BAKUGAN BUZZ

CRITICAL UPDATE: Highest G-Power Printed

Attention Bakugan Battle Brawlers!

With the start of the first ever, nationwide, official Bakugan tournament several issues have been addressed concerning specific gameplay rules, game practices, and legitimate product.

Recently, the BakuCon Tournament Rules has received an update addressing the use of season 1 Bakugan, Trap, Launchers and Ramps, and correct Bonus procedures during matches. The latest version can be downloaded here: BakuCon Tournament Rules.

More importantly, the concern of purchasing and using fake/illegal/imported Bakugan arose through the observation of the official BakuCon judges, BakuCon participants, and several integral community members.

A simple question has fueled a much heated debate which has been escalated in priority and has officially been addressed:

What is the highest printed G-Power on official Spin Master Bakugan?

Currently, the highest Season 2 G-Power printed on a Bakugan is 780G. The only exception to that G-Power cap is Mystic Elico which has a printed G-Power of 820G on its projecting dice.

This information is extremely critical in determining which Bakugan are genuine from the mass amounts of knockoffs, fakes, and imports found on online auctions, small boutiques, etc. Please avoid from purchasing such product as they are not allowed in any official tournament play and are not considered legitimate, genuine Spin Master product.

Additionally, this information will be shared with the BakuCon officials and will be thoroughly shared with all partners to ensure that tournament participants are playing with genuine Bakugan. Fortunately, the Regional Champions from Chicago and Los Angeles were using Bakugan within the genuine printed G-Power ranges.

Lastly, we would like to give a personal thank you and apologies to the following members who voiced their opinions and helped raise the much needed red flag to resolve this issue:

- Kohdok
- EbayBrawler
- BakuganSensei
- jdhoneybrown7
- Timess
- Any other contributing members in the “Fake Bakugan Fiasco” threads

Without your passion and dedication Bakugan wouldn’t be what it is today!

Sincerely,

LordDarkus, BrightLight, and the Bakugan team

For official Bakugan information visit www.Bakugan.com and the official community at My.Bakugan.com

Battle Tactics #1: Gate Card Placement – January 2010

Welcome to the first issue of Battle Tactics with BrightLight!

I’m very excited to bring you this new article which will be published monthly, highlighting battle strategies for you to hone your brawling skills and become a top brawler. And with Baku-Con just around the corner, there’s no better time than now to develop your brawling tactics!

Let’s get this brawl started with my first strategy tip!

Gate Card Placement: Conditional

The order in which you play your Gate cards is almost as important as which cards you choose to play with. Gate cards are unusual as they don’t necessarily do anything outside of a battle. It’s not until they are actually used in a brawl that you will see their full affect. So, you have to strategically think ahead when playing Gate cards.

Using a card more than once is a great battle tactic! Take for example, the Gate card ‘Flybeetle Rescue’ which allows you to put a used Red Ability card into your unused pile. When using this Gate card you need to make sure that by the time a battle begins on the card that you have a Red Ability card in your used pile. If you are using a Red Ability card with a generic use like ‘Try Again’, which allows you to re-roll any Pyrus, Haos, or Subterra Bakugan, then don’t play ‘Flybeetle Rescue’ until you have already used ‘Try Again’. However, if you are using a Red Ability card like ‘Flames of Light’ then you can play ‘Flybeetle Rescue’ first. Then, use the ‘Flames of Light’ to add a Bakugan to the Gate card when your opponent lands on it.

Using Gate cards and Ability cards in a strategic order is critical to claiming ultimate victory on the battlefield and is one of the most basic but necessary tactics to keep in mind.



I hope you’ve enjoyed my first tip and I can’t wait to share more battle tactics with you each month. If you have a strategy that you would like to share with me for a future article, send your tip to community@bakugan.com with the following subject line – “Battle Tactics with Bright Light: My Strategy Tip”!

Brawl on!

~ BrightLight

For more strategy tips, visit the 'Battle Tactics with BrightLight' section of the official Bakugan community.

BakuCon Dallas Live Coverage – January 23rd and 24th!

BakuCon Tournament Rules Updated

New Bakugan Episode – New Vestroia Episode 36: Samurai Showdown!

This week's episode features Baron's little sister, Maron, and she gets to have her piece of action on a Bakugan duel! Watch it here on the Bakugan Tv Show list, or go directly to the episode:

Bakugan New Vestroia Episode 36: Samurai Showdown!

Even Newer Gundalian Invaders!

Yep, MORE Gundalian Invaders that Baku813 (A.K.A. BakuEmpire) has found. This is STD with some great new Bakugan news. Here are the names of these amazing new Bakugan:

Aranaut
Akwimos
Krakix
Sabator
Lumino Dragonoid
Hakapoid

Gundalian Invaders are rumored to be released in March. So cross your fingers, and hope for the best!

>>> more at Brand New Gundalian Invaders <<<