Rizer (series)

The Rizer (ライザー) series is a series of video games developed by Burst Arts Inc. The creator of this long-running series is Malik Brooks. It houses three separate series: Beast Rizer, where the focus is on beastmen, people who can transform into anthropomorphic animals, as they fight evil forces and make peace with the humans; Meta Rizer, where it is centered around people with the ability to transform into robots capable of piloting mechs; and ESP Rizer, where humans, with the ability to transform into alien-like Espers, also fight oppression, as well as interdimensional threats. The series, as of now, has 39 games developed.

## Setting

The Rizer games take place in a small group of islands. In the first Beast Rizer game, they were referred as the Pentastar Islands, having five islands; the Northern Glaciers (based on the North Pole), Southwestern Islands (inspiring South America, mostly Brazil), Southeastern Islands (resembling Africa and parts of Australia), Eastern Islands (bears a strong resemblance to Asia), and Western Islands (resembles North America). After the first game, there has been an additional four more islands formed by the body parts of Christopher Karlos' chimera form; the Northeastern Islands (resembles mostly Europe), Southern Glaciers (based on Antarctica), Ocean Islands (resembles Oceania), and the Central Islands. The name of this group of islands has been changed to Neo Islands. Meta Rizer 2 introduces the Azure Islands, a sister group of islands, while ESP Rizer introduces the more futuristic-looking Flare City.

## List of Games

Here is a list of all the titles in the Rizer franchise that include the main series and spinoffs. The majority of all the titles were mainly platformer/beat 'em up action, with the *Beast Rizer Fighters*spinoffsbeing fighting games, the *Meta Rizer* racing spinoffs as racing games, and *Beast Rizer A* as the only RPG. Most of these have been rated E - T, with *Beast Rizer Soul* being the only game to receive an M rating due to gore.

(NOTE: The titles marked in bold are part of the Beast + Meta Rizer Collection for the Nintendo GameCube)

### Beast Rizer

* Beast Rizer (1995; Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
* Beast Rizer Pocket (1996; Game Boy)
* **Beast Rizer 2**(1997; PlayStation)
* **Beast Rizer Fighters** (1997; Arcade)
* Beast Rizer 3 (1999; PlayStation)
* Beast Rizer Pocket 2 (1999; Game Boy Color)
* Beast Rizer: Miracle Battlers (2000; Sega Dreamcast)
* Beast Rizer 4 (2000; PlayStation)
* Beast Rizer 5 (2001; PlayStation 2)
* Beast Rizer 6 (2003; Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
* Beast Rizer 7 (2004; Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
* Beast Rizer Fighters Deluxe (2004; Arcade, PlayStation 2)
* Beast + ESP Rizer Voltage (2005; Nintendo DS)
* Beast Rizer 8 (2005; Nintendo Gamecube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
* Beast Rizer 9 (2006; Nintendo Gamecube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
* Beast Rizer Soul (2006; Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2)
* Beast Rizer 10 (2007; Nintendo Wii)
* Beast Rizer 11 (2008; PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360)
* Beast Rizer A (2008; Nintendo DS)
* Beast Rizer 12 (2009; Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii)
* Beast Rizer: Ryuji's Journey (2009, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3)
* Beast Rizer + (2010; Nintendo WiiWare)
* Beast Rizer 13 (2013; Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita)
* Beast Rizer Fighters Unleashed (2014; Arcade, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U)
* Beast Rizer 14 (2015; PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
* Beast Rizer 15 (2017; PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
* Beast Rizer End (2018; PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC)

### Meta Rizer

* Meta Rizer (1996; PlayStation)
* **Meta Rizer Racers** (1997; Arcade)
* Meta Rizer 2 (1998; PlayStation)
* Meta Rizer DASH (2004; Arcade, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2)
* Meta Rizer 3 (2007; Nintendo Wii)

### ESP Rizer

* ESP Rizer (2002; PlayStation 2)
* ESP Rizer Duo (2004; PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube)
* Beast + ESP Rizer Voltage (2005; Nintendo DS)
* ESP Rizer EX (2006; Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2)
* ESP Rizer 0 (2010; PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii)

### Misc.

* Super Coliseum B.O.R.G (2006; Arcade, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube)
* Beast Rizer X Super Mario: Adventure of Worlds (2012: Nintendo Wii)
* Beast Rizer X Super Mario 2: Unity of Worlds (2016; Nintendo Wii U)