Trivia / The Battle Cats

• Dummied Out:
  • In addition to Filibuster Cat X, there's a similar-looking Uber Rare called Evangelist Cat that was only obtainable via a time-limited event... in the Korean version. It works similarly to Filibuster, being a Squishy Wizard with a long attack animation, but it can freeze almost any type of enemy instead of just traitless ones. It's used in the Nintendo Switch port, however, where it replaces Filibuster Cat X as the reward for completing Cats of the Cosmos and is renamed "Filibuster Cat α".
  • There's another unused Uber Rare that resembles a cat dressed as a chicken. Its basic form is a cheap mid-ranged attacker, while its evolved form is a fast-attacking close-ranged attacker that has a small chance to produce a long shockwave. It's unobtainable in all versions of the game, and was eventually removed.
  • Cheetah Cat is an unused Uber with several bizarre attributes, such as no movement speed, no attack power, costing a single cent, and taking 11 minutes to recharge, making it completely useless in battle. Its description is untranslated in the English version, but the Japanese text says that it's a monster which appears before those who break the rules of discipline and follow the path of the monster... in other words, cheat. Its description also contains odd characters which imitate the appearance of mojibake, adding to its glitchy nature.
  • Some cats were given out through a real-life promotional event with gachapon machines... naturally, only in Japan, rendering them unused in the international version. While Capsule Cat, Cat Bros., and Squish Ball Cat were eventually handed out through time-limited events, and Blue Shinobi was made available through the Lunar New Year seasonal gacha, Toy Machine Cat is still unused in the English version.
  • Every anniversary celebration for the game features a stage with a giant birthday cake carried by Doges, which serves as a Zero-Effort Boss to hand out free rewards. However, after the event is over, the birthday cakes aren't removed from the game data, but remain, unused and unlikely to ever be used again.
  • Cats and enemies that are exclusive to Japan sometimes remain unused in the game's data, though usually with their spritesheets erased. The same applies to units exclusive to other regions — Baozi Cat, the region-exclusive cat for the Taiwanese version of Battle Cats, has a translated description in the English version, but is not used.
    Baozi Cat: Celebrating The Battle Cats' Taiwan version, this Cat got too excited and steamed itself in a basket. Is that meat inside, or PURE PASSION?!
    Big Baozi: Celebrating The Battle Cats' Taiwan version, grew bigger to satisfy more hungry people. There's no basis to rumors he's got pizza filling inside.
  • There are sprites for Traitless Talent Orbs, but they do not appear anywhere in the game.
  • Teacher Cybear and CyberFace were actually in the game data for a while before they were introduced.
  • The Ancient Egg units are colored according to the trait they'll target when they hatch. However, none of the units which hatch from them target Metal enemies, so the sprite for the Metal Ancient Egg goes unused.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes:
  • The original mobile phone version of Battle Cats is no longer available for download. The same applies to its Mission-Pack Sequel, Kumanchu Royale.
  • The Battle Cats POP! on 3DS is no longer legally available to purchase, due to the shutdown of the 3DS eShop.
  • Some spinoffs of the game, such as Battle Cats Rangers, are no longer available to download or play.
• Meme Acknowledgment: The 2017 April Fools' Day article released by PONOS has governments and company staff being asked several questions, one of which is "Why do I have so many Archer Cats?". At the time the article was published, Archer Cat was memetically infamous for being the worst gacha rare in the game.
• Mythology Gag: Before releasing The Battle Cats on iOS devices, PONOS released it on mobile phones, along with a Mission-Pack Sequel focused on bears called Kumanchu Royale. Footage and images of the game show that some units had similarities to ones that were eventually used in the later game; the Brave Cat replacement is a bear version of Welterweight Cat, the Gross Cat replacement bears some similarities to Stilts Cat, and its Titan Cat replacement has more than a passing resemblance to Dark Merchant Babil. The enemy bases were also adapted into the English version, as Kumanchu Royale allowed worldwide travel while the original Nyanko Daisensou was set entirely in Japan. Eventually, Mr. Mer, an enemy from this game, would even return in Uncanny Legends, using the same frame-by-frame animation as it did before.
• Screwed by the Lawyers:
  • In version 4.7 (3.7 in English), many CatCombos were removed from the game. All of the removed ones contained more than one gacha Cat, which violated a Japanese law preventing games from giving bonuses for rolling everything in a given set from a gacha.
  • The 10.7 update replaced the old Carmina Burana — O Fortuna rendition used on the Crazed Cat, Cyclone, and advent stages with a sound-alike, due to copyright issues with the original.

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