reading through the new vestroia handbook and giving my thoughts™️as i go. note that im using my current knowledge of s2 as a reference + the small jpn descriptions from the official s2 website:
"wilda is a massive creature made of metal and iron, and she uses her mighty strength to pound opponents into the ground."
wilda is referred to with female pronouns both here and in his character bio, which is incorrect according to the show (but ig trans wilda ftw lolol)
"baron tried to help out by working as a waiter in runo's family restaurant, but he broke too many dishes!"
is that what mr. misaki told you
gus' character bio makes no mention of his devotion to spectra or their ambition to take over vestal, which is interesting considering it's mentioned in gus' jpn bio which is like, 3-4 sentences long.
"like his sometime battle partner lync, volt uses a mechanical bakugan created by professor clay [brontes.]"
straight up not true?? brontes is an organic bakugan. how else can he evolve??
the descriptions of the six attributes are pretty cool and varied but i feel like subterra and darkus didn't get as much in depth description compared to the other attributes rip
again, in brontes' character page, he's described as a mechanical bakguan created by professor clay, which is not true.
"brontes has no fear. he will use forbidden abilities, which may destroy his own body, and will challenge even the strongest opponents."
the forbidden abilities was used on brontes by gus against his will and again, the forced evolution wouldn't have worked on him if he had been a machine.
"dynamos is a bakugan trap, another mechanical bakugan created by professor clay."
well. . .technically, bakugan traps are ancient bakugan brought back to life by the vexos, so i'd say they're organic, too. plus, since the resistance has such qualms about the existance of mechanical bakugan, there's no way they'd use ones themselves if bakugan traps were mechanical.
"to overcome his short lifespan, the powerful helios became a cyborg — and now reigns as the supreme mechanical bakugan."
dunno about this short lifespan of helios' that they're talking about but helios became a cyborg so he could compete with the power of the perfect core.
"[about nemus] an egyptian king in gold and blue armor."
the japanese wikipedia says nemus resembles kanon, the east asian representation of avalokiteśvara, a bodhisattva associated with compassion. im more inclined to believe the jpn wiki rather than the handbook because so far, there's been a lot of inaccuracies and i wouldn't be surprised if this was yet another one of them.
the last paragraph of alpha hydranoid's character page is. definitely something.
"alpha hydranoid is the third step in the evolution of hydranoid, a one-headed dragonoid. alpha hydranoid evolved when he battled with dan and drago to help save vestroia from destruction. later, he became the guardian bakugan of masquerade."
🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿what
lars lion and oberus are referred to with male pronouns.
Coming out of art block with something completely different to my normal style. This was a lot of fun! And took a lot of pressure off since I wasn’t expecting perfection of myself. Maybe I’ll come back to this idea another time, who knows.
(Pretty inspired by Karina’s drawing in Drawfee’s Opposite Art Style Challenge video)
This is the second opening of Bakugan Battle Brawlers, once again, sung by Psychic Lover! I hope you like this!
Lyrics:
Zawameku jidai no NOIZU furikitte
Mayoi konda jikan no hazama Another World
DETARAMA na RUURU ja nani mo kaerarenai
Kokoro kasa ne makiokose kakumei no Storm