Dengeki Hobby has gone into great detail regarding the press conference about the upcoming Zoids franchise, "Zoids Wild." This is the third generation of the Zoids series, and they want to make a scene with their new product line. A ton of images surfaced on Dengeki's website regarding the event, where they captured countless slides of the presentation.

    To start off with, a decent number of concept images were shown at the conference. Ideas of what the base skeletons would look like for different species, including a stegosaurus, a saber tiger, and a velociraptor.

    We also got a look into what goes into these kits. The designs are extremely simplistic, build wise, with about 30 parts for the Wild Liger's skeletal frame and 25 parts for the armor, most of which goes into the head. This simple design will work well for kids, with a parts number (55) not unlike the Murasame Liger (around 51 parts) which sold for 2500 yen. Either way, a simpler build may be a nice break for some fans, easy for kids, and the smaller size may also be a welcome addition to overflowing collections.

    A few slides gave us our first introduction to the cast of the OLM anime, along with English names for some of the Zoids. The series will start airing in summer 2018 on MBS. The character designs are suitably childish, and it looks like our new main character will be Arashi. More is likely to come with the update of the new Zoids Wild Official Site. The pilots and their Zoids that've been revealed so far:
    Arashi: Wild Liger
    Onigiri: Cannontoise
    Penne: Scorpear
    Gallagher: Death Rex
    Dorake: Gilraptor
    Caviar: Gabriator

    It was mentioned earlier that Corocoro would be launching a monthly comic alongside the anime, and we got a look at the rough drafts for some of those comic pages. These are just roughs before the final comic, but it looks promising with good art and a dynamic style.

    With brief previews into the app it looks to contain unlockable items for the previous generation of Zoids, providing a nice tie-in with the series we've already known. The app will allow for you to shoot, process, post, and view movies of your models in the future, complete with added effects. This could, in theory, allow fans to create their own 'trailers' in the same way as the older diaroma trailers.

    So what do we know about the kits so far?
    Zoids Wild is the third generation of Zoids. In their world, Zoids are being restored from archeological finds, which you'll get from "excavation packs" or in other words, the baggy to build the frame. The Zoids don't come on sprues, so there's no having to cut each part by yourself. You can start building as soon as the kit is purchased.

    The basic skeletons can move fine on their own, but when you attach the armor you'll be able to see their "Wild Blast" skills: Special motorized gimmicks that manipulate the armor. For example, with the Gabriator, the whole mouth and neck will open up and chomp.

    Zoids Wild will have either a standard electric motor or a simpler spring based action for the smaller Zoids. It'll be standard to have at least two actions, including walking, chomping of jaws for some Zoids, swaying tails, etc. The size of these Zoids will be smaller than what we're used to, but they're not tiny.

    Each Zoid seems to follow the anime design of having a pilot ride on the Zoid, but this time, they might come with either clear pilots or character-specific pilots. Hopefully both, as this would be a nice touch since clear pilots won't stand out too much.

    The box art has also been posted, and doesn't look too different from older Tomy kits. In fact, the Wild Liger shares a pose scheme similar to both Shield Liger and Blade Liger box arts from the old motorized line. Here's hoping we get battle story and all that along with it!

    Funny enough, the Wild Liger box art uses the same desert backdrop as the Desert stage in Zoids: Field of Rebellion, which also features Monument Valley.