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Originally Posted by cobabooy

Can someone explain to me what's a placeholder?

Usually, when the sounds are in the belt, and it just reads the toy's pins to see what sound it'll play, some readings just have no sound at all in order to give space for later toys with sounds of their own. That's what people usually call a placeholder.

Zi-O's belt is mixed though. It has standby jingles and shows the name of the Watch used, and that's built into the belt and can't be changed later, but the Watches have sounds of their own. So, some of the display screens in the belt seem to be deliberately generic to allow them to add future unplanned content. For example, "Rider (2019)" and "Rider (Next)" probably are placeholders that will be likely used with a Watch for next year's Rider rather than specific screens intended to be used with some specific Zi-O content. When you use the Watch there, it'll have sounds of its own, but will just display one of those generic screens.

RIDER (らいだー) or RIDER (XXXX) probably will be used with the Gashapon RideWatches of older secondary Riders, like Meteor, since the Zi-O Driver has no specific screens for secondary Riders from shows older than Ex-Aid (outside of Diend). They aren't getting Ridewatches in the main toyline, just cheaper low quality ones, which is why they weren't a priority.