Diehard GameFAN: With Bakugan winning the 2009 Toy of the Year Award from the Toy Industry Association , is there a chance we might see an exclusive figure as a pack in or pre-order bonus with the game? Maybe an episode or two of the show on the PS3 and 360 version as an unlockable?
Tim May: Of course! We have a lot of amazing promos going along with the game. There is the Nintendo DS Collector's Edition that includes an exclusive real Bakugan Naga ball. Only a limited number were made, although it's not specific to any one retailer. Best Buy's version of the game comes with an exclusive DVD that contains the "Showdown" episode from Season 2. Toys R Us has a Wii and DS version that has exclusive in-game characters, Ravenoid and Manion. Amazon is selling the Ultimate Brawler Collector's Gift Set, which has the game, a custom designed Dan statue, certificate of authenticity and a Bakugan lunchbox. GameStop has a Bakugan DS case you can get if you preorder the game, and Wal-Mart's version has an exclusive in-game character. Game Crazy has a Bakugan pillowcase as a preorder! So much crazy unique stuff for Bakugan fans to choose from.
Activision is pleased to announce today the fall release of Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Defenders of the Core for the DS, Wii, PSP, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
Building a team of creatures and ability cards, you take on genero-anime opponents in battles that are a mix of touchscreen minigames, stylus-swiping ball-steering and tiresome animations. The story behind all this may hold some appeal for Bakugan fans but the repetitive scraps will bore most gamers, not least because you don't do much – aside from a few screen taps, things seem to happen around you, making the whole thing incredibly boring. For non-Bakugan followers this is, quite literally, balls.
Crispy Gamerr writes: "0:00 The back of the box promises that "This is Bakugan like never before." That's highly accurate for me, since I'd never heard of Bakugan before receiving this game in the mail. But I like to keep up with the "youth culture" with its "Internet" and its "sexting" and its "industrials" and so forth, so I figured I'd see what this was all about."
