I knew beyblade X was going to be a golden era just by the feels at the time. I had just gotten my first job and pre ordered from Japan, then I started reading the manga and watching the anime. This season of beyblade feels like the best of all previous seasons.
i always wanted beyblades to be heavy and like building a car, heavy metal was the closest though i liked the original designs the most. now all beayblades are simply round, thats so boring.
@@keshang_laow8325 yeah this gen has grown the community in my country (im from chile by the way ) so much that we have something similar to the WBBA but in a national style so its like a NBBA, well the community existed before X but now with bey x has grown a lot and we have region community and teams and we make tournaments across all country and make a national tournament were bladers of all the regions of chile (region its like a state here in chile)
@@JettKusoua-cam.com/video/hOwTLiAGY0k/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared By the way, have you heard of Southeast Asia holding a Beyblade X tournament with representatives from different countries?
I absolutely love X because it feels like the original Metal Series but cranked to 100. I legit had an X bey rip skin off of my thumb and that’s when I knew that we were so back.
Glad I’m not the only one getting battle scars, recently had an X style Driger both bruise and scrap skin off my finger while reaching for a knocked out bey. Insane how much damage they do compared to older beys lmao
I had a ton of metal fights. the original bull, leone, pegasus, sagittarius, virgo. they’re across the county in storage but i wonder how they would hold up to X
Beyblade X just blows my mind because it is the prime example of big companies actually listening to the fans and getting good results. The end of Burst, the main complaint in Japan was that the Beys were too clunky, complex, and barely bursted, which was, y'know, the WHOLE BLOODY POINT OF THAT ERA OF BEYBLADE. And the main complaint in America was that they legit felt like little plastic simple spinny tops for babies. And guess what. BOTH SIDES LISTENED. Beys now only have 3 parts, very lightweight compared to the 60-70 gram Burst beys, and they added the X-Line so now you have two bullet-speed metal spinners crashing into each other. Of course they're gonna burst now. In America, beys now have the same quality as in Japan, making the game much more fun for all ages. And now, more people are falling in love with Beyblade than ever. Veterans are returning, newcomers are arriving, and publicity is through the roof. I really hope other companies learn from the success of Beyblade X. LISTENING TO THE FANS WORKS.
As a bakugan kid I always thought beyblade was lame, just spinning tops with pictures on them while bakugan actually turned into something Now as an adult, I'm witnessing beyblade turn Into something that actually looks awesome, something that kid me would have loved. I may have outgrown bakugan, but I'm getting something just as cool to replace it lol
@@nugget3687 Same here. I've always liked Beyblade, but Bakugan just seemed better in so many ways (show, collectability, more complex rules). Now I'm not really into Bakugan anymore, but Beyblade is stepping its game up, and I am all for it!
As a teen who grew up with metal fight beyblade i like the return of metal contact points in beyblades and the beys getting smaller unlike the last burst beyblades
The original Beyblades were what got me into building gunpla/plamo kits as an adult. But I also understand why that model just doesn't work for a toy like a battle top. Lol
Ratchets affects height, weight, burstability, and WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION. People keep forgetting that ratchets help with beyblade balance, 5-60's help top heavy blades to keep balance, same as 7-60 (this is why its good for a thick def blade like crest, and for top heavy blades like dragoon, WT, and blackshell)
YES I keep seeing people forget this. While it might feel like nothing in our hands it's makes a difference on the bey. 1-60 is a good example of a ratchet that can be used for unbalanced movement/weight distribution or balancing an unbalanced blade.
I lost my grandfather around 2 years ago in december. Your part about "the golden age" made me burst in tears. My parents always spoilt me early on and grew to distaste toys in general ( i grew out of it later on , dont worry ) I got into beyblade and my grandpa always snuck me after class to buy knock offs bey because we couldnt afford the real ones. I remember he had bought me an original libra because i begged for it once , he fixed a bunch of launchers i broke and even made a makeshift bey stadium for me. I didnt know where my bey went , his moped has been sold , my grandma still despises him and my parents consider him "just" a worker and not a succesfull person. If youre reading this , drop your phone and just live in the moment , breathe it in , the cringyness , the small stuff , the toys you were afraid of being too grown up to play , the friends you distanced from because they didnt grow. One day itll all end I miss him
Kind of awkward perhaps to say this, but I also lost my grandpa 2 years ago, on January. As a kid my (also now deceased) mom would buy me knock off beys because we also couldn't afford the real ones. The first time she did, and we were living with our grandparents at the time, my grandpa was furious at her, but for a reason I didn't expect: he wanted one too so that he could play with me. So the next day she bought another knock off, and every time I wanted a new bey because they were dirt cheap, my mom always had to buy 2. Those memories are really precious, and now I'm thinking of getting back into Beyblade with this iteration.
@@murabitojames sorry to hear that , hopefully you had a lot of good memories with your mom and grandfather. Most of my beys at the time was fake even to the very end actually , only a few like eagle and the green wolf thing ( this was the one where you can flip rings up or down ) was real , that and 2 or 3 libra because it was so op with stamina built. The best bey i had was an illegally moded fake twisted tempo that broke 2 pegasus', truth be told if i had to get original beys i prob wouldnt be as invested back then. Here's to our future hobby
Something that really has me interested in this gen is that bey construction actually matters, and that's gonna be a huge pull for the older crowd. It was a common joke both as a kid and years later on that the only important parts were the performance tip and the contact point (The blade, fusion wheel, w/e) everything else was for aesthetic. That is not the case in X. The blades affect how you hit the bey, the ratchet affects its defense and lifespan essentially, and the bit affects spin pattern in, as you said, *predictable* ways. Adding even a new ratchet changes your X bey, where as your metal fusion bey would do the exact same thing regardless of what energy wheel or spin track you used. Hell the performance tip really was the most important piece. The predictable customizability where your piece choice actually matters is what will get your TCG players and tabletop nerds in general into this. I actually am building a collection to introduce to my local game store to hopefully start a more hardcore tournament scene up here in Western Washington XD
I think by far my favorite thing about X is that for the first time in history, TT and Hasbro are ACTUALLY ON PAR It massively increases the competetive scene's ease of access, and not to mention the launchers being the best they've ever been, the beyblades looking amazing, and the sheer intensity of the battles.
Hi! I'm from a village from Poland - and in my school no one was able to buy original beyblades - so we built our own - from bicycle sprockets and screws :) We tied a string around the screw and the drive was to throw it. The bigger and heavier the gear the better! we "played" with it during breaks at school and generally sometimes someone got hit with it, usually in the leg, but sometimes in the head. It often ended with some wounds and blood. It was the real "golden era" of Beyblade for me :)
Same, here in argentina we used to cut the pointy top of a glue bottle and inserted a broken cd, using a pencil and a thread to spin it. There were some injuries sure, but mostly great memories in times of poverty
7:19 Jake forgot about lower weight distribution (aka just heavier ratchets which is why 5-60 is so popular and 7-60 is really promising). Also while a bit more niche 1-60 has 2 popular purposes that it serves for more agro combos that being it can balance out unbalanced blades and when KO’d it’s really good at knocking itself back into the stadium meaning it lowers the amount of points your opponent gets from wins. These are Ratchet secrets Jake doesn’t want you to know
THat last part nearly made me cry, nostalgia of a golden era is so powerful. It sucks to see when other ips try to recreate that and only tarnish it when things like bakugan and beyblade just refreshed it, created new ones. Thanks for showing this, Jett. I'm excited to try the new beyblades
I was five years old when Beyblade launched stateside, and my cousin picked me out my first bey, Dragoon Storm. History would repeat itself twice over with that same cousin giving me my first Burst bey, Xcalius X2, and recently my first X bey, Sword Dran. I can't say for certain if Beyblade X is the final form of the icononic Japanese spinning top, But it comes pretty dang close. Also, I absolutely loved the ending message. It gave me a deeper sense of understanding why folks my age think the way they do, and enjoy the things we enjoy. Hearing that message further solidified my drive(car pun intended) for collecting kid's toys from my youth. Here's hoping that Mattel acknowledges AcceleRacers' existence for a 20th anniversary celebration, followed by a Hot Wheels 60th anniversary.
Your talk about the good ole days made me very sad. I feel like memories are all I have and every time I feel content, everything changes. I like this video.
I didn’t expect for a video about Beyblade to make me break into tears… But here we are. I got into Beyblade X last year because of you, Jett. It was a franchise I was always aware of but never thought would be right for me… Until your Bakugan reboot video and it made me curious. Now my husband and I are both obsessed, even a full year later. Documenting matches and doing weights and measures and theory crafting decks with each other. Unfortunately it looks like my local scene tried X out and decided to go back to older generations but this might have been the push I need to just…. start one on my own.
Beyblade has celebrated the franchise's 25th anniversary. Seeing this much popularity is more than the previous generations with the playerbase getting bigger and bigger! This is to show that a simple game mechanic while adding new gimmicks, strategy-based customization, collectible value, and a dedicated playerbase, show that Beyblade is not just a game that will last as a fad, but a hobby that has been tested by time.
The Ratchet BTW, determines the height, and where the burst gimmick is located (unlike in Burst which is located in the Layer part). It's important in customization because the bey should withstand low hits to avoid losing by a Burst Finish given that this generation of beys tend to tilt in lower angles.
The boring feel and attack types always losing were because of Hasbro's stadiums. Takara's stadiums weren't fully covered with walls so attack types could usually KO with ease. Metal Fight Limited is one of the most balanced formats out there for all of Beyblade.
For ratchets, there’s 3 things you’re mainly looking for in them, burst resistance, height, and weight. Something like 7-60 is the heaviest ratchet, and while it may not be the heaviest ratchet, it is heavy which is good for attack and defense. Something like 9 sided ratchets will have higher burst resistance because they’re much rounder, however they’re also lighter so they’re not as good for defense and attack but you don’t have to worry about bursting. Higher heights are also useful despite what was said, some things such as Tyranno Beat are great at hitting down so you want them higher than your opponent on 70/80 height ratchets. Higher stamina types can also sit on top of the shorter ones, however higher center of mass makes it so you have less pure stamina. Some other things like LAD and escaping pockets are important, 9-60 is very round which lets it spin longer when the bey can no longer keep itself upright so it spins more smoothly. 1-60 is also unbalanced and almost oval shaped which allows beys to smack themselves out of the pockets and come back in instead of being koed, 1-60 can also be used to balance tune combos.
The two sides of Jett Kuso: Haha the tops go spin Impermanence is the only permanent thing. Appreciate what you can now so you will have it to reflect on and not to regret missing.
So funny thing about the Limited parts handicap, I don't know if every scene does it, but the Metal Needle Bit is banned, not because it's OP (it's just meh for a stamina type, and the fact that S-tier Ball exists), but because I'm not about to mess with a part that'll just destroy a stadium.
I feel like most of the usual stamina bits (ball/orb) losing you a point feels like a change made exclusively for wizard rod since it disincentivises you from running stamina period, other than that i love it
I honestly feel the same way with how this new generation of Beyblade has gotten me back into a good nostalgia trip, specially after importing both Dranzer and Driger. Something about all this feels good, albeit short lived, which is why I've told all my friends about this new format and they've all gotten excited over it, one friend in particular is waiting in anticipation for when they bring back Draciel in the X format. I hope this generation stays for as long as it can, but even if it does go away or changes for the worse, at least Beyblade X is giving me back some childhood joy.
the biggest indicator of how big beyblade x is how many tournaments there are even tho it's only 1st wave of the gen. Like here in Indonesia, there's already a national tournament planned later this year. Both metal fight and burst took a while to get this level of interest from people, meanwhile bbx did it within less than 2 year.
Beyblade is and will always be my favorite game. And Beyblade X has reignited my passion for it, the intense battles and spectacular finishes is what pulled me in too.
It's so fun. I haven't touched beyblade since I was a kid. I saw the stadium for x with the two blades and grabbed them. My wife and I have been playing non stop
I just wanted to pop in and say that the moment you started talking about the different golden ages of our lives I welled up with emotions and hit that bell. Your video on the whole was excellent, but you bring it to a finish that will force me to share it with anyone who will listen.
It's so cool to see that Beyblade X has brought so many people both returning and newcomers into it!! This really is the Golden Era!! Awesome video, Jett!
My best friend loved playing beyblade, he even had a toolbox full of beyblades parts. He'll let me use whatever beyblade I'd liked tho I never really got into it cuz i fee like it was childish at that time (we were uni students). His enthusiasm just draws everyone around him to play too and watching this vid made me reminisced about those days. Alas, covid came and took him from this world. RIP Hanif, i missed you so much my good friend.
I think X will get more complex and customisable as time goes on and if they add gimmics and different materials to the beys. But as of right now seems like we are indeed in the golden era and I think it won’t change even if the beys get heavier and more complex.
Great video!! I started Beyblade X after only ever being into the OG era and its sooooo much funn!! Plus the star wars and marvel colabs make it super cool tooo!!
as a father of young children that just discovered your awesome channel and also Beyblade X, please dive head first into Beyblade X! It truly is a great hobby that is fun for adults (parents or not) and kids, they've nailed it.
Y’know you say that you get predictable with these emotional endings, but personally I feel it’s what I love about these videos, and keep me coming back
thanks alot Jett didnt think this video would make me tear up at 7am..but man that ending...you my friend just gained a new sub cant wait to see whats to come on this channel
As someone who has hovered around beyblade for 10+ years and dipped out juust as burst had it’s last line to then return to X and through Hasbro of all things, yeah it’s wild how well X has taken off and how good it is generally. The Anime/Manga is the closest we’ve seen since early burst to a series that treats the game more like a sport than a save the world adventure. The game itself has taken the best aspects of each previous generation and created something that fulfills the nostalgia of older players while also adding a new element that creates hype and also hooks in new audiences. And the means that have been taken at least early on to open the game up not only to kids but adults who have been fans of various hobbies to show how seriously it can be taken is really nice. Like it’s so good that there is a local environment in my city when I’d barely been able to see one for the last 5-6 years I had tried beyblade, and it’s next to a fighting game venue that has also slowly taken an interest in it too. I really hope it keeps up and at least expands to the point where we can have a proper world, national, or regional tournament again.
Dear JettKuso this video is a master piece you reminded me "the good old days" and and to live in the present to have more nostagic moments thank you for this video♥
To be clear on the Limited Rule, it was only used on one major tournament in Japan because they had reporters flying in from other countries, it has not been seen since
This is why I love the turbo stadium so much, they always go back to the center of the stadium. Less spinning very fast around your aponent for an hour and then going into the pocket and losing.
Never touched a beyblade in my life, but bought some of these as kinda a joke to make my friends play with. We ended up playing for like 3 hours , it was no joke that what they did with the X stuff is a lot more exciting overall.
Brilliant ending. It kinda made me emotional ngl. Gratitude Journaling does not work for me, as it reminds me how much could lose. Makes me terrified. But the way you put it, was a better way to look at it.
Back in 2017-2019 we had a Beyblade School club where we used to battle every day. We had different formats from burst to metalfights. It was like 20-30 kids in the schoolyard just battling.
I recently got into Beyblade X as well, and have been lucky enough to have friends who are willing to play with me, and it’s truly been so much fun and brought me back to my childhood when I’d play with the Metal Fight beys. Absolutely amazing video as Always Jett :)
I think you misunderstood TT’s stance on the limited list. It was only intended for a 1 on 1 format where each player only uses one bey. This is the format for the early rounds of Japan tournaments. The standard 3 on 3 format wasn’t intended to be used with the limited list. Furthermore the limited list was tested for use in one trial tournament in June and then subsequently it was decided that the list would not be implemented.
The end of this video is wonderful. Nostalgia got me into Beyblade X, but the love of this being so fresh is easily the best part of why I'm staying in it. In a world of jacked up pokemon and MTG cards, this is a fantastic affordable replacement.
As someone who grew up with the original Beyblades, I remember the thrill of those early battles and how intense they felt, especially with the occasional Chinese knockoff adding a bit more “spice” to the game. But after getting back into Beyblade from Burst through the Dynamite Battle (DB) series, I started noticing a pattern that took away some of that initial excitement. Beyblade has increasingly felt more like a cash grab than something designed purely for fun. With every new era, the previous ones become obsolete-not just in terms of parts, but even launchers and stadiums. At first, it was fun to collect new Beys and try out the latest gimmicks. But over time, it became clear that Takara Tomy’s strategy was to continuously release more attachments and accessories, often in expensive sets that include unwanted colours or Beys just to drive up the cost. Not to mention it is almost every month a new bey will come, or special sets ready for pre-order. We just can't keep up! The launcher situation is the same: no matter how high-end your launcher is, a new one with extra features is always just around the corner. Now with Beyblade X, they've introduced new rules, gear, and even more specialized stadiums, quickly making the older generations feel irrelevant. It's only been around a year since Beyblade X launched, and they’re already pushing another new stadium. Now, I stopped collecting because the direction feels too commercially driven. While I get that it's their strategy, I’m glad to have recognized it and taken a step back from the endless cycle - IMHO.
I’m a OG BeyBlader, 1st Gen only, then stopped paying attention but I still think it’s cool to see where it started to where it’s at now. Same with Pokémon (stopped at Gen 4), and Yu-Gi-Oh (stopped around gen 3) but seeing everything continuing to live on it’s awesome. But I lost all of my beyblades when we had our hurricanes back in 2004 or so, we basically lost everything. All of my toys, our furniture, only thins I was able to save were my hotwheels, video games, and TV’s basically since everything as off of the ground anyway. But I still wish I had all of my OG eBay blades for a collection of childhood things, for my office in my next house so I’ll be having to rebuy things. Only thing (luckily) I don’t have to buy are my 1st edition Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh carss
Watching the vid, enjoying it then about 19 minutes in bro hits the deepest, most insightful monologue about living in the now and enjoying yourself in a video about spinning tops That's what Blader spirit is all about
I live in Peru, and this is the first time I´ve seen Beyblades being officially sold and promoted here. They're still a bit pricey for this market, but not exorbitantingly so. I think they are good enough priced for a christmas gift, but not for a collectible kind of thing.
Ratchets help determine weight distribution and contact points. It also can determine how burstable a bey is. For instance 2-60 is a really easy to burst ratchet compared to something like 5-60. That being said, the alteration to the performance right now is very minuscule beyond just really small adjustments.
Ratchets dictate burst resistance, as well as height. The bumps on a ratchet can be hit by other beys, so the shape can influence how easy it is for an opposing blade to catch and push. 1, 3, and 9 sided ratchets are really round, 5 and 7 sided ratchets are thick and bulky, and 2 and 4 sided ratchets are really square. The more square it is, the easier it is to be pushed, where rounder ratchets are easier to deflect enemy blades. The height dictates how tall your bey is. A tall bey gainst a lower bey, you might be able to avoid ratchet contact (which can lead to bursting), or it can expose the ratchet for contact. There are 3 heights currently; 60, 70, and 80. If you're an attack or balance type, it's always safe to run a short height ratchet. As for defense and stamina, I don't really know too much to define that meta.
Dude! You absolutely sold me on Beyblade again! I remember having a couple beys when I was like 12, there were tournaments and stuff, but I kind of got bored. And now of all times, when I’m almost 24, I have this sudden urge for this stuff to be popular again here, but it’s not, with only a small local community, which is pretty toxic(
the voice and comment at 10:04 had me laughing its so true. I remember watching another video of yours talking about how B-Daman in japan had a "gat" launcher and it never came over here because NO! TOO DANGEROUS
Cute video! I've been playing since they came out when I was a kid and I feel just as good about X as I did about the original. I thought Burst was going to kill the series with how badly Hasbro effed up, but its a huge relief to see the game popular and good again. Definitely living a second or third golden era of bey
I remember when I first got into beyblade during the metal fight era and I collect them, and then I got back into it again during the burst era which is pretty cool and I also collected them as well, now I'm considering collecting X beys to try em out, overall 10/10 on the video jettkuso 👍
I got into every era apart from burst. I was about 11 when the first gen came out in the west. I was obsessed with it for a few years. Then in my 20s I tried out metal fusion. Now I'm into x and love it. I have stuff to learn about combos but that's part of the fun.
13:15 that was only true for the hasbro stadiums. In Takara stadiums mfb has a pretty healthy meta (especially limited format) with attack types being quite successful
Great video! It's awesome to see! A few things I'd like to say: Ratchets are actually pretty important. You wanna think of it as the micro adjustment part, a small bit of shape/weight/height optimization that *really* makes a bey tick. Usually small and round is good, but what nuc didn't mention is that the super round 9 Ratchet has probably the worst stamina of the meta ratchets, it's *only* for burst resistancez but still very good cuz its not that much worse. 3 is kinda the default Ratchet, and the fact all beys kinda have a triwing design due to the launcher prongs, it ends up balancing well enough to work in most situations. 5 is heavy and balanced, with good burst resistance and shape. 7 is the heaviest but has an uneven shape, but works with defense and attack combos well. Also limited points won't really fix the meta, it just bandaids it. Rod basically counters every other stationary combo in the game, so if you don't run it, you are pretty much throwing away a slot. If you do run it, you lose a point, and that puts you in the threshold to lose in one battle, not fun, nor is fixing the issue. You get more effective chances to take out rod, but that doesn't make the game balanced, just more inconsistent. And if you are running a limited part in general, you just cripple yourself too much, and the fact that ball is on that list makes it very hard to even run another stamina type. I don't get the problem with a ban. They messed up, it happens, just ban the mess up and continue your day until it's balanced again. It's not like a fighting game where each bey has a unique moveset, its a stamina type, you launch it and it spins. We have plenty of other well balanced options right below rod that would make the meta way better. It's just kinda sad to see, but honestly, things are getting better, goon is fixing a lot as a defense type.
Good comment and great insight! Though as someone who's competed in a half dozen local tournaments using the limited parts list, I disagree with your take on it. It's made things way more balanced, bringing down stamina in general (which makes things inherently more interesting IMO). It's a gentle adjustment. People still run those limited parts, but they're a bit riskier, and people tend to spread them across their deck rather than put it all into one bey. People can still run them, but we see a much wider variety of combos. I don't want to ban good parts, I just don't want ONE dominant combo with ALL the best parts crammed into it. Which seems to be the state of every other tournament. Buffing is better than nerfing, nerfing is better than banning, banning is better than nothing. Whatever makes the game the most exciting.
@JettKuso id argue a stamina meta doesn't mean boring if you know the game well. They turn the game into a more traditional game of RPS if there are competing stamina types, assuming they are easy to beat with attack. I also just think rod hurts ball with a limited ruleset, it makes it so you just don't really have a decent stamina option if you wanna run something else that isn't rod. I think with wing and the other attack options, limited makes sense, they're all incredibly strong, but I think limiting them to 1 of the limited blades instead of a point deduction just creates a bunch of diversity since they're all in competeting niches and you can only pick one. I'd argue also that you do make rod more risky, but I find it's just in a way that would better be solved by axeing WR since it's the biggest diversity killer for sure, and just letting the ecosystem return back to normalcy. You have a good take for sure though, that extra risk can make things a bit more fun, but I'm personally more ok with banning things like rod that I don't really feel contribute anything positive to the meta. That's just my take as someone who sat through burst comp, though while I have my issues with the limited system, less rod is less rod at the end of the day, so I'll take it! I just probably won't have my dream of running double stamina anytime soon.
Kuso do you know the piece number for that ball joint connector with the axle parts that is used on the toa mata to connect their arms/legs to the torso?
the whole thing about balancing the meta is super important. in burst for example there was a whole era where everyone was just using the exact same spriggan requiem combo lmao
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I knew beyblade X was going to be a golden era just by the feels at the time. I had just gotten my first job and pre ordered from Japan, then I started reading the manga and watching the anime. This season of beyblade feels like the best of all previous seasons.
@@JettKuso thanks but I'm good, sorry.
i always wanted beyblades to be heavy and like building a car, heavy metal was the closest though i liked the original designs the most. now all beayblades are simply round, thats so boring.
@@keshang_laow8325 yeah this gen has grown the community in my country (im from chile by the way ) so much that we have something similar to the WBBA but in a national style so its like a NBBA, well the community existed before X but now with bey x has grown a lot and we have region community and teams and we make tournaments across all country and make a national tournament were bladers of all the regions of chile (region its like a state here in chile)
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Golden age of Beyblade...until the WizardRod 9-60 B starts spinning
Lemme just give my opponent three points real quick... Use the list, people.
@@JettKuso Nah, I'd spin [or maybe swap 9-60 for 7-60 or 9-70]
@@JettKuso keep forgetting about the banlist lol
but yeah, free 3 point for a possible 1 point win, we ballin'
@@yorukaze1400 we use it at every tournament, it works like a charm!
@@JettKusoua-cam.com/video/hOwTLiAGY0k/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared By the way, have you heard of Southeast Asia holding a Beyblade X tournament with representatives from different countries?
I absolutely love X because it feels like the original Metal Series but cranked to 100. I legit had an X bey rip skin off of my thumb and that’s when I knew that we were so back.
Glad I’m not the only one getting battle scars, recently had an X style Driger both bruise and scrap skin off my finger while reaching for a knocked out bey. Insane how much damage they do compared to older beys lmao
I got a few metal shard logged into my skin and I was like “ah yes the good old days” 😂
I had a ton of metal fights. the original bull, leone, pegasus, sagittarius, virgo. they’re across the county in storage but i wonder how they would hold up to X
i just got back into beyblades aftre 10 years and my spiderman bey already broke part of my nail. IM SO HAPPY!!!
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Beyblade X just blows my mind because it is the prime example of big companies actually listening to the fans and getting good results. The end of Burst, the main complaint in Japan was that the Beys were too clunky, complex, and barely bursted, which was, y'know, the WHOLE BLOODY POINT OF THAT ERA OF BEYBLADE. And the main complaint in America was that they legit felt like little plastic simple spinny tops for babies.
And guess what. BOTH SIDES LISTENED. Beys now only have 3 parts, very lightweight compared to the 60-70 gram Burst beys, and they added the X-Line so now you have two bullet-speed metal spinners crashing into each other. Of course they're gonna burst now.
In America, beys now have the same quality as in Japan, making the game much more fun for all ages.
And now, more people are falling in love with Beyblade than ever. Veterans are returning, newcomers are arriving, and publicity is through the roof.
I really hope other companies learn from the success of Beyblade X. LISTENING TO THE FANS WORKS.
Bursts I felts like a engineer, no ty
X is simple, I wouldnt mind 4 pieces Max
Like a adds more weight or less
As a bakugan kid I always thought beyblade was lame, just spinning tops with pictures on them while bakugan actually turned into something
Now as an adult, I'm witnessing beyblade turn Into something that actually looks awesome, something that kid me would have loved. I may have outgrown bakugan, but I'm getting something just as cool to replace it lol
@@nugget3687 Same here. I've always liked Beyblade, but Bakugan just seemed better in so many ways (show, collectability, more complex rules). Now I'm not really into Bakugan anymore, but Beyblade is stepping its game up, and I am all for it!
As a teen who grew up with metal fight beyblade i like the return of metal contact points in beyblades and the beys getting smaller unlike the last burst beyblades
Now, if only another certain company that was trying to copy beyblade would copy this
don't get used to this rapid upload schedule... Deadlines be deadlines, but enjoy the stacked fruits of my labor!
too late, we want more (seriously though, don't burn yourself out 😅)
(sidenote : if you're up for it, and Nuc doesn't mind, more beyblade vids with your style would be fun ^^)
The original Beyblades were what got me into building gunpla/plamo kits as an adult. But I also understand why that model just doesn't work for a toy like a battle top. Lol
Ratchets affects height, weight, burstability, and WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION. People keep forgetting that ratchets help with beyblade balance, 5-60's help top heavy blades to keep balance, same as 7-60 (this is why its good for a thick def blade like crest, and for top heavy blades like dragoon, WT, and blackshell)
YES I keep seeing people forget this. While it might feel like nothing in our hands it's makes a difference on the bey. 1-60 is a good example of a ratchet that can be used for unbalanced movement/weight distribution or balancing an unbalanced blade.
I lost my grandfather around 2 years ago in december.
Your part about "the golden age" made me burst in tears. My parents always spoilt me early on and grew to distaste toys in general ( i grew out of it later on , dont worry )
I got into beyblade and my grandpa always snuck me after class to buy knock offs bey because we couldnt afford the real ones.
I remember he had bought me an original libra because i begged for it once , he fixed a bunch of launchers i broke and even made a makeshift bey stadium for me.
I didnt know where my bey went , his moped has been sold , my grandma still despises him and my parents consider him "just" a worker and not a succesfull person.
If youre reading this , drop your phone and just live in the moment , breathe it in , the cringyness , the small stuff , the toys you were afraid of being too grown up to play , the friends you distanced from because they didnt grow.
One day itll all end
I miss him
Kind of awkward perhaps to say this, but I also lost my grandpa 2 years ago, on January.
As a kid my (also now deceased) mom would buy me knock off beys because we also couldn't afford the real ones. The first time she did, and we were living with our grandparents at the time, my grandpa was furious at her, but for a reason I didn't expect: he wanted one too so that he could play with me. So the next day she bought another knock off, and every time I wanted a new bey because they were dirt cheap, my mom always had to buy 2.
Those memories are really precious, and now I'm thinking of getting back into Beyblade with this iteration.
@@murabitojames sorry to hear that , hopefully you had a lot of good memories with your mom and grandfather.
Most of my beys at the time was fake even to the very end actually , only a few like eagle and the green wolf thing ( this was the one where you can flip rings up or down ) was real , that and 2 or 3 libra because it was so op with stamina built.
The best bey i had was an illegally moded fake twisted tempo that broke 2 pegasus', truth be told if i had to get original beys i prob wouldnt be as invested back then.
Here's to our future hobby
A jettkuso video exclusively for the spinniest tops to ever top ?? A blessed day for bey, truly
Something that really has me interested in this gen is that bey construction actually matters, and that's gonna be a huge pull for the older crowd. It was a common joke both as a kid and years later on that the only important parts were the performance tip and the contact point (The blade, fusion wheel, w/e) everything else was for aesthetic. That is not the case in X. The blades affect how you hit the bey, the ratchet affects its defense and lifespan essentially, and the bit affects spin pattern in, as you said, *predictable* ways. Adding even a new ratchet changes your X bey, where as your metal fusion bey would do the exact same thing regardless of what energy wheel or spin track you used. Hell the performance tip really was the most important piece.
The predictable customizability where your piece choice actually matters is what will get your TCG players and tabletop nerds in general into this. I actually am building a collection to introduce to my local game store to hopefully start a more hardcore tournament scene up here in Western Washington XD
I think by far my favorite thing about X is that for the first time in history, TT and Hasbro are ACTUALLY ON PAR
It massively increases the competetive scene's ease of access, and not to mention the launchers being the best they've ever been, the beyblades looking amazing, and the sheer intensity of the battles.
Hi! I'm from a village from Poland - and in my school no one was able to buy original beyblades - so we built our own - from bicycle sprockets and screws :)
We tied a string around the screw and the drive was to throw it. The bigger and heavier the gear the better! we "played" with it during breaks at school and generally sometimes someone got hit with it, usually in the leg, but sometimes in the head. It often ended with some wounds and blood. It was the real "golden era" of Beyblade for me :)
Same, here in argentina we used to cut the pointy top of a glue bottle and inserted a broken cd, using a pencil and a thread to spin it. There were some injuries sure, but mostly great memories in times of poverty
7:19 Jake forgot about lower weight distribution (aka just heavier ratchets which is why 5-60 is so popular and 7-60 is really promising). Also while a bit more niche 1-60 has 2 popular purposes that it serves for more agro combos that being it can balance out unbalanced blades and when KO’d it’s really good at knocking itself back into the stadium meaning it lowers the amount of points your opponent gets from wins.
These are Ratchet secrets Jake doesn’t want you to know
What a great video!
Hah, indeed mermão.
Caramba até o beyga aq
"I'm new to beyblades" Could have fooled me. That one bakugan stream made you look like a total expert.
Using homestuck as a example is godly, especially since homestuck fans have basically been trying to recapture that feeling AKA when they were 14
THat last part nearly made me cry, nostalgia of a golden era is so powerful. It sucks to see when other ips try to recreate that and only tarnish it when things like bakugan and beyblade just refreshed it, created new ones. Thanks for showing this, Jett. I'm excited to try the new beyblades
I was five years old when Beyblade launched stateside, and my cousin picked me out my first bey, Dragoon Storm. History would repeat itself twice over with that same cousin giving me my first Burst bey, Xcalius X2, and recently my first X bey, Sword Dran.
I can't say for certain if Beyblade X is the final form of the icononic Japanese spinning top, But it comes pretty dang close.
Also, I absolutely loved the ending message. It gave me a deeper sense of understanding why folks my age think the way they do, and enjoy the things we enjoy.
Hearing that message further solidified my drive(car pun intended) for collecting kid's toys from my youth. Here's hoping that Mattel acknowledges AcceleRacers' existence for a 20th anniversary celebration, followed by a Hot Wheels 60th anniversary.
AcceleRacers is the best Hot Wheels has even been
@@TMAMovie It really was, even if it didn't *visually* age well.
I hope Jett Kuso mentions AcceleRacers in a Hot Wheels video, if he does one.
Your talk about the good ole days made me very sad. I feel like memories are all I have and every time I feel content, everything changes. I like this video.
I didn’t expect for a video about Beyblade to make me break into tears… But here we are.
I got into Beyblade X last year because of you, Jett. It was a franchise I was always aware of but never thought would be right for me… Until your Bakugan reboot video and it made me curious. Now my husband and I are both obsessed, even a full year later. Documenting matches and doing weights and measures and theory crafting decks with each other.
Unfortunately it looks like my local scene tried X out and decided to go back to older generations but this might have been the push I need to just…. start one on my own.
Beyblade has celebrated the franchise's 25th anniversary. Seeing this much popularity is more than the previous generations with the playerbase getting bigger and bigger! This is to show that a simple game mechanic while adding new gimmicks, strategy-based customization, collectible value, and a dedicated playerbase, show that Beyblade is not just a game that will last as a fad, but a hobby that has been tested by time.
The Ratchet BTW, determines the height, and where the burst gimmick is located (unlike in Burst which is located in the Layer part). It's important in customization because the bey should withstand low hits to avoid losing by a Burst Finish given that this generation of beys tend to tilt in lower angles.
i hope this movement also reflects in more countries such as brazil!
These are the good old days
It’s Nizuma!
5:50 I have no idea...
😅
Time to see what comes first, Jett winning a tournament with Wizard Arrow or you winning one with Leon Claw
❤
Not sure why, but this is among the single most evocative lines of text I've ever read. Stealing it
The boring feel and attack types always losing were because of Hasbro's stadiums. Takara's stadiums weren't fully covered with walls so attack types could usually KO with ease. Metal Fight Limited is one of the most balanced formats out there for all of Beyblade.
Interesting!
For ratchets, there’s 3 things you’re mainly looking for in them, burst resistance, height, and weight.
Something like 7-60 is the heaviest ratchet, and while it may not be the heaviest ratchet, it is heavy which is good for attack and defense.
Something like 9 sided ratchets will have higher burst resistance because they’re much rounder, however they’re also lighter so they’re not as good for defense and attack but you don’t have to worry about bursting.
Higher heights are also useful despite what was said, some things such as Tyranno Beat are great at hitting down so you want them higher than your opponent on 70/80 height ratchets. Higher stamina types can also sit on top of the shorter ones, however higher center of mass makes it so you have less pure stamina.
Some other things like LAD and escaping pockets are important, 9-60 is very round which lets it spin longer when the bey can no longer keep itself upright so it spins more smoothly. 1-60 is also unbalanced and almost oval shaped which allows beys to smack themselves out of the pockets and come back in instead of being koed, 1-60 can also be used to balance tune combos.
The two sides of Jett Kuso:
Haha the tops go spin
Impermanence is the only permanent thing. Appreciate what you can now so you will have it to reflect on and not to regret missing.
So funny thing about the Limited parts handicap, I don't know if every scene does it, but the Metal Needle Bit is banned, not because it's OP (it's just meh for a stamina type, and the fact that S-tier Ball exists), but because I'm not about to mess with a part that'll just destroy a stadium.
4:51 say that again, but slowly 🧐
Part 3 just…touching 🥹
Plz
I feel like most of the usual stamina bits (ball/orb) losing you a point feels like a change made exclusively for wizard rod since it disincentivises you from running stamina period, other than that i love it
I honestly feel the same way with how this new generation of Beyblade has gotten me back into a good nostalgia trip, specially after importing both Dranzer and Driger. Something about all this feels good, albeit short lived, which is why I've told all my friends about this new format and they've all gotten excited over it, one friend in particular is waiting in anticipation for when they bring back Draciel in the X format. I hope this generation stays for as long as it can, but even if it does go away or changes for the worse, at least Beyblade X is giving me back some childhood joy.
im not gonna lie, the end of this video really made me think and brought a tear to my eye. wonderful video.
SO YOU JOINED THE DARK SIDE HUH?!?! WELCOME!!! 🖤🙏🏿🙏🏿
Yes
Love it
the biggest indicator of how big beyblade x is how many tournaments there are even tho it's only 1st wave of the gen. Like here in Indonesia, there's already a national tournament planned later this year. Both metal fight and burst took a while to get this level of interest from people, meanwhile bbx did it within less than 2 year.
7:42 SHADOW WIZARD MONEY GANG!!!!!!!!
We love casting spells. 🦅
20:26
Beyblade is and will always be my favorite game. And Beyblade X has reignited my passion for it, the intense battles and spectacular finishes is what pulled me in too.
It's so fun. I haven't touched beyblade since I was a kid. I saw the stadium for x with the two blades and grabbed them. My wife and I have been playing non stop
Now that’s wholesome 😄
Great video with a hit of nostalgia! Subbed
I just wanted to pop in and say that the moment you started talking about the different golden ages of our lives I welled up with emotions and hit that bell. Your video on the whole was excellent, but you bring it to a finish that will force me to share it with anyone who will listen.
It's so cool to see that Beyblade X has brought so many people both returning and newcomers into it!! This really is the Golden Era!! Awesome video, Jett!
HOLY SHIT A BEYBLADE VIDEO FROM JETTKUSO
holy shit it's delty
Bro the 18:50ish to 21:20ish mark was so well said you literally had me almost tearing up. Unbelievable video, very well done!
The good old day of beyblade is when you build it yourself by snip each parts off and put it together.
My best friend loved playing beyblade, he even had a toolbox full of beyblades parts. He'll let me use whatever beyblade I'd liked tho I never really got into it cuz i fee like it was childish at that time (we were uni students). His enthusiasm just draws everyone around him to play too and watching this vid made me reminisced about those days.
Alas, covid came and took him from this world. RIP Hanif, i missed you so much my good friend.
your speech about "Good Old days" really touch my heart and made me think that after spend my money on beyblades is worth i, thanks man
arrow wizard money gang... we love letting it rip
"Apparently this bey is missing parts, seems fine to me, but I don't know what I'm talking about" 😂😂
I think X will get more complex and customisable as time goes on and if they add gimmics and different materials to the beys. But as of right now seems like we are indeed in the golden era and I think it won’t change even if the beys get heavier and more complex.
Great video!! I started Beyblade X after only ever being into the OG era and its sooooo much funn!! Plus the star wars and marvel colabs make it super cool tooo!!
when this man covers competitive aspect this man will hate wizard rod 9-60 ball
I think I’m more exhausted by people talking about it so much than I could ever get by battling it.
as a father of young children that just discovered your awesome channel and also Beyblade X, please dive head first into Beyblade X! It truly is a great hobby that is fun for adults (parents or not) and kids, they've nailed it.
Y’know you say that you get predictable with these emotional endings, but personally I feel it’s what I love about these videos, and keep me coming back
thanks alot Jett didnt think this video would make me tear up at 7am..but man that ending...you my friend just gained a new sub cant wait to see whats to come on this channel
As someone who has hovered around beyblade for 10+ years and dipped out juust as burst had it’s last line to then return to X and through Hasbro of all things, yeah it’s wild how well X has taken off and how good it is generally. The Anime/Manga is the closest we’ve seen since early burst to a series that treats the game more like a sport than a save the world adventure. The game itself has taken the best aspects of each previous generation and created something that fulfills the nostalgia of older players while also adding a new element that creates hype and also hooks in new audiences. And the means that have been taken at least early on to open the game up not only to kids but adults who have been fans of various hobbies to show how seriously it can be taken is really nice.
Like it’s so good that there is a local environment in my city when I’d barely been able to see one for the last 5-6 years I had tried beyblade, and it’s next to a fighting game venue that has also slowly taken an interest in it too. I really hope it keeps up and at least expands to the point where we can have a proper world, national, or regional tournament again.
If you like wizard arrow the best combo for it is 3-60 taper
Dear JettKuso this video is a master piece you reminded me "the good old days" and and to live in the present to have more nostagic moments thank you for this video♥
To be clear on the Limited Rule, it was only used on one major tournament in Japan because they had reporters flying in from other countries, it has not been seen since
This is why I love the turbo stadium so much, they always go back to the center of the stadium. Less spinning very fast around your aponent for an hour and then going into the pocket and losing.
(The one from Hasbro)
Never touched a beyblade in my life, but bought some of these as kinda a joke to make my friends play with. We ended up playing for like 3 hours , it was no joke that what they did with the X stuff is a lot more exciting overall.
Just incase anyone is curious song at the start is called super riser
20:24 SHADOW WIZARD MONEY DUEL WE LOVE CASTING SPELLS!!! 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
Leave it to JettKuso to give me a life lesson with a video about beyblades XD, keep up the great work.
The beys that look like candy! So colorful!
Your monologue about knowing when you're living in the good old days made me cry I hope you're happy.
Always loved your BGM selection
Brilliant ending. It kinda made me emotional ngl. Gratitude Journaling does not work for me, as it reminds me how much could lose. Makes me terrified. But the way you put it, was a better way to look at it.
Back in 2017-2019 we had a Beyblade School club where we used to battle every day. We had different formats from burst to metalfights. It was like 20-30 kids in the schoolyard just battling.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO SEE MORE OF THE GOLDEN ERA OF BEYBLADE THANK YOU FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL VIDEO!
I recently got into Beyblade X as well, and have been lucky enough to have friends who are willing to play with me, and it’s truly been so much fun and brought me back to my childhood when I’d play with the Metal Fight beys. Absolutely amazing video as Always Jett :)
12:04 the way my Yugioh Brain Tingled when I heard Synchro 😂😂😂😂
I loved the beyblade part of this video, but damn that speech at the end hit different 😂 You really made me think about this past year huh
I think you misunderstood TT’s stance on the limited list. It was only intended for a 1 on 1 format where each player only uses one bey. This is the format for the early rounds of Japan tournaments. The standard 3 on 3 format wasn’t intended to be used with the limited list. Furthermore the limited list was tested for use in one trial tournament in June and then subsequently it was decided that the list would not be implemented.
The end of this video is wonderful. Nostalgia got me into Beyblade X, but the love of this being so fresh is easily the best part of why I'm staying in it. In a world of jacked up pokemon and MTG cards, this is a fantastic affordable replacement.
3:42 Why was that so bloody smooth tho 🔥🔥
I am so happy I subscribed to you like 1,5year ago. LOVE YOUR CONTENT. Hope Babyblade will support you!
As someone who grew up with the original Beyblades, I remember the thrill of those early battles and how intense they felt, especially with the occasional Chinese knockoff adding a bit more “spice” to the game. But after getting back into Beyblade from Burst through the Dynamite Battle (DB) series, I started noticing a pattern that took away some of that initial excitement.
Beyblade has increasingly felt more like a cash grab than something designed purely for fun. With every new era, the previous ones become obsolete-not just in terms of parts, but even launchers and stadiums. At first, it was fun to collect new Beys and try out the latest gimmicks. But over time, it became clear that Takara Tomy’s strategy was to continuously release more attachments and accessories, often in expensive sets that include unwanted colours or Beys just to drive up the cost. Not to mention it is almost every month a new bey will come, or special sets ready for pre-order. We just can't keep up!
The launcher situation is the same: no matter how high-end your launcher is, a new one with extra features is always just around the corner. Now with Beyblade X, they've introduced new rules, gear, and even more specialized stadiums, quickly making the older generations feel irrelevant. It's only been around a year since Beyblade X launched, and they’re already pushing another new stadium.
Now, I stopped collecting because the direction feels too commercially driven. While I get that it's their strategy, I’m glad to have recognized it and taken a step back from the endless cycle - IMHO.
I’m a OG BeyBlader, 1st Gen only, then stopped paying attention but I still think it’s cool to see where it started to where it’s at now. Same with Pokémon (stopped at Gen 4), and Yu-Gi-Oh (stopped around gen 3) but seeing everything continuing to live on it’s awesome. But I lost all of my beyblades when we had our hurricanes back in 2004 or so, we basically lost everything. All of my toys, our furniture, only thins I was able to save were my hotwheels, video games, and TV’s basically since everything as off of the ground anyway. But I still wish I had all of my OG eBay blades for a collection of childhood things, for my office in my next house so I’ll be having to rebuy things. Only thing (luckily) I don’t have to buy are my 1st edition Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh carss
7:40 WIZARD ARROW REP LETS GO!!! My favourite bey before hells hammer released lol
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Watching the vid, enjoying it then about 19 minutes in bro hits the deepest, most insightful monologue about living in the now and enjoying yourself in a video about spinning tops
That's what Blader spirit is all about
What are you doing to me jett making me feel so sentimental feeling so nostalgic. You do it so well.
I live in Peru, and this is the first time I´ve seen Beyblades being officially sold and promoted here. They're still a bit pricey for this market, but not exorbitantingly so. I think they are good enough priced for a christmas gift, but not for a collectible kind of thing.
YESSSSS, Jett Kuso is in Shadow Wizard Money Gang confirmed!!!! 7:40
Ratchets help determine weight distribution and contact points. It also can determine how burstable a bey is. For instance 2-60 is a really easy to burst ratchet compared to something like 5-60. That being said, the alteration to the performance right now is very minuscule beyond just really small adjustments.
Ratchets dictate burst resistance, as well as height.
The bumps on a ratchet can be hit by other beys, so the shape can influence how easy it is for an opposing blade to catch and push. 1, 3, and 9 sided ratchets are really round, 5 and 7 sided ratchets are thick and bulky, and 2 and 4 sided ratchets are really square. The more square it is, the easier it is to be pushed, where rounder ratchets are easier to deflect enemy blades.
The height dictates how tall your bey is. A tall bey gainst a lower bey, you might be able to avoid ratchet contact (which can lead to bursting), or it can expose the ratchet for contact. There are 3 heights currently; 60, 70, and 80. If you're an attack or balance type, it's always safe to run a short height ratchet. As for defense and stamina, I don't really know too much to define that meta.
4:46 shadow wizard money gang we love casting spells
Welcome to the world of Beyblade JettKuso, love to see a Bakugan youtuber getting into the new Beyblade X
whoever came up with this redesign for Beyblades let alone the stadium, deserves EVERY raise imaginable.
Dude! You absolutely sold me on Beyblade again! I remember having a couple beys when I was like 12, there were tournaments and stuff, but I kind of got bored. And now of all times, when I’m almost 24, I have this sudden urge for this stuff to be popular again here, but it’s not, with only a small local community, which is pretty toxic(
the voice and comment at 10:04 had me laughing its so true. I remember watching another video of yours talking about how B-Daman in japan had a "gat" launcher and it never came over here because NO! TOO DANGEROUS
Cute video! I've been playing since they came out when I was a kid and I feel just as good about X as I did about the original. I thought Burst was going to kill the series with how badly Hasbro effed up, but its a huge relief to see the game popular and good again. Definitely living a second or third golden era of bey
You're just making me love my beyblades even more.
I remember when I first got into beyblade during the metal fight era and I collect them, and then I got back into it again during the burst era which is pretty cool and I also collected them as well, now I'm considering collecting X beys to try em out, overall 10/10 on the video jettkuso 👍
I got into every era apart from burst. I was about 11 when the first gen came out in the west. I was obsessed with it for a few years. Then in my 20s I tried out metal fusion. Now I'm into x and love it. I have stuff to learn about combos but that's part of the fun.
13:15 that was only true for the hasbro stadiums. In Takara stadiums mfb has a pretty healthy meta (especially limited format) with attack types being quite successful
Great video! It's awesome to see! A few things I'd like to say:
Ratchets are actually pretty important. You wanna think of it as the micro adjustment part, a small bit of shape/weight/height optimization that *really* makes a bey tick. Usually small and round is good, but what nuc didn't mention is that the super round 9 Ratchet has probably the worst stamina of the meta ratchets, it's *only* for burst resistancez but still very good cuz its not that much worse. 3 is kinda the default Ratchet, and the fact all beys kinda have a triwing design due to the launcher prongs, it ends up balancing well enough to work in most situations. 5 is heavy and balanced, with good burst resistance and shape. 7 is the heaviest but has an uneven shape, but works with defense and attack combos well.
Also limited points won't really fix the meta, it just bandaids it. Rod basically counters every other stationary combo in the game, so if you don't run it, you are pretty much throwing away a slot. If you do run it, you lose a point, and that puts you in the threshold to lose in one battle, not fun, nor is fixing the issue. You get more effective chances to take out rod, but that doesn't make the game balanced, just more inconsistent. And if you are running a limited part in general, you just cripple yourself too much, and the fact that ball is on that list makes it very hard to even run another stamina type.
I don't get the problem with a ban. They messed up, it happens, just ban the mess up and continue your day until it's balanced again.
It's not like a fighting game where each bey has a unique moveset, its a stamina type, you launch it and it spins. We have plenty of other well balanced options right below rod that would make the meta way better. It's just kinda sad to see, but honestly, things are getting better, goon is fixing a lot as a defense type.
Good comment and great insight! Though as someone who's competed in a half dozen local tournaments using the limited parts list, I disagree with your take on it. It's made things way more balanced, bringing down stamina in general (which makes things inherently more interesting IMO). It's a gentle adjustment. People still run those limited parts, but they're a bit riskier, and people tend to spread them across their deck rather than put it all into one bey. People can still run them, but we see a much wider variety of combos.
I don't want to ban good parts, I just don't want ONE dominant combo with ALL the best parts crammed into it. Which seems to be the state of every other tournament.
Buffing is better than nerfing, nerfing is better than banning, banning is better than nothing. Whatever makes the game the most exciting.
@JettKuso id argue a stamina meta doesn't mean boring if you know the game well. They turn the game into a more traditional game of RPS if there are competing stamina types, assuming they are easy to beat with attack. I also just think rod hurts ball with a limited ruleset, it makes it so you just don't really have a decent stamina option if you wanna run something else that isn't rod. I think with wing and the other attack options, limited makes sense, they're all incredibly strong, but I think limiting them to 1 of the limited blades instead of a point deduction just creates a bunch of diversity since they're all in competeting niches and you can only pick one.
I'd argue also that you do make rod more risky, but I find it's just in a way that would better be solved by axeing WR since it's the biggest diversity killer for sure, and just letting the ecosystem return back to normalcy.
You have a good take for sure though, that extra risk can make things a bit more fun, but I'm personally more ok with banning things like rod that I don't really feel contribute anything positive to the meta. That's just my take as someone who sat through burst comp, though while I have my issues with the limited system, less rod is less rod at the end of the day, so I'll take it! I just probably won't have my dream of running double stamina anytime soon.
Kuso do you know the piece number for that ball joint connector with the axle parts that is used on the toa mata to connect their arms/legs to the torso?
the whole thing about balancing the meta is super important. in burst for example there was a whole era where everyone was just using the exact same spriggan requiem combo lmao