Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki  Beast Wars (franchise)
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game Transmetals video game  Beast Wars is a Transformers
franchise that began in 1996, following the end of the
Generation 2 toyline. It was a massive reinvention of the
Transformers brand, featuring robots that changed into
realistic, organically-styled animals instead of the traditional
vehicles or mechanical beasts. It also did the seemingly
unthinkable and replaced the original two factions, the Autobots
and Decepticons, with the Maximals and the Predacons. Though
originally decried by fans, the Beast Wars dramatically
reinvigorated the brand, whose sales had been flagging under the
Generation 2 franchise.  In Japan, Beast Wars II and Beast Wars
Neo were created as companion series. In the US, Beast Wars was
directly followed by the Beast Machines franchise.  "Bea