Well, one thing you have to keep in mind is that KR isn't afraid to use characters in suit only. While it would be wonderful to actually get the characters to reprise the roles, it's a rather well known fact that Odagiri doesn't want to come back (Granted, it's been 20 years. Maybe he's had a change of heart?)

Anyway, another question. What's the point of Best Matches in Build? When I first saw Hawk Gattling, I could immediately see the benefit what with the homing hawk bullets. However, no other Best Match has any real synergy.
Panda Rocket doesn't offer anything any other claw/pointy weapon could use with Rocket. Hell, Porcupine is objectively better since it's points can extend at will.
Nin Nin Comic has a special sword, but Build had to design and build that sword after he found out about the Best Match. So, without the sword, what makes that combo worth using? Same goes for Pirate Train and it's bow.

I really wished Best Matches were akin to OOO or Double combos, where the "Special" combos offered unique abilities that only said combo could achieve, like GataKiriBa's cloning or LunaTrigger's curving bullets...

Well, you can blame this on Soichi.

The Fullbottles were created by the alien entity Evolto based on memories of his host, the astronaut Soichi Isurugi. Evolto did this by asking Soichi questions. He first asked him for 30 things that he liked. Soichi answered with things from Misora's picture book, which was then used to create the Biotic Fullbottles. Evolto then asked Soichi to name 30 things that could destroy each of the ones he had just named. Soichi initially answered with objects such as tanks and guns, but soon started naming random objects to protect the things that Misora loved once he realized Evolto's motives. Pairing a Biotic Fullbottle with the Abiotic Fullbottle representing the item intended to destroy it results in a particularly powerful combination, called a Best Match. (Well, it’s complicated)

Even Evolto was baffled by Soichi’s choice for things to destroy like Comic and Cake. :lol

I feel bad for the Heisei shows before Decade in general, there wasn't really any kind of follow-up or conclusion for most of them for years. Zi-O's Kiva tribute was at least marginally better than Decade's, but it still didn't tell us anything about what actually happened after the show. At least they finally had Kagami as Kabuto, that was a natural choice considering Hiro Mizushima isn't likely to reprise his role for anything.

Uuuh, they're only about 20 or so episodes in; spoilers...

Don't worry. Once I read Evolto I basically hit the eject button to avoid spoilers :lol

Here's a question. How do you pronounce Chalice?

Might sound like a stupid question, but if you notice in Blade, Chalice's name is pronounced with a hard K sound, instead of a Cha sound, making his name in Japanese sound like "Kalice."
So, do you guys pronounce it as it's spelled in English, as Cha-lice, or how it's said in show, as Ka-lice?

I usually pronounce all the names as they're spoken in the show. So "Kalice" for me.

I generally tend to do the same, Kalice instead of Chalice, Zabee instead of The Bee. I just say Wizard instead of like, Wizardo or whatever though.

How about W? I say "Double" and write "W"

That one depends for me. I say Wizard instead of Wizardo like you, but others - I do call Emu "Ekusaido" in my mind instead of "Ex-Aid".

I say "Double" and write "Double" or "W" randomly without preference :lol

I... I thought the english word -was- pronounced as 'Kalice'