We're also getting to see Infinity, Type Tridoron, Kiwami, and Mugen in this movie!!!!

Wait. So, using the Dragon Hunter Gashat Ex-Aid get's a big 'ol chest plate and headdress... but the rest just get some extra plating on their arms?

http://67.media.tumblr.com/7ecb45f78...foio1_1280.jpg

Yeah that's pretty much how it works.

Technically Lazer also gets different arms and legs with it but.

Yeah.

I actually don't mind this because it doesn't change their appearance that much, and since I like their Level 2's, that's fine by me. The level 3's are fine but I like this a little more. Ex-Aid with it I don't like much but since he's gonna get Double Action right afterwards I don't care too much.

...Unless someone wishes to pipe up with information about orange and cream being a common plane color palette, I think Jet Combat's colors are a Macross reference, specifically to the Valkyrie that Hikaru pilots in the first few episodes.

...Otherwise, I just wish it was steel grey/silver everywhere it was cream and maybe a different bright color than orange, because I like the overall design, I just have some nitpicks that are more personal taste than real criticism, like wishing the guns were strapped to his forearm instead of just holding them underslung so loosely. I do like his "emo" hair getting flipped upside down, it's a neat touch.

Chanbara I dig, although I'm confused as to why a form that literally has "Sword Clash" in its name doesn't actually have swords. I dig the weapons he DOES have, but... oddly, my first thought is something like Harvest Moon of all things when I'm trying to guess his genre based on appearance alone. That or mecha, but that's been taken already.

DoReMi Beat is just... weird. It's weird in concept, as combining RPGs and rhythm is probably the single weirdest combination. The other I can kind of come up with reasons for, but... nope, doesn't make sense... unless Brave has some personal connection to Poppi that we don't know about. Anyway, it's overall aesthetic is... weird. I'm sorry, but I just can't think of any other way to describe it. I kind of dig the helmet, but the rest of it... yeah, and that green does not play nice with his super bright blue.

@barn, Lazer also gets essentially a new head, as his Lvl 3 has a new head design along with the new limbs.

To me, RPG and Beat Music kind of go together. Brave as a fighter is very hands on. He has great hand-eye coordination. Of course this comes with him being a surgeon as well. And I believe in one of the previews it shows him doing something with his hands. Like he's waving them and hitting something in the air in a pattern? So that just goes to further his hand-eye coordination. Now, personally, too me a good swordsman (like Brave is) should've gotten a dancing game like DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) to help with his foot work. Because a good swordsmen needsgood footwork like any other type of skilled fighter.

Isn't the Level 3 head just his head with the new Chambara headgear on top of it? Just like the other Level 3's except his covers most of his face. With Hunter it just comes off.

Wait, how does Ex-Aid switch between Drago Knight LV4 and Drago Knight LV5? In the first scans of DKHZ, Ex-Aid's version has all of the different armor parts!

Both Ex-Aid and Snipe's level 3s seem like they've got something do to with their already established genre. Maybe that's coincidence, but it makes Brave and Lazer's discontinuity feel a bit weird.

Let's see:
Ex-Aid: Action platformer > Robot themed action beat 'em up
GENM: Action platformer > Sportsbike tricks? something like Tony Hawk but with bikes maybe. Action is kind of a vague genre, so I guess that works.
Snipe: First person shooter > Airplane cockpit shooter
The other two could have been something like:
Brave: Fantasy RPG > Tactical strategy?
Lazer: Motorbike racing > Gran Turismo-like car racing? (too soon to have another car themed Rider?)

What kind of game even is Giri Giri Chambara, you think?

I think Lvl 4 summons the Dragon. While Lvl 5 breaks it down into the separate armor pieces? I could be completely wrong, but it makes the most logical sense to me.