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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Game Boy Advance Review
By How to Retro / Games, Reviews
Like with many long running game franchises, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle games have been somewhat patchy over the years.
Since the original arcade game that introduced the classic TMNT 4 player beat ’em up, not all TMNT games have been that great. But this on the GameBoy Advance is truly a little gem!
It has the fast paced, button mashing feel of the original arcade and console games of the early 90s. It is more of a beat ’em up platformer, so whilst you can’t move in all directions on the playfield, it still retains the spirit of these original beat’ em up games, but kind of a typical of the time, cut down handheld version.
Fast and easy to play, each turtle has their own skills, animations and missions to play. In fact, the game is different depending on which turtle you chose to play with. There are four acts per character, giving the game a nice amount of variation. The game has excellent graphics, with the main character sprites being particularly well drawn and animated.
Each of the Turtles has their own story to follow during the acts as well as some nice minigame levels, including Raphaels Excitebike style level, racing along picking up boosts and fuel whilst racing Casey Jones. Leonardo has a nice first person target shooter whilst speeding along a sewer, Donatello has a glider based shooting level and Michelangelo speeds through another sewer level on his skateboard, which reminds me a bit of the Sonic 2 bonus levels.
Verdict
The game is based on the reboot series of 2003, I’m not a particular fan of this era, I guess due to my age and nostalgia for the original TV series, but even though I had a GBA at the time, this one passed me by, so it’s been a real pleasure to get in to this some 18 years later!
It’s not the longest game and lacks the excitement of the multiplayer mode that the turtles games became famous for, but with the new TMNT game, Shredder’s Revenge coming soon, this has been an excellent discovery to tie me over until that arrives.
What metacritic says
3
Play Magazine
"Each turtle has his own attacks and skills, plus his own unique set of stages, and it's all tied together with great looks and sounds that make TMNT feel like a really polished SNES game - not a bad thing at all from where I sit. [Nov 2003, p.100]"
83
GameNow
"Since each Turtle has his own fighting style, it doesn't ever get old. [Nov 2003, p.72]" ... Read full review
80
GMR Magazine
"The boss battles and platforming challenges vary just enough, and the minigames (such as the side-scrolling shooter level and the "Excitebike"-inspired motorcycle race) are great. [Dec 2003, p.104]"
80
Nintendo Power
"It's a fun and fresh play. [Dec 2003, p.151]"
80
GamePro
"Though the Turtles may have aged almost 20 years, their look is as sharp and clean as when they first jumped out of the sewers. From the crazy animated ninjitsu moves to the colorful levels, the Turtles never looked so good on a small screen." ... Read full review
75
GameSpy
"A mixed bag. The innovative level design and variety keep things interesting, but it's over far too quickly." ... Read full review
73
Game Informer
"A fun little title with decent combat controls, but there is absolutely no incentive to play it again after beating it the first time. [Nov 2003, p.73]"
70
GameCube Advanced
"It is a fun game for a crazy new TMNT fan, but older TMNT fans will be disappointed by the exclusion of the original cartoon characters." ... Read full review
70
Cheat Code Central
"If there is one major complaint it's that the game is too short. It can be completed in an afternoon and there's virtually no replay value at all."
69
IGN
"The game isn't much more than your typical "Final Fight" or "Double Dragon" type of game, but it's a pretty satisfying gaming experience...especially for those who dig the Turtles. But you just can't ignore the fact that the game's irritatingly short." ... Read full review
67
GameReviewer
"The graphics are surprisingly good and showcase exactly what the Gameboy Advance is capable of." ... Read full review
60
AceGamez
"Fans of the new TV series and even older fans of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will enjoy this title, provided they can ignore the skateboarding and other driving sections of the game."
60
Deeko
"The gameplay is quite good, with each turtle possessing his own style of gameplay, but the overall redundancy and ease that the game offers up is simply inexcusable." ... Read full review
57
GameSpot
"A brand-new game that combines simple beat-'em-up gameplay with the kind of run-and-jump action that has been done so often, and oftentimes much better, in numerous other side-scrolling games." ... Read full review
53