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TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED THE GAME

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

• Based on Cartoon Network’s animated television series of the same name, TRANSFORMERS Animated, available exclusively on the Nintendo DS™, under license from Hasbro, delivers an exciting action-adventure experience. As they blast through DECEPTICON-controlled hoverbots, players attempt to solve challenging teamwork-based puzzles and race through the motorways of a futuristic Detroit, dodging on-coming traffic while seamlessly changing between robot and vehicle-form. Fans take control of all their favorite AUTOBOT characters, including OPTIMUS PRIME, BUMBLEBEE, BULKHEAD and PROWL, as they work together to reclaim the lost fragments of the Allspark before the DECEPTICONS intercept it and claim Cybertron as their own.

KEY FEATURES:

• Adventure beyond the animated series – Gamers experience TRANSFORMERS Animated in a whole new way in this action-adventure game based on the animated series and featuring several of the characters and environments fans enjoy.
• Play as your favorite AUTOBOT characters – Players instantly switch between AUTOBOT team members using their special skills and unique individualized weapons to overcome enemies and challenges. They can take down a boss with OPTIMUS PRIME, outrace foes with BUMBLEBEE, break down barriers with BULKHEAD or outmaneuver enemies with PROWL.
• It’s all about teamwork – Faced with a number of challenging side-scrolling puzzles, fans must utilize each AUTOBOT team member to solve problems. Working as a team and combining the abilities of each AUTOBOT is the key to recovering all three Allspark shards before the DECEPTICONS.
• Speed through the Detroit motorways – Gamers experience slot-car racing-inspired driving at high speeds as they race through a fictitious 22nd century Detroit in several fast-paced driving challenges.

MORE INFO:

• Publisher: Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Developer: Artificial Mind and Movement
• Release Date: October 2008
• SRP: $29.99
• ESRB Rating: “RP” (Rating Pending)

FAN SPECIFIC INFO:

• Features playable levels on Cybertron.
• First game to feature a cameo of Ultra Magus.
• Teletran-1 is a probe bot and was only seen once in the show’s first episode when the Autobots landed on Earth near Detroit.
• In the game, Sari’s key gives Teletran-1 the ability to heal the Autobots while they are on Cybertron.
• Activision used the same writer (Marty Isenberg) from the cartoon series.
• Activision also worked closely with Steven Drucker, the Transformers Animated show creator.
• Activision used the same Voice actors as the cartoon series.

CHARACTERS & VOICE ACTORS

• Autobot Main Characters
• Bumblebee - Bumper Robinson
• Bulkhead - Bill Fagerbakke
• Optimus Prime - David Kaye
• Prowl - Jeff Bennett
• Ratchet - Corey Burton
• Sari - Tara Strong


• Decepticon Bosses
• Lockdown - Lance Hendrickson
• Megatron - Corey Burton


• Supporting Autobot
• Ultra Magnus - Jeff Bennett
• Computer Voice - Tara Strong


• Supporting Decepticons
• Blitzwing / Icey - Bumper Robinson
• Blitzwing / Hot - Bumper Robinson
• Blitzwing / Random - Bumper Robinson
• Lugnut - David Kaye
• Shockwave - Corey Burton

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