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The adult-oriented Kamen Rider belt "COMPLETE SELECTION MODIFICATION" series launched by Japan's Bandai Toy Company today officially announced the latest product "Dual Driver ver.2" from "Kamen Rider W", which is expected to be released in February 2025. information.
The "Dual Drive" used by the two protagonists Shotaro Zuo and Philip in the play is a prop that can connect their consciousnesses and combine the power of two "Gaia Memory" to transform into Kamen Rider W. Even if the two bodies are separated, Philip can transfer the memory and consciousness to Shotaro after loading the memory, and use Shotaro's body to complete the transformation and fight.
"CSM Dual Driver ver.2", which is 15 years away from the first version , is a new product that has been significantly upgraded from ver.1.5 released in 2019. The main body and memory are made with completely new specifications, and have a design close to that in the drama. Equipped with a new version of the electronic mechanism, it also includes the sound effects of Shotaro Saso (played by Kiriyama Ren) and Philip (played by Masaki Suda) in the play that were used at the time of the broadcast of "Kamen Rider W" , and the theme song "WBX ~ W Boiled Extreme" ~" and other BGMs in most dramas, as well as rich sound effects such as belt dressing, memory transfer, Philip falling to the ground... etc. In addition, the transformation standby sound effect has been changed to be emitted from the driver body.
The dual drive and various Gaia memories are also equipped with a new "mutual recognition function", allowing the dual drive to identify "what memory is loaded", and the Gaia memory can also identify "which side of the drive is loaded." ", "What is the memory loaded on the other side?" In this way, the timing of the transformation sound effect can be changed, and at the same time, it can also identify what form is being transformed, and activate the sound effects and lines exclusive to each form. With nirvana. This technology is also expected to be installed on the ver.2 version of the transformation item product that will be released in the future.
Not only that, Dual Driver ver.2 is also equipped with a "two-person mode" that can reproduce the transformation performance of two people, and the two sets of "Dual Driver ver.2" products have the function of communicating with each other. When one party emits the "belt dressing sound effect", the other party will also emit the "belt dressing sound effect" through infrared communication. After the memory is loaded and the "transmission sound effect" is emitted, the other party will automatically emit the "transmission sound effect" , recreating the performance of the two people transforming from a distance in the play.
※Only one set of "dual driver ver.2" can produce all the sound effects of "two-person mode". When paired with the ver.1/ver.1.5 versions released in the past, only sound effects will be performed.
CSMダブルドライバーver.2
Reference price: 44,000 yen (tax included)
Estimated release date: 2025/02
Product contents: Dual drive ver.2 body, nirvana slot, 6 types of Gaia memory (Tornado/Ace/ Hot/Steel/Luna/Gunner)
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