Ken McKown writes: It is becoming an annual tradition for Activision to split up its Transformers releases between the major console release and the collection of Nintendo releases. This year is no different; we got the exceptional Fall of Cybertron for 360 and PS3, and now Transformers Prime for DS, 3DS and Wii. Usually, these games invoke a collective sigh across the gaming community, but after spending time with the portable version of the game, I can safely say I was impressed. Finally, Nintendo fans have a Transformers game that doesn’t feel like a complete afterthought.
Ninetndo Insider writes:
With consumer interest revitalised in Hasbro’s now lucrative IP, Activision once again draw inspiration from the franchise in Transformers Prime: The Game.
Nintendo Life: The long-running Transformers franchise has shifted, morphed and diverged enough to certainly live up to its name since debuting in 1984: the original Generation 1 adored by long-time fans and purists, Beast Wars, a few Michael Bay interpretations and loads of comic books and video games. Much of the fiction's focus nowadays is on the cartoon Transformers: Prime, to which Activision has turned its attention to for a Nintendo-exclusive title that draws on the universe of the eponymous show for a colourful bash-em-up.
From the review: "While the 3DS and Wii versions of the game are exactly the same in terms of the game itself, I’m rating the Wii version a little lower, mainly due to the lack of ingenuity with the motion controls and the multiplayer, each of which could have been done quite a bit better on the Wii version of the game. However, I do still recommend giving it a shot."