[1] The original Battletoads game for the NES was renowned for its extreme difficulty, but still received a cult following, spawning sequels for various platforms including a crossover with the Double Dragon series and a modern reboot after a 25-year gap in releases.

The Battletoads appear in a bonus boss encounter in the Xbox One and PC versions of Shovel Knight.

[9] Rash appears as a playable guest character in the third season of the fighting game Killer Instinct, available on Xbox One and Windows.

Intended as the pilot for a full-fledged series, the special was syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment in the United States on the weekend of Thanksgiving 1992 as part of their "Kids' Day Off" package.

The cartoon was adapted and written by David Wise (no relation to the Battletoads video games' composer of the same name).

A comic with the backstory of Battletoads, written by Rare employee Guy Millar, was also published in Nintendo Power.

[17] In 2012, Forbes listed it as one of five video game franchises "that need to come back from the dead", adding that a modern Battletoads "should retain its side-scroller qualities while adopting the 2.5D style" similar to Mark of the Ninja.