I mean, if you look at a lot of the most popular iPhone games, they're all pretty basic. I could easily see something like Mighty doing well on a mobile platform (and Toei would be foolish not to release it for iOS/Android).

It's funny you mention that cause I noticed like 4 iPads this episode. :lol

A downloadable version of Mighty Action X has been teased, actually.

Honestly my expectations of the whole video game aspect of it were so low I'm amazed it's as not as "we can be hip too, kids!" as I was expecting. Mighty Action X actually looks like a decent little 3DS game or something. No clue how it took five years to develop though.

Also it's not really feasible to have a proper big-budget modern game show up onscreen without A. licensing, or B. having the money to throw away rendering CG better than the show's actual CG.

Don't forget Emu's Wonderswan! They don't have to license that one because Bandai made those in the distant past of 1998.

That explains why that footage in the show looked like an actual game and not just CG animation pretending to be a game (it's a subtle difference but if you play games I think you'll understand. "Games" in movies and TV just don't move right).

An EXTREMELY promising start.


Our hero is... kind of an idiot. But in a loveable way.


There's a lot of stuff that goes by fast but they're setting up a very interesting world.

It is so INCREDIBLY refreshing to have decent action scenes again.

Also, some impressive restraint with things as well. Ghost & Drive both crammed in extra toys during the first fight, but instead Ex-Aid uses only his main weapon.

I'm probably going to be waiting a few episodes before giving my overall opinion, mostly since I want to wait for my overwhelming hype to die down a bit. Especially since my hype went so high that now my cynicism is out. I reeeeally hope that Ex-Aid doesn't fall into "poor execution" territory down the line.

I can say that I enjoyed the fight scene. I'd like to think that Takaiwa had some fun filming the Lvl2 bit, especially those little shimmies at the beginning and during the finisher. It makes Emu look like he's a kid in a candy buffet.

I also thought that the bit with Asuna joining Emu in his clumsiness was kinda cute, in a fluffy kittens kinda way. The way she's set up, she looks like she'll be a cool character, and I hope they keep that up through more than just the "Poppy tongue-twister" bits.

Not a bad episode. Not a fan of the humor and it feels like most Raider shows are still rehashing the same slapstick humor from Den-O. Den-O is almost a decade old, can we move away from that style of humor. I know it's a kids show, but that does not mean the humor can't be bad.

Besides the boring humor, I do like the action and the world so far. It was a pretty enjoyable episode and I hope the rest of the show will be good. I hated that brown CG monster. It looks so ugly looking and I wish they used a normal suit instead.

Does anyone know where I can find a link to this to watch online instead of downloading it?

It was probably crowdfunded. ;)

Am I the only one who didn't?

It didn't bother me. Most Rider series like to bust out a crappy CGI monster in the first couple episodes since they tend to have a higher budget. We're not going to be seeing a lot of them.