Bakugan video games coming soon

February 28, 2009

Activision has just announced that it will be coming out with Bakugan video games later in 2009. Activision has reached an agreement with Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Nelvana Enterprises to develop and distribute video games based on the hit anime television and toy series Bakugan, which was also voted “Toy of the Year” for 2008. The first Bakugan game will be released for Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment systems in the fall of 2009.

Bakugan toys have exploded in popularity in the US, since arriving on the scene in early 2008. It was first a a very popular animated series on “Cartoon Network” with children, and then the toys and games were spawn from it and have also taken off. Now, with the announcement of a Bakugan video game coming up later this year, it should be just as popular, and should open up a whole new Bakugan interactive world.

A genuine toy craze in the 2008 holiday season, Bakugan recently won three “Toy of the Year” awards from The Toy Industry Association: overall Toy of the Year, Boy Toy of the Year, and Property of the Year.

The video games, under development by veteran Japanese studio NOW Production, will render the elements that made Bakugan a worldwide phenomenon into mind-blowing digital experiences. Everything a Bakugan enthusiast and gamer would love is here - intense battles, the ability to create your own Brawler, cartoon quality graphics and multiplayer combat.