WI: Transformers was a mech show?

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If this were to happen they wouldn't be called 'Autobots' anymore. But I think it would be interesting if they had pilots. I don't think it would be as successful.
It probably wouldn't be anywhere near as successful. Zoids would probably be the big TOMY IP in the west.

Would the pilots be the typical teenagers we usually see or actual pilots.
Depends on the desired Narrative, and the theming of the product line.

Would these mechs still transform into their other respective vehicles? Or would they just be in the main battle form?
Transforming is kinda a core part of the concept though.

How about the Decepticons corrupt their Pilots? Controlling one pushes you toward the Dark Side.
I like.

The story would likely follow a young Sam Witwicky as he learns to be a pilot, deals with his parents and impress the beautiful but mysterious girl from his class All while dodging both the government and the evil robots.
Could be cool.

Whose teaching him to pilot if he's running from the gov.
IDK. It could be some weird partially mental thing, with limited controls, or he could just be the sort of geek who plays Virtual On and Steel Battalion way too much. Or both.
Or, it could be the Mysterious Girl from his class.
 
What if they go in a different direction? Like, the villains use the mecha that transform into full sized vehicles, while the heroes use normal sized objects that grow into full mecha?

Wecould see megatron and Bumblebee on the same side XD
 
If this were to happen they wouldn't be called 'Autobots' anymore. But I think it would be interesting if they had pilots.

I just don't see it being that much more interesting, although this is because I'm not sure how much the story would change if this was the case. If it sticks the same, it'd be GI Joe fighting in robots essentially. If it's not so much, it can wander all over the place, but I'm getting anime vibes from it in that situation, which may or may not be a good thing depending on the influence.

I don't think it would be as successful. Maybe the Decepticons would be the pilotless mechs.

It'd spice things up if that's the case.

Would the pilots be the typical teenagers we usually see or actual pilots. Would these mechs still transform into their other respective vehicles? Or would they just be in the main battle form?

It's sort of a requirement to transform for a show called Transformers.

How about the Decepticons corrupt their Pilots? Controlling one pushes you toward the Dark Side.

So basically DG cells around a decade before the show that created them.

The story would likely follow a young Sam Witwicky as he learns to be a pilot, deals with his parents and impress the beautiful but mysterious girl from his class All while dodging both the government and the evil robots.

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This reminds me too much of bad anime/fanfiction.

What if they go in a different direction? Like, the villains use the mecha that transform into full sized vehicles, while the heroes use normal sized objects that grow into full mecha?

Wecould see megatron and Bumblebee on the same side XD

The kicker is that there were two toy lines used. The former is the one you mentioned, which actually had pilots. The latter was actually closer to Transformers, where aliens from another planet come to earth and assume the forms of household items and other such things to protect people. Hilariously Megatron was from the second line, and actually a hero.
 
Originally Posted by volantredx
The story would likely follow a young Sam Witwicky as he learns to be a pilot, deals with his parents and impress the beautiful but mysterious girl from his class All while dodging both the government and the evil robots.
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This reminds me too much of bad anime/fanfiction.

Reminds me of the things I hated from the Micheal Bay Transformer Movie.
 
Maybe the transformers are mecha, but the ones that crash on earth are mostly piloted by grievously wounded war veterans who also require their mecha for their life-support.
 
my first thought was "doesn't Headmasters or Kiss players count?"

My second thought was "Mecha just refers to the show having Giant robots. then you break it down into 'piloted' and 'unpiloted'"

simply put, if they went with the Diaclone angle, it wouldn't be that interesting or different from the similar shows already on the market.
 
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