Bloons Tower Defense 5 is a Bloons Tower Defense game that was officially released on December 15, 2011 (December 13 for Ninja Kiwi accounts). According to Ninja Kiwi, the reason they released Bloons Tower Defense 4 Expansion was to tide the overwhelming demand for a new Bloons Tower Defense game, with BTD5 being so far from release at the time. This game is filled with new features such as:

• Tunnels and moving parts for tracks.

• New tracks. There are 71 additional tracks added up in updates now.

• Extreme Difficulty introduced.

• Z.O.M.G. addition.

• Addition of towers such as the Sniper Monkey, Ninja Monkey, Monkey Sub, and the change of Monkey Beacon to Monkey Village.

• Camo Bloons come out in different kinds of bloons now, and stay camo until all layers of the bloon are popped or Signal Flare, Cleansing Foam or a Submerged Monkey Sub is used.

• Regrowth Bloons added.

• Daily Challenges added.

• Special Missions added.

• Special Agents added

• Monkey Money added.

• Special Abilities added.

• Specialty Buildings added.

• Accounts (Flash only)

  • Uses NK Coins/kreds (Flash only)

  • Awesome Points/Kongregate points (Flash only)

• 3D-Tracks

• 2 paths in 4 upgrades for towers instead of 1, plus their respective Special Abilities.

• XP in unlocking tower upgrades

• More surprises and bonuses.

• Improved more than 17 towers.

• A button to turn Pre-Round Comments off.

• Premiums using Monkey Money in the current game/track added.

• Reverse Mode added

• Achievements for Awesome Points added.

• Fast track mode unlocked for3000 added

• Co-op mode added

• Co-op map difficulty choice added as well.

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