The first time I played this was in preparation for the Blockbuster World Video Game Championships back in 93. I didn't do too well with NBA Jam but this game shot me into the lead and Clayfighter helped keep me there. Interestingly enough, my family didn't have a SNES or ANY gaming console as my parents were dead set against them so I had to practice the games at a friends house. Another mother asked my mom "Wow, he's pretty good! How long do you let him play for?" and she sheepishly had to admit the truth, completely embarrassed that I didn't have a console yet was doing so well. After losing in the State finals my parents decided to encourage me and my siblings love for gaming and bought us a SNES for Christmas that year. My dad has resented it ever since. I finally bought a copy of this game last year for the SNES. After years of playing fighting games I am surprised at how unbalanced it is, but it's still a lot of fun. Great video as always!
It feels like the Genesis version got the less experienced and talented team of all 3 games. The sprite work, the fighting system. Seems like the only big name there was Miki Higashino to handle the badass music (And the only true reason why I own the game). Konami totally wanted the SNES version to stand out among the rest.
3:23 the PUDDING PIES were INCREDIBLE tasting. just wow. i still remember the flavor. i think it was vanilla pudding flavor kinda like custard. even the crust shell was delicious.
The vast differences between these three games have always been fascinating to me. The Genesis one is the one I happened to grow up with, and it actually had a good bit of influence on me, it had a truly creepy vibe I wasn't used to in games as a kid, but I totally dug it. Plus, I loved the idea that someone who's basically a normal human martial artist (Karai) was more powerful than Triceraton or Krang. That really opened up my mind when it came to storytelling, also Karai's laugh when you get a Game Over against her still gives me chills
Great video! Definitely an interesting comparison. It's fascinating when totally different versions of games are made for systems of varying capabilities.
Yes! Wouldn't that be great?! I would settle for just a classic roster consisting of more traditional characters. Get Casey, April, Shredder and Krang all in one game. And where is Bebop and Rocksteady?!? Put them in. While you're at it, toss in Splinter!
Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing this concept revisited with a bigger roster, for sure. Though the Gamecube/PS2-era fighting game apparently wasn't very good.
Great episode. Never even knew that there was an NES version. Used many a blockbuster rental on this for the SNES version and duking it out with my friends. In a side note, love the less than Jake shirt.
If you still find yourself coming back to TMNT Tournament Fighters, I'd suggest you check out Championship Edition! Add's 10 new colors per character, defaults to tournament rules and of course we have plans to add new content in new revisions. You can find out more over in the SNES Fighters Discord. discord.gg/A3gJwy5
@@Video-Games-Are-Fun You'd have to define "dead." They're still an existing company, but they haven't exactly had a great track record these last few years.
Great video! These were good fighting games, all three unique in their own right. I like the SNES version the most out of the three. The Genesis version had a cool aesthetic and a great Soundtrack, but the AI was just not fair. I haven't played the NES version much, but it was alright. To bad it costs an arm and a leg on eBay being that it was a late release on the system.
As soon as I saw the title to this video I instantly thought SNES version was my favorite. In fact this is my 2nd favorite TMNT video game they ever made with Turtles In Time being my all time favorite TMNT game ever. I also appreciate the history lesson I never knew that all I remember is tuning in back in 1987 and being instantly intrigued.
You can use 2 Hotheads in NES game without GemeGenie, by simple trick in 2 player mode. And game never crashed for me while doing this (and i played a lot). But of course you will see a lot of flickering.
@@SameNameDifferentGame and NES has a lot of fighting games, but 90% of them unlicensed and were made in china lol. Like ports of Street FIghter 2, Mortal Kombat 1/2, Fatal Fury and even original fighters like Kart Fighter (Mario vs Donkey Kong and such). I think I played almost all of them, you can find videos and roms on my channel, but due to rare mappers and rom formats, Everdrive doesn't not support most of them and you need to play them in emulator.
There is actually an update by a group of Russian players that attempts to rebalance the game and add unused content back to the game. If you want to check it out come by the SNES Fighters Discord and we can help you find it. discord.gg/A3gJwy5
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I think you can't select Hothead for both players in 2 player mode, you can only do the trick in VS CPU mode, when you select some other character for you AND hothead for the CPU, then after that match you can select hothead for you and the cursor for the CPU will be on Hothead and I think this is the only way to play with two Hotheads, but correct me if I am wrong.
You should take a look into TMNT Tournament Fighters Championship Edition! There are actually hacks for the NES version to rebalance and add new content, the Genesis version which allows bosses to be playable and of course ths SNES version which adds 10 new colors per character and defaults to tournament rules. Come check it out over in the SNES Fighters Discord and feel free to say Hi if you have any questions. discord.gg/A3gJwy5
If you want to stretch the “same name” portion really far, I suppose you could compare TMNT 3 on the NES to TMNT 3: Radical Rescue on the Game Boy. The latter is interesting as a sort of pre-SOTN Metroidvania. Turtletroid?
Great video Joe! I played all three of these over the years and am pretty much on board with your perspectives on all the versions. Your video made me forget how awesome the SNES version is. I will never forget taking turns with a friend and grinding it out against the ruthless AI to beat the primary story/tournament mode for the NES version.
@@SameNameDifferentGame yes, it needs some tweaking that I simply can not explain in english in a way it would make any sense. But it needs no codes, just jumping between playing as player 1 and player 2.
Yeah, I didn't really find anything to suggest a GB version was in the works, but Konami did make a fair number of GB titles, so it wouldn't surprise me if there was.
The japanese version has 2 colors for every character, press start for the 2nd color (snes) . And big fans of the snes game can look up tmnt tournament fighters championship edition 😉 it's pretty cool
Thanks for the shout out Nintality! If you are interested in Championship Edition, come check out the Discord! We just ran a tournament at Combo Breaker 2019 so there is plenty of activity and discussion. discord.gg/A3gJwy5
no bebop or rocksteady seems odd. Given movie tie ins, i'm also surprised there were no Takka or Rahzar sightings. Also, no lie, the white wall section tricked me into thinking you suddenly went 3D.
I played both versions nes and snes but for me the nes tournament fighters is so easy compared to snes , on the nes I can easily beat the boss without using 1 continue
To be honest: At these times I played Street Fighter 2 and Turtles was on both consoles very far from Street Fighter 2. In the late 90s I had the Turtles for SEGA and it was fun for some minutes, but not more than "okay". I also had never the desire to test the SNES-version, because I already played MK2 and UMK3 and I had a SEGA Saturn in the late 90s and played "Die Hard Arcade" and I had a SEGA CD with Final Fight CD.
Nice episode! I'm pretty partial to the NES version, since I played a ton of it. Still have the cart complete; I dodged a bullet not selling it many years ago at a yard sale!
I've played all three, and I favor the SNES version over the others. They're all pretty good but they also have their own flaws. None are perfect, but the SNES one is not only a decent fighter, but captures the spirit of the TMNT as well.
For sure, none are as good as Street Fighter II Turbo or anything, but the SNES version is fun and apparently still gets played at big fighting game events (it was played at Combobreaker last week)!
I always appreciated that Konami made two different versions for the Genesis and SNES.. and in most cases both were good games that made you want to collect both (Contra, Batman Robin, Castlevania, etc). but it seems they dropped the ball on the Gen version :( SNES had a great soundtrack btw.
Generally true, but also, they only did The Adventures of Batman and Robin on the SNES, Sega published the Genesis version with development done by Clockwork Tortoise.
Thanks to TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection, I got to play all three games. My least favorite is Sega Genesis game. I say NES game is in the middle without question. We all can agree SNES game knocks it out the park. To me this is how I felt what happened. The main team worked on SNES game. Konami was desperate to cash in hard on Capcom's SFII. They chose a team on the spot to work on Genesis game but they aren't familiar with the franchise. Which is why a team more familiar with it ended up doing NES game. Sadly that console wasn't created in mind for fighting games, it is still a good attempt at that there.
I hope to see one where you compare Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on NES with the arcade version :) And even do a SNDG first, by comparing both of these versions with the movie of the same name.
The NES version is if you want to watch the turtles play dodgeball. Also I'm kinda mad you didn't mention either the stat changer and instant replay of the genesis version.
@@SameNameDifferentGame oh yea , had them since the release date , they along with the rest of my collection will pass down to my Grand Kids' Grand kids as per my last will 👍
Any chance of doing Bayou Billy and Mad City? I know they're technically not the same name, but being vastly different games is so interesting. The way we got boned in America is funny/fascinating.
The NES game is actually very good, given the console's limitations; and, that is, really, the game's only fault. There's a few changes I would make; such as, instead of having the two buttons designated separately for punch and kick (honestly, why is this even a thing?), I would have one button used for fast-light attacks, and the other for slow-heavy attacks. The other change I would make is to have the Turtles use their weapons as special attacks (i.e. Leo's hurricane kick could be swapped for a spinning sword slash).
I need to get the snes version at some point. The PAL version seems to always be a bit more expensive than the US version. Always weird to me that that happens cos Konami's PAL ports were rarely any good. I kinda want to collect up licensed games like this cos there's really next to no chance of re-releases. After watching this I may try to get the US Snes version. Seems like the smart move.
Honestly you might want to bite the bullet and import a Super Famicom. They're pretty cheap on Ebay, and don't have that awful 50hz slowdown. I'm talking from experience since my US SNES had a bad ppu and I had to replace it.
@@neildarr They're the same size as a normal Famicom cart (the NES version is the same size as an NES cart, but I use mine on a Japanese system, so it's smaller).
Whilst I love this game, the choice of War makes zero sense. In the archie Comic where WingNut and Ray Fillet were main protagonists, whilst Armaggon was the main antagonist villain of a major arc, the character War appeared in only two single issues of the comic. Thats not all, War was depicted as a personality-devoid grunt in a team of three underling working for a more important villain who was himself in service of the real villain of that arc. All things considered, Rocksteady or some other big character would've made so more sense.
Turtles are reptiles, not amphibians. That little nitpick out of the way, I knew exactly how this would turn out. The SNES version is just too good to be on the same level as the NES and Genesis ports. The NES version definitely gets a pass from me, though, because it's really the best the system could do. Joy Mech Fight and Kart Fighter (which is probably the best unlicensed game on the system) are the only other two I can think of that are worth playing. The Genesis version, on the other hand, is sad. Much like Hyperstone Heist, it feels like a half-empty effort that could have been so much better than it was. I mean, two buttons, really? I more or less don't care about it not feeling like a TMNT game, since I never was into the original cartoons (I grew up with the 2003 reboot, and didn't see much of it at that), but that aside it's just a poor effort. And it's interesting that Asuka was based off of a character from the movie, because I was almost certain she was an original character. Also, fun fact about the SNES version: Much like Blaze in Bare Knuckle 2, Asuka's high kick was censored in the overseas version.
@@SameNameDifferentGame I'll keep my preferences on that to myself. But aside from the butt, I don't think anything else was changed. I could be wrong though, given how NoA was back then.
If you are a big fan of TMNT Tournament Fighters or 16/8-bit fighters, come on by and check out the SNES Fighters Discord where we discuss the new update Championship Edition, run community netplay events and share techniques to improve your game. Hope to see you there! discord.gg/A3gJwy5
@@SameNameDifferentGame I actually softened up on this game. I think it plays better than any other version. It's just that some of the backgrounds are amongst the worst pixel art to be found on the Mega Drive/Genesis. Having said that, a couple of the backgrounds are really nice. It's just I don't know why this game is so overwhelmingly dark and purple...
@@SameNameDifferentGame It feels closer in tone to the original dark comics I suppose. It just feels like they rushed it a bit. I think they needed to spend more time doing the art work and maybe add a 6 button control scheme too.
Great episode. Man I hated that genesis version. Makes sense to think it was some other game and they patched in TMNT into it. Also one of the few games that I can remember where konami actually made a bad soundtrack.
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The first time I played this was in preparation for the Blockbuster World Video Game Championships back in 93. I didn't do too well with NBA Jam but this game shot me into the lead and Clayfighter helped keep me there. Interestingly enough, my family didn't have a SNES or ANY gaming console as my parents were dead set against them so I had to practice the games at a friends house.
Another mother asked my mom "Wow, he's pretty good! How long do you let him play for?" and she sheepishly had to admit the truth, completely embarrassed that I didn't have a console yet was doing so well. After losing in the State finals my parents decided to encourage me and my siblings love for gaming and bought us a SNES for Christmas that year.
My dad has resented it ever since.
I finally bought a copy of this game last year for the SNES. After years of playing fighting games I am surprised at how unbalanced it is, but it's still a lot of fun. Great video as always!
Yeah, it's pretty bonkers how unbalanced all the versions are, honestly, but I still dig them. I mean, MvC2 is wildly unbalanced, and people love it!
It feels like the Genesis version got the less experienced and talented team of all 3 games. The sprite work, the fighting system. Seems like the only big name there was Miki Higashino to handle the badass music (And the only true reason why I own the game). Konami totally wanted the SNES version to stand out among the rest.
It really kinda feels that way.
3:23 the PUDDING PIES were INCREDIBLE tasting. just wow. i still remember the flavor. i think it was vanilla pudding flavor kinda like custard. even the crust shell was delicious.
Yeah, I put that commercial in here because I loved those things so much. Really wish they'd come back like Crystal Pepsi and New Coke.
The vast differences between these three games have always been fascinating to me.
The Genesis one is the one I happened to grow up with, and it actually had a good bit of influence on me, it had a truly creepy vibe I wasn't used to in games as a kid, but I totally dug it. Plus, I loved the idea that someone who's basically a normal human martial artist (Karai) was more powerful than Triceraton or Krang. That really opened up my mind when it came to storytelling, also Karai's laugh when you get a Game Over against her still gives me chills
She's still the strongest in the SNES version
Great video! Definitely an interesting comparison. It's fascinating when totally different versions of games are made for systems of varying capabilities.
Definitely is.
@@SameNameDifferentGame totally is
I own both Nintendo games , The nes version always felt like it didn't exactly know what kind of game it wanted to be
TMNT Tournament Fighters commercial is just badass.
It's definitely weird for a TMNT commercial, that's for sure.
@@SameNameDifferentGame Though its true for its edge.
we need a new version of this beat'em up version on a new console with all characters with a roster of 20/25
Yes! Wouldn't that be great?! I would settle for just a classic roster consisting of more traditional characters. Get Casey, April, Shredder and Krang all in one game. And where is Bebop and Rocksteady?!? Put them in. While you're at it, toss in Splinter!
Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing this concept revisited with a bigger roster, for sure. Though the Gamecube/PS2-era fighting game apparently wasn't very good.
@@SameNameDifferentGame there was PS2 turtle Fighter out ?
@@c.o.n.collectingofnostalgi889 Yep. Mutant Melee, 2005.
@@SameNameDifferentGame hmmmm gonna at least look at it thank you for the info brother
love the show mate and the content.
Great episode. Never even knew that there was an NES version. Used many a blockbuster rental on this for the SNES version and duking it out with my friends.
In a side note, love the less than Jake shirt.
Yeah, it was so late in the system's life that I think a lot of folks missed it. And thanks! Love LTJ.
If you still find yourself coming back to TMNT Tournament Fighters, I'd suggest you check out Championship Edition! Add's 10 new colors per character, defaults to tournament rules and of course we have plans to add new content in new revisions. You can find out more over in the SNES Fighters Discord. discord.gg/A3gJwy5
Konami's NES days ended quite nicely, I must say.
Certainly could have been much worse.
isn't konami dead today? i don't even know of any castlevania games. i suppose metal gear is still their property?
@@Video-Games-Are-Fun You'd have to define "dead." They're still an existing company, but they haven't exactly had a great track record these last few years.
@@Video-Games-Are-Fun research this if you wanna know how konami is still alive in today: Pro Evolution Soccer
@@banxai military games (call of duty black ops cold war) are STILL super popular and sell massively. WHERE is konami?? this is blasphemy
r.i.p. james avery, the original voice of the shredder.
Uncle Phil and the Shredder! What a career!
Great video! These were good fighting games, all three unique in their own right. I like the SNES version the most out of the three. The Genesis version had a cool aesthetic and a great Soundtrack, but the AI was just not fair. I haven't played the NES version much, but it was alright. To bad it costs an arm and a leg on eBay being that it was a late release on the system.
I agree (obviously). The Genesis version isn't awful, but it doesn't get to the level of the SNES.
As soon as I saw the title to this video I instantly thought SNES version was my favorite. In fact this is my 2nd favorite TMNT video game they ever made with Turtles In Time being my all time favorite TMNT game ever. I also appreciate the history lesson I never knew that all I remember is tuning in back in 1987 and being instantly intrigued.
I don't rate it that high among TMNT games, but I honestly liked it more than I remembered.
@@SameNameDifferentGame Which one was your favorite?
@@eyeh8phonies361 Turtles in Time is also my favorite, but I'd rate the first arcade game and Hyperstone Heist above Tournament Fighters.
@@SameNameDifferentGame That definitely makes sense, have you ever done a segment on Rolling Thunder?
@@eyeh8phonies361 Not yet!
One of my favorite series! Long live same name different game!
You can use 2 Hotheads in NES game without GemeGenie, by simple trick in 2 player mode. And game never crashed for me while doing this (and i played a lot). But of course you will see a lot of flickering.
Good to know!
@@SameNameDifferentGame and NES has a lot of fighting games, but 90% of them unlicensed and were made in china lol. Like ports of Street FIghter 2, Mortal Kombat 1/2, Fatal Fury and even original fighters like Kart Fighter (Mario vs Donkey Kong and such). I think I played almost all of them, you can find videos and roms on my channel, but due to rare mappers and rom formats, Everdrive doesn't not support most of them and you need to play them in emulator.
@@RetroView Most of those were bootlegs on Famicom, almost none of them were on the NES.
There is actually an update by a group of Russian players that attempts to rebalance the game and add unused content back to the game. If you want to check it out come by the SNES Fighters Discord and we can help you find it. discord.gg/A3gJwy5
I think you can't select Hothead for both players in 2 player mode, you can only do the trick in VS CPU mode, when you select some other character for you AND hothead for the CPU, then after that match you can select hothead for you and the cursor for the CPU will be on Hothead and I think this is the only way to play with two Hotheads, but correct me if I am wrong.
I own both the MD and SNED version. To this day me and my two cousins still play the SNES competitive with a few beers lol. It's super fun
You should take a look into TMNT Tournament Fighters Championship Edition! There are actually hacks for the NES version to rebalance and add new content, the Genesis version which allows bosses to be playable and of course ths SNES version which adds 10 new colors per character and defaults to tournament rules. Come check it out over in the SNES Fighters Discord and feel free to say Hi if you have any questions. discord.gg/A3gJwy5
@@newchallenge Thanks for the information. I will definitely check out this rom hack. Appreciate it so much 👏💯
If you want to stretch the “same name” portion really far, I suppose you could compare TMNT 3 on the NES to TMNT 3: Radical Rescue on the Game Boy. The latter is interesting as a sort of pre-SOTN Metroidvania. Turtletroid?
I really try to avoid stretching it that far. But I do need to check out Radical Rescue, I've heard good things!
Great video Joe! I played all three of these over the years and am pretty much on board with your perspectives on all the versions. Your video made me forget how awesome the SNES version is. I will never forget taking turns with a friend and grinding it out against the ruthless AI to beat the primary story/tournament mode for the NES version.
Raphael has the shortest..."weapon", I like Don because his staff is HUGE! LOL!!! 😆
I'm not here to kink-shame.
Finally. Been waiting YEARS for this one.
Glad to have delivered!
Im surprised the lack of turtles videos.
NES turtles, the arcade games and every other game named Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Duuuude.. best... shirt... ever...! (+10 pts if it's an ltj reference, +5 points if you get the Jeff Albertson reference)
Thanks!
You can play with two hotheads, it just needed some tricks I accidentally found out back in the day
Yeah, apparently you don't need a cheat device.
@@SameNameDifferentGame yes, it needs some tweaking that I simply can not explain in english in a way it would make any sense. But it needs no codes, just jumping between playing as player 1 and player 2.
Think of Super Street Fighter's controls with the fun factor of TMNT4: Turtles In Time!!!
Well, now, hey... that's maybe a bridge slightly too far.
1:04 - Mine too. Plus his personality is most like my own
Raph rules.
I thought if the game boy version had one, it would play like the SNES version and would have michelangelo on it fighting Wingnut or Asaka.
Yeah, I didn't really find anything to suggest a GB version was in the works, but Konami did make a fair number of GB titles, so it wouldn't surprise me if there was.
The japanese version has 2 colors for every character, press start for the 2nd color (snes) . And big fans of the snes game can look up tmnt tournament fighters championship edition 😉 it's pretty cool
Nintality and all the turtles have the same voice
@@adrenalinex4 in the japanese version?
Nintality yes
@@adrenalinex4 i did not know that thx, i like region differences like those
Thanks for the shout out Nintality! If you are interested in Championship Edition, come check out the Discord! We just ran a tournament at Combo Breaker 2019 so there is plenty of activity and discussion. discord.gg/A3gJwy5
no bebop or rocksteady seems odd. Given movie tie ins, i'm also surprised there were no Takka or Rahzar sightings.
Also, no lie, the white wall section tricked me into thinking you suddenly went 3D.
Yeah, they're in the background of one of the SNES stages, but not playable in any of the games.
New SNDG episode? My weekend is outstanding already on a Saturday morning!! 😊🤙
I played both versions nes and snes but for me the nes tournament fighters is so easy compared to snes , on the nes I can easily beat the boss without using 1 continue
Yeah, I couldn't beat Shredder that easily, but even so, I found the NES game less enjoyable, the SNES just has so much more going on.
great job - I love these tournament fighter games!
Thanks for watching!
I liked I'm commenting and I've listened to episodes through my entire night at work it's a good listen on my headphones while I work on machines.
Dang. I hope work isn't too bad!
@@SameNameDifferentGame I'm a machine maintenance technician I throw a headphone in while I'm working on machines and it helps my night go by fast
I only knew about the NES Version thanks to Top Hat Gaming Man.
To be honest: At these times I played Street Fighter 2 and Turtles was on both consoles very far from Street Fighter 2. In the late 90s I had the Turtles for SEGA and it was fun for some minutes, but not more than "okay". I also had never the desire to test the SNES-version, because I already played MK2 and UMK3 and I had a SEGA Saturn in the late 90s and played "Die Hard Arcade" and I had a SEGA CD with Final Fight CD.
I would much rather play TMNT Tournament Fighters on SNES than any version of UMK3.
Yeah baby
I've always loved the SNES game, but why no Beebop and Rocksteady? Like, how is that even a possibility that they're not included?
I've always found that weird, as well.
Nice episode! I'm pretty partial to the NES version, since I played a ton of it. Still have the cart complete; I dodged a bullet not selling it many years ago at a yard sale!
Nice! Hang onto that one!
Fun fact, the 1st turtles movie counts as a comic book movie but isn't given the credit for being the 1st best comic movie... then blade
The first Turtles movie is good, but it's not as good as Burton's Batman, to say the least.
I've played all three, and I favor the SNES version over the others. They're all pretty good but they also have their own flaws. None are perfect, but the SNES one is not only a decent fighter, but captures the spirit of the TMNT as well.
For sure, none are as good as Street Fighter II Turbo or anything, but the SNES version is fun and apparently still gets played at big fighting game events (it was played at Combobreaker last week)!
That is one motherfucker of a Less Than Jake shirt.
this is the way konami's nes days ended. not with a wimper, but with a bang.
A surprising amount of effort went into the NES version, all things considered.
I always appreciated that Konami made two different versions for the Genesis and SNES.. and in most cases both were good games that made you want to collect both (Contra, Batman Robin, Castlevania, etc). but it seems they dropped the ball on the Gen version :( SNES had a great soundtrack btw.
Generally true, but also, they only did The Adventures of Batman and Robin on the SNES, Sega published the Genesis version with development done by Clockwork Tortoise.
Thanks to TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection, I got to play all three games. My least favorite is Sega Genesis game. I say NES game is in the middle without question. We all can agree SNES game knocks it out the park. To me this is how I felt what happened. The main team worked on SNES game. Konami was desperate to cash in hard on Capcom's SFII. They chose a team on the spot to work on Genesis game but they aren't familiar with the franchise. Which is why a team more familiar with it ended up doing NES game. Sadly that console wasn't created in mind for fighting games, it is still a good attempt at that there.
I hope to see one where you compare Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on NES with the arcade version :) And even do a SNDG first, by comparing both of these versions with the movie of the same name.
By the way, great job on this episode.
The NES version is if you want to watch the turtles play dodgeball.
Also I'm kinda mad you didn't mention either the stat changer and instant replay of the genesis version.
I mean... there's not much to the instant replay and I didn't find the stats added much to the gameplay.
@@SameNameDifferentGame I know they were dumb gimmicks I had a few laughs with.
Glad I still have my copies of those, good video though interesting information about the games.
Hang onto 'em!
@@SameNameDifferentGame oh yea , had them since the release date , they along with the rest of my collection will pass down to my Grand Kids' Grand kids as per my last will 👍
I'm loving it!
Any chance of doing Bayou Billy and Mad City? I know they're technically not the same name, but being vastly different games is so interesting. The way we got boned in America is funny/fascinating.
Definitely one I've considered, yeah!
My favourite turtle is Michaelangelo
He's a good Turtle!
stellar video, as usual!
Thank you!
I love the SuperNes version and when Shredder says Mother F#$ker
Awesome shirt
i never played a single version of this game. maybe ill fire up my emulators and give them a try
The NES game is actually very good, given the console's limitations; and, that is, really, the game's only fault.
There's a few changes I would make; such as, instead of having the two buttons designated separately for punch and kick (honestly, why is this even a thing?), I would have one button used for fast-light attacks, and the other for slow-heavy attacks.
The other change I would make is to have the Turtles use their weapons as special attacks (i.e. Leo's hurricane kick could be swapped for a spinning sword slash).
I need to get the snes version at some point. The PAL version seems to always be a bit more expensive than the US version. Always weird to me that that happens cos Konami's PAL ports were rarely any good. I kinda want to collect up licensed games like this cos there's really next to no chance of re-releases. After watching this I may try to get the US Snes version. Seems like the smart move.
Yeah, that seems reasonable.
Honestly you might want to bite the bullet and import a Super Famicom. They're pretty cheap on Ebay, and don't have that awful 50hz slowdown. I'm talking from experience since my US SNES had a bad ppu and I had to replace it.
another good video. whats that yellow game cart in the background ?
It's an Everdrive cart, you can emulate roms with it via SD card.
Yeah, it's an Everdrive. It loads games to flash memory and lets you put the whole library on one cart, so you never have to change.
Oh yeah okay . Didn’t know they were so big
@@neildarr They're the same size as a normal Famicom cart (the NES version is the same size as an NES cart, but I use mine on a Japanese system, so it's smaller).
Whilst I love this game, the choice of War makes zero sense.
In the archie Comic where WingNut and Ray Fillet were main protagonists, whilst Armaggon was the main antagonist villain of a major arc, the character War appeared in only two single issues of the comic.
Thats not all, War was depicted as a personality-devoid grunt in a team of three underling working for a more important villain who was himself in service of the real villain of that arc.
All things considered, Rocksteady or some other big character would've made so more sense.
Yeah, feels a bit weird, right?
The u.s version of the SNES tournament fighters is edited.
That's true, but very little was changed. The biggest change is Aska's butt attack which now shows a little less butt.
Turtles are reptiles, not amphibians. That little nitpick out of the way, I knew exactly how this would turn out. The SNES version is just too good to be on the same level as the NES and Genesis ports. The NES version definitely gets a pass from me, though, because it's really the best the system could do. Joy Mech Fight and Kart Fighter (which is probably the best unlicensed game on the system) are the only other two I can think of that are worth playing. The Genesis version, on the other hand, is sad. Much like Hyperstone Heist, it feels like a half-empty effort that could have been so much better than it was. I mean, two buttons, really? I more or less don't care about it not feeling like a TMNT game, since I never was into the original cartoons (I grew up with the 2003 reboot, and didn't see much of it at that), but that aside it's just a poor effort. And it's interesting that Asuka was based off of a character from the movie, because I was almost certain she was an original character.
Also, fun fact about the SNES version: Much like Blaze in Bare Knuckle 2, Asuka's high kick was censored in the overseas version.
A handful of changes were made to Aska. Her butt attack shows a lot less butt in the US version. (Which is fine, honestly.)
@@SameNameDifferentGame I'll keep my preferences on that to myself. But aside from the butt, I don't think anything else was changed. I could be wrong though, given how NoA was back then.
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rented the Genesis version and was so disappointed with it...friend had the SNES one and I was jealous lol
I don't think you were alone in that.
Scary dude. Wtf Konami sh*tting this out onto the Genesis.
Yeah, it's... not great on Genesis
@@SameNameDifferentGame I actually softened up on this game. I think it plays better than any other version. It's just that some of the backgrounds are amongst the worst pixel art to be found on the Mega Drive/Genesis. Having said that, a couple of the backgrounds are really nice. It's just I don't know why this game is so overwhelmingly dark and purple...
I think a lot of the backgrounds are really cool, they're just... not TMNT, you know?
@@SameNameDifferentGame It feels closer in tone to the original dark comics I suppose. It just feels like they rushed it a bit. I think they needed to spend more time doing the art work and maybe add a 6 button control scheme too.
The lack of six button compatibility really throws me.
Turtles aren't amphibians. Though, if it makes you feel better ..Donatello screws that up in the third movie.
In that case, I'm blaming Corey Feldman.
Great episode.
Man I hated that genesis version. Makes sense to think it was some other game and they patched in TMNT into it. Also one of the few games that I can remember where konami actually made a bad soundtrack.
I like the soundtrack! But the game is pretty meh.
Donatello is the best turtle clearly.
I'm afraid this is categorically wrong. He is the 2nd best, though.
@@SameNameDifferentGame true but he's got the best range of the 4
@@mattfahringer148 That is undeniable.
Tmnt go into space all the time.
ATTACK!! ATTACK!!
Can u do Shaq fu
Some day!
They're reptiles.
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the turtles died in 2012 when nickelodeon bought them and made those 2 garbage reboots.
There is a third Nickelodeon reboot now 👎
Snes has very unbalanced characters. The shark guy is ultra cheap
I take it you saw Combo Breaker 2019?