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Battletoads is a series of side-scrolling platforming beat 'em ups developed by Rare and published by several companies. Set in a science fiction setting, Battletoads stars the titular group of three anthropomorphic toads, Rash, Zitz and Pimple, who fights against the forces of the Dark Queen to stop her plans of universal conquest.
The first installment, released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), was created as Rare's response to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise's popularity in the early 1990s.[1] The game was renowned for its difficulty and spawned sequels for various platforms, including a crossover with the Double Dragon series of beat 'em games. The Battletoads series as a whole has received a cult following, with six installments up to this date, and it also spawned a comic book and an animated television pilot.
Games[]
The Battletoads series consists of the following titles on Nintendo consoles:
- Battletoads (NES) (1991): The first game in the series. The Battletoads have to defeat the evil Dark Queen on her planet and rescue their kidnapped partners, Pimple and Princess Angelica. The game was originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991 by Rare and subsequently ported by Mindscape to the Amiga in 1992 (but not released until 1994), by Arc System Works to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Game Gear both in 1993, by Rare to the Game Boy in 1993 (as Battletoads in Ragnarok's World), and by Mindscape to the Amiga CD32 in 1994.
- Battletoads (GB) (1991): A spinoff of the original NES game. Despite having the same box art and title as the original NES release, it is in fact an entirely different game from the NES version.
- Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES) (1993): Released in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and developed in 1994 for the Sega Master System (but not released until 1996). In this game, Zitz and the daughter of Psicone Industries' CEO have been captured and it is up to Rash and Pimple to save them from the Dark Queen's clutches. Different from the previous games, in this one each character has its own specific abilities and combos. The Player 1 character, Pimple, is the powerhouse, big and with huge range with punches (like his aerial anvil-fist finisher), while the Player 2 character, Rash, is nimble and smaller, fighting using kicking attacks (like his aerial battle axe finisher attack). Aside from cooperative play, a solo player is able to play as Rash by switching to the second controller.
- Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team (SNES, GEN, NES, GB) (1993): A crossover game with the characters from the Double Dragon series with liberties taken. The Dark Queen and Shadow Boss team up and five heroes (the three toads, Zitz, Rash and Pimple, and the two Lee brothers, Billy and Jimmy) must stop them. The game allows players full and free choice of playable characters for the first time through a selection screen. Released in 1993 for the NES, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES and Game Boy.
- Battletoads (GBA): A canceled sequel/remake game was being developed for the Game Boy Advance.[2][3]
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External links[]
- Battletoads at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Battletoads (series) at the Battletoads Wiki
- Battletoads Franchise at GameFAQs
- Battletoads series at MobyGames
- Battletoads series at Hardcore Gaming 101
- Battletoads series at The Cutting Room Floor
- Battletoads Community at Reddit