Battle of the Primes

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"Battle of the Primes" マスターオプティマスプライムの対決 (Master Optimus Prime no Taiketsu) "Master Optimus Prime's Showdown"
Publisher	TakaraTomy
First published	December 8, 2018
Written by	Hirofumi Ichikawa
Packaged with	Master Nemesis Prime

Master Optimus Prime finds his dear friend corrupted.

Synopsis

Wandering the abyss of the spacetime gap he consigned himself and Geistrom to, G3 Prime finds the foreboding Dark Spark, a powerful Matrix-like object rumored to be of another world. As if finally responding to the presence of lifeforms in this void, the Dark Spark amasses its powerful energies, and the fearful G3 Prime realizes it wants a host! Seeing Geistrom's swarm start to move towards the evil crystal, the Prime realizes that the ghost will only bring forth untold destruction with the Dark Spark's power and makes a fateful decision. Converting into a form similar to Master Optimus Prime's Pedestal Prime mode, G3 Prime sucks the Dark Spark into a container modeled after the Chrono Matrix. In the process, a terrifying energy emanates from the Prime and utterly destroys the spectral swarm of Geistroms. After some time, the bearer of the Dark Spark returns to his normal dimension—not as G3 Prime, but as Master Nemesis Prime! Realizing that he's lost the spacetime powers he leisurely possessed in his previous persona, Nemesis Prime decides that the solution is to acquire a G-Shock watch!

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Others
Master Optimus Prime (1)	G3 Prime/Master Nemesis Prime (1)	Geistrom (2)

Notes

• This story is actually presented in two different sections on Master Nemesis Prime's pamphlet under "Story" and "Battle of the Primes". For convenience, both are recounted in the summary.