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Bloons TD Battles (Adobe Flash)

Unused Graphics#

My Profile Screen#

Initial

Later

A completely unused profile screen. It seems this game was originally going to have a profile screen similar to its mobile counterpart, where it showed info of the player (ranks, total games, achievements, etc). But the final game uses the Ninja Kiwi account system for this instead.

Despite being unused, it was changed in the game's redesign update.

Hidden A-Game Graphic#

A-GamePlaceA.png A-GamePlaceB.png
The map A-Game has crudely drawn words off-screen, seemingly saying "left top" and "right top".

Turbo Charge#

Like Bloons Monkey City and Bloons TD 5, the Boomerang Thrower has unique art for its Turbo Charge upgrade. Despite existing in the files since launch, these graphics have gone completely unused, as, for unknown reasons, this upgrade instead uses the same graphics as the Bionic Boomer. These were later restored in BTD5 Deluxe, however.

Match Options Panel#

Initial

Later

A panel under the battle screen for match options. What options could've been selected is unknown, but like the "My Profile" graphic, it got updated in the redesign despite being unused.

Unused Code#

Kongregate#

The game has files implying that it was once going to release on Kongregate, a flash game platform. Bloons TD 5 and Bloons Monkey City are on Kongregate, so why this game isn't is a mystery. Files include a gateway (Kong_Gateway), the login system (Kong_LoginSystem), and the store (Kong_Store). This game also refers to kongregate.com as a sitelock like the regular sitelock, ninjakiwi.com

There is even a Kongregate API key for the game!: 9d339ab4-e3ce-468e-bcf0-0003d09b9cd6

Unused Text#

Tower description, and perhaps details on
the Tier 4 upgrade
rah
rah
rah rah rah rah rah

Placeholder description.

Initial

Later

 Pickles&Cheese 
CONSCRIPZ 

Initial

Later

 IAmJammalam_4857Get 
BottleOpener

Placeholders for the Health bar names. Both names were changed in a later version, presumably to usernames of Ninja Kiwi developers. It probably felt more professional that way.

Initial

Later

Do you want to purchase
this amazing shiny thing for like
1 grillion medallions?
 yeah? nah? do eeeet
Do you want to purchase
this amazing shiny thing for like
1 brazillion medallions?
yup? nup?

This placeholder text for buying things with medallions however, cannot be so easily explained as to why it changed...

Oddities#

  • The sending bloons button is internally called the noobbutton.