Not really, especially since I can only think of two Heisei Rider shows (Ryuki and Kabuto) that didn't have multiple levels of power-ups.

Has it been established yet whether or not the belt plates/base forms are pre-programmed, or somehow tied to the user? That's been bothering me for some time.

Ryoma Sengoku already said a few episodes ago that he programmed the belts with the call outs.

Well, that's understandable, though I find myself strangely disappointed.

Forgive my ignorance, I'm stuck playing catchup and haven't made it past episode seven.

The Sengoku Drivers with the yellow belts are tied to the users they first bond with, while the new ones that the KuroKage use are usable between different people. Dunno about the Genesis Drivers

I haven't been caught up on Gaim either but the show doesn't explain if the Riders are tied to the person(not the belts). Is Takatora just Kamen Rider Zangetsu, no matter which type of Driver or lockseed he uses? ( And is Kaito always Baron, Kota is always Gaim, e.t.c.)?

In episode two of Gaim when Maitries to put the Driver on, the belt won't go around but when Kouta puts it on it works just fine. Then at the juice place when they ask Sid about why the Driver only goes around Kouta and Sid says that the Driver is connected to the first person who uses it.Later on in more recent episodes Bravo and Gridonget Sengoku Drivers that have Silver straps instead of the yellow, and from what I could gather they are just more powerful Drivers.Now as for the Kurokage troops their Drivers have blank plates just like Knuckles, which means they are basically a third type of Sengoku Driver that anyone van use.

Now in the show, Gaim has used Ichigo, Orange, Suika, and Pine and he still remains Gaim, even in Jinba and Kachidoki the under suit is basically the same just in Jinba different crests and such.

Do you think the rumor of a rider wielding an apple lockseed will be true?

I mean the blonde girl is named Eve. And her brother with silver hair is named Adam right?

So is the apple armored rider is another KR Odin? Hope he'll henshin.

The Eve thing is an old rumor that seems to have been waved off as just a rumor.

Yeah none of that info has ever been confirmed.

I find it funny that so many people are pushing for religious overtones in Gaim, considering Japanese media so regularly cheapens and utterly butchers Christian iconography in the place of actual depth.

As Gaim is a show with genuine maturity and depth, I really hope it doesn't lower itself to the cheapest device in the Japanese Media book.