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Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)

2010-04-12T11:01:22Z

222.155.126.203: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the Nintendo 64 game|the PlayStation game|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}
{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals''
|image=Beast Wars Transmetals N64.jpg
|caption=
|japanese=ビーストウォーズメタルス64
|romaji=Beast Wars Metals 64
|developers=[[Takara]], [[Locomotive]]
|publishers=[[Takara]] (JP)<br>[[bam! entertainment]] (NA)
|date=[[October 1|1 October]] 1999 (JP)<br>[[July 12]], 2000 (NA)
|platform=Nintendo 64
|rating=ESRB: T
}}

'''''Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals''''' is a Nintendo 64 video game, released in 1999 in Japan and 2000 in North America. It and its [[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|PlayStation counterpart]] share a primary theme; characters from the second season of the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' television series]] duking it out in one-on-one combat, but the games differ in character selection and bonus features.

==Synopsis==
''Transmetals'' features an all-out battle between the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. The player's character must fight through all possible enemy forces in order to beat the game. There is a final battle with an upgraded version of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], called "[[Megatron X]]". Megatron X is identical to [[Transmetal]] Megatron, except chromed and outfitted with a pair of dragon-like wings. The player must fight Megatron X even if said player is using Megatron as their character.

While the PlayStation game has a very vague ending for either faction that generally upholds the status quo, the Nintendo 64 game features individualized text stories for each character, the vast majority of which involve somehow finding the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and fiddling about with the timestream.

===Endings===
*Optimus Primal: Primal's leadership skills eventually result in the destruction of the Predacons and the capture of Megatron. The Maximals attach Megatron to the exterior of an Autobot shuttle and fly back to Cybertron. Little do they know that Megatron's arm has gotten free of his bonds. Are the Beast Wars over or are they just beginning?
*Rattrap: Rattrap's resourcefulness eventually results in the complete destruction of Megatron. Back on Cybertron, he can be seen in the local restaurants saying, "We're all gonna di-...dine!"
*Megatron: Megatron successfully destroys all of the Maximals. After achieving this, he enters the Autobot Ark and destroys the legendary Optimus Prime, ensuring a definitive victory for the Decepticons. In 2005, the horrible transformer Unicron attacks Cybertron. With the Matrix destroyed with Prime, can anything stop Unicron?
*Starscream: After achieving success in battle, Starscream enters the Ark, the ancient Autobot battle cruiser in which his original body rests in stasis lock. Starscream then infuses himself with the power of his old body, the same way the Predacon Commander Megatron and Optimus Primal increased their power. The result is incredible...

==Playable characters==
===Maximals===
* [[Optimus Primal]]
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
* [[Rattrap]]

===Predacons===
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
* [[Tarantulas]]
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]

===Hidden characters===
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (palette swapped and stretched Tarantulas)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
* [[Tigatron]]
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (palette swapped Waspinator to resemble his pre-Transmetal form, as possessed by Starscream in "[[Possession]]")
* [[Megatron X]] (Japanese version)

==Cheat codes==
{| border=1
!Code
!Effect
|----
|Highlight Cheetor at the character select screen and press Z and A. Then move left or right to cycle through Cheetor's alternate color layouts until you reach the desired character.
|Play as Tigatron or Ravage.
|----
|Highlight Waspinator at the character select screen and hit Z and A. Then move left or right to cycle through Waspinator's alternate color layouts until you reach the desired character.
|Play as Starscream.
|----
|Highlight Tarantulas at the character select screen and press Z and A. Then move left or right to cycle through Tarantulas's alternate color layouts until you reach the desired character.
|Play as Blackarachnia.
|}

==Notes==
* The game includes a bonus feature where images of various Beast Wars toys can be unlocked.
* The English version of the game features the voices of [[Garry Chalk]], [[Ian Corlett]], [[David Kaye]], [[Campbell Lane]], [[Doug Parker]], [[Scott McNeil]], and [[Alec Willows]].
* The game features several mini-games, mostly involving timed button-mashing.
* The English version of the game had its gameplay altered from the original Japanese release. In the English edition, both player combatants are much more limited in terms of how far the characters can move away from each other. This, whilst keeping the players' combatants in closer and clearer view, severely limits the gameplay mechanics.

==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/756a36c7076a7195?dmode=source ''Beast Wars Transmetals'' end-of-game bios]
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David Kaye

2010-04-12T10:53:29Z

222.155.126.203: /* Voice roles */

{{disambig3|David}}

[[Image:DavidKaye1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Just keep that [[Raksha|crazy snake-woman]] away from me!]]
'''David Kaye''' (born '''David V. Hope''' on [[October 14]], 1964) is a Canadian voice actor. Some of his more popular roles include Professor X from ''X-Men Evolution'', Treize Khushrenada from ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', [[Captain America]] in the ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' video game and Sesshomaru from ''InuYasha''. He's also voiced a [[Megatron (Armada)|certain Decepticon]] several times. [[Megatron (BW)|Yeeessssss...]]

He has a '''BIG''' boost of confidence!

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]

===''Beast Wars Transmetals Game''===
*Megatron
*[[Megatron X]]

===''Beast Machines''===
*Megatron
*[[Noble|Savage/Noble]]

===''Armada''===
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron/Galvatron]]

===''Energon''===
*Megatron/Galvatron

===''Cybertron''===
*Megatron/Galvatron

===''Transformers Animated''===
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Lugnut]]
*[[Security Bot]] ([[Total Meltdown]])
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
*[[Trash Bot]] ([[Sound and Fury]])
*[[News Bot]] ([[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]])
*[[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]] ([[Sari, No One's Home]])
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]]
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]

====Incidentals====
* Technician 1 ([[Transform and Roll Out]])
* Firefighter (Transform and Roll Out)
* Fan #2 (Transform and Roll Out)
* Fan #1 ([[Home Is Where the Spark Is]])
* Nature Show Narrator (Home Is Where the Spark Is)
* Customer ([[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]])
* Man ([[Along Came a Spider]])
* Intercom Voice ([[Sound and Fury]])
* [[Irate Citizen]] ([[Garbage In, Garbage Out]])
* Driver ([[Velocity]])

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 1997|1997]], [[BotCon 1998|1998]], [[BotCon 2007|2007]], [[BotCon 2008|2008]], [[BotCon 2009|2009]])
* [[OTFCC 2003]]
* [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2004]]

==Notes==
*He is the only voice actor who has voiced both [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as regular roles.
* He has appeared in six separate ''Transformers'' series, the most for any single TF voice actor.
*When originally auditioning for ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', Kaye originally read for the role of [[Optimus Primal]] while [[Garry Chalk]] read for the sinister [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].
*He voices two Transformers whose alt modes are Tyrannosaurus rex: [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]].
*He is a wonderful human being.{{fact}}
*[[Bill Fagerbakke]] says his mom is hot. This disturbs him. '''And''' us.
*He brought his father to TFcon 2004 with him.
*He is one of the only original ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cast members that expresses fondness for ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443286/ David Kaye at the Internet Movie Database]

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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)

2010-04-12T10:34:55Z

222.155.126.203: /* Cast */

{{disambig3|Victory}}

{{nav-victory}}

'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory''''' ran from [[March 14]], 1989 to [[December 19]], 1989 in Japan for 38 broadcast episodes, in support of the [[Victory (toyline)|toyline]] of the same name. "[[Transformer V]]" is the opening theme and "[[Cybertron Banzai]]" as its ending theme.

== Overview ==
[[Image:VictoryPoster1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|By the power of Grayskull, I have...THE POWER!!!!!.]]
After the conclusion of the daring, unusual ''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', ''Victory'' took the continuing animated saga of the Transformers back to a much more basic approach, restoring an unmoving status quo of small groups of [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s battling over energy on [[Earth]]. Like ''Masterforce'' before it, the series takes a fresh-start approach, focusing on a cast of entirely new characters, although the connections between the previous series are a lot more clearly drawn than they were between ''Masterforce'' and ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', with repeated appearances by members of its cast.

For an unknown reason—be it a rushed schedule, a diminishing budget (perhaps caused by ''Victory''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s uncommonly well-done animation) or something else—''Victory''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 38-episode run features a full six clip shows, containing no new footage or story at all. As if that wasn't enough, a ''further'' six were released directly to video after the end of the series, bringing the total up to 44.

''Victory'' was planned out by [[Masumi Kaneda]], who had also been responsible for ''The Headmasters'' and ''Super-God Masterforce'', but in this instance, his involvement with the actual production of the show appears to have been comparatively less, with [[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]] credited as the head writer. Kaneda did, however, work on the ''Victory'' [[Victory (manga)|manga]], with the massive storytelling gulf between it and the anime illustrating how few of Kaneda's ideas for the series actually made it into the anime.

==Storyline==
In the year 2025, following the defeat of the [[Decepticon]]s on [[Earth]] in the Masterforce war, the villains have begun aggressively attacking other planets in the universe. To counter this threat, the [[Autobot]]s join with many other civilizations and lifeforms (including [[Human|Humanity]]) to form the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]], which strikes back against the Decepticons with its military [[Galactic Defense Force]]. Recently appointed [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots, [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] heads up the Sector One Defense Force, backed up by the [[Brainmaster]]s and [[Multiforce]], while [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] takes charge of Sector Two.

Seeking the energy necessary to free his massive [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]] from imprisonment in the [[Dark Nebula]] where Star Saber sealed it years ago, the Decepticons' new [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], attacks Earth with his [[Dinoforce]], prompting Star Saber and his team to set up residence on the planet. Accompanying them is [[Jean Minakaze]], Star Saber's adopted human son, whose parents died in a Decepticon attack when he was just a baby, and [[Holi]], head of the [[Micromaster]] [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]], who soon arrive on Earth to be with their leader. The Decepticons, meanwhile, are progressively joined by more and more members of the elite [[Breastforce]] squad, including their scheming leader [[Leozack]], who seeks to take leadership of the Decepticons from Deathsaurus, and the sneaky [[Hellbat]], who's only looking out for himself.

After a series of energy-raiding adventures on Earth, the Breastforce target the Micromasters' homeworld of planet [[Micro]], where they liberate their teammate, [[Gaihawk]], enabling the team to combine into the mighty [[Liokaiser]] and finally defeat Star Saber in battle for the first time. Despite the addition of the six-changing samurai [[Greatshot]] to their ranks, the Autobots are weakened by this turn of events, and when God Ginrai arrives on Earth to aid them, he is fatally wounded by Deathsaurus and recreated as [[Victory Leo]]. When Deathsaurus finally reactivates his fortress and turns it upon the Earth, Star Saber and Victory Leo combine together into [[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]] to end the threat of Deathsaurus once and for all.

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Victory episodes}}
{{collist|3|
# [[The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber]]
# [[Sneak Attack! Dinoking]]
# [[Attack! Leozack]]
# [[Unite!! Multiforce]]
# [[Move Out! Rescue Team]]
# [[Infiltration... The Uranium Mine]]
# [[Explosion!! The Energy Base]]
# [[Big City - Underground Terror]]
# [[Clash!! Two Great Heroes]]{{dag|red}}
# [[The New Warrior - Hellbat]]
# [[Attack the Shuttle Base!!]]
# [[Tanker Hijack Operation]]
# [[Move Out!! Breastforce]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Rescue Jean!!]]
# [[Mach and Tackle]]
# [[A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid]]
# [[Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior]]
# [[Rescue! Gaihawk]]
# [[Unite! Liokaiser]]
# [[Assemble! The Warrior Combiner]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress]]
# [[Battle Up of Wrath!!]]
# [[Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle]]
# [[Crisis! Ambush in the Desert]]
# [[A Deadly Battle]]
# [[Ginrai Dies!!]]
# [[Fight!! Victory Leo]]
# [[Ultimate Crisis!! Autobots]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Awaken! Victory Leo]]
# [[The Tide is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification]]
# [[Jean - Defend the Campus!!]]
# [[A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs]]
# [[The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!]]
# [[The Strongest! Victory Saber]]{{dag|red}}
# [[The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves]]
# [[The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!]]
# [[Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification]]
# [[Autobots Forever]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Radiant! Victorious Planet]]{{dag|red}}
# [[The Emperor of Destruction Wins!]]{{dag|red}}
# [[SOS! Global Defense Directive]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Micromasters!]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Victory Attack of Friendship!]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Echo Across the Galaxy! Bell of Love!!]]{{dag|red}}
}}
{{dag|red}} ''[[Clip show]]''

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
'''[[Brainmaster]]s'''
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber/Victory Saber]] ([[Hideyuki Tanaka]])
*[[Road Caesar]] ([[Kōji Totani]])
**[[Blacker]] ([[Kōji Totani]])
**[[Braver]] ([[Hirohiko Kakegawa]])
**[[Laster]] ([[Shingo Hiromori]])
'''[[Multiforce]]'''
*[[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]] ([[Masashi Hironaka]])
**[[Wingwaver]] ([[Masashi Hironaka]])
**[[Dashtacker]] ([[Yoshikazu Hirano]])
**[[Machtackle]] ([[Yūki Satō|Hiroyuki Satō]])
'''[[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]]'''
*[[Holi]] ([[Kyōko Tongū]])
*[[Boater]] ([[Aya Hisakawa]])
*[[Fire]] ([[Tomoko Maruo]])
*[[Pīpō]] ([[Hinako Yoshino|Hinako Kanamaru]])
'''Others'''
*[[Clipper]] ([[Miyoko Aoba]])
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] ([[Shingo Hiromori]])
*[[Greatshot]] ([[Michihiro Ikemizu]])
*[[God Ginrai]] ([[Hiroshi Takemura]])
*[[Victory Leo]] ([[Hiroshi Takemura]])
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] ([[Masaharu Satō]])
*[[Minerva]] ([[Tomoko Maruo]])
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ([[Shinobu Satouchi]])

|c2=
'''[[Breastforce]]'''
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] ([[Takeshi Aono]])
*[[Liokaiser]] ([[Keiichi Nanba]])
**[[Leozack]] ([[Keiichi Nanba]])
**[[Drillhorn]] ([[Masato Hirano]])
**[[Gaihawk]] ([[Hōchū Ōtsuka]])
**[[Hellbat]] ([[Yoku Shioya]])
**[[Jarugar]] ([[Hirohiko Kakegawa]])
**[[Killbison]] ([[Kazumi Tanaka]])
'''[[Dinoforce]]'''
*[[Dinoking]] ([[Daisuke Gōri]])
**[[Gōryū]] ([[Daisuke Gōri]])
**[[Doryū]] ([[Masashi Hironaka]])
**[[Gairyū]] ([[Yūki Satō|Hiroyuki Satō]])
**[[Kakuryū]] ([[Masato Hirano]])
**[[Rairyū]] ([[Shinobu Satouchi]])
**[[Yokuryū]] ([[Hirohiko Kakegawa]])
'''[[Crossformer]]s'''
*[[Black Shadow]] ([[Yūji Mikimoto]])
*[[Blue Bacchus]] ([[Ryōichi Tanaka]])
'''[[Breast Animal]]s'''
*[[Tigerbreast]]
*[[Eaglebreast]]
*[[Bisonbreast]]
*[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Rhinobreast]]

|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] ([[Miyako Endō]])
*[[Illumina]] ([[Yumi Tōma]])
|nonumbering=true

}}

==Home video releases==
[[Image:MadmanVictory.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Australian DVD release]]
===Japan===
{{main|Geneon Universal Entertainment}}
*''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 (2003)
*''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 02 (2003)

===United Kingdom===
{{main|Metrodome}}
*The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' (2006)
*''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (2007)

===Australia===
{{main|Madman Entertainment}}
*''The Transformers: Victory'' (2008)
*''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (2009)
{{-}}

==External links==
* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%A6%E3%81%88!%E8%B6%85%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9C%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E7%94%9F%E5%91%BD%E4%BD%93_%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BCV ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory'' at the Japanese Wikipedia]

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