Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters (NES) Playthrough
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- A playthrough of Konami's 1994 license-based fighting game for the NES, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters.
This video shows each of the game modes:
Story mode played as Leonardo 2:12
Tournament mode as Shredder 16:13
Vs. CPU mode with the remaining characters 21:34
The NES's official library of about 700 games spans a huge array of genres, but for as popular as the versus-fighter became in the wake of Street Fighter II's release, the 8-bit console wasn't well suited to the genre. Urban Fighter, Karate Champ, and Best of the Best were conceptually similar, but it wasn't until Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters appeared at the end of the NES's life that the machine finally saw a fighting game cast from the Capcom mold - a "Street Fighter II clone," if you will.
And while it obviously can't compete with the SNES version of Tournament Fighters, it's no slouch of a game. You get your choice of seven selectable fighters (the Turtles, Casey, Hothead, and Shredder) that can dash, block, counter, and throw, and each one has his own unique special moves. There's even a fireball finishing move that any fighter can use if he can collect the orb that Splinter drops into the arena.
All the basics are here, and though the game play is a bit on the simple side, it's rock solid. The game offers standard 1P story, 2P versus, and 4P tournament modes, the controls are responsive, the SF2-style command inputs feel natural and are easy to pull off, and the characters are reasonably well balanced against one another.
The game moves at a speedy pace, and though they come at the cost of some occasional flicker, the characters are large and surprisingly well animated. Hothead is especially impressive - he's enormous for a playable character in an NES game! The soundtrack is fueled by some punchy chiptune rock, and along with the requisite "FIGHT!" voice sample, there are quite a few digitized grunts, yells, and screams thrown in to good effect. Shredder's beefy yell is one of the greatest noises I've ever heard come out of an NES.
Konami's final NES game makes a valiant effort to deliver an experience on par with 16-bit fighting games, and the result is nothing short of jaw-dropping. Since its inclusion in the upcoming Cowabunga Collection means that you'll finally be able to play it legitimately without having to fork over hundreds of dollars for an original cartridge, I'd absolutely recommend giving it a shot.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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The NES version of Tournament Fighters is an impressive bit of work. It might've been the console's only SF2-style fighter, but it was a good one.
I 'think' there might have been a few Famicom games like that - for example Fighting Road and some Yu Yu Hakusho/Dragon Ball games... but yeah, there were very few of them overall. My favourite one must have been Joy Mech Fight though!
@@mariusamber3237 Oh yeah, I was only talking about NES releases. There were a couple Famicom games like it. The one that impresses me the most is Street Heroes. It's unlicensed, but you'd never be able to tell. Well, except for the music lol.
@@powpuckmobile1000 Yeah, that's a mighty big squint. It predates even the original Street Fighter by a couple of years.
@@NintendoComplete Nekketsu Kakutō Densetsu (Famicom) and Mortal Kombat II Special (Unlicensed) were the fighting games to own.
@@NintendoComplete I was very impressed that they pulled off with this game. I find this superior over the SuperNes version just because the devs put so much effort in creating a game for an older system that we could enjoy playing over and over again. A true test of skills for us kids back then. We would literally have tournaments with kids of other neighborhoods just to be named champion. I truly love this game. It will always be special to me 😊
Konami’s final NES game. Glorious music and visuals, and I’ve never felt so sad getting my ass beat by a computer controlled turtle.
Omg i didn't know that it was konami's last game... it's been my favorite NES fighting game
@@trisunarso Mine as well.
my heart aches.......the world in which you were born does not exist anymore...it is so true .....
I appreciate that the music riffs on the original Ultra TMNT NES game. I'm also very impressed by the perspective shift effect used on the ground. Can't think of another NES game that used it.
Yeah, that line-scrolling stuff is pretty slick. There's a similar effect in Battletoads & Double Dragon during the speeder stage.
Yes i love the song in stage vs casey....
0:23 - "The Turtles receive a strange letter..." How do you mail something to the sewer? And if Shredder has their address, why doesn't he just go there and kill them? Questions that probably should not be asked in a game concerning pizza-eating turtles who practice ninjitsu.
Probably the same way as they ordered pizza. You're probably right, though. Best not to question it.
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I love this game. Too often overlooked due to its two big brothers. Thankfully more people will get to play it with Cowabunga Collection.
This is a really impressive game for the NES damn. I didn't even know it existed
This is one of the best nes game that I have played in my childhood ❤
00:28 Goosebumps 😍😘
The 3D floor scrolling is impressive.
I love Raph's turtle bite attack
Wish I had bought this back when I started collecting for Nes. The Manhatten Project is still one of my favorite Nes titles.
Man this is priceless, the time flies. I have played this since I was 12 Now I'm 25 graduated for 3 years.😍😍😍
1:46 This game is a bit short & could use more characters, but at least Konami stuck in that cute April cameo! 😘
Damn I was so waiting for you to upload this one!!! What a childhood it was. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I really like the voices in this game. They sound so cool in their attacks and even their defeats
This looks really impressive for late NES era.
Little tips, take VS CPU mode, choise any character for computer take hothead. if u done battle choise REMATCH and choise hothead > for 2 player hothead too. :) u can play hothead vs hothead ^^
The reason why they decided to deny Hothead VS Hothead is for a word of 10 letters:
*F L I C K E R I N G*
I also love the intricate plot they've woven here lol. Am I supposed to believe Shredder would declare a tournament to fight the Turtles and actually fight fair, and not bring any reinforcements? Just an overconfident attitude like, "You've beaten me many times before, when I had weapons and backup and schemes and traps, but NOW in a one-on-one fair fight, I will def win for sure this time yup uh huh." Also, the Turtles had no reason to suspect Shredder would fight fair. I know, I'm over-thinking it, but it just made me laugh :'D
Whoa a fighting game on NES (other than Joy Mech Fight on FC, and that unlicensed Mario fighter)! This is Konami's 8-bit swan song. The culmination of their experience on the console, and as a technical showpiece, it's one of the most amazing-looking NES games.
If we take into account unlicensed games there would be no shortage of fighting games on NES since those include SF2 and multiple MK ports.
One of the best, if not the best, fighting game on the NES. Thanks to for the content. Looked with great joy.
Heh, isn't it pretty much the only one? :-P
It was the best a far as it can remember. It had a lot of things right above all the hit boxes.
Shredder 50 punches move for so op 😂...used to spam it on my little brothers 😂
My childhood 😢😊
This looks and sounds amazing for the original nes!!
У меня есть эта игра,я тоже её проходил и обычно выбирал Рафаэля,а иногда проходил всеми черепашками.
Raphael's throw was the most op move is this game I used to spam it win every game flawlessly 😂😂😂
Mike was my fave… I miss childhood
Cool soundtrack, specially the rolling credits song.
I remember seeing this game in nintendo power, but only got to play the genesis & SNES versions out of all of them this is 2nd to best SNES was the best
Finally Shredder decided to challenge the Turtles without kidnapping April or taking Manhattan to blackmail them.
Loved this game! Funny enough, Shredder was banned when we played with friends. Now I would call him "Spammer" becuse of how fast you could spam wristblades.
Hahaha is that really what the attack is called? Maybe he should've been in Girl, Interrupted.
@@NintendoComplete Haha, not sure if it was the attack called that, BUT when we played against each other, the one who played as Shredder just pushed the opponent into corner and spammed 11:57 . Not sure if you could jump over him and attack from behind, but when Shredder knew (and he always knew), he didn´t allowed you to do it and spammed it just at the right moment. This is why Shredder was officially banned from our tournament xD
@@miroslavzima8856 I can see why haha. He is super cheap overall. I love his voice though. He sounds so pissed off.
I remember playing this game all day long with all of my school friends. Only one guy from our group had a gaming console.
So we used to get 3 months of summer holidays and it used to be blazing hot outside in the afternoon. All the group member would meet up at this rich dudes place, then sit in front of the cooler and play this game all day long till evening. Everyone just kept picking shredder and spammed that overpowered barrage move. So we had to ban it permanently.
In the evening we would play cricket before heading to the local eatery for ice creams and other fun treats.
The world was a lot less complicated back then, life was very simple. So much stuff happens these days. Life feels very fast, involved and competitive. I am 23 now. Have been grinding for past couple of years to make a good life for myself. I don't know when I will land a job, let alone a decent one. Recession and over population has led to rampant unemployment in my country. I am just a simple guy. Good at what I do. But not having a job, not having a girlfriend, not getting to talk to friends since everyone is busy and away is stressful. I feel very lonely these days. But I dream for a better future. I keep working and grinding.
Maybe sometime in the future, on some sunday, I will be relaxing with my wife by my side and playing this game with my son.
You played this during your childhood...and you're 23 now. I smell 💩
Dope, can't wait for Radical Rescue
I played this game on Dendy... And it's looped on Shredder's fight at this moment. Although the cartridge is original.
This is an impressive game for the NES
I only played the Genesis version as a kid, so it's cool to see this one in action. Really impressive! But would you expect any less from 90's Konami? 😉 BTW, isn't the little jingle that plays right before a match taken from Sunset Riders? Guess that shouldn't really be a surprise though, because.... again, Konami, lol.
Used to play this with my dumb old man back in the day when I was little,memorable at least.
Looks like a great fun game! Even with speech samples without NES showing a frozen screen (like on some C64 and Master System games). Impressive final game from Konami on NES!
This game exists (ding!)
I was only ever to beat it on max difficulty with Raph: did the running elbow into the bite and used the Drill Attack on Shredder
A masterpiece. Like Batman: Revenge of the Joker.
one of the voices sound similar to the ones used in mk1.
Music lit af
Amazing video.
I LOVE THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES VIDEO GAME TOO AND IT IS VERY GOOD AND AWESOME TOO
My childhood
I must Say, NintendoComplete done this on the Genesis and The SNES. And Now The NES. I don't know if they have the same sountrack and the same graphics with the SNES and Genesis. But the SNES Version has Tournament Fighters. But Nice Playthrough though. This might help me where the last boss/battle is at.
I do not remember this games in the stores?
One of the best games ever!!! 🤩❤❤❤🦾😁
this doesn't look like a real game
its like one of those homebrew romhacks from a bootleg famiclone multicart
*BUT THIS IS A 100% REAL GAME*
Impressive for a fighter late in the nes life cycle
Cool game.
Huh? Out of order for a bit. Anyways, this was Konami's final game on the NES, and it was a fighting game surprisingly given that system had a very few of them. It was a very valiant effort on bringing the fighting experience, even if it didn't hold a candle to the excellent SNES outing. One thing I have to complain about though.... Where are their weapons!?
Probably wasn't added due to space limitations.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (TM) & (C) 1993, 1994 Konami CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. Licensed by Nintendo of America Inc.
memories😍
Good Video!
Rage quit every time my brother defeated me 😂
What a weird game
It's amazing that videogame.
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
My Favorite Character is *DONATELLO* 🐢
16:56
Ora ora'd the shit out of him
La verdad no sabia ke habia este juego para nes tiene buena pinta
Small question: in which media does Hothead appear? I don't remember him from the 90s show
I remember he had an action figure, but I don't know where he originally came from.
Both the Nintendo versions are better than the Sega version
Where I can find this game now please guide me 😢 it's my childhood favorite game 🎮
Cowabunga Dude The Best Video Game Ever The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 🐢 🍕💯🎮
I wonder why the Turtles don’t have weapons in this game. Maybe it was too much on the graphics. Oh, well.
better than the genesis version unfortunately
This game could have done with more memory. In my opinion it need at least two more fighters.
It was already a big cart for an NES game. 4 megabit.
🔥🔥🔥TMNT one love🔥🔥🔥
Hey can u tell me how to change the enemy 's strength in player vs cpu on Android
I havent got this first meeting beacuse i play in sup,but still i win story
NES TOURNAMENT FIGHTERS
I have this game and can’t really figure it out . Two buttons for a fighting game is not really great idea haha
What am i doing to get special moves. Can someone explain. :))
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Суперудар донателло я так и не освоил
Подскажите?)
I want this game can i know how can I get it ❤😢
2:06.
niiiice
Bhai gane ka name kya hai
I want playing this game on android
You can play it with an NES emulator.
what a weird game.
What? Can’t grasp the concept of a game about giant turtles duking out? It was the freaking 90s, dude🙄
@@Jackattack359
I mean, if you really think about it :
Humanoid mutant turtles, raised by humanoid mutant rat. Living in the sewers. Fighting against psycho shogun dressed dude, with an army of humanoid mutant rhino, boar, talking naked brain, etc.
What kind drug TMNT creator was using? You can't just say : well, it's the 90's.
@@fajaradi1223 uh, none. Especially since the original comic was made to parody other comics
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