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Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters is a Japanese fighting game developed by Eighting and Bandai Namco Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 4. Serving as the sequel to Super Climax Heroes, it is the first in the Climax Fighters reboot and the sixth overall installment of the Kamen Rider: Climax series. The game formally features Riders that were previously introduced in the Battride War series such as Gaim, Drive, Ghost, Ex-Aid and the new Build as playable characters, including most Heisei-era Secondary Riders such as Beast. A sequel featuring Zi-O was released in 2018.
Along with the original Japanese release, an English localization of the game was released to several Asian countries with English subtitles. A Korean localization published by Daewon Media in South Korea was released coupled with a Korean-dub. A Chinese localization was also released in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Story[]
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Gameplay[]
Unlike its previous installments, Climax Fighters is an arena fighting game, battling inside the 3D battle arenas, and the gameplay style shares similarities to the Kamen Rider: Battride War series, Gundam Vs. series, Dissidia: Final Fantasy series and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.
The game has several player modes: Mission Mode, Player vs. Player, 2 on 2 Battle and a Battle Royale mode that lets up to 4 players fight offline or in an online global 4 multiplayer mode [2][3] The modes for multi-player include:
- Rank Match - Players battle for supremacy in a global ranking tournament
- 1 vs 1 - Single player campaign. Online only
- 2 vs 2 - A battle with a team of two facing an opposing team in a double battle.
- 1 vs 3 - A challenging offline mode where a single player must face three opponents.
- Player Match - Players can choose and battle their friends online and interact while waiting using custom avatars in the Matching Room.
- Battle Royale - An offline mode where players must fight until the three opposing players completely lose their health. The first to get 3 victories wins the game.
For gameplay, the Riders have 2 forms of power-ups: Skill and Evolution. Skill changes some Riders' form into their Super Form (eq: Ex-Aid changes into Maximum Gamer) or enables their special abilities if they don't have it (eq: Build gains increased jump range from Rabbit Fullbottle).
Filling the Evolution Gauge enables the player's Rider to evolve to their Final Form and enables their Super Rider Arts.
Characters[]
New Characters[]
- Kamen Rider Build
- RabbitTank Form (default)
- HawkGatling Form
- NinninComic Form
- KaizokuRessha Form
- Rider Skill: Rabbit Jump
- Super Rider Arts: Vortex Finish
- Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
- Action Gamer Level 2 (default)
- Robot Action Gamer Level 3
- Hunter Action Gamer Level 5 (Full Dragon)
- Double Action Gamer Level XX
- Rider Skill: Maximum Gamer Level 99
- Evolution: Muteki Gamer
- Super Rider Arts: Hyper Critical Sparking
- Kamen Rider Brave
- Quest Gamer Level 2 (default)
- Hunter Quest Gamer Level 5 (Dragon Blade)
- Rider Skill: Fantasy Gamer Level 50
- Evolution: Legacy Gamer Level 100
- Super Rider Arts: Taddle Critical Slash
- Kamen Rider Ghost
- Ore Damashii (default)
- Musashi Damashii
- Toucon Boost Damashii
- Toucon Ryoma Damashii
- Rider Skill: Grateful Damashii
- Evolution: Mugen Damashii
- Kamen Rider Specter
- Specter Damashii
- Nobunaga Damashii
- Tutankhamun Damashii
- Rider Skill: Houdini Damashii
- Evolution: Deep Specter
- Kamen Rider Drive
- Type Speed (default)
- Type Speed Flare
- Type Speed Shadow
- Type Speed Spike
- Type Wild
- Type Wild Dump
- Type Technic
- Type Technic Winter
- Dead Heat Drive
- Rider Skill: Type Formula
- Type Formula Mantern
- Type Formula Jacky
- Type Formula Sparner
- Evolution: Type Tridoron
- Type Tridoron Kouji Genbar
- Type Tridoron People Saver
- Type Tridoron Attack 1.2.3
- Super Rider Arts: Trailer-Hou
- Type Speed (default)
- Kamen Rider Mach
- Rider Skill: Zuutto Mach
- Evolution: Deadheat Mach
- Super Rider Arts: Heat Kick Macher
- Kamen Rider Gaim
- Orange Arms (default)
- Pine Arms
- Ichigo Arms
- Jimber Lemon Arms
- Rider Skill: Kachidoki Arms
- Evolution: Kiwami Arms
- Super Rider Arts: Kiwami Charge
- Kamen Rider Baron
- Banana Arms (default)
- Mango Arms
- Rider Skill: Lemon Energy Arms
- Evolution: Lord Baron
- Kamen Rider Beast
- Rider Skill: Dolphi Mantle
- Evolution: Beast Hyper
- Super Rider Arts: Mirage Shot
Returning Characters[]
- Kamen Rider Wizard
- Flame Style (default)
- Flame Dragon
- Water Dragon
- Hurricane Dragon
- Land Dragon
- Rider Skill: All Dragon
- Evolution: Infinity Style
- Super Rider Arts: Shining Strike
- Kamen Rider Fourze
- Basestates (default)
- Elekstates
- Firestates
- Rider Skill: Magnetstates
- Evolution: Cosmicstates
- Super Rider Arts: Rider Super Galaxy Finish
- Kamen Rider Meteor
- Rider Skill: Blue Comet
- Evolution: Meteor Storm
- Super Rider Arts: Meteor Storm Punisher
- Kamen Rider OOO
- Tatoba Combo (default)
- Gatakiriba Combo
- Latorartar Combo
- Sagohzo Combo
- Shauta Combo
- Rider Skill: Tajadol Combo
- Evolution: Putotyra Combo
- Super Rider Arts: Strain Doom
- Kamen Rider Birth
- Rider Skill: Breast Cannon
- Evolution: Birth·Day
- Kamen Rider Double
- CycloneJoker (default)
- HeatMetal
- LunaTrigger
- FangJoker
- Rider Skill: Baton Touch (switch between FangJoker and CycloneJoker)
- Evolution: CycloneJokerXtreme
- Super Rider Arts: Double Xtreme (CycloneJokerXtreme) or Fang Strizer (FangJoker)
- Kamen Rider Accel
- Rider Skill: Heatup
- Evolution: AccelTrial
- Kamen Rider Decade
- Rider Skill: Kamen Ride Card
- Evolution: Complete Form
- Super Rider Arts: Dimension Shot (featuring Kamen Rider Diend as cameo)
- Kamen Rider Kiva
- Kiva Form (default)
- Garulu Form
- Basshaa Form
- Dogga Form
- Rider Skill: DoGaBaKi Form
- Evolution: Emperor Form
- Super Rider Arts: Emperor Moon Break
- Kamen Rider Den-O
- Sword Form (default)
- Rod Form
- Ax Form
- Gun Form
- Rider Skill: Liner Form
- Evolution: Climax Form
- Kamen Rider Kabuto
- Rider Form (default)
- Masked Form
- Rider Skill: Clock Up
- Evolution: Hyper Form
- Kamen Rider Hibiki
- Rider Skill: Hibiki Kurenai
- Evolution: Armed Hibiki
- Kamen Rider Blade
- Ace Form (default)
- Rider Skill: Jack Form
- Evolution: King Form
- Super Rider Arts: Royal Straightflash
- Kamen Rider Faiz
- Rider Skill: Axel Form
- Evolution: Blaster Form
- Super Rider Arts: Blaster Crimson Smash
- Kamen Rider Ryuki
- Rider Skill: Advent Dragreder
- Evolution: Ryuki Survive
- Super Rider Arts: Dragon Firestorm
- Kamen Rider Agito
- Ground Form (default)
- Storm Form
- Flame Form
- Rider Skill: Burning Form
- Evolution: Shining Form
- Super Rider Arts: Shining Rider Kick
- Kamen Rider Kuuga
- Mighty Form (default)
- Dragon Form
- Pegasus Form
- Titan Form
- Rider Skill: Rising Forms
- Evolution: Ultimate Form
- Kamen Rider Black
- Rider Skill: Satansaber
- Evolution: Rider Charge
- Super Rider Arts: Rider Punch and Rider Kick Combo
Voice Actors[]
Some actors reprise their role:
- Kamen Rider Build: Atsuhiro Inukai
- Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: Hiroki Ijima
- Kamen Rider Brave: Toshiki Seto
- Kamen Rider Ghost: Shun Nishime
- Kamen Rider Specter: Ryosuke Yamamoto
- Kamen Rider Drive: Ryoma Takeuchi
- Kamen Rider Mach: Yuu Inaba
- Kamen Rider Gaim: Gaku Sano
- Kamen Rider Baron: Yutaka Kobayashi
- Kamen Rider Wizard: Shunya Shiraishi
- Kamen Rider Beast: Tasuku Nagase
- Kamen Rider Meteor: Ryo Yoshizawa
- Kamen Rider OOO: Shu Watanabe
- Kamen Rider Birth: Hiroaki Iwanaga
- Kamen Rider W (Left side): Renn Kiriyama
- Kamen Rider Accel: Minehiro Kinomoto
- Kamen Rider Decade: Masahiro Inoue
- Kamen Rider Den-O (Momotaros): Toshihiko Seki
- Kamen Rider Hibiki: Shigeki Hosokawa
- Kamen Rider Blade: Takayuki Tsubaki
- Kamen Rider Faiz: Kento Handa
- Kamen Rider Ryuki: Takamasa Suga
- Kamen Rider Agito: Toshiki Kashu
- Kamen Rider Black: Tetsuo Kurata
Songs featured[]
Opening[]
Music by PANDORA, featuring the Kamen Rider Girls.
Notes[]
- This is the first Kamen Rider console game to have online multiplayer battles.
- This is the first Kamen Rider video game to receive a English, Korean and traditional Chinese localization. There will not be a simplified Chinese version due to Kamen Rider never being broadcast officially in China's Mainland.
- This is, however, the second Kamen Rider game to be in English after the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. However Dragon Knight is an American original and uses a copied engine similar to the previous Climax Heroes games.
- This is also the first Kamen Rider video game to receive an overseas voice-over, particularly Korean.
- This is the first Climax Heroes game since the first game to not be ported to a Nintendo game console.
- This is the first game since Climax Heroes W to not be ported on PlayStation Portable.
- Kamen Rider Black is able to use the Satansaber as a weapon attack in this game, a first for any game as the Satansaber was only in Black's possession during the final episode of his series and was primarily Shadow Moon's weapon.
- Kamen Rider Black as a playable character in the initial roster was done to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1987 TV series in 2017, making him the only Showa Rider to appear in this game.
- Kamen Rider Diend is featured as a cameo in Decade's Super Rider Arts as a nod to the final episode of Decade in which they perform the finishing attack.
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