| Transformers Animated | |
|---|---|
 Boxart | |
| Developer(s) | Artificial Mind and Movement |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Release | [1] |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Transformers Animated: The Game is a video game for the Nintendo DS handheld based on the Transformers television incarnation, Transformers: Animated.[1]
Plot[]
The story is centered on the rogue factory robots and Space Bridge episodes that can be found in the animated series. The first half would have the player fighting the rogue security bots running amok in the Sumdac factories while the second half would have the Autobots follow Megatron through the Space Bridge and into Cybertron. The voice actors in the animated series also lent their voices to the characters in the video game.
Gameplay[]
Gameplay
While this game features three-dimensional characters and environments, it mostly plays on a two-dimensional plane where the characters move from left to right or up and down. Unlike other games based on the Transformers franchise, this one is mainly a puzzle game.
There are 25 levels in total that can be found in the game, and it has two main modes: race mode and mission mode. In race mode, the player can use either Bumblebee, Optimus Prime or Prowl to race against the enemies or transform to robot mode in order to throw projectiles into an enemy to destroy them.
Mission mode[]
There are the standard four Autobots that the player can use: Optimus Prime, Bulkhead,Prowl and Bumblebee. The player will guide them through several different stages while solving puzzles along the way. Each Autobot has a special skill that is only unique to them. Optimus Prime can use his axe to throw at his enemies and can use his grappling hook to climb the red steel girders scattered around the game. Bumblebee has his stingers that shoots electric bolts against enemies as well charge up generators to activate certain devices. He is also the only one among them that can jump and scale walls on his own. Bulkhead has his wrecking ball that he uses to throw against enemies and, being the heaviest of the three, is the only one heavy enough to step onto platform switches that open doors and turn on other devices. Using their own unique skills to solve the different puzzle rooms is the core gameplay, which is similar to The Lost Vikings. There are boss fights in this game where the player is sent to stop Lockdown and Megatron. Stopping Megatron however involves a bit of puzzle solving as well wherein the player needs to utilize all three Autobots to defeat him.
Playable characters[]
For the most part, the Autobots Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Prowl are fully playable.
Reception[]
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| Aggregator | Score |
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| GameRankings | 71%[2] |
| Metacritic | 69/100[3] |
| Publication | Score |
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| GameSpot | 6.5/10[4] |
| GamesRadar+ |   [5] |
| GameZone | 7.1/10[6] |
| IGN | 7.4/10[7] |
| Nintendo Power | 7/10[8] |
| PALGN | 6/10[9] |
The game was met with average reception upon release, as GameRankings gave it a score of 71%,[2] while Metacritic gave it 69 out of 100.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harris, Craig (July 23, 2008). "First Look: Transformers Animated". IGN. Retrieved July 9, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Transformers Animated: The Game for DS". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Transformers Animated: The Game for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Shau, Austin (November 19, 2008). "Transformers Animated: The Game Review". GameSpot. Retrieved July 9, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Kim, Alan (November 14, 2008). "Transformers Animated review". GamesRadar. Retrieved July 9, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ David, Mike (December 9, 2008). "TRANSFORMERS Animated: The Game - NDS - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Harris, Craig (October 30, 2008). "Transformers Animated Review (NDS)". IGN. Retrieved July 9, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Transformers Animated: The Game". Nintendo Power 235: 102. December 2008.
- ↑ Booth, Neil (February 7, 2009). "Transformers Animated Review". PALGN. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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| Transformers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Autobots | Main | Optimus Prime • Ultra Magnus • Rodimus • Blaster • Blurr • Brawn • Bumblebee/Goldbug • Cliffjumper • Drift • Fireflight • Grapple • Hoist • Hound • Jazz • Jetfire • Kup • Metroplex • Mudflap • Omega Supreme • Perceptor • Powerglide • Ratchet • Red Alert • Roadbuster • Seaspray • Sentinel Prime • Sideswipe • Skids • Sky High • Sky Lynx • Skydive • Smokescreen • Sunstreaker • Wheelie • Wreck-Gar |
| Subgroups | Thirteen Primes (Vector Prime) • Spy Changers (Hot Shot • Ironhide) • Dinobots (Grimlock • Sludge • Snarl • Strafe) • Protectobots (Blades • Streetwise • First Aid) • Throttlebots • Technobots (Afterburner • Lightspeed • Nosecone • Scattorshot) • Wreckers (Bulkhead • Springer • Wheeljack • Omnibots • Monsterbots • Female Autobots (Arcee • Flareup • Windblade | |
| Decepticons | Main | Megatron/Galvatron • Steeljaw • Starscream • Barricade • Blackout • Blitzwing • Bludgeon • Deathsaurus • Demolishor • Dirge • The Fallen • Frenzy • Laserbeak • Lugnut • Motormaster • Octane • Over-Run • Ramjet • Ratbat • Ravage • Rumble • Scorponok • Skyquake • Skywarp • Slipstream • Shockwave • Soundwave • Thunderwing • Wildrider |
| Subgroups | Insecticons (Bombshell • Kickback • Shrapnel • Ransack) • Constructicons (Hook • Scrapper) • Combaticons (Blast Off • Brawl • Onslaught • Vortex) • Predacons • Seacons (Overbite) • Firecons • Duocons • Horrorcons | |
| Maximals | Optimus Primal | |
| Predacons | Scorponok • Thrust • Waspinator • Inferno | |
| Supporting characters | Primus • Unicron (Scourge) • Circuit Breaker • Spike Witwicky • Sparkplug • Carly Witwicky • Marissa Faireborn | |
| Subgroups | Gobots • Mini-Cons • Powermasters • Pretenders • Quintessons • Targetmasters • Triple Changers • Star Seekers | |
| Character lists | Autobots • Primes/Matrix holders • Decepticons • Female Transformers | |
| Technology and physiology | Cybertron • Matrix of Leadership • Spark • Techno-organic material • List of planets • List of spacecraft | |
| Toy lines | Transformers: Generation 1 • Battle Beasts • Action Masters • Turbomasters • Transformers: Generation 2 • Machine Wars • Beast Wars • Beast Machines • Transtech (unreleased) • Robots in Disguise • Armada • Robot Masters • Energon • Alternators • Masterpiece • Cybertron • Legends • Titanium • Classics • Film • Animated • Revenge of the Fallen • Alternity • Generations • Power Core Combiners • Dark of the Moon • Prime • Rescue Bots | |
| Crossovers | Built to Rule • Transformers Label • Star Wars Transformers | |
| Comic series | Marvel | The Transformers • Headmasters • Generation 2 • New Avengers/Transformers |
| Dreamwave | Generation 1 • Armada/Energon • The War Within • Micromasters | |
| IDW | The Transformers (Spotlight • Revolution) • Beast Wars (The Gathering • The Ascending) • Generations • Evolutions • Transformers (film comic series) | |
| Lists | Comics characters • UK comics | |
| Animated series | Main group | Generation 1 (Characters • Episodes • Scramble City) • Generation 2 • Beast Wars (Characters • Episodes) • Beast Machines (Episodes) • Robots in Disguise (2001 series) (Characters) • Armada (Characters • Episodes) • Energon (Characters • Episodes) • Cybertron (Characters • Episodes) • Animated (Characters • Episodes) • Prime (Characters • Episodes) • Rescue Bots (Characters • Episodes) • Robots in Disguise (2015 series) (Characters • Episodes |
| Japanese exclusive | The Headmasters (Characters) • Super-God Masterforce (Characters) • Victory (Characters) • Zone (Characters) • Beast Wars II (Characters) • Beast Wars Neo (Characters) • Robot Masters • Go! | |
| Web series | Cyber Missions • Prime Wars Trilogy (Combiner Wars) | |
| Feature films | Animated films | The Transformers: The Movie • Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Close Call! • Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising |
| Live-action films (characters) |
Transformers • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen • Transformers: Dark of the Moon • Transformers: Age of Extinction • Transformers: The Last Knight | |
| Audio releases | The Transformers: The Movie • Theme Song Collection • History of Music 1984–1990 • The Album • Song Universe • The Score • Revenge of the Fallen – The Album • Revenge of the Fallen – The Score • Dark of the Moon – The Album • Dark of the Moon – The Score • Age of Extinction - The Score | |
| Video games | The Transformers (1986) • Battle to Save the Earth • Mystery of Convoy • Beast Wars • Beast Senshi Saikyō Ketteisen • Beast Wars Transmetals • DreamMix TV World Fighters • Transformers (2003) • Transformers (2004) • The Game (Autobots • Decepticons) • Animated: The Game • G1: Awakening • Revenge of the Fallen (Autobots • Decepticons) • War for Cybertron (DS version • Cybertron Adventures) • Dark of the Moon • Universe • Fall of Cybertron • Prime – The Game • Rise of the Dark Spark • Angry Birds Transformers • Transformers: Devastation • Transformers: Earth Wars | |
| Novels | Ghosts of Yesterday • The Veiled Threat • Exodus • Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel • Exiles • Retribution • The Covenant of Primus | |
| Engagement | BotCon (Fun Publications • BotCon characters) • Transformers: The Ride • The Transformers Experience • HASCON | |
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