Publication Information
- Ex-Aid : Rider Gauge
- Japanese : ライダーゲージ
- Type : Meter
- System : Rider Energy Meter
- Usage : Detection Of Rider System Funtioning
- Users : Ex-Aid Riders
- Season : Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
Rider Gauge is an energy meter on the chest armor plating of a Kamen Rider. The Rider Gauge is based on the video game staple of the Hit Point meter, a gauge that measures a player's health which is used in a wide variety of game genres such as fighting games, RPGs, Shooters, and action games. Its function is to act as a way for the user of a Gamer Driver to see how much damage they have taken. If the Gauge energy reaches its lowest point, an alarm klaxon will sound and the Gauge will flash. The Rider or Riders in question who are in this predicament must do one of three things:
- Abort their operation by deactivating the Gamer Driver and retreat to tend to their injuries or to form a new strategy for fighting the enemy.
- Find a Recover Energy Item to heal or a defense-type energy item to enhance them to evade or negate oncoming attacks.
- Continue fighting while dodging attacks and avoid getting hit to defeat the Bugster.
This technically makes Lazer of Level 3 or above to have three Rider Gauges with a total amount of 12 buttons and Gauge energy of two times of a normal rider, with Ex-Aid's Bike Action Gamer form also having these two side Gauges. However, in reality, this does not seem to be case, instead, Lazer's main Gauge and side Gauges appear to be the same one Rider Gauge. Genm Zombie Gamer Level X's Gauge is shown to be cracked and always emptied. In contrast, Ex-Aid Double Action Gamer Level X & XX has three Rider Gauges.
Legend Rider forms do not have their Rider Gauges visible on the chest armor. It is instead replaced with detail resembling the chest designs of their respective Legend Riders. Ride Players also do not have a Rider Gauge, as the intent of Kamen Rider Chronicle is to kill the users with as little effort as possible. Thus, Ride Players possess the ability to only take a certain amount of damage before dying from a Game Over. Possibly due to their nature as Bugsters, Kamen Riders Para-DX and Poppy do not have a Rider Gauge in their default forms, though a Rider Gauge is present on Para-DX's Level 99 form. This is most likely due to the reprogramming performed on him by Emu that gave him human data and the ability to use a Gamer Driver. Cronus also notably lacks a Rider Gauge.
Game Over
When a Rider Gauge is fully depleted, it will flash red for a few seconds, and the Kamen Rider will be deceased. Genm cheated the process at this step by using the Gashacon Bugvisor to transfer the data of his death away from him and into the Dangerous Zombie Gashat. Assuming no interruption, the Rider's transformation is broken and he will collapse in exhaustion. His body, covered with yellow sparks, begins to glitch-out and turn transparent. After a few minutes, a "Game Over" announcement is heard from the Gamer Driver and the Rider being killed.
List of Game Over
- Kuroto Dan : Negated through Zombie Gamer, effect reversed through reprogramming.
- New Kuroto Dan :
- 29/99 lives : Initial count
- 11/99 lives : After Reset) Reset Game!
- 94/99 lives : Anti-Body test from Kiriya
- God Kuroto Dan :
- 97/99 lives
- Kiriya Kujo : Later revived
- Emu Hojo : Only in Game World, respawns in real world
- Parado : Later, revived by Emu
- Masamune Dan : Humanity erased, taken over by Gamedeus; later committed suicide after his humanity restored
- Various Ride-Players
- Gamedeus Gauge : The most powerful Bugster enemy as even the co-operation of Ex-Aid Hyper Muteki and Para-DX Level 99 had a hard time fighting him, while previously the same combination was able to defeat Cronus easily. His health is 50 times of a normal Rider Gauge.
- Main Article : Ex-Aid Rider Device
