Kamen Rider: Battride War

Kamen Rider Battride War (仮面ライダーバトライド・ウォー) is an Eighting and Namco Bandai beat 'em up action-RPG and bike action fight crossover game, exclusive for the Playstation 3. It features all of the main 2000's era riders (Heisei with the current Neo-Heisei). The game uses a 3D environment and the Riders also can use their respective Rider Machines to combat enemies and save the civilians. The game was released on May 23 2013.

Gameplay
The game features an unique 3D beat 'em up system that is far more sophisticated than fighting system from Kamen Rider Super Climax Heroes and compared to Tecmo Koei's Dynasty Warriors series and it's related Warriors series games, including Capcom's Sengoku Basara. Basically, you battle the enemies while walking and can also use the Riders' Rider Bikes to easily defeat enemies and avoid obstacles. You can also go on missions where you must save the civilians. After battling some foot soldiers, you will usually fight a boss in each stage. Also, some Riders can access their form change abilities. The screen has two bar on the top-left most. The Blue Bar served as the Life Bar and the Yellow Bar served as Energy Bar. Then a map on the lower left and a driver display like the Climax Heroes Series on the lower right, but when the player is on a motocycle, this display turns in a accelerometer display. Some of the Rider can change form freely, without costing energy. Some also only have a Special Attack or a Rider Glide. A Kamen Rider's Final Form is only playable after using them as a Finisher. They drain your Energy Bar and if the Energy Bar runs out, you will revert back to your Base Form.

So far are 3 playable modes:
 * Chronicle Mode: Original Story Mode in a "Select a Character Story" Fashion.
 * Free Mission Mode: Re-play Mode where you choose the Rider you will play.
 * Rider Road Mode: Survival Mode of the game, which you must complete the given 3 missions.

Chronicle Mode
This is the game's Story Mode, where the Riders have lost their memories. The player must help the Riders regain their memories by reliving featured scenes from their respective Kamen Rider show. However, if the player plays as Kamen Rider Wizard for the first time, he/she will have to face all of the 10 Heisei Riders and an army of Riotroopers in order to regain some of Wizard's lost memory before battling Phoenix in the next stage. Chronicle Mode is divided into Chapters, which is further divided into Missions. The player must accept the Rider for that Mission. After that, he/she must select the Rider abilities and then the Mission starts. While playing, the player can also collect figures while dealing with enemies. You can also summon Secondary Riders to join the fray. The player must fight other main Riders in order to unlock them as they will be brought to Canaria which she will give them some of their lost memories.

At the end of each Chapter, you will either battle a boss or the Chapter will be completed if you have cleared all the objectives for that stage. You then get points for your Rider to use to power up and regain some of the Rider's memories. As more missions and chapters are cleared, the more the Rider will break off from the chains, unlocking more of the Riders to be playable, which also means more of their powers can be unlocked.

A new original character appear in this mode, Canaria (カナリア) who looks like a little shining gold energy bird that will guide the player/Rider. A similar figure to Canary but being larger and black in color named Callas (カラス) who serves as the main antagonist and Kamen Riders' rival, following the new user of Kamen Rider Eternal's belt and his mind-controlled Riders. Callas will appear as the final villain of the game, and assumes the form of Kamen Rider Decade Violent Emotion during the final battle.

Later, it was revealed that Canaria was a Foundation X scientist named Rie Kanai (叶井 梨絵). However, she was trapped in a dimension of bird cage named Mnemosyne (ムネモシュネ) with her former husband, Susumu Karashima (辛島 進). Karashima was also revealed to be Callas. Kanai and Karashima have a son named Tsubasa Karashima (辛島 翼). However, Tsubasa was died in a traffic accident. He then become a wandering spirit that called Tsubame (ツバメ).

At the end of the game, Callas traps Tsubame's spirit into Mnemosyne in order to fulfill his evil plan. Canaria regains consciousness from Callas' attacks and orders the Riders to save her son's spirit. Wizard, OOO, W and Decade faced off against Callas' army with OOO assuming Gatakiriba Combo to finish off Eternal, Skull and every foot soldier, Double assumes HeatJoker and defeat NEW Den-O with Joker Grenade and while Decade was fighting against Callas, Wizard uses Kick Strike to destroy Mnemosyne and Callas himself, who abandoned his form in an attempt to protect Mnemosyne. The Chronicle Mode ends with Callas turning into dark energy and Canaria turns into light energy and escorted away while the Riders were returned to their world.

Free Mission Mode
A re-play mode where you can freely choose which Rider you want to play as. This mode is used to obtain figures that the player either had missed or cannot obtain with the Riders selected during Chronicle Mode. It is also useful for obtaining experience points to upgrade low-leveled Riders.

Rider Road Mode
This the Survival-like Mode in this game. The player will be given 3 or more missions that need to accomplished. players can choose any Rider that you want. The missions usually from the Chronicle Stages of Chronicle Mode. Rider Road is divided into some parts:
 * Survival Road: In this Road, there aren't be any Healing Items and Life Gauge doesn't replenish between missions. This the most common Road.
 * Poison Road: In this Road, the player's Life Gauge will gradually decrease.
 * Friendship Road: In this Road, the player is partnered with a Secondary Rider.
 * Level 1 Road: In this Road, the player's Rider Status will be same as Level 1.
 * Death Road: In this Road, enemies are more powerful, especially the Bosses.
 * Final Road: The final Road of all Rider Roads. It is a combination of Survival and Death Roads. This is the most difficult Road.

Main Riders

 * Kamen Rider Wizard
 * Flame Style (default)
 * Flame Dragon (Attack)
 * Water Style
 * Water Dragon (Attack)
 * Hurricane Style
 * Hurricane Dragon (Attack)
 * Land Style
 * Land Dragon (Attack)
 * All Dragon (Finisher Form)
 * Infinity Style [DLC separate character]
 * Kamen Rider Fourze
 * Base States (default)
 * Elek States
 * Fire States
 * Magnet States
 * Cosmic States (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider OOO
 * Tatoba Combo (default)
 * Limited Time Combos (via attacks only)
 * Gatakiriba Combo
 * Latorartar Combo
 * Sagohzo Combo
 * Tajadol Combo
 * Shauta Combo
 * Putotyra Combo (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Double
 * Joker Half Side
 * CycloneJoker (default)
 * HeatJoker
 * LunaJoker
 * Metal Half Side
 * HeatMetal
 * CycloneMetal
 * LunaMetal
 * Trigger Half Side
 * LunaTrigger
 * CycloneTrigger
 * HeatTrigger
 * CycloneJokerXtreme (Finisher Form)
 * FangJoker (separate character)
 * Kamen Rider Decade
 * KamenRide: Decade (default)
 * Pre-Decade's Heisei KamenRide Forms (max 3 cards uses)
 * KamenRide: Kuuga (Mighty Form)
 * KamenRide: Agito (Ground Form)
 * KamenRide: Ryuki
 * KamenRide: Faiz
 * KamenRide: Blade (Ace Form)
 * KamenRide: Hibiki
 * KamenRide: Kabuto (Rider Form)
 * KamenRide: Den-O (Sword Form)
 * KamenRide: Kiva (Kiva Form)
 * Final KamenRide: Decade Complete (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Kiva
 * DoGaBaKi Form (Rider Glide)
 * Kiva Form (default)
 * Garulu Form
 * Basshaa Form
 * Dogga Form
 * Emperor Form (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Den-O
 * Climax Form (Finisher Form) (limited time for below forms while fully damaged)
 * Sword Form (default)
 * Rod Form
 * Ax Form
 * Gun Form
 * Liner Form
 * Kamen Rider Kabuto
 * Masked Form (default while in gameplay)
 * Rider Form (common default in other menu selections)
 * Hyper Form (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Hibiki
 * Oni Form (default)
 * Hibiki Kurenai (via attacks, limited time)
 * Armed Hibiki (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Blade
 * Ace Form (default)
 * Jack Form (limited time)
 * King Form (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Faiz
 * Base Form (default)
 * Axel Form (via attacks, limited time)
 * Blaster Form (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Ryuki
 * Base Form (default)
 * Ryuki Survive (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Agito
 * Trinity Form (Rider Glide)
 * Ground Form (default)
 * Storm Form
 * Flame Form
 * Burning Form (limited time)
 * Shining Form (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Kuuga
 * Mighty Form (default)
 * Rising Mighty (via string charge attack)
 * Amazing Mighty (Rising Mighty's finishing move Form)
 * Dragon Form
 * Rising Dragon (via string charge attack)
 * Pegasus Form
 * Rising Pegasus (via string charge attack)
 * Titan Form
 * Rising Titan (via string charge attack)
 * Ultimate Form (Finisher Form)

Secondary Riders
Though all the Secondary Riders appear in the game, only the Neo-Heisei Era Secondary Riders are playable. The others only act as a Support Character, when your Main Rider battles.
 * Kamen Rider Beast
 * Beast (default, Mantles (below) will disappear if unused for too long)
 * Falco Mantle
 * Chameleo Mantle
 * Buffa Mantle
 * Dolphi Mantle
 * Beast Hyper [DLC separate character]
 * Kamen Rider Meteor
 * Meteor (default)
 * Meteor Storm (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Birth
 * Birth (default)
 * Birth Day (Finisher Form)
 * Kamen Rider Accel
 * Accel (default)
 * Bike Mode
 * Accel Trial (Finisher Form)
 * Accel Booster (via attacks only, no limit)
 * Kamen Rider Diend
 * KamenRide: Diend
 * Kamen Rider IXA
 * Burst Mode
 * Kamen Rider Zeronos
 * Zero Form
 * Kamen Rider Gatack
 * Rider Form
 * Kamen Rider Ibuki
 * Kamen Rider Garren
 * Ace Form
 * Kamen Rider Kaixa
 * Kamen Rider Knight
 * Base Form
 * Kamen Rider G3
 * G3-X system

Movie Riders
These Riders are once started as Support Characters, until they served as Callas' army after being mind-controlled as Canaria failed to escort them.
 * Kamen Rider Skull
 * Skull
 * Kamen Rider New Den-O
 * Strike Form

Dark Riders
Only Dark Kiva act as Support Character in the half-part of some chapter.


 * Kamen Rider Eternal
 * Blue Flare
 * Strenghtening Armament (Attack only)
 * Kamen Rider Odin
 * Second Odin
 * Kamen Rider Dark Kiva

Common Enemies/Mooks

 * Classic/Red Shocker Combatmen (Kamen Rider)
 * Formica Pedes (Kamen Rider Agito)
 * Raydragoons (Kamen Rider Ryuki)
 * Gelnewt (Kamen Rider Ryuki)
 * Riotrooper (Kamen Rider 555)
 * Darkroaches (Kamen Rider Blade)
 * Bakeneko (Kamen Rider Hibiki)
 * Salis Worms (Kamen Rider Kabuto)
 * Leo Soldier Yummy (Kamen Rider Den-O/OOO)
 * Rat Fangire (Kamen Rider Kiva)
 * Dai-Shocker Combatmen (Kamen Rider Decade)
 * Masquerade Dopants (Kamen Rider W)
 * Waste Yummies (Kamen Rider OOO)
 * Stardust Ninja Dustard (Kamen Rider Fourze)
 * Ghouls (Kamen Rider Wizard)

Bosses/Sub-Bosses Enemies
Black Joker Undead only made one appearance since the whole Kamen Rider Blade level was in Blade's mind. Also, A.R. Kuuga only appears in Decade's Awakening level, in which the original Kuuga is locked on that level remained unknown. Meanwhile, Apollo Geist has two person. One is the original, in Decade's mind and the other one is Canaria in disguise.


 * N-Daguva-Zeba (Kamen Rider Kuuga)
 * El of the Water (Kamen Rider Agito)
 * Horse Orphnoch (Kamen Rider 555)
 * Black Joker Undead (Kamen Rider Blade)
 * Albino Joker Undead (Kamen Rider Blade)
 * Midaredouji (Kamen Rider Hibiki)
 * Cassis Worm (Kamen Rider Kabuto)
 * Dimidus
 * Clipeus (Two)
 * Albinoleo Imagin (Kamen Rider Den-O)
 * Bat Fangire (Kamen Rider Kiva)
 * Super Apollo Geist (Kamen Rider Decade)
 * Original
 * Canaria in disguise.
 * A.R. Kamen Rider Kuuga
 * Kamen Rider Decade Violent Emotion (Kamen Rider Decade/Game Original)
 * Weather Dopant (Kamen Rider W)
 * Kyoryu Greeed (Kamen Rider OOO)
 * Sagittarius Zodiarts (Kamen Rider Fourze)
 * Phoenix Phantom (Kamen Rider Wizard)

Navigators
For navigators, Canaria will guide the player to defeat the previous Riders as she will teleport them and gave them some of their lost memories. Once the Riders get ready to battle their enemy, one of the Riders' allies from their seasons (such as the Taros and Ankh) will navigate them towards their enemy.
 * Canaria (Original Character)
 * Momotaros (Kamen Rider Den-O)
 * Urataros (Kamen Rider Den-O)
 * Kintaros (Kamen Rider Den-O)
 * Ryutaros (Kamen Rider Den-O)
 * Teddy (Kamen Rider Den-O)
 * Kivat-bat the 3rd (Kamen Rider Kiva)
 * Kivat-bat the 2nd (Kamen Rider Kiva)
 * Tatsulot (Kamen Rider Kiva)
 * Kiva-la (Kamen Rider Decade)
 * Ankh (Arm Form) (Kamen Rider OOO)

Voice Actors
Here are the list of the voice actors for each characters in the game. Some of the actors reprised their respective roles from their respective TV Series.
 * Wizard:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Wizard: Shunya Shiraishi (白石 隼也)
 * Kamen Rider Beast: Tasuku Nagase (永瀬匡)
 * Villains:
 * Phoenix: Atsumi (篤海)
 * Fourze:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Fourze: Sota Fukushi (福士 蒼汰)
 * Kamen Rider Meteor: Ryo Yoshizawa (吉沢亮)
 * Villains:
 * Sagittarius Zodiarts: Shingo Tsurumi (鶴見 辰吾)
 * OOO:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider OOO: Shu Watanabe (渡部秀)
 * Kamen Rider Birth (Akira Date): Hiroaki Iwanaga (岩永 洋昭)
 * Villains:
 * Kyoryu Greeed: Yu Kamio (神尾 佑)
 * Navigators:
 * Ankh: Ryosuke Miura (三浦 涼介)
 * W:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Double
 * Shotaro Hidari: Renn Kiriyama (桐山 漣)
 * Philip: Masaki Suda (菅田 将暉) (replayed stock)
 * Kamen Rider Accel: Minehiro Kinomoto (木ノ本 嶺浩)
 * Kamen Rider Skull: Nobutoshi Canna (神奈 延年)
 * Villains:
 * Weather Dopant: Tomoyuki Dan (檀 臣幸)
 * Decade:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Decade: Masahiro Inoue (井上 正大)
 * Kamen Rider DiEnd: Kimito Totani (戸谷 公人)
 * Kamen Rider Kuuga: Nobunaga Shimazaki (島﨑 信長)
 * Villains:
 * Super Apollo Geist: Kazuhisa Kawahara (川原 和久)
 * Navigators:
 * Kiva-la: Miyuki Sawashiro (沢城 みゆき)
 * Kiva:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Kiva: Akihiro Nozawa
 * Kamen Rider IXA: Keisuke Kato (加藤 慶祐)
 * Dark Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Dark Kiva (Taiga Nobori): Shouma Yamamoto (山本 匠馬)
 * Villians:
 * Bat Fangire Reborn: Keikō Sakai (酒井 敬幸)
 * Navigators:
 * Kivat-bat the 3rd, Kivat-bat the 2nd: Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和)
 * Tatsulot: Akira Ishida (石田 彰)
 * Den-O:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Den-O: Yuta Kasuya
 * Sword Form: Toshihiko Seki (関 俊彦)
 * Rod Form: Kōji Yusa (遊佐 浩二)
 * Axe Form: Masaki Terasoma (てらそま まさき)
 * Gun Form: Kenichi Suzumura (鈴村 健一)
 * Kamen Rider New Den-O: Dori Sakurada (桜田 通)
 * Villians:
 * Albinoleo Imagin: Takaya Kuroda (黒田崇矢)
 * Navigators:
 * Momotaros: Toshihiko Seki (関 俊彦)
 * Urataros: Kōji Yusa (遊佐 浩二)
 * Kintaros: Masaki Terasoma (てらそま まさき)
 * Ryutaros: Kenichi Suzumura (鈴村 健一)
 * Teddy: Daisuke Ono (小野 大輔)
 * Kabuto:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Kabuto: Tsuyoshi Takeshita (竹下 剛志)
 * Kamen Rider Gatack: Yuki Sato (佐藤 祐基)
 * Villains:
 * Cassis Worm: Tak Sakaguchi (坂口 拓)
 * Blade:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Blade: Takayuki Tsubaki (椿隆之)
 * Kamen Rider Garren: Hironari Amano (天野 浩成)
 * Villains:
 * Joker Undead: Ryoji Morimoto (森本 亮治)
 * Albino Joker: Yohei Azakami
 * 555
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider 555: Ichitaro Ai
 * Kamen Rider Kaixa: Hiroaki Miura
 * Villains:
 * Horse Orphnoch: Shintaro Ogawa
 * Ryuki:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Ryuki: Takamasa Suga (須賀 貴匡)
 * Kamen Rider Knight: Yugo Sasai
 * Kamen Rider Odin: Tsuyoshi Koyama (小山 剛志)
 * Agito:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Agito: Toshiki Kashu (賀集 利樹)
 * Kamen Rider G3-X: Junichi Miyake
 * Villians
 * El of the Water: Kiyoyuki Yanada (梁田 清之)
 * Kuuga:
 * Riders:
 * Kamen Rider Kuuga: Nobunaga Shimazaki (島﨑 信長)
 * N-Daguva-Zeba: Rintaro Sakai
 * Original:
 * Villians:
 * Callas: Hōchū Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠)
 * Battride War Eternal: Kohei Matsumoto
 * Navigators:
 * Canaria: Miyuki Sawashiro (沢城 みゆき)

Songs featured
Here are the list of the songs featured in the game.

Theme Song

 * Go get'em (Go get'em, Gō Gettu Emu)
 * Artist: Kamen Rider Girls

Game level
In the special edition for the game, it also features songs for each Riders from their respective series.


 * Kuuga's level
 * "Kamen Rider Kuuga!" (仮面ライダークウガ!)


 * Agito's level
 * "Kamen Rider AGITO" (仮面ライダーAGITO)
 * "DEEP BREATH"


 * Ryuki's level
 * "Alive A life"
 * "Hatenaki Inochi" (果てなき希望（いのち）)


 * 555's level
 * "Justiφ's "
 * "The people with no name "


 * Blade's level
 * "Round ZERO~BLADE BRAVE"
 * "ELEMENTS "


 * Hibiki's level
 * "Kagayaki" (輝)
 * "Shōnen yo" (少年よ)


 * Kabuto's level
 * "NEXT LEVEL"
 * "FULL FORCE


 * Den-O's level
 * Climax Jump
 * Double Action


 * Kiva's level
 * "Break the Chain"
 * "Supernova"


 * Decade's level
 * Journey through the Decade
 * Ride the Wind


 * Double's level
 * "W-B-X (W-Boiled Extreme) "
 * "Extreme Dream"


 * OOO's level
 * "Anything Goes!"
 * "Time Judged All"


 * Fourze's level
 * "Switch On!"
 * "ENDLESS PLAY"


 * Wizard's level
 * "Life is SHOW TIME"
 * "Just The Beginning"
 * "BEASTBITE"

Gallery
The Kamen Rider Battride War gallery can be viewed here.

Reception
Famitsu gave the game rating of 33/40. The game also managed to debut at the second spot of the Japanese Game Ranking for the week of May 20th to 26th. Kamen Rider Battride War manages to sell 128,659 copies on its first week.