History YMMV / TransformersTheGameDS

* IdiotPlot: In the Autobots version of the game, there was one mission where you have to play as Bumblebee to neutralize Sector 7 threats despite Create-A-Bot's eagerness to partake in such a mission during the opening briefing. Create-A-Bot could've just stood back and have Bumblebee do all the work so he can meet up with the other Autobots in one piece[[spoiler:, but he instead opted to help Bumblebee eliminate the rest of the Sector 7 threats, thinking that it would reduce the burden 'Bee has to bear]].

** Megatron's vehicle mode being able to fly allows the player to position themselves over the water. As long as they avoid going out of bounds and cause a game over, they can use this to cause Optimus to run after them into the water and kill themselves.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Megatron]] lacks his film counterpart's nobler traits and [[AdaptationalVillainy replaces it with raw brutality]]. Having plunged Cybertron into civil war after [[{{Patricide}} killing his own father]], Megatron tore out Bumblebee's vocal processor when he launched the Allspark into space. He followed the Allspark to Earth, but wound up frozen in the Arctic Circle. After being thawed out by his followers, Megatron's murderous rage was only tempered when they planned to blow up Hoover Dam and drown thousands of people. In ''Autobots'', Megatron used the Allspark to terrorize the city of Tranquility and mortally wounded Create-A-Bot while trying to kill his own brother, Optimus Prime. In ''Decepticons'', he tracked down and murdered Jazz after he foiled his plot to destroy Hoover Dam. After terrorizing Tranquility, Megatron killed Optimus and hunted down his traitorous lieutenant Starscream. Create-A-Con was gravely wounded after helping him defeat Starscream, and Megatron [[UngratefulBastard chose to kill him rather than waste resources trying to repair him]]. Megatron showed no remorse for the Decepticons who gave their lives for him and [[TheSocialDarwinist believed that the weak were only meant to serve the strong]].

* IdiotPlot: In the Autobots version of the game, there was one mission where you have to play as Bumblebee to neutralize Sector 7 threats despite Create-A-Bot's eagerness to partake in such a mission during the opening briefing. Create-A-Bot could've just stood back and have Bumblebee do all the work so he can meet up with the other Autobots in one piece, but he instead opted to help Bumblebee eliminate the rest of the Sector 7 threats, thinking that it would reduce the burden 'Bee has to bear. [[spoiler:Eventually, Sector 7 captors pursue Create-A-Bot and Bumblebee sacrifices himself by letting himself be captured against his will]].

* IdiotPlot: In the Autobots version of the game, there was one mission where you have to play as Bumblebee to neutralize Sector 7 threats despite Create-A-Bot's eagerness to partake in such a mission during the opening briefing. Create-A-Bot could've just stood back and have Bumblebee do all the work so he can meet up with the other Autobots in one piece, but he instead opted to help Bumblebee eliminate the rest of the Sector 7 threats, thinking that it would reduce the burden 'Bee has to bear. Eventually, Sector 7 captors pursue Create-A-Bot [[spoiler:and Bumblebee sacrifices himself by letting himself be captured against his will]].

* ToughActToFollow: These games are considered the best of the DS tie-ins, and the tie in games for the next three movies weren't nearly as well received.
* WhatAnIdiot: In the Autobots version of the game, there was one mission where you have to play as Bumblebee to neutralize Sector 7 threats despite Create-A-Bot's eagerness to partake in such a mission during the opening briefing.
** '''You'd Expect:''' Create-A-Bot to stand back and have Bumblebee do all the work so he can meet up with the other Autobots in one piece.
** '''Instead:''' He helps Bumblebee eliminate the rest of the Sector 7 threats, thinking that it would reduce the burden 'Bee has to bear.
** '''The end result:''' Sector 7 captors pursue Create-A-Bot and Bumblebee sacrifices himself by letting himself be captured against his will. Create-A-Bot's reaction? "[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What have I done...?]]"

** '''The end result:''' Sector 7 captors pursue Create-A-Bot and Bumblebee sacrifices himself by letting himself be captured against his will. Create-A-Bot's reaction? "[[MyGodwhathaveIdone What have I done...?]]"

** The final phase of the fight [[FinalBoss Starscream]] allows the player to take cover below the platform he is standing on. Starscream can't attack them while the player stocks up on health.

* HilariousInHindsight: When Optimus Prime fights Brawl in the Autobots version, the latter boasts "I'm a tank, you're a truck, how do you expect to beat me?". A tie-in game to ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' has a fight between Megatron (who the player controls) and Warpath. Megatron by that point had adopted the truck form seen in the third film. This means a movie-verse Transformers video game once again featured a fight between a tank Transformer and a truck Transformer (the latter of whom, interestingly, is the leader of his faction), only this time the factions were reversed.
** [[spoiler: In Decepticon version of this game, Megatron kills the player's rookie character after deeming him to be too weak. In DS tie-in game for the second film (again, the Decepticon version), the player's rookie character outperforms Megatron (by retrieving the Matrix of Leadership and defeating Optimus Prime), causing the Fallen to replace the latter with the former as leader of the Decepticons.]]

** The final phase of the fight [[FinalBoss Starscream]] allows the player to take over below the platform he is standing on he can't them while they stock up on health.

* ThatOneLevel: Starscream has only a single level in the Decepticon Campaign but it is one of the hardest. First you have to pursue Bumblebee in jet mode, keeping up with him and using your boost judiciously because if he get's far enough ahead, it's a game over. Then there's a boss fight with Bumblebee followed immediately by a boss fight with Barricade. Barricade's mine attack can stagger you easily and when he turns into a car you have to get off the ground immediately because him crashing into you really takes health off.

* WhatAnIdiot: In the Autobots version of the game, there was one mission where you have to play as Bumblebee to neutralize Sector 7 threats despite Create-A-Bot's eagerness to partake in such a mission during the opening briefing.
** '''You'd Expect:''' Create-A-Bot to stand back and have Bumblebee do all the work so he can meet up with the other Autobots in one piece.
** '''Instead:''' He helps Bumblebee eliminate the rest of the Sector 7 threats, thinking that it would reduce the burden 'Bee has to bear.
** '''The end result:''' Sector 7 captors pursue Create-A-Bot and Bumblebee opted to sacrifice himself to save the former by letting himself be captured against his will. Create-A-Bot's reaction? "[[MyGodwhathaveIdone What have I done...?]]"

* WhatAnIdiot: In the Autobots version of the game, there was one mission where you have to play as Bumblebee to neutralize Sector 7 threats.
** '''You'd Expect:''' Create-A-Bot to stand back and have Bumblebee do all the work so he can meet up with the other Autobots in one piece.
** '''Instead:''' He helps Bumblebee eliminate the rest of the Sector 7 threats, thinking that it would reduce the burden 'Bee has to bear.
** '''The end result:''' Sector 7 captors pursue Create-A-Bot and Bumblebee opted to sacrifice himself to save the former by letting himself be captured against his will. Create-A-Bot's reaction? "[[MyGodwhathaveIdone What have I done...?]]"

* CompleteMonster: [[VideoGame/TransformersTheGameDS DS Version]]: [[BigBad Megatron]] lacks his film counterpart's nobler traits and [[AdaptationalVillainy replaces it with raw brutality]]. Having plunged Cybertron into civil war after [[{{Patricide}} killing his own father]], Megatron tore out Bumblebee's vocal processor when he launched the Allspark into space. He followed the Allspark to Earth, but wound up frozen in the Arctic Circle. After being thawed out by his followers, Megatron's murderous rage was only tempered when they planned to blow up Hoover Dam and drown thousands of people. In ''Autobots'', Megatron used the Allspark to terrorize the city of Tranquility and mortally wounded Create-A-Bot while trying to kill his own brother, Optimus Prime. In ''Decepticons'', he tracked down and murdered Jazz after he foiled his plot to destroy Hoover Dam. After terrorizing Tranquility, Megatron killed Optimus and hunted down his traitorous lieutenant Starscream. Create-A-Con was gravely wounded after helping him defeat Starscream, and Megatron [[UngratefulBastard chose to kill him rather than waste resources trying to repair him]]. Megatron showed no remorse for the Decepticons who gave their lives for him and [[TheSocialDarwinist believed that the weak were only meant to serve the strong]].

* ToughActToFollow: These games are considered the best of the DS tie-ins, and the tie in games for the next three movies weren't nearly as well received.

** [[spoiler: In Decepticon version of this game, Megatron kills the player's rookie character after deeming him to be too weak. In DS tie-in game for the second film (again, the Decepticon version), the player's rookie character outperforms Megatron, causing the Fallen to replace the latter with the former as leader of the Decepticons.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: When Optimus Prime fights Brawl in the Autobots version, the latter boasts "I'm a tank, you're a truck, how do you expect to beat me?". A tie-in game to Transformers: Dark of the Moon has a fight between Megatron (who the player controls) and Warpath. Megatron by that point had adopted the truck form seen in the third film. This means a movie-verse Transformers video game once again featured a fight between a tank Transformer and a truck Transformer (the latter of whom, interestingly, is the leader of his faction), only this time the factions were reversed.

* HilariousInHindsight: When Optimus Prime fights Brawl in the Autobots version, the latter boasts "I'm a tank, you're a truck, how do you expect to beat me?". A tie-in game to Transformers: Dark of the Moon has a fight between Megatron (who the player controls) and Warpath. Megatron by that point had adopted the truck form seen in the third film. This means a movie-verse Transformers video game once again featured a fight between a tank Transformer and a truck Transformer (the latter of whom, interestingly, is the leader of his faction), only this time it was reversed.

* EvilIsCool: Every one of the Decepticons, save perhaps Create-A-Con, is this. [[TheDragon Barricade]] is by far the most popular, but [[BigBad Megatron]], [[AdaptationalVillainy Star]][[MagnificentBastard scream]], [[PsychopathicManchild Brawl]], and [[TheStoic Blackout]] all have this going for them.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Megatron]] lacks his [[Film/{{Transformers}} film]] counterpart's nobler traits and [[AdaptationalVillainy replaces it with raw brutality]]. Having plunged Cybertron into civil war after killing his own father, Megatron tore out Bumblebee's vocal processor when he launched the Allspark into space. He followed the Allspark to Earth, but wound up frozen in the Arctic Circle. After being thawed out by his followers, Megatron's murderous rage was only tempered when they planned to blow up Hoover Dam and drown thousands of people. In ''Autobots'', Megatron used the Allspark to terrorize the city of Tranquility and mortally wounded Create-A-Bot while trying to kill his own brother, Optimus Prime. In ''Decepticons'', he tracked down and murdered Jazz after he foiled his plot to destroy Hoover Dam. After terrorizing Tranquility, Megatron killed Optimus and hunted down his traitorous lieutenant Starscream. Create-A-Bot was gravely wounded after helping him defeat Starscream, and Megatron [[UngratefulBastard chose to kill him rather than waste resources trying to repair him]]. Megatron showed no remorse for the Decepticons who gave their lives for him and [[TheSocialDarwinist believed that the weak were only meant to serve the strong]].

* BetterThanCanon: While everything in Transformers is canon, many fans far prefer this game over the movies and consoles for diminishing the role of [[TheScrappy humanity]], and expanding the character of the robots themselves.

* MagnificentBastard: Starscream Zig-Zags this trope. In the autobot version, he's a total SmugSnake who loses a fight to Ironhide, but in the Decepticon version, he kills more than anyone except for possibly Megatron (Megatron kills Jazz, Optimus, Starscream and Create-A-Con. Starscream kills Bumblebee, Blackout, Barricade and most likely [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Brawl]]), and ultimately only lost because Megatron was physically stronger than him.

* CompleteMonster: Both Megatron and Starscream qualify, though in different ways.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Easily considered the best of the movie tie-in games for the first film. The graphics may not be much to look at, but it's got a surprisingly dark and compelling plot, a fun sandbox, great voice acting, and a lot of playability.

* EvilisCool: Every one of the Decepticons, save perhaps Create-A-Con, is this. [[TheDragon Barricade]] is by far the most popular, but [[BigBad Megatron]], [[AdaptationalVillainy Star]][[MagnificentBastard scream]], [[PsychopathicManchild Brawl]], and [[TheStoic Blackout]]] all have this going for them.

* MagnificentBastard: Starscream Zig-Zags this trope. In the autobot version, he's a total SmugSnake who loses a fight to Ironhide, but in the Decepticon version, he kills more

* EvilisCool: Every one of the Decepticons, save perhaps Create-A-Con, is this. [[TheDragon Barricade]] is by far the most popular, but [[BigBad Megatron]], [[AdaptationalVillain Star]][[MagnificientBastard scream]], [[PsychopathicManchild Brawl]], and [[TheStoic Blackout]]] all have this going for them.

* MagnificientBastard: Starscream Zig-Zags this trope. In the autobot version, he's a total SmugSnake who loses a fight to Ironhide, but in the Decepticon version, he kills more

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Barricade really cemented his status in these games. His character is expanded considerably and he plays the role of a SenseiForScoundrels in the Decepticon Campaign. Creator/KeithDavid gives an excellent performance in the role.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Easily considered the best of the movie tie-in games for the first film. The graphics may not be much to look at, but it's got a decent plot, a fun sandbox, great voice acting, and a lot of playability.