At this angle it kind of gives me bicycle helmet energy? I think I like it though

Ours is being teased as an origin in a winter crossover movie. I suppose that they will mark the friendship / end of the enmity of Geats with one of his riders, so that later the protagonist will be hurt by the loss of a friend.

Wait we have footage?

https://youtu.be/cByygKKLuOY

I just looked at the calendar. It's going to be a Sunday.... Yeah.

Honestly the teaser trailer for the winter movie has just made this suit grow on me more... I'm very curious what the other riders in this show will look like, especially if they all have the same basic undersuit just with different armour...

The belt has also grown on me a LOT I want to hear the sounds it makes but unless the belt just sounds awful I'm pretty confident I need this one

EDIT: Looks like we have a proper translation of the TV-Asahi webpage for geats included in this article

It's very funny to me that for press stuff they're just going "we're copying fortnite!!!" when Kamen Rider did it's first battle royale series literally 15 years before Fortnite came out... Like they could be giving themselves more credit in these press things

Okay:

- So the "Jamato" (that's definitely...a name for a Kaijin group) start randomly attacking Earth and instead of collectively fighting back they turn it into a game with the prospect of the winning being able to create their own ideal world? It kind of sounds like a more marketable Rider Game. Like, how does this get set up? Did someone create the Jamato to incite a need for this game and get people to participate?

- Also they say "many participants transform into Kamen Riders" so is there going to be a generic design for some of the mobs who are Riders while the main riders get unique designs? I wonder how that works. Is that what the blank forms are for?

- Ukiyo's personality reminds me of Tendo/Sento.

(They mention Ryuki later in the article) I'm sure they're using Fortnite/Apex as setting the standard for what kind of energy it has. Battle Royale it may be, but Ryuki's very much a slow burn, and very much set itself up as a more of a tragedy early on. Not quite the same energy as the flashy and cool action of Fornite/Apex that kids like so much abt it, hence the alternate comparison!

From what it sounds like from the rumor, everyone starts off like Geats' "Platform Form", a mask and black undersuit. It seems only the really good players will be able to obtain the gimmicks to get the armor pieces to make them really distinct.

Please don't be as garbage as Versus Road, please don't be as garbage as Versus Road, please don't be as garbage as Versus Road.

I wonder if it'll be similar to COD Warzone as well.

Tbh with the whole blank form thing I was assuming we'd have a bunch of like generic riders sort of like in Kamen Rider Chronicle, who have like "low rarity" items or smth, while our main cast ha e rarer items that let them have more unique suits

From the premise alone the show kind of sounds like if Ryuki and Ex-Aid had a baby.

The Jamato feel like they'll probably be like Mirror Monsters.

Huh, from that angle, I can see how his 'ear' is the 'A' in the Geats logo, especially since that orange stripe on his helmet is the horizontal line in the capital A. But man oh man, I'm liking that bike helmet vibe we're getting here, especially since as a kid I'd wear a bike helmet backwards and pretend I was a superhero with how the holes on the back of them looked like eyes to me.

You know what I hope comes back... gimmick stealing. Like just certain Riders losing certain parts and forms for a while. We haven't really had a series that fully takes advantage of that concept since OOO I feel.

Fully agree! I love the dynamic with the gimmick items in OOO, and with this arc being competition themed and with the toys being modular belts this feels like a really good opportunity to play with these ideas!

I'd love to see a story line where someone underhandedly steals a bunch of gimmicks from the cast to have all the items for themself, and all the other riders have to team up to fight in their blank forms together to get their items back!

And just generally seeing forms moving back and forth constantly would be really exciting and engaging, it would help make whoever has the most items feel "ahead" of everyone else and would be easy to create some really dire feeling situations

I thought we'd see some of that sort of stuff in Zero-One, and it was sad to see it only happen sort of one time

Yeah, I think OOO was sort of the last time gimmick stealing was treated as big deal. Saber had a small bit where Reika was stealing ridebooks for Master Logos' ritual, but Touma had obtained Dragonic Knight and then Primitive Dragon by that point so it barely mattered. Zero-One had Jin steal the Falcon progrise key near the beginning, but Aruto never really made an effort to get it back and was still getting other side forms at the time, so again it didn't feel like it mattered.

Speaking of wishful thinking, I know berserk forms have become predictable and very annoying, but...
Foxes in the folklore of all peoples of the world are a symbol of cunning. In Fortnite and the like, they also win with the help of the mind. Yes, and according to the description of Geats, it seems like an intelligent guy.
At the same time, foxes are the most prone to rabies of all animals, and it would be a huge remiss not to make a Mad Fox form. And also to show how a prudent and smart hero turns into an uncontrollable and furious creature. For greater similarity with rabies and unlike previous "berserkers", he could infect other riders. Well, at the same time, the kids would have been warned how dangerous red cute animals are.

The idea of a contagious berserk form is really cool, would make it feel like a totally different type of threat

Honestly Design Wise i really sold. ...

As for Writer *sigh* i do hope Yuya improve after Writing 2 shows to me Ex-aid and Zero sometimes feel to same in formula... but i give Yuya Credit for setting Up early World Building and Memorable Characters i give him that but he always this is what i notice from his writing:
-MC always feel bland in Comparisson to Other Side characters
-He always somehow incoporate redeemable Villains
-He somehow make Evil CEO that turn into Joke later on( Although Dan Kutoto is massive success due to his actor)
-I dunno Why he kinda poor when it comes to write Womens even tho they become riders ( Poppy/Valkyrie)
-Always incoporote rider that died in 1/4 season then come back in 3/4 of season(Lazer/Jin)

Overall Yeah i kinda Mix but i know i will enjoy the show at least to quarter to the season

the SHF for Geats is going to be soooo goood. If he doesn't come with his gun, I think we have no choice but to riot.

I didn't notice the scarf until people pointed it out, but I love it!

Also, I'm looking forward to the protagonist, since it'll be a breath of fresh air to have a cocky protagonist.

I also wonder if there's going to be more Riders than forms, or at least auxiliary forms. Since this is a Battle Royale, the other Riders (or at least unnamed) will either be mook Riders like the Rider Players, or just random Riders.

I think at best I can see Geats having maybe 3 base forms.

As much as I like the suits, I can do without a berserk form this year.

I think if to say that exists: It'd be either A: a power up or an alt-suit. But who knows you might be right.

No matter what though, Reiwa has started a trend.

The Mid-Season form even if it isn't berserk/hijack it'll be incomplete in some way (And with the gimmick this time they can easily do that) and after the form is completed we'll get a clip show episode with some plot sprinkled in.

Reiwa's next berserker form better be something psychotic & killer-like. Even feral & bloodlust.

• Revice: Jack Revice - Giff's influence slowly affect Vice with Ikki
• Saber: Primitive Dragon - feral dragon-like savagery
• 01: Metal Cluster Hopper - mindless machine
• Build: Hazard Form - mindless machine
• OOO: PuToTyra - savage dinosaur
• Blade: King Form - psychotic

Considering Geats' bottom half is supposed to represent a bike, I wonder if his Rider Kick is going to involve him like slamming a wheel into monsters.

In my notes from a few days back, it says "Make sure to remind the thread to watch SHT for the potenially first Geats reveal via Ganbarizing commerical".....Lmao, guess we don't need that anymore! In any case, I'd wager if they don't drop any additional news for Geats(like a press conference date, maybe
a proper teaser if we're *really* lucky) after Revice airs, then the rumors about the conference being in early August are probably true.

This may be our first sample of Geats' Driver sounds.

https://twitter.com/MKsuke39_seiyu/s...78017190526976

Not too sure if it's authentic. Sounds a lot like Zero-One's Progrisekeys and transformation jingles to me. I mean, not saying it IS, just that it's too similar to me, and I'd feel like they wouldn't do a repeat of something like that?

Oh btw, we heard a clip of Geats' (unedited) voice in a commercial after Revice's episode tonight? My stream was having issues so it I nearly missed it, but *definitely* a cocky sounding young guy. I hope someone clipped it,,


Edit: No need for someone else to clip it ig, they've uploaded it offically themselves! Have a listen!

Who do you guys think will portray Esu Ukiyo? Would it be the Junon Superboy winner like usual? Or would it be someone different?

Ooooo, I like his voice tbh. Does have a cocky tone but he sounds cool. Curious to see who the actor is and what he looks like.

Ngl these don't sound legit to me. Especially since it doesn't line up with what what we've seen people who watched the movie say about the belt sounds

I would call this noisy, and even if they skipped the standby, pretty long

as has already been said it also sounds A LOT like a Zero-One Jingle which makes it feel extra fan made... Plus since it sounds like text to speech that's another thing that's contradictory to the reported belt sounds with the whole "actual VA" thing

Though someone else on twitter who claims to have seen the movie says this jingle sounds "close", and it's always possible they used a short version in the film.... so what to do I know lol

(If it is legit it sounds kinda bad to me tbh...? Like in Zero-One having some text to speech was charming and thematic [and there they still hired an actual band to perform most of the gimmick and belt sounds]... But this just feels generic, noisy, and low effort to me... I could have made this exact clip on my laptop in like 4 hours or less, I'd expect a bit more from Bandai and Toei... also the bike sound is just really itratating, though maybe I'm only saying that because i have a headache rn)

Being the winner doesn't actually mean anything, Kentaro Maeda himself only placed in the Top 30 and no higher in the 2020 one.
In any case, Junon's offical Youtube account uploads video clips of the Top XX candidates in the contest speaking with no overlapping sounds, and timestamps with people's names that you can easily copy to google more about them. if you've got time to burn, parse through the 33-34th ones and see if any of the voices match up. I certainly won't be doing that, its a bit too much investigative work for me lol, esp since the chance of Geats' actor even *entering* that contest is too much of an unknown variable to give weight to it.

Wonder if Geats will give us an English speaking rider? And we haven't gotten a Black Kamen Rider who speaks Japanese ever yet.

Sounds fake to me. Firstly, the transformation speech sounds more like a Revice thing than anything, which is really weird? Secondly, knowing what we know about the gimmick, why would it sound like this?

The Desire Driver is not only a multi-Rider Driver, but a driver with a mix-and-match element? (I'd imagine the "crystals" in the Driver might influence the standby, similarly to how (iirc) the Sengoku Driver had like, 2-3 different standby jingles depending on the lockseed used) In any case, if if Geats' crystal gives him a unique standby....why would there be motorcycle noises within it? Sure, his base form's bottom half is a motorcycle, but auxilary forms gotta share the same jingle, I'd imagine they're all not (partly) vehicle-themed?

Thirdly...would Geats even need such a jingle? (Like I know it's the norm to have lengither/noisy jingles of Reiwa but hear me out lol) From people's descriptions, Geats can fight without his armor of one of his halves (iirc he starts off blank, turns on Magnum and fights a bit, turns on Boost and fights some more) There's probably going to be some kind of "Best Match!"-esque noise for the base Rider combo both being activated together with the right crystal ofc, but with the implication that Geats doesn't need to activate both to fight + will most likely switch top/bottom halves on the fly and quickly, why would the jingles even need to be this long? It's probably more akin to W's jingles if I had to guess,,,

I'm curious how they'll handle the female lead. Geats' manager?

Heads up: The jingle is fanmade, its original source is here. I'd wish people stop reposting people's fun speculative work in attempt to get clout from it, it just sucks,,

I don't know if I find Geats voice to be cocky or if it's just your standard "I want to win" tone. Especially being in a game/competition plot
I don't want to force with Ex-aid parallels but it doesn't sound more cocky than early episodes Houjou Emu being in his M mood.

I wouldn't jump to conclusions about his cockiness from that voice, but the guy is definitely in the same age range as most top riders. I wonder if we'll ever get a Hibiki counterpart again, or vice versa, a child as the protagonist? (I know that usually few people liked it, but the first pancake is always lumpy).

Or a fan, or just a friend who is worried that he got involved in this game. In general, there are many options.