[Yellow Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

You're not allowed out of the Corner of Horrible Ideas, miss I like Wizard Ring Pop.

Says the man with an AkibaBlue avatar...

[Young Optimus14]

This is a hard pick for me..... I've liked most of suits from the series I've watched so I'm just going to go with my top three. I like Kuuga's for its simplicity, Blade's for the card motif, Decade's due to looking like armor.

[SPLIT LIP]

My favourite thign about Skull is he can practically fit into any series. There's nothing aside from the belt that explicitly sets him in W, or even Heisei. He's just a great all around rider design, and a excellent design period. He looks like an Oldschool rider, with modern suit tailoring, and a sweet skull motif. He has no outrageous design flare. The boldest thing about him is the tattered scarf and hat. The scarf not only harkens back to old riders, but the mere fact that it's tattered combined with with helmet really evokes a grim look. He is mortality in physical form.

While he embodies a ton of W's themes, he could stylistically be plonked into any series with a new belt and not really stand out at all.

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Originally Posted by Suzu

Good boy.

No.

Actually, wait, there was nothing really wrong with her design.

[Sunred]

Showa Rider Suit: Riderman. The way the suit is composed + color scheme gets a S rank in my book.

Heisei Rider Suit: Kamen Rider Gaim. Orange is the new black. Plus the dark blue and gold works really well.

Secondary Rider Suit: Kamen Rider Gatack. The design screams polar opposite to Kabuto, and its overall form and color scheme are still my favorite things about it.

Mid-upgrade form: Gaim Jinba Lemon Arms. I like how the armor resembles a kataginu.

Final/Upgrade Form: Wizard Infinity Style. This guy's whole suit is a bling with an azure diamond for a face. Nuff said.

Movie only Suit: Kamen Rider Eternal. Blue hot rod flames on white suit, jet black cape, and yellow visor with the 90 degrees flipped E horn just works well altogether.

Monster design: N.Daguba.Zeba. Evil Albino Kuuga FTW.

[SPLIT LIP]

I'm REALLY surprised Eternal's design is liked by so many.

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

I'm REALLY surprised Eternal's design is liked by so many.

Not often do you get a knife-wielding zombie merc transform into a suit that holds 26 usb memories. That is quite impressive considering that a typical laptop has 2~4 USB ports.

[SPLIT LIP]

It's just so... unfocused. It's got a billion different design ideas going on and no clear direction. Does it want to be regal and majestic (white, E crest) dark and forboding (black cape, dark lines under the eyes, knife) or extreme-cool 90's style? (flames and memory slots resembling pouches and a harness)

Sorry to poop on a design you just said is your fav, but I'm just confused is all.

[Locke]

Holy CRAP Kamen Rider Skull is definitely my new favourite design. I love the blend of modern and old, I love the colours, the hat. It's just so cool, Skull is so cool.

[SPLIT LIP]

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

It's just so... unfocused. It's got a billion different design ideas going on and no clear direction. Does it want to be regal and majestic (white, E crest) dark and forboding (black cape, dark lines under the eyes, knife) or extreme-cool 90's style? (flames and memory slots resembling pouches and a harness)

Sorry to poop on a design you just said is your fav, but I'm just confused is all.

Eh, not offended. I got to liking Eternal more after watching the Kamen Rider Eternal movie. The reason he has blue flames I think is because he is dead (when Kazu Jun donned the suit first the flames were red). As for the crest it is the letter E as most of us know.

One a side note, one assumption I have about Kamen Rider W is that I feel that the riders are homages + love notes to other Ishinomori works and the Kamen Rider Franchise. Here are a few of my assumptions:

Kamen Rider W : Showa Riders homaged through its color scheme with the use of Green and Black. Specifically Kamen Rider 1 & 2. Homages Kikaider.

Kamen Rider Accel: Heisei Riders homaged through its color scheme with the use of Red and Blue. Homages Robocon.

Kamen Rider Joker: Kamen Rider Black.

Kamen Rider Skull: Homages Skullman.

Kamen Rider Eternal: Visor and cape is a homage to Akaranger of Himitsu Sentai Goranger.

NEVER: Though not riders, the way they are a team remind me of the super sentai. To a certain extent I guess Cyclone Dopant can be seen as a homage to the 6th warrior with the color scheme hinting at Dragonranger of Zyuranger.