The $10 price tag definitely feels like too much. This probably makes the game a little easier since it increases your attack range, but otherwise the original gameplay is faithfully reproduced. The one gameplay difference that has been added is the ability to attack in eight directions instead of just left and right. It's a rather mind-numbing experience that fails to offer much more than a quick trip down memory lane for those that were there. All that is expected of you is to pound on the attack buttons and dodge a few traps. Turtles in Time is the kiddie pool of game mechanics. This also makes it near impossible to keep track of where your fighter is when four people are playing.
At the character selection screen you'll see different stats for speed and range, but in-game you can hardly tell the Turtles apart. Everyone knows the mutants all had distinct personalities and talents, but here they all control the same way, have virtually the same attacks save for a "special move" (which is just the heavy attack), and they spout the same generic one-liners. But it makes little difference which Turtle you choose to control. You've got your four turtles, they make their cheesy little comments, you fight a bunch of recognizable enemies, and you get a brief glimpse of April O'Neil's cleavage. In terms of fan service, Turtles in Time gets some things right. You have unlimited continues, though, so the game never becomes truly challenging - just annoying.Ĭheck out the video review of TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled. These games were designed to eat quarters, after all, so you'll find many traps are unavoidable and certain bad guys have unfair advantages (bosses can heal themselves, for example). Like the other licensed arcade games Konami produced in the early '90s, Turtles in Time lets up to four players cooperate through side-scrolling levels, beating up cronies and fighting a cheap boss at the end of each stage. What worked back then doesn't necessarily cut it today.
The beat 'em up genre has been kept alive with outstanding efforts like Castle Crashers on Xbox Live Arcade that build on the foundation TMNT provided, but returning to this archaic example now only points out how much games have improved since 1991. There's nothing to it: hold right on your D-pad and mash the X button and you'll beat the game in half an hour.
I'm going to guess they haven't played the game in almost 20 years, though, and any enthusiasm for this remake is being fueled purely by their nostalgia, because Turtles in Time has not aged well. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time was originally built for arcades back in 1991 and eventually made its way to the Super Nintendo, and many a Ninja Turtle fan has fond memories of hacking and slashing through hordes of Foot soldiers with three of their buds.
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