Bakugan (2023)
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| Preceded by | Bakugan: Legends |
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Bakugan, or Bakugan 3.0 (Unofficial name) is the first season of the third generation of the Bakugan franchise. This season dramatically restructures the Bakugan brand, replacing and changing much about the toys, products, and overall gameplay.
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History
Products relating to the franchise rework of Bakugan were first seen in public at the Brazilian toy event Abrin 2023.[1] Products began to release in the United Kingdom and other countries during the early part of 2023.
On June 14th, 2023, the official Bakugan social media pages updated their imagery to reflect the third generation [2], and promotional videos were uploaded during the rest of June and July to tease the new show's characters and themes.
Physical Game
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Bakugan introduces entirely new gameplay for the franchise. While the full extent of the game is not currently known, this version of the game no longer uses the TCG format of the previous five seasons, moving towards a game that utilizes a split-card system.
Clans
- For more information on the Clan system, see Clan.
Bakugan no longer uses the Faction system from Generation 2, instead adding a new set of symbols, called Clans, each with currently unknown purposes and meanings:
| Name | Symbol | Description |
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| Avian Clan | 
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The Avian Clan encompasses flying or otherwise airborne Bakugan. |
| Insect Clan | 
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The Insect Clan encompasses bug-like Bakugan. |
| Dino Clan | 
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The Dino Clan encompasses prehistoric Bakugan. |
| Dragon Clan | 
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The Dragon Clan encompasses draconic Bakugan. |
| Mammal Clan | 
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The Mammal Clan encompasses mammalian Bakugan. |
| Aquatic Clan | 
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The Aquatic Clan encompasses aquatic Bakugan. |
| Misfit Clan | 
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The Misfit Clan encompasses Bakugan or Brawlers who do not fit into any of the other Clans. This symbol appears on cards as a secondary Clan symbol, denoting that the Bakugan belong to the Misfit Clan. |
Cards and Gameplay
The third Generation introduced three types of cards to replace the card types from Generation 2:
- CC - Character Cards: they are the larger, "top" half of the cards which are the Bakugan themselves
- SA - Special Attack Cards: the smaller lower half of the cards
- BC - Brawler Cards: cards with characters that provide bonuses
Bakugan also introduced several sets of Gate Cards, corresponding to the various Clans:
- AQU - water inspired Gate Cards
- AVI - avian inspired Gate Cards
- DRA - dragon inspired Gate Cards
- DIN - dinosaur inspired Gate Cards
- INS - insect inspired Gate Cards
- MAM - mammalian inspired Gate Cards
In keeping with the split theme, Bakugan also introduces Special Attack Bakugan that have halves that can sperate and combine with other respective Bakugan halves, similar to Generation 1's BakuTech Bind System.
Products
Most, if not all, of the physical aspect of the franchise have been redesigned from previous iterations.
Known products are:
- Special Attack Bakugan - contains one Special Attack Bakugan
- Bakugan Street Brawl - contains one Bakugan bottom half and two top halves
- Bakugan Training Set -
- Bakugan Clash Pack -
- Bakugan Ultimate Pack -
- Bakugan Starter Pack - contains one Special Attack Bakugan, two standard Bakugan, and unknown accompanying products
- Bakugan Battle Pack - contains two Special Attack Bakugan, three standard Bakugan, and unknown accompanying products
- Bakugan Battle Arena
- Mythic Pack - plastic packs containing a single translucent Bakugan
- Baku-Tin - plastic tin containing one Special Attack Bakugan and a small lid that can function as a playspace
Anime
Devon Mack, the voice of Wynton Styles, alluded to a new anime currently in production with the character Griffin being voiced by one of his students.
A listing on B&M's website for assorted Bakugan Core Balls, seemingly for Generation 3, also mentioned a Netflix show.[3]
On June 14th, 2023, the official Bakugan social media pages updated their imagery to reflect the third generation. One of these images was a shot of Dragonoid from the presumed upcoming accompanying show.[4]
On June 16th, 2013, the official Bakugan YouTube channel uploaded a teaser for a new Bakugan anime coming soon to Netflix.[5]
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