Beat 'em up game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge has revived the classic gameplay from the franchise's iconic arcade cabinets, but the retro experience has been developed to accommodate modern features like crossplay — at least on some platforms. Released on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch, Shredder's Revenge captures the cooperative arcade experience through local and online multiplayer. Crossplay has become increasingly common in the games industry, allowing players from different console ecosystems to play with each other in online games, but Shredder's Revenge exemplifies the difficulty in implementing such features.
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge piqued interest not just for its throwback gameplay and aesthetic, but also for its online and local co-op. Up to six players can team up in a single game and fight as the characters in TMNT: Shredder's Revenge's roster — Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, Master Splinter, April O'Neil, and Casey Jones. All platforms except for PlayStation even let six people play locally on a single system.
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Unfortunately, this local multiplayer caveat for the PS4 extends to crossplay, which isn't possible on Sony's platform. The Nintendo Switch, which does support up to eight connected Joy-Cons at once for various games, is also without crossplay for Shredder's Revenge. This leaves PC and Xbox as the only platforms where crossplay is possible, but it should also be noted that no version of the game supports cross-progression, so not even PC and Xbox can transfer save files to each other, for instance.
When teaming up with friends on a separate platform to beat bosses like Tempestra in TMNT:
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