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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Speaking of which, will we ever get a cyborg main rider again, or is this concept hopelessly outdated? Of course, the opportunity to make it on the 50th anniversary of the franchise is missed, but there will be many more important dates and anniversaries.

It was covered in a thread years ago: https://www.tokunation.com/showthread.php?t=96806&

Basically, with the advent of advanced medical technology and people who had to undergo surgery an obtain artificial limbs/organs to live, Toei decided to softly retire the idea of portraying people getting these artificial parts as the tragic "loss of their humanity" element in Kamen Rider stories.

They wouldn't drop the idea entirely as Blade, OOO, and Gaim all incorporated the idea of slowly becoming a Undead, Greed, or Invess. But things like saying a person's cyborg arm or leg tragically made them no longer a human? Yeah, that had to go.