[macblo]

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Originally Posted by Annuga

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So far Ex-Aid's crossovers include Heisei Generations (takes place before the Christmas special) and the new Super Hero Taisen. If you meant spinoffs, there's Brave's thing nobody seems to have, Snipe Episode 0 and Genm Legend Rider Stage

What do you mean by nobody seems to have? If you mean English subs, TV-Nihon did that if I remember correctly.

[Annuga]

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Originally Posted by macblo

What do you mean by nobody seems to have? If you mean English subs, TV-Nihon did that if I remember correctly.

Oh yeah. They exist. My bad, though I don't recommend their subs

[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by Annuga

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So far Ex-Aid's crossovers include Heisei Generations (takes place before the Christmas special) and the new Super Hero Taisen. If you meant spinoffs, there's Brave's thing nobody seems to have, Snipe Episode 0 and Genm Legend Rider Stage

Well yeah. That's what I was asking. What are all the spin-offs and specials worth watching so when I start watching (hopefully soon) I'm getting the "whole experience". Seriously, I know nothing about what's come out. Completely checked out of news regarding the show since I was/am so turned off by the suits. But it's been so overhyped at this point I just want to get it over with so I know what the heck people are talking about.

Heisei Generations is the Pac-Man one right?

[Gokai Doctor]

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Originally Posted by TheHarmonizer

You should do a reaction to Gaim...would love to see your face by...Ep 14

Sadly, I've already seen Gaim, Decade, Gokaiger and Goseiger. Really enjoyed Gaim though and I loved the entire series from start to finish.

[GoldenXtreme]

Hopefully it Ex-Aid hasn't been overhyped to the point where it hampers your enjoyment of it Electric Turahk. That can be the issue with fandoms sometimes.

[barnstenchfartface]

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Originally Posted by Electric Turahk

Well yeah. That's what I was asking. What are all the spin-offs and specials worth watching so when I start watching (hopefully soon) I'm getting the "whole experience". Seriously, I know nothing about what's come out. Completely checked out of news regarding the show since I was/am so turned off by the suits. But it's been so overhyped at this point I just want to get it over with so I know what the heck people are talking about.

Heisei Generations is the Pac-Man one right?

Ok, let's see if I can get a comprehensive list up in here. There's:

-Virtual Operations: 5 shorts, about 3 minutes each. Not essential, but provide some context to the early show. The first short is after episode 1, the remaining four after episodes 3, 4, 5 and 6. I think at this point only TV-Nihon has completed them.

-Heisei Generations: Yeah, that's the crossover movie with Ghost, and Pac-Man. It's set after episode 10, I believe. Over-Time has it.

-Kamen Rider Genm: A series of three shorts about Legend Gashats, set after the Heisei Generations movie. I had some other stuff written down here but honestly I'm not sure about the sub situation with these anymore. TV-Nihon has them, and I think that may be it? Another subber did the first two, but it looks like those releases may have died with Nyaa.

- Kamen Rider Brave: One special, about a single episode's length. It's not really set anywhere concrete continuity-wise but it may be worth watching at some point before episode 19. Once again, I believe TV-Nihon is the only option.

-Kamen Rider Snipe: Episode 0: The Blu-Ray specials, though only the first episode is out now. It's set sometime before episode 23, probably best watched after episode 20? Couple of options for this one, including Excite, the main sub group you'll probably go with?

-Chou Super Hero Taisen: The spring movie, we don't have it, of course. Probably set after episode 23.

-Kamen Sentai GoRider: Three episode mini-series, set after CSHT, but the movie is not required watching. Set after 23, very worth watching. Has spoilers for Agito, Blade, and Gaim, though, so keep that in mind. TV-Nihon.

-Kamen Rider Lazer: That's the Hyper Battle Video. It's out by now, but we don't have as much as a raw of it. Apparently set between episodes 23 and 28, useless as that information is at the moment.

And...I think that's it? There's a bunch, to be sure.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

Ok, let's see if I can get a comprehensive list up in here. There's:

-Virtual Operations: 5 shorts, about 3 minutes each. Not essential, but provide some context to the early show. The first short is after episode 1, the remaining four after episodes 3, 4, 5 and 6. I think at this point only TV-Nihon has completed them.

-Heisei Generations: Yeah, that's the crossover movie with Ghost, and Pac-Man. It's set after episode 10, I believe. Over-Time has it.

-Kamen Rider Genm: A series of three shorts about Legend Gashats, set after the Heisei Generations movie. The first two are up on Youtube here, but the third one was DVD-exclusive and TV-Nihon is your only option for that last part so far.

- Kamen Rider Brave: One special, about a single episode's length. IT's not really set anywhere concrete continuity-wise but it may be worth watching before episode 19. Once again, I believe TV-Nihon is the only option.

-Kamen Rider Snipe: Episode 0: The Blu-Ray specials, though only the first episode is out now. It's set sometime before episode 23, probably best watched after episode 20? Couple of options for this one, including Excite, the main sub group you'll probably go with?

-Chou Super Hero Taisen: The spring movie, we don't have it, of course. Probably set after episode 23.

-Kamen Sentai GoRider: Three episode mini-series, set after CSHT, but the movie is not required watching. Set after 23, very worth watching. Has spoilers for Agito, Blade, and Gaim, though, so keep that in mind. TV-Nihon.

-Kamen Rider Lazer: That's the Hyper Battle Video. It's out by now, but we don't have as much as a raw of it. Apparently set between episodes 23 and 28, useless as that information is at the moment.

And...I think that's it? There's a bunch, to be sure.

Keep in mind, you don't NEED to watch all of these. The show makes perfect sense on its own without any of the supplemental material. There's yet to be any instance of mysterious robed characters from web videos showing up out of nowhere.

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Gokai Doctor

Sadly, I've already seen Gaim, Decade, Gokaiger and Goseiger. Really enjoyed Gaim though and I loved the entire series from start to finish.

Well, since this is a rider thread I will only list rider shows. This is my all-time favorite and what I think embodies the essence of Kamen Rider. Ishinomori the original creator of Kamen Rider even considered this as "back-to-basics" during production. I present...

[EpsilonX]

So, for anybody who has seen Decade...basically, what's it like? How does it handle the previous Riders? How MOTW is it? If it's MOTW, does each MOTW plot take place inside the previous Rider universes? Will it spoil anything from the previous Rider shows (even if they're AU versions of the previous Riders, it still could spoil major twists or reveals)? When I tried watching Gokaiger, I felt like my lack of familiarity with some of the returning characters was holding me back from enjoying the series to its fullest extent. If the only pre-Decade Rider series I've seen is Kiva, will I have that same issue? I hear a lot of people complain about Decade, what exactly is wrong with it? Anything I should keep in mind?

Sorry, that was a lot of questions

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

So, for anybody who has seen Decade...basically, what's it like? How does it handle the previous Riders? How MOTW is it? If it's MOTW, does each MOTW plot take place inside the previous Rider universes? Will it spoil anything from the previous Rider shows (even if they're AU versions of the previous Riders, it still could spoil major twists or reveals)? When I tried watching Gokaiger, I felt like my lack of familiarity with some of the returning characters was holding me back from enjoying the series to its fullest extent. If the only pre-Decade Rider series I've seen is Kiva, will I have that same issue? I hear a lot of people complain about Decade, what exactly is wrong with it? Anything I should keep in mind?

Sorry, that was a lot of questions

Decade fits the same general two-part pattern that Rider was using at the time: each AU world arc took place over the course of two episodes and then Tsukasa would move on. It's not very MOTW because monsters are rarely the focus, it's more about whatever storyline is going on in the world that Decade has stumbled into.

It's been awhile since I watched it, but I believe the only show that it really spoils is Faiz. All of the worlds are aggressively different from the original series so there's nothing to really spoil here - on Decade one guy was Agito, G3, and Gills instead of having those be separate characters, for example. With Faiz world it's again completely different (high school drama instead of young adult soap opera), but it does still include something about the main Rider that was a huge plot twist in the original series.

As far as what's wrong with it, Decade had some behind-the-scenes issues with the writing staff. Not Hibiki level bad, but it changed writers partway through and it's pretty clear that the new guy a) had no idea what the original plan was and 2) didn't give a damn. The show's ending is a huge mess that leaves a lot of stuff unexplained and all of the follow-up appearances by Decade only made things more confusing. It's an incredibly fun show* if you can turn your brain off and just enjoy the spectacle. If you try to get seriously invested in the story it's just going to leave you confused and annoyed.

* I am biased here because Decade was my initial gateway into Kamen Rider.