The villain designs are really well done.
Sans Miss Grita in my opinion, but then again, for a demonic take on what I presume to be a Spanish infanta, I don't know how else she can look for a rubber costume. Just irksome to imagine her in love with Schwartz because she looks and sounds like a child.
The last time I was impressed with a hyper/ultimate/final form was Kabuto Hyper form.
Just for the heck of it:
Kuuga Ultimate - Imposing and intimidating. Obviously not as overdesigned and laden with all sorts of assorted body pieces and attachments as today's riders, but that's part of this suit's majesty. Love the gold lines.
---> Kuuga Rising Ultimate - Not terrible, but kind of garish and overdone, especially with this sudden explosion of spiked parts. This suit - let's face it - was kind of unnecessary anyway.)
Agito Shining - I prefer Burning to be honest. The colour combination of Shining doesn't sit right with me. I'm putting my finger on the silvery-white that has replaced Burning's red.
Ryuki Survive - It's...okay. I really don't know what to say about this one, other than perhaps it signals the dawn of final forms featuring bulkier and more ornamental designs.
(Knight Survive - yeah, may as well talk about him too. I find that choice of blue a bit odd to be honest. I'm not sure - perhaps it's a bit too bold and bright a blue colour. The armour comes off as looking very toy-like compared to the base Knight design.)
Faiz Blaster - Pretty good. It doesn't change the design language of regular Faiz too much and the red looks good on him.
Blade King - Looks bulky and cumbersome, but a damn better look than regular Blade, who I still maintain to be one of the least aesthetically appealing main rider designs. Certainly regal enough to live up to its name. And man, looking at the little minor design elements in the armour with the individual Undead emblems is pretty sweet. A lot of work went into this suit.
(Chalice Wild - A wee bit messy, but otherwise not much to say about this one.)
Hibiki Armed - I have not seen Hibiki past the second episode, so I've not seen this suit in motion (I've purged Decade from my memory, so I don't recall much of Hibiki Armed in the show). But based on images alone, I quite like it.Very respectable design, and akin to maybe a better looking Ryukendo member.
Kabuto Hyper - The flaps that open up when Hyper Clock Up initiates look daft to me, but otherwise a very solid design that does the job without departing from base Kabuto's design too much. But yeah, it really didn't need to open up...
Den-O Liner - Well, it's better than Climax. Denkamen Sword looks horrific when he holds it, but otherwise a decent suit that has the liner motif all over it I suppose.
(Zeronos Zero - just a repaint of Altair with a very depressing dull maroon colour. Not exactly a fan of it)
Kiva Emperor - THIS one, I actively dislike. Base Kiva has a good gothic look to it, but Emperor supplants that with an ocean of lurid gold against the red that makes him look like some dodgy matador than anything very vampiric. Not helped by the sword he gets later that just adds +10 to how silly he looks.
(IXA Rising - Not a fan of this one either, and I quite liked the basic white knight IXA suit. I still maintain that Saga is the show's best design.)
Decade Complete - Kill it with fire.
(Diend Complete - Better than Decade Complete, but I can't ignore the cards.)
W Xtreme - I still don't get why there are three coloured "columns" to the upgrade especially when the show's motif never wants us to forget that it's half and half. Still, not a bad design itself.
---> W Xtreme Gold(?) - Meh.The gold middle looks bad, as do the fairy wings.
(Accel Trial - I like it. Love the tires texture and the clear motocross motif in the helmet. I just wish they'd have dispensed with the redundant little wheel at the back.)
OOO Super TaToBa - So it looks like this is OOO's actual final form. And it's bad. You invert the colours and he now looks incoherent, garish, and more of a traffic light than ever.
Fourze Cosmic - At first glance, the helmet looks evil. Now it just looks ugly. Rest of the suit is fine and I like the colour scheme.
(Meteor Storm - Base Meteor suit is boss. Meteor Storm suit wishes it can be a fraction of its greatness. But alas, it's awful.)
Wizard Infinity - It surprised me at first. It took the basic Dragon template and added jazz to it. Buuuut on camera, what is supposed to be glamorous diamond most obviously looks cheap and tacky on the suit.
(Beast Hyper - I don't like the Meteor Storm colour combination. What makes me think I would ever like Hyper's same colour combination, especially when the torso looks bad. Yet another case of a secondary rider turning the ugly button on when upgrading.)
