>>9389444I will retain that changing alt-modes on certain characters and/or removing gimmicks can and should be done if it works. RotF Bludgeon, the general idea of a tank Megatron that turns into his G1 gun form robot mode, Generations Skullgrin, etc. I would be so completely fine with them just making all the Pretenders into robots who turn into fucked up monster modes or appropriate vehicles instead of doing the Pretender thing too.
Always imagine an Octopunch that turns from a robot mode that resembles his Pretender shell into a weird cool 1800s submarine or something.