Will the monsters be like the Orphnochs? Humans transforming into monsters? I miss those days.

Honestly I'd be pretty shocked to get a key themed gimmick item. While they weren't classical keys so much, we had "progrise keys" so recently, and they did use them with a key like motion a few times in the show... so even tho they felt more like a digital pass key, I feel like bandai and toei would probably think that was a bit repetitious?

Honestly with the series name, and even the gashapon info, it doesn't really give me any ideas on what the gimmick items could be at all lol

I thought it said Kamen Rider Goats at first, and now I'm disappointed :lol

Swedish goths are cool too, though.

Will the main protagonist be wearing some gothic wear? Not too much though, hopefully to keep some trends clean as possible.

I recall reading rumors a couple weeks back that this Rider might be chess themed. Were those debunked? Is there a bad chess-based pun that can be derived from Geats?

There isn't any Chess term I can think of that ends with "eats" or "ats", so it has to be more generic...
Great-Feats?
Genius-Cheats?

Crawling through forums/feeds because "chess theme" sounded familar....I've got whispers of a similar rumor during Zi-O's pre-release, and that's it? Someone *definitely* has brought it up recently because I'm seeing a few posts on Twitter as recent as late May discussing it. The only thing I can find is a post from someone compiling 2022 Rider rumors talking about a certain ridiculous rumor frm FB and using its pieces to conclude it has a chess theme? If anyone else can find a better source for this rumor, be my guest! But I have a feeling this one's fake.

Rumors about a female rider in Geats better be true. The trend continues hopefully.

I believe Shirakura stated he wanted more female Riders a while ago and considering we've gotten one every season since Zi-O, that should remain consistent, especially with how Jeane has absurd amounts of focus compared to every other woman who got to wear a belt in this franchise

If we do get a new female Rider, I hope she can properly embody the traditional values of Kamen Rider, unlike Sabela and Jeanne. Depends who the writer and producer are, I guess.