[gashatfreak]

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

A game show? Now THAT'S something I want to see. So something like Power Rangers Ninja Steel but the contestants are Kamen Riders instead of MOTWs, I like the sound of this. Maybe include a small subplot about how some people are protesting showing live combat and monster killing in a public broadcast?

This aged well lol

[FairyKing]

Serious story out of the way, now on to the fun part: The toys!

Riders from Runegard transform using the Advendriver, a belt developed to help people fight against monsters, and Classtars, star-shaped emblems that enhance their rider forms with different equipment and skills. Each Classtar is made of two parts: The Class Stone, a round gemstone which determines what kind of abilities it gives, and the Star Ring, a set of points around the Class Stone which determines how powerful it is.

Meanwhile Keiji uses a jitte-like device (which I haven't named yet but I want it to be Japanese-based to contrast with the English-based names of the Runegard items), developed by an Earthling scientist in the supporting cast. At first it's just a weapon, more effective against monsters than ordinary guns but not as good as a Rider, but eventually he's able to use it with a Classtar to transform!

The lower level Classtars could be used by any Rider, so here I'll only list the ones that are more special to that specific Rider:

Viktor:
- Warrior (main form)
- Champion (upgrade form)
- Berserker (penultimate form, berserk until he trains to use it safely)
- Warrior King (final form, accessed with his family's ancestral shield Aegis Arms, which combines with his sword to make... a bigger sword)

Sylvan:
- Wizard (base form)
- Grandmaster (final form, made by combining one of each low-level Classtar)

Keiji:
- Thief (base form, much to his chagrin as a policeman)
- Secret Agent (final form, made by modifying his Classtar with Earthling tech)

Connor:
- Paladin (main form)

Theoretically any Class Stone could have any Star Ring. In the show, Classtars would magically change to the next level up when their user gets strong enough, while in the toyline, the Class Stones would hold all the electronics, and the Star Rings could be detached from them and interchanged. And there would be eight colors of Class Stone - red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, pink - and six ranks of Star Ring - iron (2 points), bronze (3points), silver (4 points), gold (5 points), light (5 points with angel wings), dark (5 points with bat wings) - for a whopping 48 possible combinations, and that's not even counting the unique final forms! Although to reduce it a little, all the iron-level Classtars give the same suit just with different weapons or stats, and are used by rider-like footsoldiers instead of true Riders. Buuut I haven't actually thought out what every level of every class would be, sorry XD But I do have the full progression for each major Rider's favored class! All the others would be either auxiliary forms, less-prominent Riders, or toyline-exclusive.

Red Class (battle):
- Bronze Star Ring: "Class change! Soldier!"
- Silver Star Ring: "Class advance! Warrior!"
- Gold Star Ring: "Class master! Champion!"
- Light Star Ring: "Class ascend! Paladin!"
- Dark Star Ring: "Class unleash! Berserker!"
- Silver Star + Aegis Arms (Viktor exclusive): "Class crowning glory! Warrior King!"

Purple Class (magic):
- Bronze Star: "Class change! Scholar!"
- Silver Star: "Class advance! Wizard!
- Gold Star: "Class master! Archmage!"
- Light Star: "Class ascend! Astrologer!"
- Dark Star: "Class unleash! Necromancer!"

Rainbow Stone w/ Gold Star (Sylvan exclusive): "Class renaissance! Grandmaster!"

Blue Class (stealth):
- Bronze Star: "Class change! Thief!"
- Silver Star: "Class advance! Bandit!"
- Gold Star: "Class master! Outlaw!"
- Light Star: "Class ascend! Spymaster!"
- Dark Star: "Class unleash! Assassin!"
- Tech Star (Keiji exclusive): "Class custom! Secret Agent!"

Any color Class:
- Iron Star: "Class get! Trooper!"

Anyone with enough magic power to become a Rider can use any bronze-level Classtars, but they need to be more skilled with a class to use silver- or gold-level, and need to either draw strength from a higher power for light-level or from their inner demons for dark-level. Iron-level Classtars are only used by the Iron Troopers, the Jadheim Empire's mass-produced footsoldiers recruited from people who don't have enough power to become Riders.

[FairyKing]

While I don't normally care much for anniversary-crossover stuff, I had an idea for one that seems kind of interesting:

Kamen Riders protect this world from evil... but what of the reverse? In a world where wicked heroes hunt innocent monsters, there is still one Kamen Rider with a heart of justice! Reiwa reversed: Kamen Rider Verze!

Unlike Zi-Oh with its monstrous Another Riders, this series uses Reverse Riders as the villains, with the same heroic designs but new color schemes based on photo negatives, and their personalities are based on their original selves but twisted to be villainous:

"There's only one person who can stop me... you."
- Reverse Aruto is the spoiled nepo-baby head of Hiden Intelligence, who is known for his cruel sense of humor and views everyone around him, human or Humagear, as little more than toys for his amusement.

"I've decided I'll be the one who ends this story."
- Reverse Touma is a famous horror and tragedy author who secretly commands the Sword of Logos, always follows through on his threats, and decides the fate of others as if they're characters in his books.

"I'm burning like hell! Let's go at once!"
- Reverse Ikki is "Japan's number one egoist" who forces his way into everyone's issues to make it all about himself, rapidly rising the ranks of the dystopian organization Fenix in his desperate search for approval.

"I am the highlight."
- Reverse Ace is the reigning champion of the Desire Grand Prix, a consummate liar who doesn't care who he has to betray or how corrupt the DGP is so long as he can continue his winning streak and superstar lifestyle, with ambitions to become a god.

"I gotcha!"
- Reverse Houtaro is a high schooler and alchemy student who likes Chemies more than humans and wants them all to be his friends and his alone, even getting violently jealous when a Chemy partners with someone else.

Meanwhile, Kamen Rider Verze is a passing-through hero with amnesia but who remembers that Kamen Riders are supposed to be allies of justice, and fights to help the various monster groups he encounters against the Riders who oppress them. After winning the trust of a powerful monster, Verze can copy their power onto a Monster Card and use it in the ReiVerze Driver to access a form based on those monsters, but with a more heroic and Rider-esque aesthetic.

- "Magia Reverse! Mestubojinrai justice!"
Reverse Magia are abused Humagears who've gained the power to stand up to their owners, thanks to the underground resistance group Metsubojinrai.net who fights for equal rights with humans.

- "Megid Reverse! Alter the story!"
The lead Reverse Megid are ancient sages who want to free the Almighty Book from the Sword of Logos's control so that people can make their own fates instead of being predestined.

- "Deadmans Reverse! Gracias, Gif!"
Reverse Deadmans are a spiritual movement who advocate making peace with your inner demons, and protest against Fenix's brutal repression of anything they deem "sinful."

- "Jyamato Reverse! Jyamar Garden growing!"
Reverse Jyamato are peaceful plantlike creatures, created to be hunted for sport in the cruel and unfair Desire Grand Prix, and they try to learn from humans in hopes of winning their freedom.

- "Malgam Reverse! Be dyed in gold!"
Reverse Malgam are formed when a Chemy resonates with a human's kindness and forms a bond with them, but the Alchemist Union hunts them to keep the power of alchemy for themselves.

Since Gavv has only just started, I don't have a good enough sense of Shoma and the Granutes to make their Reverses yet, although I think the Granute henshin catchphrase will be "Granute Reverse! Stomach full of love!"

Anyway, the second rider is Izant, a secretary-type Humagear who tried to be a conscience for Aruto but was cast aside and rescued by Verze. It's ambiguous whether she's a counterpart to Izu or Azu, but she transforms into Kamen Rider Minus-One.

[henshinzero]

So far the only Reiwa riders we have are...

• Zero-One
• Saber
• Revice
• Geats
• Gotchard
• Now Gavv

Only three more to go

I'm imagining...

1. Galaxy-themed Rider with a music genre theme
2. Yokai-themed Rider where he helps a girl inbetween the feudal & modern era
3. Chinese Zodiac-themed martial artist Riders - Beyblade style
4. Fusion-themed angel Rider for anniversary

[DH21965]

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Originally Posted by henshinzero

So far the only Reiwa riders we have are...

• Zero-One
• Saber
• Revice
• Geats
• Gotchard
• Now Gavv

Only three more to go

I'm imagining...

1. Galaxy-themed Rider with a music genre theme
2. Yokai-themed Rider where he helps a girl inbetween the feudal & modern era
3. Chinese Zodiac-themed martial artist Riders - Beyblade style
4. Fusion-themed angel Rider for anniversary

There is not only “3 more to go” the Reiwa Era, it will end when the person on the throne is changed,it’s not measured in “how many” years.
The Reiwa Era could be as long as the next decade, not next 3 years

[Matrixbeast]

To put it into perspective, the Showa era lasted from 1926 to 1989, and Heisei from 89 to 2019. Both of them ending during the final year of their respective decades was coincidental.

Anyway, give me a Kamen Rider that's a trucker. We got Drive, so the natural evolution is someone driving a big rig

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by FairyKing

While I don't normally care much for anniversary-crossover stuff, I had an idea for one that seems kind of interesting:

Kamen Riders protect this world from evil... but what of the reverse? In a world where wicked heroes hunt innocent monsters, there is still one Kamen Rider with a heart of justice! Reiwa reversed: Kamen Rider Verze!

Unlike Zi-Oh with its monstrous Another Riders, this series uses Reverse Riders as the villains, with the same heroic designs but new color schemes based on photo negatives, and their personalities are based on their original selves but twisted to be villainous:

A nice mix of Decade and Zi-O for the Reiwa era. Honestly, the concept of ?evil riders oppressing monsters that give rise to a protector rider? suits the franchise even without crossover elements.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Anyway, give me a Kamen Rider that's a trucker. We got Drive, so the natural evolution is someone driving a big rig

I'm surprised there hasn't been a sea captain rider yet. Although the reason is most likely that Toei doesn't want to bother with filming on the water.

[henshinzero]

I so wonder when the put the fusion theme in?

Reiwa’s anniversary?

I keep picture the Goseiger route where the main rider is an angel.

Would like to see another anniversary season where the main rider protects monsters. We’re lacking monsters nowadays. Look at Ultraman’s Kaiju!

[FairyKing]

Tentative idea for the Verze version of Gavv:

"How about it? Give up all your snacks to me, or I'll stomp you into the ground!"
- Reverse Shouma is a glutton whose hybrid biology gives him a hunger can never be truly satisfied, and when not placated with a constant supply of snacks he'll resort to eating people, be they human or Granute, to try and taste their happiness.

- "Granute Reverse! Stomach full of joy!"
Reverse Granute are aliens that feed on human happiness, but this doesn't harm the humans, and the Stomach family are sustainable farmers who work hard to "cultivate" happiness and never harvest too much.