[TheJaz]

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Originally Posted by Paladin

Gotchard's Red form.

WHOA

Maybe this is a weird thing to say, and maybe I'm wrong.... but i think this is the first time we've had a "basic" form change (that isn't for a mix-and-match rider), where like 90% of the armour is distinct pieces since like Den-O? Right?

Like....

Geats is mix and match rider (which I'm basically just not counting since it's harder to measure what constitutuses a "full" but basic form change), generally Geats just has minimal "full" form changes, and basically has no "basic" but "full" form changes at all

Revice has more distinct forms than normal, but still a lot of armor re-use, and it all uses the same colour scheme so they don't feel as "distinct" as this Gotchard form change...

Saber is mix-and-match

Zero-One's "basic form changes" reuse pieces from his base suit just shifted around, it's a very cool aesthetic but it still means in most cases the majority of the armor is still just the main form armour, it's not quite mix-and-match, but it's still very heavy on armour re-use [Paragraph added as an edit bc i forgot originally lol]

Zi-O resuses massive chunks for his rider-time forms

Build is mix-and-match... but bc of how the best matches are treated more or less like basic form changes, i think you could make a decent argument this actually does qualify as what I mean, but since the distinction between best matches and non best matches sort of doesn't have a clear distinction outside of "the story says so" i think this is sort of a grey area... but certainly this is more effort and more "distinct" forms than other mix-and-match, but imo mix-and-match is just a whole different beast lol

Ex-Aid is over-suit-armour

Ghost just slots on a new hoodie and face plate, so i'd say it also fits into "over-suit-armour"

Drive's basic form just changes wheels... if he only had his 4 "major forms" that would be the sort of thing i mean, but since he doesn't those are "major form changes" and not "basic form changes" yea?

Gaim started over-suit-armour so nope

Wizard...... hmmmmm, these are technichally distinct forms that aren't mix-and-match, or over-suit-armour.... but like 90% of each suit is identical so they're not distinct..... I don't think this counts

Fourze... same exact situation as drive, minor suit changes for "basic forms", with select "major forms"

OOO, split rider so doesn't qualify

W, same as above

Decade... I mean I guess but they're just old rider suits so that's like cheating lol

Kiva... Even these just replace an arm, the chest plate and eye colour so each basic form change is just a quick swap out

So yeah, i think Den-O was the last time I can firmly with complete confidence say the "basic" form changes were as dramatically different as we're seeing here, where it isn't just swapping a little