Bike Rider DX3: Time Rider
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チャリ走DX3 タイムライダー
(Charisō DX 3 Taimu Raidā) | |||||||
| Developer | Spicysoft | ||||||
| Publisher | Spicysoft | ||||||
| Platforms | Nintendo 3DS | ||||||
| Release date | December 17, 2014 | ||||||
| Rating | CERO: A | ||||||
Bike Rider DX3: Time Rider is a Japan-exclusive platforming game for the Nintendo 3DS, released digitally via the eShop in 2014. It is the third 3DS entry in the long-running Bike Rider DX series, which began on mobile phones in 2007. The game utilizes single-button gameplay, as players attempt to avoid obstacles and navigate treacherous landscapes while their rider continues to pedal forward. 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
Transformers Adventure downloadable content
Several pieces of downloadable content based on other external properties were released for Bike Rider DX3, each of which has a unique gameplay element. Relevant to this wiki, the Transformers Adventure DLC was released on June 3, 2015, and adds ten courses themed after Transformers: Robots in Disguise. In these courses, players control Bumblebee in place of the normal rider, who has the unique ability to transform from robot to vehicle mode and back. While in vehicle mode, Bumblebee can no longer double jump, but he is small enough to slip through smaller passages. 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.
Notes
- 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 the past games' collaboration DLC was never released outside of Japan.
- Other IPs that received collaboration DLC include Kamen Rider Drive, Kobito Zukan, Hatsune Miku, Go! Princess PreCure, PriPara, Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!, Gachapin, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, and Chibi Maruko-chan.
- All three Bike Rider DX games' levels were later remastered for New Bike Rider DX on mobile and Supersized Bike Rider DX for Nintendo Switch, the latter of which was released in English as Crazy BMX World. However, none of the DLC was included in either release.
