Last week Mark B. got to visit Activision in New York City and get some hand’s on time with the Wii version of the game. Mark walked away feeling pretty positive about the game, which impressed me, as Mark is definitely outside the target demographic for Bakugan.
Although Pokemon started the “Catch ‘em all” and “Kid travels the world on a quest involving fantasy dueling” genres, there really hasn’t ever been a franchise that could keep up with it. Digimon went the way of the Dodo and Yu-Gi-Oh has gone from mainstream kid craze to a niche product with a pretty zealous fanbase. Then there’s Bakugan. This toyline, developed by Sega pretty much exploded overnight and has become one of the hottest toy and cartoon lines today. I first encountered Bakugan when doing some Pokemon events and the kids asked me if I had ever played or even knew what it was. I didn’t, but in the interest of learning about competition I sat down and let them teach me and then played a game or two. You know, it was actually pretty fun. I can’t really get into the cartoon but the toy is one of the best miniature strategy games I’ve ever encountered, even surpassing Heroclix and the crappy Pokemon TFG game. So when Activision announced they were doing a Bakugan video game, I was pretty excited and let my staff know I really wanted to give this some big time coverage, especially as Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh have proven to be quite popular with you, our readers.
Interview with Tim May, Producer of Activision’s Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Interview with Tim May, Producer of Activision’s Bakugan Battle Brawlers
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