[FairyKing]

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Originally Posted by Pineapple924

Supposedly (as in random twitter users have started claiming): The ViStamps we've seen so far are all based on Heisei Riders and animals because the person at Fenix who invented them (the guy with the glasses and wild outfit) is in-universe a Kamen Rider fan, with the Heisei Riders in general being his favorite.

Assuming that idea turns out to be true, then the in-universe reason for the random animal and rider pairings (other than Revice being the 50th anniversary) is that the ViStamps were supposed to be like the ProgRise keys, but then the inventor went ahead started cramming in Rider designs/motifs too because he thought it would be cool (akin to how Ryoma added sound effects into the sengoku drivers and lockseeds).

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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

It's not just people on twitter claiming it. It's from the official bio of the character

https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/revice/cast/

Okay, this explanation just totally reviced my opinion on the legend rider aspect. I was annoyed by it before and wishing they wouldn't play to nostalgia so hard, but somehow having the stamps made by an in-universe Kamen Rider fanboy just amuses me so much that I'm fully on board again. Especially if the show uses that as a starting point to examine what it really means to be a Kamen Rider, like what Build and Zero-One did a little, but I'll be happy even without that deep stuff.