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    Default Transformers Prime and War for Cybertron

    A thought occurred to me after reading this train wreck of a thread:

    http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...heir-mind.html

    Hasbro said back at BotCon that War for Cybertron was part of Transformers: Prime's continuity, and many people scoffed. Some are angry that their beloved G1-looking video game is officially not a G1 game at all, which apparently lessens their enjoyment of the game or something.

    Anyway, the game and the cartoon don't fit together, but the WFC novel and the Prime cartoon were based on the same story bible Hasbro created.

    It is clear that they meant that Prime and WFC are under a single continuity family, like Generation 1 (and everything else in Transformers) has loads of different continuities that don't fit together at all, but never the less fit under the same banner.
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    Officially they may be under the same continuity () but practically they are clearly very different and independent from each other. Even the only real link from one 'story' to the other, Dark Energon, is interpreted differently from WFC to Prime.

    Sorry but I think that Hasbro is/was just shoe-horning things together that were never intended to be, common sense tells me that.

    It also wouldn't surprise me if next week the same question is asked and we get a different answer altogether.

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    I can't believe idiots write emails like that to Hasbro in the first place, let alone assume the replies are gospel accurate.

    Yes, it doesn't matter if there are contradictions, War For Cybertron could still be in the Prime family, or it could be in the G1 family, heck it could be in the Go-Bots family - it just depends on what the Powers That Be happen to be saying on any given day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sky Shadow View Post
    I can't believe idiots write emails like that to Hasbro in the first place, let alone assume the replies are gospel accurate.

    Yes, it doesn't matter if there are contradictions, War For Cybertron could still be in the Prime family, or it could be in the G1 family, heck it could be in the Go-Bots family - it just depends on what the Powers That Be happen to be saying on any given day.
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    WFC character designs are better and make more sense with their cybertronian modes.

    whereas TF Prime, Optimus and Bumblebee already have their bayformer designs and the rest of the cast all sorts of non-uniform designs :/

    Storywise, I've only watched 3 eps but I can say the WFC story is better but they definitely dont go together

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    The way I see it is Hasbro stated they wanted a common history/backstory for Transformers.

    War for Cybertron's basics (Megatron founds the Decepticons, starts a war, kills the Autobot leader, Optimus is made the new leader, Cybertron becomes unihabitable so the Transformers leave) aren't really anything new at all, but it made for a good game and an alright novel.

    The "origin" is the same that seen in most Western fictional TF universe. The G1 cartoon, the G1 comics (Marvel, Dreamwave and IDW), Cybertron, the live action movies and now Prime, all share these elements and I expect (if Hasbro stick to this) any future series would too.

    So the way I see it any of the series could use War for Cybertron as a version of what happened before they came to Earth. If you're a G1 fan its G1. If you prefer the movies it's the Bay-verse.

    The only Western series where this origin doesn't fit are RID (which is perhaps cross-universal), Armada/Energon, and Animated.

    I don't agree that WFC is explicitly in the Prime continuity to the exclusion of the others (which seems to be how TFwiki is treating it.) I think WFC is a much more multiversal hub, but I can understand why the wiki is treating it that way to make it less complicated to order things.

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    If I remember right the game designers have even said its a G1 backstory game. Its just Hasbro trying to connect to the new thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VERT View Post
    If I remember right the game designers have even said its a G1 backstory game. Its just Hasbro trying to connect to the new thing.
    Spot on VERT, that's exactly what they said.

    War For Cybertron is War For Cybertron, Transformers: Prime is Transformers: Prime - they're Black and White and never shall the two meet, though with Dark Energon being a subtle shade of Grey...

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    Who cares ?!?!?! Lets just be grateful that the Transformers franchise is still pumping out new products for us to enjoy. I don't give 2 hoots if WFC is G1 or TFP. All I care about is that it's a fun Transformers computer game with a story I find interesting and I enjoy playing (except for the spider bots)

    Sure the continuity goes out of whack from time to time but things could be worse. We could be Go-bots fans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bartrim View Post
    Sure the continuity goes out of whack from time to time but things could be worse. We could be Go-bots fans.
    Is this a bad time to mention that I've just finished downloading the Gobots/Rocklords movie?
    (I really have )

    I agree Bartrim, like I said they're black and white with a little bit of grey - at the end of the day they're both kickarse pieces of Media and I for one like them both.
    Continuity has never been a Transformers strong point, why worry now? Hasbro never know what they're doing half the time - just look at the Classicsverse mess.

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