So:

- Tycoon is a ninja, and Naago is a dancer (Beat?). Dapan uses the same Magnum Buckle as Geats? Or is it like an item drop they both get? Does Dapan retire and give it to Geats?

- Geats doesn't get a sword until his first upgrade, and he and Tycoon share the upgrade, weapon, and Fever slot.

too bad panda doesn't have his own buckle. I thought maybe he would have something RPG-ish for the lulz because WoW has a panda race.

But yeah the supiscion of him not being here for long seems plausible if his main buckle is magnum too.

I wonder if the panda ends up becoming a mentor for Geats.

Just wonder which of the seven will die & retire from the battle as new riders start rising up to take over?

Feeling very apprehensive about this season. Reiwa KR doesn't tend to do that good at balancing huge casts of Riders, and seven from the start is a new record for amount of guys. I loved Zero-One though, I know Takahashi's a good writer, and if the Desire Grand Prix is inspired by by video game battle royals, I'm hoping it means it'll be treated a little less seriously than previous battle to the death Rider vs Rider seasons, that it'll be more like a sport instead

To be honest I feel very doubtful about the rumors.

• For starters, why aren't any of the other riders' lower half buckles mentioned?
• If Tycoon is the secondary, why is their ID Core strictly a Christmas campaign item? Wouldn't Toei want to make the key item of the secondary rider more available? Especially since Geats and him share a power up.
• Also Daipan not having an ID Core seems straight up incorrect, we literally see them appear in the trailer along with Geats, Tycoon, and Buffa while the Desire Driver's "Entry" sound effect plays over and over.
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Yeah these rumours feel off the mark to me... I'm getting the vibe this is a last minute attempt at getting some temporary clout tbh

While they've done weird campaign items before (The original Proto Mighty Action X being a lottery item, and then the monochrome version being a movie give away item comes to mind.....), doing one for the secondary rider really makes no sense... And especially a Christmas Campaign?? So not only is the secondary rider's main toy only available as a promotion it won't be available until December?! Not buying into that idea at all...

This only makes sense to me if:

1. It's like a special recolour and the normal version will be in a normal set... But in that case I'd expect one for Geats rather than Tycoon...

2.Tycoon actually isn't the secondary, and is actually some rando who will die off early on tbh (as presumably the reason Mighty Action X was a raffle item was bc Dan was originally meant to perma-die and basically only ever exist to be a minor villain)

Who dropped these rumors?

If I had to hazard a guess we'll probably get four main Riders as the focus with the other Riders being antagonists or Riders of the week.

Apparently the same person on 5ch who got a whole bunch of other stuff correct.

(And to give an update, around 30 minutes ago, the figure line is officially revealed to be called Revolve Change Series, and they dropped visuals on the 01 Buckle. That definitely gives a bit more weight to this rumor, wouldnt you say?)