TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on NOVA PRIME
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มี.ค. 2023
- This episode takes another dive into Cybertron's ancient history, with The Basics on another of the robots who carried the Matrix of Leadership before Optimus Prime: NOVA PRIME!
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Don Figueroa notes that he only designed Nova's body; his head was designed by EJ Su! Figueroa took the head design and applied it to a pre-existing Optimus Prime design he'd come up with. Despite Don thinking otherwise, I consider that more than enough to be credited as co-creator (I always name the artist who designed a character alongside the writer who conceived them!) but I wanted to add this comment to be sure EJ gets his co-creator dues as well
Do you make on this years April fools, it a satutday after all?
@@louisecheckley5423 he will wait after the Release of rise of the beasts
Your a prophet again chris, hasbro just annoumced a nova prime figure😅
Interesting how in that Shattered Glass timeline, Unicron effectively turned Optimus Prime the evil Autobot into Nova Prime the good Decepticon, instead of upgrading Megatron. That's a real interesting story idea for that universe
And Nexus Prime, one of the first thirteen created by Primus, was the one to turn Megatron into Galvatron.
@@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Not having read it, is Galvatron still good at least in that Shattered Glass issue?
@@Drave_Jr. Yes
ngl i want to do my own fan take on that universto explore on the good unicron and the evil version of primus
Nova Prime is still an Autobot. He is the first heroic Autobot native to the negative universe.
Nova Prime seems like an ideal candidate for a future Legacy figure or whatever the next Generations line is called after Legacy
I was thinking that one they could do is a repaint/retool of G2 Laser Optimus (much like the Maketoys version).
@@robrice7246 I was surprised they didn't redeco Galaxy Armor Optimus from the Siege line. Between the "horns" on either side of the head and the "wings" on the super mode, it felt like a perfect fit.
Or going by 6:55, repaint/retool Orion Pax from SS86: Kup into a version of Nova Major.
Considering how there's now a gamer line in studio series, its possible we get one if they decide to do devastation toys.
@@jamesattack7420 Watch that just be a slight retool of Galaxy Upgrade Optimus with a new inner robot head
Frankly, the way Devastation did a cliffhanger really made us clamour for a sequel.
This was an amazing character! I want Devastation to get a sequel, so we can see NOVA PRIME AGAIN!!!
Sadly the chances are not good for a Devastation sequel...
I just want them to turn the servers back on long enough to get my Red Alert, Goldfire and Nemesis Prime skins back. Recently had to replace my PlayStation. Sequel would be awesome too, but unlikely. Licencing. 😢
This would be a great idea but how about this: Nova Prime vs Beast Wars characters.
@@rockymusprimehow so?
@@Stan352Because it was published by Activision who no longer have the Transformers license (and, even though it was an awesome game, I believe it underperformed a bit sales-wise). I don't even know who holds the license for the Transformers games now, but I think it's pretty doubtful they'd make a sequel to a game created by a rival firm. A shame, as I'd love to see a follow up game.
It’s characters like Nova that really make me realize just how potentially dark Cybertron’s history is.
Empires and golden ages are built on the backs of those who suffer, including Cybertron
Makes me think you were sleeping on those history classes
It wasn't potentially dark, it was super dark. Cybertronian history is chock full of colonialism and the slaughter of organic species.
Eh that’s just the edgy IDW continuity which doesn’t matter anymore. I’ve grown to appreciate it not being canon.
@@High-LordHarzaeh over exaggeration. I’m grateful for existing.
Another note for the IDW version: Nova had planned on using the whole population of Cybertron as an army for his grand expansion, but he correctly predicted that the planet would eventually stop producing naturally-made ("forged") Sparks, so he had his science team use the Matrix to artificially generate them and put into storage until such a time that he'd need them. However, after Nova disappeared and the War started, these sparks were rediscovered and put into prefab bodies to create new soldiers, termed "constructed cold" Cybertronians. A lot of characters we know in the IDW1 universe inadvertently owe their existence to Nova!
Yep. DIdn't that also have something to do with the Prowl dispatched the Wreckers to retrieve in LSoTW as well?
@@trence5 By proxy, yes. Prowl's main goal for the Wreckers was to find and scrub Aequitas, which held all the records for all the _Autobot_ war trials, which could be used as Decepticon propaganda. However, back when these trials were being held, Chief Justice Tyrest (who had headed the team that used the Matrix in the first place!) realized that all those found guilty were constructed cold, which drove him crazy and led to his appearance in the MTMTE comic.
Plus, wasn't Nova the one who came up with Functionism?
@@johnnygyro2295 Yup. It's _possible_ that Nova didn't originally envision it to be the oppressive system we know it as... but this _is_ Nova we're taking about, so...
@@WynterStormYT I THOUGHT SO!!! That thing was judging the likelyhood of a bot going "Con pure on whether or not they were cold constructed.
Nova Prime’s IDW winged look was badass.
Ehhh I was never really a fan of winged transformers that weren't beastformers...but yeah it looks fucking rad
The Nova Prime cliffhanger at the end of Transformers Devastation was such a tease. I really thought he was going to show up as an ultimate final boss character in that game.
One day, I hope you make a full video on Simon Furman and his history with Transformers. It seems that he is one of the franchise’s most influential writers.
Influential? Yes. But he's also certainly overrated and full of bad takes (never let this man near Arcee again)
His stories are great, his original version of the Thirteen sounds like it could have been amazing and he's always pulling the best Dinobot stories. :D
@@KikBlava true
@@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho I got the joke of his original Arcee: she was definitely arsey!
and one of the most murderous
Hoping we could get a Commander class Nova Prime for the future of the Transformers line especially since we’ve gotten a great set with Galvatron, Scourge, Cyclonus and recently Jhiaxus so it’d be awesome to put Nova with them on a shelf
Leader class would be fine for me. But it would be awesome.
There is a brilliant Third Party upgrade kit for the Comber Wars: Battle Core Optimus Prime (which is white and gold opposed to the traditional red and blue) which REALLY makes him into Nova Prime right from IDW comics. It is a tricky one to swap bits for the upgrade (VERY tricky with the pins) BUT it is worth it, and he can still be used as a combiner torso - A Nova Prime combiner.
@@BMakabre yea I’ve seen but the moment I hunt it down a new one will get announced I’m one of those guys
I'm always excited for a video on a character I know diddly squat about. Time to learn almost 9 minutes of new transformers lore!
Ok flanders
@Wheeljack Studios what an stra-diddly-ange comparison to make.
Still baffling that we got a white and gold redeco of Voyager Optimus during Combiner Wars- but rather than simply make it a toy of Nova Prime, it was instead named "Battle Core Optimus Prime".
Everyone i know uses that toy as a stand-in for Nova Prime.
I was just shocked/happy it wasn't called Ultra Magnus.
There's actually a 3rd party conversion kit that turns the Battle Core Optimus toy into Nova Prime
Nova Prime is sadly one of the most underused Transformers characters imo. I honestly prefer and find him more interesting than other corrupt primes like Sentinel or Zeta.
It's also so odd to me that Nova Prime has one of the rawest Transformers designs of all time, yet Hasbro has never jumped at the chance to make an original figure for him that isn't an odd retool or sorts. Let's hope Legacy remedies that.
I honestly prefer Animated Sentinel out of all the Sentinels;
An Egotistical Jerk and Rival to Optimus, who used to be his friend.
(Kind of also has a sad backstory too, seeing his GF "allegedly" die and being horribly scarred. Though, he WOULD become a racist after the whole event...)
I like how the panel at 02:31 makes it looke like his wings are a cape
@@Mekboy_ComputerMonster agreed, after learning that now optimus seems to be the only good prime Sentinel being a egotistical yet well meaning jerk feels like a breath of fresh air, he can be reasoned with and you don't need to take him down to stop him
Unfortunately, HasTak has decided to make Nova Prime a _Siege_ Galaxy Upgrade Optimus retool and redeco for Legacy's Amazon-exclusive Pre-Cybertronian War figures.
Someone made a really neat custom of Nova prime using the siege galaxy optimus and it works surprisingly well. Too well in fact. Hasbro should really repaint that mold into nova prime.
Nova could be their new and easy go to for a White Optimus repaint.
Comment aged like fine wine 🍷
Never knew much about nova prime but people told me he sucks and that he was basically sentinel prime but amped up to 11 so thanks for the info chris! Also congratulations on the combaticons episode! I thought the idea of you Voicing the documentary was genius!👍
Yeah, that was legit! I want more of that series!
yeah but much worser than sentinel himself.
Nova Prime is so epic! I wished we had gotten a Matrix bearer before Optimus that wasn't corrupt besides Prima, though he too did have his flaws.
Absolutism doesnt work. And its fitting Primes arent good but Orion was the good one.
The matrix selects the best xformer to expand race which Nova fit the bill
I really did not liked what ıdw did to Primes,Primus,Matrix and Unicron. They fundimentally changed all of them to the point where its nofthing like the org. But ıf we put Nova to normal lore version(where they are not evil) like Aligned Contuinity or Devastation
Than I like to consider Nova as fallen hero rather than physco-dictator like Sentinal.
İnstead of beign corrupt ruler,he got the short end of the stick,and exiled by Sentinal Prime. During those times,he lost hid sanity(or get corrupted by Unicron),and now returned for revenge as Nemesis Prime. Only to later got rehabilitated. Transformers Devastation did perfect job.
Transformers can live like millions of years. Sentinal beign the only corrupt one do just fine.
One thing that I feel should've been addressed in this video is that Mastermind Creations actually made a figure of Nova in the IDW version of the character.
It came in two boxes, one with the core figure, and one with the trailer, or "armor," that allowed Nova to take on that whole "angelic" look with the wings.
And to my knowledge, I believe Mastermind Creations even released this "Seraphicus Prominon" (that's what they call it officially) in Nemesis Prime colors as well, referencing Nova's corruption from the Dead Universe.
He only acknowledges official media and toys as part of "the Basics"
He's never covered 3p stuff in this series, as it doesn't really have much to do with the history of the character in official media.
there´s also hyper Novae (gotta love emgo for reviewing that one) another 3rd party Nova toy
Devastation NEEDS a sequel! I played the game through and I still wanna see it happen
They need to find a way to make it available again before that happens, since all of Activision's Transformers games have been delisted for a while now.
Just popping in after the SDCC Legacy Nova Prime unveiling
Me too😅
Nova looks so cool! I'd love to see a 3rd party figure of his original form!
SND made an upgrade kit for Combiner Wars battle core Optimus to turn him into Nova Prime.
SND had an upgrade/conversion kit for the battle core Combiner Wars figure that looks pretty good.( primo x mortis if I recall) I personally went for the Primo Praefectus, the white repaint of their primo Vitalis IDW Optimus inspired mold, but I'll admit Primo X Mortis is uniquely cool.
Also, MMC did a Nova Prime, "Seraphicus Prominon", in two separate parts. (Core bot and trailer) Maketoys did one as well, "Hypernovae", part of what became the Battle Tanker Series.
@@DragoonMS My favorite is the Primo X Mortis upgrade kit, it comes with superarticulated wings, two Combiner size weapons (one of them transformable), two small gatlings and keeps the combination ability of the Battle Core Optimus, being able to combine in two different ways, including a head-helmet for it. The modified figure also allows to switch Nova's head with Optimus'.
Iron factory 👍
It’s a shame Devastation didn’t get that sequel. It was such a fun game and that Nova Prime reveal was such a shock.
Very awesome episode Chris!
Still waiting on Transformers Devastation 2, Platinum Games. Let me fight possessed Nova Prime to ominous opera mixed with metal beats.
I'd fight nova to void terminals theme
It makes me wonder what Transformers Devastation would’ve had in mind with Nova’s backstory, since The Proudstar had Teletraan-Alpha, which was powerful enough to predict the future. Would Teletraan-Alpha had warned Nova about Unicron’s influence? Or him being in stasis for millions of years? If he was aware, wouldn’t he have tried to change the future?
or perhaps that teletran told him how things would go after he came back fom stasis so he could have gone "egh slag it ill win in the end" and let it play out
Nova Prime has become the prime example of how a hero can become corrupted by power and become an evil villain, whose actions are justified in his own mind by bringing peace through tyranny. Whether it be the power of the dead universe or Unicron, Nova Prime has become the most evil of all the Autobots.
Despite being a figure of Optimus Prime called Battle Core Optimus, this mostly white repaint of Combiner Wars Optimus Prime served as the basis for Nova Prime's animation model for the Transformers Devastation video game, and can arguably be considered an action figure of the evil Prime.
Pretty sweet little backstory for Nova Prime! I never thought I'd be so captivated by his lore and other iterations! Thank you!🎉
It’s a shame that it’s almost close to none that we’ll ever get a sequel for Devastation due to Activision (now Activision Blizzard) being one of the most stingy game company there is. But at least this ain’t like a Circuit Breaker situation, and Nova’s legacy can still live on in the future for the Transformers.
In IDW Comics, Nova Prime became Nemesis Prime of the dark version of Matrix of Leadership called Darkness and revived called D-Void. That was a different leader compare to Optimus Prime. But the Shattered Glass universe is so impressively cool as the evil Optimus Prime upgraded to Nova by the justice Unicron.
I'm gonna include some historical footnotes about Nova Prime and other non-divine Primes in my fanfiction. I've already got Nominus, Sentinel, and Zeta Prime lined up, and maybe I'll make a few more.
Just wow! I'm grateful for your passion for Transformers, you've brought me to a whole universe I never ever believed it would exist without your work. Thanks, buddy.
8:08 Only a Prime deals in absolutes.
5:36.
Reminds of of G1S3 episode 'The burden hardest to bear'
I do like the idea of Optimus Prime being the one true Prime who is the only good and not corrupt one, but part of me wishes that all Prime's were good and not corrupt.
not all of them are corrupt.
Do THE BASICS on AIRAZOR next, Chris!
I love how consistent his giant Galactus horns are across depictions.
Not only is it a fun visual trait, it's such a simple-yet-effective way to change the vibe of an otherwise pretty standard "Prime" head into a sinister one.
I would love to see more basics on all the different primes I'm interested in learning more about Nexus prime or onyx prime or any of original in general the primes are just so cool
One error. In Shattered Glass Unicron is chaotic good, not an agent of order.
Shattered Glass Primus is evil, and wants bring order to the universe by destroying it.
I know the actual "cannon" story for Sentinel, Nova, and Zeta are all over the place in different versions of transformers but I've always liked to imagine them serving along side each other. Like they were the council during the golden age leading into the war, each corrupt in their own ways, each partially responsible for cybertrons downfall.
except that they take some inspiration from devastation where nova prime used to be benevolent ruler and all around great bot... for a time.
That shattered glass version of tranformers the movie sounds great, I must find that comic. Also, I love that White/Blue Nova Prime look at 7:29 ! Somehow he looks much better in the art than in the toy form shown in the video
Can't wait to have you explore and talk about the rest of the Thirteen Primes in the near future!!
Can you please do a basics episode for Lugnut or Bluestreak at some point? They don’t really get much attention from the franchise as far as I can tell.
Bluestreak would be entertaining given the amount of people misremembering his colors and the irony of his alternate name being applied to his pre-Transformers colors
Just imagine how much better Dark Cybertron would have been with literally any artist beside Ramondelli.
Kei Zama or Alex Milne doing art for that Optimus vs Nova fight would have been awesome.
Is Ramondelli the one who makes everything look like concrete?
@@mechanwhal6590 yes.
I would like to see a story where Nova Prime vs Sentinel Prime.
yes please!
WE FINALLY GOT AN EPISODE ON MY FAVOURITE PRIME! Thank you so much Chris.
Prime Nova, ah such nostalgic Marvel UK Comics which is called back then. Like the original anime debut as Prima, Sentinel Prime and Zeta Prime were previous predecessors before Rodimus Convoy/Prime himself who owned Matrix of Leadership. IDW comics are sometimes complex throughout of Transformers lore.
Please do a basics on tarantulas? He is my favorite beast wars character.
Hey Chris. I'm a 34 year old Army Infantry soldier and here state side I love listening to your content to unwind and chill after a training mission. Just wanted to give you a shout out. Thanks man.
I want a Transformers Devastation to get a sequel with Nova Prime as the main antagonist.
Still mad they never made a Transformers Devastation 2...
*NOVA PRIME WOULD'VE BEEN A FANTASTIC VILLAIN AND AN INSANE BOSS BATTLE!!!* 😱
But of course they didn't do it because Activision became lazy and failed to renew their contract with Hasbro. 😒
No, it was Hasbro who couldn't renew the contract because of the disappointment that was The Last Knight. But once Microsoft absorbs Activision-Blizzard, MAYBE Hasbro can negotiate to put the games back in the digital stores for Xbox and PC (and eventually the Switch).
The thumbnail is utterly beautiful! :D
Awesome video and Nova Prime one of the few characters in Transformers I don’t really know about and I never had the video game that came out but I wish we gotten a sequel to it.
Thank you for the amazing work you do for the Transformers community!
Another amazing video
Devastation is one of the most underrated sleeper Transformer games ever
I’ve been waiting for an amazing cover on this guy!
Congrats on 200 videos. Imagine back in 1984 that we would still be exploring new/other characters besides the G1 originals in 2023!! Transformers....FOREVER!!
Love the name obviously lol and the IDW design is 👌
OMG it finally happened! Nova Prime is one of my favorite characters and to finally see this blows me away. Thank you so much!
Shedding some light on the "Things I Like" section of my IDW1 Transformers Venn Diagram, it's Nova Prime!
I've always enjoyed him as a villain;
Probably my favorite incarnation of Nemesis Prime EVER. (I never was big on the "Evil Black Doppelganger/Evil Clone of Optimus", honestly. Though, I did enjoy the Prime TV show incarnation.)
One idea I've always wanted to see, if they ever reuse him as Nemesis ever again in another Continuity, is that while he has his own skills and utility, (Like his big, hulking Wings.), he has the ability to copy the movesets of other Primes, new & old, and uses them as his own. (Kind of like a "Taskmaster of Primes" sort of thing.)
Great Episode. Never knew much about Nova Prime.
I'm Glad that your Covering All the Primes ^^
dude nova is one of my fav characters in transformers thanks for doing this chris😻
Just finished the entire idw run, so love this video! More IDW please Chris! 😍😍
One of the coolest IDW designs but man was his character a let down.
"Listen to reason! Orion, please!"
"My name is OPTIMUS PRIME!"
Such a good moment.
This lore keeps me content that we'll have more compelling story like the golden age of transformers keep up the good work😊
Love Nova's design, hopefully one day Hasbro will make a official figure of Nova. Also yes, we where robbed of a epic showdown between Nova and Optimus in TF:Devastation, I still to this day wonder what might of been.
Hasbro just revealed a Nova Prime figure yesterday 👀 happy to see him get a new figure finally, and I agree, I would have loved to see Optimus and Nova fight in the sequel for Devastation.
Good stuff Chris thanks
Another fantastic show. Nova is a one off evil in my random beads canon
Been waiting on this one!!! Need more Nova Prime!!!
This was a very good lore I like it
This Is Amazing Man 😎 👌
another great episode
Power doesn't corrupt, it reveals.
If I were to make a TF show I’d have Nova in it have him be driven insane by either the dead universe or Unicron and have him speak in a glitched out kinda like Spamton from Deltarune
Really hope this guy gets more media exposure in other transformers things
Cool! Thank’s for the _primer_ on Nemesis Prime before Rise of the Beasts! I wonder if they will go in this direction for the character in that film! Great Stuff, as always!
This was a good one
Great episode! I want the basics on Bluestreak & Windcharger
7:24 MY FAVORITE VERSION
Yay, A Video On My Birthday
I find it really funny that I didn't even know Nova Prime was a canon character in Transformers lore, yet I just randomly searched up Nova Prime because I was thinking "That name is way too good not to be an actual character." Now I'm at this video learning about Nova Prime.
please do the basics on pipes at some point
I love your channel it's so in depth and well written. I can't wait for you to do more like other Japanese beast war characters and my favorite autobot Bluestreak.
Hey love your work on the combaticons project Chris keep it up
I would love if Platinum makes a sequel to Transformers Devastation, with Nova Prime being the main antagonist of the sequel + Prime vs. Prime
Maybe, but who would publish it?
I knew it that you're gonna do it in one day
I love your videos i got to hear about the characters history and impart they have in the history and i am curious if you can make videos about the humans in the transformers univers as well and how important each of them is the transformers?
*That* Kranix?
This is great; I really like the SG story I hadn't come across before. Thank you.
In my school vr game Nova prime is the 10th member of the counsel of darkness and has the most unique boss fight as Goalius you need to team up with autobot grimlock and hotshot to fight bruticus possessed by him and to do damage there's 2 ways 1 is by using hotshot to tie up bruticus legs and have grimlock tackle him into Goalius torture attack but way number 2 is most memorable as you need to link your targeting system to bruticus own cannons and fire them on himself this knocks nova prime into a torture attack of Goalius who beheads him with grimlock sword
I always forget what a crazy little micro-continuity Transformers Devastation is! So weird and fun the way it combines aspects of G1, IDW comics and even the Combiner Wars toyline! Always fun when you get those bizarre little one-offs
Very nice.
ive always loved Nova Prime. im really hoping they bring him back in some series
Fantastic story of Nova Prime!👍👍👍👍👍😃
Thanks!👍
Thank you for all your great videos!
I am a Japanese who is watching while translating.
please add English subtitles.
Sorry about that, I forgot to activate them! They are available now.
@@ChrisMcFeely Thank you so much!
@@ChrisMcFeelyCool video, BASICS ON NEMESIS PRIME next please
Didn’t know the devastation storyline or the shattered glass one. Always glad to learn something new about transformers.
Could you do a Basics for the following: (don't worry, I learned my lesson, I won't post this on every video)
Cybertron- The world of the transformers
Outliers: Transformers with unique abilities and superpowers.
Multiverse/Universal Streams: Multiverses are popular these days
Nebulos- The planet of “masters”
Rescue Bots: Roll to the rescue!
Technobots and Monstructor: just to finish the combiner teams
transtech
If Transformers Devastation got a Sequel(Which it still needs to cause it's Long Overdue) then we could've seen Nova Prime as the Main Antagonist.
Would be cool to get a Nova Prime in the Transformers Legacy line, a future line or as a Haslab would be good too.
Que lindo video, como todos igual, pero que tipo tan bueno. Genio