at the end of the day, Energon is just Kids holding the Galvatron and Optimus toys and bonking the plastic together. ...THEN THERE'S Inferno getting tortured by Megatron like a POW in full animation!
It's downright unfinished, Hasbro insisted on having it air in the USA before Japan even if it meant airing unfinished episodes. Superlink is the actually finished version.