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'''Ninja Kiwi Europe''', formerly known as '''Digital Goldfish''', is a software company founded in Dundee, Scotland in 2004. It was originally focused on mobile games, but has expanded to include PC games. It is one of the two main developers of many ''[[Bloons (franchise)|Bloons]]'' video games alongside its parent company, [[Ninja Kiwi]]. | '''Ninja Kiwi Europe''', formerly known as '''Digital Goldfish''', is a software company founded in Dundee, Scotland in 2004. It was originally focused on mobile games, but has expanded to include PC games. It is one of the two main developers of many ''[[Bloons (franchise)|Bloons]]'' video games alongside its parent company, [[Ninja Kiwi]]. | ||
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===LiNK=== | ===LiNK=== | ||
'''Light interface to Ninja Kiwi''',<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2876550/Bloons_Card_Storm/</ref> or '''LiNK''' for short, is the proprietary account system created by Ninja Kiwi, which has been used since the release of the {{mobile version of|Bloons TD Battles}} in 2013. It supports cloud saving of game progress and friend lists, and can be linked to other services such as Steam. | '''Light interface to Ninja Kiwi''',<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2876550/Bloons_Card_Storm/</ref> or '''LiNK''' for short, is the proprietary account system created by Ninja Kiwi, which has been used since the release of the {{mobile version of|Bloons TD Battles}} in 2013. It supports cloud saving of game progress and friend lists, and can be linked to other services such as Steam. | ||
===NewFramework=== | |||
'''NewFramework''' is the internal name of the codebase used by most games developed by Ninja Kiwi Europe since ''[[Bloons TD 4 (mobile)|Bloons TD 4]]''. It was created to unify the codebases of the iOS and Android ports of ''BTD4'', which originally ran on separate game engines.<ref name="insider session 2">{{cite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzwH3QjcYos|title=Ninja Kiwi Insider Session #2: Dundee Studio EVP Danny!|publisher=YouTube|retrieved=25 sept 2025}}</ref> A heavily modified version of NewFramework is the engine of the mobile versions of ''[[Bloons TD 5 (mobile)|Bloons TD 5]]'', ''[[Bloons TD Battles (mobile)|Bloons TD Battles]]'', ''[[Bloons Monkey City (mobile)|Bloons Monkey City]]'', ''[[Bloons Supermonkey 2 (mobile)|Bloons Supermonkey 2]]'', and ''SAS: Zombie Assault 4'', as well as the {{console version of|Bloons TD 5}}, and a further heavily modified version is the engine of ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]''. | |||
==List of ''Bloons'' games developed by Ninja Kiwi Europe== | ==List of ''Bloons'' games developed by Ninja Kiwi Europe== | ||
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===As Ninja Kiwi Europe=== | ===As Ninja Kiwi Europe=== | ||
* [[Bloons TD 5 (mobile)|''Bloons TD 5'' (mobile)]] (2012)<ref>{{cite|archive url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227050506/http://ninjakiwi.com/blog/bloons-td5-now-178-more-portable/|title=Bloons TD5: Now 178% more portable.|publisher=Ninja Kiwi Blog|archive timestamp=20121227050506|date=1 nov 2012}}</ref>{{fn|Despite releasing before the company | * [[Bloons TD 5 (mobile)|''Bloons TD 5'' (mobile)]] (2012)<ref>{{cite|archive url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227050506/http://ninjakiwi.com/blog/bloons-td5-now-178-more-portable/|title=Bloons TD5: Now 178% more portable.|publisher=Ninja Kiwi Blog|archive timestamp=20121227050506|date=1 nov 2012}}</ref>{{fn|Despite releasing before the company was legally renamed to Ninja Kiwi Europe, the Ninja Kiwi Blog credits them as such, and the game credits the developers as Ninja Kiwi.}} | ||
* [[Bloons TD Battles (mobile)|''Bloons TD Battles'' (mobile)]] (2013)<ref name="insider session 2"/> | |||
* [[Bloons TD Battles (mobile)|''Bloons TD Battles'' (mobile)]] (2013) | * [[Bloons Monkey City (mobile)|''Bloons Monkey City'' (mobile)]] (2014)<ref name="insider session 2"/> | ||
* [[Bloons Monkey City (mobile)|''Bloons Monkey City'' (mobile)]] (2014) | <!-- source needed | ||
* [[Bloons Supermonkey 2 (mobile)|''Bloons Supermonkey 2'' (mobile)]] (2016) | * [[Bloons Supermonkey 2 (mobile)|''Bloons Supermonkey 2'' (mobile)]] (2016)--> | ||
* [[Bloons TD 5 (console)|''Bloons TD 5'' (console)]] (2017) | * [[Bloons TD 5 (console)|''Bloons TD 5'' (console)]] (2017)<ref name="insider session 2"/> | ||
*''[[Bloons Adventure Time TD]]'' (2018)<ref>{{cite|url=https://ninjakiwi.com/Norsk/blog/news/173291-what-s-up-at-ninja-kiwi-31st-august-2018|title=What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 31st August, 2018 |publisher=Ninja Kiwi Blog|retrieved=26 jul 2025}}</ref> | *''[[Bloons Adventure Time TD]]'' (2018)<ref>{{cite|url=https://ninjakiwi.com/Norsk/blog/news/173291-what-s-up-at-ninja-kiwi-31st-august-2018|title=What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 31st August, 2018 |publisher=Ninja Kiwi Blog|retrieved=26 jul 2025}}</ref> | ||
* ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]'' (2021)<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/nbzxek/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_may_2021/|title=What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 14th May, 2021|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=26 jul 2025}}</ref> | * ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]'' (2021)<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/nbzxek/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_may_2021/|title=What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 14th May, 2021|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=26 jul 2025}}</ref> | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{image needed| | {{image needed|Digital Goldfish logos and splash screens}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||