The Battle Cats Unite!

This article is about the Nintendo Switch Game. For the Special Event, see this page.

ふたりで！にゃんこ大戦争 (lit. Together! Nyanko Great War) is the Switch version of Battle Cats. Developed by PONOS.

Futari de Nyanko Daisensou
Information
Developer(s):	PONOS
Publisher(s):	PONOS Corp
Platform(s):	Nintendo Switch
Release Date(s):	20th December 2018
Genre(s):	Tower Defense
Mode(s):	1-player, multi-players
Price:	999円

Features

Known Initially

There are 7 new features:

• Save 「セーブ」: Just like The Battle Cats POP!, The Battle Cats Together! includes a manual save functionality which can be used anytime in the main menu.

• Co-op Play 「協力プレイ でいげ 出陣」: Two players go into battle with 5 cats each, both players also have their own wallets that be upgraded and cannon that can be used.
  • The player can receive a rank based on how well they do in the level via points earned.
  • When the Cat Cannon is used, a quick time event will happen (タイミングさ合わせイ) with the message shown "ふたりで 押せ" (Press Together), if successful the Cat Cannon will release a large rainbow beam then a Super Shockwave (放イ!超にゃんこ砲) across the battlefield. If unsuccessful, it will be replaced with a regular Cat Cannon Shockwave.

• Every 6 hours, get a Login bonus! 「6時間毎にもらえる、ログインポーナス！」: Every 6 hours the game is not being played, you will gain a login bonus, the bonuses range from:
  • 1 Cat Ticket.
  • 50 Catfood.

• Randomised Lineup 「ランダム」: As well as the default ten lineups the player can use, an eleventh is introduced that completely randomized your lineup with the units you currently unlocked. But you are not allowed to choose what units you would like to keep, text saying "戦闘開始時に自動で編成されます。" (Automatically organised at the start of the battle.) appears where the units description would be.

• Battle Mode 「対戦モード」: Just like in The Battle Cats POP! Two players can go head to head in a heated battle against each other. Each player chooses up to 10 Cat Units to try and destroy the others base.^{Needs research.}

• Minigames 「オリジナルミニゲーム」: Minigames have a set chance to appear after beating or losing a stage, the Cat's Splash Text will appear saying, "にゃんにゃんチャンス！ミニゲームで一息つくにゃ！" (Nyan nyan chance! Take a break with a minigame. One or two players are able to play minigames together, which can be unlocked when beating Australia (高知県, Kochi in the Switch version) there are four minigames in total:

• Buttobi Launcher
• Pon With A Dog
• Cat Cat Dash
• Operation Cat Grab

「ぶっとびランチャー」 (Buttobi ranchā)
This minigame includes a Cat with a cannon on-top of its head and a Tank Cat that will move back and forth, every time the a button is pressed it will shoot a bullet.
Your goal here is to defend your area from a mass release of Doges, Metal Doges and Doge Darks, if unsuccessful to defend your area you will lose 1 second out of the 30 you start with.

• If hit with the cannon:
  • Doge gives 100 points.
  • Metal Doge gives 20 then 30 then 300 points.
  • Doge Dark gives 20 then 30 then 500 points.
• If hit by Tank Cat:
  • Doge gives 30 points.
  • Metal Doge gives 70 points.
  • Doge Dark gives 100 points.

• This minigame is able to give a various number of rewards depending on your score:
  • 18,000 points will give 5 items.
  • 12,000 points will give 3 items.
  • 5,000 points will give 2 items.
  • Participating will give 1 item.

「わんこでポン」 (Wanko de Pon) This minigame includes Viking Cat standing atop a large whack a mole and a Thunderbolt Cannon in the distance.
Your goal here is hit as many enemies that appear from the holes.

• If hit with Viking Cat:
  • Doge gives 100 points.
  • Ginger snache give 200 points.
  • Assassin Bear give 500 points.
• If hit by the Thunderbolt Cannon the enemy will be frozen in place for a short period of time allowing you to hit the enemy without losing it.

• This minigame is able to give a various number of rewards depending on your score:
  • 13,000 points will give 5 items.
  • 7,000 points will give 3 items.
  • 4,000 points will give 2 items.
  • Participating will give 1 item.

「ネコネコダッシュ」 (Nekonekodasshu)
This minigame includes Cat and a random Normal, Special or Rare cat that will be used to dash across a mat avoiding obstacles such as Enemies and red spikes while collecting coins and interacting with a Cat Unit after a certain distance has been run, such like the Olympic sport Baton Pass.
Your goal here is to avoid all obstacles while collecting as many coins as possible.

• If a coin is collected it will grant 100 points.
• If dashing over a dash panel you will dash faster.
• If hit by an Enemy you will be stopped for a while before proceeding to dash again.

• This minigame is able to give a various number of rewards depending on your score:
  • 14,000 points will give 5 items.
  • 8,000 points will give 3 items.
  • 4,000 points will give 2 items.
  • Participating will give 1 item.

「ネコつかみ大作戦」 (Neko tsukami dai sakusen)
This minigame includes Cat with Li'l Cat, Li'l Axe Cat, Li'l Cow Cat, a golden version of Li'l Cat and dumbbells falling from the top of the screen.

• Li'l Cat gives 100 points.
• Li'l Axe Cat give 200 points.
• Li'l Cow Cat give 200 points.
• Li'l Cow Cat give 200 points.
• Golden Li'l Cat give 500 points.
• If hit by a falling dumbbell, you will be stopped for a while before being able to move again.

• This minigame is able to give a various number of rewards depending on your score:
  • 15,000 points will give 5 items.
  • 8,000 points will give 3 items.
  • 4,000 points will give 2 items.
  • Participating will give 1 item.

The item rewards range from:

• Battle Items.
• Cat Tickets.
• Rare Tickets.
• XP+100,000.

The player is also granted with a 20% increase to the energy allowing the player to play for longer.

• Competition 「対戦」: There are two modes to competition, Sharing (おすそわけ), where two players share the same Switch but require two different controllers to play and Local (ローカル通信), where players are able to play on different Switch consoles in a local area. There are many extra additions to Competition:

• Stage Size
• Time Limit
• Level Adjustment
• Forced Formation

「ステージサイズ」 Players can choose up to five different stage sizes to fight against:

• Small 「小」.
• Medium 「中」.
• Large 「大」.
• Extra Large 「特大」.
• Random 「ランダム」: Stage size is chosen from any of the choices above.

「制限時間」 Players can choose up to how long they want to fight against:

• 90 Seconds 「90秒」.
• 3 Minutes 「3分」.
• 5 Minutes 「5分」.
• No Limit 「無劼限」: Battle goes on until either base has been defeated.

「しベル合わせ」 Players can adjust the lineups levels they want to use to fight against:

• None 「なし」: Cat Units stay the same level from single player/co-op progress.
• Level 10 「レべル10」: Cat Unit levels are set to 10.
• Level 20 「レべル20」: Cat Unit levels are set to 20.
• Level 30 「レべル30」: Cat Unit levels are set to 30.

「強制編成」 Players choose from a different type of formation available:

• OFF「OFF」: No formation changes.
• Randomised「ランダム」: - Lineup is randomised with the Cat Unit that have been obtained during single player/co-op progress.
• Entrusted「ねまかせ」: Line is randomised with the Cat Unit that have been obtained during single player/co-op progress with also granting special effects that affect Cat Unit stats.

The Cat Cannon plays a very special role in Competition mode, it is able to change the enemy Cat Unit to a specific enemy trait while also dealing damage to the Cat Unit and the opponents base.

• Red 「赤」.
• Black 「黒」.
• Floating 「浮」.
• Metal 「メタル」.
• Angel 「天」.
• Alien 「エ」.

Players are also shown statistics at the end of the battle when the timer ends or when a player wins:

• Battle Effect「戦効」.
• Attribute Master「属性マスタ」.
• Distance Travelled「進軍距離」.
• Degree of Bokoris「ボコリ度」.
• Number of Sorties「出撃数」.

At the end of every battle, players are able to choose three options:

• Rematch!!「再戦する!!」: Battle again while keeping the same restrictions.
• Change The Rules And Rings!!「ルール・輪成を変更する!!」: Battle again but change the restrictions.
• Back To The Cat Base「ネコ基地に戻る」: Return back to the main menu.

NOTE: There is a strange glitch to Competition that allows the base to be damaged when damaging a Cat Unit.

Exclusive Content

Cat Units

• Cat Bros, the first free Special Cat. It can be obtained by pre-ordering the game's first release otherwise the unit becomes unobtainable.
  • As of July 16th, 2020 This cat can be obtained when pre-ordering the Official Limited Edition The Battle Cats Together Nintendo Switch Case combo.
  • Once either game has been obtained by the player, a leaflet with a code to obtain Cat Bros will be inside of the game case.
• Beetle Cat, a cat that can be unlocked when buying the 15th, November 2018 issue of CoroCoro Comic. Inside of the comic would include a small leaflet with Beetle Cat on the front of it, when opened, it would give the reader directions on how to obtain said cat.
• Stag Cat, a cat that can be unlocked when buying the 9th, February 2019 issue of CoroCoro Comic. Inside of the comic would include a small leaflet with Stag Cat on the front of it, when opened, it would give the reader directions on how to obtain said cat.
• Coro Dragon, a collaboration unit that can be unlocked when participating in the 「次世代ワールドホビーフェア'19 Winter」 (Next Generation World Fair Winter 2019) at 17th February, 2019, a card would be given to the participant with a serial code that would unlock Coro Dragon when input and opening the game.
• Leaking Cat, a cat that can be unlocked when buying the 15th, July 2020 issue of CoroCoro Comic. Inside of the comic would include a small leaflet with Leaking Cat on the front of it, when opened, it would give the reader directions on how to obtain said cat.
• Picohan Cat, the second free Special Cat Cat the player will receive when pre-ordering the Switch Case combo otherwise the unit becomes unobtainable.

Serial Code Units

The Battle Cats Together! include the exclusive Serial Code Units, but as the serial codes for said units have expired, new conditions have been set to obtain them.

• Capsule Cat - Beating any stage by sending only one Cat Unit on the field.
• Masked Cat - Opening the game at midnight.
• Maiko Cat - Beating Bermuda (京都府, Kyoto in the Switch Version) 10 times with Cat in the lineup.
• Pon Cat - Rolling the Cat Capsule 30 times then winning any stage in-game.
• Blue Ninja Cat - Beating Greece and Russia (滋賀県, Shiga and 三重県, Mie in the Switch Version) 10 times.
• Cat Bros - Beating any stage with a lineup consisting of; Macho Cat, Wall Cat and Brave Cat.
• Squish Ball Cat - Viewing the Cat Storage for 5 minutes straight then winning any stage in-game.

Miscellaneous

Bundles

First release:

• The base game.
• Cat Bros.

Switch Case combo:

• The base game with addition of different box art.
• Cat Bros.
• Picohan Cat.
• 10,000 Cat Food.
• The Grandon Mining Corps Units.

Leaflets

Beetle Cat leaflet:

• Beetle Cat.

Stag Cat leaflet:

• Stag Cat.

Coro Dragon leaflet:

• Coro Dragon.

Leaking Cat leaflet:

• Leaking Cat.

Gallery

• The Battle Cats Together! game case
• Official Nintendo Switch Case combo
• Case combo box art + game cartridge
• Switch Case
• Promotional Art
• Randomised Lineup option
• Randomised Lineup reminder
• Co-op Play Icon
• Co-op Play Japan Chapter 1
• Co-op Play Main Menu
• Co-op Play Main Menu, without splash text
• Co-op Play Equip Menu
• Super Cat Cannon
• Leaving the battle before one minute restores energy
• Save Icon
• 6 Hour Login Bonus
• Cat Splash Text telling the player that they can play a minigame
• Buttobi Launcher Minigame
• Cat Grab Minigame
• Unlocked Cat Bros notice
• CoroCoro Comic Issue 15th November, 2018 with Beetle Cat on the front cover
• Beetle Cat leaflet
• Unlocked Beetle Cat notice
• 76efff0daca764ec356b611b6aafbfda.jpg
  Beetle Cat Promotional Art
• CoroCoro Comic Issue 17th February, 2019 with Stag Cat appearing in the top left corner
• Slide 1547727786694.jpg
  Stag Cat leaflet
• Unlocked Stag Cat notice
• CoroCoro Dragon leaflet
• Unlocked Coro Dragon notice
• CoroCoro Comic X Nyanko Daisensou Collaboration promotion
• Front of Leak Cat leaflet
• Back of Leak Cat leaflet
• Unlocked Leaking Cat notice
• Competition Play Icon
• Sharing Mode
• Local Mode
• In-game Competition Mode notice
• Competition Mode battle start!
• Competition Mode instructions 1/3
• Competition Mode instructions 2/3
• Competition Mode instructions 3/3
• Sharing Mode Main Menu
• Local Mode Main Menu
• Local Mode available players
• Searching for a player in Sharing Mode
• Competition Mode results
• Competition Mode results with medal
• Options after results
• Exiting Competition Mode
• Unlocked 10,000 Cat Food
• Unlocked Driller Cat notice
• Unlocked Piledriver Cat notice
• Unlocked Cutter Cat notice
• Unlocked Backhoe Cat notice
• Unlocked Miter Saw Cat notice

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External Links

• Announcement Video
• Official Site
• Nintendo eShop
• Competition Mode Announcement Blog
• Official Limited Edition The Battle Cats Together Nintendo Switch Case combo
• Competition Mode Announcement Video

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