Based on the wildly popular card game and television show, Bakugan: Battle Brawlers, is a video game experience requiring skill, strategy and imagination. Featuring a fierce assortment monsters, uncanny powers and amazing environments in an alternate dimension called Vestroia, the game lets you and your own unique Bakugan join forces with Dan and his fellow Brawlers as they battle to save Vestroia and ultimately, Earth from destruction. In addition, the Collector's Edition of Bakugan Battle Brawlers for DS and DSi extends players adventure even further by including the collectable Naga Bakugan Ball. 
Hybrid gameplay and rich environments.
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In-game customization.
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Wireless multiplayer support.
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The story of Bakugan: Battle Brawlers revolves around a set of metallic cards that mysteriously fall from space. On finding them, kids from around the planet discover that the cards also provide access to a variety of monsters that can be pitted against each other and so develop a game based on the cards and monsters and set up tournaments. One group of these kids, who name themselves the "Bakugan Battle Brawlers" and who are led by Dan, find that the cards also serve as a link to a parallel dimension known as Vestroia. Here they discover that the game and its monsters that they are dedicated to mastering is tied to an imbalance of positive and negative energy in Vestroia. This imbalance must be corrected to avoid unspeakable consequences for Vestroia, and since a link has been made to the Earth, eventually the kids' home as well. Gameplay
Those who have played the popular Bakugan card game might already have an idea of how gameplay works in Bakugan: Battle Brawlers, but the video game adds several new elements. The game is something of a cross between marbles and a live action card game. To get started you'll first need to enter your name, select an attribute and create your character. Then you'll be ready to explore the world of Bakugan. If you can't wait to start battling your friends, then head straight to the Battle Arena, but if you want to be the best you have to learn the rules. The goal of Bakugan: Battle Brawlers is to win the game by collecting three "gate cards." Gate cards are collected by winning battles against opponents. As a starting move each player sets down one metallic gate card. Then you're ready to roll your Bakugan, which is in the form of a ball. After throwing you can steer your Bakugan around the environment so that it lands on the perfect card and collects powerups. The aim is to get your Bakugan to stand on a card, and that happens when they roll over it slowly. Once the Bakugan stands, it will transform into Battle Mode. Now you're ready to battle. A battle begins when two Bakugan from different players stand on the same gate card. The gate card then opens and both bakugan transform into Monster Mode, and are ready to fight. The gate card can add "G-Power" to a Bakugan according to its world attribute (color) and can also change the rules of the battle. Players can also boost their G-power by doing well in battle. The Bakugan with the highest G-power at the end of the battle wins. After battling, you can also use the points you have won to upgrade your Bakugan, acquire new in-game items, engage in Tag Team or Battle Royale action, or hone your skills by practicing your moves and strategy with Dan. The Bakugan Battle Brawlers Collector's Edition for DS and DSi Includes:
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Naga, is a rogue Bakugan who wants to control all the power in Vestoria. He is most recognizable for his skeletal body and split nose. Conniving and greedy, he tried to absorb the two energy cores, Infinite and Silence, but only absorbed the Silent Core, and in the process exploded Vestroia. In the hit animated TV show, he is Hal-G's Bakugan. | | |
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 A fun game for kids, and the parents who play with them. :-) |
| Review Date: October 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Lobsta Johnson, Bruttenholm, TN |
My kids love the Bakugan spheres...it's a kind-of mashup of the classic game of Marbles and some of the new anime-based games like Pokemon or Yu-Gi-OH! The "live" game is cool because the engineering behind the spheres is really cool. Roll them onto a metal card and a magnetic switch activates, popping open the thing to reveal a robotic character. Some of them are really intricate and amazing; my kids have played with them for a year or more now and still not a single malfunction.
Anyway, one downside to the "real" Bakugan game is that all that engineering comes at a price; I figured the video game would allow us to buy one thing and all the collectables would be included in the game, and so far I was right.
Basically there are a couple of modes of interest...story line (where you have to defeat an increasing level of computer opponents in order to see the whole story unfold), and arena (where you can just play the game against the computer or against up to 3 other friends).
My 6 year old can play it, though it took a little practice to be able to grasp the sphere and throw it accurately. Steering it is something new that you couldn't do in a "live" game and it's pretty cool. The game otherwise plays just like the "real" game except there is a skill-based element at the very end of the battle that allows you to boost your models's GP a bit to break a tie (or win a close match). It really helps to be able to read. A 6 year old can noodle around by himself/herself, but an adult will have to help navigate the storyline. An 8 year old could probably figure it all out, and a 10 year old or older should have no problem. My 4 year old likes to watch, but just isn't ready to put it all together.
My one complaint is that the instruction manual is VERY basic. You basically have to figure out how to do things like edit your deck, swap out your Bakugan, and even how to set the game up so you can play against a friend instead of a computer opponent. This seems to be a trend in videogaming these days...give you the structure and force you to figure out the rest as "part of the fun". It is, kind of, but it's also a bit frustrating at times.
Anyway, we've had the game for 2 days and we've played the heck out of it. It's a lot of fun and something I can do with my kids and everyone has a good time.
I think it's essential that you've either watched the Tee Vee show or played the actual game before. Getting dumped into this universe cold will simply lead to confusion.
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Portable version of the famed Bakugan game!
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| Review Date: November 12, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Eagle Vision, Southeastern United States |
I gave my daughter this game for her birthday, and pre-ordered this just in time. The cartridge is accompanied by a Special Collector's Edition Figure Naga with a Gate Card.
The premise of the game is just like the one with action figures, Gate Cards, and Special Ability Cards. You work on customizing your character based upon their looks and clothing. One limitation of the game is that you can only create one character at a time. You can progress in Story Mode by participating in battles, where you win points to upgrade your Bakugan, get additional Bakugan and get Gate/Ability Cards.
The graphics are above average for the DS platform. Game play, if you're a Bakugan Fan, is enjoyable. You choose which cards to play and then roll your Bakugan in the arena to collect G-Power and Additional Points before you land on a Gate Card. When the opponent rolls and lands onto the same Gate Card, the battle begins. As opposed to the figurine/card game where battles are won based upon point totals alone, your points are tallied based upon the Power Rating and then you will perform a battle using hand/eye coordination to win. The best of 5 battles wins the match.
My daughter says she loves the game since it is so fun. Her only complaint is not being able to have more than one profile.
Overall, this is a fun game, even for me. Coupled with the Special Edition Bakugan, this makes my daughter very happy. |
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| Review Date: January 17, 2010 |
| Reviewer: 2 boys, Newport, TN |
| This purchase was a huge success with my 9 year old son. Once he received this ds game, it was all he wanted to play. I definetly recommend this to anyone. |
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| Review Date: December 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: T. Weaver, FORTH WORTH, TX USA |
| good game, you don't need to buy bakugan to play you start with three bakugan and three gate cards and three ability cards. Easy to play but challenging as you go thru the game. My son likes it he is 7 1/2. |
My son loves this game!
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| Review Date: December 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: K. S., IN United States |
My son received this for Christmas. He is 7 years old and loves playing the regular Bakugan game, as well as watching the DVD's of the show. So this was definitely a must have. He opened it Christmas Eve night and played it for the rest of the evening. At 3:30 in the morning, he woke me up to ask me if I thought the character Naga was on the game and then went back to sleep. On Christmas morning, he immediately went to get his DS and continued to play. It took a little coaxing (more than it should anyway) to get him to open the rest of his Christmas presents!
My son has Mario games, Kirby, Sims, Sonic, dinosaur games, etc... But this is the most excited I have seen him play a game in a while. The game is a fairly easy concept. He was able to figure it out with very little coaching from me. It is slightly different from the regular game, as there is some stylus work involved in placing your bakugan on the field before it stands and also to win the battle. He was able to master that out without any help from me. He enjoys being able to battle the characters he has seen on the show (Dan, Shun, etc...). During the game, he can also be partners with them and learn by watching how they battle.
It is great too, because it is helping build his addition skills. He can add those G power points pretty darn well for a first grader. The game actually does the math, so if your child isn't great in math, the game does the work and your child will get along just fine, but my son is now adding the numbers before the game shows them, or he is calculating his G power with his ability cards to decide which one to use.
I personally get tired of "brawling" with my son with the cards and actual Bakugan characters. I can usually muster enough excitement to play the game once or twice a day, but after that I want to try other things with him. But he is stuck in Bakugan mode. This game is a life saver for me! He get's to brawl and I don't have to play repeatedly, over and over!
I recommend this game of you have a Bakugan fanatic like I do. If not, the game may seem a bit boring.
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