Board Thread:Rumor discussion/@comment-39814790-20200803194101/@comment-25234510-20200816214320

The RIVAL "Innovation" leaks still have my gears turning as to what they are. If it is indeed meant to be RIVAL's own Alpha Strike/Elite 2.0, I would assume that they would go back to the original two RIVAL blasters, the Apollo and the Zeus, the price for the Innovation 1 "Curve Shot" at $40 doesn't make sense since the $35 Charger is a better blaster apart from maybe the magazine being internal.

It's doubtful that it will be a cheaper Nemesis, Prometheus, or Perses either unless they found a crap ton of cost savings somewhere since even Dart Zone couldn't produce a Nemesis equivalent, the Adventure Force Quantum, for less than $50. Though since the clone brand Best Choice Products made a semi-auto "mini Nemesis" for ~$30, I suppose it's possible that Hasbro would make something similar to that.

It's also not necessarily battery-powered, especially if we expect RIVAL to be in a holding pattern to see how Hyper is going to do, so a springer that's not to flashy yet still war-practical could be the route they go with this.

Best guess:

Innovation 1/Curve Shot: Artemis reshell or semi-auto "mini Nemesis"

Innovation 2: Apollo/Helios reshell