Bike Rider DX3: Time Rider
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Bike Rider DX3: Time Rider is a single-button platforming game, released only in Japan via the Nintendo 3DS eShop in 2014. It is the third 3DS entry in the long-running Bike Rider series, which began on mobile phones in 2007. Several pieces of downloadable content developed in collaboration with other brands and properties were released, including a piece of Robots in Disguise themed content in 2015.
Gameplay
[edit]In Bike Rider DX3, players control Suzuki, a stick figure cyclist constantly pedaling his way forward towards the finish line as he is teleported between different time periods. As Suzuki's bike automatically moves forward, the player instead controls Suzuki entirely with the A button, which causes him to jump; a double-jump can also be performed in mid-air. Players must time their jumps right to avoid letting Suzuki fall into pits or run into obstacles so he can cross the finish line. Power-ups scattered around the course can alter Suzuki's jump properties and give him different temporary abilities.
The main "Stage Mode" is split into ten stages, each containing five courses to complete, for a total of 50 courses. Every stage is themed after a different time period, with Suzuki's appearance changing to match. New to DX3 are boss battles, which take place after completing all five of a stage's courses. Each boss has different attack patterns, but all of them are defeated after taking only three hits. Each course also features three gold medals placed along the route for the player to find; collecting enough of these medals will unlock up to 30 additional courses spread across six bonus stages.
Other modes include "Time Attack", which challenges players to defeat a boss as quickly as possible; and "Grand Prix", an endless runner mode in which the player must progress as far as possible without crashing. In Grand Prix, the player can equip any of Suzuki's costumes from Stage Mode that they've seen so far, and surpassing 10,000m in one run will unlock the game's Hard difficulty. Players can compare all their scores via an online leaderboard, as well as receive special awards for achieving different milestones, such as total distance traveled or total number of misses.
Transformers Adventure downloadable content
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Several pieces of "Collaboration Stage" downloadable content based on other external properties were released for Bike Rider DX3. Each piece of content adds a handful of new courses starring a different playable character, each of which has their own unique gameplay element. Because of how these courses are built around their respective character's unique ability, no other characters can be used, nor can DLC characters be used in the main game.
Relevant to this wiki, the Transformers Adventure DLC was released on June 3, 2015, and adds 10 courses themed after Transformers: Robots in Disguise. In these courses, Suzuki is replaced by Bumblebee, who has the unique ability to transform from robot to vehicle mode and back. Pressing the A button in mid-air after a double-jump will cause Bumblebee to convert to vehicle mode, making him small enough to slip through smaller passages. Jumping while in vehicle mode will change him back to robot mode. Each course has Bumblebee running through the streets of Crown City attempting to reach an Autobot flag at the end, all the while jumping over pits and dodging obstacles, including Thunderhoof and Steeljaw. To fit the theming, the three medals hidden in each course are replaced with glowing blue energon cubes; grabbing one will temporarily charge Bumblebee and make him immune to obstacles and enemies.
Notes
[edit]- This is the only one of the three Bike Rider DX games to not be localized into English. Not that it would have mattered, as none of the previous games' Collaboration Stage DLC was ever released outside of Japan.
- Other IPs that received Collaboration Stage DLC in DX3 include [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Kamen Rider Drive|{{#if:||Kamen Rider Drive}}]], Kobito Zukan, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Hatsune Miku|{{#if:||Hatsune Miku}}]], [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Go! Princess PreCure|{{#if:||Go! Princess PreCure}}]], [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}PriPara|{{#if:||PriPara}}]], [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!|{{#if:||Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!}}]], [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Gachapin|{{#if:||Gachapin}}]], [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Shuriken Sentai Ninninger|{{#if:||Shuriken Sentai Ninninger}}]], and [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Chibi Maruko-chan|{{#if:||Chibi Maruko-chan}}]].
- All three Bike Rider DX games' levels were later compiled and remastered for New Bike Rider DX on mobile and Crazy BMX World for Nintendo Switch. However, none of the Collaboration Stage DLC was included in either release.