Transformers: Prime - The Game
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| Developers | Altron Corporation NOW Production | ||||||
| Publisher | Activision | ||||||
| Platforms | Nintendo DS Nintendo 3DS Wii Wii U | ||||||
| Release date | NDS, N3DS, Wii: October 30, 2012 WiiU: November 18, 2012 | ||||||
| Rating | ESRB: E10+ | ||||||
Transformers: Prime - The Game is a video game developed by Altron Corporation and NOW Production for the Wii, Wii U, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS.[1] platforms.[2] The game takes place alongside the events of the second season of the Transformers: Prime cartoon, and involves the Autobots and Decepticons battling over a mysterious meteor made of dark energon.[3] It is published by Activision, and was released on October 30, 2012 for the NDS, N3DS, and Wii, and will be released on November 18, 2012 for the Wii U. [4]
Synopsis
Chapter 1
The Decepticons have discovered a gigantic asteroid composed entirely of Dark Energon, and the Nemesis has traveled into Earth's orbit to obtain it. Once the Autobots became aware of this development, Ratchet sent Optimus Prime, Arcee, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead onto the surface of the Nemesis via GroundBridge to stop them. After Optimus Prime disables the machinery tethering the Nemesis to the asteroid, he and the Autobots leap onto the asteroid itself. As Optimus Prime and Megatron battle, the asteroid breaks apart, seemingly due to a massive creature within, and the Autobots fall from orbit to Earth's surface below.
Megatron escapes to the Nemesis, where he orders Starscream to find the Autobots and destroy them. Meanwhile, at Autobot Base, the Autobots' life signatures are unable to be found, so Ratchet travels through the GroundBridge to ascertain their location. Once Ratchet leaves, the life signatures pop up, but Ratchet is unresponsive, so Jack, Raf, and Miko decide to retrieve the missing Autobots themselves.
Chapter 2
Arcee awakens in cracked asphalt outside Jasper, Nevada. As she radios her position, she is suddenly under attack by Insecticons. Once they are dealt with, Arcee meets their master, Airachnid. Though Arcee is nearly successful in defeating her longtime adversary, the arrival of Jack tips the scales. Airachnid webs Jack and flees in helicopter mode. After a motorcycle chase, Arcee rescues Jack and Airachnid flees.
Chapter 3
Bulkhead awakens in a rocky wilderness with Miko on top of him. He tells Miko to stay out of the way as he battles through Vehicons and their commander, Starscream, and she does, mostly, until Starscream makes off with her.
Chapter 4
Bumblebee awakens in a Energon mine suspended from the ceiling in energy restraints. Raf, contacting him through his laptop, disables the restraints, and guides Bumblebee through the mine to his location. However, as Raf waits in an elevator while Bumblebee destroys three security generators, he finds himself under threat by Vehicons, and Bumblebee must race back to the elevator to save him. Once the elevator reaches ground level, Raf believes the two are finally safe, but the appearance of Knock Out changes his mind.
Bumblebee and Knock Out fight, and just as Bumblebee has Knock Out dead-to-rights, Bulkhead interrupts over the radio, allowing Knock Out to escape. Bulkhead tells Bumblebee that the Decepticons have kidnapped Miko and asks him if he knows where Raf is. When Bumblebee returns to the elevator where Raf had been hiding during the fight with Knock Out, he discovers that Raf is gone.
Chapter 5
Optimus Prime awakens, with the help of Ratchet, under the body of a massive Decepticon creature within a site full of ancient ruined architecture. As Ratchet wonders how this giant is related to the Dark Energon asteroid, Optimus Prime warns him that the giant is awakening also. Too quickly, Ratchet is swatted away, and Optimus Prime finds he must deal with the giant, buried partially in Dark Energon, himself. The giant announces his name is Thunderwing and that he's here for the Matrix. As Optimus Prime fights back, he asks Thunderwing if he's an agent of Unicron, and if so, his master has already been destroyed. The battle is interrupted by the Nemesis, which distracts Thunderwing from Optimus Prime. Arcee opens a GroundBridge portal on the other side of the ruins, and Ratchet and Optimus Prime try to reach it. A stray blast from Thunderwing knocks Optimus Prime through the GroundBridge portal, but leaving Ratchet behind.
Chapter 6
Featured characters
Gameplay
According to the developers, the game mostly features third-person melee combat, although some shooter sections are included. Occasional driving sections are also included. The Wii version includes full voice acting and uses motion controls, while the 3DS version takes advantage of the 3D capabilities of the system and uses touch-based controls. The DS version features exclusive content. [3]
Multiplayer
The 3DS, Wii, and Wii U versions of the will feature multiplayer with eleven playable characters. Multiplayer modes include "Brawl", "Battle for Energon", and "Emblem Match". The Wii U version of the game makes extensive use of the GamePad controller during multiplayer. [5]
Notes
- At BotCon 2012, concept art for a Tank Vehicon and a Helicopter Vehicon was released.
- According to a producer at Activision, the game takes place alongside the second season of the cartoon, but could be "wedged in" anywhere in the season. [3] Considering the game presents a Decepticon team that includes Starscream, Airachnid, Dreadwing, and Insecticons concurrently, that would be a real tough wedge.
- Unlike other Transformers games, the differences in the versions of Prime - The Game mostly involve presentation, not story.
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