[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by The Chaos Entity

There isn’t always a third-quarter belt/Rider, though. Zi-O didn’t have one, nor did Ghost.

Ghost did have one, it was just a bit more unconventional than usual -- rather than being a new rider, it was the belt he used for Grateful. Ghost as a series saw three belts at retail; the Ghost Driver, the Necrom Driver, and the Grateful driver. It's clearly something that they decided against doing again because I can't think of any other time since or even before where an upgrade for the main rider was through a new belt, thus I think we can safely assume it'll be new riders for Q3 belts from here on out, as was the case for Ex-Aid and Build.

Zi-O is definitely an interesting exception... at retail. But we've seen not just one but TWO belts as Premium Bandai exclusives -- the Mirai Rider Driver and the Oma Zi-O Driver, both of which are relevant to characters in the show. So I feel safe in saying that the trend will continue in some form.