[Androzani84]

“It all began with a shooting star”

Here we are, at another instalment of

Ridewatch Playlist: Space on Hands edition

First up, is the main man himself.

“Space is HERE! The Rider fighting with the power of Switches is… Fourze”

And the song choice is obviously Switch On

Next up is the final form Decade’s actor considers the worst suit of them all.

“The bonds of friends births a new power. Space’s ultimate Cosmic Power, Fourze Cosmic States”

And once again, the choice was easy: Cosmic Mind

“Fighting for the sake of friendship, the Kung-fu master Rider is Meteor”

I might as well just come out and say that all of the choices here were obvious Shooting Star

“The storming Meteor awakened by friendship. Meteor Storm”

Admittedly, this is tied with Kiva and OOO for how easy it was to assemble (the hardest were Kuuga, Hibiki and Drive) Evolvin’ Storm

And here is the list of the unreleased. This time, none of them won the competition

Kamen Rider Fourze (Elek States)
Kamen Rider Fourze (Fire States)
Kamen Rider Fourze (Magnet States)
Kamen Rider Fourze (Rocket States)
Kamen Rider Fourze (Meteor Fusion States)
Kamen Rider Fourze (Meteor Nadeshiko Fusion States)
Kamen Rider Nadeshiko

As for the Another Rider compare and contrast. Gentaro is an outgoing person with a lot of friends and one of the most talkative riders, while Another Fourze is mysterious, a loner and has no dialogue when transformed. Design-wise, the Tron lines inherited from Another Faiz resemble those on the Zodiarts, while his transformation into Another Faiz is reminiscent of Zodiarts evolving into Horoscopes.

I’ll skip over how the kids from Ultimatum are back (I read a few comments from when the episode aired, where many didn’t recognise them and thought they were just a Japanese take on Bulk and Skull) and Gentaro being reduced to stock footage and a pre-recorded line (which also confirms what happens to the monsters when the Riders lose their powers: they cease to exist) and talk about our third Time Jacker, Schwartz. As promised, his name isn’t a foreign translation of “hour”, instead being a composite of “schwarz” (German for “black”) and quartz (a material used to make watches). That should tell you everything about him.