(Dec. 13, 2018 6:56 PM)BeyCrafter Wrote:(Dec. 13, 2018 6:29 PM)Bladerbill Wrote: What if they released a bey that’s gimmick was that when it’s first launched into battle it’s in right spin but towards the end of the battle it switches to left spin so it can spin steal once it slows down. I have no clue if they could make something like this or if it’s even possible but I think it would make for a awesome design.
That's not possible. It would have to physically switch spins with the driver, and we have no idea if a driver can have a motor like the engine gear from the first gen and be able to be activated with the Bey's spin speed while keeping its size. If it were possible, Sr or a Bey super similar to Sr could be overpowered with it against right-spin Beys at least.
I'm sure fitting such a device into a driver is more than possible. The actual mechanical part of the old Engine Gears are a little large, but miniaturization tech has grown since those times too. As long as the springs can fit in a smaller space without interfering with the burst mechanic spring and the axles aren't quite so long (both which are pretty reasonable all things considered), it'd reasonably work without too much problem, although they'd probably be a bit on the taller and/or wider side.
In order to change directions there must be at least a brief moment where you're not spinning whatsoever though, and in that moment you'd lose the battle as per the normal win condition of a spin-out/sleep-out/spin finish/whatever you wanna call it as the bey stops spinning for just a tiny moment. The only way to save that sort of gimmick would be if a rule was made as an exception to allow it with that specific part, which seems a bit tricky to word.