Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (Game)

is a Japanese fighting game developed by Bandai Namco and Eighting exclusively for the PlayStation 2. Celebrating the franchise's 10th anniversary, it is the first installment of the Kamen Rider: Climax series and features all Heisei-era Riders up until Decade as playable characters. A sequel featuring W was released shortly after.
==Gameplay==
Combat in the game operates on a basic three-button system, encompassing Weak Attack, Strong Attack, and Special Attacks (such as the various Rider Kicks). In addition to this, each Rider has the ability to perform a Form Change once the Rider Gauge at the bottom of the screen fills, whether by dealing or receiving damage or by charging the meter. Form Change can be used as a counter or to extend combos. A number of Riders also have the ability to summon Strikers, such as Ryuki's Contract Monster Dragredder or Den-O's DenLiner. Also, each Rider has a unique finisher called Rider Finale. This attack can only be activated when the Rider Gauge is full, and can be activated by pressing the R2 button.
===Decade Mode===
In Decade Mode, the player follows Tsukasa Kadoya's journey through the nine Heisei Kamen Rider worlds as Kamen Rider Decade, fighting the other Riders and attempting to prevent the destruction of the worlds. Decade Mode differs from standard gameplay in that Decade's Form Change and Special Attacks are customizable with KamenRide Cards and Final FormRide Cards earned as the player progresses. The missions in the mode are divided by three levels, with the easiest missions can be played in Level 1 while the hardest can be found in Level 3. Level 2 and 3 can be unlocked as the player progress in Level 1.
==Characters==
Climax Heroes prominently features the titular heroes of the Heisei Kamen Rider Series, as well as a few secondary characters.
===Playable===
*Kamen Rider Kuuga Mighty Form
** Dragon Form
** Pegasus Form
** Titan Form
** Rider Finale: Turns into Kuuga Amazing Mighty Form and executes the Amazing Mighty Kick.
*Kamen Rider Agito Ground Form
** Trinity Form
** Burning Form (Special Moves and Finisher only)
** Rider Finale: Turns into Burning Form and repeatdly punches the opponent with Burning Rider Punch, then proceeds to finish the enemy with Burning Bomber.
*Kamen Rider Ryuki
** Ryuki Survive
** Rider Finale: An original attack Dragranzer Crash (ドラグランザー突撃), Ryuki Survive and Dragranzer rams through the enemy while engulfing in flames.
*Kamen Rider Faiz
** Axel Form
** Rider Finale: Performs Axel Crimson Smash.
*Kamen Rider Blade
** King Form
** Rider Finale: Uses his signature Royal Straightflash while in King Form.
*Kamen Rider Hibiki
** Kurenai
** Rider Finale: In Kurenai form, Hibiki uses his Ongekida Bakuretsushinku form attack.
*Kamen Rider Kabuto Rider Form
** Clock Up Mode
** Rider Finale: Uses his Clock Up, the punches the enemy while pressing the button on Kabuto Zecter three times. Then, he sends the enemy flying, and finishes him with Rider Kick. Kabuto then uses his trademark pose.
*Kamen Rider Den-O Sword Form
** Rod Form
** Ax Form
** Gun Form
** Rider Finale: Den-O takes full action by himself and assumes Liner Form. He then executes his Train Slash attack and proceeds to faint right after.
*Kamen Rider Zeronos Altair Form
** Vega Form
** Zero Form (Special Moves and Finisher)
** Rider Finale: Like Agito, Zeronos uses his special moves and finisher using the same form: Zeronos Zero Form. He attacks the opponent with his Buster Nova attack.
*Kamen Rider Kiva Kiva Form
** Emperor Form
** Rider Finale: Performs Emperor Moon Break, them transforms back to Kiva form.
*Kamen Rider Ixa Save Mode
** Burst Mode
** Rider Finale: Performs Ixa Judgement
*Kamen Rider Decade
** Decade Kuuga Mighty Form
** Decade Agito Ground Form
** Decade Ryuki
** Decade Faiz
** Decade Blade
** Decade Hibiki
** Decade Kabuto Rider Form
** Decade Den-O Sword Form
** Decade Kiva Kiva Form
** Rider Finale: Like Ryuki, he also uses an original attack. He transforms into Complete Form, then executes the Final Dimension Kick, which has the nine Heisei Riders's symbol instead of golden cards. The opponent is hit by this attack receives heavy damage.
***Can be used only when Decade's customizable attacks been set to default
*Kamen Rider Diend
** Kamen Rider Ouja (Special Moves and Form Change only)
*** Kamen Rider Ouja cannot be controlled, and randomly attacks the enemy on his own.
** Rider Finale: Instead of his deadly Dimenson Shoot, he uses a new unnamed attack that was created for this game.
*Kamen Rider Dark Decade: Kamen Rider Dark Decade is original to Climax Heroes and exists as a palette swap of Kamen Rider Decade. He is stronger than other Kamen Riders, being able to deal greater damage with his attacks while those of Riders do less damage to him.
** Dark Decade Kuuga Mighty Form
** Dark Decade Agito Ground Form
** Dark Decade Ryuki
** Dark Decade Faiz
** Dark Decade Blade
** Dark Decade Hibiki
** Dark Decade Kabuto Rider Form
** Dark Decade Den-O Sword Form
** Dark Decade Kiva Kiva Form
** Rider Finale: Same as Decade's
===Playable in Decade Mode only===
*Kamen Rider G3-X
*Auto Vajin (Cannot use a Striker while playing as Faiz in Decade Mode)
*Kamen Rider Gatack Rider Form
===Non-playable characters===
These characters, except for Ouja, only appear in Decade Mode as enemies.
*Kamen Rider Ryuga
*Kamen Rider Ouja (Diend's Striker only)
*Kamen Rider Nega Den-O Nega Form
*Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto Rider Form
===Stages===
*Smart Brain arena (day)
*Cave
*Parking Lot
*Church
*Industrial Complex
*Beach
*Tokyo Bridge (dawn)
==Theme song==
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**Artist: Tōru Furuya
==Notes==
*This is the first game to take Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final instead of the TV finale as the timeline in the Heisei Rider timeline.
*This is the only game that is not released in the holidays.
*For the Wii version of the game Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, Eighting modified the engine for Climax Heroes and altered the gameplay, though some assets were kept such as the models for Ryuki and Knight that were recycled for Dragon Knight and Wing Knight respectively. 
==External Links==
*Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (Japanese)
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