The Battle Cats
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| Publisher(s) | PONOS |
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| Release | Mobile September 17, 2014 Nintendo 3DS June 27, 2016 |
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The Battle Cats is a free-to-play tower defense game developed by PONOS for iOS and Android mobile devices. The Battle Cats premiered on the Japanese iOS App Store in November 2011 under the name of "Battle Cats" , with Android support following in December of that same year. It has sustained immense popularity in Japan and Korea over the last several years, with an English version briefly appearing on the English-language iTunes/Google Play stores in 2012. But it later was deleted in both the US Google Play Stores and App Store. It was later re-released in September 17, 2014.[1]
The Battle Cats POP!
It was later released for Nintendo 3DS under the name of "The Battle cats POP!" on June 27th, 2016. [2]
Critical Reception
The Battle Cats POP! received generally good reviews.[3] CJ Andriessen of Destructoid gave The Battle Cats Pop! a 7 out of 10 and wrote: "The Battle Cats POP! is a game that's as fun as it is weird. When it's not putting you in time out with the energy meter, it can be addictive as hell. Too much of its free-to-play roots are still present, but even with those elements it's still a worthwhile time killer."[4] Matt S. of digitallydownloaded.net gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote : "Ultimately what sets Battle Cats apart from the many (many) similar games of similar depth and strategy is that hugely creative edge. This game gets to be the distinctive and memorable example of the genre because the artists had the sense to do something that makes no sense, but we end up looking forward to each new level just to see the insanity that it brings. That, right there, is good design principles for mobile gaming, and it translates across to the 3DS perfectly."[5]
References
- ^ "PONOS The Batlle cats". ponos.net. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "The battle cats pop! arrives on nintendo 3ds". hardcoregamer.com. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "The Battle Cats pop! Metacritic". metacritic. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "The Battle Cats Pop! Review". desrtuctoid. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "The Battle Cats Pop! Review". digitally download. Retrieved 25 April 2017.