Let Dan rest for the love of god

What i loved about the original is that while Bakugan was made to a game by humans (and also Vestals later) it was NOT a game at all. It was serious business, heck in the third season Gundalian Invaders there was a straight up WAR for gods sake

as a kid i loved the semi realistic designs of the bakugan, sad that they went more in a cartoony artstyle. even as a kis i never played with the cards just collected the bakugan

Wild thumb nail to see how much anime artistic sensibilities have changed.

I loved how in the orignal, the bakugan were in ball form, or in their open toy form. So if you had one on your desk, or shoulder, it would be the same as in the show. The giant monsters only show up while battling which just is awesome and show you imagine it as a kid

MY least favorite part about this whole system, is there will be zero "Playground bakugan" with this version. Its something beyblade failed at during the burst series, but luckily the shape of school chairs makes it work. But the BIG part of these games for the kids is "Can i play this with my friends at school?" Because getting to your friends' house isnt as easy to do but you see them everyday at school. This is what made old bakugan, yugioh, pokemon, beyblade, super popular. Your parents could get you 1 10-15 dollar product, and now your kid is occupied every lunch period, and they have something to do with their friends. Packing a beyblade or a ygo deck, or 1-2 bakugan and some field cards was SUPER easy. It took up a very small amount of space, and was extremely portable, while not taking anything AWAY from the experience. Beyblade the least so, but even then because the rules were so utterly simple, it was also really easy to *come up with your own way to play!* You could make a stadium out of dirt on the playground, or do it on the basketball court. Maybe you launch it down the slide, see how far it goes or whose bey reaches the bottom the fastest. Plus, most school chairs are roughly stadium shaped. With bakugan as long as you had the field cards and your bakugan itself, you could play literally anywhere that was a roughly flat surface. Desks, tables, the ground, didnt matter. However, with the new system, if you wanna use the spinning bits, you would need to use something roughly shaped like a stadium, but you also need the cards in the middle and that wont work on anything OTHER than the designed stadium, and aint no kid fitting that in their backpack and pulling it out at lunch. The ability to play the game practically anywhere massively affects how many return customers a product like this gets, and as-is their not gonna get a ton of those. Kids cant take these to school and play with them, cause the new field cards wont stick together unless they are held together, and so it just becomes a mess in the backback or on whatever surface you decide to use. The rules are too specific to be able to make up new ways to play, and the design of the toys is extremely rigid. these are not good playground toys, and thats not good.

So, I have to admit that I'm confused why the most contemporary iteration of the series looks more like the 2009-2012 era of animation akin to Huntik, Dinofroz, and D.I.C.E. than the adjacent series of our modern zeitgeist like the Yu-Gi-Oh Rush franchise like the prior take of the franchise.

G1 Bakugan will always be my favorite. Hands down.👍👍

I think they are failing to understand their target demographic by trying to understand their target demographic They are trying to fix something that was never broken.

Personally, I like the original Bakugan series more in aspects of both anime and toys. I'll admit that the reboots are trying and I respect the cast and crew for all their effort. However, the reboots seem to diverge more and more away from what made Bakugan, well, Bakugan. For example, the toys' play aspects tends to replicate that of Beyblade and overcomplicates it a little. The attributes seem more Pokemon like than the unique aspects of the Bakugan attributes. As for the characters personalities now, I'm not even sure how to describe how I feel about them to be honest. I understand that they need to evolve, change, keep up and appeal to new generations as well as their likes and dislikes but they need to do that without overly changing Bakugan's signature identity. I'm gonna still give new concepts a chance but I can't say that my like for the new concepts will hold even close to half the weight of love I have for the Original Series.

All I remember from the first series, like he ends a dimensional war and uses up some cosmic wish for eternal friendship which awakens something with in his Bakugan but the raw power literally hurts him and is uncontrollable and he loses the fight to some Newbie

based on the thumbnail, it keeps regresing just like ben 10

Did....did Bakugan learn nothing about gimmicks from the failure of Mechtanium Surge?? I have no confidence this reboot will work out

I haven't seen Bakugan since its original series and I didn't even know of the prior reboot, it's been THAT long.

Bakugan G3 feels more like a preschool show than an older kid's show.

Hehehe they turned Drago into Agumon. 😂 I also love that the whole mood here is "It's not good, it's just for kids. 🤷‍♂️"

11:16 I see, the Yu-gi-oh Arc V approach

When I was a kid I had the toys and literally just played them like they were dolls. They had names and dated each other and killed each other. Card game whomst

G3 performed so badly that the second season has been cancelled. All season 2 products produced have been ordered to be destroyed by the factories. So, uhm, yeah.

I will be forever salty about Alice's final brawl.

Honestly, the G3 Bakugan series reminds me of both Transformers Generation 2 in terms of the toy line and Bakugan Mechtanium Surge Arc 2 in terms of the cartoon.

Is that Failboat's great arch nemesis, JettKuso?!

Maybe it's because of the red outfit but it suddenly popped into my head that you'd be a KILLER Spectra cosplay

11:27 So basically those duels from Yu-Gi-Oh Arc v

I think you'd enjoy talking about the Buddyfight anime as it has some attributes of alien monsters having to integrate with human society. In a funny way, Buddyfight is the bakugan reboot if it made sense

Dan and Drago Are forever the main faces of the franchise

If you haven't played Shadowverse on Nintendo Switch, that's the right way to make a video game in the way of a Saturday morning anime. I'd love to see a Bakugan, Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon card game show like that.

Literally, no one has bought bakugan in my state and city besides myself

The fact that the attributes were removed makes me incredibly annoyed. In ways I cannot begin to comprehend.

I've been seeing the split ones at work, I always assumed it was for a fusion mechanic like in the last two seasons of the OG show. I didn't even realise they were from a reboot series. I hope this seris is good for the new generation of watcher's.

This is dumb, if it’s going to happen, it should happen with the original show, but with different characters, maybe it could be with the POV of the original Dan's friends, , maybe Shun can be the main character, I would love to see that. 13:13 20:05I hope it’s a joke, it doesn’t have to do with racism.

Honestly, a Bakugan × Transformers collab would be lit

As someone who started watching you more recently, the "keep playing" sign off makes so much more sense now.

I remember in 2018 I tried to get into the card game but couldn't find any cards, now I know why.

It’s like if Konami choose to reboot yugioh dm and gave yugi a generic blonde haircut and turned the pharaoh into the surfer bro they turned him into for the Singapore dub.

seeing several yugitubers such as mr alex cimo and paul from team aps in this is crazy

It feels so strange too see someone else exprrss exactly how I feel about the Gen 3 Game compared to the TV Series. Like the show is dope but the physical game is very lackluster. Hopefully in the end it will work out for the absolute best but only time will tell. Also side note I love your hair 😊

I was an optimist about it at first, and then I lost interest in gen 3

V in a nutshell: "Bakugan killed my parents, okay!?"

TC lookin like he joined Organization 13.

Have you thought about doing Monsuno??? I remember that the opening was a banger

why are rhe new bakugan designs look like it was designed by a furry bara artist???? 😭😭😭 i like them but why???

I don't get how none on the production team or the higher ups get that kids just want to be cool if you make your game cool instead of goofy then people will play it

21:11 - There's a SOUP!? WHY ARE YOU AT SOUP!? 🤣 Is it me or does TC's brother sound like they're doing an impression of Ken Ichijouji?

unfortunate timing, considering we got news that G3 is dead just the other day...

Oh shit!!! Cimoooooo and team aps are we sure this wasn't the Yu-gi-oh

Totally loves the owl house mic.... The reboot of Bakugan is my worst nightmare cuz of my brother cuz he replied the same ep everyday

I really wish they actually did something with the splitting gimmick cause we basically got the Bind System for a affordable price.

Can we just let Bakugan rest in peace. Listen these new bakugan can’t beat the original

Beyblade is so so good. I freaking loved Beyblade Burst. I'm guessing it did well enough since they're bringing X over to America this year.

Obviously I love and miss the original Bakugan show and character designs but I really loved the designs from the 2018 show. It had a lot of character to the designs and the style was more distinct than both the original and new versions.

What they should have done with the anime is instead of rebooting it, they should have done what (yugioh/somewhat bayblade) did, and basically do spinoff sequel. That way the universe still feels connected you can have references here and there for nostalgia but also have a new cast and add new rules or whatever, and simply call it an evolution. instead of what they did with Dan & Drago. Like most of the new characters in G2 were neat (except knockoff masquerade #3) but the new Dan should have been a new protag. He genuinely annoyed me and made me wish for old Dan. But thats just my thoughts as someone who grew up with G1 bakugan as a younger kid

I kinda like the second half of the anime, yeah there's a LOT that can be done good and I just wish it was more like a new generation rather than just rebooting everything and reusing characters

Omg having Jet Kuso is so great! Didn’t expect it, what a pleasant surprise

im grateful for the og with a great anime and great toys(for the first 2 seasons) and the reboot for amazing toys and gameplay but an alright cartoon but the new reboot fails in both aspects imo. compared to beyblade with hasbro cooking bakugan should just rest at this point

Can they just buy the rights from sega and go with that one? These last two have been atrocious

Seriously you’re such a legend! Thank you for making such great content throughout the years!!!

I'd like to think this is like the Hot Wheels Shows Reboots!

Yo thanks for your review on the anime! I think your point at 10:59 regarding the dissonance was exactly what I was feeling when watching the anime! There was this huge weird feel to it because of that.

I really don't like the new attribute system. So, take transformers for example. Dinobot would be in the Dino clan and Waspinator would be in the Insect clan. But what about something like Godzilla, such as Deathsaurus? Would Godzilla and Deathsaurus be in the Dino Clan or Dragon Clan?

I watched the new vestroya series in my childhood. But all I remember is cool bakugan designs and some sexy male antagonists 😄

Well made video and pretty much summed up. Bakugan is very interesting place.

Insane collab! loved the vid

Bakugan G1-Bakugan: Battle Brawlers, Bakugan: Battle Brawlers New Vestroia, Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders, and Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge Bakugan G1.5-Baku Tech! Bakugan and Baku Tech! Bakugan Gachi Bakugan G2-Bakugan: Battle Planet, Bakugan: Armored Alliance, Bakugan: Geogan Rising, Bakugan: Evolutions, and Bakugan: Generations Bakugan G3-Bakugan (2023)

Oh my god it’s reboot squared

This was great. Explains exactly how most of us feel regarding the new reboot. I wish I was excited about Bakugan again. I didn't even stick around for the end of the first reboot. The community was strong but the support from Spin Master was lacking. I hope they can turn it around but I'm doubtful.

Look at how they massacred my boy...

I swear if I was rich I would sue this company so so sooo hard THEY DESTROYED BAKUGAN FOREVER all you had to do is copy beyblade and make new cast of characters and replace Dan with someone new. I swear it just got ugly to worse because the classic was 2d not 3d

still waiting for spinmaster to remember tenkai knights exist

4:01 I mean, the second reboot lasted five seasons, one more than the original (not counting the anime adaptation of the Baku Tech! manga) so they must have done _something_ right. No idea what it was though, considering everything that they did wrong...

I loved the bakugan gen 2-3 tv shows tbh . Haven't played it but it's not for oldies only 😅😅😅

This is a funny video to watch after walking home from the mall after digimon tcg locals, lol

I literally don't remember Bakagun having a sorta reboot because I'm not familar with the anime.

2007 Will forever be THE Bakugan

I miss Dan’s brown eyes… there is so few anime characters with dark eyes and I just miss it so much-

The new toys are way too desperate to eat Beyblade’s lunch. Just let Bakugan be Bakugan!

As long as it keeps being uk alive then im cool with it. Plus i just wanna get my hands on some og bakugan for me to collect

Into the Dan Kuzo-Verse.

I remember watching the Bakugan show as i kid, liked it quite a lot. Re-watched a lot of stuff years later on youtube as well. seeing the new series has given me a thought/idea for the series, but I seriously doubt it would be done properly given how companies are more profit motivated these days if they attempted it. The idea is a kind of remaster of the original series. using it as a template, everything will be refined without changing its core elements. So it would largely be the same story and characters. But with this small things can be added and changed to enhance the story over all. Later sessions can be foreshadowed better with more consistent elements. They could find ways to make better use of characters that were not used much originally either (never liked how they ditched half the main cast after the original season). over all we should get more of what we originally loved rather than loosing anything. they could even use the change to make the game mechanics a bit more complicated, adding to what as originally there so there can be more actual strategy to the game. (latter seasons would probably be change more because of the domino affect) there are probably a lot of things that could be added if i thought about it deeply, but yeah, i doubt any of this will every happen. As i said before, if they did it would probably get interfered with and ruined by corporate.

They should have just made a show about Alice and how she is her living life

Idk why companies do this. They could have just rebooted G1 Bakugan and gave it an animation upgrade. Keep it simple and don't make it a galactic war after the second season. Just keep it a simple anime and game series. It's literally right there. One of the coolest things they did was when Bakugan could evolve. I hated when they started making equipment and stuff. Yu-Gi-Oh doing the same thing. They have Sevens/Rush and then they have the regular card game going side by side it. Just reboot the original anime and give them updated decks since all they do is nostalgia grab off Dark Magician, Blue-Eyes, Red-eyes, etc.

You know, Drago and the Minotaur one, they look like furry bait lmao

gen 3 toys looks like trying to be beyblade with cards and making it unplayable while the anime is yugioh arc V shenanigans that doesn't even connect to the real life game 😂😂

I will sacrifice souls for them to continue the original story where Dan and Drago just randomly sail off to the sunset Give us the good things 😭😭😭

12:20 Destroians gain superpowers when paired with humans, Superman gains powers in proximity of a yellow sun

to this day I think the best game adaptation was the PS2 one

Honestly, and i belive i'm not the only one, i used to buy backugan toys only because of the cartoon, I never knew how to play

You should do a video on Buddy Fight. It’s so good. It’s on KZfaq

You aren't a Negative Nancy, you are a Negative Legend. I will let myself out.

Collab from negative legend

They called along the line of Misfit or something similar, right? (Asking because my adventure group in D&D called Mist Fits, and I hope they don't called the same, and I'm also curious now.)

I can see what they were trying to do with Bakugan but it didn't work as well as they wanted. It's trying too hard to be Beyblade and all of the toys are expensive so parents aren't going to buy them for their kids.

There was a Bakugan reboot? Also, there's another reboot?! Is it a reboot of the reboot?

Dang... Didn't know that they even rebooted. Now I'm hearing it's their second time. And hearing possibly why is a bit sad.

I miss battle brawlers 😔

Bakugan died with the last episode of Mechtanium Surge

i loved the 1st gen also because i think they explained how the work and its rules so when you as a kid or teen played the game you basically already knew whats going on, also there was no arena just magnetic cards and the bakugan itself and i thnk it was WAY cheapper then this one ( i love when a show about games actually explains the game rules)

Cimoooooo Cameooooooooo!

As a huge Bakugan fan and toy collector (I was 16 in 2009, and am a cis woman, so I def wasn't the target audience.. ever), I was so excited for the 2018 reboot, only to watch it tank (even the game mobile app had a TON of spelling and grammatical errors in the character descriptions). I'm actually friends and accqiantances with a few of the 2018 reboot voice actors and it was sad to see them not getting their deserved flowers, but the target audience, marketing and even anime distribution of that reboot was so miscalculated. Big bummer. (Didn't stop me from buying a bunch of the toys, between my wife and I we have around 600 bakugan from the OGs to these brand new ones, but we're not interested in giving the new anime a try. I'm afraid it just won't hit.. nothing will ever be Gundalian Invaders again 😭).

11:29 um yugioh arc V anybody with the arena