Grudge Match: Optimus Prime vs Megatron

One of the greatest Rivalries ever depicted in fiction: Optimus Prime vs Megatron. Each are respectively the leaders of great armies and each personify the opposite goals and qualities of the other. Optimus never asks his troops to do that which himself would never do. Megatron rules through fear and intimidation. Megatron want to subjegate the entire universe where everyone worships him. Optimus wants to protect everyone and is willing to fight to do it. Needless to say, I want Prime to win. Instinctively, deep down, we all know that Prime's morality is the correct viewpoint. This is what makes it so interesting whenever we see Prime and Megatron mix it up.


Here is a clip of the two fighting from Transformers - The Movie (1986)


I decided to satge a fight in MUGEN just for fun!

Mugen: Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime is one of the ultimate fictional characters for my generation. He is strong, powerful, wise, and compassionate. He is a great role model of what a complete human being should be. Ironic because he is a robot. However he is also a living being. As a matter of fact Optimus Prime taught me a lot. For example, I learned what "sentient" means because of the quote from the back of the toy package. "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings." Here is a great video tribute someone did for Optimus Prime.





Optimus Prime is so important to the Transformers that there has been a version of Optimus Prime in every incarnation of the Franchise. As far as I know in Mugen, only the G1 version exists. It is really fun to play with this character. I think that there are no Transformers without Optimus Prime.

Here is the MUGEN character in action.