Is Bakugan the new Pokemon?

I liked the anime. Then again, it lost my attention after that masked guy "went away".

It's defiantly not the new Pokemon. It's more comparable to Monster Ranchers, which is both a good video game franchise and anime franchise actually.

The series almost seems like a parody of the shonen genre. Those kids are such cry babies, and why are they so into their Bakugan?

Alice is the only reason I liked the series..