Art by u/at7outof10.Original post here.
Hey everyone! Welcome to this week's blog with the NK team!
What's been going on this week?
It's the final blog of the year! This has been a massive year for us and we couldn’t have done it without all of you! Thanks to all of you and we cannot wait to see what next year brings! Our team will be taking a few weeks off but don’t worry, our support team will still be around to help!
Captarn Race results:
1st: YtseJam - 2 minutes and 13 seconds
2nd: alittlebear - 2 minutes and 16.3 seconds
3rd: Alpowk - 2 minutes and 16.7 seconds
4th: KLTD1234 - 2 minutes and 16.8 seconds
5th: MaksymHEX - 2 minutes and 17 seconds
This weekend's focus:
- BTD6 -
Pile O' Monkey Money and T3 Insta Monkeys on sale.
Ongoing "Vacation" Odyssey, ending Tuesday.
"Lotus of the Jungle" race this weekend.
Lych will be appearing on Resort this week, starting Saturday and ending Thursday.
- Bloons Pop -
Friday: Merge Monkeys
Saturday: Black Bloon Popper
Sunday: Yellow Bloon Popper
3rd Cannister, Barrel of Bloonstones, Bloonstones and Vault of Monkey Money on sale.
- BTD Battles -
Professor Evil appearing this weekend on Snowy Castle With a second tougher one on Roadblock starting Tuesday and ending Thursday.
Friday: MOAB - BFB Boosts Only, BFB Card
Saturday: MOAB Card, MOAB Club - BFB, BFB Card
Sunday: MOAB, MOAB R3 Speed - BFB, BFB Boost Only, BFB Card Club
Monday: MOAB
2x Medallions with Chest of Medallions and Bag of Medallions on sale.
- BATTD -
Ongoing Martian games: Magic Man, no weapons and more shields.
Shuffle, more camo and no allies starting on Sunday.
Finn Adventure Pack, Max Adventure Pack and Character Bundle pack on sale.
- SAS4 Mobile -
VS on Friday, Apoc on Saturday and LMS with black box as rewards on Sunday.
Sales on nantos, NV vet pack, epic pack and 4th premium gun set: Vitriol, Ronson 5x5 and CM 0Kelvin
- BTD5 -
Ongoing Monkey Teams, ending Saturday.
Lead counting for the leaderboards. Sniper skin and Monkey Money on sale.
Questions from the comments:
How does ZOMG feel about the DDTs? Does it respect their speed and versatility letting them fill a separate niche on the bloon team, or does it think they're little upstarts?
As far as we know, they don’t seem to mind them.
So how does the Navarch grapple the moabs? Grappling hook? The force? Sticky hands?
Super Grapple Hooks!
Why is the BFB in Bloons Pop so much bigger and tougher than in BTD6? I'm afraid to see what the ZOMG or DDT would be like in that game…
They are pretty scary.
Hey Ninja Kiwi, what’s your plans for the holidays? Isn’t the December 17th blog going to be the last one for the year?
Yes! Our team is taking a well earned break.
When are tower skins coming to btd6?
It isn’t something we have on the plans at the moment as they require HUGE amounts of work from our art team.
Why is Ice Monkey in Primary and Super Monkey in Magic, wouldn't it make a bit more sense if they were swapped?
Super Monkey is totally magical!
Can we get a picture of any of the NK pets? I forgot their names.
We have so many though! We have recently featured Bagel, Waffle and Crumpet.
Has the glue gunner ever gotten stuck in their own glue?
Oh, all the time!
Will we get (one day) 3d animations in the hero tab of BTD6 like in BTDB2? That would be super cool!
The Battles 2 team did an AMAZING job of these so these are something we’d love to look at adding to BTD6 but not guaranteed at this stage.
If there are maps like Haunted and Flooded Valley that have Bloon entrances also as Bloon exits, then what's the point of an invasion?
Bloons get lost too.
Where is the MOAB class bloons' dressing room to change skins? I'd like to see the mall.
It’s a bit of a squeeze…
Why is the marine from special poperations so small, around Psi's size? Who gave a child high powered dart weaponry?
Don’t make fun of their height, they are sensitive.
Do you have any ideas of giving the heroes character bios like whats their age, origin, hobbies, and personality?
It isn’t something we had planned but it could be very cool!
When you get Inferno Ring on a tack shooter, why doesn't the monkey burn up?
Heat resistant padding
If churchill is a captain then where's his squad?
All the military monkeys are in his squad!
I'M SO HYPED FOR GWEN PLUSH
Us too!
do you, the NK team, like Tim Haywood's music?
Yes! It's amazing!
What determines what Monkey is chosen next for Paragon?
It comes down to the team having a clear idea of what the Paragon will look like and also what would be fun!
how does it feel to be a small indie game studio that's created one of the greatest tower defense franchises of all time?
Aw, shucks. Thanks!
How come the grandmaster ninja has one shuriken in-hand, but it throws eight?
Super hidden shurikens!
Is there any use of bloontonium in mortar ammo and monkey glue?
It's a closely guarded secret…
what do you prefer? kiwis or monkeys?
You can’t make us pick!
If Quincy is so strong, why doesn't he just slap bloons with his bow?
That’s Pats thing, he can’t take that away
Have a great holidays and happy gaming! We will see you all in the new year.
- Ninja Kiwi Team
What about level 100 Paragons in singleplayer? It seems like people stopped talking about it but it'd be great if we could unleash that power to got freeplay in a game that is savable, reenterable and doesn't crash/lag all the time.
I've got a theory about Pat actually being a Supermonkey because of his super strength and size. Can you tell us about the reason he's so big and doesn't use weapons in battle?
Why does TSG require specifically The Anti-Bloon and Legend of the Night as sacrifices to become vengeful? Wait, is the VTSG even the same entity? And is it really a Supermonkey?
If Quincy is so strong, why doesn't every arrow he shoot fly faster and deal more damage? Seriously - would be nice if the guy missed less and became more useful as the support DPS he's supposed to be.
Any chance heroes will get the ability to upgrade into Paragon versions of themselves? I think it could be a great for anyone who goes freeplay, especially because heroes that aren't Brickell/Ezili/Adora will become useful after round 100.
What does Sauda mean by "clean cut and still cuts a tomato"? Is that a reference to Thomas Jefferson?
I don't remember if I've asked this question before (sorry if I have), but how did it work to make the hero animations in BTDB2? Their models seem to have been made for the top-down Tower Defense style, were there any modifications made to fit their new use on the podiums?
that was a very good blog
I wonder if you can make a snow monkey paragon in a future update? that will be cool!
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