I'd bet you Giri Giri Chanbara is similar to either Bushido Blade, a samurai-themed spectacle fighter or a Dynasty Warriors-esque game.

Okay, can I just say, regardless of whether they screw it up later, I like that the video-game theme seems well understood or at least researched? This is a theme that's been poorly understood by more traditional media, so seeing, if not a personal love, an honest attempt to portray gaming well on a thematic level is really neat to this gamer nut.

And, obviously, Brave should of upgraded to Dark Souls. :p

Well, DKHZ is a unique Gashat. I expect it'll be something like leveling up with it for the first time gives the Rider using it all the armor, and then flipping the lever again breaks it up among the different Riders.

Although...that's what I've been assuming, but I don't even really know. It would almost make sense--Ex-Aid keeps the chest armor, Brave and Snipe get the shoulder armor, Lazer gets the legs...but then Lazer also has the shoulder armor. Would that mean they can only use it if it's Ex-Aid, Snipe and Brave or Ex-Aid and Lazer? Maybe the Hunter Gamer has a second pair of pauldrons hidden somewhere we just can't see? Though then I wonder where the hell Lazer's arms are coming from. because I also don't see any yellow on the dragon outside of the patterns on some of the armor.

Anyway, I don't really think there's gonna be a Level 4 to 5 distinction though. The second quarter scan just has the label "Hunter Gamer Level 5" on all four of them.

I got more of an impression that Gekitotsu Robots was a fighting game. A beat 'em up also would make sense I suppose, but the description of a game where robots beat each other up, plus the image of the palette swapped Robots facing each other, makes me think more fighting game than anything.

I would have thought fighting game if I didn't think Robots was cornering that market already. Maybe hack and slash?

...Ex-Aid Lvl 3 is literally Smash Bros. Think about it for a second...

... I DOUBT that Brave Lvl 3 is referencing Crypt of the Necrodancer, that is way too indie for something like this... DUH, there are a ton of RPGs with a timing element, ala a Rhythm game, like Squall's Gunblade or the timed hits of the Mario RPGs.

Still can't quite explain Lazer, the only thing coming to mind is something about horses and motorcycles being interchangeable in some media.

My God, it's like Gaim all over again with all these interesting possible design elements, but even harder to recognize for an outsider... With Gaim, if you're a martial history nut like me, it's pretty easy to see the references. I'm pretty sure I was one of the few to instantly recognize, say, Ryugen's armor design as a Ming Dynasty warrior, one of the first in the world to make use of gunpowder as a weapon, but I digress into bragging down that trail.

Anyway, I'm hoping this continues, because, much like my eternal hunt for the origin of Pokémon, I love this kind of thing.

Well I'd say that Gekitotsu Robots is clearly based on Custom Robo, which is more of an arena fighter than the classic Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat style fighting game.

The thing is, one of Paradox's forms is very explicitly called "Fighter Gamer" which leads me to believe THAT form's genre is supposed to be the side-view button masher fighting games. Keep in mind GiriGiri Chambara is sort of Samurai/Chinese warrior themed, so maybe you're right. Maybe they're going for Dynasty Warriors with that one.

Actually, that's a good point. Paradox had slipped my mind somehow. Could certainly see Knock Out Fighter being the fighting game. Though I could also see it being a more specific reference to things like Punch-Out! which are a slightly different beast. I don't even know.

Giri Chambara makes me think it's a hack-n-slash

Drago Knight Hunter looks to be an MMORPG to me, with all the Riders using it at once - perhaps if they all use it, it's Level 4, but if just one uses all the pieces, it's Level 5?

The way I've been thinking of them is...

Mighty Action X - Action Platformer
Taddle Quest - Eastern RPG
Bang Bang Shooting - First-Person Shooter
Bakusou Bike - First-Person Racer
Gekitotsu Robots - Arena-style Beat-'em-Up
DoReMiFa Beat - Rhythm Game
GiriGiri Chanbara - Historical Hack 'n Slash
Jet Combat - Tactical Shoot 'em 'Up
Shakariki Sports - Sports Simulator
Drago Knight Hunter Z (Drago Knight Hunterz?) - Fantasy MMORPG
Dangerous Zombies - Survival Horror
Knock-Out Fighter - Traditional Fighting Game
Perfect Puzzle - Puzzle Game
Mighty Brothers XX - Mechanics-Expanded Sequel (A la Mega Man X4 allowing play as Zero, or Sonic and Knuckles with Knuckles; doubling as a reference to Super Mario Brothers)

Chanbara/chambara is mostly used to describe those fancy sword fighting samurai/ninja movies so a hack&slash in the vein of Dynasty Warriors seems most likely.

aw yus i got it right without knowing chambara's meaning!

Drago Knight Hunters is basically Monster Hunter. You know, the franchise that is HUGE in Japan. Multiplayer, armor is made of monster parts and hunter is in the title.