QUOTE(Kenki @ Nov 18 2010, 01:05 AM)
I'm confused
In kamen rider ooo, how many core medal does a Greed have?
Can a Greed survive without core medal?
Each Greed is said to have 9 Core Medals.
A 'Possible Example' is this - take Uva as a sample.
Head - 3 (Kuwagata, Kamakiri, Batta).
Upper Body - 3 (Kuwagata, Kamakiri, Batta).
Lower Body - 3 (Kuwagata, Kamakiri, Batta).
I think it is a misconception to say that a Greed 'survive'. The Core Medals are the Greeds, even if they are destroy, they would just shattered into Core Medals and Cell Medals. Thus they can reform with enough Core Medals and Cell Medals. And that's why they must be sealed, unless one can find a way to destroy the Core Medals.
Looks at how Ankh only reformed himself from one or two Core Medals plus a dozen Cell Medals.
When a Greed looses too much Core Medals, they become weak, and thus unable to hold on to their whole form as easily as when they have more Core Medals. The Cell Medals are what keeping them intact by providing the energy, but since they diminish easily (As Gotou said, 'one time use only'

), so the Greeds must make more Cell Medals.
QUOTE(Agito666 @ Nov 18 2010, 01:17 AM)
then ankh go core metal?
regarding why the OOO pure combo is not same exact colour... maybe the "special" one is the greed itself?
eg: yellow combo.... the body part yellow is difference, that means also the greed is cheetah also?

Ankh is currently that one Taka Core Medal. The other one is the one Eiji picked up and later given by Ankh to use in the Tatoba combo.
The colour tones are probably just for artistic results, nothing to it, but you can also say that there are some sort of colour ranking involve here - the Head is the 'command' element, Upper Body is the 'strength' element while the Lower Body is the single 'skill' element. Overall, the later two is somewhat similar as part of the fighting prowess.