Hello everyone. This is Funasen.
In today's blog, as we announced last week, we will be introducing the sound gimmick of the CSM SENGOKU DRIVER, which has undergone a dramatic evolution from the DX version.

① When the Lockseed's Cast Pad is open, it is recognized as the "transformed state," so even if you leave it open and remove it from SENGOKU DRIVER, then put it back on and put the sword down, the transformation sound will not play again, but the special move will play!
After transforming into Rider, remove the Lockseed with the CAST Pad still open, attach it to Musou Saber and perform a special move ⇒ return it to the belt and then close the CAST Pad to cancel the transformation.
There is a sequence like this in the movie. The transformation state continues as long as the cast pad is not closed, so this is how it works, but if you try to recreate that with a DX toy, when you put it back on the belt, the sound will be the transformation standby sound, followed by a cut and then the transformation sound.
The CSM version of Lockseed has improved on this by programming it so that "Cast Pad open = recognition after transformation," making it possible to recreate the sequence from the movie.
This was made possible by the following switch, which was originally added to implement the "transformation cancellation sound."



At the moment, CSM cannot comment on what items the Lockseed can be attached to after it is removed, but we are including this functionality in case we need it in the future.


② You can choose from 3 different "lock-on sound effects" when setting a Lockseed!
Now, even if we change the audio flow on the Lockseed side as described above, SENGOKU DRIVER itself will not be able to reproduce the actions in the movie unless it can distinguish whether the next Lockseed to be attached is for transformation, or whether the driver has already transformed and is just going to return to the belt.
Normally, when you lock on, the belt will play a voice-over sound effect saying "Lock on!", followed by the transformation standby sound.
However, if you simply place the Lockseed back on your belt, when you lock on, only a sound effect without voice will play, and the transformation standby sound will not play either.

So the following features were added:



By pressing the "Sound Effect Button" and "BGM Button" above at the same time, you can select the sound pattern that will play when you lock on!
Without a Lockseed equipped,
・If nothing is pressed...the "lock on" sound effect with voice and transformation standby sound will play.
- Press the buttons simultaneously and perform the action after the sound change sound has been heard once...the "lock on" voice will be heard along with the sound effect (shortened version) and the transformation standby sound will be played.
- If you press the buttons simultaneously and perform an action after the changed sound has played twice...only the "lock on" sound effect will play without the voice.
*The simultaneous pressing technique is the same as that used to select the transformation sound in CSM Amazons Driver.

If you perform the third of the three actions above, the belt will recognize that you are reattaching the Lockseed that was removed after the transformation, so by combining this with action ①, you can recreate the sequence from the movie.


A side note: In the movie, during the Inves Game, when the Lockseed was alone and the sliding shackle (hook part) was lowered, the lock-on sound effect was played; however, in reality, it was physically impossible to install a switch inside the Lockseed that would be linked to the operation of the sliding shackle, so that sound does not play.
If there was such a switch, it would have been possible to set it on the belt and lock on to it, causing the LED on the Lockseed to light up in time with the "lock on" voice, but unfortunately we were unable to recreate this.


3. You can also select the "lock off" sound effect!
The opposite of ② above, the "lock off" sound effect that plays from the belt when you remove a Lockseed, can also be selected using the same operations as ②.
In this case, with the Lockseed equipped,
・If you don't press anything...only the "lock off" sound effect will be played without voice.
- Press the buttons simultaneously and perform an action after the change sound has been heard once...the "lock off" sound effect will be heard.
In the drama, the "lock off" voice is only heard in the first two episodes, and the absence of the voice was the mainstream direction.
Therefore, the default state when no button is pressed is a sound effect without voice.


4. Transformation is possible without the “transformation standby sound”!



In the movie, the sound of the transformation standby sound sometimes did not play due to the production. The power switch of SENGOKU DRIVER body has two patterns, left and right, as shown in the image below.
By default, when you turn the power on to the left, the transformation standby sound will play, but when you turn it on to the right, it will not play.


⑤ Cutting blade operation sound can be selected & differentiated by faceplate type
The cut sounds, such as "Jakin! Soya!", play at different times throughout the movie; sometimes in the DX version they play at the same time as the cut sound from the Lockseed, sometimes they play a beat later, and sometimes they don't play at all.
These can also be selected by button operations.

You can select the cut sound pattern by pressing the "sound effect button" and "dialogue button" simultaneously.
・If you don't press anything... "Jakin! Soya!" will sound at the same time as DX.
- Press the buttons simultaneously and perform the action after the change sound is played once...and after a one beat delay you will hear "Jakin! Soya!"
・When you press the buttons simultaneously and perform the action after the change sound is heard twice...the "Jakin! Soya!" sound does not play.
(The specific operation methods above may change slightly, but in any case, we are proceeding so that you can choose.)

Since there were no cut sounds for characters like Marth, Kanmuri, and Jabu, this selection makes it possible to recreate transformation and special move sounds that are closer to those in the movie!


Well, it is possible to make fine adjustments to the game's content using button operations that only a few people know about, but if you don't know how to do that and find the operations too tedious, you can just play the game as usual without doing any of the above.
If you do nothing, the sound effects will play at the same timing as in DX, so we hope you can just play normally without using any of these complicated methods!

There are still a few more gimmicks left in the driver itself, but we'll talk about that next week or so.


Now, changing the subject, thank you to everyone who purchased the "DX Kaenken Rekka Sound Update Edition" and has been playing it straight away!
We will be adding new elements every week from now on, not just from the latest episode, but from content that has already aired as well, as we think it would be more fun to add them.

There may be occasional bugs, but we will fix them in the next update once we have identified the problem, so please be patient and wait.
I believe that one of the benefits of this updated product is that it allows us to improve these aspects.
(This is commonplace in modern games.)

We are currently accepting pre-orders for the "DX Kaenken Rekka Sound Update Edition" to be shipped in March.


Also, PREMIUM BANDAI started accepting preorders today for the "DX OOO DRIVER" and "DX O Medal Set"!





This is a reissued item commemorating the 10th anniversary of OOO, and is an extension of the ver. 20th product that has been released since the Zi-O days.
The 20th anniversary season has long since ended, so OOO will be released at this time to commemorate its 10th anniversary.
I believe OOO DRIVER and O Medal were released as part of the "SUPER BEST Series" about 8 years ago, but this time's O Medal set includes three "Burakawani" cards that were not included in SUPER BEST.

Recently, Mirai Combo has been appearing in various product media, which makes me think that OOO is still going strong.
In addition to these products, if you don't have DX yet, please take this opportunity to purchase them.

That's all for today's blog.
The next update will be on Monday, December 7th.

Well then!

[Products currently accepting preorders on PREMIUM BANDAI are listed here]