The game has little to no story. All matches include the same three characters with repeated generic dialogue and a plot twist easily seen coming.
I'd say the game is more trainer than battle, focusing on increasing your bakugans mental power with mini games such as petting, bouncing etc. (kinda like a pet simulator). Once the meter is full you can then play in 5 different minigames to max out your bakugans G Power. The pet simulator part is cute but rather meaningless as you can pick up mental power boosters that spawn often while also waiting in your bakugans appropriate attribute zone. Meanwhile, while the 5 minigames do increase in difficulty depending on your bakugans level, they do eventually start to become repetitive the third time around.
The battle portion of the game is picking a set of any 3 of your bakugan while trying to knock out the opponents opposing 3 bakugan. Battles are basically 2 turn based with essentially boiling down to, whoever has the bigger number wins. You can increase your G Power mid battle using abilities cards, using attribute specific bakugan that gain a boost depending on the stage (you'll never use this), and lowering the opposing bakugan G Power if your bakugan has an attribute advantage over it. Since you can check what Bakugan the AI is using in the next battle, the latter option will be you're best bet. While there are some tricky ability cards, you'll hardly run into any and battles should be a walk in the park. These 2 factors together drive the "combat" down and give it a degree less of difficulty.
After the battle is won you earn a new bakugan with G Power that is higher than the bakugan you are currently using. The idea being to switch them out for the stronger ones. Problem is, the game gives no insentive to go back and level up your old bakugan, so you'll end up repeating this process the whole game, again making the game way too easy.
There is no post game fortunately. The music and bakugan models are fine and the full 3D models are all ripped from the console game just downscaled.
Like I said, the game is more "trainer" than "battle", it focuses too much on the pet simulator aspect and while it does stay true to the physical version of the bakugan game, the lack of polish really brings the game down.
Pros:
Collect (some) of your favorite Season 1 Bakugan
I liked how the bakugan bounced in joy as I gave them head pats :)
Cons:
Repetitive minigames
Shallow pet sim
Easy to "farm" mental power
Accurate but boring combat
The final boss jobbed to Masquerade
Even if you're a fan of bakugan I still wouldn't recommend this to you.
I'd say the game is more trainer than battle, focusing on increasing your bakugans mental power with mini games such as petting, bouncing etc. (kinda like a pet simulator). Once the meter is full you can then play in 5 different minigames to max out your bakugans G Power. The pet simulator part is cute but rather meaningless as you can pick up mental power boosters that spawn often while also waiting in your bakugans appropriate attribute zone. Meanwhile, while the 5 minigames do increase in difficulty depending on your bakugans level, they do eventually start to become repetitive the third time around.
The battle portion of the game is picking a set of any 3 of your bakugan while trying to knock out the opponents opposing 3 bakugan. Battles are basically 2 turn based with essentially boiling down to, whoever has the bigger number wins. You can increase your G Power mid battle using abilities cards, using attribute specific bakugan that gain a boost depending on the stage (you'll never use this), and lowering the opposing bakugan G Power if your bakugan has an attribute advantage over it. Since you can check what Bakugan the AI is using in the next battle, the latter option will be you're best bet. While there are some tricky ability cards, you'll hardly run into any and battles should be a walk in the park. These 2 factors together drive the "combat" down and give it a degree less of difficulty.
After the battle is won you earn a new bakugan with G Power that is higher than the bakugan you are currently using. The idea being to switch them out for the stronger ones. Problem is, the game gives no insentive to go back and level up your old bakugan, so you'll end up repeating this process the whole game, again making the game way too easy.
There is no post game fortunately. The music and bakugan models are fine and the full 3D models are all ripped from the console game just downscaled.
Like I said, the game is more "trainer" than "battle", it focuses too much on the pet simulator aspect and while it does stay true to the physical version of the bakugan game, the lack of polish really brings the game down.
Pros:
Collect (some) of your favorite Season 1 Bakugan
I liked how the bakugan bounced in joy as I gave them head pats :)
Cons:
Repetitive minigames
Shallow pet sim
Easy to "farm" mental power
Accurate but boring combat
The final boss jobbed to Masquerade
Even if you're a fan of bakugan I still wouldn't recommend this to you.