History Fridge / KamenRiderExAid

** Why do Buggle Drivers produce stronger riders on average? Think of it like how big old home consoles are needed to play certain games, but can eventually be run on smaller handhelds. If the same game can be run on both the large console and the small handheld, which do you think is the more powerful one by comparison?

* Masamune [[spoiler:fusing with Gamedeus may have been a wrong decision just like using Restart was. By fusing with Gamedeus, he may have increased his stats but he also forced himself into obeying Gamedeus' programming. He had a chance to get rid of Taiga and Nico but because of Gamedeus' programming, he instead brought Nico into the last stage and gave the Doctor Riders time to rescue her.]]
* Gamedeus [[spoiler:being very flat in terms of personality is because Masamune reprogrammed him! Masamune may be capable of programming but he's nowhere near as talented as his son Kuroto or his employee Tsukuru, who likely spends all day programming new games.]] In fact, this is a testament to Kuroto's programming skills as well. He gave all the Bugsters he programmed much better defined personalities than [[spoiler:Masamune gave Gamedeus.]]
* Related to the above, Kuroto calls himself God pretty much whenever he opens up his mouth. Part of the reason may be because he believes he's one who created life, instead of admitting it was pure chance he found the Bugster Virus. He may also hate other people making Gashats because it means that others are creating life, meaning there are more Gods like him. And to Kuroto, there can only be one God, which just so happens to be him.
* [[spoiler:[[TrueFinalBoss Super Gamedeus's]] weakness to Level 1 Riders]] makes a lot of sense when you realize Gamedeus was created to fight against ''Ride-Players'', who [[spoiler:don't ''have'' a Level 1 form and neither does Cronus, and Genm planned for the Riders to be out of the picture when "Chronicle" went live]] so it makes sense Kuroto never thought about that while designing it, which shows when even ''he'' didn't think of it while fighting him. [[spoiler:So in essence, [[GoodBadBugs Masamune, like certain video game bosses, is easier to beat if you exploit a bug in the game.]]]]
* The Doctor Riders defeated Masamune almost exactly how a [[spoiler:Doctor Rider defeats a Bugster at the beginning of the show. By using Level 1 first to separate the Bugster from the patient (separating Gamedeus from Cronus) and then level up to Level 2 to finish off the virus.]]
* One could say that the ending of the series is like entering the post-game stage after one beats the game. There's some new events but ultimately there isn't much more left to explore and play. Sooner or later, the player will move on to the next game (Kamen Rider Build).

** Genm's last three presidents were: Kuroto Dan, a bioterrorist whose last known actions were leading zombies to attack his own office, only to disappear following a confrontation with CR; Ren Amagasaki, a lech who came from nowhere, whose own employees hated him, and who released Kamen Rider Chronicle, (designed to genocide its userbase) and who, again, disappeared in mysterious circumstances; and Masamune Dan, the returning president, who proceeded to market Kamen Rider Chronicle wider than ever (killing even more), yet failed at marketing the game worldwide, and then created a two consecutive mass pandemic of Bugster Virus infections which could have killed everyone in Japan, the second one even changing non-players. From what we know, the company hasn't had a successful game in years, with Might Action X intended to be their big comeback. Heck, Bang Bang Shooting is mentioned to be in development hell, so that shows they're having trouble, and considering Tsukuru can drop everything to program Maximum Mighty X, the employees probably don't have much new to work on. Honestly, its a surprise Genm Corp is still in business by the end of the series. When your only successful game in years, released amid fast leadership changeover, kills your userbase (even with massive sales) your shares probably tend to tank.

** Beet Buster vs. Yellow Owl: While not him, Yellow Owl was part of a Sentai that [[spoiler:had the permanent death of a core member]].

* [[spoiler:Johnny Maxima being Gamedeus makes sense when you remember something: Graphite infected himself with the Gamedeus virus long before he appeared and ''after'' the Bugsters had mutated so they could instantly separate from their hosts. It's likely that Gamedeus spawned in ''then''...which further FridgeBrilliance with the fact Nico being infected ''didn't'' spawn Gamedeus: Gamedeus already existed. When Graphite died in battle rather than succumbing to the virus, it likely meant Gamedeus was left 'imperfect', thus his plan in the movie. As for why a second Gamedeus spawned when ''Chronicle'''s final boss stage was reached, Masamune had reprogrammed Gamedeus completely at that point to serve his plans meaning the programming was likely so different from the original a second one was able to spawn in independent of the first.]]
* [[spoiler:During the Another Ending trilogy, everything is shown to be set up for Kuroto Dan to create the ultimate game, one that surpasses Kamen Rider Chronicle, as well as secure the ultimate Gashat, God Maximum Mighty X. Yet for as powerful as it was, it fell to a Buggle Driver powered Lazer. It seems he made a miscalculation and fell to his own hubris again, until you realize he set himself up to fail on purpose. What's the ultimate goal of a game designer? For the player to figure out the way to defeat your creation and be rewarded for it.]]
* Unintentional though it may be, the return of the Bugster Virus for the Another Ending trilogy is insanely brilliant considering the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19]] pandemic. Why is it fridge brilliance? Because Another Ending takes place in 2020, the year the pandemic broke out.
* There's a few things that can be said about the Gashacon weapons. Some of them make senses in terms of design or practicality—Gashacon Breaker, Sword, Sparrow, Key Slasher and Parablagun—, but others—Gashacon Magnum, Bugvisor— seem kind of problematic in their designs.
** The Gashacon Magnum handgun mode doesn't even look like a proper firearm as it lacks a muzzle because of [[Main/SwissArmyWeapon the hinge for Shotgun mode]].
*** However, while none of those weapons would work in the real world, it would work inside a game where real physics does not apply. Then we realise: none of those weapons are actual weapons, they're all game props.
*** Which also explain how the Gashacon Bugvisor can work when it is nothing more than a [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] with [[Main/ChainsawGood a Chainsaw]] and [[Main/ArmCannon a gun]] attached to it.

** He would've known better if it was ''ebola''.

** We actually get to see what happens when a Gashat glitches out during activation in #9 when Graphite activates his Proto Drago Knight Hunter Z Gashat in front of Dr. Kyotaro. It unleashes a cloud of Bugster Viruses that infect him, much like the Bugvisor, instead of generating Game Area. Granted he ''is'' using a Proto-Gashat, which are all unstable buggy prototypes of the Gashats, but who's to say that [[spoiler:Kuroto couldn't sabotage one of the riders Gashats?]]

** Even pure or semi-pure in-coded heroic characters like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Fallen Child]][[spoiler:that you play as]] or [[Franchise/MassEffect Paragon Sherpan]] are not safe from this Fridge either as the way in-game character can enter to real world is, like Bugster, infecting people and replicating, killing human in the process. The sole exceptions are those Gamers used by Riders and Poppy... Wait... PlagueInc too has the case of [[ParanoiaFuel symptomless plague...]]
** This might be defused a bit by the fact that all the Bugsters have been characters from Genm Corp Games, and given that [[spoiler:A bug in the Gashats is what spawned the Bugsters]] that might be the only pool of characters the Bugsters can draw from.
** Yep, unless protagonist in those game, like Mighty, can go out in horribly wrong way... or Kuroto decides to port some game in... porting crisis to the max.

* [[spoiler:To use Gamer Driver, you need to be operated on.]] This is already scary one... But what gonna happen if [[spoiler:Emu wasn't somehow capable]]? Remember, many transformation process isn't quite [[BodyHorror matched human anatomy]]... At best, Driver will just not responding, at worst, we gonna see genius gamer's "Game Over".
** [[spoiler:Considering said operation is just vaccination against the Bugster Virus, it would've very likely just been the latter.]]
** As proven in #15, using a Gashat without [[spoiler:the Bugster immunity surgery simply has the Gashat not respond. It does, however, infect the user with the Game Disease.]]
* [[spoiler:Asuna/Poppy, as it turns out, is a Bugster herself. The assistant of the Kamen Riders, the bubbly happy supporter, has to watch as the Riders kill her kind.]]
* [[spoiler:Poppy's existence as a Bugster means that someone has died or is dying to make her complete.]]
** #17 lessens the horror by [[spoiler:revealing that there's another way for Bugsters to become complete. By clearing the goal of their game. Seeing how Asuna is from a rhythm game, clearing her game most likely involved dancing to the beat with her until Game Clear popped up. However, this still lends itself to more horror as the goal of most of the games, like Taddle Quest or Bang Bang Shooting, is to kill the boss, meaning the only path to becoming complete for Bugsters of those Gashats is to kill their host.]]
*** [[spoiler:Sadly, #28 confirms that no, she was not made complete in the same way Burgermon was.]]
*** [[spoiler:The revelations of WHO her host was AND WHY said host was infected somewhat lessen this, since Kuroto infected his sick and dying mother with the virus in the hopes of somewhat saving an aspect of her as data, even past her death. Said virus became Poppy and does indeed have the memories of Kuroto's mother, making this somewhat of a success.]]
* Now we already know Emu and M act more like two different people. [[spoiler:But then we see RedEyesTakeWarning on him, a usual telltale sign that one is infected. This pops out whenever he goes M during dire (i.e. stressful) situations. Now you wonder what happened to him many years ago]].
** And then there's his flashback. [[spoiler:The whole scene where "only games kept him company" is rather eerie. What is its implications? That he's a special child isolated? That he was an experiment?]]
** [[spoiler:The ''Heisei Generations'' movie and later, #15 reveals he was experimented on 6 years ago by Dr. Pac-Man.]]
* Having a Level 3+ form covering their health meter means that the Rider wouldn't be able to read their gauge and may get a Game Over if they overestimated the damage they can take.
** Though this is mitigated by the warning tone that plays when health is low...assuming that you're not fighting Genm, that is.

* The goal of Kamen Rider Chronicle is to [[spoiler:defeat the Bugsters until all are defeated and the FinalBoss appears. This means Kamen Rider Chronicle is just another step in the Bugsters overall plan! If the Bugsters wipe out humanity first, they win. If humanity beats the Bugsters, then the series BigBad might appear! The future is starting to look even bleaker for the Doctor Riders.]]
* Given his motivations, one wonders if getting a 'Game Over' and dying isn't so much a design flaw and more an ''intentional'' feature Kuroto put into the Rider Powers from square one as part of his overall plan. After all, Para-DX doesn't ''have'' a Rider Gauge in his Level 50 forms [[spoiler:and only gains one when he uses a Gamer Driver to become Level 99...]]
* The revelation that [[spoiler:all those who died as a result of Bugster Virus/Game Overs can be revived]] may seem like a cop-out for an easy happy ending, but it really sheds light on how sadistic Kuroto really is. [[spoiler:Not only was he planning on forcing innocent civilians to play Chronicle for his own amusement, the revival mechanic gives him the option of throwing people back into ring for another round, with their last memory being their own death.]]
** [[spoiler:Seeing as one of his reasons for making Chronicle was to revive his mother, who was an accidental infection, it's debatable whether this was intentional or just a crappy side-effect.]]
*** It was a deliberate infection.
** [[spoiler:While it's debatable if Kuroto Dan had these intentions, his father, Masamune Dan, certainly does]].
* People who experienced [[spoiler:a "Game Over" have their data stored in a Proto Gashat but what about the Riders? What about Kiriya, who appeared with other dead Riders during the Kamen Sentai Goriders special? There's a chance that if the Riders get a "Game Over", then that's it. It's truly game over for them.]]
** Jossed. [[spoiler:Riders aren't exempt from this. Both Kuroto and Kiriya are revived in the show's third act.]]
** But it does lead to the question of whether or not [[spoiler:the revived can be revived as humans as both Kuroto and Kiriya are now Bugsters.]]

* I have some questions that can be counted as FridgeHorror: Poppy is the Bugster, so are Parado, Kiriya, and Kuroto. [[WhoWantsToLiveForever But Emu and the rest of CR are human... Let's pray their lifespan isn't too long or else...]]
* When [[spoiler:Masamune killed Lovelica, before it was revealed to be a final death, Graphite says that Lovelica had reached his complete form and should be able to revive. But, going by all the other Bugsters (sand Burgermon), that means that Lovelica's host had to ''die''. No mention is made of this person who somehow became infected with the Game Disease and perished from it '''without anyone noticing'''. It was never reported to CR, and the heroes never try to identify them--someone out there disappeared forever, and any loved ones they had are never going to know why or what happened. And, with Lovelica perma-dead? They are '''never''' coming back.]]
** How so? His or her data would still have been stored like everyone else.

* It's said that Chronus was designed to be the only weapon capable of defeating the FinalBoss Gamedeus, rewarded to whomever could clear ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. However, the Pause function '''only''' works with the Buggle Driver II, as we see [[spoiler:near the end of the series when Taiga becomes Chronus with his Gamer Driver]]. So how were the Ride-Players, who don't even have a transformation belt in the first place, supposed to be able to use Chronus' full power to defeat Gamedeus? Or was this just another example of Kuroto being a KillerGameMaster and making ''Chronicle'' UnwinnableByDesign?

** Cronus is also known as the 'father of gods'. Kuroto has always liked to think of himself as a god.

** Which makes Cronus' rage [[HilariousInHindsight Hilarious In Hindsight]]. He's angry that he lost due to lag.

** A more [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming way to see this]] in #40 is that Parado is the second Main Character of Mighty Brothers XX, and that like many video game characters, [[HeelFaceTurn he only starts as an antagonist.]]
* #40 reveals a very satisfying take on Parado's constant talk of how he and Emu would be unstoppable together. Hyper Muteki is so obscenely powerful on its own that Emu no longer needs Mighty Brothers XX or the Power-Up Items. Thus, Para-DX can use them with reckless abandon, and using MBXX in the Parabragun lets him become the "Para-DX Brothers" by splitting into his Level 50 forms. Emu can cover for Parado during Pause, and Parado can support Emu and cover his blind spots outside of it. In other words, their arsenal and skills go from 'kinda broken' to 'almost starting to feel bad for how utterly fucked Masamune is' when combined, just as Parado predicted.
* Why does having a save counter Masamune's Reset ability? Resetting a console will cause you to lose save data, but doing so after you've saved your game does nothing.

** Kuroto is an AGodAmI narcissist who thinks just because everyone's data is preserved, no one has a right to be upset about their deaths.

*** If you think about it, the dead/formerly evil Riders who joined the party match up with the characters who join from the 6 [=SpotPass=] paralogues - Kuroto, much like Gangrel, starts off being set up as the BigBad, and even kills off one of the heroes, only get killed off himself near the halfway point, and to come back from the dead later; Poppy is close to Emmeryn, but also has a few elements of Aversa, with her memories being lost and only being separated due to circumstances beyond the control of the heroes for the former, and for the latter being good at first, but being brainwashed into being evil by one of the villains (Lovrica/Validir); Kiriya starts off as a dead ringer for Yen'fay, being forced into evil by being brainwashed and opposing someone who he was on very good terms with (Emu/Say'ri), but in reality, he's actually one for Priam, due to the nature of him not being evil at all; Parado can be seen as a DistaffCounterpart of Aversa with a bit of Walheart thrown in, taking the place of the previous BigBad like the latter, and like the former, was only evil because he didn't know better, but upon learning otherwise (namely, dying), he changes sides. Graphite can be seen as a character who is set up to join the heroes, [[BaitAndSwitch only to not join and instead die]], much like Phila from ''Awakening''.
** And also, because of the side quest, Taiga finally unlock his final power up in the form of Cronus which wouldn't be possible if Nico haven't been able to clear KRC - by killing Graphite - and summon Gamedeus.

* Fridge with BigRedButton... or in this case, big "Strong Enter!!!" used by Kuroto's Keyboard in #42, which is used to make Gashat. Why not just ordinary Enter? First, this is Kuroto we are talking about. Second, Enter isn't the usual key for compiling your source code into the actual program (in this case, Gashat). In order to compile your software, you need to press the special key (F9, F10, etc) or click the Compile/Build Icon. AwesomeEgo + that Compile Key = "Strong Enter!!!"
* Masamune can be best described as a spoiled gamer who has everything handed out to him and all of the most broken abilities given to him. In fact, Cronus' abilities are common things that spoiled gamers will do to get an edge on his or her opponents. They'll pause the game so that they can asses the situation while not under pressure, and when it feels like they're going to lose, they'll reset the game so that "it doesn't count". In fact, the way he obtains Cronus is similar to how some gamers will use Pay to Win methods just so they don't have to work for it. It's why he reacts so poorly when he loses since he basically assumes that with all of this power, he should win automatically.

** In fact this is the reason why Masamune loses to five Level 2 Riders, because he never took the time to actually learn to fight effectively, relying hevily on Pause, Reset and the buffs that Cronus gave to him. As opposed to the five riders who, throughout the series, trained themselves, learned to effectively use all of their forms, not just their highest level, and most importantly, learned to fight together. Thus when Cronus lost his signature ablility to pause, he was destroyed completely.

* Cronus's RESETt, seems to do more harm than good to Cronus, and there's not mentioning in-universe about Saki. In the actual computer, many modern OSes (like macOS and Windows) have the RESET-like utiliy like Time Machine and System Restore, all of which 'reset' the configurations and 'stored' data into the targetted savepoint, potentially delete some files in process. However, if your savepoint is infected with virus or worse, your savepoint is saved at the time all of your configuration is messed up and your machine is infected with virus, it's best to NOT restore your machine. Cronus just happened to restore his 'configuration' to the worst savepoint possible, while his machine has Kamen Riders ready to mess up his plan again. Also, the real-life 'RESET' can't restore permanently deleted files. We need to wait and see if Saki is sent to KRC's Recycle Bin or really erased permanently...

** Given that Lazer is the examinator who did a ton of research on Zero Day and Bugster, many, if not all, of his Gashats represent the actual studies required one to develop the strategy against pandemic. His Level 2 Bakusou Bike is chasing-the-spreading Epidemiology, his Giri Giri Chambara

* Brave initially starts out with a basic sword...until Genm destroys it. However rather fortuitously, his Gashat generates the Gashacon Sword upon his level map generating inside the church. In {{RPG}}s, very rarely do characters start out with good gear, often having to find it later. Furthermore, the Gashacon Sword appeared only after the basic sword was wrecked. When removing a Gashat it shouts "CLICK TO SAVE!" Apparently, Taddle Quest saved his progress in between game sessions.
** I'm not sure if that "CLICK TO SAVE" bit is just localization or not... Makes sense either way though.
*** I'm sure. The Japanese shouts are basically onomatopoeia, and "CLICK TO SAVE" is indeed localization.
*** That said, he does indeed start #3 with the Gashacon Sword, so, on some level, it appears that Taddle Quest can save his progress.

** Speaking of, wasn't Taiga banned from the CR and being a Rider? He's evading a ban - just the sort of thing a really toxic player might do.

* Genm gaining his Level X form with his death as the catalyst. How many video game bosses have another phase triggered by their original health bar being depleted?

* Since the rights to Mighty Action X probably belongs to the Genm Corporation, Kuroto is essentially trying to personally give Emu a Cease and Desist order when the Rider creates the Mighty Brothers XX Gashat, a fan made game of Mighty Action X.

** Also worth noting is that survival horror is a pretty recent genre compared to platformers and [=JRPGs=], hence the updated artwork.
*** Survivial horror games being a recent genre also explains why Kuroto didn't create an upgraded version of the game.

* When I first heard about Gashat Gear Dual Beta and its games, Taddle Fantasy and Bang Bang Simulation, I felt like "Could not you be creative in naming instead of copying Taddle Quest and Bang Bang Shooting." Fast forward and see the latest episode, we have seen that Kuroto made it by using those two stolen Gashats. Basically those uncreative names are in fact {{Foreshadowing}} for ones who have seen the leak.
* This Troper had a thought as to why two different genres of games were put together into the Gashat Gear Dual Beta. Together, it's a genre of Tactical [=RPGs=] as it incorporates both of the main themes Brave and Snipe have (Brave's strategic style and Snipe's military style) into one Gashat.

*** Similarly, it makes sense for these games to be one cartridge instead of two - not only would Kuroto only need one of the helper robots at a time, but if the Dual Gear Beta fell into the hands of one of the heroic riders, he would only have 1 LV 50 rider to worry about.

* #17 actually [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] the HeelFaceTurn of Parado in #40 and how he and Emu will become real friends onward. To elaborate, #17 features a healthy, friendly relationship between Tsukuru and his Bugster Burgermon, and how Burgermon only wants to live with Tsukuru, not to take over his body and kill like other Bugsters. This is very similar to Parado's nature. As the real-life manifestation of Emu's wish to have a friend to play with, that's his life purpose - to be Emu's friend and play with him, and while he has taken over Emu’s body a few times, they are just to force Emu to play, not to kill him. As a result, after Parado is knocked some sense into himself by Emu and realizes his wrong-doings, he is able to genuinely form a friendship with Emu, who reciprocates this time.

* Genm corrupts Emu's Driver by summoning so many copy of himself. Basically performing Denial Of Service on Ex-Aid(s) and destroying his 'server' AKA Gamer Driver.

** Actually, They could represent the three stereotypical archetypes in Fantasy games: Taddle Quest for the hero and Taddle Fantasy for the Monstrous evil overlord antagonist. [=DoReMiFa=] Beat could represent the Princess, since thats the game Poppy came from as she's the female supporting character, while Taddle Legacy represents the FallenHero or the AntiHero.
*** Also, Brave's Lv 4 Night of Safari could be based off of Monsters used in {{Role Playing Game}}s for random encounters.
* In a fan club special episode in which Hiiro must face off against Takeshi Asakura, aka Ouja from Ryuki, when Ouja is defeated, he vanishes in the way of someone disappearing in the Mirror World - even though he's not in the mirror world. Why? Simple. The very same effect is used when a NEVER is defeated, and of course we know Foundation X was involved with them and, it turns out, orchestrated all this. Foundation X reviving him as a NEVER explains the look of his final death... and the fact that he's back at all.

** More likely the latter, since in the Super Hero Time Bumper that began running when Kyuranger joined Ex-Aid, Para-DX is the only Ex-Aid rider aside from Emu that can be seen.
* Related to the FridgeBrilliance concerning Riders and their professions, Asuna/Poppy gets the Toki Meki Crisis Gashat, a DatingSim game. Asuna is a nurse, a profession that can lead to patients getting Nightingales syndrome especially when said nurse is an attractive young woman like Asuna.

* It may be obvious, but here are some comparisons to Ex-Aids standard forms to his more powerful forms:

** Robot Gamer -> Maximum Gamer: Both form are based on the mecha genre, but while Robot Gamer relies on heavy punches to defeat enemies, Maximum Gamer is more on exploration and maneuverability, making the form more versatile.
*** Which makes sense as it combines was originally thought to be just a combination between Ex-aids levels 1 and 2 forms.

** Also, there's another layer added to this. Curing a patient is like solving a very complex puzzle, while participating in a game competition - specifically, a fighting game - is like stepping into a combat tournament. Kinda like a certain doctor we knows huh?

* During the time the doctors got Poppy back on their side through talking, why did Game Clear appear when Poppy's game is [=DoReMiFa=] Beat, a dancing game? Well look at the scene playing out. A man convincing a young attractive woman that she's not a monster and wins when he succeeds in making her smile. It's most likely the game cleared was Toki Meki Crisis!
* Why does Taddle Fantasy have the advantage over Perfect Puzzle? Perfect Puzzle requires the strategic use of Energy Items to control the flow of the game, Taddle Fantasy's DispelMagic however renders any and all power-ups useless, thus Parado must use Knock-Out Fighter to bring the fight into a direct brawl where special abilities have less meaning. The inverse is true between Bang Bang Simulations and Knock-Out Fighter, Bang Bang Simulations is completely focused on long range combat making it almost impossible for Parado to close in with Knock-Out Fighter, thus Parado must use Perfect Puzzle so he can use Energy Items to strategically move in to attack. Kuroto may have created the Gashat Gear Dual β in order to deal with the Doctor Riders but he also designed its powers as the perfect counter to Parado's Gashat in case Parado ever betrayed him.
** It's also another reason why he might have had such a breakdown upon seeing Mighty Brothers XX - since Emu is in two places, he can attack from both long range and close range, meaning that he could keep Knock-Out Fighter far enough away using the Gashacon Key Slasher's Gun Mode, whereas the Axe and Sword modes could be used to attack rapidly and prevent Perfect Puzzle from gathering Energy Items (not to mention it's a lot harder to focus when you have two people attacking you as opposed to just one, something neither Taddle Fantasy or Bang Bang Simulations could handle) - it wasn't in Kuroto's plans.

* At first, it might make no sense as to why Parado would go through such lengths as to start up [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle ]] just to kill off humanity as a whole. Then after [[TheReveal The Reveal]] that he's the physical form of Emu's wish to have a friend to play games with, you realize that his goal might not be that after all; it's just a threat to get Emu to play with him.

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** Not to mention that most of the Riders are doctors. Who else can you call for help during a virus outbreak?

* We all know that the 3 recent Drivers (and gadgets) tend to speak both English and Japanese with little to no results aside for RuleOfCool (for English) or making the target audience (Japanese children) understand what the Drivers (and gadgets) say. But in the case of the Gamer Driver, BOTH reasons actually make sense in-universe because how can you sell a game if it's not cool and if the player can't understand how to play the game itself?

** Snipe and Bang-Bang Shooting - Taiga is an unlicensed doctor, an illegal profession that could get him arrested or killed if he doesn't know exactly what to do. In shooting games, it's important to memorize the map's layout and the movements of opponents in order to catch them off-guard or not be surprised yourself. Taiga also used to be a radiologist and therefore, would know exactly where to shoot to cause the most damage to a human body. [[spoiler:This is actually confirmed in the Kamen Rider Snipe spinoff series, where Taiga outright states that his incredible gunplay came from his experience as a radiologist.]]

** Genm and Proto Mighty Action X - [[spoiler:Kuroto Dan, as the CEO, is one of the first and leading members of the hospital and has the most power, but there will still be constant changes to the hospital. Proto Mighty Action X is the first version of Mighty Action X, and is the buggier version, but in battle, is far more powerful than the other Riders.]]

** Genm, [[spoiler:Kuroto Dan, meanwhile represents those individuals who aren't doctors but still have considerable power over the hospital and its doctors thanks to their money and connections.]]

** Bakusou Bike and Giri Giri Chambara - [[RacingGame Racing games]] like Bakusou Bike don't take much skill to play, but become significantly easier if one learns how. [[HackAndSlash Hack and slash games]] like Giri Giri Chambara also have a deceptive learning curve that makes the game easier as the player learns. Both games are usually single player experiences, which meshes with Lazer's mindset. [[spoiler:Kiriya's [[KilledOffForReal death]] brings a much more depressing connection. It's ''far'' easier to get a GameOver in a Racing Game than any of the other Gashat Genres.]]
*** [[spoiler:On the other hand, in games like Mario Kart, if you get hit by a powerful item, it's a lot easier to come back...which is unsurprisingly what Kiriya does. And as it just so happens, when Kiriya did come back, he arguably was more powerful due to the Proto Gashats, just like how if you're far behind in Mario Kart, you get access to better powerups]].
** Mighty Action X and Shakariki Sports - Much like the above, but the thinking on your feet is more in line with [[spoiler:being a corrupt CEO]], akin to how Taiga works. Shakariki Sports may seem out of left field until you remember that there have been incidents where sports companies like the NFL had actually butted heads with doctors before over controversial medical risks. [[spoiler:After all, sports have more popularity and more immunity to backlash than doctors have, so if anything goes to pot, the doctors will be affected while the corporations get away scot free]].

** In addition [[spoiler:Kuroto Dan may be the CEO of a gaming company, but Emu is an ace gamer. While Kuroto might have an advantage when he has the power edge or they're even, [[UnskilledButStrong he doesn't have the skill Emu does to compensate for being weaker than his opponent]], so the massive power boost Ex-Aid got from his Level 3 form took him off guard.]]

* [[spoiler:Continuously using a Gashat can cause serious damage]] is pretty much reference to many illness cause by overusing computer (and digital devices), for gaming or not, ranged from shortsightness to office syndrome.
** [[spoiler:But using a Prototype Gashat can be worse.]] Not surprising, you can expect sudden crash (or worse) from buggy beta game.

** Genm is either a pub stomper who goes into low level servers just to get easy kills or a moderator who abuses his powers to ruin everyone’s day. [[spoiler:The latter works particularly well after his Level X form debuts, which is not only overpowered compared to everyone else, but has what amounts to [[ResurrectiveImmortality infinite lives]] in a RogueLike game.]]

* [[spoiler:Genm gaining his Level X form with his death as the catalyst. How many video game bosses have another phase triggered by their original health bar being depleted?]]
* [[spoiler:The Mighty Brothers XX Gashat, besides furthering the Mario reference, also pays homage to games where the player controls 2 characters. And what kind of games were those, in the early days? Often, they were sequels to popular games where a secondary protagonist was introduced.]]
* Genm's [[spoiler:Level X form being intentionally overpowered compared to the other Riders and [[ResurrectiveImmortality powers none of the other Riders have]] could be compared to a developer or designer giving themselves an overpowered weapon never intended for player usage for ease of play testing and/or to goof around, both of which aren't entirely uncommon in real life.]]
* [[spoiler:Zombie Gamer has a transmitter that blocks a Driver's Gashat from forcefully ejecting to protect them when it goes critical. The transmitter, as it turns out, is located in the head. So, what's the best strategy for surviving a Zombie attack? RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain!]]
** In addition, [[spoiler:a recurring glitch in a lot of games tends to be "zombie character" glitches, that can cause the player to keep living despite having no health due to an underflow error in how health is calculated. One of the major ways the glitch is fixed on the player's side is to end up finding a way to add health back to the character.]]
* Why is [[spoiler:Asuna the only good Bugster]]? The other Bugsters are all based off enemy data, most of them being bosses, with the exception of the four using Gashats (which are based off protagonist by default). [[spoiler:Asuna is the odd one out by being based off of mascot/protagonist.]]
* Since the rights to Mighty Action X probably belongs to the Genm Corporation, [[spoiler:Kuroto is essentially trying to personally give Emu a Cease and Desist order when the Rider creates the Mighty Brothers XX Gashat, a fan made game of Mighty Action X.]]
* There's a reason "Genm" is spelled like that. It's not just a pun on "mugen" (infinite), but also [[spoiler:short for "genome", since the company is secretly doing biological experiments, not just making video games.]]

*** Survivial horror games being a recent genre also explains why [[spoiler:Kuroto]] didn't create an upgraded version of the game.

*** Similarly, it makes sense for these games to be one cartridge instead of two - not only would [[spoiler:Kuroto]] only need one of the helper robots at a time, but if the Dual Gear Beta fell into the hands of one of the heroic riders, he would only have 1 LV 50 rider to worry about.

* With the reveal of what Kamen Rider Chronicle really is, it suddenly makes a lot of sense why Parado's so obsessed with playing it. [[spoiler:It's a game that turns the entire world into a game area, allows anyone to be a Kamen Rider, and goes on forever with them fighting monsters. To Parado, it means that the game never ends, everyone has a fair shot at fighting him, and that there's never a place that has no opportunity to play.]]
* Kuroto's reaction to Mighty Brothers XX makes a huge amount of sense when you see his StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Emu's letter suggesting said game pissed him off. Seeing it being a realized game pretty much sets him over the edge]]. It also explains why he began undergoing a SanitySlippage after the episode it debuts. [[spoiler:Emu pressed the BerserkButton so hard, it's ''stuck'' there]].
* For a moment, the fact that Parado was nonchalant about [[spoiler:Emu losing his Driver and by extension not being able to 'play' against Parado any more]] threw me off- especially when a couple episodes earlier, when [[spoiler:Emu got taken over by his Bugster and not being himself anymore]] made him flip his shit- but then I realized something: [[spoiler:Parado probably realized that Emu will use Kiriya's Driver, since he might have seen Kiriya give Emu it when he died.]]
* #17 actually [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] [[spoiler:the HeelFaceTurn of Parado in #40 and how he and Emu will become real friends onward.]] To elaborate, #17 features a healthy, friendly relationship between Tsukuru and his Bugster Burgermon, and how Burgermon only wants to live with Tsukuru, not to take over his body and kill like other Bugsters. [[spoiler:This is very similar to Parado's nature. As the real-life manifestation of Emu's wish to have a friend to play with, that's his life purpose - to be Emu's friend and play with him, and while he has taken over Emu’s body a few times, they are just to force Emu to play, not to kill him. As a result, after Parado is knocked some sense into himself by Emu and realizes his wrong-doings, he is able to genuinely form a friendship with Emu, who reciprocates this time.]]
* At first, it seemed off for Parado to refer to Emu as “M”. Given that he called every one else except for his fellow Bugsters by their Rider’s names (Genm, Brave, Snipe, and Lazer for instance), he should have called Emu “Ex-Aid”. Even if he might know that Emu is Genius Gamer M, that was still a bit off. However, it makes sense after [[spoiler:TheReveal in #29 that he is Emu’s Bugster, and that he is the Genius Gamer M personality. Parado was not calling him “M”, he has been referring to him as “Emu” the whole time! This is also a brilliant way of taking advantage of the similarly pronounced “M” and “Emu”, as it revealed their relationship in plain sight and yet revealed nothing at the same time.]]
* Parado's [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]] is met with not a single protest aside from Hiiro expressing his surprise that [[spoiler:Parado would join them]], while Kuroto is (rightfully) treated with suspicion and discrimination at first, and just the ''mere idea'' of a possible [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]] from Graphite causes Hiiro, Taiga, and Nico to flip their shit. However, this is totally understandable, considering that unlike the other two, Parado [[spoiler:has absolutely no personal beef with the other Doctor Riders. He only ever focused on trying to play with Emu and defeating him while treating the other Riders with equal nonchalance. As such, after Emu managed to knock some sense into Parado and forgave him, there would be no reason for Parado's HeelFaceTurn to be objected to. The fact that Parado was ''not at all'' EasilyForgiven and that he's instrumental to Emu's ability to transform and defeat Cronus also helps.]]

* The Charlie Bugster never seems to want to harm anyone or evolve, but instead prefers to just play all day and anyone he hurts seems to be accidental. Besides him being from a SportsGame, [[spoiler:Kuroto injected himself with the virus on purpose so he could hide from the authorities. Of course he'd choose to use the Charlie Bugster. He wanted a distraction, not something that would actively try to kill him.]]
* Genm [[spoiler:corrupts Emu's Driver by summoning so many copy of himself. Basically performing Denial Of Service on Ex-Aid(s) and destroying his 'server' AKA Gamer Driver.]]
** Likewise, Emu [[spoiler:using Kiriya's driver after Genm corrupted Emu's old driver]] brings to mind a fan mod coming back as an official stand-alone game - kind of like ''VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic'' or, more appropriately, ''Galaxy in Turmoil''[[note]]the game had originally started out as a fan made ''Franchise/StarWars'' game aimed at recapturing the spirit of the first 2 ''Battlefront'' games; however, as they were using the license without permission, EA, who held the rights to make Star Wars games, ordered them to shut the project down; it was relaunched as a stand-alone project without using any Star Wars likenesses[[/note]].

** Inversely, this also explains [[spoiler:Kuroto's actual death from a large amount of the Bugster Virus - had he still been alive when Parado gave him the virus, he might have lasted long enough for the heroic riders to treat him. However, because he was already "dead", and his "death" had allowed him to access a new game, he had lost that resistance - kind of like a twisted NewGamePlus, or FinalDeathMode]].

* In a fan club special episode in which Hiiro must face off against Takeshi Asakura, aka Ouja from Ryuki, [[spoiler:when Ouja is defeated, he vanishes in the way of someone disappearing in the Mirror World - even though he's not in the mirror world. Why? Simple. The very same effect is used when a NEVER is defeated, and of course we know Foundation X was involved with them and, it turns out, orchestrated all this. Foundation X reviving him as a NEVER explains the look of his final death... and the fact that he's back at all]].
* Parado's reasoning for why he wants to create Kamen Rider Chronicle makes his earlier beatdown of Kuroto all the more sensible: [[spoiler:Kuroto had been killing Bugsters and treating it all like some sort of game, not unlike how most gamers just casually kill [=NPCs=] for shits and giggles.]]

* In Kamen Rider Chronicle, the Ride-Players [[spoiler:aren't players, they're the game's version of Mooks!]]

** [[spoiler:Or maybe he's already there. Ep 28's revelation that he's Emu's Bugster means that Parado is already present, just not who you'd expect. ]]

* You might not catch it at first, but every part of [[spoiler:Poppy's]] Critical Crews-Aid attack is a pun. [[spoiler:She's a nurse, was part of the CR (a crew that delivers aid), and a dating sim can be described as a protagonist's crusade for romance]].
* How is Nico's [[spoiler:Ride-Player form so [[AceCustom powerful]]]]? Being a professional gamer, she would know how to find and use exploits in games and if Kamen Rider Chronicle has a Level Up system she could have easily been grinding on Mooks considering they're everywhere.

** Another possible reason is because Nico [[spoiler:added her own tastes to the Ride-Player's suit design]], essentially making her a [[EliteMook more elite variant]] of normal Ride-Player mooks.

* Aside from the instances of foreshadowing, there are more than a few elements of Blade that hints towards [[spoiler:Kenzaki's true identity.]]
** Kenzaki was famous for asking (badly) whether Tachibana was a traitor (the Ondul meme). [[spoiler:He's the traitor in Kamen Sentai Gorider, or rather, his imposter.]]
** Other than Lazer, Kenzaki is the only dead Rider based on a game, and it's a rather old game as well. [[spoiler:Kuroto did always like to think of himself as the Game Master after all...]]
** Kenzaki, thanks to a gambit at the end of the series, was able to become an Undead. [[spoiler:Not only is Genm's Zombie form undead-themed, it was thanks to a gambit that allowed him to become undead.]]

* Emu went berserk when Kuroto revealed [[spoiler:he killed Kiriya]]. Parado's breaking point with Kuroto was after [[spoiler:he destroys the Motors Bugster a second time]]. [[spoiler:Motors is the Bugster of Bakusou Bike, Kiriya's main Gashat, and as #28 showed, this is ''not'' a coincidence]].
* During the time the doctors got Poppy back on their side through talking, why did Game Clear appear when [[spoiler:Poppy's game is [=DoReMiFa=] Beat, a dancing game? Well look at the scene playing out. A man convincing a young attractive woman that she's not a monster and wins when he succeeds in making her smile. It's most likely the game cleared was Toki Meki Crisis!]]

* Why does [[spoiler:Para-DX Level 99's weapon, the Gashacon Parabladegun,]] have multiple combo attacks for its special ability? It ties in with the Perfect Puzzle [[spoiler:half]] but it also ties into Ex-Aid's Gashacon Breaker, having the same ability just ramped up to [[spoiler:Level 99 power]]. Fitting considering Parado is [[spoiler:Emu's Bugster]].

* At first, it might make no sense as to why Parado would go through such lengths as to start up [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle ]] just to [[spoiler:kill off humanity as a whole]]. Then after [[TheReveal The Reveal]] that [[spoiler:he's the physical form of Emu's wish to have a friend to play games with]], you realize that his goal might not be that after all; it's [[spoiler:just a threat to get Emu to play with him.]]
* The revelation that [[spoiler:Poppy is the Bugster who manifested from Kuroto Dan's mother]] makes his breakdown before his [[spoiler:first death in #23, and subsequently being PutOnABus until #30]] seem more reasonable as opposed to just a standard VillainousBreakdown, [[spoiler:It's likely that the reason he didn't go after Poppy isn't because he didn't know that she was the [=DoReMiFa=] Beat Bugster, but rather, because at that point, the only way that data could be gathered for Kamen Rider Chronicle was by killing the Bugster for each respective Gashat...and in his eyes, having to do the same to Poppy would basically be the equivalent of having to ''kill his own mother''!]].
* Kuroto's [[spoiler:Proto Mighty Action X Origin has been shown to lower the level of any Rider he touches as well as giving him 99 lives. In addition, Genm's level is 0 rather than a high level like Ex-Aid or Para-DX. But as Kuroto stated, Proto Mighty Action X Origin is an Alpha Build, meaning that the game's playable, but heavy testing still needs to be done, thus the game will have some debug options, like lowering the difficulty on the fly and granting the player a huge amount of lives to help get through stages. And at this stage of development, they haven't really implemented level growth yet, thus the player will be at Level 0.]]
* [[spoiler:Masamune Dan being Kamen Rider Cronus makes sense, considering that Cronus is a rider who can control time, and he's Kuroto Dan's father - in other words, he's father time!]].
** [[spoiler:Cronus is also known as the 'father of gods'. Kuroto has always liked to think of himself as a god.]]
* [[spoiler:Masamune explained that he can permanently kill off Bugsters because he kills them off while they're frozen in time, making it so that continuing is impossible, since they stay in a state of death. Basically, he's making it so that their game freezes up and crashes.]]
** [[spoiler:Masamune, before killing the Loverica Bugster, says that Tokimeki Crisis is no longer in stock. Being the CEO of Genm Corporation, he does have the power to discontinue production of his company's games. It makes sense he also has the power to kill Bugsters, beings born from his company's games, permanently.]]
* [[spoiler:The reveal of Masamune as the true BigBad is essentially like the reveal of a TrueFinalBoss in a video game, complete with revealing the previously believed to be BigBad was his pawn all along.]]
* Kamen Rider Cronus' ultimate power is essentially [[spoiler:giving him the power to pause an MMO game, games that don't have the ability to pause.]]
** By gaining the power to [[spoiler:reset time, Cronus gains the two powers most gamers take for granted, the power to pause and give themselves time to think or reset the game if things aren't going well for them.]]
* While Poppy's host being [[spoiler:Kuroto's mother]] might seem a bit out of left field at first, but if you think back to her interactions with Emu, there were some hints - she would often pick him back up after he was knocked down, was constantly encouraging him even when Hiiro, Taiga, and Kiriya weren't by his side, and looked after him as a rider - in other words, she was acting motherly towards Emu.
* With the reveal of Kuroto's true intention for starting Kamen Rider Chronicle, it makes his words before [[spoiler:killing Kiriya]] have another meaning to them other than the obvious. [[spoiler:"Disappear into the darkness along with the truth." It's not just him killing Kiriya to hide his intentions; it also refers to him sending Kiriya into the Proto Gashats to become a Bugster along with the rest of humanity to keep them immortal, giving Kiriya a first-hand view of the truth behind Kuroto's actions.]]

* [[spoiler:Lazer Turbo having a new humanoid form, along with using the Shakariki Sports and Jet Combat Gashats, actually makes a degree of sense. He's not the bike anymore, he's the rider (pun unavoidable).]]
* Doubles as a RewatchBonus. Remember all those times Emu became "M" and for some reason the wind would blow into his face? [[spoiler:It was Parado entering him via his non-physical form to play as Ex-Aid.]] And remember all those times that Emu just became "M" and his eyes would turn red? [[spoiler:Parado was still physically present every single time and influencing Emu without possessing him.]]

** As for why Kuroto was a brilliant game designer, he both seems genuinely interested in it and ultimately isn't a true sociopath, as he's capable of genuine empathy and love, even if it's only for [[spoiler:his mother and by extension Poppy]] and no one else.
* In #39, there is a bit of Fridge Brilliance during the henshin sequence before Emu fights Parado. [[spoiler:Muteki's rider image panel descend down from above like Cronus instead of closing in from front like usual, a clever hint of the Cronus-like cold beatdown that Emu will do in that battle]].
** Also, in the same episode, there is a brilliant reference to #2 of Snipe's Episode Zero special which is released near the airing of #39. When Hiiro restrained Taiga and told him to take care of himself, Taiga had a stunned reaction that also looks like he remembered something. [[spoiler:He remembered the exact same words his old friend Maki said to him in the special during their fight, just before Maki's apparent death]].

* It might seem odd that Emu would [[spoiler:ask for Parado's help after reviving him - Emu can transform again, so why not just go after Cronus himself?]] Well, [[spoiler:it might be that he wants to play with Parado, just not the same way that Parado originally wanted to - Parado likely wanted to play ''competitively'' with Emu; Emu likely had ''co-operative'' play in mind!]]

** [[spoiler:A more [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming way to see this]] in #40 is that Parado is the second Main Character of Mighty Brothers XX, and that like many video game characters, [[HeelFaceTurn he only starts as an antagonist.]]]]
* #40 reveals a very satisfying take on Parado's constant talk of how he and Emu would be unstoppable together. [[spoiler:Hyper Muteki is so obscenely powerful on its own that Emu no longer needs Mighty Brothers XX or the Power-Up Items. Thus, Para-DX can use them with reckless abandon, and using MBXX in the Parabragun lets him become the "Para-DX Brothers" by splitting into his Level 50 forms. Emu can cover for Parado during Pause, and Parado can support Emu and cover his blind spots outside of it. In other words, their arsenal and skills go from 'kinda broken' to 'almost starting to feel bad for how utterly fucked Masamune is' when combined, just as Parado predicted.]]
* Why does [[spoiler:having a save counter Masamune's Reset ability? Resetting a console will cause you to lose save data, but doing so after you've saved your game does nothing.]]
* #41 [[spoiler:is the reveal of Gamedeus, the FinalBoss]]. Before he appears, the save from the heroes would seem very logical. In most video games, especially {{Role Playing Game}}s or certain Platformers, you have the option to save the game prior to beating the FinalBoss. That way, you could reset the game such that you can rethink your strategies over.
* Parado's strange morality and perception of things makes sense when you remember [[spoiler:he's from a ''in development'' build of his particular game. So not only was he born from a child's ImaginaryFriend, but it's very likely the story mode and story and characters weren't yet finalized at the point in production he spawned, so unlike most other Bugsters he likely had very little for his personality to be based on.]]

** Kuroto is an AGodAmI narcissist who [[spoiler:thinks just because everyone's data is preserved, no one has a right to be upset about their deaths.]]
** Parado only sees lives as things to play with [[spoiler:because as a game character who just respawned when killed, he simply didn't ''understand'' what death actually was.]]

* The ''entire'' final arc makes a lot of sense when you realize [[spoiler:the catalyst for Masamune being released from prison and hijacking the Power of Cronus ''wasn't'' really necessary to the goal of stopping the Bugsters. Discovering Kuroto was the true cause of Zero Day had little to do with actually ''stopping'' him or the Bugsters, which is even lampshaded. In other words: it was a ''side quest''. And if they hadn't done so, they likely would've finished off the three Bugster Executives and summoned Gamedeus for the final battle (and possibly used Cronus to beat him as the game is 'meant' to be played). Instead, Masamune takes over the BigBad role and ultimately becomes "Kamen Rider Chronicle's" TrueFinalBoss. By completing a 'side quest', they unlocked the TrueFinalBoss and story arc as one does in many video games.]]
** And thanks in part to the [[spoiler:side quest, characters that were either dead or evil end up joining the party as permanent members, sort of like how the Paralogues for VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening does it, for one such example]].
*** [[spoiler:If you think about it, the dead/formerly evil Riders who joined the party match up with the characters who join from the 6 [=SpotPass=] paralogues - Kuroto, much like Gangrel, starts off being set up as the BigBad, and even kills off one of the heroes, only get killed off himself near the halfway point, and to come back from the dead later; Poppy is close to Emmeryn, but also has a few elements of Aversa, with her memories being lost and only being separated due to circumstances beyond the control of the heroes for the former, and for the latter being good at first, but being brainwashed into being evil by one of the villains (Lovrica/Validir); Kiriya starts off as a dead ringer for Yen'fay, being forced into evil by being brainwashed and opposing someone who he was on very good terms with (Emu/Say'ri), but in reality, he's actually one for Priam, due to the nature of him not being evil at all; Parado can be seen as a DistaffCounterpart of Aversa with a bit of Walheart thrown in, taking the place of the previous BigBad like the latter, and like the former, was only evil because he didn't know better, but upon learning otherwise (namely, dying), he changes sides. Graphite can be seen as a character who is set up to join the heroes, [[BaitAndSwitch only to not join and instead die]], much like Phila from ''Awakening'']].
** [[spoiler:And also, because of the side quest, Taiga finally unlock his final power up in the form of Cronus which wouldn't be possible if Nico haven't been able to clear KRC - by killing Graphite - and summon Gamedeus]]
** [[spoiler:And what else do you recieve after completing major side quests? New weapons and abilities that will allow players to break through normal limitations like the Level 100 Taddle Legacy Gashat and Ex-Aid's final form, Hyper Muteki.]]

* Fridge with BigRedButton... or in this case, big "Strong Enter!!!" used by Kuroto's Keyboard in [[spoiler:#42, which is used to make Gashat. Why not just ordinary Enter? First, this is Kuroto we are talking about. Second, Enter isn't the usual key for compiling your source code into the actual program (in this case, Gashat). In order to compile your software, you need to press the special key (F9, F10, etc) or click the Compile/Build Icon. AwesomeEgo + that Compile Key = "Strong Enter!!!"]]

** [[spoiler:Taiga, meanwhile, is the player who grinded to earn his chance to play as Cronus. Knowing full well how to play as Cronus and not being a SoreLoser about it]].
** In fact this is the reason why [[spoiler:Masamune loses to five Level 2 Riders, because he never took the time to actually learn to fight effectively, relying hevily on Pause, Reset and the buffs that Cronus gave to him. As opposed to the five riders who, throughout the series, trained themselves, learned to effectively use all of their forms, not just their highest level, and most importantly, learned to fight together. Thus when Cronus lost his signature ablility to pause, he was destroyed completely.]]
** [[spoiler:Finally, his death is very much akin to a RageQuit, where he quits the game rather than let the game proceed to its proper end in order to deny the winners a sense a victory/the rewards that they would normally get.]]
* [[spoiler:Cronus's RESET, as many Tropers suggest, seems to do more harm than good to Cronus, and there's not mentioning in-universe about Saki. In the actual computer, many modern OSes (like macOS and Windows) have the RESET-like utiliy like Time Machine and System Restore, all of which 'reset' the configurations and 'stored' data into the targetted savepoint, potentially delete some files in process. However, if your savepoint is infected with virus or worse, your savepoint is saved at the time all of your configuration is messed up and your machine is infected with virus, it's best to NOT restore your machine. Cronus just happened to restore his 'configuration' to the worst savepoint possible, while his machine has Kamen Riders ready to mess up his plan again. Also, the real-life 'RESET' can't restore permanently deleted files. We need to wait and see if Saki is sent to KRC's Recycle Bin or really erased permanently...]]

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* The SuperDeformed Level 1 designs for the Riders are meant to represent 8-bit and 16-bit character sprites found in old-school games, like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' or ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. Think about it - how many of them actually had ''necks''?

** Ex-Aid and Brave are based off classic Platformers and [=RPGs=] respectively, thus reflecting characters akin to [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mario]] and [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Hero]].