Beast Rizer 9

Beast Rizer 9 (ビーストライザー9) is a 3D platformer video game developed by Burst Arts Inc. and published by Namco. It was released in Japan on September 10, 2006 and then ported overseas on December 4, 2006. It is centered around Theo and the Garage Kids as they deal with a mysterious organization who plans on making their own versions of the Lightbeasts, using the powers of Ozzy to do so. It is available for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Xbox.

Plot
Six months have passed since the events of the last game. No one has seen Ozzy after Rosetta's plan to unleash the power of the Meteostones to the world had failed. One day, Theo was tending to his forest home until he was called by Atsuko to have a personal talk with him. As they were starting to talk about the possibility that Ozzy could be dead, a group of chimeras started to invade Eight City, prompting the two beastmen to fight them. That was when a young man appeared in front of the two and claimed that he can take them down on his own. At that point, he used a device that transforms him into a cybernetic version of Ozzy's dinosaur form, leading Theo to question him about who this man is and the whereabouts of Ozzy. The young man reveals his name to be Kane and that he was sent to collect Atsuko and Theo for reasons he will reveal once he sends them to the corporation he works for.

The two did what he ordered him to and are sent to an underground fortress, where they encounter an agent named Valdin, who states that he is the member of Hybrid, a corporation that plans on releasing an army of artificial Lightbeasts made from the DNA of Ozzy's Lightbeast form after the Ancient Isles incident. Angered that they would tamper with the body of his brother figure, Theo attacks Valdin, only to learn that he has been analyzing the capability of the beast forms since the corporation's formation. Kane decided the finishing attack, defeating Valdin. His higher-ups have left Valdin to die in the crumbling fortress as the three heroes outrun the Hybrid agents, all while they learn that Kane is a test subject designed to copy the abilities of Ozzy.

Their battle with Hybrid had just begun...

Playable Characters

 * Theo Stormwald (Coyote)
 * Atsuko Kinogami (Crow/Phoenix)
 * Tyrone Kogane (Tiger)
 * Toby Tennant (Turtle)
 * Kira Frost (Wolf)
 * Gai Cheng (Lion)
 * Michelle Springs (Eagle)
 * Norah Velam (Rabbit)
 * Gloria Glass (Snake)
 * Paulette Nicollier (Peafowl)
 * Ozzy Colemann (Tyrannosaurus)
 * Kane: A young man who was infused with the DNA of Ozzy by the corporation Hybrid in order to harness the power of the Lightbeasts and the Meteostones. Eventually he rebelled against the organization and sided with Theo and Atsuko in hopes of finding the man he was based on.
 * Olivia Reed: An artificial intelligence computer program contained in a handheld who eventually began projecting the holographic form of a young girl. In the past she was the terminally ill daughter of Albert Reed. As she was dying Albert tried to save her by uploading her mind in a computer program. It failed and resulted in an initially emotionless AI. Hybrid eventually claimed her for their experiments after Kane went awry. She eventually regained her memories though, and gained better control of her powers, and now assists the beastmen.

Bosses
Peter Elm: A headphone-wearing boy with the ability to stretch his limbs. He was one of the young beastmen Lee found to experiment his Hybrid Project on. His beast form is the kangaroo.

Grant Crawford: A large young man who can summon small fish robots. He was a part of Lee’s Hybrid Project, along with the other Powered Children. His beast form is the whale.

Wendy Cross: A stoic girl with expressive combat skills and the ability to project astral clones of herself. She was also one of the beastmen who were a part of Lee's Hybrid Project. Her beast form is the jackal.

Zara Edwards: A quiet young woman with invisibility skills. She is one of the subjects of the Hybrid Project by Lee, which also contained other young beastmen. Her beast form is the panther.

Taran Kang: A virtuous young man who can control light. He, like the other Powered Children, is a subject for the Hybrid Project. His beast form is the ram.

Melvin: A robot styled after a cartoon character. While not part of the Hybrid Project, he still assists the Powered Children in fulfilling Lee’s experiments. He is not a beastman like the others, but a Metarizer with access to a mech that is also based around a cartoon character.

Hybrid: The main antagonist of the game. He is Lee's latest project: a fusion of a bio-weapon and three beastman subjects. Feeling the need to perfect himself, he searched the Neo Islands, looking for the other young subjects. Eventually, he got to most of them and became the perfect being he longed of becoming. In addition to Peter, Grant, Wendy, and Zara’s abilities, Hybrid can also control ice, fire, and life.

NPCs
Kristine, Topper, and Grinder: The bumbling trio of Porter Tech agents that have always gone after the Beast Brothers.

Lee: An ex-Porter Tech scientist once responsible for unleashing the Darklings. For years, he has been undergoing the Hybrid Project, which he will create the “perfect beastman.”

Zeus Stormwald: A coyote beastman who is Theo's father. Once believed to have died in the Vigor Islands incident years ago, it was revealed that he was one of the few beastmen to actually survive the destruction of their home.

Garland and Melissa Colemann: Two badger beastmen who are the parents of Ozzy. They were some of the few beastmen survivor to outlive the destruction of Vigor Islands.

Vondell Lionheart, Charles Drafters, and Wallace Greenspike: The three beastmen who were originally part of the Hybrid Project. A trio of childhood friends, they left Vigor Islands long before it was destroyed, and were held captive by Lee for years as part of his Hybrid Project. During the final battle against Hybrid, Theo nearly sacrificed himself to free the three, as well as the other Powered Children. Their beasts forms are the lion, stallion, and frog respectively.

Stages

 * Eight City (Prologue stage)
 * Spiral Falls
 * Pinball Court
 * Clatter Resort
 * Aurora Pass
 * Squash Ridge
 * Glow Gardens
 * Clocker Bros. Studios
 * Hybrid’s Coliseum