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== Known history == | == Known history == | ||
[[File:BTD6 001-MonkeyAcademy.png|thumb|100px|Private Tuition portrait]] | [[File:BTD6 001-MonkeyAcademy.png|thumb|100px|Private Tuition portrait]] | ||
Since initial releases of the game, the Monkey Academy has survived in the files through text descriptions of its upgrades. It is not completely clear why the Monkey Academy went unused, and when asked for comment, Ninja Kiwi stated it was "part of the original design, but [...] not part of our current thinking",<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/nrwuqy/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_4th_june_2021/?mobile=0&rdt=55507 "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 4th June, 2021"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 18 Mar 2025.</ref> with them later confirming they had "moved away from" the tower concept<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/u39p90/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_april_2022/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 14th April, 2022"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 20 May 2025.</ref> and indicating it was scrapped at least partially due to its gameplay design being hard to balance.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1o2kxoc/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_10th_of_october_2025_blog/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 10th of October 2025 Blog"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 24 Nov 2025.</ref> | |||
It is still unknown what the base tower was intended to look like, but the portrait for the Private Tuition upgrade surfaced in the files during [[Bloons TD 6 v36.0|version 36.0]]. It is again | It is still unknown what the base tower was intended to look like, but the portrait for the Private Tuition upgrade surfaced in the files during [[Bloons TD 6 v36.0|version 36.0]]. It is again not clear why it was added. | ||
There also existed two scrapped [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]] upgrades specifically for this tower: Elite Tutors, which would have granted 15 more Hero XP every round, and Long Graduate, where the [[sub-tower]] spawned by the Academy Graduate ability would have lasted longer. | There also existed two scrapped [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]] upgrades specifically for this tower: Elite Tutors, which would have granted 15 more Hero XP every round, and Long Graduate, where the [[sub-tower]] spawned by the Academy Graduate ability would have lasted longer. | ||