"Hey! Come and get me!" - Donatello (taunt)
This is the Tournament Fighters I grew up with, coming back to this game now, it made me understand why I love SNK Fighters so much since this one kinda has that DNA in it. Now that I have a broader mindset and have played nearly all the TMNT game on the collection, my memories of the game versus what I see now don't differ, this game is fun and has some high points, but kinda low points I didn't notice growing up.
I do love this art style of the turtles the most, I think it captures a more rough and darker side to them and gives them a bit of edge they had in the comics, They all have their personalities for once, the voice clips fit how they sound and what they would say. I also really love this version of Casey and April, this made me a fan of Casey along with the movies. I also really like the weird worlds you go to, none of them look like anything from most the Turtle media, so my guess is this must be Dimension X, but the stages look good if not a tad out of place.
The game controls a bit faster than the SNES version, but I think one of the issues is the Genesis controller was a circle with to represent the diagonal presses and then there's the normal d-pad on top and this works for that controller but using anything else makes for a very non optimal response to some of the moves. The turtles again have their own fighting styles to match their weapons though the combat animations feel cleaner in this game.
Honestly the music by far is the best, for it to be Genesis it really doesn't sound tinny, and you can hear the synth very well much like the Streets of Rage games. I also love the voice clips as I had said before, they could be a bit clearer, but it's better than prior games or none at all.
This game's difficulty is where I take the most issue with, unlike the prior game where there's a braindead difficulty and then just hardcore, this game kinda goes from rough to impossible kinda lacking the easy part after the first 2 difficulty numbers. It's very much not fair and seems like the AI is reading your inputs.
So yeah, it's a pretty mixed game in spots, but I enjoyed it just as much as I did growing up, but I do now see the issues that I can't ignore, though the game is fun.
This is the Tournament Fighters I grew up with, coming back to this game now, it made me understand why I love SNK Fighters so much since this one kinda has that DNA in it. Now that I have a broader mindset and have played nearly all the TMNT game on the collection, my memories of the game versus what I see now don't differ, this game is fun and has some high points, but kinda low points I didn't notice growing up.
I do love this art style of the turtles the most, I think it captures a more rough and darker side to them and gives them a bit of edge they had in the comics, They all have their personalities for once, the voice clips fit how they sound and what they would say. I also really love this version of Casey and April, this made me a fan of Casey along with the movies. I also really like the weird worlds you go to, none of them look like anything from most the Turtle media, so my guess is this must be Dimension X, but the stages look good if not a tad out of place.
The game controls a bit faster than the SNES version, but I think one of the issues is the Genesis controller was a circle with to represent the diagonal presses and then there's the normal d-pad on top and this works for that controller but using anything else makes for a very non optimal response to some of the moves. The turtles again have their own fighting styles to match their weapons though the combat animations feel cleaner in this game.
Honestly the music by far is the best, for it to be Genesis it really doesn't sound tinny, and you can hear the synth very well much like the Streets of Rage games. I also love the voice clips as I had said before, they could be a bit clearer, but it's better than prior games or none at all.
This game's difficulty is where I take the most issue with, unlike the prior game where there's a braindead difficulty and then just hardcore, this game kinda goes from rough to impossible kinda lacking the easy part after the first 2 difficulty numbers. It's very much not fair and seems like the AI is reading your inputs.
So yeah, it's a pretty mixed game in spots, but I enjoyed it just as much as I did growing up, but I do now see the issues that I can't ignore, though the game is fun.