I'm thinking we'll only get 3 riders (probably 4 including Oma Zi-O since I don't think he's Sougo) since we have so many forms which means they'll probably space the riders out more. We didn't get Chaser until halfway through Drive after all.

Ok, so armors look fine except Fourze...too bulky, why are his shoulders like that? Why not based on collectibles? Where does design come from?

Also, kinda lame that ohsugi comes back instead of anyone else. Isn't it a downgrade/odd to have some main legend riders but just supporting cast in others?

They seem to have done that more with each form in other ways too. Like with Ex-aid form it seemed like the video game displays were changed.

Still too early for that. Though we might get some foreshadowing coming up in October. But the direct premiere won't happen until likely next year. Maybe towards November/December for a sales surge near the holidays if they go earlier. They still gotta fully establish the current dynamic before the shake up for that though.

I mean, they can't bring Sota Fukushi back since he's busy, so they had other characters related to Fouze come back instead. At least for now

The Third Rider probably will show up in January Episodes and maybe he also will be appeared in Heisei Generation Forever.....

She. And we're really only waiting on the suit itself to appear. The character already has.

Probably won't be in the first movie though, or they'd be hinting at that soon or already. February is possible though. We should be getting our first foreshadowing of it in late October in the show. She's likely not until the 20s on episodes. Maybe episode 23(or 22). So maybe late December early January unless there's any skip weeks because of events or otherwise. Will likely get some kind of teaser with the Q2 toy scans for the build up. Possibly the Q3 ones. (We might get it in the movie, but it could go either way. Really depends on a lot of factors. But we would have heard more about that by now, or toy leaks, or anything if it were. Though they could go for a surprise, they've been getting better at only letting info out that they want out.)

To break up the monotony in the designs, and to also allow for a transforming shell into the shuttle. His collectible doesn't have as defined of a shape as the others, but his overall shuttle theme was more fun to integrate. Not all riders have a defined 'collectible' to draw off of. Really even Faiz leans more on the belt henshin device for the shoulders because he doesn't have an actual 'collectible'. Plus for Faiz it's an extra nod to another show as well as a nod to the over arcing theme of Cellphone culture that it presented in its story(like the cellphone girl friend swan, and other stuff). So Fourze opted to start off showing how some ride armors can have some wider design variety too.

Same with OOOs in how we see it change up the ride armor design some with using the cheetah shoulders. The OOO's ride armor favors using the full animal in the totem pole/stacked design like three animals standing on top of each other instead of having giant coin(The OOO's collectible) shoulders. So it focuses more on the theme of "animals" instead of the coin collecting theme. Like how Fourze focuses more the theme of Space Travel instead of the switches from the belt device and how his suit is a space shuttle.

The armors are designed a little more parody like to their respective shows. It's a way to allow for poking fun at them a little bit, but to also poke fun at Zi-O itself and Sougo's personality. The entire show is an excuse for Toei and its Rider creative crew to make fun of itself. Especially about the influences of 20 years of shows. This is also why Agito is a little more complicated than people realize and not because of the "Another Agito" which is really a hype distraction from the actual complicated bits. Agito's source material and influences is a little more rooted in complicated. Zi-O is fourth wall breaking, so it draws heavily off of behind the scenes stuff that's attached to each show. So in Agito's case, or "Another Agito" it might end up being a beatnik poet, or something on that order possibly mixed with Psychics/ESP. But who knows, that episode isn't until later. But the behind the scene aspect of Agito is tied to poetry, while the show itself is tied to other more pronounced aspects, and the implied amnesia bit is probably something they definitely want to highlight too for various reasons. Though "amnesia" or "forgetting" is a strong theme throughout the show in general for various reasons on the meta side.

If there was a way to like this post, you'd have 1000 likes purely from me

Again, you have no proof for *any* of this, so please stop trying to present yourself as an expert and/or have connections to the writers.

So, how do you people view the armors overall?

Love them!

Toei's design team never ceases to impress. They've got some amazing artists and design fabricators. And do gotta admit, their writers and directing crew are extremely skilled too.

No complaints here. :lolol