Then the battles themselves are in real time. Before you fight, you pick the Beyblade with the stats to match both the arena and your opponent – defensive, balanced or attack. The game simulates these real world physics in each enemy encounter. That momentum can be maximised by heavier ring components that are smooth to avoid jarring contact or it can be used in anger with rings that jut out to catch unsuspecting opponent’s tops and fling them from the arena.
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A more defensive style will use a tip that keeps the spinning top still to try and avoid contact and conserve momentum. A more aggressive set-up will include a fast tip that sees the Beyblade flinging itself around the arena in an effort to knock competitors out. The tip specifies whether it will move around or stay still. Only rather than 256 combinations here there are literally tens of thousands.Īlso, it’s the physical behaviour of each part that dictates how it will behave in battle. Those who missed the craze may not realise that the main novelty of Beyblades is that they can be mix and matched (much like Skylanders SWAP Force). Get over the peculiarity of this - and let’s face it there are plenty of weird RPGs out there - and you realise that the real enjoyment is had in understanding how the hundreds of different Beyblade components interact with each other in battle. But instead of characters in your party you develop a set of spinning tops. Lurking beneath this cartoon title is in fact a pretty nuanced RPG. This not only allows you to improve your collection of Beyblades, but also pits you against different challengers. Instead, the design intends you to work through the tournaments a number of times. Unlike many other games, you don’t finish it by completing the story. Along the way you earn money and start building up your collection. The game works around a central story where you progress through various Beyblade Tournaments and mini-games to get to the final Championship. We spent a week or so with the game to see what all the fuss was about, and when it came time to return it, we found ourselves pining for the coveted Beyblade collection we had spent so long crafting.
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However, there is more here than meets the eye. Many will assume that this is really only for fans of the cartoons and spinning tops – young players, or those that were young when the Beyblade craze was rife. There are plenty of clangers to avoid, but discerning the chaff from the wheat is becoming somewhat harder.īeyblade Evolution on 3DS is coming this year and may well be the best game you’ve overlooked in 2013. With the growing interest in games like Skylanders SWAP Force and Disney Infinity, core gamers have learned to look a little harder at cartoony offerings before writing them off.