News 27 Oct 2017

Hello everyone, welcome to the blog post for October 27, 2017! This week our games got their Halloween makeovers and a few games got updates. There are events across most of our current games, including SAS4 and Tower Keepers so make sure you check them out!

Bloons TD 5 Mobile, Steam, Windows Store got updated to 3.11. The Halloween theme and app icon along with a new Expert track, Web.

Web BTD5 has the Halloween theme along with the new track, Dark Forest. Dark Forest's layout was designed by NK player Topper 64. Dark Forest is a Co-op, Expert track. This update includes a bunch of Daily Challenge Vaults, so all you AP hunters get in there!

We are hard at work on a BTD Battles mobile update, we're looking into what development time/resources we can swing towards SAS4 mobile/Steam (no ETA) and Bloons TD 6 is looking to be feature complete before the offices close down in December. With that we have some sad but encouraging news: BTD6 will be released next year. Putting the game together in a stable, fun and freakishly awesome package is our main priority. BTD5 is a lot to live up to and we don't want to let you or ourselves down with a rushed game. We will start releasing information and media about BTD6 to show it off a little, but it's ready when it's ready and here's a cheeky Dart Monkey modeling a dart to prove it.

What's Going On This Week?

Tower Keepers: Ongoing Hallow's Eve campaign, Boss event, 2x Rewards in Hero Battles, 2x Gold Sale and a Dragon's Hoard passive event. Halloween skin pack on sale featuring Witch, Blackguard, Warlock and Barbarian.

Bloons TD Battles: BFB on Friday, MOAB and MOAB Random Cards on Saturday, BFB with no bonus tower and BFB Club on Sunday. Club Access, Medallions and Halloween Skin Pack on sale (with Ninja, Heli-Pilot, Apprentice and Super Monkey skins).

SAS4 Web: Halloween theme with Halloween guns and pumpkin zombie heads. 5 day long M1000 Championship starting on Friday and running through Halloween. Ongoing global kill even "Brains Wanted!". Epic Pack and Torment, Proton Arc and Zerfallen on sale.

SAS4 Mobile/Steam: Ongoing Global Kill Count event. Last Man Standing on Friday, Apocalypse on Saturday for a Black Strongbox, Virus Samples on Sunday for a Black Strongbox. Epic Pack, Nantoniums, Nightmare Veterans Pack and Torment, Proton Arc and Zerfallen for sale.

BMC web and mobile: Daily Monkey Teams, Festival of Bloonstones and sales on all Monkey Knowledge Packs. Halloween Fireworks on mobile for some free daily goodies.

Bloons TD 5: All skins and Monkey Money packs on sale. Bloonvasion, Bosses and Ceramic pops counting for the leader boards. Spooky maps Odyssey with Half-lives and increased rewards.

Bloons Super Monkey 2: Double Blops and Double Boosters (Explosive, Turbo and Bouncy)

Questions from the Comments:

Some of us would like to be able to dump our unusable skill points for the event.

Not something we have planned at this stage. Those events will be less useful for some players (and not useful for maxed out players).

Will future games have AP? What will happen to the ninjakiwi.com website and accounts when Flash is discontinued?

The AP, account system and website (including games) will stay around as long as we can keep them going.

Why are the Ronson Cryo Turrets and Cryo Grenades "Fire based" attacks when they "freeze" enemies?

Doctors burn warts off with liquid nitrogen (very chilly)

Do you have any plans to cross over games with other games?

Not exactly, no.

When is the next Boss Portal event in Tower Keepers?

Now :)

When is BMC coming out on Steam?

I'd like to see it, but it may not happen.

Will Tower Keepers have Awesome Points?

Tower Keepers does have AP! You get them from some quests, and you need to claim the quest before the achievement will activate. Click here for a list of the achievements

New Avatars?

New avatars rely on artist time so there might not be any for a while. I shall bring it up.

Can you add melee weapons to SAS4?

Not something I see happening for SAS4.

Which game are YOU most proud of?

Hmm.... I made a few games at university that I'm most proud of ('cause I made them). For games I didn't make... I think BTD5 stands up at the top of Mt. Ninja Kiwi. Otherwise maybe Bloons Monkey City. I was here while that was in development, while I only started at NK after BTD5 came out.

Why are 75M zombie brains necessary for the decorations for Halloween?

They're very moreish so we end up eating most of them.