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A reviewer for Destructoid wrote that, in spite of the game's "harsh and unbalanced" difficulty, it is well remembered as 1 of the most "beloved titles" of the 8-bit generation.

The "innovative and fun" presentation was frequently praised, particularly when it came to the cutscenes, the cartoon style of the characters and attacks, the music and sound, multi-layer scrolling, variety of colors, humour, and the first level gimmick of the Big Walker boss being from the perspective of the boss.

Rob Bright of Nintendo Magazine System explained that "progress isn't slow, but then it isn't a breeze," and Julian Rignall of Mean Machines wrote that it's "brilliantly designed to allow you to get just a little bit further each time you play, and give experts the potential to hone their skills and rack up enormous amount of bonus points.

The platforming sections, however, were criticized for having poor collision detection that result in cheap deaths; reviewers from Sega Force also noted this problem in the Mega Drive port and called the game a "run-of-the-mill" platformer with unresponsive controls, "random" difficulty between levels, very little surprises, and "menial" objectives.

In 2010, UGO included it on their "Top 25 games that need sequels" also featuring the Arctic Cavern level on the list of "coolest ice levels".

Topless Robot ranked Battletoads as the number one "least terrible Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rip-off" in 2008, also naming it as one of ten best beat-'em-ups of all time in 2010 and as one of ten video games that should have gotten toys in 2011.

In 2012, it was also listed among ten "classic videos games that deserve an HD remake" by Yahoo!

A reviewer of Destructoid stated that despite the game's "brutal and unbalanced" difficulty, it was often remembered as one of the most "beloved titles" of the eight-bit generation.

Games stated that the game was still widely recognised as one of the most difficult games ever made, particularly noting the chance of players accidentally killing their partner in two-player mode.

Two direct sequels, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs and Battletoads & Double Dragon, were both released for various consoles in 1993, with the latter being placed number 76 on IGN's "Top 100 NES Games of All Time" list.

While the Genesis port was appreciated by critics for keeping the gameplay and humorous animations of the NES title, its presentation was criticized as not improved enough from its 8-bit predecessor, with GamePro suggesting it lacked "soaring stereo orchestration," digitized voices, or even "one croak" to significantly differentiate it.

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the game scored a total of 30 out of 40, earning a place in the Silver Hall of Fame.

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the four reviewers gave 6, 7, 6, and 7, for a total of 25 out of 40. The average score in the "Game Report Card" from reader submissions to Mega Drive FAN was 19.5 out of 30, as shown below.

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the four reviewers gave 6, 6, 6, and 6, for a total of 24 out of 40.

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the four reviewers gave 5, 4, 5, and 4, for a total of 18 out of 40. The average score in the "Game Report Card" from reader submissions to Family Computer Magazine was 13.2 out of 30, as shown below.

Battletoads started at number 26 on Nintendo Powers July 1991 Top 30 list of NES games for Players' Picks only with 464 points, rising to number 13 the following issue with 858 points.

In September 1991, it premiered on the actual Top 30 list at number 11 with 3,219 points, landing in the top ten of both respective lists for Players' Pick (number seven) and Pros' Picks (number six).

In the October 1991 issue, the game skyrocketed to the number-three spot on the overall list with 6,008 points, remaining in that position in the November issue with 6,397 points.

By January 1992, the issue Nintendo Power turned the Top 30 list into a Top 20 list (as they added Top 20 rankings for games of other consoles), Battletoads budged to number two with 6,140 points that month, staying in that ranking for three more consecutive issues but remaining out of the top spot due to having significantly less points than the long-lasting Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990).

The first installment of the Battletoads series, it was released in North America and Japan in 1991 and in Europe in 1993.

The "innovative and fun" presentation was frequently praised, particularly when it came to the cutscenes, the cartoon style of the characters and attacks, the music and sound, multi-layer scrolling, variety of colors, humour, and the first level gimmick of the Big Walker boss being from the perspective of the boss.

Battletoads started at number 26 on Nintendo Powers July 1991 Top 30 list of NES games for Players' Picks only with 464 points, rising to number 13 the following issue with 858 points.

The game still charted when the Top 20 NES list ended in November 1994, and most of the game's final eleven months on the chart were in the bottom half, with only one of those months in February 1994 being in a top ten spot.

Battletoads was nominated for the 1991 Nintendo Power Awards in nine categories, winning the first place in the categories: Graphics and Sound (NES), Theme and Fun (NES), Best Play Control (NES) and Best Multi-Player or Simultaneous (NES), it was also given the title of the Overall Best Game for NES of 1991.

A spin-off game for the Game Boy, also titled Battletoads, was first released in November 1991.

This was to set Battletoads further apart from other beat 'em up franchises, and to comply with the rules on in-game violence that Nintendo was applying at the time.

Battletoads started at number 26 on Nintendo Powers July 1991 Top 30 list of NES games for Players' Picks only with 464 points, rising to number 13 the following issue with 858 points.

In the October 1991 issue, the game skyrocketed to the number-three spot on the overall list with 6,008 points, remaining in that position in the November issue with 6,397 points.

By January 1992, the issue Nintendo Power turned the Top 30 list into a Top 20 list (as they added Top 20 rankings for games of other consoles), Battletoads budged to number two with 6,140 points that month, staying in that ranking for three more consecutive issues but remaining out of the top spot due to having significantly less points than the long-lasting Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990).

It won seven awards from the 1991 Nintendo Power Awards, and has since been renowned as one of the most difficult video games ever created.

The platforming sections, however, were criticized for having poor collision detection that result in cheap deaths; reviewers from Sega Force also noted this problem in the Mega Drive port and called the game a "run-of-the-mill" platformer with unresponsive controls, "random" difficulty between levels, very little surprises, and "menial" objectives.

A reviewer of Destructoid stated that despite the game's "brutal and unbalanced" difficulty, it was often remembered as one of the most "beloved titles" of the eight-bit generation.

Games stated that the game was still widely recognised as one of the most difficult games ever made, particularly noting the chance of players accidentally killing their partner in two-player mode.

The "innovative and fun" presentation was frequently praised, particularly when it came to the cutscenes, the cartoon style of the characters and attacks, the music and sound, multi-layer scrolling, variety of colors, humour, and the first level gimmick of the Big Walker boss being from the perspective of the boss.

Gameplay-wise, Battletoads was praised for its diverse gameplay styles, addictiveness, and motivating challenge level.

The platforming sections, however, were criticized for having poor collision detection that result in cheap deaths; reviewers from Sega Force also noted this problem in the Mega Drive port and called the game a "run-of-the-mill" platformer with unresponsive controls, "random" difficulty between levels, very little surprises, and "menial" objectives.

While the Genesis port was appreciated by critics for keeping the gameplay and humorous animations of the NES title, its presentation was criticized as not improved enough from its 8-bit predecessor, with GamePro suggesting it lacked "soaring stereo orchestration," digitized voices, or even "one croak" to significantly differentiate it.

In 1992 the game was ported to the Amiga home computers by Mindscape, though the Amiga version went on unreleased until 1994.

In 1994 Mindscape brought the game to the Amiga CD32 and released it together with the previously unreleased Amiga version.

It had also planned ports for MS-DOS and the Atari ST back for the originally intended 1992 release of the computer versions, but these two were never released.

A port for the Atari Lynx was also announced and planned to be published by Telegames, but it was never released.

The pilot originally aired in syndication in the United States on the weekend of Thanksgiving 1992, but it was never picked up as a full series.

It had also planned ports for MS-DOS and the Atari ST back for the originally intended 1992 release of the computer versions, but these two were never released.

A few months after the initial North American release in June 1991 for the NES, Battletoads got a Japanese-localized release for the Famicom, getting distributed in Japan by NCS, as opposed to Tradewest.

Rare Replay was released on August 4, 2015, featuring a fix to a bug in the original game that made the eleventh level unplayable for player 2.