Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

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Somewhere, tucked away in a photo album at my dad’s house, there lies a photograph of me playing Konami’s Teenage Mutant “Hero” Turtles arcade, during a 1990 family vacation to the tropical paradise that is South Devon. I remember literally having “jelly legs” after playing, such was my complete, unadulterated excitement at my two greatest loves of the time combining. You see, my friends, what I was experiencing was the perfect marriage of the two most important elements of the 1990s for any 10-year-old: TMNT and arcade games.

While Eastman & Laird’s iconic Heroes in a Half Shell have since dipped their two-toed feet into all manner of gaming genres, there is little argument that they will always be suited best to the beat-’em-up genre. From the aforementioned 1989 arcade classic, to the beloved 1992 SNES release Turtles in Time and its Sega Mega Drive compadre The Hyperstone Heist, the lean, green fighting machines are perfectly attuned to multiplayer mayhem. TMNT was made for brawling… More so than The frikkin’ Simpsons.

And so, with the genre currently enjoying a major renaissance, publisher Dotemu and developer Tribute Games have decided it’s high time that Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michaelangelo make their grand return to the mean streets. But in a whole new era, one where the brawler genre has advanced beyond its rudimentary beginnings, is the TMNT brand capable of regaining its button-mashing crown, or is it just ninja, ninja, crap? Let’s check it out. And remember, the clock’s tickin’, dude.

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge (PS4 [reviewed], PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) Developer: Tribute Games Publisher: Dotemu Released: June 16, 2022 MSRP: $24.99

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