TMNT ‘Turtles in Time’ Re-Shelled Review

tmnt-turtles-in-time-re-shelled-review-xboxTurtles in Time Re-Shelled has hit the Xbox Live Arcade, and the moment of truth is at hand.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time is originally an arcade game produced by Konami in 1991. A sequel to the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) arcade game, it is a scrolling beat ‘em up based on the 1987 TMNT animated series and the Archie Comics Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures. It was ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time in 1993. That same year, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist was released for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and featured many elements from Turtles in Time. The arcade version of Turtles in Time was also included as an unlockable bonus in the 2005 game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox, but with different music, slightly altered graphics, completely different voice acting and no score counter. A 3D remake of this arcade version, entitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, developed and published by Ubisoft and was released on August 5th, 2009 for Xbox Live Arcade, and will also be released for the PlayStation Network later in the year.

Plot: When a player starts a new game, the introduction cut scene of the game is played. It begins with the Turtles watching April O’Neil on TV on a Sunday evening, reporting from Liberty Island. Suddenly, Krang flies in using a giant exosuit (which was also seen occasionally in the animated series) and steals the Statue of Liberty, moments before Shredder hijacks the airwaves to laugh at the Turtles. The Turtles jump into action in downtown New York and pursue the Foot to the streets and the city sewers (then to the Technodrome in the SNES version), where Shredder sends them through a time warp. The Turtles must fight Shredder’s army in both the past and the future in order to get home.

7 August 2009
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