 This article is about a transformation device in Kamen Rider W.
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- "(Right Gaia Memory name)! (Left Gaia Memory name)!"
- ―Standard transformation announcement[src]
- "(Gaia Memory name) Maximum Drive!"
- ―Maximum Slot finisher announcement[src]
The Transformation Belt Doubledriver (変身ベルト ダブルドライバー, Henshin Beruto Daburu Doraibā) is Kamen Rider Double's transformation belt. It is a second generation Memory Driver and the successor to the Lostdriver.
It is designed to link the user with Philip, allowing them to share near-telepathic and empathic abilities with each other. Though only one copy exists in the physical plane, equipping it will manifest a second one around Philip's waist.
Overview[]
The Doubledriver was inherently based on the Lostdriver and was the third to be built in the series. However unlike the Gaia Driver, the Lostdriver and the Acceldriver, which all only have one Memory Slot, the Doubledriver has two Memory Slots that allow two clear Gaia Memories to be inserted and give the user more power. It was also later shown that the Xtreme Memory can be inserted to further boost the Gaia Memories if the users are compatible enough with the memories and each other. The Doubledriver was originally created by the Museum to link to Philip, the person who has all the knowledge of the Earth in the form of the Gaia Library. However it was stolen by Kamen Rider Skull and Shotaro Hidari from the Narumi Detective Office after Philip was rescued from the museum. Subsequently it was used by both Shotaro Hidari and Philip to transform into Kamen Rider Double in order to fight against the Museum Corporation.
Due to having Gaia Memories used retain their physical form when transformed instead of being absorbed, the user is completely shielded from their corrupting effects, at the cost of further weakening the memories' powers when not boosted during a Maximum Drive activation. As such, the Doubledriver's Gaia Memories are specifically selected for various forms of combat and powers thought to be helpful in a combat situation, to compensate for their weakness against Dopants at their fullest strength.
Design[]
The Doubledriver is composed of the following parts:
- Memory Slots (メモリスロット, Memori Surotto): The slots. Gaia Memories are inserted here to initiate transformation. Both Memory Slots have a Soul Forward (ソウルフォワード, Souru Fowādo) function that sends Philip's consciousness into Shotaro's body (or Shotaro's consciousness into Philip's body for FangJoker.)
- Maximum Slot (マキシマムスロット, Makishimamu Surotto): A slot located to the Doubledriver's right side. It is a device that forcibly amplifies an inserted Gaia Memory's abilities. Once inserted, data within a Gaia Memory is calculated at high speed, resulting it energy that has been amplified twice.
- Linkage Arms (リンケージアーム, Rinkēji Āmu): Two silver arm pieces that connects the Memory Slots to the Doubledriver. Allows the Memory Slots to move (basically the 'hinges' of the Driver).
- Drive Exhaust (ドライブエクゾースト, Doraibu Ekuzōsuto): Vents located under the Linkage Arms. They forcibly discharge the high heat produced by the Doubledriver during Gaia Memory calculation (i.e. transforming or deathblows) to prevent the Driver from experiencing thermal runaway (i.e. melting).
- Soul Port Cylinders (ソウルポートシリンダー, Souru Pōto Shirindā): Red cylinders located on the Memory Slots. They are devices that sends, receives and transfer signals when a Gaia Memory is inserted.
- Power Stabiliser (パワースタビライザー, Pawā Sutabiraizā): A red device located in the middle of the Driver. It adjusts the left and right Gaia Memories to cancel out each other's abilities, preventing their energies from running rampant. Sends stable data towards the Thinking Engine.
- Thinking Engine (シンキングエンジン, Shinkingu Enjin): The black segment located between the Power Stabiliser and the clear Gaia Processor. It is a circuit that performs high-speed computation of data received from the Gaia Memories instantaneously. It controls the synchronisation of the two Memories.
- Gaia Processor (ガイアプロセッサ, Gaia Purosessa): The clear panel located at the middle-bottom. During transformation, it glows whatever color of the Memories inserted are. Installed in its back is the Doubledriver's main CPU, which takes data of the Earth's Memories (地球の記憶, Chikyū no Kioku) from inserted Gaia Memories and convert them into energy, which is then sent into the user to allow transformation. It is also present in Philip's Doubledriver, but it won't work unless a Gaia Memory is inserted.
- GGD (Gaia Drive Disk) (ＧＤＤ（ガイアドライブディスク）, GDD (Gaia Doraibu Disuku)): The Doubledriver's black parts located towards the user; most of it is obscured by the Memory Slots over it. It is a hard disk that stores the Earth's Memories extracted from the Gaia Processor. 120TB of information can be stored, and can read/write information within 1/500 of a second.
- Connection Belt Ring (コネクションベルトリング, Konekushon Beruto Ringu): The strap. It is one giant cable that connects the Doubledriver, Maximum Slot and Spinal Connector together.
- Spinal Connector (スパイナルコネクタ, Supainaru Konekuta): A unit located at the back of the Connection Belt Ring. Holds the Connection Belt Ring together around Kamen Rider Double's waist.
Functionality[]
Transformation[]
By inserting the Gaia Memories into the respective Memory Slots (メモリスロット, Memori Surotto) on their belt buckles, Shotaro and Philip can transform into Kamen Rider Double. The Left Slot holds Shotaro's Gaia Memories and the Right Slot holds Philip's. If either Shotaro or Philip equips the Doubledriver, a duplicate Doubledriver will form over the abdomen of the other. When Philip puts a Gaia Memory into the Right Slot, he undergoes Soul Forward (ソウルフォワード, Souru Fowādo), sending his soul to Shotaro to transform both of them into Kamen Rider Double. The process causes Philip's body to fall into a comatose state. If the Fang Memory is utilized by Phillip, the Soul Forward is reversed, with Shotaro's soul and the Joker Memory transferring to Philip's body, while Shotaro's own is rendered comatose.
As long as the Doubledriver is worn by both Shotaro and Philip, they can telepathically communicate with each other provided that both of them are conscious outside the transformation to Kamen Rider Double. The transformation into Kamen Rider Double will be canceled if both Gaia Memories are removed and none are re-inserted for a certain amount of time.
Finisher[]
Another slot on the right side of the Doubledriver is called the Maximum Slot (マキシマムスロット, Makishimamu Surotto). When a Memory is placed in the Maximum Slot, Kamen Rider Double can use a Maximum Drive (マキシマムドライブ, Makishimamu Doraibu) finisher attack. This specific slot is used primarily for the Joker Memory to execute one of three different Maximum Drive finishers depending on Double's current form.
- CycloneJoker: Joker Extreme (ジョーカーエクストリーム, Jōkā Ekustorīmu): Double's body splits down the middle as the halves descend on their target. A variation of this attack involves Double jumping off the back wheel of Kamen Rider Accel BikeForm, allowing for faster acceleration upon descent.
- Cyclone Maximum Drive: After inserting the Cyclone Memory in the Maximum Slot, Double performs a wind-charged flying kick followed by a mid-air spin kick. Only featured in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum.
- Eternal Maximum Drive: After inserting the Eternal Memory in the Maximum Slot, Double jumps in the air with blue flames coating his right foot then Double performs a flying kick hitting his target with the blue flames. Only featured in the game KAMEN RIDER: memory of heroez
- HeatJoker: Joker Grenade (ジョーカーグレネード, Jōkā Gurenēdo): Double somersaults in mid-air, then Double's body splits down the middle during descent as the halves each hit the target with elementally energized hooks.
- LunaJoker: Joker Strange (ジョーカーストレンジ, Jōkā Sutorenji): Double splits down the middle, with the Luna half making four copies of itself, and all five Luna halves execute rapid-fire karate chops on the target(s), then the Joker half strides in close to finish the target(s) off with a charged vertical chop
In other forms, it can be used to insert the right half's Memory, allowing for a Twin Maximum (ツインマキシマム, Tsuin Makishimamu) attack, but this is immensely dangerous due to the strain it puts on Shotaro's body.
During the final battle with the Utopia Dopant, Kamen Rider Double CycloneJokerXtreme places the Prism Memory in the Maximum Slot to execute the Double Prism Xtreme (ダブルプリズムエクストリーム, Daburu Purizumu Ekusutorīmu) Maximum Drive.
Users[]
Raise Buckle[]
- "Doubledriver."
- ―Insertion announcement in the Desire Driver[src]
- "Cyclone! Joker! (Technical guitar to orchestral hit) Ready, fight."
- ―Standalone Transformation announcement in the Desire Driver[src]
- "Dual On! Boost! Double! Cyclone! Joker! (Technical guitar to orchestral hit) Ready, fight."
- ―Combined transformation announcement with the Boost Buckle in the Desire Driver[src]
- "Double Strike!"
- ―Standalone finisher announcement in the Desire Driver[src]
- "Boost Double Victory!"
- ―Finisher announcement with the Boost Buckle in the Desire Driver[src]
Doubledriver Buckle (ダブルドライバーバックル, Daburu Doraibā Bakkuru): Allows any of the Geats Riders to access Double Form. It is based on Kamen Rider Double and their transformation belt, the Doubledriver.[1]
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- The Doubledriver is voiced by Fumihiko Tachiki (立木 文彦, Tachiki Fumihiko).
Notes[]
to be added
Appearances[]
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker- Kamen Rider W
- Episode 1: The W Search/Two Detectives in One
- Episode 2: The W Search/Those Who Make the City Cry
- Episode 3: Don't Touch the M/How to Get to Heaven
- Episode 4: Don't Touch the M/Play With a Joker
- Episode 5: The Girl... A/Papa Is a Kamen Rider
- Episode 6: The Girl... A/The Price of Lying
- Episode 7: Find the C/Philip Can't Stand It
- Episode 8: Find the C/Dancing Hero
- Episode 9: The S Terror/The Maid Detective Witnessed It
- Episode 10: The S Terror/The Great Detective's Daughter
- Episode 11: The Revenge V/Infected Car
- Episode 12: The Revenge V/Grudge Beast
- Episode 13: The Q on the Radio/Targeted Princess
- Episode 14: The Q on the Radio/Live Catastrophe
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
- Episode 15: The F Afterglow/Burglary Rider
- Episode 16: The F Afterglow/Reclaim Your Partner
- Episode 17: Farewell N/Memory Kids
- Episode 18: Farewell N/The Friend with the Wind
- Episode 19: The I Doesn't Stop/That Guy's Name Is Accel
- Episode 20: The I Doesn't Stop/Kamen Rider Style
- Episode 21: The T Returns/A Melody Not Intended For Women
- Episode 22: The T Returns/The Man Who Cannot Die
- Episode 23: L on the Lips/Singer-SongRider
- Episode 24: L on the Lips/The Liar Is You
- Episode 25: The P's Game/The Doll Has Sticky Fingers
- Episode 26: The P's Game/Akiko on the Run
- Episode 27: The D Was Watching/The Transparent Magical Lady
- Episode 28: The D Was Watching/Twin Maximum Suicide
- Episode 29: The Nightmarish H/The Melancholy of the Sleeping Princess
- Episode 30: The Nightmarish H/Who Is the Prince?
- Episode 31: The Wind Called B/One Must Chase The Beast
- Episode 32: The Wind Called B/Now, in the Radiance
- Episode 33: Y's Tragedy/The Woman Looking For Yesterday
- Episode 34: Y's Tragedy/Brother & Sister
- Episode 35: Beyond the R/The Rain Called Monster Approaches
- Kamen Rider W: Donburi's α/Farewell Beloved Recipe
- Kamen Rider W DVD: Gaia Memory Encyclopedia
- Episode 36: Beyond the R/Surpass Them All
- Episode 37: Visitor X/The Bridge of Promises
- Episode 38: Visitor X/In the Name of the Museum
- Episode 39: The Potential of G/Bad Cinema Paradise
- Episode 40: The Potential of G/I Can't Forgive You
- Episode 41: The J Labyrinth/The Psychotic Villainess
- Episode 42: The J Labyrinth/The Diamond Is Hurt
- Episode 43: The O Chain/The Aged Detective
- Episode 44: The O Chain/Shroud's Confession
- Kamen Rider W Forever: From A to Z, 26 Rapid-Succession Roars of Laughter
- Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate
- Episode 45: Who the K Needs/The Devil's Tail
- Episode 46: Who the K Needs/The Last Supper
- Episode 47: The Abandoned U/A Request From Philip
- Episode 48: The Abandoned U/Eternal Partners
- Episode 49: Goodbye to the E/A Bouquet of Justice to This City
- Kamen Rider W: Final Stage
- Kamen Rider W Returns
- Futo Tantei
- Kamen Rider OOO
- Kamen Rider Fourze
- Kamen Rider Wizard
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum
- Episode 52: The Kamen Rider Rings
- Episode 53: Neverending Story
- Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
- Kamen Rider Zi-O
- Saber + Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki
- Kamen Rider Revice
