This was definitely one of the best parts of the game. Not gonna lie, I really don't like the 'silent protagonist' thing. I know why they do it, but it just leaves us with a dude/girl with no personality and ends up making them usually the most boring character in the game.
I love this game and the second game I wish we could have a 3rd game where like obviously you can create your own character and your own BAKUGAN who would be your partner and we could actually like play the game like the anime there would be online we could have quick ability cards(idk if those are called that I just said cause it's sounds the closest) ahhhh I want can we get it please og Bakugan from battle brawlers to mechtanium surge
@@SilentKrill Bro a remake that includes all of the OG bakugan (including ones that weren't in the game like Mantris and Limulous. sorry about spelling I don't remember the spelling.) would be FIRE!
The ABSOLUTELY OP combo in this game is to pick the weakest monster (the snake one) and throw it on a card that switches the attack power of the bagukan, you LITERALLY can't lose if you do this.
@@blackwingdragonmasta yea but like if you have the attack advantage than you don't need to be trying your absolute best on things like the sticks or button press
This was one of my main strats and I always kept Serpenoid with Monarus, Siege, and Leonidas on my main team because of it. It's especially powerful if you throw it out first since the opponent always starts with their strongest + the character bonus card. Then you pull out the swap ability card after they finish powering up and watch their dreams be zapped away with their power!
Never would I ever have thought that doto would be playing such a legendary game as this, I still have this for my wii and love to play it from time to time.
This game is still the best Bakugan game to this day. Leonidas is still a fan favorite bakugan even though he never officially shows up in any canon story. And every time Leonidas shows up in an announcement, it's always a hype moment.
This leonidas is the best in the original game. To bad he is weak as hell in the reboot game champions of Vestrioa. Despite being a golden Bakugan which is suppose to be the strongest Bakugan he is weak to all types of Bakugan expect gold, but he is the only golden Bakugan in the game who designed this!?
@@blackwingdragonmasta Iirc it was actually Naga that the ds game came with. I think I had it myself but it was literally over a decade ago so I can’t remember.
@@DotoDoya yes I also had a original Japanese Bakugan of alpha hydranoid that I got from a Asian lady at swapmeet I still have them in a box. I should dm you the box
I desperately want a remake of this game. Definitely the best of the "Insert your own Fanfiction OC and watch them beat everyone!" era of games. Plus Leonidas is just a killer fuckin' Bakugan. Imagine this game getting a remake, and then getting sequels based on the additional seasons of the anime. I just think it'd be awesome to see all this in HD.
For real, Leonidas has to be one of the best Partner characters out of all Pokemon-esque media i've seen (by that i mean the dynamic of a young boy/girl with an animal/monster that accompanies them) because he's just built different, get that friendship crap outta here, we gotta rock the shit out of those people and everything will be fine, bro was literally born and chose violence seconds later
I had this game on the Wii, I remember being amazed at how fast the game saved compared to every other game which took a whole millennia just to save that I walked two steps. I think I played through the game twice, I think I did Pyro and Darkus. The Arenas are really cool later on. Hope you decide to make this a playthrough, you know I'm here for it.
i had it on xbox 360, first i went ventus as a shun/ninja fanboy, but then i hit a wall and couldn't progress, so i started over as terra and clapped cheeks with leonidas. don't remember that much of the story or anything, other than how it tried to emulate the tv show in story beats and feel. (succeeded too) loved the little minigames that added some sort of win condition beyond the basic rules of "never attack others, stay on your own cards" to this game of "my number is higher, i win" the most fun i had was pvp vs my friend (tho after they lost the first game, we banned the player character)
The Wii Bakugan version of the game was the most fun I had! I remember the amount of times I threw my controllers like it was yesterday! Incredible throwback! Edit: We need part 2 please there is so much to see still!
this was one of my favorite games growing up. I remember playing it with my friend next door all the time. I even played it so much I bought everything possible, upgraded every bakugan to the max, and beat it multiple times while buying and upgrading everything completely. Now I want to play it again for old times sake
Bakugan was my LIFE. Have fond playground memories with friends. As well as how ballistic the show got over time (S2 HAD MECHS AND LIGHTSABER DUELS OUTTA NOWHERE LMAO) Thanks for the nostalgia trip Doto, hope you enjoyed EVO! 💙
Man, this brings back some old memories. I remember having a belt with metal hole rings (read: magnetically attracted metal hole rings) and being able to have them stick on my belt while walking around. Did I break a few by forgetting I had them on and suddenly running? Yes. Was I dripped out of my mind as a child? Also yes.
The story in this game was actually pretty solid for Bakugan. I completely finished this game as a kid, maxed out my rankings on the leaderboard to 999999 and maxed out every Bakugan. This game on the DS as a kid was so much fun so its nice to see it being run back. If this game had a multiplayer function for 2 or 4 players it would've actually been a fun little party game.
It IS 4 players, you can each pick from any character you've unlocked, with their current deck story wise Only ONE person can pick each character, including your character, which can have an utterly broken deck For instance, get a fire serpenoid, unupgraded, and use the gate card that swaps g power, later in the game this winds up with your opponent having only 150+ g power and you from 800-1200 usually, so you always win no matter what
You definitely have to keep going with this game, it’s definitely made for a younger audience with the easy mini games but they’re pretty challenging late game as far as I can remember back then. My poor ds got snapped in the middle of one because of how hard I was trying then lol
@@ArtsyMagic239 Ugh I remember doing a Haos run before. Now that was the extra difficulty attribute. Although honestly I’m a Darkus fan all the way. Besides being edgy when I was younger, I always thought Darkus fit the theme of the distrusted, mystery bakugan the game had. Especially since this was before the whole Masquerade thing.
I love how the more obscure a game is, the funnier the Doto video is. "There was a Bakugan video game?" "Lol yeah, the story's fucking dumb; watch this"
This game was the pinnacle of my childhood. I had 3 friends that were brothers, we would all collect and battle each other. I'd go to their house every weekend and all the time in the summer. Avery (the oldest) was Pyrus, Cole (2nd oldest) was Ventus, Hayden (the youngest) was Aquos. And I was Darkus. We would even 2v2 or Free For All on the Wii. I would play the game nonstop and train at my house on my own Wii and figure out a way to obtain the most g-power before battle. And ways I would shake my remote in a shaking battle. G power would spike tremendously in battle the way I did it. Playing the Wii version would've been so meta to use if Online play was a thing! Also I found a way to obliterate them in Bakugan: Defenders of the Core. Elfin or evolved Elfin was beyond meta to use. You could easily side by side sprint jump into projectile that has cracked accuracy and damage constantly. And they'd be done for lol. After showing them, I'd watch them fight and argue over winning with a cheap and cracked character. I thank them to this day for giving me the best childhood. They even told me that I was the highlight of their childhood too. Which meant the world to me. After typing all this, I think I'll invite them to a get together one weekend and hook up my old Wii and copy of Bakugan so we can all relive that experience. We all need that.., jeez I'm getting emotional typing this out so I'll leave it like this lol..!
He's good; he knows every aspect of throwing his bakugan at his own cards. I don't know shit about Bakugan so you can imagine this was extremely entertaining to watch.
I remember playing this game on DS, and it was addictive. The minigames were fun to play and it was fun to see that your character and Leonidas had an actual relationship. Also love that each arena had different ways to power up and ways to move around.
What a nostalgia trip, I remember I used to play this on my 3ds and had to hide under my blanket and pretend I was sleeping so my mom wouldn't catch me playing this through the night
My heart stopped when I heard the title screen music. I played this game all the time as a kid on my DS (beat it 100% on every element) and owned a shit ton of bakugan. Watching the gameplay just was a giant nostalgia trip for me and I’m so happy you’re playing this, please make a series on this ❤️
It's a toss up because being darkus means the haos tournament is tougher and you cannot treat leonidas as an ace in that tournament, but if you go haos? The final battle is the hardest fight by a landslide. Took me a good few tries on my 1st ever playthrough.
@@silverfortune2205 I probably did a couple of tries for the Darkus fight as Haos (I was replaying it to see the other Leonidases) and I did do only one retry against Runo in the Haos trounament, but I think I was much more experienced when I was Darkus (older as well) than Haos so I can't really confirm your suspicions. Either way, I think objectively Runo Final Battle as Darkus is harder than Marduk's final fight as Haos, but there are factors that will skew towards Marduk that I will mention in a moment. Runo: Her ability cards are the 150 G Power haos card (not too surprising), then Blade Tigerra that adds 400 G Power, which I will go further into the Bakugan later. Then a DARKUS ONLY card that adds 200 G Power (Masquarade in the Wii does have the Water only card, as well as Shun having the Fire only card, so there are some counters to some elements in here as well, but Darkus is weaker in this tournament so it's even more devastating). This leaves with a stat boost pool of 350 for her weaker Bakugan and 750 maximum for Blade Tigera. I know of course that she won't use all of her cards in one basket, but she has a good amount of cards that'll get even score, and having an even score in this tourney is very unwise as she can catch up very quickly in a battle. Then her Bakugan are not normally a problem until you realize that you don't have Omega Leonidas yet and Runo has her evolution. That means you don't have a 400 G Power card like Runo's as well as her regular G Power will be even to yours. Her other Bakugan isn't nearly as worrying if you know what you're doing, but that doesn't mean you can start a battle safely on her gate cards. Then there's the fact that it's the hardest stage in the game. Slippery floors, two roars (usually for me), but nonetheless it's not an easy stage. It's also not easy to get the battle items without dying as well, so you can't just prepare for the Runo fight. There is also a comparison that I'll add here: you can cheese Marduk with the Power Drain gate card, but you can't cheese Runo that well. However, there is one saving grace: the AI sucks at landing. At least in the Wii version, but all of that pressure is alleviated when you see Runo miss 4 times in a row. In a vacuum she's so difficult, but in practice it's like a hammer pressing on a nail, and then SLAMS that nail when they are ready to set it down. Very strange I know, but if you land your shots and Runo does not, it can be so easy. You also can just... land on your gate cards only and getting your boosts to not worry about what Runo has. Aka, playing chicken. To my knowledge these are the only arguments against Runo that I can think of. Marduk: He's a unique one in this fight because his AI will ALWAYS stand on the gate card, so unlike Runo who misses often Marduk misses none. There is also only one gate card available on the at a time, and only one Bakugan per person, so if you miss your shots twice, Marduk will get a free gate card (the thing that makes you win if you have three of). Not like you would miss your shot anyway, but that could happen. You are also forced to test your skills around the course in order to have a shot at victory if your Haos because I think Marduk's Bakugan is at 750 G Power, which is a lot. What I always got with my Leonidas is 575, which is still quite a ways away with Marduk, so you will have to strive to get over him in order to have a shot at victory. There would be no hope for you if he sends out the Signature gate card which boosts them by 400. That would be bad RNG if it happens. This is all without mentioning the loadout that is 700 G Power maximum boost from his ability cards. One of them is conditional in that it can only be activated during the enemies gate card, but knowing the back and forth nature of the fight it can be activated at the minimum of 2 times. That's pretty often, so that part doesn't matter. There is one last thing that I'll mention the negatives later: if the battle goes as intended, Marduk can gain 80 G Power when he lands if you're already on the card. So even if you were trying to prepare beforehand, Marduk will get the little poke before disaster by becoming stronger on landing. Those are all of the worries I can think of. Now the fight is simpler than every past fight in the game, but there are many things you can do to prepare against Marduk. For starters, the battle items are a huge boost, especially that G power swap item. That's one thing I noticed I can do more consistently unlike Runo. Then there's the intended method of travelling the Hydranoid's neck and back. Then there's a cheesy card in the game that works 100% of the time against Marduk: Power Drain. All you have to do is set it as your first gate card, then miss. Since Marduk never misses, he'll always land first, thereby reducing HALF of its G Power. It's also heads up against the draining of 80 G Power I mentioned. With this method, Marduk will guaruntee one ability card use. Since your Haos, if Marduk chooses the 400 G power card, you can use 1 card or spam all 3 cards so that Marduk will waste all of his, and boom. Free gate card and all Marduk's ability cards wasted. There's also an interesting balance of how the battle works. You send your gate card first, then Marduk, then you. If you beat Marduk three times in a row, you win. Which means you can send out the Omega Leonidas for the 3rd battle for the clean sweep. The 2nd battle is what's hard. For most of my playthroughs, Marduk does not send the Signature gate card for the 2nd battle. It's either Mega Warrior or the Silver gate card. Mega Warrior is actually a help to you since you won the first battle, so that will help you sweep Marduk. The other two are favored towards him, but the silver one is what I see the most, which is not too major of a dynamic. For Haos sure, but if you went on two Hyrdanoids and got the G Powers from them, you should always win. It's not easy to do so, but I mean it is a victory. There's so many ways to prepare against Marduk that you can't against Runo. Well that's my long essay on how Runo's fight in Haos tournament is harder than Marduk's Final Fight when you have a team of a disadvantage attribute. Is there anything I missed? I'll be happy to here them.
Bro same I swear I beat the Ds version a million times. Especially when I realized the way you gain throw power on the ds you completely knock them off their card
only problem i had with the ds version was i dont remember there being full voice acting in it like in the console versions (clearly the wii was the PEAK way to play the game tho)
There’s something hilarious about doto being semi family friendly when playing DBFZ but the moment he starts playing bakugan he tells dan to fuck off every time he goes onscreen
This game is legendary af! good music, good story, good customization, it's just a perfect game! Thanks for bringing back such an iconic piece in our memories Doto.
Good music? No great music. Good story? Eh, it was good for an in-universe story but it's not "OMG WHY ISN'T THIS IN THE SHOW 😱" type of story. Good customization? You are correct. Idk how most other OC creators work but this is probably the gold standard for kid games customization. Let's see if Pokemon Scarlet/Violet would be dope enough for that drip early on (Sword and Shield for example has pretty good customization, but like its predecessors you have to get it later on in the game). In conclusion, is this a perfect game? I don't think it's nothing short of great, but perfect is a bit too much. Many other titles deserve that name such as Phantom Dust.
Bakugan ost for real slaps. Do I do wish they made new ones for the later seasons as it really repetitive using the same oats and I don't think all of them fit super well, especially when the show became gimmicky and kinda cut and paste
Yo this game was nostalgic as hell; I remember as a kid almost breaking my controller fighting Marduk on the last level (I had haos Leonidas, so you can imagine how that went )
I had this game on the PS3 and my cousins had it for the Wii, i loved the wii version so much more just the whole action of pretending to actually throw your bakugan and trying to aim with shaky hands to shoot your enemy or that one battle with the two lasers. man this is such nostalgia to me
@@chronic-joker no it didn't. The villain was different if I recall correctly, he was a younger guy. The main enemy monster used a giant battle ax. The final battle had us use a version of Leonidas known as Omega Leonidas. He was formed when all the main character bakugan combined their energy with his. We started the game by facing all the main characters. It went in order, (water, wind, earth, light, fire and dark). We fought the villain during earth. And we would finally beat him in the dark realm.
I will say that the Legacy series had some amazing games and and the toys were great. Sad to see that it wasn't as good during S3-S4 though. Which is why I'm glad the reboot has surpassed the Legacy in terms of the toy sales and their physical game. Sure the show isn't as good as the old one for many fans but it did allow bakugan to come back. And if it continues being supported, who knows if Spin Master and Sega Toys work their problems out, they can bring back stuff from the Legacy series like how they brought back other stuff. Plus they could probably focus on the TCG aspect of the game again while also focusing on the toys themselves.
Okay but the later arenas for this game are super cool. There's so many different routes and lanes you can fly down to get buffs and power ups etc there being a map per element. Super cool.
@@ptremendous7 i beat it you gotta purposely miss your first brawl. so his affect doesn’t power you down then you gotta brawl after and ride the hades power up
This game is the shit right here, I played it as a kid every time I went back from school till the evenings. Gradually better than it's sequel Defenders of the Core since you actually play the Player aspect of the game, the story was good, the tournament arenas were banging alongside their respective theme songs. There was strategy written all over it and I was all for it, thanks for making a vid on it Doto!
The new bakugan was a lot different than I remember when I was a kid. Few years ago I tried out Bakugan at an anime expo and I was baffled at how different it was. And still how hard it is to roll your bakugan on to the cards LOL
This was such a great game back when it was out. I constantly replayed it. The lvls get cooler with each new one unlocked, the story was unique and genuinely was fun to play. Would love to see more videos on this with your commentary it's great as always
Just to let you know Doto, the Battle animations for certain Bakugan change after using Certain Ability cards, like with Leonidas’s Alpha Blaster. Hope this turns into a series so you can play this game at higher levels.
I had the PS3 version and I remember the stages being really big and you could actually explore it in the ball form to get powerups before the battle. It was pretty sick
It was also like that for the Wii and 360 version. The fucking pinball experience that was the Haos stage. Speaking of, you also got benefits for moving in the stage if you matched the element, such as Pyrus Bakugan not being damaged on their stage iirc.
@@Sassaparilla hell, it was the same for the DS too, though the overall mechanics and experience of the game is a bit worth compared to the bigger consoles. It was still really fun, even if I later realized I got basically the discount version of the game.
I want more Bakugan content Doto, please. Also the higgest crime was that the games that came after this one weren’t sequels where you get to bring your CC and Leonidas to New Vestora.
To anybody questioning why the characters look weird: Pc ps2 emulators for some reason glitch out and make the shading on the characters in this game glitched, in the normal ps2 and wii they look completely normal, as far as i know there is no fix to this
This game was so much fun when I was younger. I remember grinding for hours trying to make the best team. Kids now a days can’t experience this chad of a game.
Would definitely love to see more. I used to l play this all the time, even after I had beaten the story. It’s fun, but it does get a tiny bit tough later.
This game is a total legend! I remember i played this alot when i was also playing Sonic Heroes. Lots of cool stuff still locked in the early stages, so i hope Doto can make a full playthrough.
This video unlocked a core memory and now I've started rewatching the anime on a whim. Shout-out Alice for being like my first anime crush when I was a 7 year old
Bakugan was (albeit small) a decent part of my childhood. I remember going to toys r us when that was still a thing for a tournament and I ended up getting third (which isn’t too bad when I consider I was like 11 at the time) such a fun time. What a blast from the past!
Can we talk about the fact that you create a character and they ACTUALLY trade spoken dialogue with the cast?
underrated w
To think that they would risk violating the sacred lore of Bakugan for this game.
Mass effect
This was definitely one of the best parts of the game. Not gonna lie, I really don't like the 'silent protagonist' thing. I know why they do it, but it just leaves us with a dude/girl with no personality and ends up making them usually the most boring character in the game.
A very underrated feature.
Why does a game that came out more than a decade ago have better customization than the majority of OC creators today 💀
For real this game was so good. I wouldn’t be upset at a remake of this game.
I love this game and the second game I wish we could have a 3rd game where like obviously you can create your own character and your own BAKUGAN who would be your partner and we could actually like play the game like the anime there would be online we could have quick ability cards(idk if those are called that I just said cause it's sounds the closest) ahhhh I want can we get it please og Bakugan from battle brawlers to mechtanium surge
@@SilentKrill Bro a remake that includes all of the OG bakugan (including ones that weren't in the game like Mantris and Limulous. sorry about spelling I don't remember the spelling.) would be FIRE!
@@SilentKrill they did remake it
But it was just a pokemon clone in the reboot universe.
Yes there is a reboot.
Yes is still ongoing
Yeah no it doesnt
The ABSOLUTELY OP combo in this game is to pick the weakest monster (the snake one) and throw it on a card that switches the attack power of the bagukan, you LITERALLY can't lose if you do this.
Power rarely matters in this game. If you win the minigame you just win regardless
@@blackwingdragonmasta yea but like if you have the attack advantage than you don't need to be trying your absolute best on things like the sticks or button press
@@blackwingdragonmastayes, but if opponent (or you) has too much g power you(or opponent) lost in any cases.
This was one of my main strats and I always kept Serpenoid with Monarus, Siege, and Leonidas on my main team because of it. It's especially powerful if you throw it out first since the opponent always starts with their strongest + the character bonus card. Then you pull out the swap ability card after they finish powering up and watch their dreams be zapped away with their power!
@@blackwingdragonmastaThat's in the DS version. In the console versions, the G power actually mattered.
Never would I ever have thought that doto would be playing such a legendary game as this, I still have this for my wii and love to play it from time to time.
Yooo literally same here even on the wii as well.
Same bro
literally had this beautiful game in my wii for the past 10 years
Same here
I miss this game so much I forgot how fun it was
Leonidas is literally just telling Kevin to obliterate everyone and I live for it
This is a deadly trap from the bot
@@nunyanunyabiz It also seems to be trying to enter the DK rap giving how it ended
@@aboogala4678 By the gods, the demon! It's been vanquished!
@@nunyanunyabiz Hallelujah!
Leonidas is gigachad
This game is still the best Bakugan game to this day.
Leonidas is still a fan favorite bakugan even though he never officially shows up in any canon story. And every time Leonidas shows up in an announcement, it's always a hype moment.
If I remember correctly the ds version came with a Leo Bakugan
@@blackwingdragonmasta Nope
Unfortunately....
Leonidas never got a toy based off the game design
Atleast we got a leonidas in the reboot
This leonidas is the best in the original game. To bad he is weak as hell in the reboot game champions of Vestrioa. Despite being a golden Bakugan which is suppose to be the strongest Bakugan he is weak to all types of Bakugan expect gold, but he is the only golden Bakugan in the game who designed this!?
Yeah, but if you aren't playing the DS version, you're objectively playing it wrong
@@blackwingdragonmasta
Iirc it was actually Naga that the ds game came with. I think I had it myself but it was literally over a decade ago so I can’t remember.
I would love to see you finish this game it was such a fun game growing up and pretty enjoyable once you get past the tutorial/1st tourney
This was my shit for so damn long. I had the original doom card too.
That card was sick
@@DotoDoya yes I also had a original Japanese Bakugan of alpha hydranoid that I got from a Asian lady at swapmeet I still have them in a box. I should dm you the box
@@DotoDoyamasquerade was so badass.
i didn’t have the card but I always wanted it
@@decepticonjusticedivision9 I had a Japanese Darkus set with serpenoid, hydranoid, and I think fear ripper?
Doto has an uncanny ability to make anything seem hype. He made creating Kevin seem like a great moment in his life 😂
That's how you appeal to kids, all cringetubers do that
@@Tekape I think he has done it a little differently though. For some reason it doesn’t seem fake even if it is
@@Tekape idk he’s not giving me jelly energy.
Bakugan was hype when it came out so no surprises
Hoping doto does a full game play through of this too just to hear his skills talking
If this man does a full play through I'll be baffled...... Doesn't mean I won't watch I'll just be suprised
He hearted the comment, who knows 😄
@@hellangel5911 hopefully
thats such a good comment omg😂😭
I desperately want a remake of this game. Definitely the best of the "Insert your own Fanfiction OC and watch them beat everyone!" era of games. Plus Leonidas is just a killer fuckin' Bakugan. Imagine this game getting a remake, and then getting sequels based on the additional seasons of the anime. I just think it'd be awesome to see all this in HD.
For real, Leonidas has to be one of the best Partner characters out of all Pokemon-esque media i've seen (by that i mean the dynamic of a young boy/girl with an animal/monster that accompanies them) because he's just built different, get that friendship crap outta here, we gotta rock the shit out of those people and everything will be fine, bro was literally born and chose violence seconds later
@@funsies8107 he is a better dragonoid
This whole game with every character rocking black face had me dying more than anything else 🤣🤣
I have this game for Xbox 360 and never encountered that texture bug. It was funny as hell though
@@kenyongreer9147it’s a bug in the pcsx2 emulator, it is fixable with some settings changes
@@CarterGb could u tell me what those are?
I had this game on the Wii, I remember being amazed at how fast the game saved compared to every other game which took a whole millennia just to save that I walked two steps. I think I played through the game twice, I think I did Pyro and Darkus. The Arenas are really cool later on. Hope you decide to make this a playthrough, you know I'm here for it.
I remember playing this on the Wii when I was younger and it was fun as hell. Even though I never even played or watched Bakugan.
Same. I chose light for my 3rd run and it was fun asf. Darkus has to be the most op since the ability cards that u can use are just absolutely busted.
i had it on xbox 360, first i went ventus as a shun/ninja fanboy, but then i hit a wall and couldn't progress, so i started over as terra and clapped cheeks with leonidas. don't remember that much of the story or anything, other than how it tried to emulate the tv show in story beats and feel. (succeeded too) loved the little minigames that added some sort of win condition beyond the basic rules of "never attack others, stay on your own cards" to this game of "my number is higher, i win"
the most fun i had was pvp vs my friend (tho after they lost the first game, we banned the player character)
I was disappointed when Leonidas didn't return in the next game...
this is one of my all time favorite ps2 games from my childhood
The Wii Bakugan version of the game was the most fun I had! I remember the amount of times I threw my controllers like it was yesterday! Incredible throwback!
Edit: We need part 2 please there is so much to see still!
I had the ds game but always wanted to get defenders of the core too, I've played it and it's amazingly fun.
Bruh same. I loved the Wii version of this game so much when I was still really into Bakugan
Yes sir, the Wii version was so much fun with the difference stages and customization; FIRE!
oh absolutly. I still remember all the different stages and how I would to crazy trick shots to get my Bakugan into the exact right positions.
I played this game a lot on my xbox360. Didn't know it was released on so many consoles.
this was one of my favorite games growing up. I remember playing it with my friend next door all the time. I even played it so much I bought everything possible, upgraded every bakugan to the max, and beat it multiple times while buying and upgrading everything completely. Now I want to play it again for old times sake
Same man Miss this game
definitely need a “that’s my skill talking!” shirt😂 seeing doto dunking on everybody with Leonidas brings back so many memories of this game for me
Damn I saw the logo on the reply and was hoping he'd come to say maybe, but instead just a FREE PS5 (go to hell scammers)
Bakugan was my LIFE.
Have fond playground memories with friends.
As well as how ballistic the show got over time (S2 HAD MECHS AND LIGHTSABER DUELS OUTTA NOWHERE LMAO)
Thanks for the nostalgia trip Doto, hope you enjoyed EVO! 💙
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bakugan was everything for a long time
$5.00 dono that's your skills talking :)
S3 had fucking Fusion, lets not forget fucking colossus
@@Sassaparilla And S4 with mechtagon.
Love this fustercluck of a show lol
No cap, Kevin's design is actually fire. He fits right into this Bakugan world.
Man, this brings back some old memories. I remember having a belt with metal hole rings (read: magnetically attracted metal hole rings) and being able to have them stick on my belt while walking around. Did I break a few by forgetting I had them on and suddenly running? Yes. Was I dripped out of my mind as a child? Also yes.
I'm sure that winners thing is a scam
@@rexusthevaliant6311 it is
Report it
let's see if we can convinced Doto to play this game all the way until the end!
He should, this game is actually really good
And the soundtrack is really good too
It's so fun to play through. If only he was better at throwing and rolling around. haha
If he does, he should do it at max difficulty. Those bots were jank. Lol
@@albaal7035 Def. Even the hard bots can be jank. Their main goal is DSs.
"Damn he's wearing the deku 11's" had me crying for the entire video.
Same lmaoo
The story in this game was actually pretty solid for Bakugan. I completely finished this game as a kid, maxed out my rankings on the leaderboard to 999999 and maxed out every Bakugan. This game on the DS as a kid was so much fun so its nice to see it being run back. If this game had a multiplayer function for 2 or 4 players it would've actually been a fun little party game.
It IS 4 players, you can each pick from any character you've unlocked, with their current deck story wise
Only ONE person can pick each character, including your character, which can have an utterly broken deck
For instance, get a fire serpenoid, unupgraded, and use the gate card that swaps g power, later in the game this winds up with your opponent having only 150+ g power and you from 800-1200 usually, so you always win no matter what
It does have a multiplayer function, you can see the option in the same screen where you pick story.
@@DeitySkullKid I meant moreso a wireless local/internet based multiplayer. I played the DS version. It's not big enough to share with other ppl.
I’d legitimately watch an entire series of this game from you.
That'd definitely be sick
100% agree this game is so dumb but it's so much fun. Seeing doto play the full game as a new series would be incredible.
Same
You definitely have to keep going with this game, it’s definitely made for a younger audience with the easy mini games but they’re pretty challenging late game as far as I can remember back then.
My poor ds got snapped in the middle of one because of how hard I was trying then lol
Same Bro 😂😂
RIght? Especially if you were Haos like me and therefore got a major disadvantage at the final battle.
@@ArtsyMagic239 Ugh I remember doing a Haos run before. Now that was the extra difficulty attribute. Although honestly I’m a Darkus fan all the way. Besides being edgy when I was younger, I always thought Darkus fit the theme of the distrusted, mystery bakugan the game had. Especially since this was before the whole Masquerade thing.
I cannot believe I would ever see someone else play this game. This was such a fun game when I was younger! We need another video on this game.
I love how the more obscure a game is, the funnier the Doto video is.
"There was a Bakugan video game?"
"Lol yeah, the story's fucking dumb; watch this"
ok
Oh boy, there's not just one bakugan game, there's one for every series so there might be at least 3 or 4 different ones
@@Dat_Beta fact isnt fun for the braindead
This game was the pinnacle of my childhood.
I had 3 friends that were brothers, we would all collect and battle each other.
I'd go to their house every weekend and all the time in the summer.
Avery (the oldest) was Pyrus, Cole (2nd oldest) was Ventus, Hayden (the youngest) was Aquos.
And I was Darkus. We would even 2v2 or Free For All on the Wii.
I would play the game nonstop and train at my house on my own Wii and figure out a way to obtain the most g-power before battle.
And ways I would shake my remote in a shaking battle. G power would spike tremendously in battle the way I did it.
Playing the Wii version would've been so meta to use if Online play was a thing!
Also I found a way to obliterate them in Bakugan: Defenders of the Core. Elfin or evolved Elfin was beyond meta to use.
You could easily side by side sprint jump into projectile that has cracked accuracy and damage constantly. And they'd be done for lol.
After showing them, I'd watch them fight and argue over winning with a cheap and cracked character.
I thank them to this day for giving me the best childhood. They even told me that I was the highlight of their childhood too.
Which meant the world to me. After typing all this, I think I'll invite them to a get together one weekend and hook up my old Wii and copy
of Bakugan so we can all relive that experience. We all need that.., jeez I'm getting emotional typing this out so I'll leave it like this lol..!
Real stuff homie, this game was too goated with the best memories
He's good; he knows every aspect of throwing his bakugan at his own cards.
I don't know shit about Bakugan so you can imagine this was extremely entertaining to watch.
Bro, this used to be one of my favourites on the PS2 . my cousin and I used to duel eachother all the time 😂
I remember playing this game on DS, and it was addictive. The minigames were fun to play and it was fun to see that your character and Leonidas had an actual relationship. Also love that each arena had different ways to power up and ways to move around.
What a nostalgia trip, I remember I used to play this on my 3ds and had to hide under my blanket and pretend I was sleeping so my mom wouldn't catch me playing this through the night
My heart stopped when I heard the title screen music. I played this game all the time as a kid on my DS (beat it 100% on every element) and owned a shit ton of bakugan. Watching the gameplay just was a giant nostalgia trip for me and I’m so happy you’re playing this, please make a series on this ❤️
Same, still go back and replay this game on my DS. I might have to pick it up again after this video
Come on bra we both know the ds version was tough
Starting as Darkus is basically easy mode for the rest of the entire game. It also feels like the canon type for Leonidas
If Doto picked Darkus, I would've shit my pants to see Doto's reaction to how hard Runo counters Darkus players at the Haos Tournament 😂😂
Darkus is fine but god damn the last arena before final battles on haos arena are hard af😂
I mean tbf everyone gets hard counter at some point, it's just Darkus has the hardest story tournament to get countered in.
It's a toss up because being darkus means the haos tournament is tougher and you cannot treat leonidas as an ace in that tournament, but if you go haos? The final battle is the hardest fight by a landslide. Took me a good few tries on my 1st ever playthrough.
@@silverfortune2205 I probably did a couple of tries for the Darkus fight as Haos (I was replaying it to see the other Leonidases) and I did do only one retry against Runo in the Haos trounament, but I think I was much more experienced when I was Darkus (older as well) than Haos so I can't really confirm your suspicions. Either way, I think objectively Runo Final Battle as Darkus is harder than Marduk's final fight as Haos, but there are factors that will skew towards Marduk that I will mention in a moment.
Runo: Her ability cards are the 150 G Power haos card (not too surprising), then Blade Tigerra that adds 400 G Power, which I will go further into the Bakugan later. Then a DARKUS ONLY card that adds 200 G Power (Masquarade in the Wii does have the Water only card, as well as Shun having the Fire only card, so there are some counters to some elements in here as well, but Darkus is weaker in this tournament so it's even more devastating). This leaves with a stat boost pool of 350 for her weaker Bakugan and 750 maximum for Blade Tigera. I know of course that she won't use all of her cards in one basket, but she has a good amount of cards that'll get even score, and having an even score in this tourney is very unwise as she can catch up very quickly in a battle. Then her Bakugan are not normally a problem until you realize that you don't have Omega Leonidas yet and Runo has her evolution. That means you don't have a 400 G Power card like Runo's as well as her regular G Power will be even to yours. Her other Bakugan isn't nearly as worrying if you know what you're doing, but that doesn't mean you can start a battle safely on her gate cards. Then there's the fact that it's the hardest stage in the game. Slippery floors, two roars (usually for me), but nonetheless it's not an easy stage. It's also not easy to get the battle items without dying as well, so you can't just prepare for the Runo fight. There is also a comparison that I'll add here: you can cheese Marduk with the Power Drain gate card, but you can't cheese Runo that well.
However, there is one saving grace: the AI sucks at landing. At least in the Wii version, but all of that pressure is alleviated when you see Runo miss 4 times in a row. In a vacuum she's so difficult, but in practice it's like a hammer pressing on a nail, and then SLAMS that nail when they are ready to set it down. Very strange I know, but if you land your shots and Runo does not, it can be so easy. You also can just... land on your gate cards only and getting your boosts to not worry about what Runo has. Aka, playing chicken. To my knowledge these are the only arguments against Runo that I can think of.
Marduk: He's a unique one in this fight because his AI will ALWAYS stand on the gate card, so unlike Runo who misses often Marduk misses none. There is also only one gate card available on the at a time, and only one Bakugan per person, so if you miss your shots twice, Marduk will get a free gate card (the thing that makes you win if you have three of). Not like you would miss your shot anyway, but that could happen. You are also forced to test your skills around the course in order to have a shot at victory if your Haos because I think Marduk's Bakugan is at 750 G Power, which is a lot. What I always got with my Leonidas is 575, which is still quite a ways away with Marduk, so you will have to strive to get over him in order to have a shot at victory. There would be no hope for you if he sends out the Signature gate card which boosts them by 400. That would be bad RNG if it happens. This is all without mentioning the loadout that is 700 G Power maximum boost from his ability cards. One of them is conditional in that it can only be activated during the enemies gate card, but knowing the back and forth nature of the fight it can be activated at the minimum of 2 times. That's pretty often, so that part doesn't matter. There is one last thing that I'll mention the negatives later: if the battle goes as intended, Marduk can gain 80 G Power when he lands if you're already on the card. So even if you were trying to prepare beforehand, Marduk will get the little poke before disaster by becoming stronger on landing.
Those are all of the worries I can think of. Now the fight is simpler than every past fight in the game, but there are many things you can do to prepare against Marduk. For starters, the battle items are a huge boost, especially that G power swap item. That's one thing I noticed I can do more consistently unlike Runo. Then there's the intended method of travelling the Hydranoid's neck and back. Then there's a cheesy card in the game that works 100% of the time against Marduk: Power Drain. All you have to do is set it as your first gate card, then miss. Since Marduk never misses, he'll always land first, thereby reducing HALF of its G Power. It's also heads up against the draining of 80 G Power I mentioned. With this method, Marduk will guaruntee one ability card use. Since your Haos, if Marduk chooses the 400 G power card, you can use 1 card or spam all 3 cards so that Marduk will waste all of his, and boom. Free gate card and all Marduk's ability cards wasted. There's also an interesting balance of how the battle works. You send your gate card first, then Marduk, then you. If you beat Marduk three times in a row, you win. Which means you can send out the Omega Leonidas for the 3rd battle for the clean sweep. The 2nd battle is what's hard. For most of my playthroughs, Marduk does not send the Signature gate card for the 2nd battle. It's either Mega Warrior or the Silver gate card. Mega Warrior is actually a help to you since you won the first battle, so that will help you sweep Marduk. The other two are favored towards him, but the silver one is what I see the most, which is not too major of a dynamic. For Haos sure, but if you went on two Hyrdanoids and got the G Powers from them, you should always win. It's not easy to do so, but I mean it is a victory. There's so many ways to prepare against Marduk that you can't against Runo.
Well that's my long essay on how Runo's fight in Haos tournament is harder than Marduk's Final Fight when you have a team of a disadvantage attribute. Is there anything I missed? I'll be happy to here them.
I love this game so much. It does get more difficult in the later stages, but acquiring the iconic bakugan and their evolutions is so cool.
Loved this game so much. Had the DS version and it felt like the anime.
And the soundtrack was fire 🔥, the reboot game sucks , nothing will ever beat the og baukgan .
Bro same I swear I beat the Ds version a million times. Especially when I realized the way you gain throw power on the ds you completely knock them off their card
I have both the Xbox and DS version. Both are great ports!
@@adrianreyes1121 yesir
only problem i had with the ds version was i dont remember there being full voice acting in it like in the console versions (clearly the wii was the PEAK way to play the game tho)
I loved this game. I remember collecting them, having a case and everything. I hear they're bringing it back. Hope it's even half as cool
@TrainerblueTube is it any good
@TrainerblueTube yikes that bad huh
@@traxdaze I wouldn't call it bad, it's just different, more of a tcg than the simple 3 gate 3 ability card decks of yesteryear
This is so nostalgic I swear. I love the fact that doto is expanding his game range for us I feel like.
There’s something hilarious about doto being semi family friendly when playing DBFZ but the moment he starts playing bakugan he tells dan to fuck off every time he goes onscreen
This game is legendary af! good music, good story, good customization, it's just a perfect game! Thanks for bringing back such an iconic piece in our memories Doto.
Good music? No great music. Good story? Eh, it was good for an in-universe story but it's not "OMG WHY ISN'T THIS IN THE SHOW 😱" type of story. Good customization? You are correct. Idk how most other OC creators work but this is probably the gold standard for kid games customization. Let's see if Pokemon Scarlet/Violet would be dope enough for that drip early on (Sword and Shield for example has pretty good customization, but like its predecessors you have to get it later on in the game). In conclusion, is this a perfect game? I don't think it's nothing short of great, but perfect is a bit too much. Many other titles deserve that name such as Phantom Dust.
Bakugan ost for real slaps. Do I do wish they made new ones for the later seasons as it really repetitive using the same oats and I don't think all of them fit super well, especially when the show became gimmicky and kinda cut and paste
Facts
I was disappointed when Leonidas didn't return in the next game...
gameplay got repetetive, it was just mainly random tournaments
I never played Bakugan in my life, but I love this. It's the perfect kind of dumb fun I would have played as a kid.
Yo this game was nostalgic as hell; I remember as a kid almost breaking my controller fighting Marduk on the last level (I had haos Leonidas, so you can imagine how that went )
Bro i remember that boss took me 3 days to beat. I even had dreams of beating him lol.
I remember struggling with darkus leonidas 😭
Wait, what version of the game was this?
I remember steamrolling him with Pyrus Leonidas
@@Emirix1 my version was on the ps2
"He's good. He knows everything about letting his skill talk"
I had this game on the PS3 and my cousins had it for the Wii, i loved the wii version so much more just the whole action of pretending to actually throw your bakugan and trying to aim with shaky hands to shoot your enemy or that one battle with the two lasers. man this is such nostalgia to me
THIS is why I love Doto's channel. He just posts things that I love and he's just an enjoyable youtuber
Yooo, dotó now has his own bots
Love the feature where you just throw your bakugan at the opponents. Even going as far as you completely winning before a battle starts lol
your commentary makes every game an instant classic PS I remember playing this as kid
LETS GO, DOTODOYA TALKING ABOUT BAKUGAN, TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS EVER
Good god! I remember this game and playing it through like 15 times. Ahhhh the memories, thanks Doto!
I remember having this game as a kid, you just unlocked a core memory for me Doto.
THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD GAME! I never thought I'd see the day where doto himself plays this. Hope you have as much fun with it as I did!
I still have this game for my DS. So, it makes me insanely happy to see you playing this.
Same love this game been watching bakugan sence i was a child
does it also have the weird skin thing going on?
DS Bakuchads rise up
Same. Especially the collector edition one with the atributeless Naga.
@@chronic-joker no it didn't. The villain was different if I recall correctly, he was a younger guy. The main enemy monster used a giant battle ax. The final battle had us use a version of Leonidas known as Omega Leonidas. He was formed when all the main character bakugan combined their energy with his.
We started the game by facing all the main characters. It went in order, (water, wind, earth, light, fire and dark). We fought the villain during earth. And we would finally beat him in the dark realm.
Used to love this game! Remembered it a couple weeks ago and beat the full game in one day. Legendary
I will say that the Legacy series had some amazing games and and the toys were great.
Sad to see that it wasn't as good during S3-S4 though. Which is why I'm glad the reboot has surpassed the Legacy in terms of the toy sales and their physical game.
Sure the show isn't as good as the old one for many fans but it did allow bakugan to come back. And if it continues being supported, who knows if Spin Master and Sega Toys work their problems out, they can bring back stuff from the Legacy series like how they brought back other stuff. Plus they could probably focus on the TCG aspect of the game again while also focusing on the toys themselves.
Okay but the later arenas for this game are super cool. There's so many different routes and lanes you can fly down to get buffs and power ups etc there being a map per element. Super cool.
this such a W video this why you gotta love dotodoya what other youtuber making a bakugan video like this
when doto fights to win, "I fight for my friends!", when doto wins "thats just my skills talking"
The difficulty spike in this game was unreal especially on the ds.
man the first battle with vladitor was when it all went wrong
@@deadsagelife i still havent been able to beat that last fight against vladitor to get him
@@ptremendous7 i beat it you gotta purposely miss your first brawl. so his affect doesn’t power you down then you gotta brawl after and ride the hades power up
@@deadsagelife got it
@@ptremendous7 SAME!
This game has been my favorite DS game for a decade... So many good memories. I recently replayed it too, and it didn't disappoint.
Doto: I miss playing bakugan as a kid on the playground
Also Doto: WHAT IS THIS FOR BABIES?!?!
Yes doto, yes it is lol. Great vid as always
Maaaaan you unlocked a buried memory that I loved, I was super young playing this on the DS for god knows how long. Game was goated 🐐
This game is the shit right here, I played it as a kid every time I went back from school till the evenings. Gradually better than it's sequel Defenders of the Core since you actually play the Player aspect of the game, the story was good, the tournament arenas were banging alongside their respective theme songs. There was strategy written all over it and I was all for it, thanks for making a vid on it Doto!
The new bakugan was a lot different than I remember when I was a kid. Few years ago I tried out Bakugan at an anime expo and I was baffled at how different it was. And still how hard it is to roll your bakugan on to the cards LOL
I can't wait when Doto reaches the stages where there are a lot of boosts and minuses with kinda smarter AIs HAHAHA
PLEASE PLAY THIS AGAIN! this is literally my childhood you played and it made my day!
We need a full playthrough of this masterpiece
Agreed
Absolutely
This was such a great game back when it was out. I constantly replayed it. The lvls get cooler with each new one unlocked, the story was unique and genuinely was fun to play.
Would love to see more videos on this with your commentary it's great as always
I want to see some more of this, this is one of my favorite games, and you are supper funny
Just to let you know Doto, the Battle animations for certain Bakugan change after using Certain Ability cards, like with Leonidas’s Alpha Blaster.
Hope this turns into a series so you can play this game at higher levels.
YOOO I LOVED THIS GAME AS A KID. Thank you dotothy for awakening old memories
I remember this game from my childhood! Doto pls keep going, this game has a funny story and I would love to see you go through it!
I had the PS3 version and I remember the stages being really big and you could actually explore it in the ball form to get powerups before the battle. It was pretty sick
It was also like that for the Wii and 360 version. The fucking pinball experience that was the Haos stage. Speaking of, you also got benefits for moving in the stage if you matched the element, such as Pyrus Bakugan not being damaged on their stage iirc.
@@Sassaparilla hell, it was the same for the DS too, though the overall mechanics and experience of the game is a bit worth compared to the bigger consoles.
It was still really fun, even if I later realized I got basically the discount version of the game.
@@nooblyss can you elaborate on what you talking about?
I used to do that, but I'd roll around in environmental hazards to get 1 HP then use the ability card which reversed the power of me and my opponent.
This is awesome. Glad to see your channel growing. It’s stuff like this that sets you apart.
I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this game! You keep hitting the right spots for these games Doto lol
I played tf out of this game on the Wii as a kid. Probably one of the only times the motion controls enhanced the experience of a licensed game.
I want more Bakugan content Doto, please.
Also the higgest crime was that the games that came after this one weren’t sequels where you get to bring your CC and Leonidas to New Vestora.
To anybody questioning why the characters look weird:
Pc ps2 emulators for some reason glitch out and make the shading on the characters in this game glitched, in the normal ps2 and wii they look completely normal, as far as i know there is no fix to this
I was able to play without this, though I can't recall if another issue came up. But I know it definitely can be fixed.
for sure if he keeps playing this he should try to fix this bug lmao
The classic Bakugan anime is unrivaled. I still have the theme song etched into my soul. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?!
THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST YOU
THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST YOU
BACKS AGAINST THE WALL
@@optimaslaser GOTTA GIVE IT YOUR ALL
AHAH-AHAH-AHAH
IT’S THE FINAL STAND AHAH-AHAH-AHAH
this was fun to watch. Hopefully you will keep playing and we can see the endgame
This game MADE my childhood so happy to see you playing it!
I remember playing this specific game so much. This video unlocked so many memories for me of having collected a bunch of them
This bring backs memories man! Thank you for this video! W of the game till this day.
This game was so much fun when I was younger. I remember grinding for hours trying to make the best team. Kids now a days can’t experience this chad of a game.
Would definitely love to see more. I used to l play this all the time, even after I had beaten the story. It’s fun, but it does get a tiny bit tough later.
I forgot this game was even a thing and you brought back so many memories this game was so much fun
This game on the wii WAS my childhood,I spent soooo long playing it and I'm glad that this game is finally getting some recognition as a hidden gem
The face textures have me dying of laughter. Video perfection
I was gonna ask if we were ignoring the "blatant blackface" as a joke lmao, but I don't know anything about Bakugan
commentary was gold and although this was hella stupid, the game looks like fun definitely made me want to try it out now
This game is legit awesome. Glad to see Doto has excellent taste.
This game is a total legend! I remember i played this alot when i was also playing Sonic Heroes.
Lots of cool stuff still locked in the early stages, so i hope Doto can make a full playthrough.
you have re awoken a childhood memory ive lost ages ago😭i miss this game
I used to actually love this game man. Especially how you get to make your own brawler! It was such a sick thing choosing all the custom options.
This video unlocked a core memory and now I've started rewatching the anime on a whim. Shout-out Alice for being like my first anime crush when I was a 7 year old
It was always Alice
@@SadikiStGeorgeangemon44 always has been 🧎🏽♂️🔫
The fact he has dynamax music behind a bakugan video doto you rock
i played this back in the day, and the nostalgia i feel for seeing you playing it is cool
Bakugan was (albeit small) a decent part of my childhood. I remember going to toys r us when that was still a thing for a tournament and I ended up getting third (which isn’t too bad when I consider I was like 11 at the time) such a fun time. What a blast from the past!
man your commentary 😂 loved it it made watching this game even more fun 😂.
This game is actually so good , played it all the way through and it was genuinely fun
This game was my jam growing up, as a kid I never realized how HARD the ost goes too
This acutally really good. If you don't mind I would like to see another EP of this
I wish the reboot and new switch game were as half as good as this game! 🔥
Holy hell, seeing this game again. I played the hell out of this game on my DS as a child. So fun to see it again.