Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)

<table style="border:1px solid;border-spacing:0em;float:right;margin-left:1em"> <caption> Franchise navigation: </caption> <tr style="background:#ff9090"> <td style="text-align:center;width:12em">Beast Wars » </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee"> <td style="text-align:center">Toyline </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee"> <td style="text-align:center">Cartoon </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee"> <td style="text-align:center">Comics </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee"> <td style="text-align:center">Manga </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee"> <td style="text-align:center">BW video game </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee"> <td style="text-align:center"><strong class="selflink">Transmetals video game</strong> </td></tr> </table> Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals is the name of two separate games, one for the Sony Playstation and one for the Nintendo 64. The two games share a primary theme; characters from the second season of the Beast Wars television series duking it out in one-on-one combat, but the games differ in character selection and bonus features. The title of the Japanese version of the game is トランスフォーマー　ビーストウォーズ　激突！ガンガンバトル (Transformer Beast Wars Metals: Gekitotsu! Gan-Gan Battle, Transformers Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle).

Story Summary

Both games feature an all-out battle between the Maximals and Predacons. The player's character must fight through all possible enemy forces in order to beat the game. In the Nintendo 64 version, there is a final battle with an upgraded version of 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.

The games diverge at their conclusions; the Playstation version has a very vague ending for either faction that generally upholds the status quo; the N64 version features individualized text stories for each character, the vast majority of which involve somehow finding the Ark and fiddling about with the timestream.

Playable Characters

Playstation version<br /> Maximals

• Optimus Primal (Transmetal)
• Cheetor (Transmetal)
• Rattrap (Transmetal)
• Silverbolt

Predacons

• Megatron (Transmetal)
• Rampage
• Tarantulas (Transmetal)
• Quickstrike

Hidden Characters

• Blackarachnia (palette swapped and stretched Tarantulas)
• Ravage (palette swapped and remeshed Cheetor)
• Tigatron (palette swapped Cheetor)
• Windrazor (palette swapped Silverbolt)

Nintendo 64 version<br /> Maximals

• Optimus Primal (Transmetal)
• Airazor (Transmetal)
• Cheetor (Transmetal)
• Rattrap (Transmetal)

Predacons

• Megatron (Transmetal)
• Tarantulas (Transmetal)
• Terrorsaur (Transmetal)
• Waspinator (Transmetal)

Hidden Characters

• Blackarachnia (palette swapped and stretched Tarantulas)
• Ravage
• Tigatron
• Starscream (palette swapped Waspinator to resemble his pre-Transmetal form, as possessed by Starscream in Possession)

Trivia

• Both versions of the game include a bonus feature where images of various Beast Wars toys can be unlocked.

• The US versions of the game feature the voices of Garry Chalk, Ian Corlett, David Kaye, Campbell Lane, Scott McNeil, and Alec Willows.

• The N64 version features several mini-games, mostly involving timed button-mashing.

• On the PlayStation version, Cheetor (and his redecos) are the most overpowered and "cheap" of the combatants, with extremely easy combo attacks that are unblockable and cause 100% damage to the enemy.

• Story-wise, this game explains precisely why Megatron's plan to destroy Optimus Prime in the past could potentially doom everyone on Cybertron. For more information, see Megatron's ending below.

N64 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?

External Links

• Beast Wars: Transmetals end-of-game bios