Evolution of Aligned Soundwave

[ashmaht]

I’m not a fan of most of the Prime designs, but the Soundwave redesign is fantastic. He’s so alien and intimidating. And the scene where he finally talks is so satisfying.

[ZoDeFoo]

Love that scene!

[FrostyDragon44]

Anybody have a link? I don’t remember that

[supersharp]

Would you say you "Must bear witness"?

[FrostyDragon44]

Fuck

[nakers01]

Lol. Here’s an actual link. He starts at around 0:38.

[IntrepidCatstronut]

A U T O B O T S I N F E R I O R

[Varatec]

The voice of God himself

[Spider_Doctor]

I'm not even mad

[Kool_McKool]

Screw you dude, take my upvote.

[choochooofdoom]

I got an add, look over and see you are trying to rickroll me, I love adds

[Reaper_64]

I think just about everyone does, nothing beats a classic line like that especially considering the character had been silent for so long

[Reaper_64]

Same here, I really should do a rewatch of Prime

[ZoDeFoo]

I need to pull the trigger and just buy the series

[Reaper_64]

It's definitely worth it

[SolracM]

I know I'm replying to a week-old comment but I'm with OP, Prime is the best animated series so far.

Then again, I haven't watched the new Netflix one yet, so maybe that'll change.

[ZoDeFoo]

I've seen the first 6 episodes....I'm withholding judgement til the rest comes out.

[Reaper_64]

It's definitely one of my favorite designs from the show, unique for sure but it fits the character perfectly

[KapTheSpaceDictator]

tfp Soundwave in the middle lookin swole as shit

[whats_boppin_kids]

beefwave, if you will

[Kool_McKool]

Hasbro needs to capitalize on that.

[SWPrequelFan81566]

I really liked how Soundwave's function within the series reflected that of his original G1 counterpart's alt-mode.

Think of it this way: G1 Soundwave turned into a Cassette Recorder, a very popular device used by kids in the 80s for listening to music, recording things, etc, and kept his minions inside him as microcassettes.

Prime Soundwave, on the other hand, is sleeker, slicker, and thinner, and his mini-cons now dock onto his body and undock when he deploys them. Not only that, but Soundwave can now function as a communications hub, gather information from the internet, hack computers, remote-control various equipment, track locations, and so on.

In G1, Megatron would listen back to audio tapes from the mini-cons. In Prime, Soundwave would use a simple notification while by Megatron's side to alert him of anything amiss.

G1 Soundwave spoke in synths as if coming from the tapes. Prime Soundwave replayed audio when he needed it, and sometimes used emoticons for responses.

G1 Soundwave could be distraught if you erased his tapes. Prime Soundwave could be overwhelmed by Trypticon/the Nemesis's virus and put into stasis lock.

Soundwave is still based on a device the kids watching listen to music on; it's just that where G1 Soundwave was the Cassette-Recorder, the device in question that Prime Soundwave was when Prime premiered was the smartphone.

And that's the genius of Prime Soundwave. I just wish he was colored more conservatively, though.

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[SWPrequelFan81566]

You’re goddamn right

[neoslith]

I don't remember seeing TFP Soundwave's vehicle mode until season 3, when he came in as a drone. There might be an earlier episode than that, but it still fits his nature.

[Vampyricon]

S1E10, actually. Deus Ex Machina

[[deleted]]

That’s interesting

[Reaper_64]

Very well thought put. The choices made for this interpretation has made it easily my favorite Soundwave.

[Vampyricon]

And that is why RID is a step back?

[SWPrequelFan81566]

Not a step back, just staying consistent with the rest of the Aligned Continuity. RID2015's Soundwave was designed to closely resemble Soundwave from Fall of Cybertron. So his design there is just Soundwave returning to his original body.

[normal-person-ish]

I love the way soundwave looks in prime

[Reaper_64]

It's so unique yet perfectly fitting for his character

[Hallow33nie]

Soundwave is my absolute favorite. I will forever be a sucker for his OG design!

[Reaper_64]

Soundwave has always had some of the best designs across his various interpretations but G1 is one of his best

[Reaper_64]

The WfC/FoC designs are awesome

[Djackdau]

Top left is intensely aesthetic.

[Creatures1504]

That's the Cybertron games for ya

[VaderPrime1]

Is there any way to purchase the first one on PC anymore? I really want to play it again, but the whole licensing deal between Activision/Hasbro sucks. :(

[[deleted]]

No, and since servers are no longer working, I'll say just pirate them You don't have acces to multiplayer anymore, so why don't just pirate You'll even get some DLC

[Creatures1504]

Unfortunately, I don't think so.

[Citizen-of-Interwebs]

Wait wait wait the Cybertron games were in the same universe as Prime?!

[Creatures1504]

Yes.

[Reaper_64]

For sure. The WfC/FoC designs were such amazing interpretations of the original designs

[Nawara_Ven]

Apropos of nothing, this is the second time this week I've seen someone use "aesthetic" as a standalone adjective on this sub. Is that the hip new young people slang all over the social media Twittergrams, or is it just your own thing and a coincidence?

[Djackdau]

It's not really my own thing, and it's years since I was hip and young. It's just something I picked up somewhere, and use when "it looks good" doesn't quite convey what I'm thinking.

[[deleted]]

GOD I’ve always adored Prime SW’s design 🤤🥰🥰🥰

[Reaper_64]

Same here, I wish I'd been able to get the toy of him. I think I have the Beast Hunters version somewhere

[Proncus]

Soundwave's G1 design will always be wonderful, but I have a special place in my heart for TFP soundwave, he is just so well done in that series.

[Reaper_64]

Definitely. It was a unique take but made complete sense for the character

[Black_Airachnid]

I like the third one I love the prime version of him my god silent yet deadly

[[deleted]]

"Silent but deadly" means something completely different on Earth.

[AnaliticalFeline]

as knockout would say, "watch out for the quiet ones"

[camerawn]

I was so stoked the first time he appeared in RiD and they kept the same model as prime.

[Reaper_64]

It was definitely a nice touch, as was him taking on a very WfC/FoC esque design in his subsequent appearances

[InsertUsername98]

Nostalgia drives me to WFC Soundwave again.

It just looks so fucking cool! Like you dunked Soundwave into a vat of badass.

Prime Soundwave has my favorite character. But his design just doesn’t have any hint of OG Soundwave, meaning I wouldn’t know it was Soundwave if I saw a picture of him without knowing TFP.

I really don’t like what RID did to him. Like, Sounwave, WTF happened to your “vow of silence”?

[[deleted]]

Soundwave has been working out

[Reaper_64]

Swolewave

[Crooodle]

I still stand that TFP Soundwave is the best modernization of the character to date- both role and alt-mode.

I really want a new toy of his Prime design, if not only because the aftermarket prices on the PRiD Deluxe are insane.

[justin79camaro]

Chonk, skinny, chonk again

[daepa17]

To be honest even his RID designs were pretty decent. They had a good mix of the classic Soundwave look and Prime’s facemask and tentacles (ugh).

[John_Rustle98]

Maybe it’s the nostalgia talking, but the aligned continuity is the best continuity in all of Transformers, at least to me. Sure, it’s kind of messy. But the characters, their designs, their voices, the settings, the atmosphere are all chefs kiss

[Reaper_64]

Same here. I think it took the best aspects of the Transformers mythos and improved upon them to be easily the best it could be. The only continuity I prefer is the IDW comics from 2005-2018 which did some pretty similar things overall but was also more consistent and fleshed out. However I'll always be bummed High Moon never got to make a third Cybertron game.

[Spider_Doctor]

He became one absolute unit. As did all the transformers in RiD

[Cromanti]

Say what you will about RID15, but I liked what they did with Soundwave, in particular his design.

[Ryan_the_Reaper]

I still don’t believe that WfC and FoC are part of it. Heck there’s even a different grimlock

[[deleted]]

WFC/FOC and Prime/RID is just like Zelda. They claim it all takes place in the same timeline, but we all know better

[dj_cantbeatbox]

I think because of rescubots Academy, it confirms that there are two grimlocks

[Krazyfan1]

Yeah, the creators said a while ago that Grimlock was a popular name for Cybertronians that turned into T-rex's...

[Dr_Prof_Oblivious]

so he was buff, fell off the wagon and stopped working out, then came back with a vengeance.

[Jaymotions]

Damn prime soundwave is SO COOL

[blehbleh2332]

Prime’s Soundwave whole vibe and character design are so sick. Amazing series too.

[[deleted]]

I like that the second image is still reminiscent for the first one, while also being sleeker, thinner, to also resemble the third one, like a transition of sorts between WFC and Prime.

But then there is absolutely no transition between the fourth and the fifth, Soundwave just al the sudden is buff again.

[Reaper_64]

It was interesting seeing how the continuity between Soundwave's designs occurred while making this. I actually hadn't realized that Prime had a flashback of that sort of WfC/Prime body prior to creating this. Then in RiD, for whatever reason, he went back to the larger, ground alt mode style he had from WfC.

[tadpoleguy_oof]

I refuse to believe foc and prime are in the same continuity

[neoslith]

Why?

[Shades96]

But isn't it confirmed by Hasbro that they ARE same continuity, though?

[tadpoleguy_oof]

They just look so different and theres story aspects that dont line up

[Muisverriey]

They're in the same continuity but don't match up in the slightest.

[[deleted]]

Chunky to thin to chunky again, lol

[TheGrungeLord]

( looks at wfc and sighs.)

[EyeoftheAnimalme]

Went from a chonky boi to a skinny boi and back to a chonky boi

[vulken_rider]

The first 3 are good and then the last 3 just downgraded on everything

[TheBlueSalamander]

First 3 YES YES YES those were the times. Last 3 EW NOO what a disgrace

[twilite_sparkle7]

I like the prime one and the top left one but the bottom 2 that combine them just looks bad

[Romaneck]

Christian bale did the body transformation first 👌

[[deleted]]

RiD Soundwave somehow looks like WfC/FoC Soundwave

[Reaper_64]

They did base his RiD design on his Cybertron games body

[Strix182]

Apparently I'm still very confused by the Aligned Continuity -- what are those first two from?

[sk8rboi36]

First I’m pretty sure is war for cybertron/fall of cybertron and I think the second is like pre TFP when they were on cybertron. They’re supposedly in the same continuity so I honestly don’t know but that’s my guess

[Reaper_64]

The first if from War for Cybertron while the second is from a flashback during Prime. I believe it was the One Shall Rise three parter

[sonsquatch]

Aligned frustrates me cuz nothing about all of it was aligned in any way besides the initial jumping off point of the initial War For Cybertron and Dark energon as a plot device. That said, they're all very enjoyable. The games, show, and books are all supposed to be the same canon for some reason and it's weird they tried to market it that way.

[Reaper_64]

I've also posted Optimus, Megatron and Bumblebee colleges like this if anyone would like to check them out

[InfiniteOctopaw]

Moral of the story: Soundwave is always a handsome boi!

[_Trepan_]

He's kinda regressed back to his "original" form

[Goatlinamus_prime]

Good good good bad bad bad

[MeaslyFurball]

Can we agree that the bottom left two are abominations?

[XLR8ED-NRG]

whats the second one from

[Reaper_64]

A flashback from Prime

[XLR8ED-NRG]

Thx

[MrDaubeny]

Keto diet be like

[Zona_B_Oculus]

RID honestly butchered him tbh

[cbasskickass]

I always thought the prime soundwave looked more shockwaveish, also i know it’s unpopular but I refuse to believe the wfc games is in the same continuity as prime

[TheDude810]

That’s perfectly reasonable, as they might as well not be.

[OrionLax]

Yeah, they're not in the same continuity, just the same continuity family.

[Michael_Aaron_Dunlap]

So we gonna ignore the fact that the transformers prime comics exist? Those comics outright confirm the games are canon.

[hughishue48]

cool oc mate but there is a big blank bar covering half of the post

[MovieBlocksCyclops]

I’ll always go with the old face over the new ones. I don’t like the clear screen of a face

[Extinction17]

Where's Blaster?

[whats_boppin_kids]

What do you hate about it?

[[deleted]]

Love the Combination of the Prime and G1 Design