Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Review - A Worthy Shellebration
I’m a huge fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I’ve watched every iteration of the team on the big and small screen, read the original Eastman and Laird run, bought more plastic nunchucks than I care to admit, and even created my own Ninja Turtles OC. Wait, forget you read that last part. Actually, no shame, his name is George, he’d wield a spade, and everyone would fancy him.
Break down my not at all soft, tough-as-nails shell, and you’ll find that the Turtles have a pretty big place in my heart. Despite this admiration, my love and nostalgia for the franchise actually skips through most of the games presented in the Cowabunga Collection. I’m aware they exist, but since I was born in 1999, not only did none of these games release when I started watching TMNT, but only a few of them have been re-released since.
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That means that out of 13 games, I had only played two of them prior to the Cowabunga Collection, making this more like experiencing a slice of Ninja Turtles history rather than playing a game. That’s an exciting prospect for someone who considers knowing who Venus de Milo is to be something to gloat about.
The Cowabunga Collection has 13 different games in total, although the number is closer to eight when you factor in different console releases of the same title. Right off the bat, that’s incredible value, especially considering how rare some of these games are. They’ve also been given special cheat codes, watch modes to see how they can be completed, Japanese and English language options, and a few even have online functionality. Anything you could possibly want from a collection like this has been done.
Surprisingly, most of the
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