Bakugan: Defenders of the Core

The game follows a separate story arc from the anime, in which the Resistance must protect Earth from a furious assault by the Vexos who are slowly taking over in order to destroy all of the Resistance's havens and Drago who contains the Perfect Core that the Vexos are searching for.

The gameplay is split into 2 sections; stealth sections wherein the player sneaks around enemy occupied-territory, and Third-person brawler sections centered around mixing light and heavy combos

In Story Mode the player travels the world to collect Core Fragments while evading security drones. Bakugan are used to disarm laser traps and other security devices.

Battle Mode uses a fighting engine similar to Dragon Ball Z games and ability cards that are used to make powerful attacks. Bakugan can be captured, of which twenty can be used in Battle Mode. And Features 3 different gamemodes

The DS, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Defenders of the Core received "mixed" reviews according to Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave the DS version a score of three sevens and one six for a total of 27 out of 40.

The PlayStation Portable received positive reviews according to Game Rankings.