it's less fox-ish than I thought (would have liked ?)
the base form is quite simple, maybe a BIT too simple for my taste. Like except the head and belt it looks like a basic grunt look

it's probably my fault for expecting something a bit more "folklorish" with the fox, tanuki etc theme. The rumors said cybernetic look and that's what it is. My bad.

EDIT : oh yeah and f*ck me because people will totally be in "hey that's Faiz" mode now. just great :(

So this is what Faiz would've looked like if he used the Faizphone X to henshin.

Wow. Just wow. I actually love the design more than I thought.

I like it. Cool looking armor that's simple but isn't too basic. Aside from his oversized kneepads, I like the look. Helmet is especially nice. Crest gives an ear shaped vibe without being too obvious, and the orange eyes are great.

His look gives me Metal Hero vibes, which I don't mind at all.

Like the suit, the color combination and the dumb exhaust pipes on the legs xD

That said, I was just commissioning a Revice Rider with such a fox mask motive, so... I'm personally offended Toei xD

Kamen Rider Geats
The last one standing wins

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYLcSjGX...g&name=900x900

Geats kinda look like a pointier Faiz. Loving the suit though

Holy fuck I am simping for a goddamn helmet. The simplistic look has me hoping that we won't get as many forms as rumours said there'd be standardized military-esque inspirations alongside 7 other Riders

Premiere date for Geats is September 4th.

Brief story snippets-

"A young man will bet everything on a mysterious game that will make his boring life exciting."

"Could he be the last victor?"

The suit looks almost catlike to me, beside that, I really like it, I've always believed that orange is an amazing color to have on a suit like you can see with Ghost, so this suit speaks to me in all the right ways.

I literally hear "veeeeeeeersuuuuuuuuus roaaaaaaaad" in my mind.

Man, Geats looks AWESOME. As far as I'm concerned, the Reiwa era hasn't missed with its designs and this is among one of my favorites already.

Can't say I'm in love with this design, but it looks cool. And yes, those who are waiting for Faiz should be happy, but I still remind you that a similar costume does not mean a similar show. Rather, on the contrary, it obliges the writers to add more originality. Returning to the design, my only criticism is the bib. It looks more like decoration than real protection. However. given the massiveness of other elements, perhaps this is a necessary measure. There are also no different eyes, no fur, and no scarf (although the scarf may still appear in final form).

Very general words referring us to previous seasons. I wonder how the writers will get out? Personally, I would not want a banal royal battle. Maybe a royal battle with elements of a quest or even a detective, when to win you need not only to fight, but also to use your brain. So that the riders complete tasks from an unknown force and it was possible to beat the enemy, but still lose to him without fulfilling or violating the conditions of the game.

Digging his look so far.

Curious to see how this goes.

Something about the shoulders looks very familiar to me, but I can’t place it.
Aldo, looking at the belt, it seems to have the same slide look as the ZeroOne Driver.

ZeroOne driver (even rather Ark Driver) + Amazons for me.
But in general, a very complex and fancy design of the belt, it is very interesting how it will work in the show and reality.

The suit looks absolutely stunning. One of my favorite base forms
for sure. Pretty bulky for a base form!

Also, I am not sure why people are saying they are getting Faiz Vibes. With the pointy ears, bright white and orange, along with the exhaust pipes, it reminds me a lot more of Fourze. Especially with the bulky armor look. Speaking of, something about it looks a lot like Drive more than other Riders.

I get the same vibe. Closest look I can think of is that it has a similar silhouette to Vulcan Assault Wolf, but that's about it.

I am a little worried about the prospect of a "Battle Royale" show. Shows like Gaim and Ex-Aid (Which only had a little battle royale at the start of the show) do a great job of making the gimmick more interesting, because it usually involves the various Riders having to compete for said gimmick. Problem is, I don't think we have had a single "Battle Royale" style show that had balanced focus on the Riders. Usually only like 3 or 4 get any focus and the rest are just there to lose and get eventually killed/pushed to the background. Hopefully that can change with Geats though!

Also random, but One thing that stuck out to me is the gimmick. The Rotary Dial is in one side, but then the handle bar is on the other side. I assume the handle bar is a gimmick, making it a Rabbit Tank style form, but I am pretty sure the rumors said it would end up more like Saber where the goal was to get a "Complete form" by getting all of one kind of gimmick. The Handle Bar could always just be a part of the Driver though (the slot opposite of the dial seems empty, but I could be wrong).

Which brings me to the far more interesting implication. For as long as I can remember, Rider has always stuck to two systems for gimmicks: Either the gimmick has printed differences rather than 3D molding (Ridewatches, Wonder Ride Books, Eyecons, Gaia Memories, Etc.), or 3D molding on a common base (Vistamps, Lockseeds, etc.), or there is also a possibility to have a combination of the two (I think Progrise Keys and Gashats both have part Printed and part molded details, molded being seperate, like the front of the Progrise Keys or the clear portion of the Gashats).

The only time I can recall where completely unique molding for each item was used for a gimmick was Drive's Shift Cars. It looks like this may be a similar situation, but I thought rumors said that there are multiple Gimmicks (Dials, Fans, etc.). If so, it's pretty unique as Drive stuck to three gimmicks (Shift Cars, Viral Cores, and Signal Bikes), whereas this may have even more.

Pretty exciting! Can't wait to see more of Geats!

Yeah, Geats looks pretty good. Bulky, not overly complex, looking forwards to seeing it in action.

I think the vibe is that it's as hard to see a fox in him as it is to see a shark in Faiz.:) I mean, if someone told me that Geats was a bat and showed me a photo, I wouldn't suspect cheating.

Now that you mention the exhaust pipes on the legs, plus the handle on the driver/belt being designed in the shape that it is, I can't help but be reminded of motorcycles. Oh and wasn't there a rumor that this will be a series with many motorcycle scenes as compared to the recent series (save Build I guess)? Hmm...

Idk if I'm feeling this look as much as everyone else, I think I'll need to see more forms to know how I feel. Getting that faiz energy tho for sure.

The belt looks interesting to me, but again I'll need to see more

It is fun that recent rumours were actually tru tho

Ohhhh, this is shockingly similar to the very early runour that the premise of Geats would be a company setting up a "game" where contestants fight in a battle royale, wonder if that was legit ir a coincidence

Maybe he will turn into a motorcycle? (hello, Axel and Laser). Then it will be possible to avoid road restrictions.

Quick Deep-L translation of this flyer

The Revice blurb was a little too washed out to get all the text so I didn't bother.

If this flyer is specifically for the winter movie it kind of gives me a vibe that to me makes it sound like an origin story for Geats imo but it's kind of a rough translation so, enh

So much mention of games makes me think that they will be the main theme that drives the story of Geats. It remains only to find out what exactly is meant by "games".

Those Faiz eyes.

The suit looks very...utilitarian to me? I don't mean that in a bad way, just how simplified and bulky it is, especially with the white. I wonder if that plays into the form changes at all.

Hey....I decided to sleep in thinking that we wouldn't get any news until this evening, and look who showed up a bit earlier!

Hmm....the top half isn't bad. The ears are cute, generally looks sufficently Rider-like. The bottom half, uhhhhh.....My preferred taste for undersuits (especially when more than 50% is visible) is to have some kind of pattern/texture into it (see: Bulid, Ex-Aid, 01 etc) and personally, Geats' is far too plain for me? To the point where I thought this poster was actually advertising a stageshow instead of the Winter Film....The images we're getting are real crusty, maybe it'll have a nice "sheen" to it like some of the older Heisei suits to make it look nice but as of right now? Kinda ew....(And like, I get it: Given the leaks they're dropped a whole slew of Riders on us all with the armor on/off gimmick, a simple undersuit works best. But still........)

That driver looks hilarious, I love it, Cant wait to see it in HQ and how exactly it works.

Anyone ask for a second poster?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYMdWyta...jpg&name=small

The text on the left [私はアフドリヤン 私は何も知らない] reads:

I'm a Ahdryan*, I know nothing.

(this is most likely an incorrect translation and probably refers to some made up word Geats will use in its terminology, since googling it doesn't bring anything up)

I'm going to agree with PortalTron, looks more like a mix of Fourze, Accel and Naki to me. The A in the logo resembles Geats' right antenna. This suit is okay, I'm not totally in love with it like I was with Revice, but maybe it'll grow on me when I see it in action.

Surprising how that false rumor about a battle royale plot with a bored protagonist ended up being kind of true, except without the wolf and axe stuff.

Now everyone could get a good sleep after this.... Not much more that I can add about this beside the suit is quite robotic and bulky; not quite matching with the image of fox that has been implanted on our minds. One thing that piques my interest is the belt. This might be the first time since Build that we get a pretty mechanical-looking belt like this. Zero One has a mechanical belt but it was more futuristic where as Geats' belt is more machine-looking. Now it's just time before we get a glimpse of how the Driver and the gimmick will work. I'm also curious whether we will be instantly bombarded by new Riders, like in Saber, or we will get them all in much slower pace, like early in Revice.

Really like this suit. It hits a lot of aesthetic triggers that I absolutely love.

I just really hope that the rumor that Geats will be similar in character to Kabuto turns out to be fiction. I agree to another Tsukasa, but not the new Tendo.

There he is. Geats McCleats.

Well, good thing I waited for more info to pop up so I could share my thoughts. That, and I needed some time to process this new Rider.

Design-wise, I like it! It reminds me of Den-O or Giffard Rex, and the mask has a sort of Yokai/Kabuki look to it which I enjoy. Do kind of wish the leak with the "nose" mad it, but I think this looks good regardless. I'm also reminded of OOO with the legs being a different color from the rest of the armor, which I guess reminds me bit of Zero-One in a way (I seem to be getting everything but Faiz in this design! Not that I can't see the influence, mind you).

I kind of like the simple look, while also kind of wishing it had some more flair, but I guess Revice hit something with the designs here. And it seems DonBrothers must have influenced (or intentional since both Revice and DonBrothers' movies are appearing together) with the Kabuki and Gears, which, I love the Driver, nothing too ridiculous, while also standing out without looking out of place.

The plot, if I'm honest, I was hoping we weren't getting a Battle Royale, though it doesn't explicitly say, I'm going to wait a bit to see how the plot will look, even though it'll probably only be the first quarter and maybe a little after, given Reiwa's track record on plotlines, unless they surprise us, in which it will depend on the show itself. But otherwise, I'm a little interested in seeing how it turns out, a "Game to save the world?" now that's not something I was expecting from a Battle Royale.

But so far, I think Geats looks interesting, in both aesthetic and design, and I'm curious to see what he brings to the table.

Huh. I just realized something, he's a Kamen Rider who's actually wearing a mask

if the rumors are true we get 7-8 from Sept to Christmas so i expect some of them will arrive back to back like in Gaim.

i hope some of them aren't one ofs (i mean like Scissors in ryuki) or being non important/few screentime only (gridon/kurokage), but I guess with so many riders you can't focus on everyone.

I do think the suit is growing on me the more I look at it, but I really need to see it in motion and some more form combos to be sure how I feel

Tbh while I don't think I'd ask for another battle royale, I'm kind of a sucker for battle Royale plots when they do happen, so I could see myself getting invested. The "Game" wording definitely ignites some potentially biased interest from me lol

The number one thing I need to know to have any idea of if I'll actually enjoy the show however is who's writing it, with finding out who's producing and directing at a close second

I'm hoping we get some staff details in the coming week, because I just need to know

I'm kinda wary about that, considering we still somehow haven't recieved any toy listings. We don't know how the leaker accessed their infomation after all. If they geniunely saw the Q1 lineup in its entirety(most likely partially, considering how literally nothing about Rider #6 has been revealed), then sure, but what if they're just fiddling around with the Driver and found 7-8 distinct Rider jingles? That wouldn't give us any idea of when they're coming.

Recent rumors say the conference is 8/3, but that personally doesn't make a lick of sense to me, unless something's running late behind the scenes.

Yep, he definitely looks like a Geats.

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In all seriousness, I do like the design. The orange and white look good, and the addition of the semi-glossy black armor that matches the undersuit makes the whole design very clean. I also like the molded in magatama necklace on the chest armor

The whole thing looking more tech themed than Kitsune themed is kind of a surprise, but that does make it interesting.

The only thing I'm not exactly feeling is the diagonal going down his midsection is a little too reminiscent of Build's design rules, but it's only the midsection so it's fine.

Geats looks more like a Revice secondary Rider than a main Rider.

Wasn't one of the rumors that like, they could change the tops and bottoms of their suits for different forms?

Anyways, I like him. I'm really digging the way the kitsune motif is expressed through the mask with the 'ears' like that. Kinda wish there was a little more 'kitsune' than 'cybernetic' in the design, though. My sister's spouse says that he might get a CGI tail(s), and I do think that could happen if he uses a finisher, since I don't imagine them doing that as a regular thing.