Bakugan: Defenders of the Core
PSP cover art
Developer(s)Now Production
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Wii
PlayStation Portable
Nintendo DS
Release
  • NA: October 26, 2010
  • AU: October 27, 2010 (DS, PS3, Wii, X360)
  • EU: October 29, 2010
  • JP: December 9, 2010 (DS)

Bakugan: Defenders of the Core is a multi-console action-adventure game released in 2010. Despite its title, it is based on Bakugan: New Vestroia. It was released for the DS, Wii, PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Bakugan: Defenders of the Core will bring gamers into a fast binding action adventure to save the Earth and New Vestroia from Zenoheld, Spectra, and their Vexos minions.

Plot

The game follows a separate story arc from the anime, in which the Resistance must protect Earth from a furious assault by the Vexos who are slowly taking over in order to destroy all of the Resistance's havens and Drago who contains the Perfect Core that the Vexos are searching for.

Gameplay

Story Mode

In Story Mode the player travels the world to collect Core Fragments while evading security drones. Bakugan are used to disarm laser traps and other security devices.

Battle Mode

Battle Mode uses a fighting engine similar to Dragon Ball Z games and ability cards that are used to make powerful attacks. Bakugan can be captured, of which twenty can be used in Battle Mode. And Features 3 different gamemodes

Reception

The DS, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Defenders of the Core received "mixed" reviews according to Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave the DS version a score of three sevens and one six for a total of 27 out of 40.

The PlayStation Portable received positive reviews according to Game Rankings.

References

  1. ^ rawmeatcowboy (November 29, 2010). "Famitsu - review scores". GoNintendo. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Bakugan: Defenders of the Core for DS". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "Bakugan: Defenders of the Core for PlayStation 3". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "Bakugan: Defenders of the Core for Xbox 360". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Bakugan: Defenders of the Core for PSP". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  6. ^ Splechta, Mike (November 17, 2010). "Bakugan: Defenders of the Core (DS) Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  7. ^ Splechta, Mike (November 19, 2010). "Bakugan: Defenders of the Core Review (X360)". GameZone. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  8. ^ "Bakugan: Defenders of the Core for DS Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  9. ^ "Bakugan: Defenders of the Core for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  10. ^ "Bakugan: Defenders of the Core for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
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