I don't know, I'm actually glad that he's avoiding most of the common things you expect to see associated with the word "wizard." I'd have liked the design a lot less if it had a big pointy hat or a staff or anything else like that (except a big bushy beard - that would be awesome).

Now what I really want to know is who's the creative staff for this show? Naruhisa Arakawa's latest series is just wrapping up and I'd be over the moon if he's the main writer on Wizard.

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Hyrek/Avy/wizbelt.gif

Just junked this together. I believe this explains how Wizard swaps hand-sides, rotating the four fingers and palm around a central point and the 'thumb' is a line across the top.

That just looks farking epic.

Like I said, one hand for the form, other hand for the powers/spells.

I still dont like his suit but the sword gun thing is cool.

And look! He doesn't have a segway foot, or a camera arm!

Found this via /m/, much better explanation of the same idea.

I said I was done with Rider toys after all that Switch business...

...And I thought I was when I heard the news about Wizard, and even when I first saw the pictures. Sure, the suit is damn beautiful, but I didn't need the belt! That was until I got to thinking about the inevitable toy.

(Rambling nonsense ahead)

Now, get this... If you look at the belt there I really don't see any place where a light could go. Unless the hand would light up, but let's just assume it doesn't while we travel into this little theory. What if the lights that you always see in DX toys aren't in the belt, but in the rings? Like... When you scan them with the belt, that little chip also sets off a little LED inside the ring? The only reason this popped into my head is because I was walking by a Skylanders display at Target and I thought about how some of the new figures from that will have a similar feature. And if Bandai does indeed go that route, I might as well just send Bandai my bank account information.

Hey? He's a Wizard. How much are we hoping there's going to be a Dragon form? Or a Dragon Secondary Rider. Or a Dragon Bike... Dragon Something!

It may not fit the modern magician theme, but that bike had better be a broom or Bandai/Toei is dead to me.