, and that Cybertron wasn't shown there so they had to rewatch the same few clips "over and over". While many of the city designs are elaborate and shiny, Decepticon [[Kaon]] was deliberately designed to be sharp-edged, rusting, and slapped together to show the Decepticons weren't interested in building a functioning society. <ref>[http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/21/transformers-art-video.aspx Game Informer: Behind the Art of War for Cybertron]</ref>

==Operation Transmission Recovery==

As an early marketing campaign, the game's website included the feature "Operation Transmission Recovery": using transmission and coordinate dials, you could pick up "transmissions" from Cybertron (or "video clips/images" to you and me).

There are two dials, blue (outer) and yellow (inner). Using your mouse, you can drag the dial to set coordinates. The blue dial is set by aligning it to marks on the outer circle. When aligned, it becomes a blue ring. After that, the yellow dial is set so that signal strength is full, as indicated by a meter on the right. Once a transmission is unlocked its symbol lights up and the "Total Recovered" amount increases a little bit. When you reach 100%, it tells you how many hours remain until next batch.

As of January 12, 2010, the following transmissions (Batch 9), almost all of which are part of the second trailer (link below), were available:

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
| '''S. No.'''
| '''Blue'''
| '''Yellow'''
| '''Type'''
| '''Description'''
|-
| 1
| 351
| 327
| Video
| Game Trailer (unlocked by default).
|-
| 2
| 018
| 088
| Video
| Starscream flying.
|-
| 3
| 018
| 088
| Image
| Starscream standing.
|-
| 4
| 029
| 209
| Video
| Battle scene: Camera behind Autobots, Optimus is prominent.
|-
| 5
| 040
| 328
| Image
| Holographic map of Cybertron and its two moons.
|-
| 6
| 051
| 110
| Image
| Cybertron .
|-
| 7
| 073
| 190
| Image
| Optimus vs an average Decepticon.
|-
| 8
| 085
| 298
| Video
| Decepticon insignia (on Starscream).
|-
| 9
| 096
| 347
| Video
| A bomb explosion on Cybertron's surface (possibly the same one which made a huge hole in it).
|-
| 10
| 107
| 035
| Image
| Megatron crushes cranial unit of a poor Autobot, Starscream is visible behind him, just before the ground assault.
|-
| 11
| 120
| 040
| Image
| Cybertron as seen from a moon.
|-
| 12
| 140
| 201
| Image
| Starscream flying towards Cybertron .
|-
| 13
| 162
| 359
| Image
| A red robot (Ironhide?).
|-
| 14
| 173
| 003
| Image
| A hall (Council of Autobot Elders?).
|-
| 15
| 192
| 147
| Video
| Injured Autobot, trying to get up .
|-
| 16
| 203
| 094
| Video
| Battle scene: Trypticon joins the battle as a burning asteroid (Entry mode) behind Decepticons and Autobots run towards it.
|-
| 17
| 214
| 004
| Image
| A city seen from a tunnel .
|-
| 18
| 225
| 199
| Image
| A city tower falling and hitting another tower.
|-
| 19
| 265
| 011
| Image
| Optimus Prime.
|-
| 20
| 284
| 021
| Image
| Megatron firing his gun (at YOU).
|-
| 21
| 295
| 249
| Video
| Optimus uses his axe on a Decepticon.
|-
| 22
| 306
| 041
| Image
| Cybertron as seen from another moon.
|-
| 23
| 317
| 081
| Video
| City skyline, camera moving down, some music in the background (start of the second trailer).
|-
| 24
| 328
| 221
| Video
| Battle scene: A missile hits a battlestation and an Autobot falls down from it.
|}

==Toy tie-ins==
[[Hasbro]] has confirmed that several toys will be made to tie into the promotion of the video game. These include figures of Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Bumblebee. At [[Toy Fair 2010]], they were confirmed to be part of the [[Generations (toyline)|''Generations'' toyline]].

<gallery>
Image:WFC Optimus Prime toy.jpg
Image:WFC Megatron toy.jpg
Image:WFC Bumblebee toy.jpg
</gallery>

==Notes==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersgame.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-transformers-war/59860 Exclusive trailer via 'Game Trailers TV']
*[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-gameplay-transformers-war/62343 Exclusive gameplay trailer via 'Game Trailers TV']
*[http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/54929/transformers-war-for-cybertron/videos/transformerscyber_trl_revealtrailer_10710.html;jsessionid=8yroitu115mw Second, fuller trailer from IGN]
*[http://gameinformer.com/mag/cybertron.aspx Behind the scenes bios and information from ''Game Informer'' magazine.]
*[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-10-transformers-war/62925 Civil War Story Interview at 'Game Trailers TV']
*[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/6450/20/ Press release]

[[Category: Video games]]

Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)

2010-04-22T18:09:21Z

168.254.225.254: /* Characters */

[[Image:Transformerswarforcybertron.jpg|center|500px|]]

'''''Transformers: War for Cybertron''''' is a video game developed by [[High Moon Studios]] and published by [[Activision Blizzard|Activision]], set before the Transformers take their war to [[Earth]]. [[Hasbro]] intends it to act as a foundation for ''[[Transformers brand| Transformers]]'' franchise storylines for years to come, and so they've been giving a lot of input and stressing character development.<ref name="tfw2005">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/video-games-17/tfw2005-war-for-cybertron-interview-with-aaron-archer-and-matt-tieger-168910/ War for Cybertron interview with Aaron Archer and Matt Tieger @ TFW2005.com]</ref> The upcoming book ''[[Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron]]'' may be a tie-in to the game and its fiction.

Unlike previous ''Transformers'' video games which feature distinctly separate campaigns for the Autobots and the Decepticons (traditionally depicting the playable faction utterly defeating the other), ''War for Cybertron'' will feature a single, linear storyline; the Decepticon campaign occurs chronologically before the Autobot campaign, but [[Fandom|fans]] can play through them in whichever order they prefer.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/index.php?f_keyword=war+for+cybertron Seibertron Q&A with Activision]</ref>

The game itself will be an over-the-shoulder third-person shooter in which the player can choose his character from a small roster of either Autobots or Decepticons. The game will be released on [[June 22]], [[2010]], for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and personal computers.
{{quote|One shall stand.|Optimus}}
:{{quote|One shall fall.|Megatron}}

==Synopsis==

[[Image:WarforCybertron-OptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Prime auditions for Unreal Tournament. There were no survivors.]]

The game is set during the waning days of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before coming to Earth. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is searching for a dangerous power source known as [[Dark Energon]] to fuel his conquest of the planet. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] assumes temporary command following an attack on [[Iacon]] that killed [[Zeta Prime]], but he is not yet leader of the Autobots. [[Starscream]] joins the Decepticons as second-in-command, but does not consider either Optimus or Megatron to have the planet's best interests at heart. (We will apparently learn ''why'' Starscream is such a whopping traitor and why Megatron [[:Image:Infiltration6_takeyourpunishment.jpg|doesn't just]] [[:Image:Swordscream.JPG|kill him]]).

==Characters==
At the start of each level, the player can choose from one of three characters. The characters available will shift from level to level. Known playable characters include:

'''Autobots'''
*[[Optimus_Prime_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_video_game|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]]) ([http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/11/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-optimus-prime.aspx ''WfC'' character profile])
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Johnny Yong Bosch]]) <ref>[http://twitter.com/johnnyyongbosch/status/11686292590 Twitter post by Johnny Yong Bosch confirming his role as Bumblebee.]</ref>
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
'''Decepticons'''
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([http://gameinformer.com/games/transformers_war_for_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2009/12/18/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-megatron.aspx ''WfC'' character profile])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Doug Parker]])([http://gameinformer.com/games/transformers_war_for_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2009/12/23/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-starscream.aspx ''WfC'' character profile])
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
*[[Motormaster]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (Gamestop preorder Multiplayer exclusive)
*[[Demolishor (WFC)|Demolishor]] (Amazon.com preorder Multiplayer exclusive) <ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-War-Cybertron-Playstation-3/dp/B0030HM2WO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1270579997&sr=8-1 Amazon.com preorder page featuring a special Demolishor trailer]</ref>

The Decepticon campaign includes a boss battle with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and the Autobot campaign includes defending [[Iacon]]. [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] appears in the IGN trailer, but he's, uh, probably not playable. Players should expect references to Cybertron locations taken from all previous Transformer stories, "things which may have only been referenced once, in one comic way back when, could be used and expanded upon."<ref name="tfw2005"/>

...They're totally reading the Wiki, aren't they? Hello, designers!

<center><gallery>
Image:WfC-IGN-Bumblebee.jpg|Bumblebee fires his weapon.
Image:WfC-IGN-RatchetBumblebeePrime.jpg|Ratchet, Bumblebee, and Prime in battle.
Image:WfC-IGN-OmegaSupreme.jpg|Omega Supreme attacks a platoon of Decepticons.
Image:WfC-IGN-StarscreamMegatron.jpg|Starscream and Megatron get ready for the ground assault.
Image:WfC-IGN-StarscreamMegatronSoundwave.jpg|More Decepticons!
Image:WfC-IGN-Soundwave.jpg|Soundwave sneaks around.
Image:WfC-IGN-Trypticon.jpg|Oh Primus.
Image:War for Cybertron Shockwave.jpg|Resistance really does seem to be futile.
Image:WfC-Kutaku-Grimlock.jpg|Dynobot?

</gallery></center>

==Features==
* Campaigns will be co-op both online and off for the first time in a Transformers game.
* All playable characters have two special abilities, such as absorbing health from enemies or marking targets.
* The game will run on the Unreal engine.
* High Moon is prepared to "support the game after release," meaning either patches or downloadable content.
* Online Multiplayer is being developed for the game.
* All environments, including cover, can be destroyed.
* Characters transform at any time with an easy and quick tap of the Left Analog stick. There is no "cool down" so players can transform as often and as freely as they wish.
* The ability to create your own Transformers character for multiplayer. <ref>[http://www.3news.co.nz/Transformers-War-for-Cybertron-trailer/tabid/418/articleID/144347/Default.aspx War For Cybertron trailer news at 3news.co.nz]</ref>

==Production==

As an early marketing campaign, the game's website included the feature "Operation Transmission Recovery": using transmission and coordinate dials, you could pick up "transmissions" from Cybertron (or "video clips" to you and me).

The art and design team did intense research (i.e. watched the original cartoon, looked at comics, and watched "typical sci-fi cool stuff" like ''Blade Runner'') to work out the aesthetic of Cybertron; lead artist [[Ivan Power]] remarked that the original cartoon was the main inspiration, and that Cybertron wasn't shown there so they had to rewatch the same few clips "over and over". While many of the city designs are elaborate and shiny, Decepticon [[Kaon]] was deliberately designed to be sharp-edged, rusting, and slapped together to show the Decepticons weren't interested in building a functioning society. <ref>[http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/21/transformers-art-video.aspx Game Informer: Behind the Art of War for Cybertron]</ref>

==Operation Transmission Recovery==

As an early marketing campaign, the game's website included the feature "Operation Transmission Recovery": using transmission and coordinate dials, you could pick up "transmissions" from Cybertron (or "video clips/images" to you and me).

There are two dials, blue (outer) and yellow (inner). Using your mouse, you can drag the dial to set coordinates. The blue dial is set by aligning it to marks on the outer circle. When aligned, it becomes a blue ring. After that, the yellow dial is set so that signal strength is full, as indicated by a meter on the right. Once a transmission is unlocked its symbol lights up and the "Total Recovered" amount increases a little bit. When you reach 100%, it tells you how many hours remain until next batch.

As of January 12, 2010, the following transmissions (Batch 9), almost all of which are part of the second trailer (link below), were available:

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
| '''S. No.'''
| '''Blue'''
| '''Yellow'''
| '''Type'''
| '''Description'''
|-
| 1
| 351
| 327
| Video
| Game Trailer (unlocked by default).
|-
| 2
| 018
| 088
| Video
| Starscream flying.
|-
| 3
| 018
| 088
| Image
| Starscream standing.
|-
| 4
| 029
| 209
| Video
| Battle scene: Camera behind Autobots, Optimus is prominent.
|-
| 5
| 040
| 328
| Image
| Holographic map of Cybertron and its two moons.
|-
| 6
| 051
| 110
| Image
| Cybertron .
|-
| 7
| 073
| 190
| Image
| Optimus vs an average Decepticon.
|-
| 8
| 085
| 298
| Video
| Decepticon insignia (on Starscream).
|-
| 9
| 096
| 347
| Video
| A bomb explosion on Cybertron's surface (possibly the same one which made a huge hole in it).
|-
| 10
| 107
| 035
| Image
| Megatron crushes cranial unit of a poor Autobot, Starscream is visible behind him, just before the ground assault.
|-
| 11
| 120
| 040
| Image
| Cybertron as seen from a moon.
|-
| 12
| 140
| 201
| Image
| Starscream flying towards Cybertron .
|-
| 13
| 162
| 359
| Image
| A red robot (Ironhide?).
|-
| 14
| 173
| 003
| Image
| A hall (Council of Autobot Elders?).
|-
| 15
| 192
| 147
| Video
| Injured Autobot, trying to get up .
|-
| 16
| 203
| 094
| Video
| Battle scene: Trypticon joins the battle as a burning asteroid (Entry mode) behind Decepticons and Autobots run towards it.
|-
| 17
| 214
| 004
| Image
| A city seen from a tunnel .
|-
| 18
| 225
| 199
| Image
| A city tower falling and hitting another tower.
|-
| 19
| 265
| 011
| Image
| Optimus Prime.
|-
| 20
| 284
| 021
| Image
| Megatron firing his gun (at YOU).
|-
| 21
| 295
| 249
| Video
| Optimus uses his axe on a Decepticon.
|-
| 22
| 306
| 041
| Image
| Cybertron as seen from another moon.
|-
| 23
| 317
| 081
| Video
| City skyline, camera moving down, some music in the background (start of the second trailer).
|-
| 24
| 328
| 221
| Video
| Battle scene: A missile hits a battlestation and an Autobot falls down from it.
|}

==Toy tie-ins==
[[Hasbro]] has confirmed that several toys will be made to tie into the promotion of the video game. These include figures of Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Bumblebee. At [[Toy Fair 2010]], they were confirmed to be part of the [[Generations (toyline)|''Generations'' toyline]].

<gallery>
Image:WFC Optimus Prime toy.jpg
Image:WFC Megatron toy.jpg
Image:WFC Bumblebee toy.jpg
</gallery>

==Notes==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersgame.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-transformers-war/59860 Exclusive trailer via 'Game Trailers TV']
*[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-gameplay-transformers-war/62343 Exclusive gameplay trailer via 'Game Trailers TV']
*[http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/54929/transformers-war-for-cybertron/videos/transformerscyber_trl_revealtrailer_10710.html;jsessionid=8yroitu115mw Second, fuller trailer from IGN]
*[http://gameinformer.com/mag/cybertron.aspx Behind the scenes bios and information from ''Game Informer'' magazine.]
*[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-10-transformers-war/62925 Civil War Story Interview at 'Game Trailers TV']
*[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/6450/20/ Press release]

[[Category: Video games]]

Autobot Orbital Command Hub

2010-02-16T13:28:15Z

168.254.225.254: /* IDW comics continuity */

{{factions|autobot}}
:''The Autobot Orbital Command Hub is an Autobot-manned spacestation from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Autobotorbitalcommandhub.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Planet Butterscotch Swirl, maybe?]]
The '''Autobot Orbital Command Hub''' is the central base of [[Autobot]] operations in their galactic war against the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. A massive space station, it orbits the planet [[Opulus]].<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/blaster-from-the-past/#comment-3135 According to Simon Furman's blog.]</ref>

It is on the Hub that Autobots unassigned to warfront planets are stationed, waiting on-hand in the event that they'll be needed. From these Autobots a crew can be assembled quickly to man one of the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark''s]].

Due to the pan-galactic nature of the war, the Autobots also use regional command hubs. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
A priority pulsewave from [[Earth]] reached [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on the Hub {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer issue 1}} just moments before a message buoy was received from the ''[[Calabi-Yau]]''. He gathered Autobots from the Hub to crew the ''[[Ark-27]]'' and left for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}}

With Prime on Earth, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] became Operational Commander. A salvaged [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], having been presumed dead, arrived at the Hub and carried out a galaxy-wide broadcast to Autobot forces in order to draw out his attempted assassin. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}} The Autobots located there include Silverbolt, Blaster, Bluestreak, Pincher, Siren, Crosshairs, Groundbreaker, Overdrive, Downshift,Gunrunner, Kick Off, Sureshot, Pointblank,Override, Dogfight, Backstreet,Trailbreaker,Inferno,Cosmos,Beachcomber,Gears, Getaway, Kup, Huffer,Broadside,Jazz, Smokescreen, Landfill, Joyride, Hosehead, Slapdash, Quickmix, Rollout, Sprocket, Skyfall, Rad, Jackpot, Turbofire, Windbreaker, Over-Run, Vroom, Hound, Sideswipe, Warpath, Leadfoot, Road Rocket, Skram, Splashdown, Sky High, Brainstorm, Hardhead, Highbrow, Chromedome, Red Alert, Hoist, Mirage, Grapple, Skids, Tracks, Waverider, Cloudburst, Landmine, Springer, Roadbuster, Whirl, Topspin, Twintwist, Sandstorm, Rotorstorm

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Space stations]]

Cyber-Ninja Corps

2009-04-14T18:34:14Z

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:''The Cyber-Ninja Corps is an [[Autobot]] subgroup in the [[Animated]] [[continuity family]]''
[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-TempleCameos.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
The proud and mysterious brotherhood of the '''Cyber-Ninja Corps''' is one of the centerpieces of the Autobot security apparatus. Trained cyber-ninjas guard the Autobots' most valuable technological secrets and may also be assigned to protect long distance missions.

The dojo of [[Yoketron|Master Yoketron]] served both as the corps' training grounds and also the sanctuary for crucial strategic assets that had been entrusted to their care.

==Skills==
*[[Metallikato]]
*[[Circuit-Su]]
*[[Processor-over-matter]]

==Confirmed members==
[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-Yoketron.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Not [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]].]]
===Martial Artists/Ninjas===
*Yoketron, dojo master (deceased)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (training incomplete)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (went on to join the Elite Guard)
*[[Lockdown]] (a rogue member who brought shame on the corps, before fully betraying it and killing Yoketron)
*[[Heavy Load (Animated)|Heavy Load]]
*[[Road Rocket (Animated)|Road Rocket]]

===Fencers/Swordfighters/Melee Weapon Users===
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (went on to become [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobot [[Elite Guard]])
*[[Springer (Animated)|Springer]]
*[[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]]
*[[Star Saber (Animated)|Star Saber]]

===Boxers/Kick-Boxers/Street-Fighters===
*[[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]]
*[[Devcon (Animated)|Devcon]]
*[[Star Upper (Animated)|Star Upper]]
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]]
*[[Kick-Off (Animated)|Kick-Off]]

===Wrestlers/Sumo Wrestlers===
*[[Roadhandler (Animated)|Roadhandler]]
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]]
*[[Motorarm (Animated)|Motorarm]]
*[[Powerhug (Animated)|Powerhug]]

[[Category:Animated]]
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Ninjas]]

Breastforce

2009-03-27T15:31:51Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''The Breastforce are a [[Decepticon]] subgroup from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of [[Generation 1]].''

[[Image:Breastforce cartoon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A team of boobs.]]
The '''Breastforce''' <small>(tee hee!)</small> are [[Deathsaurus]]'s elite troopers, comprising some of the most vile Decepticons imaginable, from murderous back-stabbers to incarcerated convicts. Deathsaurus himself is also a member of the sub-group, but the name is most often used to refer to the elite six-robot team that serves under him. The group derives their... ''unusual'' name from the [[Breast Animal|Breast Animals]] they are partnered with, which transform from their titular <small>(snigger)</small> breastplate armor into an autonomous robotic animal or hand-held blaster. Don't let the name fool you, the Breastforce are nothing to laugh at.

<small>(giggle)</small>

The core six members of the Breastforce are:

*[[Leozack]], Deathsaurus' second-in-command and Grumman F-14D "Tomcat" fighter jet, partnered with [[Lionbreast]].
*[[Drillhorn]], the tunnelling machine, partnered with [[Rhinobreast]].
*[[Gaihawk]], the MAPO MiG-29 "Fulcrum" fighter jet, partnered with [[Hawkbreast]].
*[[Hellbat]], the Dassault Rafale fighter jet, partnered with [[Komoribreast]].
*[[Jarugar]], the Baja buggy, partnered with [[Jaguarbreast]].
*[[Killbison]], the Gepard anti-aircraft tank, partnered with [[Bisonbreast]].

Others members include:

*[[Deathsaurus]], Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]] and dragon/bird-monster, partnered with [[Tigerbreast]] and [[Eaglebreast]]
*[[Deathcobra]], the Mi-24 Hind assault helicopter, partnered with an unnamed Breast Animal.

Leozack, Drillhorn, Gaihawk, Hellbat, Jarugar and Killbison can combine to form the super-warrior [[Liokaiser]]. Deathcobra was also capable of combining with the team, but died before he got the chance.

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
[[Image:Breastforce combo stockfootage.jpg|left|265px|thumb|Invading a ''Tron'' machine near you!]]
Leozack was the first of the Breastforce to join Deathsaurus for his campaign against [[Earth]], {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}} but he quickly developed designs on Decepticon leadership himself. {{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team|Move Out! Rescue Team}} He was soon joined by his teammates Drillhorn, Jarugar and Killbison, {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce|Unite!! Multiforce}} and the team performed such missions as the raiding of the Neo Uranium Mines {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} and the theft of energy from an American subway system. During the latter mission, the team's Breast Animals came to the fore, as they were unleashed upon the [[Autobot|Autobots]] in the cramped quarters of the underground tunnels. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror|Big City - Underground Terror}}

Leozack later summoned the fifth Breastforcer, Hellbat, to Earth, but upon witnessing his leader getting dressed down by Deathsaurus, Hellbat decided he himself would make a better leader for the Breastforce. {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat|The New Warrior - Hellbat}} Ever the schemer, Hellbat's honeyed words roped the rest of the Breastforce into several plots, like the theft of energy from a shuttle port {{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} or the ransom of [[Marine City]]. {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation|Tanker Hijack Operation}} Since the silver-tongued sneak was usually able to pass the blame for any failures on to Leozack, none of the other Breastforce members really trusted Hellbat, and Leozack began making plans to get rid of him. Rescuing their sixth teammate, Gaihawk, from the Satellite Penitentiary on planet [[Micro]], {{storylink|Rescue! Gaihawk|Rescue! Gaihawk}} Leozack summoned his old friend Deathcobra so that he could boot Hellbat out and the remaining six could combine into the giant robot, Liokaiser. Attempting to secure his position on the team, Hellbat petitioned Deathcobra to leave, but when a fight broke out between the two, Hellbat accidentally killed Deathcobra and blamed the murder on the Autobot [[Micromaster]] [[Holi]]. Seeking revenge, the Breastforce merged into Liokaiser and defeated [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] in their first battle. {{storylink|Unite! Liokaiser|Unite! Liokaiser}}

[[Image:Liokaiser death.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Oh, not ''another'' black recolor...]]
Back on Earth, the Breastforce battled Star Saber and [[Road Caesar]] at the [[Schaeffer Energy]] plant, {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!|Battle Up of Wrath!!}} and then went up against [[Landcross]] in the South Pole. {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}} They later lured the [[Brainmaster|Brainmasters]] into an ambush in the desert {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} and helped Deathsaurus battle Star Saber, {{storylink|A Deadly Battle| A Deadly Battle}} then proceeded to perform numerous energy raids across the world, {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!|Ginrai Dies!!}} only to be repeatedly stymied by new Autobot [[Victory Leo]] {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo|Fight!! Victory Leo}} {{storylink|Awaken! Victory Leo|Awaken! Victory Leo}} and his ability to combine with Star Saber. {{storylink|The Tide is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification|The Tide is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

After plots that involved Leozack disguising himself as Star Saber {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}} and unleashing metal-eating insects on the Autobots, {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}} the Breastforce accompanied Deathsaurus into space once he had obtained enough energy to reactivate his [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} The Autobots arrived to stop the villains while the fortress's main cannon was charging, and the Breastforce, combined as Liokasier, engaged Victory Leo in battle. The feral Autobot was able to blast the combiner into the barrel of the cannon, which drained his energy dry. As his body blackened, Liokasier could feel his consciousness begin to fade, and he could only manage a faint cry for help as his deactivated body drifted off into the depths of space. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}

===''Victory'' comic===
[[Image:Breastforce manga.jpg|left|250px|thumb|]]
When the Breastforce arrived to join Deathsaurus in stealing energy from Earth, Leozack made his first strike alone, but botched it by forgetting to take his Breast Animal with him. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}} The rest of the team later battled Star Saber in their individual forms {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}} and still later combined with Leozack into Liokaiser to engage the Autobot leader on [[Energy Planet X]]. Liokaiser had the upper hand in this battle, but the tide turned when his individual components began arguing amongst themselves over who would get to deliver the killing blow, and Star Saber used the opening to defeat them. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

Subsequent fights did not go well for Liokasier; first, he was thrashed by Star Saber when the Autobot leader combined with Victory Leo to become Victory Saber, {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}} and was then flattened by the united Autobots' "Five Stars of Victory" attack. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}} Following this defeat, the Decepticons retreated into space and began attacking Earth using Deathsaurus's "Space Stronghold". Naturally, the Autobots pursued, and when Deathsaurus engaged Star Saber in a space battle, Leozack saw an opportunity to remove all his enemies at once. Even as his shocked teammates looked on, Leozack turned the fortress's main cannon on Deathsaurus! Deathsaurus survived the blast and fired upon the fortress with his own weapons, after which Star Saber came smashing through the fortress's control room window and slashed Leozack with his sword. Even as he collapsed in front of the Autobots, Leozack begged them not to destroy the fortress, and the true nature of the massive craft was revealed to the Autobots: It contained the Decepticons' wives and children, whom they had been fighting to protect all along. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War|Heroic! The Victory War}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:Victory-toy Leozack.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
[[Image:Killbison-toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
*'''Breastforce''' (1989)
*[[Deathsaurus|Deszaras]]
*[[Leozack]]
*[[Drillhorn]]
*[[Gaihawk]]
*[[Hellbat]]
*[[Jarugar]]
*[[Killbison]]

The Breastforce were sold boxed with their Breast Animal partners, and consisted of seven all-new molds. The six smaller members could combine into Liokaiser (notable for his atypical almost-total lack of [[Kibble|combiner kibble]]), and were also sold together in a giftset.

Leozack, Drillhorn, Killbison and Jarugar were later remolded to create the [[Rescue Force]] [[Rescue Force jet|jet]], [[Rescue Force drill|drill]], [[Rescue Force tank|tank]] and [[Rescue Force buggy|buggy]], respectively.
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==Notes==
*The term "Breastforce" was consistently misanglicized as "Brestforce" on every English instance of the name on the toy's packaging and tech spec materials.

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[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Victory]]

Nemesis (Animated)

2008-01-30T16:59:57Z

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{{disambig3|Nemesis}}

[[Image:TFA TFandRollout Decepticonship.jpg|thumb|right|No... ''THIS'' [[Nemesis Part 1|is the most powerful Decepticon warship in Transformer history]].]]
The '''Nemesis''' is the [[Decepticon]] ship, originally under the command of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. According to Optimus Prime, the markings on the ship depict it is a command ship.

==Fiction==
===Animated===
The ''Nemesis'' was a Decepticon warship under the control of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. It showed up on the outskirts of [[Autobot]]-controlled space almost immediately after the legendary [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]] was discovered by [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew of [[space bridge]] repair-bots. It attacked Prime's ship, the [[Ark (Animated)|''Ark'']], in an attempt to capture the All Spark. Megatron went out to attack the ''Ark'' and seize the All Spark personally, unaware his lieutenant, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], had planted a bomb on him. When the bomb detonated, the Ark went out of control, plunging toward another space bridge portal. The All Spark opened the space bridge and caused a shock wave after the ''Ark'' went through, [[Slag (slang)|slagging]] the ''Nemesis'' and [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] inside, while the other Decepticons escaped. For the next fifty solar cycles, Starscream piloted the remains the ship, searching for the All Spark to show the Decepticons he deserved to be their new leader. When its systems detected an All Spark-like energy signature from a remote star system, he went to investigate. En route, he monitored television transmissions that depicted Prime and his Autobots as the new superheroes of Detroit. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

Its current location is unknown, as Starscream was not seen aboard it while within Earth's vicinity. The ship may have been on or near Earth when he monitored the TV transmissions, or it may not. It's possible Starscream has placed it somewhere on Earth, though it could also be in orbit or even on the Moon. It's also possible, though much less likely, that he left it somewhere much further away and traveled to Earth in an escape pod.

==Notes==
* The design of this ''Nemesis'' is a strong homage to [[Nemesis (G1)|the G1 vessel of the same name]].

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Blitzwing (Animated)

2008-01-30T16:58:15Z

168.254.225.254: Undo revision 139794 by Steve-o (talk) fixed the ruined joke

{{disambig2|the ''Transformers Animated'' character|the Generation 1 character|Blitzwing (G1)}}

:''Blitzwing is a Decepticon in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AniBlitzwingPromoModel.jpg|thumb|200px|"HOGAN!!"]]

'''Blitzwing''' not only has sree modes (robot, jet, und tank) he also has sree alternate personalities (a cold strategist, a short-tempered hothead, und a total nutcase) along vit' sree faces rattling around in hiz head to go vit' zem ([[Alpha Quintesson|Sounds familiar]]). He's as liable to have a conversation vit' himself as he is to say a vord to his fellow Decepticons. Pretty much ze only sing zat keeps him in line is that all sree of his personalities are scared to death of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]].

{{quote|Ze name iz Blitzwing insect—remember it! Cause it's ze last thing you're gonna hear before I—express my feelings in song!|Blitzwing switching personalities like we switch shoes}}
==Fiction==
===Transformers Animated cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
[[Image:Animated_blitzwing_faces1.JPG|left|thumb|170px|"So [[wikipedia:Colonel Dietrich|Dietrich]], [[wikipedia:Arnold Schwarzenegger|Arnold]] and [[wikipedia:Jack Skellington|J]][[wikipedia:Joker (comics)|a]][[wikipedia:Jack-o'-lantern|c]][[wikipedia:Jack-in-the-box|k]] walk into a bar..."]]
:''Voice actor: [[Bumper Robinson]] (US), ? (Japan)''

His cold personality is represented by a long, blue face [[Wikipedia:Hogan's Heroes#Colonel Klink|with a monocle]] and talks with quiet disdain. His easily angered personality has a red face and is gap-toothed, making him look and sound like a certain [[wikipedia:Arnold Schwarzenegger|Austrian musclehead]]. Finally, his crazy personality's face looks like nothing so much as a black jack-o'-lantern and just sounds [[Inferno (BW)|hysterical]]. All three personalities have a German accent.

Blitzwing's special power is based on ice-rays and/or flame-rays, depending on which personality is dominant at the time.

Basically, he's the Purple Baron. Or Herr Freezer Burn.

Blitzwing was aboard the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with the other Decepticons at the time of the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]]'s re-discovery. He partially froze [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]'s arm, commenting on how her demeanor was as unpleasant as her accursed beast mode. Blackarachnia advised him to blow that insult out his actuator. Blitzwing switched to his angry face, shouting at Blackarachnia to refer to him by his proper name, but his insane face took over and decided to express his feelings in song. His out-of-tune rendition of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" got all the Decepticons arguing until Megatron entered, which prompted Blitzwing to fall silent with the rest. When it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Blitzwing fled in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

After Megatron's disappearance, Blitzwing placed a bounty on [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], intending to punish him for destroying Megatron. Fifty solar cycles later, the bounty hunter [[Lockdown]] contacted Blitzwing, saying he had Prime. Blitzwing promised Lockdown that he would recieve his payments once he recieved Prime—then asked if he could see Prime turn into a fire truck. {{storylink|Thrill of the Hunt}}

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==Toys==
===Animated===
*'''Blitzwing''' (2008)
:Blitzwing transforms into a futuristic "Mech-Warrior"ish-tank with large, anti-aircraft-like guns and a squat jet with tracks. The robot mode has three faces, which can be switched around. He looks awesome.

{{comingsoontoy}}

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Energon Matrix

2007-10-17T16:05:28Z

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{{Template:Disambig3|Matrix}}

:''The Energon Matrix is a device from the [[Beast Wars]] era of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:PrimalLeadershipMatrix1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mmmmm Matrixy...]]

The '''Energon Matrix'''{{fact}} is a powerful device awarded only to high-ranking members of the [[Maximal]] army, most often of [[Convoy]] rank. During [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s time, there was only one [[Matrix of Leadership]], but by [[Lio Convoy]]'s time, at least three Matrices had been constructed.

The Energon Matrix amplifies the strength and power of the Convoy who weilds it. They can summon the power of the Energon Matrix to energize their body and amplify their natrual skills, or they can unleash the power of the Matrix in one magnificent blast. If two or more Convoys do it at once, they can combine the blasts to increase their effectiveness.

Additionally, [[Vector Sigma]] is capable of speaking through [[Big Convoy]]'s Matrix, whether he likes it to or not.

==Matrix bearers==

The following characters are specifically known to have an Energon Matrix (exceptions are specifically noted).

*[[Optimus Primal]]
*[[Lio Convoy]]
*[[Lio Junior]] ''(a copy of Lio Convoy's)''
*[[Big Convoy]] ''(Big Convoy's Matrix was seemingly not referred to by any specific appellation. It was simply a "Matrix")''
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] ''(Optimus Prime's Matrix was only referred to as an Energon Matrix in the Japanese version of the series, with the Matrix's nature being altered for the English dub)''

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars II''===

Both Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal were shown to have an Energon Matrix. When they teamed-up to take down [[Majin Zarak]], they displayed the various functions of the Energon Matrix. Lio Convoy used the power of his Matrix to upgrade his speed by transforming himself into Flash Lio Convoy. Optimus Primal did a similar move by upgrading his strength as Burning Convoy.

After that, they then unleashed the power of their Matrices and combined the force into a "Double Matrix Blast". This move sent a torrent of powerful energy directly into Majin Zarak, killing him.

Later, Optimus Primal's Energon Matrix was destroyed along with his body by the [[Vok]] [[Planet Buster]].

''However, it should be noted that in the U.S. ''Beast Wars'' continuity [[Optimus Primal]] does ''not'' have any kind of Matrix, nor for that matter is it implied that there is more than one.''

===''Beast Wars Neo''===

One of the most skillful, yet most anti-social members of the Maximals, [[Big Convoy]], was shown to carry a Matrix. However, Vector Sigma took a more proactive approach with Big Convoy than with most others. After each battle, Vector Sigma would speak through Big Convoy and dispense wisdom to his new recruits who so desperately needed it. Eventually, this sentimentality rubbed off on Big Convoy and he began dispensing wisdom all on his own.

When [[Unicron]] attacked Cybertron and possessed Vector Sigma, ultimately turning Cybertron into his new body, Big Convoy's Matrix proved to be the only thing capable of stopping him. When Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to do battle with the Maximals, Big Convoy removed his Matrix and used it to power his Big Cannon, turning it into the '''Matrix Buster'''. Firing a powerful blast of Matrix energy into Unicron, the Chaos-bringer was seemingly destroyed and evicted from Vector Sigma.

==Toys==
* '''Optimus Primal''' (Ultra, 1996/1997/1998)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-1'''

:The decoration at the center of Optimus Primal's chest is an ''ex post facto'' Energon Matrix.

[[Image:LioConvoyMatrix1.jpg|thumb|"Pssst! Hey, buddy! Wanna buy a McGuffin?"]]
* '''Lio Convoy''' (Ultra, 1998)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-16'''

:Lio Convoy's Energon Matrix is built into his left breast and is revealed by opening a panel.
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[[Image:BigConvoyMatrix1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Pimp My Ribcage.]]
*'''Big Convoy''' (Ultra, 1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-35'''

: Big Convoy's Matrix is a separately molded piece that can be stored in his chest. It is a red orb with golden handles and cover.
: This mold was also used to make [[Black Big Convoy]]'s Matrix and ''[[Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]]'s [[Dead Matrix]].

==Trivia==
*In the [[Car Robots]] continuity, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]] was stated to have an Energon Matrix. The nature of this Matrix was changed for the Robots In Disguise dub.

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Energon Matrix

2007-10-17T16:04:07Z

168.254.225.254: Once again, Where exactly is this term used?

{{Template:Disambig3|Matrix}}

:''The Energon Matrix is a device from the [[Beast Wars]] era of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:PrimalLeadershipMatrix1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mmmmm Matrixy...]]

The '''Energon Matrix'''{{fact}} is a powerful device awarded only to high-ranking members of the [[Maximal]] army, most often of [[Convoy]] rank. During [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s time, there was only one [[Matrix of Leadership]], but by [[Lio Convoy]]'s time, multiple Matrices had been constructed.

The Energon Matrix amplifies the strength and power of the Convoy who weilds it. They can summon the power of the Energon Matrix to energize their body and amplify their natrual skills, or they can unleash the power of the Matrix in one magnificent blast. If two or more Convoys do it at once, they can combine the blasts to increase their effectiveness.

Additionally, [[Vector Sigma]] is capable of speaking through [[Big Convoy]]'s Matrix, whether he likes it to or not.

==Matrix bearers==

The following characters are specifically known to have an Energon Matrix (exceptions are specifically noted).

*[[Optimus Primal]]
*[[Lio Convoy]]
*[[Lio Junior]] ''(a copy of Lio Convoy's)''
*[[Big Convoy]] ''(Big Convoy's Matrix was seemingly not referred to by any specific appellation. It was simply a "Matrix")''
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] ''(Optimus Prime's Matrix was only referred to as an Energon Matrix in the Japanese version of the series, with the Matrix's nature being altered for the English dub)''

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars II''===

Both Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal were shown to have an Energon Matrix. When they teamed-up to take down [[Majin Zarak]], they displayed the various functions of the Energon Matrix. Lio Convoy used the power of his Matrix to upgrade his speed by transforming himself into Flash Lio Convoy. Optimus Primal did a similar move by upgrading his strength as Burning Convoy.

After that, they then unleashed the power of their Matrices and combined the force into a "Double Matrix Blast". This move sent a torrent of powerful energy directly into Majin Zarak, killing him.

Later, Optimus Primal's Energon Matrix was destroyed along with his body by the [[Vok]] [[Planet Buster]].

''However, it should be noted that in the U.S. ''Beast Wars'' continuity [[Optimus Primal]] does ''not'' have any kind of Matrix, nor for that matter is it implied that there is more than one.''

===''Beast Wars Neo''===

One of the most skillful, yet most anti-social members of the Maximals, [[Big Convoy]], was shown to carry a Matrix. However, Vector Sigma took a more proactive approach with Big Convoy than with most others. After each battle, Vector Sigma would speak through Big Convoy and dispense wisdom to his new recruits who so desperately needed it. Eventually, this sentimentality rubbed off on Big Convoy and he began dispensing wisdom all on his own.

When [[Unicron]] attacked Cybertron and possessed Vector Sigma, ultimately turning Cybertron into his new body, Big Convoy's Matrix proved to be the only thing capable of stopping him. When Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to do battle with the Maximals, Big Convoy removed his Matrix and used it to power his Big Cannon, turning it into the '''Matrix Buster'''. Firing a powerful blast of Matrix energy into Unicron, the Chaos-bringer was seemingly destroyed and evicted from Vector Sigma.

==Toys==
* '''Optimus Primal''' (Ultra, 1996/1997/1998)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-1'''

:The decoration at the center of Optimus Primal's chest is an ''ex post facto'' Energon Matrix.

[[Image:LioConvoyMatrix1.jpg|thumb|"Pssst! Hey, buddy! Wanna buy a McGuffin?"]]
* '''Lio Convoy''' (Ultra, 1998)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-16'''

:Lio Convoy's Energon Matrix is built into his left breast and is revealed by opening a panel.
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[[Image:BigConvoyMatrix1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Pimp My Ribcage.]]
*'''Big Convoy''' (Ultra, 1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-35'''

: Big Convoy's Matrix is a separately molded piece that can be stored in his chest. It is a red orb with golden handles and cover.
: This mold was also used to make [[Black Big Convoy]]'s Matrix and ''[[Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]]'s [[Dead Matrix]].

==Trivia==
*In the [[Car Robots]] continuity, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]] was stated to have an Energon Matrix. The nature of this Matrix was changed for the Robots In Disguise dub.

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2007-09-27T16:53:43Z

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Panel from ''The War Within: The Dark Ages'' #1, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
<b>"he's on fire" hahaha
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Transformers (2007 toyline)

2007-08-30T15:57:09Z

168.254.225.254: /* Action Figures ("main" line) */

Remarkably, the producers of the small independent [[Transformers (2007)|Transformers film]] opening in July 2007 have obtained part of their financing by selling the ''merchandising'' rights for the movie.

==Toyline==

===Action Figures ("main" line)===

====Movie Deluxe Class====

'''Preview Figures (aka "Wave 0")'''
*Protoform [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*Protoform [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (includes small figure of [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]])
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
*[[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] (a non-Movie character, though some designs were made at some point in production)

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game & prequel comics)

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] (a non-Movie character, was to appear in the film, but was replaced by Ironhide)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Camaro Concept Bumblebee]]
*[[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game & prequel comics)

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Final Battle Jazz]]
*[[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game)
*[[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game & prequel comics)

'''Wave 5'''
'''Movie Deluxe'''
*[[Dropkick]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game)
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Recon Barricade]] (a repaint of Barricade)

'''Future releases (confirmed at BotCon 2007)'''
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] (non-Movie character)
*[[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]
*[[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]

====Movie Voyager Class====

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] (includes non-transforming [[Scale|scaled-down]] figurine of [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]

'''Wave 3.5'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Rescue Ratchet]] ([[G1]]-[[homage]] [[redeco]] of Ratchet)
*[[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] (a non-Movie character, [[redeco]]/[[remold]] of Starscream using the same head sculpt as the Target exclusive Starscream redeco)

'''Future releases (confirmed at BotCon 2007)'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|First Strike Optimus Prime]] ([[G1]]-[[homage]] [[redeco]] of Optimus Prime)
*[[Evac (Movie)|Evac]]
*[[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]

====Movie Leader Class====

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]] ([[redeco]] of Optimus Prime)

'''Future releases (confirmed at BotCon 2007)'''
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Desert Attack Brawl]] ([[redeco]] of Decepticon Brawl)

===Other Action Figures===

====Movie Legends====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]

====Movie [[Real Gear Robots]]====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Speed Dial 800]] (Mobile Phone)
*[[Longview]] (Binoculars)
*[[Spy Shot 6]] (Digital Camera)
*[[Power Up VT6]] (Portable Video Game Player)

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Booster X10]] (MP3 Player)
*[[Zoom Out 25X]] (Digital Video Camera)

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Meantime]] (Digital Watch)
*[[High Score 100]] (Game Console Controller)

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Wire Tap V20]] (Mobile Phone)
*[[Night Beat 7]] (MP3 Player)

====Movie Ultimate====
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Ultimate Bumblebee]]

===Fast Transformers Fun===
====Cyber Stompin' Robots====
(non-transforming)
*Cyber Stompin' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*Cyber Stompin' [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]

====Cyber Slammers====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee (Camaro Concept)]]

====Fast Action Battlers====
'''Wave 1'''
*Cannon Blast [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
*Battle Blade [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
*Power Hook [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*Ion Blast [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]

'''Wave 2'''
*Double Missile [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*Axe Attack [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''
*Disc Blast [[Frenzy (Movie)|Decepticon Frenzy]]
*Gyro Blade [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*Fusion Blast [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]

'''Wave 4'''
*Blade Shield [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*Plasma Punch [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]

===Role Play===

====Helmet Role Play====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] Voice Changer (helmet)

====Converting Arm Blasters Role Play====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] Battle Rig Blaster
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] Barrel Roll Blaster

====Super Soaker Gauntlet Blaster====
*Transformers Water Shooter

====T.E.C.H. (Transformers Electronic Combat Hardware)====

'''Wave 1'''
*Digital Dagger
*Quick Bow

'''Wave 2'''
*Tight Shot
*Flash Bang

'''Wave 3'''
*Autofire

===Store exclusives===

====Target exclusive Scouts====

'''Wave 1'''
*Hardtop (redeco of Cybertron Hardtop)
*Arcee (redeco of Energon Arcee)
*Signal Flare (redeco of Energon Signal Flare)

'''Wave 2'''
*Strongarm (redeco of Energon Strongarm)
*Skyblast (redeco of Energon Skyblast)
*Clocker (redeco of Cybertron Clocker)

'''Wave 3'''
*Armorhide (redeco of Cybertron Armorhide)
*Elita One (redeco of Energon Arcee)
*Air Raid (redeco of Energon Skyblast)

====Store exclusive redecos====

'''Target exclusives'''
*Robo-Vision Optimus Prime (redeco of Voyager Class Optimus Prime)
*Autobot Jazz ([[G1]]-[[homage]] [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class Autobot Jazz)
*Starscream ([[G1]]-[[homage]] [[redeco]] of Voyager Class Starscream)

====Store exclusive multi-packs====

'''Costco exclusives'''
*Voyager Class Optimus Prime with bonus figures (Legends Class Bumblebee & Autobot Jazz)

'''Sam's Club exclusives'''
*Deluxe three-pack (Decepticon Brawl, Bonecrusher & Autobot Jazz)

'''Target exclusives'''
*Legends four-pack (Movie Legends Class Optimus Prime, Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime, Movie Legends Class Megatron & Legends of Cybertron Megatron)
*"Evolution of a Hero" two-pack (Deluxe Class "Classic Camaro" Bumblebee & "Camaro Concept" Bumblebee)

'''Toys'R'Us exclusives'''
*"Decepticon Desert Attack" two-pack (Voyager Class Blackout & Deluxe Class Scorponok)
*Legends six-pack (Bumblebee, Autobot Jazz, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Barricade & Starscream)

'''Wal*Mart exclusives'''
*"First Encounter" two-pack (Deluxe Class Bumblebee & Deluxe Class Barricade)
*"Leader for the Ages" two-pack (Fast Action Battler Optimus Prime & Classics "Ultimate Battle" two-pack Optimus Prime)
*"Mass Media Battle" two-pack (Real Gear Robots Speed Dial 800 & Booster X10)
*"Robo Recon Team" two-pack (Real Gear Robots Spy Shot 6 & Longview)
*"Brain Scrambler Team" two-pack (Real Gear Robots Power Up VT6 & Zoom Out 25X)

===Plain Transformers Fun===
'''Mr Potato Head Transformers'''
*[[Optimash Prime]]

'''Plush Transformers
*[[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Softimus Prime]] ([[G1]]-style Prime, soft toy transforms by turning inside out, using velcro)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Slumblebee]] (ditto, for G1-styled Bumblebee)

====Robot Heroes====
(2-inch non-transforming cutified figurines similar to Star Wars Galactic Heroes et al. [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] characters in Movie packaging)

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Ravage]]
*[[Hot Rod toys|Rodimus]] vs. [[Shrapnel (G1)|Insecticon]] (Actually Hot Rod vs. Shrapnel)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] vs. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] vs. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] vs. [[Megatron (G1) toys|Megatron]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1) toys |Bumblebee]] vs. [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Optimus Prime (G1) toys |Optimus Prime]] unleashing the Matrix vs. [[Unicron]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Autobot Jazz]] vs. [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]

'''Wave 4?'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] vs. [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] vs. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] vs. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]

===Collector===
'''Unleashed'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]

'''Movie Titanium'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]

==Merchandise==
* [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=123245 Exhaustive Transformers 2007 merchandise list, maintained by AMS.]

==Trivia==
*As of the Movie toyline, the "Ultra" pricepoint has been abolished. Whether this will continue to be the case for future lines remains to be seen, although Hasbro has stated a possible return to this pricepoint with Classics 2.0.

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