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WB Games reveals Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia for Switch, developed by Wayforward
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This looks like fun, as the rebooted bakugan game is super fun.
My problem is that this game looks visually really bad. The fights between the bakugan look so boring and bland. The gameplay looks super slow paced. I hope the battles between the bakugan have more life to them when the game comes out.
My problem is that this game looks visually really bad. The fights between the bakugan look so boring and bland. The gameplay looks super slow paced. I hope the battles between the bakugan have more life to them when the game comes out.
Wow, that is a pretty big difference. If my son catches wind of the new game I will try to get him to check out the Wii one instead first.
Because saying "a game in a franchise WayForward has not done before" creates expectations, and a good social media manager would not have phrased it that way for an anime-licensed game, knowing that a lot of people will have expectations for an entry in a video game franchise.
Tweeting about it in the way that they did will not attract fans of Bakugan, and it will not excite the people who are most likely to tune into Treehouse Live. It was a reveal for the wrong audience, like showing off Kinectimals in the way that MS did.
People forget this was WFs blueprint back then, up to Shantae blowing up and their mid 2010s being really good for the company.
Hell, they were slowly coming back to this and people forgot this was announced months ago...
If this gets more Shantaes, River Cities and Mummys to the mix, let em.
I have no words... THIS was the surprise game???
Nintendo is in bad shape this year. We need a true Direct soon and they better show something interesting. What will be their big game for Christmas? What is coming after Paper Mario?
Nintendo is in bad shape this year. We need a true Direct soon and they better show something interesting. What will be their big game for Christmas? What is coming after Paper Mario?
Mummy Demastered I thought was more on the side of "game to fund what they wanna make," it just happened to be really good
There's something my head that saying
"Okay, this is obviously worse looking than Pokemon Sw/Sh, but why are there some sections of those that actually looks better than Pokemon Sw/Sh?" which has been haunting me for a bit.
"Okay, this is obviously worse looking than Pokemon Sw/Sh, but why are there some sections of those that actually looks better than Pokemon Sw/Sh?" which has been haunting me for a bit.
WayForward's primary business until fairly recently was doing tie-in games for kid's media franchises so them doing a Bakugan game now isn't that surprising. I just wish it looked like a better game.
It's your own fault for getting yourself too hyped up over a tweet tbh.
This doesn't actually look that bad
Could be a decent way to waste a couple hours
Maybe wait? Are the games really that important in a pandemic right now?
I'm pretty sure it did actually die sometime in the early 2010s, but apparently has been rebooted somewhat recently.
I'm not sure I'd place it that close. IIRC the original run burned out pretty quickly.
It's definitely just Shantae spirits.
As I've already said, I'm neither disappointed nor am I upset, I am just confused by why they announced it in the way that they did.
That said, a social media manager should have been able to anticipate this outcome. It doesn't matter if it's someone's fault for getting too hyped, any social media manager worth their salt would have recognized that this outcome was inevitable with how it was done.
Was a pretty fun game last time I played it, don't know if it holds up though.
Ehh it was like 20 words tacked on to another announcement. There's no weird messaging here. (But not trying to start an argument. I think we're on the same page here.)
Who was this reveal for? If you're going to push a kid's game, fine. But why do it on a live stream after months of zero announcements featuring the most boring speaker imaginable?
I know that WF is no stranger to making licensed games (heck I even have both weird Batman that's supposed to be good on Wii/DS that I'll play one day).
It's just that since the earlier 3DS days of Mighty Switch Force you can be excused in forgetting they ever did that with how many non licensed projects they managed to release to quite a success.
This and the TrollHunter games are clearly not for me and that's ok.
They're a business and they usually require influx of cash, if the licensed projects are done in a decent manner (crunch wise I mean) regardless of the resources at disposal it could be worth someone's time.
This game here doesn't look exactly high budget but I wouldn't be surprised if people working on it really want to make the best thing they can with the resources they have.
I'm kinda upset that Nintendo choose to present it that way.
It gives Federation Forces vibes of miscommunication.
Wrong message at the wrong time.
hopefully no one was hurt in the making of the game (or any other really).
LMAO
I can't say I care for Wayforward since I just know them as "that studio that makes Shantae"
But I can't believe Nintendo hyped people up for a revival of a forgettable toyline from the mid 2000's.
I can't say I care for Wayforward since I just know them as "that studio that makes Shantae"
But I can't believe Nintendo hyped people up for a revival of a forgettable toyline from the mid 2000's.
I mean this tone deaf reveal wouldn't have even been that bad if the game actually looked fun, but the game looks and plays so bad that even the devs couldn't pretend to sound excited for it.
I mean games are one of the best way to distract yourself from the pandemic so kind of?
I mean games are one of the best way to distract yourself from the pandemic so kind of?
I'm sure there's an audience for this and I'm sure it could turn out to be a good game.
But it really was a weird way to announce it.. feel sorry for Wayforwarf tbh, they're probably gonna get som flack from fans for whatever reason :S
It could probably have worked well if there was a lineup announced already, but since there isnt.. should probably stay out of social media for a while.
But it really was a weird way to announce it.. feel sorry for Wayforwarf tbh, they're probably gonna get som flack from fans for whatever reason :S
It could probably have worked well if there was a lineup announced already, but since there isnt.. should probably stay out of social media for a while.
Getting those Pac-Man Vs. flashbacks from E3 2003
Pac Man Vs was amazing
I think the game could have looked more decent with more polish. It looks like it needs much more time to cook. At least Wayforward is trying to expand outside of just 2d sidescrollers.
I enjoyed the cartoon back in the day. But the toys itself never really appealed to me
I enjoyed the cartoon back in the day. But the toys itself never really appealed to me
It's 2020, what did you expect exactly?
Of course it wasn't going to be a world shattering reveal.
Revealing it on a live stream with a super dry presentation was a mistake.
I buy cartoon tie in games when they're good. But... Bakugan is one of the worst faux anime shows I've ever seen, I wish they used something much better, like Ben 10... CN has hundreds of other great franchises.
Infos: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/bakugan-champions-of-vestroia-switch/
Nintendo.com said:
Yeah, that's where I'm at. Tweeting it as a mystery game instead of saying "hey, we're revealing Bakugan, come check it out tomorrow" will let people know what to expect, and ensure that more Bakugan fans will be able to see it live.
I don't think anyone is surprised that Wayforward is doing this. We're surprised that Nintendo was like "give it a 20 minute segment"
Yea this looks way better. Wayforward's offering just looked incredibly basic/barebones. Just feels like they could make it so much better than what it was presented as, even with the same system of play.
Honestly, I would have bought a Bakugan game if it was good. If it was a recreation of the physical game, or like a fighting game, or a turn based RPG, I'd probably be in.
But, uhh, no real interest in running around picking up hexagons and then doing a move, repeat ad infinitum
But, uhh, no real interest in running around picking up hexagons and then doing a move, repeat ad infinitum
