The Battle Cats Unite!

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The Battle Cats Unite! (ふたりで！にゃんこ大戦争, Futari De！ Nyanko Daisensō, Together! Nyanko Great War) is the Nintendo Switch version of The Battle Cats which is developed by PONOS and TOSE CO., Ltd.
There are three versions, the Japanese (JP) and International (WW) versions published by PONOS and the Southeast Asia (SEA) version published by Bandai Namco. The Japanese and International versions are currently in Version 1.0.8 whereas the Southeast Asia version is in Version 1.0.5.
==Blurb==
At long last, play The Battle Cats with friends! Team up with friends to take on the Doge Army! Show your friends the power of your Cat Army in versus!
Based off of the hit mobile game The Battle Cats, downloaded over 90 million times worldwide! Now available on Nintendo Switch™ with all-new features!
Featuring a simple-to-learn battle system that anyone can enjoy! Team up with a friend to increase the fun many times over! Play with family, friends, or even during a night in with that special someone! Create your own weirdly cute Cat Army and take to the battlefield!
★ The Battle Cats Unite! Nintendo Switch™ Features ★
◆Collect over 350 different weirdly cute Cat heroes!
Use Cat Food and Ticket items earned in game collect a variety of different Cats from the in-game Capsule machine and evolve them!
*This game contains no in-game purchases.
◆More stages, more fun!
Play over 300 stages, with some based off of the real world, the future, and even some set in space! Or embark a journey searching for legendary Cats in the Stories of Legend!
◆Take a break from battle with exciting minigames!
As you progress through the game, you'll sometimes be offered the lucky chance to play one of four minigames! Earn bonus items and Cat Energy based on your score!
★ Two-Player Features ★
◆Cooperate to command your Cats!
Play each stage alone or with a friend. Take command of five units each to team up and battle oncoming waves of enemies. Alone, the challenge may be too much, but together, nothing stands in your way!
◆Prepare to fire the Cat Cannon... together!
Work together with your partner to blast baddies with the Cat Cannon! With good timing, power up the Cat Cannon 200% and turn the tide of battle in your favor!
◆Battle a friend in a Cat Army clash!
It's Cat Army vs. Cat Army in VS Mode! Use the VS Mode-specific Trait Cannon to strike at the weakness in your opponent's forces! You'll have to know each and every Cat to claim victory!
==Features==
==Exclusive Content==
===Cat Units===
There are numerous units that were added to the Nintendo Switch version and cannot be obtained anywhere else. There do exists mobile variants that are identical or are inspired from the Nintendo Switch version, however, they may have different appearances or completely different stats.
Cat Units	Unlock Requirement
 	Purchase the Package Version Bonus of The Battle Cats Unite!
 	Login bonus after updating to Version 1.0.6.
 	Login bonus after downloading the August 15, 2023 Update Patch.
 	Purchase the CoroCoro Magazine Monthly October 2023 Issue.
 	Purchase the CoroCoro Magazine Monthly August 2020 Issue.
 	Purchase the Package Version Bonus of The Battle Cats Unite!
 	Purchase the CoroCoro Magazine Monthly January 2024 Issue.
 	Purchase the CoroCoro Magazine Monthly April 2024 Issue.
 	Purchase the CoroCoro Magazine Monthly June 2024 Issue.
Note: Japanese Exclusive units are of the following: Kabuto Cat, Kuwagata Cat, Corodragon, Undies Cat Jr., Manga Cat, Manga Boogie Cat, and Manga Darabotchgogogo Cat. The following are also available in the Southeast Asia Version: Cat Bros and Mallet Cat. No units are available in the Worldwide Version.
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===Serial Code Units===
In The Battle Cats Unite!, numerous Serial Code units from the mobile version were ported into the this version. Unlike the Switch-exclusive cats, they do not require serial codes and can be unlocked via in-game requirements.
Serial Code Unit	Unlock Requirement
 	Clear any stage by sending one unit unto the field.
 	Launch The Battle Cats Unite! at midnight.
 	Clear Egypt (京都府, Kyoto) in the Empire of Cats chapter 10 times with Cat's normal form in the lineup.
 	Roll 30 Cat Capsule draws and clear any stage.
 	Clear Greece (滋賀県, Shiga) and Russia (三重県, Mie) 10 times each.
 	Clear any stage with this exact lineup and forms: Macho Cat, Wall Cat, and Brave Cat
 	View the Cat Storage for 5 minutes and clear any stage.
 	Clear Cats of the Cosmos
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=== Miscellaneous Units ===
Due to some changes made in the Nintendo Switch, some clear conditions were changed in order to make accommodations for these units to be made obtainable. These require using the touchscreen of the console in order to unlock these units.
Miscellaneous Unit	Unlock Requirement
 	Tap on the Cat's Text Speech 100 Times.
 	Slide the door in the Cat Base 100 times.
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===Southeast Asia Exclusives===
There are a select few units that are region exclusive in the mobile version that were added in the Southeast Asia version only. They can only be unlocked if the user were to purchase the Package Version Bonus, which also provides similar bonuses to the Japanese Version. Here are the following bonuses that were provided for Southeast Asia version of The Battle Cats Unite!:
Southeast Asia Exclusive	
Package Version Bonus 	
==Miscellaneous ==
===Bundles===
A myriad of bundles were released to help promote the game and increase the number of sales. Some might be limited edition and cannot be bought for retail anymore.
First Release (JP) 	Base game, Cat Bros
First Release (WW) 	Base game
First Release (SEA) 	Base game, Cat Bros, Mallet Cat, Driller Cat, Piledriver Cat, Cutter Cat, Backhoe Cat, Miter Saw Cat, Taekwondo Cat, Baozi Cat, Crazed Baozi Cat, Li'l Valkyrie, Li'l Valkyrie Dark, and 10,000 Cat Food
VS Mode Celebration Bundle (JP)	Base game, new box art, Nintendo Switch "Battle-Cats" themed pouch, Cat Bros, Mallet Cat, Driller Cat, Piledriver Cat, Cutter Cat, Backhoe Cat, Miter Saw Cat, and 10,000 Cat Food
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===Leaflets/DLC Packs===
Leaflets are physical items that requires a player to purchase an upcoming magazine from CoroCoro Comic or attending events. They would give an assortment of goodies such as units or Platinum Tickets. Some leaflets, however, have a limited window of time to obtain whatever bonus it gave, making some impossible to redeem once its expiration date has past. It is possible to find leaflets on a second market, but some are hard to find or are overpriced. There are also some DLC packs that were once obtainable or simply impossible to obtain through natural means.
Leaflets 	
Obtainable Item 	Current Method
Kabuto Cat 	CoroCoro Magazine Monthly January 2019 Issue
Kuwagata Cat 	CoroCoro Magazine Monthly February 2019 Issue
Corodragon 	CoroCoro Magazine Monthly October 2023 Issue
Undies Cat Jr 	CoroCoro Magazine Monthly August 2020 Issue
Manga Cat 	CoroCoro Magazine Monthly January 2024 Issue
Manga Boogie Cat 	CoroCoro Magazine Monthly April 2024 Issue
Platinum Ticket 	CoroCoro Magazine Monthly February 2024 Issue
1500 Cat Food 	次世代ワールドホビーフェア'20 Winter」 (Next Generation World Fair Winter 2020)
DLC Packs 	DLC Packs
10 Rare Tickets 	Download the 1.0.8 Update and clear Japan in the Empire of Cats
15 Rare Tickets 	N/A
2 Platinum Tickets 	N/A
3 Platinum Tickets 	N/A
Cat Bros + Mallet Cat 	Package Version Bonus
10,000 Cat Food + Grandon Mining Corps	Package Version Bonus
Asia-Exclusive Set 	Package Version Bonus (SEA)
==Version Differences==
Due to the outstanding amount of differences between versions, click here to see the comparisons.
==Trivia==
*The Battle Cats Unite! initial and localization release gap is 5 years, 6 months, and 13 days.
*Manga Cat's addition as the newest switch exclusive cat has the widest gap between new content since Undies Cat Jr. and Mallet Cat, taking 1,248 days between exclusive content.
*Despite claiming over 350 playable characters, there are only 189 unlockable units (188 excluding Catburger) that could be used in the game. This could simply mean over 350 playable forms, showing that each normal, evolved, and true form are actually different units.
**In the Southeast Asia Version, only 163 units are obtainable.
**In the Worldwide Version, only 159 units are obtainable.
*If the Japanese Version of the game is launched for the first time without connecting to the internet, UBERFEST can still be accessible.
**EPICFEST and UBERFEFST exclusives (except for Baby Gao) will not be obtainable, however, the Iron Legion will still be obtainable.
**Advent Stages will also be unplayable without connecting to the internet.
*In the Bandai Namco website for The Battle Cats Unite, there is a subsection listing some of the characters that are obtainable in the game.
** The characters listed are: Cat, Tank Cat, Axe Cat, Gross Cat, Cow Cat, Bird Cat, Fish Cat, Lizard Cat, Titan Cat, Ninja Cat, Cat Bros., Mallet Cat, Taekwondo Cat, Baozi Cat, Crazed Baozi Cat, Li'l Valkyrie, and Li'l Valkyrie Dark
*From July 14, 2023, to August 2, 2023, players could unintentionally obtain UBERFEST and EPICFEST units via rolling in the UBERFEST banner. These units were not meant to be available during that time and were patched out in Version 1.0.7. It was later announced that they would be properly distributed in the future.
**In the September 15, 2023 patch for the JP Version, Shadow Gao was properly added into the game.
** In the December 15, 2023 patch for the JP Version, Miko Mitama and Dark Mitama were properly added into the game.
**In the March 15, 2024 patch for the JP Version, D'artanyan and D'arktanyan were properly added into the game.
* Kabuto Cat and Kuwagata Cat are the only Switch-Exclusive Cats to be made free via login bonuses due to a client update.
* When Version 1.0.6 came out, units who targeted all traits or had a zombie target in the mobile version received it in this update, the only unit to not receive this change was Driller Cat. This makes its description inaccurate and be the only cat in which it could target all traits except for Zombie enemies. This makes it an irregularity as units with similar type of archetype typically has target all except for Metal or Traitless enemies.
* Filibuster Cat X is replaced with Evangelist Cat, a unit that is unlocked when beating the Cats of the Cosmos chapter
** Evangelist Cat also has a completely different name in its normal and evolved forms, "Filibuster Cat α" and "Filibuster Cat β" respectively.
* In Version 1.0.5, Catburger was added to the Cat Guide but cannot be obtained. It can be speculated that it was for a planned American release, however, with the International release, it may have been a scrapped unit overall.
* The Battle Cats Unite had the volume slider before the mobile version of the game, having it introduced in Version 1.0.3 whereas the mobile version received it in Version 12.6.
* Enemies that were added in Version 1.0.6 onwards have their enemy trait listed. This is absent in all enemies that were added in the base game.
* This is the only version where the Cat Cannon deals damage on the base, specifically to the opposing player in VS Mode.
*The amount of Cat Food that can be earned from getting treasure dupes ranges from 64,800 Cat Food to 216,000 Cat Food.
*Clearing the entirety of Stories of Legends yields a total 4,800 Cat Food.
*The Battle Cats Unite was featured as trial software for a limited time for Nintendo Switch Online users. It lasted from November 29, 2021 to December 5, 2021. Link to the article is here. 
**It was shortly put on sale for users who were interested in the game, going from 999 円 to 499 円 from November 29, 2021 to December 12, 2021.
* The digital version of The Battle Cats Unite has had a history of sales throughout its existence on the eShop.
** On 08/05/2019, it was on sale for 777円. 
** On 25/12/2019, it was on sale for 499円.
**On 27/12/2020, it was on sale for 499円.
**On 12/12/2021, it was on sale for 499円.
**On 08/05/2022, it was on sale for 799円.
**On 30/09/2022, it was on sale for 499円.
**On 07/05/2023, it was on sale for 799円.
**On 09/10/2023, it was on sale for 799円.
*Just like the mobile version, the Frontline Assault Iron Legion has Might Rekon Corps misspelled on the banner as it says "Mighty Recon Korps."
*The SUPERFEST banner's art is unique to The Battle Cats Unite! as it only contains Gao and Shadow Gao as the only fest units. 
**As of December 15, 2023, it now has Miko Mitama and Dark Mitama added to the banner.
**As of March 15, 2024, it now has D'artanyan and D'arktanyan added to the banner.
** Since the Nature's Guardians Elemental Pixies are absent in this version, Nekoluga takes the spot of where Bora sits.
** The text on the banner is also different from the mobile version. In the Switch version it says, "Including All Super Rares!" whereas mobile says, "Including All Uber Rares!"
**The text "Uber Drop Rate UP!!" is absent on the Unite version of the banner.
*Tales of the Nekoluga has some differences compared to its first banner appearance from the mobile version: 
**The words "Limited Time Only" are absent on the switch version.
**The words "Pickup Event" are absent on the switch version
**The word "...Right?" is shifted further to the right than it is normally.
* Ancient Heroes Ultra Souls has some graphical differences on the banner: 
**The words "Drawn from Japanese myth..." has slightly different placement.
**The Grateful Crane's evolved form is mostly blocked by the logo of the banner.
*The Battle Cats Unite! exceeded 300k downloads on August 1, 2019. 
**As of September 2022, PONOS has stated the game reached a total 1 million copies sold.
==External links==
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International=
*Official Site
*Nintendo eShop (US)
*Nintendo eShop (UK)
*Nintendo eShop (CAD)
*Nintendo eShop (AU)
*Nintendo eShop (NZ)
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Japan=
*Official Site
*Nintendo eShop
*Competition Mode Announcement Blog
*Heavenly Tower Announcement Blog
*Official Limited Edition The Battle Cats Unite Nintendo Switch Case combo
*Package Version Bonus
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Southeast Asia=
*Official Site (SEA)
*Nintendo eShop (Singapore)
*Nintendo eShop (Korea)
*Nintendo eShop (Hong Kong)
*Package Version Bonus
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