
This may not be true, but it would explain the excessive artifacting of their characters. At times, the Turtles actually look a little worse than the enemies, and it seems that the developers started the Turtle sprites by taking screen captures from the actual show, then modeled around them. That brings up the character graphics for the Turtles, themselves, which are a little mixed.

So are the enemies, which range from mousers to purple dragons, and even Casey Jones in the classic Raph-meets-Casey-and-they-beat-the-crud-out-of-each-other story.
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Bobbing arrows direct you to take occasionally diverging paths, and the backgrounds are definitely fitting of the TV show. It still feels like a brawler in that vein, however, as it throws waves of enemies at you during bouts of locked screens. Some areas allow you to take alternate routes … Play a few seconds of the game, though, and you’ll see that this brawler is actually a sidescroller without any of the Final Fight-esque foreground/background depth of movement allowed.
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Inspired by the slightly darker and (arguably too) “edgy” 2003 cartoon series (not to be confused with the original 1987 run or the current 2012 Nickelodeon series), the first GBA Turtles title looks to be a classic beat ’em up meant to satisfy your Turtles in Time cravings. To check the truth of this statement, I took a look at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. While Turtles in Time is generally considered the pinnacle of TMNT beat ’em up joy, Konami hasn’t stopped making good Turtles games. This is no surprise, since Konami made them after having cut their teeth with The Adventures of Bayou Billy for the NES, and afterword followed up the above TMNT games with the arcade hits X-Men, The Simpsons, and Bucky O’Hare. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game for the NES and Turtles in Time for the SNES are the most well-known, and were excellent beat ’em ups. Where most licensed games are, at best, adequately playable, Turtles games include not only some of the best within that category, but also some of the best console games period.


Great comics, great cartoons, (mostly) great movies, and great games. Gotta love the attention to details, like the TCRI neon sign …Īw, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
