Back in 2018, Japanese Switch owners received Together! The Battle Cats – a fresh new entry of the popular Battle Cats franchise. Well, it looks like English-speaking fans will soon get to enjoy the absolutely bizarre warfare addventure!

Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia has announced that the Switch game will be releasing in English as The Battle Cats Unite!, exclusively within Southeast Asia (SEA). Launching on 9 December 2021, the game will feature over 350 cats for players to deploy and collect – along with support for two players!

Additionally, NintendoSoup has directly confirmed with the publisher that the game will indeed be getting an English physical release in the SEA region. We’ll report back on this as we hear more.

In the meantime, check out the official trailer below along with more details:

SINGAPORE – 11th August 2021 – Leading video game publisher and developer, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Asia today announced The Battle Cats Unite!, a new action simulation strategy game coming to the Nintendo Switch platform on 9th December 2021 in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia).

Game Key Features

In The Battle Cats Unite!, up to two players can play together or against each other in its simple and easy battle system. With over 350 cat characters to invade stages filled with a wealth of content!

Easy Battle System

Cat lovers rejoice! Players will get to choose their favourite cats and take them to battle! The rules are simple: win the battle by taking down the enemy’s base!

Co-op Mode

Work together with “Boosted Cannon” in two-player mode! Players can share five characters in a battle. “Boosted Cannon” is a unique element in the two-player mode. Turn a losing battle into victory as your cannon’s power doubles when both players fire in perfect sync! Even as defeat looms, cooperation might just win the day!

Huge variety of characters – Over 350 of them!

Be spoiled for choice with a wide range of cat characters beyond your imagination! There are more than 350 cat characters available. Players will be able to collect new cats from the capsule machine with no additional fees. Look forward to evolve and train these lovable cats!

Extensive variety of game stages – Over 300 of them!

A different collection of stages will be available each day! Your Cats will start their journey by conquering the planet in “Empire of Cats”, then continue on to greater challenges in the “Into the Future” and “Cats of the Cosmos” story arcs. Or you can challenge the “Stories of Legend”, a journey across time to find the mythic Cats of Legend.

With over 300 stages to play including daily Blitz stages, there is so much to do – Gather your Cat army and rule the universe!

Original Mini Games

Watch out for the surprise appearance of mini-game challenges as you progress through the main game! Collect rewards based on your score earned upon clearing the challenge. Enjoy this change of pace in between battles by teaming up with your friends to take on four mini-games in total!