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Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance

It is based on the Bakugan anime season, Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia. The new battle mode uses a new fighting engine similar to that of a Tower Defense game.

8 November 2011

Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance is an adventure developed by Magic Pockets, released 8 November 2011 on Nintendo DS.

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What Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance is

Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance is an adventure game developed by Magic Pockets and released in 2011. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

It is based on the Bakugan anime season, Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia. The new battle mode uses a new fighting engine similar to that of a Tower Defense game.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and science fiction.

Where it sits in the Bakugan Battle Brawlers series

Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance is the eighth of 9 entries we hold in the Bakugan Battle Brawlers series. It arrived a year after Bakugan: Defenders of the Core. The next entry was Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia in 2020.

See all 9 Bakugan Battle Brawlers games in release order →

What it launched against

Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance launched on 8 November 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Minecraft: Java Edition.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition.

Official trailer

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When did Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance come out?
Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance was released on 8 November 2011 for Nintendo DS.

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