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The adventure takes players on the ultimate Bakugan journey as they befriend powerful creatures known as Bakugan, gear up and customize Bakugan teams for fiercely strategic battles, and master their skills to become the Champion of Vestroia. Players can also play online in head-to-head multiplayer.","135828\u002Fbakugan-champions-of-vestroia_cover.webp","135828\u002Fbakugan-champions-of-vestroia_header.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=yOsQvFSy03A","2020-11-03",58.8,135828,"bakugan-champions-of-vestroia",null,[19,24],{"company":20,"developed":22,"published":23},{"name":21},"Warner Bros. 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But the game’s dull and repetitive combat quickly loses its excitement, and the fact you’ll be looking forward to completing a mindless side quest simply to get a reprieve surely tells you all you need to know.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Fbakugan-champions-of-vestroia-review\u002F","5\u002F10",50,{"id":48,"author":49,"outlet":52,"summary":57,"review_url":58,"review_date":13,"original_score":59,"normalized_score":60},66920,{"id":50,"name":51},1377,"Chris Carter",{"id":53,"logo":54,"name":55,"website_url":56,"score_format":42},10,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FDestructoid-Logo.png","Destructoid","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com","For all its shortcomings, I wouldn’t mind seeing WayForward get another crack at this series with a more concerted effort to bring in non-fans, with more depth. Bakugan is a world worth exploring. For now, you may want to stick with the physical game.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com\u002Freviews\u002Freview-bakugan-champions-of-vestroia\u002F","\n\t\t\t6\t\t",60,{"id":62,"author":63,"outlet":66,"summary":71,"review_url":72,"review_date":13,"original_score":73,"normalized_score":67},76061,{"id":64,"name":65},5786,"Donovan Erskine",{"id":67,"logo":68,"name":69,"website_url":70,"score_format":42},70,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FShackNews-Logo.jpg","ShackNews","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002F","Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia is certainly the best of the recent Bakugan video game adaptations, though it’s far from a masterpiece. The world is neat, and WayForward does an excellent job with the Bakugan creatures themselves. Battling is solid, as it does a great job at mixing real-time and turn-based elements. It could have greatly benefited from some new Bakugan types for diversity’s sake, or a more unique story. Regardless, Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia will surely satisfy most fans of the franchise.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002Farticle\u002F121283\u002Fbakugan-champions-of-vestroia-review-battle-brawlers","7\u002F10",{"id":75,"author":76,"outlet":79,"summary":84,"review_url":85,"review_date":13,"original_score":86,"normalized_score":87},2235213,{"id":77,"name":78},17829,"Bryan Finch",{"id":80,"logo":81,"name":82,"website_url":83,"score_format":42},156,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fnintendowire.jpg","Nintendo Wire","https:\u002F\u002Fnintendowire.com\u002F","When it comes to games about collecting monsters for the purpose of battling, there’s one that looms large. Even though Pokémon dominates the hearts and minds","https:\u002F\u002Fnintendowire.com\u002Freviews\u002Fbakugan-champions-of-vestroia\u002F","5.9",59,{"id":89,"author":90,"outlet":93,"summary":98,"review_url":99,"review_date":100,"original_score":101,"normalized_score":102},101360,{"id":91,"name":92},8952,"Aaron Price",{"id":94,"logo":95,"name":96,"website_url":97,"score_format":42},138,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FWayTooManyGames.png","WayTooManyGames","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F","Bakugan was always one of the more wild tabletop games available. Being a mix of actual figures and a card game, it’s not too hard to tell why it never exactly took off in the west. The actual show was a different story though, and the idea lent itself nicely to video games. Now, for the first time in nearly ten years, the games have received a new iteration to go a long with the newer version of the anime, Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia.","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F22\u002Freview-bakugan-champions-of-vestroia\u002F","2020-11-22","5.5",55,5,0,[21],[26],[]]