Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Could This Be Pokémon 2.0?
If you came of age in the era of Pokémon prepare to feel like an old timer: Every generation has their entry level show which introduces them to the world of anime and the current hot show with the elementary school set is Bakugan Battle Brawlers (爆丸バトルブローラーズ ). With Bakugan there have already been over 50 episodes of the anime series aired in both Japan and North America with and additional 55 millions toys sold last year. So it’s no surprise that a videogame had to come out of this: Shown above is the trailer for the upcoming Bakugan game which is due out later this year for the Wii and DS.
Like Pokémon with Bakugan you’ve got tons of interesting fantasy inspired monsters running all about the show, but the one thing that makes this show more interesting to me an old school fanboy is that the human character designs seem much more sophisticated than the like of Satoshi and company:
