Wands for Leangle actually.

Here's the original interview this is coming from
https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20230924-2777826/

I think some people are misreading or exaggerating what's being said here. Like no where does it mention that Hasegawa wanted Gotchard to be a "dark" and "mature" show. It just mentions Haegawa prior history with Ultra and how he likes to write stuff with heavier drama. At best, maybe some of his initial scripts had heavier elements that they decided to scale back on.

Also, while Gotchard was initially conceptualize to not have a "main villain" so to speak, the idea to include one with the three sisters came from Hasegawa himself.

I take it that they wanted a pre-Kai Den-O approach with maybe a main villain appearing around the second half of the show if needed.

So new scans for Gotchard have come out:

https://www.tokunation.com/forums/at...1&d=1696047972
AntWrestler, which will debut in the next episode, however what is new...

https://www.tokunation.com/forums/at...1&d=1696047972
BurningGorilla

https://www.tokunation.com/forums/at...1&d=1696047972
NeedleHawk

Close ups of the Full bodies for BurningGorilla and NeedleHawk:
https://www.tokunation.com/forums/at...1&d=1696047972
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BurningGorilla's forearms are totally the Punching Kong Gauntlets, just with flames and Habeneros on them. Personally I don't mind, they're both Gorilla themed, why not reuse the prop?

NeedleHawk is cool, it honestly looks like a power up form more than anything.

What I'm not thrilled about is that all three forms only have armor on the upper to mid-body. In fact, every form since AppareSkebo has only armored up the upper body...

It's probably the Geats issue here. Having too much bulky lower body armor makes doing stunts a lot more difficult than upper body armor.

As for my own opinions, I like the look of all of them, regardless of the unarmored lower halves. I think NeedleHawk easily shot itself up to being one of my favorites Gotchard forms, especially since they dashed my hopes of ever seeing a proper Rider form for EnergyMaru. I was robbed of an energy drink ninja.

At least, I'm glad Gotchard's legs have that silver trim which matches his silver hands. Makes him seem just a little less naked than most of the DGP Riders. The black and red colors of BurningGorilla make it blend in better as well. But yeah, I hope we get more leg armor for some of the future forms. It's a must for BunnyParka!

It could've been an awesome suit. :(

that new Gotcha form i seen that fucking golden yellow armor somewhere else. I know a kamen rider used for their final or semi final form

hyper muteki from ex-aid?

No the armor isnt ex aid

it reminds me of Mugen Damashii
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ka...3/3c/Mugen.png

Yeah I'm thinking its a retool of a retool

Granted trying to figure out where the second retool is from

Who’s to bet the dark rider for Gotchard will be something of a dark counterpart using the Occult & Ancient cards?

Leangle was from the Spider Undead’s evil will.

So those card types must be evil!

Welp idk then. Just thought that the shinyness and how bright it is reminded me of hyper muteki kinda.

I'm fairly sure NeedleHawk is completely all new tooling

Don't get me wrong, the Malgam of a Yokai-themed Chemie is gonna act in accordance with what makes such a Yokai scary, but the Chemies themselves are not evil.

Maybe they could release concept art for the forms that only appeared in Wild Mode. Hmmmmmmm

Not all Chemies will be evil. Just some that are mischievous, scheming & wild.

The dark rider will work by himself and alongside the Three Dark Sisters & their master until he joins the riders later.

Behold the GEATS Chemie.

he has been turned into a highly marketable plushie

They better merch the heck out of this...

Will Gotchard get himself a berserk form that's similar to a Malgam's? Depending if there's any hidden malice within Houtarou.

Dude i highly doubt he will get one, also please no I'm tired of berserk forms at this point

Fine no berserk forms.

Let's see if Gotchard will get not only Geats & Tycoon, but also Na-Go & Buffa. Plus Glare & Gazer.

Alright so it looks like we got more leaks/rumors from Color about some new Drivers coming in Gotchard (as always, grain of salt).

- The first is a Driver for Rinne which apparently the transformation is activated by a ring (most likely the alchemy ring or some variation of it), her motif is also apparently a nine tailed fox.

- The second is a mass produced Driver meant for the students of the alchemy academy, the Driver only uses one card.

- Lastly, there's a Driver for a villain Rider who uses 3 cards to transform. The transformation is described as needing to sacrifice Chemys in order to do it. This belt is also described as this years fancy, expensive, LED belt like the Demons & Vision Driver before it. Also like the Vision Driver, the belt has multiple modes. Lastly, the belt comes with upgraded Hopper 1 & Steam Liner cards.

Now for my personal opinion on these rumors/leaks, While some of this stuff is kinda out their, I could see these being true if only because Color has yet to be wrong on anything Gotchard so far. Also considering that nothing was talked about regarding Gotchard, Valvarad, and Legend, it leads me to believe that these most likely aren't necessarily part of the Q2 catalogue but are actually all P-Bandai stuff.

I do find it pretty disappointing that it seems like that low Rider count that was talked about in that one interview isn't something that's going to stick, although I could see this change being something that Bandai demanded. It's important to keep in mind that the writers are not God & that the producers, execs, and Bandai have way more say over what happens in these shows than some believe. I wouldn't be surprised if the producer/writers wanted for Gotchard to have a small amount of Rider but Bandai went "Uhh... No, more Riders = more money".

Anyway feel free to discuss guys.

I prefer a heroine to stay a heroine. They need not to be a Rider to be relevant to the story. And the motif is nine-tailed fox, after Geats IX just debuted several months ago? If the transformation trinket is the Ring, then this Driver would be this season's Laser Raise Riser. LRR also used a different trinket.

Also, no Driver for Spanner? I thought that the second Driver was for Spanner and the third one is for another character, possibly Minato. I thought the villain's Driver was the fourth or fifth to appear.

Where can I follow this Color guy?

I doubt that this series will end with only three main Drivers and one mass-produced Driver. When they said this series was gonna feature small number of Riders, I estimated it would be five or six in total.

He's a Chinese leaker that I'm pretty sure hangs out on Baidu. To summarize some of the notable leaks he's done so far: he accurately described Gotchard's base form with extreme accuracy weeks before we got an actual look at the suit, he mentioned that there would be 2 other transforming characters besides Gotchard himself in Q1 which turned out to be Valavarad and Kamen Rider Legend (we haven't seen Legend yet but at this point the rumors are probably true), he also leaked the vast majority of Gotchard's Q1 toys days before Bandai officially put out any official info/pre-orders.

Thanks. Just found his profile.

Okay so I guess this is what I get for jumping the gun on this and not waiting, because Color has provided some more detail:

- Okay so it looks like Rinne doesn't actually get a new driver but get's an attachment for the Gotchard Driver (different from Gotchard's end of Q1 upgrade) that interacts with the ring in order to transform (toy comes with 6 cards). Her attachment is P-Bandai by the way.

- Evil Rider belt has a 40 LED screen & comes with 4 cards. Depending on what Chemy card you put in to the belt the screen displays a different number. Also P-Bandai.

To be fair, the lower Rider count could still hold true, at least relative to the Reiwa era. Strictly speaking in terms of TV show Riders, Zero-One had about 8-10 (depending on if you consider certain forms to be entirely new Riders), Saber had 13, Revice had 11 and Geats of course had a bunch that are just way too many to count off the top of my head.

There's a possibility that the mass-produced drivers are more of a Riotrooper/Kurokage Trooper situation where they use Rider technology but aren't "technically" Riders. And given how specific they're being with the "Rider" title in this show, it's also a possibility that the villain uses a Driver to transform, but doesn't get the Rider title, much like Gold Drive.

If those were the case, our only "real" Riders could end up being Gotchard, Rinne's rider form, Legend and likely Valvarad

Modern Rider does love it's core four main Rider group.

I just find it kind of skeptical they'd have a nine-tailed fox Rider so soon after Geats.

Also a nine tail fox would be magic not alchemy so it makes zero sense to use it

The Level 9 Occult Chemy is called Ninetails. You only get one guess to figure out what that is.

Agh your right, and I'm not happy with that

Introducing Kamen Rider Legend!

https://twitter.com/Gotcha_toei/stat...88956238533119

Poster for Gotchard vs Legend.

Neat, I dig the asymmetry and the white lenses.

I also completely understand the initial confusion on him, cuz yeah, the best way I'd could describe the suit if I was a leaker taking a sneak peek at it would be "He's a Golden Decade with some changes here and there..."

I can definitely see the Decade (who couldn't?) but I also see Oma Zi-O in the design as well, which I personally enjoy on top of being into strange asymmetrical designs.

Curious to see what he brings to the table...

Wow, so the Kamen Rider Legend rumors were true.


I'm really digging this suit. Interested to see how he plays into Gotchard's story.

I think the funniest thing about Legend is that we've known what he looks like for a while now, This attached image came out MONTHS ago but was quickly dismissed as fan art and was called "Gorgeous Decade".

Some prefer illusion to despair.