History TabletopGame / Bakugan

* '''Gate Card Set''': Two players set down the Gate Cards face down on the battlefield.

Players are then free to either set more Gate Cards or Roll Bakugan, [[TakeAThirdOption or both]]. Rolling of Bakugan is required and once one is rolled it is put into the used pile until all three are used, at which it is returned to the unused pile. Ability Cards can only be used once unless stated so on the card, therefore putting them in the used pile permanently..

* '''Battle Gear:''' Released as part of the B4/Gundalian Invaders set. Are colored in the same manner as gate cards and provide Bakugan with slight G-Power boosts. Also [[RuleOfCool Look really cool.]]

* '''[=BakuNano=]''': The replacement for battle gear in B5.

There are six attributes based on the [[ElementsDoNoTWorkThatWay elements.]] Each with its own unique style.

* The victor then places their open Bakugan and the [=BakuCore=] on top of their Character Card. The other player puts any [=BakuCore(s)=] their Bakugan picked up back into the Hide Matrix where it was originally located. The first to win three [=BakuCores=] wins the match.

* [[ExtraOreDinary Aurelus]]: Replaces Sub Terra. Has Character Cards with high base B-Power but no abilites, and has no Ability Cards besides Evo forms.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Pyrus(Red), Aquos(Blue), Ventus(Green), Subterra(Tan), Haos (Grey) and Darkus (Black)
* ElementalPowers:

** Largely averted with ''Battle Planet''. The Basic Rules only require three Bakugan, their character cards, and their required [=BakuCores=]. Even the TCG Rules simplify things by making any Ability Card playable as Energy and the same energy being usable by all Factions, unlike many [[TradingCardGame]]s. However, it can appear this way at first due to the official rules having rather thorough explanations of every step of the game.

!! The [[{{Mons}} Mons]] themselves provide examples of:

* ExpansionPack: B1 (Battle Brawlers) was followed by B2 (More Battle Brawlers, but bigger bakugan due to the fact that the originals were [[WhatAnIdiot choking hazards]]), B3 (New Vestroia and the first Gundalian Invaders sets), then B4 (New Gundalian Invaders) and finally B5.

* NiceHat: Elfin’s frog hat.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters:
** ''Battle Brawlers'', over its history, produced literally hundreds of different toys.
** ''Battle Planets'' advertises that there are "hundreds of Bakugan to collect." Initially, about a dozen unique molds were released in multiple factions, which are treated in-fiction as being different individuals.

It began with B1s/Battle Brawlers (Who were slowly phased out due to being [[WhatAnIdiot choking hazards]]) and replaced with B2s (Battle Brawlers), followed by B3s (New Vestroia, some of the first Gundalian Invaders sets also held the B3 logo).