Toku sprite - Cause (SaNiBi Combo)

UPDATE: The design and text is out of date. Here is the updated design: malurider.wikidot.com/cause

A blast from the past as I update an old design that I'd made for the black core medals from Movie War Core! His name is Kamen Rider Cause, which is a combination of Core and Os (コーズ / Kōzu). There may be a reason for that. But for now, design changes!

First up is the head, Sasori/Scorpion. The original design I had looked a bit off and the power to spit acid didn't quite make sense and required the face to open up. Here, I move the tail to the mouth area and add some vents to make that power work.

Next we have Kani/Crab, which I originally based on a supposed leaked design. Since it was possible that was fanart being touted as an official leak, I went with my own design here. Similarly to Os' Tora claws, the crab claws flip forward, and a small piece on the inner half of the forearm also flips over. These cover the fists entirely to make them into boxing gloves, essentially. I also added sea shell shoulderpads to go with the sea creature theme.

And last is Ebi/Shrimp, which is basically a recolor of Os' Batta legs. The reasoning here is that it's based on the mantis shrimp, which is known for punching. This Rider uses the mutating leg feature to deliver some long-distance kicks.

In general, I tried adding some silver all around to give him some more colors. I also gave him TaToBa's gold ring but in silver, just to signify this is a default form for a different Rider.