Kamen Rider Kabuto (video game)

Kamen Rider Kabuto is a Japanese fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 2. The game features all the Riders within the Kamen Rider Kabuto continuity as playable characters. 
==Gameplay==
The game features five different modes of play, ranging from a story mode to several multi-player modes.
== Game Modes ==
* Buster Mode: The story mode of this game and have three routes.
** Kabuto Route: Playing as Kamen Rider Kabuto, 12 stages.
** Rider Route: Playing as other riders in from TV series, 10 stages.
** Worm Route: Playing as each species of Worms, 7 stages.
* Battle Mode: Playing against CPU opponents in 5 matches, this mode can be played with CPU partners or co-op. single player is required for unlocking a certain characters.
* Free Mode: Playing against CPU opponents in 1 match, same function as Battle Mode except this mode cannot unlock secrets.
* Versus Mode: 2 players fight against each other, both players can select CPU partners.
* Survival Mode: Fight against multiple opponents, this mode have 2 version
** Single Player: Fight against Worms or ZECTroopers and Riders if playing as Dark Kabuto
** Two Players: Fight against an endless wave of enemies between Salis Worms and ZECTroopers, bosses are randomized.
* Demo Viewer Mode: Watch story and character cutscenes in this game.
* Option Mode: Save and load data and customize gameplay.
==Characters==
*Kamen Rider Kabuto (Masked Form, Rider Form, Hyper Form)
*Kamen Rider TheBee (Yaguruma, Kagami, Kageyama) (Masked Form, Rider Form)
*Kamen Rider Drake (Masked Form, Rider Form)
*Kamen Rider Sasword (Masked Form, Rider Form)
*Kamen Rider Gatack (Masked Form, Rider Form, Hyper Form)
*Kamen Rider KickHopper
*Kamen Rider PunchHopper
*Kamen Rider Hercus
*Kamen Rider Ketaros
*Kamen Rider Caucasus
*Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto (Masked Form, Rider Form)
*Aracnea Worm Rubor
*Aracnea Worm Flavus
*Aracnea Worm Nigritia
*Verber Worm
*Verber Worm Rota
*Formicaalubus Worm
*Scorpio Worm
*Sepultura Worm
*Tarantes Worm Purpura
*Acarina Worm Amber
*Uca Worm
*ZECTroopers
*ZECTrooper Shadow
*Pupa Worm
*White Pupa Worm
==Rider Finishers / Finale==
*Kabuto: Rider Kick, Maximum Hyper Typhoon, Maximum Hyper Cyclone
*TheBee: Rider Sting
*Drake: Rider Shooting
*Sasword: Rider Slash
*Gatack: Rider Kick, Rider Cutting, Hyper Kick
*KickHopper: Rider Kick
*PunchHopper: Rider Punch
*Dark Kabuto: Rider Kick
*Ketaros: Rider Beat
*Hercus: Rider Beat
*Caucasus: Rider Kick
==Voice actors==
*Kamen Rider Kabuto/Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto: Hiro Mizushima (齋藤 智裕, Saitō Tomohiro)
*Kamen Rider TheBee I/Kamen Rider KickHopper: Hidenori Tokuyama (徳山 秀典, Tokuyama Hidenori) 
*Kamen Rider TheBee II/Kamen Rider Gatack: Yuki Sato (佐藤 祐基, Satō Yūki) 
*Kamen Rider TheBee III/Kamen Rider PunchHopper: Masato Uchiyama (内山 眞人, Uchiyama Masato)
*Kamen Rider Drake/Acarina Worm Amber: Kazuki Kato (加藤 和樹, Katō Kazuki)
*Kamen Rider Sasword/Scorpio Worm: Yusuke Yamamoto (山本 裕典, Yamamoto Yūsuke)
*Kamen Rider Ketaros/ZECTrooper/Worms: Katsumi Shiono (塩野 勝美, Shiono Katsumi)
*Kamen Rider Hercus: Katsuya Kobayashi (小林且弥, Kobayashi Katsuya)
*Kamen Rider Caucasus: Joji Nakata (中田 譲治, Nakata Jōji)
*Uca Worm: Hitomi Miwa (三輪 ひとみ, Miwa Hitomi)
*Tarantes Worm Purpura: Takaaki Kuwashiro (桑代 貴明, Kuwashiro Takaaki)
*ZECTroopers: Yuki Anai (穴井 勇輝, Anai Yūki), Toru Omura (大村 亨, Ōmura Tōru)
*System Voice: Surage Gajria
==Soundtracks==
*Opening and Staff Roll: NEXT LEVEL - YU-KI
*Finishing Attack: FULL FORCE - Rider Chips
== Notes ==
* Some stages in Buster Mode differ from the events of the show and movie:
** In the episode where Kabuto and Sasword fight a Worm who attacked criminals, Sasword's transformation into the Scorpio Worm was immediately noticed by Kabuto and the player fights the Scorpio Worm. After winning, Tsurugi as Scorpio Worm said "Sister, sister, I am sorry" with the reply from Kabuto that it is fine as she will understand. This stage is the only original story which does not exist in series.
** Kabuto's fight with Ketaros in factory stage instead of space station. Ketaros' death was also altered, which he died by fighting instead of being crashing into the earth.
** Caucasus was defeated by both Kabuto and Gatack instead.
** Instead of Drake, Kabuto was the one who defeated the Uca Worm in Kabuto Route.
** In Kabuto Route of Buster Mode, if the team-up fight alongside Kamen Rider Hercus is won without changing to Rider Form, Kamen Rider Kabuto will appear riding the Kabuto Extender in its EX Mode while still in Masked Form.
** The Hopper Riders have the ability to Clock Up, an ability never demonstrated in the show. (Although years later, Kamen Rider PunchHopper used Clock Up in his debut episode of Kamen Rider Zi-O.)
** Kabuto's fight with his future self as Hyper Kabuto in the extra stage of Kabuto Route if the player wins the original story with no continues never existed in the series because they only met and never talk.
* Ketaros is able to use a Rider Beat finisher in the game, despite it never being shown in the movie.
*PunchHopper's Tachyon energy when using a Rider Punch is red instead of green in this game.
*Hyper Kabuto's Maximum Hyper Typhoon and Dark Kabuto's Dark Rider Kick are modified, making them different from their supposed utilization in series.
*Dark Kabuto using an Axe kick style Rider Kick instead of the similar rider kick like Kabuto.
**If you use Dark Kabuto during the Rider Route in the Buster Mode, Dark Kabuto pins his opponent's shoulder with his axe kick first. Then, he charged his rider kick when his opponent hold his right leg, crushing his opponent by his strong right leg stomp.
*Tendo is the only character in the show to appear outside of his transformed state.
*The "Put On" ability cannot be used by any Kamen Rider with a Masked Form.
* In the opening credits, Kamen Riders Sasword, KickHopper, PunchHopper, Ketaros, Hercus and Caucasus are shown riding personalized Zect Machines. Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto meanwhile is shown rider a black-colored version of the Kabuto Extender. None of these bikes appear in the tv show or movie.
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