That's because the clearer one is a digitally upscaled and cleaned up version, bot the proper scan.

In case you couldn't tell, it was digitally upscaled from the original image, which we can ascertain is real. I'm guessing you haven't seen an image like that before.

I don't think so. RKF Dragonic Knight was originally 5500 yen, and it included 1 body, 1 dragon, and enough parts to alternate between 3 forms.

Hypothetically, if RKF Saikou included, let's say - Saikou, Saikou's Shadow, Saikou's upgrade, and Primitive Dragon. All that for 4180 yen? No way. RKF Saikou is just 200 yen more expensive than RKF Calibur, so we can assume the gimmick will be the same, if not with a few extra parts.

RKF Saikou being the only release in February just means we won't see Primitive Dragon until March.

So based on what I’ve seen the Japanese talking about, it looks like half of the leak was true, and half not.

February 6th will see the release of the DX SwordXMan Wonder Ride Book, as well as the DX Seiken Saikou Driver and SwordXMan set and RKF Kamen Rider Saikou.
February 27th will then bring us the DX Primitive Dragon Wonder Ride Book.

So SwordXMan being a WRB for Saikou is true, but there’s no new emblem and no ‘Dragon of the Stars’ WRB either, which is a shame, because it sounded really nice.

Source: https://akkinews.net/archives/227985

That really is a shame. I was hoping for a new emblem/plate for the sword by now. That WRB sounded really sick, as well.

Remember, those could be a March release.

nah, the specific release dates are right there

No, I mean that Dragon of the Stars and the new emblem could be in march.

I'm doubting that a bit now, while the rumor got SwordXMan right, I'm guessing it was a lucky guess based on the clues we've been given this week.

The Dragon of the Stars thing was from a rumor back in December, this might've just been a thing to try and prop up Dragon of the Stars as a real thing.

But now we've got the actual listings. But who knows, that's my take on it.

Why would that leak then not have Primitive Dragon?

Yeah, that’s my thinking as well, especially as it makes no sense for an emblem for Saber’s sword to be named for Slash.

Haven't been keeping up, Primitive Dragon our Super Form?

Sounds like a berserker form but I doubt they'd do that right after Metal ClusterHopper

Primitive Dragon is our super form.

Why wouldn't they? We've had countless berserker forms, some of them very close to each other. Build and Ex-Aid had one. W and OOOs had one.

I genuinely can't remember this? Granted, I don't remember most of what goes on in Ex-Aid but I'm struggling here. Even looking at non-main Riders, Poppy's 'rage' thing wasn't really a form and that's about all I can come up with. Is it about that one time XXL was Parado?

Level 5.

I don't recall Dragoknight Hunter being a berserker form...

Using Dragon Knight Hunter by yourself was a berserker form. It wasn't when it was shared among the riders.

It literally was. It might have been as brief as FangJoker's berserker phase, but it's there. Emu was the only one who couldn't control Full Dragon.

Nah, I don't really see that; there's more of a case for G3-X at that point. Only ones in my mind are Putotyra, Thunder Breaster, Hazard and Metal Cluster Hopper

If it's a short term one I really don't see the point of them making it a berserk form from the start. While they have narrative weight sometimes, other times they're just bad. (I absolutely despise Metal Cluster as a berserk form btw).

The only one's I feel worked fairly well from what Rider I've seen are Putotyra and Hazard, Putotyra remaining a persistent danger even after it was tamed, and Hazard being elongated and only a last resort until there was a way to mitigate it.

lol yiiiiikes

Do you feel there's way more??

I... didn't remember FJ being a berserker form either.

It was basically that for the start of it's debut alongside it's preview in Movie Wars 2010. In it's debut they managed to get it under control but the whole crux of that arc was Philip not wanting to use Fang because he was afraid of losing control.

Right, I remembered Philip not wanting to use it for one reason or another. Should we really count the forms that were Berserk just for their premiere or should we only really count those that were persistently so for at least a few episodes?

...are we actually drawing the line between berserk forms that had a lot of narrative impact - versus ones that didn't? I was already getting off-topic as it is lol
It either is, or isn't a berserk form.

I mean... for me, it comes down to what 'berserker' implies. There's a big difference in my eyes between "hard to control it because it's pretty powerful" like Drago Knight Hunter and "turns you into a violent murderous monster" like Hazard or Thunder Breastar. The latter is how I'd define 'berserker form'.

It's been a looong while since I've seen W, when I finally get around to rewatching it I'll see if Fangjoker really counts for me. I can see the argument though.

Personally, considering the current state of things in Saber, I fully expect Primitive Dragon to be a berserk form.

I mean, the northern base riders already have a shaky relationship with Touma right now due to Reika claiming he's a traitor and him trying to defend the Yeti Megid from Rintaro, so why not stir the pot even further by throwing a berserk form into the mix?

SwordXMan Saikou and Primitive Dragon Saber!

The, uh, red cross on Saber ain't too good imo. The rest look fine, though.

I like the red outline as it brings in Saber's most iconic colour into his upgrade. The colour combo kind of gives me Cross-Z-Evol vibes. Cool how the mouthplate is meant to look like jaws.

That red outline is so thin, I bet it won't really be that noticeable when the suit is in live action/moving.

I think Saikou's horn are have a pencil motif. Probably because pencil are used to draw comic and Yuri are obsessed to Superhero comic...

WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?! Now I can't unsee it! XD

The PENcil is mightier than the sword...

ohmygoodness that's a clever thing to see yeah it does look like a pencil tip!

So did anyone predict we'd be getting a comic book form? I know a lot of people threw around scrolls and kindles, but I don't think I heard comic.

I think for sure we see some sort of pen-weapon

I recall gashatfreak predicted it.

Well, I guess when the PENcil IS the sword, it is doubly powerful.

Also, I have got to say it is hilarious that Yuri, a mysterious swordsman, the Swordsman of Light, the protector of King of Arthur and the Kingexcalibur is obsessed with Comic Books.

Meanwhile, I wonder what the Primitive Dragon Wonder Ride Book will look like. Will it be a Weird book like Jaou Dragon, Dragonic Knight, Emotional Dragon, or King Lion Daisenki or will it be a traditional Wonder Ride Book? And what about the SwordXMan Saikou form? What kind of Wonder Ride Book is it?

some scans.
the guy in red in the last one seem to be named "Master Logos"

Another scan for the new Saikou form

Huh, interesting. He can use other books in it.

It's basically a cooler version of Decade Armor in a sense since the chest and shoulder swap out.

"Primitive Dragon WRB is born from the Southern Base's forbidden book."
A forbidden book, the Book Of Ruin, from the movie was also confiscated by the Southern Base.

If you invert the color orange, it turns light blue.

Primitive Dragon's color placement is also eerily similar to Falchion.

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