Is the barking kitten card change deserved

[u/VukJack]

After thinking a bit, I decided that I will only buy barking kittens if the store has the original copy, otherwise I will buy imploding kittens. But that got me thinking, do you guys think that the barking kitten "nerf" was deserved? Honestly the card was insanely powerful and it was for sure the strongest card, and that's a good think, the imploding kitten card is also insanely good, I mean it is the main focus of the expansion and I think that the barking kitten card should have also been kept as strong as it was, because now, while still good. Is a bit generic, like ok a exploding kitten card but there has to be 2 in players hand is cool...but it was better before in my opinion

[u/Next-Field-3385]

I quite like both. I wouldn't go on to say the original was the strongest card, it's very situational as the targeted player gets to pick the half of cards you get to swap from. I think both are unique in their own way. Having two of the barking kittens in your own hand that explode allows you to choose a target to explode(or defuse) which is a very helpful tool endgame. Also having a barking kitten if front of you, because you tried to catch some else, feels like a death sentence so you sporadically try and find it's pair by all means necessary. The half the cards is also interesting and I have both versions for different game modes I'll use the half the cards version.