Beyblade

Beyblade (Japanese: ベイブレード Beiburēdo) is a battling spinning top toyline and multimedia franchise developed by the Japanese toy company Takara. Inspired by the older beigoma, the first modern Beyblade was released in July, 1999 in Japan, along with a related manga series. It was called "Spin Dragoon" and also "Ultimate Dragoon." Following Takara's merger with Tomy in 2006, Beyblades are now developed by Takara Tomy. Various toy companies around the world have licensed Beyblade toys for their own regions, such as Hasbro in most Western countries and Sonokong in South Korea.

In Beyblade, participants compete in battles between two or more spinning tops called "Beyblades", or Beys.[1] A Beyblade typically consists of multiple parts, and players can combine parts to create their own combination.[2][3]

Burst series

These toys are designed so that the top may separate if it has sustained enough hits, which creates a "burst" due to an unlocking mechanism and a spring in the performance tip. The Burst System consists of 3 parts, the "Energy Layer", the "Forge Disc" that contains most of the weight, and the "Driver", which is the equivalent of the metal series "Performance Tip", that controls the behavior of the Beyblade.

Toys "R" Us started distributing this system in Canada in September 2016[15] and Hasbro started distributing the toys in the United States in January 2017.

As the longest-running Beyblade series, Burst has had considerably more subsystems than its predecessors. These are:

The Dual Layer system, where the layers are made of two inseparable plastic parts.

The God Layer/SwitchStrike system, where each "layer" has its own gimmick, and the introduction of the core discs: discs that can now be attached to plastic parts called frames that add weight to the bey and feature their own characteristics.

Takara Tomy's Cho-Z Layer system, in which every "layer" features metal, increasing their weight.

The SlingShock system, Hasbro's counterpart to the Cho-Z system, features tops with different modes, designed to climb rails when switched to SlingShock mode. All beys excluding Dread Hades and Breaker Xcalius, however, lacked the metal found in their TT counterparts. This system marked a turning point; Hasbro would start to do their own systems rather than releasing the same beys as Takara Tomy in their main line.

The GT Layer system (GaTinko Layer System), which was released by Takara Tomy and featured customizable "layers", altering performance. Many "discs" in this system also began to have their own gimmicks.

Hasbro's HyperSphere system, released as a counterpart to the GT system, features large, bowl-shaped "performance tips" designed to climb special HyperSphere walls and strike the other Beyblades while descending.

Takara Tomy's Superking/Sparking system altered the construction of the tops by introducing "chassis", replacements for "forge discs" that heavily increased weight. In addition, new launchers were released, which gave off sparks when used, hence the name "sparking".

The SpeedStorm system (Hasbro's equivalent to the Superking/Sparking system), features taller tops designed to gain speed or change direction in the SpeedStorm BeyStadiums.

(The Beyblade Pro Series had came out alongside Sparking/Superking from Hasbro, with Takara Tomy's signature "teeth" instead of Hasbro's main locking system, "slopes.")

The Dynamite Battle Layer system, once again features customizable "layers", this time with both a "High" and "Low" mode, intended to shift the top's center of gravity. High Mode is more aggressive and is easier to knock over. Low Mode is more balanced and has more stamina.

The QuadDrive system was released from Hasbro in replacement of the Dynamite Battle layer system. These layers have plastic weights, instead of metal armours, that allow the Beyblade to switch from "Core" and "Apex Mode". Their drivers also feature additional pieces (called Armour Tips) that increase the height and variation of how the Beyblade moves along the stadium. A new Stadium was also released that features levels of playing fields that alternate the bey’s path. This is the first system that was designed by Hasbro, and it is the first one that doesn't rely on the type of stadium to function.

The Burst Ultimate Layer system would be the most current iteration which features the same concept as the Beyblade Burst DB system but is a different line of Beyblades that are callbacks to previous fan favourites which never got an upgrade like Chain Kerbeus or Xiphoid Xcalibur. These Beys do not get an anime season release but can be assumed to be used by their original users from the God Series.

Like the Burst Ultimate Layer system, the QuadStrike system is supposed to be an upgrade from the QuadDrive system, however, the Armor Tips are now large and bowl-like, similar to the HyperSphere Drivers.

History

Game and rules

Types of Beyblades

Beystadium

Launching

Burst series

Popularity

See also

External links

References

type	Spinning top
from	1999
to	present
company	Takara Tomy, Hasbro, Sonokong, Youngtoys, NewBoy, and ToyPro
website	https://beyblade.hasbro.com
country	Japan