Play Bakuten Shoot Beyblade : Gekitou! Saikyou Blader Online

Bakuten Shoot Beyblade: Gekitou! Saikyou Blader came out for the Game Boy Advance in 2002, developed by Natsume and published by Takara. It was one of those many licensed games that filled the library, a straightforward adaptation of the anime that didn't try to reinvent the wheel but delivered exactly what its audience expected on the handheld.

You control a Blader, moving your character on an overworld map to talk with rivals and enter tournaments. The core of the game is the one-on-one Beyblade battles, viewed from a top-down perspective inside a plastic stadium. You manage a spirit gauge to unleash powerful special attacks at key moments, and you can customize your Beyblade's performance by swapping out its Bit Chip, Attack Ring, and Weight Disk between matches. The pacing is quick, with matches rarely dragging, though the difficulty can spike unexpectedly against certain opponents. It feels like a direct, tactile translation of trying to out-spin and out-maneuver a friend's top.