Level 1: New Game

**Level 1: New Game** is the first episode of *Kamen Rider Arcade*. It features the television appearance of Mighty Gamer Level 1 as well as the introduction of Kamen Rider Dark Mighty.

## Plot

A woman with a briefcase is being chased down by a group of weird creatures called Glitches lead by a dark rider. The next day, a young man named Tyler Soto is woken up by his roommate, Danny, playing his Fox Station video game. Danny apologizes to Tyler for waking him and tells him since he’s woke, he can play Mighty Fighter with him. Tyler tells him that he stopped playing video games years ago, right now he’s focused on figuring out what he’s going to do with his life. Danny tells him to relax a little, he has a whole  before he starts college. Danny then gets a notification from his phone and he gets excited and quickly exits the game goes to the internet app to look at a live stream. Tyler asks him why he’s so excited and Danny tells him that FoxCorp. is about to announce their biggest game ever. As Tyler pours himself a bowl of cereal, the live stream shows FoxCorp owner Harold Fox talk about how the four best gamers will be chosen to be the first to play the game. They will also be playing exclusive riders in the game, which will be a kind of virtual reality game. Danny says that he can’t wait for the game to come out, but Tyler doesn’t care about the game. Danny says that Tyler used to be one of the best gamers he’s ever seen, he still doesn’t know why he stopped playing. Tyler avoids the question and tells him that he’ll tell him why after he comes back from the store. Tyler is riding his bike to the store and something causes his tire to go flat. Losing control, he accidentally runs into the young woman with the briefcase. The briefcase is knocked out of her hand and a weird device falls out of it. Tyler apologizes to her and helps her up. The black rider watches from a distant and sees a group of people. He then spreads a strange mist near them and one of the civilians is affected by it. The civilian transforms into a giant monster. Tyler picks up the weird device and sees that it’s the new game that he saw on the television with the Rider Gear, Mighty Fighter X. The monster then begins to chase the two. They run into a park and the woman gets the game driver and the Rider Gear and tries to use it, but it doesn’t work. She then forcefully puts it on Tyler and tells him what to do. Tyler presses Rider Gear and his eyes glow. Tyler transforms into Kamen Rider Mighty Level 1. Tyler has a hard time at first. This makes the woman think he was a bad choice, but he then shows that he has more skill than she thought as he defeats the monster. The monster reverts back to its human form, but then evolves into its evolved form. Tyler sees that the monster resembles the one from Danny’s game. The monster calls itself a glitch and then summons lower level glitches. The woman tells him that he might not be able to defeat the higher-level glitches at the level he’s at. Tyler tells her not to worried, he leveled up. Tyler then transforms into Mighty Level 2. He fights and defeats the Glitches and the Count Glitch reverts back to its human form. Tyler asks the woman what’s going on and the woman tells him that she’ll explain once they find a safe place to talk. Another rider is spying on the two with a young girl. The young girl says that she isn’t impressed by Mighty, but the rider doesn’t respond and leaves. Meanwhile, a young man is playing a Foxstation Portable and is confronted by a man. The man asks him when he’ll make his move and the man, Dex, tells the man, Drago, that they have to be patience before they make their move. He says in the meantime, they can train for when it’s time. Meanwhile, Tyler takes the woman to Danny’s apartment. They go in his room while Danny is asleep on the couch and Tyler tells the woman to explain everything now. The woman, Amy Rhodes, says that she worked for FoxCorp as an assistant for Harold Fox. One night, she was returning to headquarters because she forgot something, but then witnessed a group of glitches lead by a dark version of Mighty trying to get hold of the Mighty Fighter X Rider Gear and driver, but she retrieved it before they could. She was trying to hide until Tyler ran into her. She then says that the other gamers could be in danger. Tyler tells her that he doesn’t play games anymore, so she’ll have to find someone else. Amy tells him that the driver will be connected to him, it’s a security feature so no one else can use it. Amy then gets a phone call from Harold telling her to come to his office tomorrow with Tyler. Meanwhile, a young man is riding in a limo to the city and has a Game Driver beside him.

## Cast

* Kase Tessai: Tyler Soto
* Charlie Hill: Cody Grant
* Dex: Shintani Genichi
* Amy Rhodes: Hailey Hojo
* Harry Fox: Wesley Reed

## Rider Gears

* **Gear Used:**
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* **Level Used:**
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## Notes

* As part of INTV Action, this episode aired alongside *Power Rangers Dino Burst* episode 2, Tale of Two Dinos.

## See Also

* I'm a Kamen Rider! - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Ex-Aid*