Kamen Rider: Battride War

Kamen Rider: Battride War
Genres Action role-playing game, hack and slash
Developers Eighting
Bandai Namco Studios
Publishers Bandai Namco Games
Platforms PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U
Platform of origin PlayStation 3
Year of inception 2013
First release Kamen Rider: Battride War
May 23, 2013
Latest release Kamen Rider: Battride War II
June 26, 2014

Kamen Rider: Battride War (Japanese: 仮面ライダー バトライド・ウォー Hepburn: Kamen Raidā Batoraido Wō) is a spinoff video game series of the Kamen Rider Series.

Games

Kamen Rider: Battride War

Kamen Rider: Battride War (仮面ライダー バトライド・ウォー Kamen Raidā Batoraido Wō) is a video game based on the Kamen Rider Series, released for the PlayStation 3 on May 23, 2013.[1] Done in the style of Dynasty Warriors, the player controls one of the Kamen Riders as he battles through a series of enemies. The game mainly features the protagonists of the Heisei era of Kamen Rider, starting with 2000's Kamen Rider Kuuga and featuring up to 2013's Kamen Rider Wizard. Showa-era Kamen Riders were originally meant to be released as downloadable content,[1][2][3] but only two alternate versions of characters were released instead.[4] A limited edition of the game was released that has a soundtrack that includes the original theme songs from the TV series and films.

The game's story mode known as "Chronicle Mode" ultimately pits the Kamen Riders against their mortal enemies in a final showdown.[5][6] In this game, many Heisei Riders had their memories sealed and altered by a former member of Foundation X, Callas (voiced by Hōchū Ōtsuka). Only Wizard who manage to survive the seal and alteration thanks to an entity known as Canaria (voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro, who also voiced Kiva-la). It is up to Wizard to break free and restore the Heisei Riders' memories.

The game's theme song is "Go get 'em" by the Kamen Rider Girls.[7][8] The physical release of the single included a DLC code to access the Kamen Rider Wizard's All Dragon Figure in game.[4]

Kamen Rider: Battride War II

Kamen Rider: Battride War II (仮面ライダー バトライド・ウォー II Kamen Raidā Batoraido Wō II) was released on June 26, 2014, and it features characters from the most recent TV series Kamen Rider Gaim as well as story scenarios based on the various Kamen Rider films, including the Movie Wars series. As with the original game, a limited edition version with the theme songs from the TV series and films was also released. In addition to the PlayStation 3, Battride War II was released on the Wii U. Kamen Rider Girls performed the game's theme song "Break the shell".[9]

The story sees the Kamen Riders helping brother and sister Reito (レイト, voiced by Aoi Yuki (Younger version)) and Reina (レイナ, voiced by Rie Tanaka) to restore Reito's memories by reliving the events of the Kamen Riders' various movies. The two siblings are assisted by Cinema (シネマ Shinema, voiced by Keiji Fujiwara), who is ultimately revealed to be the game's main antagonist who is more interested in filming the Kamen Riders for an unknown purpose.

Many original cast members return for this game, including several new characters. Mitsuru Matsuoka of SOPHIA reprises his role as voice Kamen Rider Eternal,[10] Musashi returns to voice Kamen Rider Caucasus, and Hiroyuki Watanabe returns to voice Kamen Rider Gaoh.[11] Ken Matsudaira, who portrayed the historical figure Tokugawa Yoshimune in the film Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals, appears in the game as a new playable character.[12] Kento Handa, who portrayed Takumi Inui in Kamen Rider 555, reprises his role for this game, having not appeared in the prior version.[13]

Players have the option of setting up custom song playlists for the game's various characters. They can pick songs from their own PlayStation 3 and Wii U libraries or they can pick and choose songs from the game if they have bought the Premium TV & Movie Sound Edition.[14]

A series of downloadable content campaigns were run for the game, featuring various new characters introduced during the broadcast of Kamen Rider Gaim, such as Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin and Kamen Rider Gaim Kiwami Arms.

Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis

The third title called Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis (仮面ライダー バトライド・ウォー 創生 Kamen Raidā Batoraido Wō Sōsei) was announced in September 2015 to be released in February 25, 2016. It is part of the anniversary project to celebrate the Kamen Rider franchise's 45th anniversary, and will feature characters from both Kamen Rider Drive and Kamen Rider Ghost after a year of hiatus during Kamen Rider Drive's airing, as well as feature characters who were originally only NPCs and Assist Call characters in Battride War II and the Shōwa era Kamen Riders, which were absent from both previous installments of the game.[16][17][18]

The game features an original story where the evil Shadow Moon, rival of Kohtaro Minami makes the first monsters each Kamen Rider has faced much stronger, killing them before they truly have a chance to become heroes. He starts off with Kamen Rider 1, and with his death, the history of all Kamen Riders is rewritten. The only ones unaffected are Kamen Rider Ghost, as he is already dead, and Kamen Rider Den-O, who has the Den-Liner that can travel through time and preventing his history as a Kamen Rider from being rewritten. The two work together to save the Kamen Riders and restore the original timeline so Kamen Riders live to protect the world. To start, they travel back to 1971 to make sure Takeshi Hongo becomes Kamen Rider 1 and survives his first fight.

Kohei Murakami was announced to reprised his role as Masato Kusaka/Kamen Rider Kaixa from Kamen Rider 555.[19]

Hiroshi Fujioka reprises his role as Takeshi Hongo, Kamen Rider 1, in the video game.[20][21] First edition copies of the game will come with a DLC code to access a special mission pack and a special Shocker costumed version of Takeshi Hongo.[22][23][24]

As part of the promotion of Kamen Rider Drive Saga: Chaser V-Cinema release, Kamen Rider Drive's Kamen Rider Chaser was announced to be a downloadable character, followed by Kamen Rider Ghost's Kamen Rider Specter and then Kamen Rider Ghost Toucon Boost Damashii to be released around Thursday, each weeks on March after two weeks of the game's release.[25]

The game's theme song will be Tourbillon's song "Colorless Images", from their upcoming album The Decade: 10th Anniversary Best.

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar those of Dynasty Warriors series, in addition of capable form changing and a final form gauge (later known as Strongest Form gauge in Battride War II then as a level 1/50% gauge final form in Battride War Genesis).

Battride War II introduced an Assist Call gauge to call on support characters and the Ultimate Final Form gauge (later as a level 2/100% gauge final form in Battride War Genesis).

Battride War Genesis builds on the system by updating the Assist Call system to introduce the Double Rider system, where the player can call upon a second character to assist them throughout the stage rather than in just one attack as in the previous game. Certain characters are designated as Tag Partners only, and are not playable otherwise. A new Attack Blast system has also been added in Genesis, allowing players to perform attacks while riding some of Kamen Riders' signature motorcycles, cars, and other vehicles. Genesis also features a revamped finishing attack gauge that charges up while the player attacks enemies. Certain characters have two tiers to this gauge, with 50% activating a temporary transformation into one more powerful form (such as Kamen Rider Drive's Type Formula form) and 100% to a second more powerful form (such as Kamen Rider Drive's Type Tridoron form).

Characters

Playable Character Battride War Battride War II Battride War Genesis
Kamen Rider #1Red XRed XGreen tick (also as Takeshi Hongo)
Takeshi Hongo (Shocker Combatant Disguise)Red XRed XGreen tick[lower-alpha 1]
Kamen Rider #2Red XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider V3Red XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider StrongerRed XRed XGreen tick
SkyriderRed XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider Super 1Red XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider XRed XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider AmazonRed XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider BlackRed XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider Black RXRed XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider Kuuga (Yūsuke Godai)Green tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider AgitoGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider G3-XNPCSupport onlyGreen tick
Kamen Rider RyukiGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider KnightNPCSupport onlyGreen tick
Kamen Rider FaizGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider KaixaNPCSupport onlyGreen tick
Kamen Rider BladeGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider GarrenNPCSupport onlyGreen tick
Kamen Rider HibikiGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider IbukiNPCSupport onlyGreen tick
Kamen Rider KabutoGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider GatackNPC (as Rider Form)Support only (as Rider Form)Green tick
Kamen Rider Den-OGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider ZeronosNPC (as Zero Form)Support only (as Zero Form)Green tick
Kamen Rider KivaGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider Ixa (Keisuke Nago/2000s)NPCSupport onlyGreen tick
Kamen Rider DecadeGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider Decade Violent EmotionRed X[lower-alpha 2]Green tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider Kuuga (Yūsuke Onodera)Red X[lower-alpha 3]Red XGreen tick
Kamen Rider DiendNPCSupport onlyGreen tick
Kamen Rider DoubleGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider Double FangJokerGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider JokerRed XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider AccelGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider EternalRed X[lower-alpha 2]NPCGreen tick
Kamen Rider OOOGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider Birth (Akira Date)Green tickGreen tickGreen tick
Tokugawa YoshimuneRed XGreen tick[lower-alpha 4]NPC
Kamen Rider FourzeGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider MeteorGreen tickGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider WizardGreen tick[lower-alpha 5]Green tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider BeastGreen tick[lower-alpha 5]Green tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider GaimRed XGreen tick[lower-alpha 5]Green tick
Kamen Rider BaronRed XGreen tickGreen tick
Kamen Rider Zangetsu ShinRed XGreen tick[lower-alpha 1]Green tick
Kamen Rider DriveRed XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider MachRed XRed XGreen tick
Kamen Rider ChaserRed XRed XGreen tick[lower-alpha 1]
Kamen Rider GhostRed XRed XGreen tick[lower-alpha 5]
Kamen Rider SpecterRed XRed XGreen tick[lower-alpha 1]
  1. 1 2 3 4 Available as downloadable content
  2. 1 2 Form used by a different person/counterpart
  3. ↑ Previously Non-Playable
  4. ↑ Playable in two certain missions only
  5. 1 2 3 4 Has a separate downloadable content final form prior merging in a sequel

Voice actors

The Kamen Rider: Battride War video games feature the voice over roles of the actors who portrayed the characters in the television series and films.

From Battride War

From Battride War II

From Battride War Genesis

Reception

Famitsu gave the first game rating of 33/40.[26] The game also managed to debut at the second spot of the Japanese Game Ranking for the week of May 20 to 26, 2013, selling 128,659 copies on its first week.[27]

References

  1. 1 2 "『仮面ライダー バトライド・ウォー』いままでにない"仮面ライダーアクション"を一挙公開 - ファミ通.com". Famitsu.com. 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
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