Originally Posted by MangaArtist18 (Post 761933)

A special weapon to make it stand out.
I don't mind a hero using a previous form's weapon (Full Bottle Buster, Gashacon Keyslasher, Saikyo Girade).
But I feel like a form that's the strongest in the show should get some special weapon that helps it become even stronger; even if it's used mainly for the finisher (i.e. Cosmic States' rocket sword).
I really miss final form weapons.

Cool design.
I'm easy to appease in this case.
EDIT: To clarify, I don't care if they're sleek or bulky, flashy or subtle. It really depends on the show's aesthetic and the form(s) that came before it.
For example, Maximum Mighty X is bulky, whereas Muteki is sleek; Double Xtreme and Drive Type Tridoron play on their main themes (what if Double became triple; Drive's used a bunch of cars, but not Tridoron).
For Zero-One himself, I'm expecting something gold. Hoping for a special weapon, but if he uses MCH's combined blade, that's fine too.

Cool powers that it uses often-ish.
Wish Fourze Cosmic States used its switch-mixing gimmick more, but at least it did it more than Build Genius.
Mugen has, like, seven finishers, which is super-cool.
Muteki cannot detransform unwillingly (i.e. rider gets punched hard and the suit disappears; not the case with Muteki).
Genius can use/combine bottle abilities, though it ditches that (only using Diamond twice) for abusing the heck out of its flash-stepping power.

A cool henshin gimmick.
Putting a device in and everything is cool, but I like things like Hyper Muteki or Meteor Storm because of their extras (docking to cover center screen, and BEYBLADE BEYBLADE LET IT RIP, respectively).

EDIT: To include one of my own ideas, this is the final form for an OC of mine.
The suit itself is a lot more elaborate than his previous forms, including tons of speakers and wavy tech lines.
And the helmet looks like that sound wave representation (bouncing, synchronized, colored bars) I find associated with music.
The henshin device is a giant egg that slots another egg inside; seeing as how his gimmick is egg timers (long story), I saw it fitting.

Originally Posted by Jello (Post 762357)

I mainly enjoy it when the final form ties up a character's arc.

For example: Build Genius representing the culmination of everything Sento had learned along the way, and him fully accepting that science isn't "good" or "bad", and that all he can do is use his own power for his ideals.

Or at least that's how it came across to me.

Originally Posted by FairyKing (Post 762248)

I just wanna say I really love your own design, the music theme is really cool and I especially like the volume bar helmet! Now I'm curious to know more about this musical rider powered by egg timers :)

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 761940)

As for other aspects, I feel the biggest thing a final form needs is a drawback. A reason to not use it. Kiva Emperor is infamous for being the most used final form in the franchise, and the real world reasons aside, in canon, there was no reason to not use it over his base form, as it was just a straight upgrade. The same can be applied to Hyper Muteki in Ex-Aid.
What helps keep things interesting is high stakes. And when the hero gets access to a powerful new ability that has no drawbacks, the normal form becomes obsolete.

The drawback doesn't always need to be life threatening, mind you. There's nothing wrong with having a drawback that could be overcome later on. Like Eiji managing to control PuToTyra by not letting pure instinct take the wheel. Just using the final form doesn't have to be a life or death situation, but just place some reason to not just use it forever.