[Zatyme]

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Originally Posted by DrChief

While the armors themselves can be pretty divisive, the actual transformation sequences themselves are pretty neat.

In particular, I like how starting with Fourze the Armor Times begin to shift towards reflecting that particular Kamen Rider's aesthatics.

We have Fourze who flies around as a rocket, then there's Wizard who appears as a magic circle, OOOs who appears as three robot animals, Gaim's which serves as a callback to the Gaim Rider's transformation sequence with the fruit head, and finally Decade that features multiple copies of the suit merging into one. It's honestly a shame that every other Armor Time we've seen so far that's based after a Heisei Rider so far lacks a unique transformation sequence.

Kamen Rider Woz and Kamen Rider Shinobi's suits are neat. Especially Shinobi, since it apparently is a kitbash of other Rider suits? I can kind of recognize certain parts that stand out, but otherwise were it not for the Ninja Ziku Driver strapped to Shinobi I would have thought the Rider to be its own original hero independent of Zi-O.

Woz's suit is interesting, since technically the only pieces that are changing are the middle strap and chest plate, the shoulder pads, and the helmet. Everything else stays the same, and the result is a Rider that manages to stand out even among the other Zi-O Riders. He really does feel out of place, which is fitting since he comes from an alternate future.

Oh, and let's not forget about the Ride Heisaber. A brilliant weapon with once again a great name pun (Heisei plus Saber, genius I know), and a mechanic of being able to perform finishing attacks based after other Heisei Riders.

Another fun touch from Decade's Armor Time is that each illusion copy has a single solid part of the armor on them so when all of the copies form on Zi-O the full armor comes together.