I always remembered Helios as one of the most motivated creatures to exist. Dude will fucking replace his ENTIRE BODY with machine parts just to have a CHANCE at MAYBE beating Drago. EVEN THOUGH he gets his ass handed to him EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Ok but can we talk about how hydron goes insane and gets PTSD from his father Beginning to see his old comrades ghosts all Around him like that's some heavy shit for a kids show

Something that really shoked me when i tried rewatching the show is this shows body count its suprisingly high

The main memory I have of Bakugan is Brontes being thrown into the desert, popping open and then struggling to speak as he says Volts name. That shit hurt when I was little.

I’m glad someone rememberers this show So when do we get part 3

I think Alice would've be a cooler character if she was a brawler, and her Masquerade side was something she had to keep under control. Her arc could carry over from season 1, trying to move on from her time as Masquerade and become her own brawler, but occasionally falls back into the ruthless and heartless ways. Eventually she could combine her two halves, taking the best of both; the confidence and strength of Masquerade and the compassion and loyalty of Alice.

I remember feeling bad for Lync and Volt when they died

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that was sad about the way Volt and Brontes were treated. The guy deserved much better.

OF COURSE I REMEMBER THAT GUY THATS JAMES FROM TEAM ROCKET

the reason lync is slightly charming despite being so annoying is that he is voiced by the beyblade protagonist

You know you have to do part 3 and 4. We are gonna make you do them.

I absolutely love bakugan. I’m 22 years old and fell in love with it when the second season came out. I decided to start the show from the first season and I’ve been in love ever since. While the later seasons do have its problems, I do think the 3rd season is at least worth a watch. It’s another season full of flushed out characters even if the plot does get a little crazy sometimes. The first 2 seasons are definitely my favorite and i could watch them anytime lol

Volt not only was a great character but besides the points you brought up he was also quite smart you know he was able to find a way for his mechanical bakugan to stay outside of his ball form after he already won against Hydron .

Honestly when I was younger it always bothered me that when Preyas evolved he got two brothers in one but in New Vestroia nobody said anything about them I heard that something happened to the voice actor but come on even Preyas himself didn't even mention them and yes they show up in mechtanium surge but only to be destroyed with everyone else

Can we talk about the fact that Shun's bakugan changes gender when it evolves?

I feel like it was a missed opportunity to have Alice continue being the Darkus Battle Brawler of the season. Imagine when Mira talks about the Bakugan she saw tormented and Alice realized it was HER partner. That would serve as a great motivation for her to get back into the battles. In addition, she WAS Masquerade, arguably the second best Brawler of the first season. While it might have been her alter ego, she made peace that he was part of her. It would have been cool to see Alice in battle, keeping her cool as best she can. But when the battle turns to her favor, she can’t help but smile in a confident “I’ll kick your ass” way as she’s fighting back against the people who TOOK HER PARTNER AND TORTURED HIM. Percival also fits in very well with Alice’s theme. In a way, Hydranoid was the dragon that protected the princess. Percival, a knight dragon, taking up that mantle would have been fitting.

I'm lowkey pissed they just dumped every female Teammember after each season. I mean they could have at least tried to give more character development instead setting their relevance to zero

I really liked the villains in this, actually felt emotion with Volt lost Brontese and when Link “died.” Season 2 was really hype. Also don’t diss on my man Klaus, Chan Lee is really cool too. Volt and Brontese relationship is also so depressing and I’m always sad when I think about it.

I'm loving this retrospective, and would totally watch part 3. So let's make him do part 3.

I never believed I would be getting mad at Bakugan today about how they treated Volt and Lync, 2 characters from a show I watched 10 years ago.

Id just like to mention that the best moment in season 2 is when Klaus gives Spectra sass, despite knowing he would get destroyed in a fight. The monotone voice acting makes this moment even better.

This show, Pokemon: Galactic Battles, and the Beyblade: Metal franchise were my anime phase when I was a tween. Saturday Mornings were SICK back then. I'm glad someone on KZfaq is talking about this show. I always thought Season 2 is a bit of a cut above the rest. Maybe it's childhood nostalgia, but like you said, there a lot of comeplling aspects to this Season.

"C'mon guys, he's just 14 years old" -a 15 years old

Yes, but did you know that Earth has juice, in boxes?!

Gus the most loyal man on earth

The last time I was this early Danny Phantom was still alive Overused memes aside glad to see you're continuing this retrospective 👌

I still feel that this season could have been soo much better if Alice joined Dan instead of Marucho. IDK maybe it's just because I feel that Alice had the most missed potential out of all of the brawlers.

Season 2 was pretty cool. Honestly the best out of the season.

Hey Bro.... just wanna say.... I love you for covering New Vestroia since no one else has, you the man 👍🏼

For the people who don't want to watch gundalian Invaders Drago absorbs god

Part:1 Battle Brawlers: Rough Animation but a decent story with ok characters Part:2 New Vestroia: Animation is a lot better and a slightly messy story but good characters and fights Part:3 Gandalian Invaders: The best part with Good story better characters and more unique designs and pretty awesome fights Part:4 Mectainum Surge Wow did they drop the ball on the story and now we have Time travel ok sure? (Edit: this is my opinion because I have to clarify that on the internet)

Where’s part 3? Also sadly disappointed with lack of feet :(

I recently had a thought about the New Vestoria team and how it could change. Instead of Shun returning it could've been Alice, this would make up for her lack of battles during S1. She'd replace Ace as the Darkus brawler and Ace would be Ventus. Instead of Ace and Percival it could be Alice and Percival going from Dragon to Knight so when she gets Hydranoid back there could be a rivalry about it, basically the Dragon vs Knight story often used in fantasy. Maybe Ace could have Ingram instead or a new Bakugan. For an explanation on how Alice gets to NV, Runo and Julie would talk about Dan and Marucho leaving thus she asks Dr. Michael to help her get there and they manage to open a portal and before meeting up with the resistance she obtains Percival similar to how Shun gets Ingram. Shun can return for Gundalian Invaders making the OG trio the bois

Wait a minute..... - a believed to be Missing/dead brother - wears a mask to hide identity - opposes the protagonists on multiple occasion - has a mainly red colour scheme Okay, that tears it, Spectra is a freakin' CHAR CLONE in the Bakugan series! How have I not noticed this for all these years?

Great video! Seriously, it is hard to find videos that break down Bakugan so well. Thank you for all the time you must have put into this project too. Now... about part three and four. Maybe after a break or sometime next year? Eh? Eh? Nah, I am just kidding. Keep up the good work, man. I came for the Bakugan, but will be sticking around for more quality content.

Thing with Spectra is that he was a bit butchered by the English dub. It's not a widely-known fact, but in the Japanese version he had more of a proper character with development, coming from rejecting everything that tied him to his family, like bonds to Mira and Clay, his name, and even his own face. That's why he continues to wear his mask all the way until he joins the Resistance, accepting his true self

I miss Alice from the original show. Not a lot of orange hair anime girl.

19:11 Oh yeah, I remember James from the Pokémon franchise!

Volt had a surprising amount of character depth. i remember being genuinely sad when he got portal'd in my most recent rewatch

I’m actually surprised they killed so many characters, I mean this show seems to get away with a lot of dark stuff just by using silly words like death portal

I do like season 2 but season 1 i felt was better. Season 2 is basically when Dan, Marucho and Shun goes captain planet to save bakugan with resistance. I felt like the 3 other main characters felt weak but i really love the vexes and also the ending was great. Few things i dont like about s2 is the story, how the game played and the charm which s1 was better at. The game basically fundementally changed in the first half as instead of reliant of strategy its power. Remember what Drago said to Dan in the episode when they fought against an opponent? At least the second half brought it back. Overall the second season isnt bad but the other season of bakugan got weaker and weaker.

Honestly i love that some people actually remember bakugan

Fantastic review! I do agree, New Vestroia was a great follow up, anime and toy wise. I love the Battle Gear too. Whether or not you end up doing a part 3 and part 4, I’m completely satisfied. You put your all into these videos, there’s no denying that. And yes, Volt and Brontes deserved better. So did Lync. I loved Shadow Prove’s antics, but I absolutely hate Mylene. She always came off as uptight and entitled to me.

im just sad that runo and alice were sidelined so much

Phantom Spector is hands down best character in Vexos and in the show. Volt was pretty chill, I remember respecting him as a kid. Lync was cool. I’m still pissed as hell that Volt got axed the way he did. He didn’t he kick and scream the kid knew he was fucked but accepted his fate like a man. But all in all New Vestroia 9/10 only because my boi Hydranoid was the one that got tortured on screen when Mira found out about Bakugans having emotions.

The girly dude with blue hair is called Gus. Amazing.

Bakugan New Vestroia was the best fuckin series.

Spectra carried an entire teenange girl like it was nothing... I don't care Runo is probably barely a 100 pounds.Carrying a 100 pound human while running and moving like that takes incredible amount of physical strenght. Damn humans are screwed out in the universe even in Bakugan

Thanks to these retrospectives, I went back to watch the show and now I can't stop joking about Mira being AGGRESSIVELY into her brother and he was doing what he was doing, in part, to not let incest happen.

I’m glad your channel is expanding dude, you deserve it

I remember liking Gundalian Invaders. Although I will say that it was kinda a hybrid in quality of NV and Series 1. It has the general setup and scale of NV: But it's villains aren't really well developed IMO, at least outside of the main Antag Barodius and the Subterra minister guy Nurzak. The main protagonists outside of the main trio aren't ultra well developed outside of Ren who does go through a decent arc IMO, and does have a decent backstory akin to Shun's (He and his Bakugan pretty much were doomed to live in the shadows and be used by others for life until the events of the series took place). The "Twist" at the early part of the season was kinda spoiled by the title of the series, "Invaders" is a term not really used for the good guys, and the series isn't "Nethian Invaders". As for general positives, It does keep expanding the lore of the Bakugan Universe in a decent manner and explains the hidden data/DNA thing from New Vestroia, and expanding the lore of the universe to the origin of Bakugan themselves. As mentioned, Ren's arc is a decent arc and the fact that they do kinda keep the general thing they did with NV in that most villains who don't turn good, either die or return in the next series/arc as villains still

Funfact: Xenoheld is Mr krabs in the German dub

Thanks for doing this video! I saw it in my recommended section and it just made my day. Now, THIS season of the show was my childhood. I saw it when it only had 300 views. Someday when I actually have time to watch TV I will re-watch New Vestroia I don't care how cheesy it is I know it's pretty good. You don't have to make a part three but if you really wanted to you could. A lot of people are asking. I wouldn't complain though because I watched part of the 3rd series and still have some memories of it. Thanks again for making this video! Here's some random bits I specifically remember about this season Marucho collapsing in the desert all of the brawlers getting hunted for the attribute energies preyas avenging elfen specifically "You hurt my Elfin, my sweet little elfin and now I'm going to make you hurt!" after she was defeated and her attribute energy was stolen by tongue guy and prince guy with sword and scorpion Bakugan. (recently rewatched just this episode so I wouldn't have remembered all of this but definitely some of it) the brawlers in that computer room trying to decode something and preyas panics and the falls over in ball form onto the keyboard which breaks the code (I remember this because my and my siblings thought this was the funniest thing ever and we watched it over and over) Dan beating spectra and the clouds clear and he takes off his mask. The very next episode Spectra does a friendly battle with I think dan and then says "This time I will battle as Spectra!" as he puts on his mask. The first time I saw the mech armor on Spectra's Bakugan it was so intimidating. Lync saying he only works for three people "Me, myself, and I"

I friggin love new vestroia! Spectra was absolutely fabulous

I feel confident in saying that in every bakugan season I watched, I always liked the villains more than the heroes, they had a power rangers likeness to them as well as some civil war stuff between them that I actually felt had depth in them to varying degrees and I kinda wanted them to be the main characters, to see their points of views and how they may have failed or survived depending on the writing direction. Even in Season 3 and 4 and Battle Planet, I still liked the villains the most, fair to pretty good voice acting, pretty nice edge, too much civil disputes which I felt undermined their plans, but before it got too much in the way, I actually really liked most of it, and the brutality of their actions from time to time was fairly surprising to see, and I liked they were allowed to gain some wins from scoreboard wins to being able to be powerful enough (Though this varies drastically which makes it a double edged sword)

And how can we forget Mylenes many attempts to kill Mira!

Gawd, anyone else notice how much Mira got downgraded? After such a promising setup, she spends so much of the rest of the series sidelining herself to worry about other people She spent more of her screentime moaning about something than the average hentai girl

I remember this show as a kid. I remember It because one time I was so close to the The T.V. watching Bakugan that it fell on top of me.... *I stopped watching* *Bakugan after that*

People should stop looking down on this show. All 4 seasons were awesome.

Gus the most loyal guy alive

Whoever created Bakugan must really like Masks a lot. Because of how many characters in this series hide there identity behind maskes so much.

Did anyone else have a crush on Mira when they where a kid?

I Know you don't want to do a part 3... But... Marvel's Bakugan came from season 3

They should’ve remastered this instead of what we’ve got now

Let's be real. We only remember Chan Li for her body.

The only thing I think you should've done is reference Mylene's relationship with Volt, and her speech to Mira about loyalty in Episode 48. This is a pretty decent retrospective, though!

thank you very much for these two videos! I always liked bakugan as a kid and thanks to you I realized that although it is a kid's show with people playing a game it is rather well done. Not mny people would try to do a serious analysis of shows like these :)

Binging these today thanks recommended section for bringing me back to one of my favourite childhood shows.

Wow this is a really good retrospective. Really enjoyed watching it and listening to your thoughts.

Oh goooooood my childhood. I'm an adult now, but I'm still obsessed with the show tbh.

If you think about it, it makes sense that Mira joined the bad guys temporarily.

Fun fact: Gus is voiced by Crispin Freeman in the English dub. You might recognize him more as the English voice of other characters such as Alucard from the Hellsing franchise as well as Rude from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children as well as Crisis Core. He also provided the voice of Mathias Cronqvist & Hector in the Castlevania games, Setzer & Will Turner in Kingdom Hearts II, Helios in God of War III & so many more.

I liked this era of Bakugan too and when those gray gargoyle monsters took over Vestroia too

Bakugan is best anime of all time. Childhood favourite

I felt super nostalgic after watching this. Good video!

I had Bakugan's 1st season on video and rewtached it as an 7 year old religiously- When I was 9 and discovered KZfaq existed and relaeased not only was there like 30 episodes of season 1 I was missing, but there's like 5 seasons to this show I was blown. 💀💀💀

i only know most of the villains from the first season because i've played the wii game like 50 times over lync is my favorite boy that is all

Spectre Phantom is the Char Aznable of Bakugan lol

I remember how much I got into this show back in the day! I was so hype when New Vestroia came out and everyone got new slick designs, and Drago somehow got even more evolutions! Brings me back man.

Season 2 is definitely my favorite out of the show I love the characters the escalation of conflict and especially the 3 part story

Bakugan is my favourite TV show .

Hi I love your vids thanks for the inspiration

I personally think that season 3 wasn’t that bad once it got rolling. I liked the warfare aspect of the series and the level of violence was taken to a new level. Season 4 was only badly received because it was way more dark and complicated than the previous seasons and saw massive character changes in the form of dan and drago becoming more arrogant, shun becoming extremely aggressive. And marucho staying exactly the same

So when we getting that part 3

Surprised you didn't make jokes at how darker and edgier this season got.

I must have missed the quarter of the show or had just forgotten about it because I forgot that shit with the mechanical Bakugan happened. Honestly, I don't have great memories of this season because they got kinda ditched the three girls who were my favorites, and kept Marucho, which made me upset, but you made me want to re-watch it. The bad guys really did die, I can't believe that they actually did that.

As someone who actually watched every new season while they were airing, seeing you try to describe the events of this makes me feel like all that bakugan me and my bro watched seem like a fever dream

The homies HYDRANOID is only bakugan to stalemate Drago multiple times in a row not, Naga, Dharak or Helios achieved that and let's not forget the time where he made Drago look like a fool in his 2nd form Mylene was a cold and hot sexy girl

Even if the rules got massively simplified in season 2 it’s easily my favorite season

This is a great review

Now that life size transformer would be nice dad.

Yugi lost the Pegasus due to time lost which is common due to Yu-Gi-Oh rules Weeb reeeeee concluded

Loved this as much as part 1! Please do part 3!!!

The thing about Baron is, the 12 years old thing is only a dubism. His age isnt actually stated in the Japanese version but given the deeper, more mature voice they went with in that version, it's safe to say they weren't thinking 12. Some theorize that Baron is actually 17 years old which lines up better with some of the things that happen later on (Baron wanting to move out and be independent, something a 12 year old doesn't generally desire)

Maybe I am misremembering. But I remember a moment with volt where a kid tells him that he looks up to volt and wants to be a vestal himself and volt tells him not to

I love this series. Cant wait for part 3,4 and 5

I remembered this show as well and loved it at the time

I recently watched few parts of this season. Im still amazed by it.

wow this was great cant wait for part 3

Okay, I actually prefer season 1 battle system. The rules are much more defined (3 gate cards, 3 abilities, 3 wins), and brawls constantly involved multiple Bakugan. In season 2, it essentially devolves into: BIG NUMBERS. Anyone remember back when the attributes had relationships to the others? New vestroia has seemingly infinite ability cards, and only one gate card at a time. I still love season 2, I just prefer season 1.