My son is 7 yrs old and he loves this game. It holds his attention and he really enjoy's another way to play with his bakugan. Personally, I feel the cards and crappy plastic balls are horribly over priced and break too easily, so I almost preffer the video game. I should note I am not big on video games; but, compared to the quality of the actual toy's, I think this is the better buy.

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For you whom are confused by Bakugan, check out [...]. They have everything there on how the battles work to how a brief description of the storyline.

On to the game:

This game was a Christmas present for my 7(almost 8) year old daughter.

She was able to jump right in and start playing without any parental help. I sat behind her as she told me about the different characters and what they do.

This is a must have for your younger Bakugan lover.

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My eight year old son love this game. He was a bit frustrated at first, but soon caught on and likes the challenge.

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I purchased this for my Great grandson for Christmas. Gave it to him Christmas eve. Christmas morning I received a phone call from my granddaughter saying when the rest of the household awoke, he had not opened any of his gifts, instead he had been in his room for about an hour playing this game. He will turn 10 in another week, and in my opinion, anything that can keep a child's interest that strongly, is something I would always recommend.

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My kids really enjoy this game since they are very into Bakugan toys. Great price from Amazon - my favorite place to shop!

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They got it today. They were waiting for it , for a week. When they got it .It went right into the wii.They got it sixs hours ago and they are still playing it . They love it.

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My 10 year old son is crazy about Bakugan, and he loves this game. He did beat the main/story mode game pretty fast, but he still enjoys battling.

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This game was purchased for my 12 year old grandson. He loves the game and I would recommend this for any child 12 and older. Great graphics and action. This game was for the Wii system.

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My 7 year old daughter got this as a gift and between her and my 11 year old son the game barely gets turned off. It is a great fun to play alone and with friends, holds good to the shows and seem so far to last a very long time. The game play is very enjoyable.

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I have 3 young boys and got my oldest this game for his birthday. They all love it! If youy kids are into the Bakugan balls and watch the show, they will love this game.

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My kids love the Bakugan spheres...it's a kind-of mashup of the classic game of Marbles and some of the new anime-based games like Pokemon or Yu-Gi-OH! The "live" game is cool because the engineering behind the spheres is really cool. Roll them onto a metal card and a magnetic switch activates, popping open the thing to reveal a robotic character. Some of them are really intricate and amazing; my kids have played with them for a year or more now and still not a single malfunction.

Anyway, one downside to the "real" Bakugan game is that all that engineering comes at a price; I figured the video game would allow us to buy one thing and all the collectables would be included in the game, and so far I was right.

Basically there are a couple of modes of interest...story line (where you have to defeat an increasing level of computer opponents in order to see the whole story unfold), and arena (where you can just play the game against the computer or against up to 3 other friends).

My 6 year old can play it, though it took a little practice to be able to grasp the sphere and throw it accurately. Steering it is something new that you couldn't do in a "live" game and it's pretty cool. The game otherwise plays just like the "real" game except there is a skill-based element at the very end of the battle that allows you to boost your models's GP a bit to break a tie (or win a close match). It really helps to be able to read. A 6 year old can noodle around by himself/herself, but an adult will have to help navigate the storyline. An 8 year old could probably figure it all out, and a 10 year old or older should have no problem. My 4 year old likes to watch, but just isn't ready to put it all together.

My one complaint is that the instruction manual is VERY basic. You basically have to figure out how to do things like edit your deck, swap out your Bakugan, and even how to set the game up so you can play against a friend instead of a computer opponent. This seems to be a trend in videogaming these days...give you the structure and force you to figure out the rest as "part of the fun". It is, kind of, but it's also a bit frustrating at times.

Anyway, we've had the game for 2 days and we've played the heck out of it. It's a lot of fun and something I can do with my kids and everyone has a good time.

I think it's essential that you've either watched the Tee Vee show or played the actual game before. Getting dumped into this universe cold will simply lead to confusion.

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Grandson really liked this game - so much that he didn't share the Wii with his brother

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Bought this for two different young boys. They both liked it, especially since they like the toys and series. Probably not the case for everyone, but if you are a fan of the series, it will be more enjoyable.

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Really fun game. My six year old and 5 year old play it pretty well. It's a little hard at first but they have caught on. What I like is there is very little reading. I recently got a Pokemon Wii game and it was ALL reading - which is not easy for little ones who will be playing the game. Bakugan is much better.

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I bought the game for my 7 year old. He says it is really cool and loves it. I only gave it a 3 because of all the games he got for Christmas he plays this one the least.

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