History VideoGame / Bakugan

* GuiltyPleasure: It's a half-ButtonMasher half-VideoGame/MetalGear clone.

* SchizophrenicDifficulty: The mission before the final boss is one of the most [[FakeDifficulty infuriating]] things ever put in a video game. You expect a really hard final battle. Well guess what? [[ArtificialStupidity The boss can spend the entire fight hitting a rock as you kill it.]]

* AdaptedOut: If the player actually came from the same universe as the first game, then Leonidas not existing can be considered this given that in this game, you have Dan's Maxus Drago as your starting Bakugan partner instead.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Spectra. Venoheld is present, but Spectra decides to seize the power of the core for himself.]]

* ClearMyName: Leonidas (insert no ''Film/ThreeHundred'' jokes) gets accused of a lot of things early on due to his late appearance (relative to every other Bakugan) and coincidentally appearing just before Drago gets curbstomped by [[spoiler:Vladitor]]. One of these includes an accusation of underhanded tactics against both Leonidas and his owner, you.

!! [[AC: Tropes specific to the first VideoGame (Bakugan Battle Brawlers):]]

!! [[AC: Tropes specific to the second video game (Battle Trainer)]]:

* SpaceBase: The Dark Star.

!! [[AC: Tropes specific to the third VideoGame (Defenders of the Core)]]:

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Spectra ultimately chooses to steal the power of the core for himself instead of for the Vexos.]]

There have been at least three ''Bakugan'' Video games.

* {{Cap}}: You can only upgrade a bakugan 9 times. Additionally, each of the 5 stats caps at 5. The maximum base G-Power of a bakugan can only be obtained by ignoring all the other stats.
* ClearMyName: Leonidus (insert no ''Film/ThreeHundred'' jokes) gets accused of a lot of things early on due to his late appearance (relative to every other bakugan) and coincidentally appearing just before Drago gets curbstomped by [[spoiler:Vladitor]]. One of these includes an accusation of underhanded tactics against both Leonidus and his owner, you.
* DarkIsNotEvil: You have the option of starting with a set of Darkus bakugan at the start of the game, which sets Leonidus to be a Darkus bakugan. It doesn't affect the story one bit.
** LightIsNotGood: you also can have a Haos (light) Leonidus that initially wants the destruction of all bakugan. Incidentally, the ingame card artwork indicates Haos Leonidus is canon, since you cannot have more than one Leonidus. ever.
* GangUpOnTheHuman: In a 4-player free-for-all on the console version, The AI [[SubvertedTrope always helps whoever has the lowest G-Power level.]] [[ArtificialStupidity even if that means helping someone who has 2 gate cards.]] On the DS version, the AI behaves more sensibly, always aiding the person with the least amount of gate cards.

* InterfaceScrew: The ''confusion'' and ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin mirror]]'' Hyper Ability Cards on the console versions. Mirror reverses the controls for steering the bakugan. Confusion distorts the screen itself. Both also screw up the AI's steering.
* LuckBasedMission: "Fickle Finger of Fate" randomly changes the rate that the bakugan generates G-Power in a battle.

* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Vladitor]], who is only able to escape his imprisonment when the events that caused the Bakugan to appear on Earth in the first place transpire. Leonidus eventually surfaces from the Doom Dimension, but only shortly before [[spoiler:Vladitor and [[BigBad Marduk]]]] appear and start knocking out all of the bakugan players.

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: There are six elements; Pyrus (Fire), Aquos (Water), Ventos (Air), Haos (Light), Darkus (Dark-obviously) and Subterra (Earth). Each one has a weakness and a strength.

!! [[AC: Tropes specific to the third VideoGame (Defenders Of The Core)]]:
* AdaptedOut: If the player actually came from the same universe as the first game, then Leonidas not existing can be considered this given that in this game, you have Dan's Magnus Drago as your starting Bakugan partner instead.

* RightManInTheWrongPlace: The player was simply a rookie Brawler who just happened to be thrown into a BadFuture where the Brawlers are defeated and powerless and they're the only one who can Brawl. Thus, the task of saving the world falls on them.

* ClearMyName: Leonidus (insert no ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]'' jokes) gets accused of a lot of things early on due to his late appearance (relative to every other bakugan) and coincidentally appearing just before Drago gets curbstomped by [[spoiler:Vladitor]]. One of these includes an accusation of underhanded tactics against both Leonidus and his owner, you.

* GuiltyPleasure: It's a half-ButtonMasher half-Franchise/MetalGear clone.

* RuleOfCool: Gate Cards? Ability Cards? [[TheyJustDidntCare Who cares!]] We have [[{{Kaiju}} giant monster]] fights!

There have been at least three Bakugan Video games.

* GuiltyPleasure: It's a half-ButtonMasher half-MetalGearSolid clone.

* GameBreaker: Of all things, Darkus Leonidus with a specific set of 4 cards (one Gate Card, 3 Ability Cards) can easily break 1000 G-Power before adding pickups and whatever is generated in the battle itself. To say nothing about Omega Leonidas with Darkus Attribute and the same setup (substituting one ability card).

* {{Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors}}: There are six elements; Pyrus (Fire), Aquos (Water), Ventos (Air), Haos (Light), Darkus (dark) and Subterra (Earth). Each one has a weakness and a strength.

* LouisCypher: Dr. Trecov is actually Vector in disguise.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The stealth theme for Britain.

There have been three Bakugan Video games

!! [[AC: Tropes specific to the first VideoGame:]]

!! [[AC: Tropes specific to the second VideoGame (Defenders Of The Core)]]:

* RightManInTheWrongPlace: The player was simply a rookie Brawler who just happened to be thrown into a BadFuture where the Brawlers are defeated and powerless and they're the only one who can Brawl. Thus, the task of saving the world falls on them.

* TheRightManInTheWrongPlace: The player was simply a rookie Brawler who just happened to be thrown into a BadFuture where the Brawlers are defeated and powerless and they're the only one who can Brawl. Thus, the task of saving the world falls on them.

* TheWrongManInTheRightPlace: The player was simply a rookie Brawler who just happened to be thrown into a BadFuture where the Brawlers are defeated and powerless and they're the only one who can Brawl. Thus, the task of saving the world falls on them.

* BlackHoleSue: '''[[PlayerPunch YOU]]''', you're the only one who can brawl and [[strike: steal]] can use everyone else's Bakugan.