Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Konami puts a whole new meaning to the phrase, “turtles in a half show.” Two player Ninja turtle action is making its way to both Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance.
Titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Konami has brought back the radical butt kicking ninja’s in a brand new action / arcade game. The concept is quite simple, you and a friend team up to take out the baddies and make your way through each level and ultimately to the end of the game. While in my meeting with Konami I asked why there is no four player support, especially considering the fact that there are four Ninja Turtles. The reason is such that they feel the in game action would get too hectic and the title itself would turn into a hack and slash. Konami wants to keep Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles an arcade / action game that offers gamers more than just the A-button. So far, they are holding true to their word. By pressing different buttons and analog movements, you will perform new moves and combos that offer a lot of variety. Kicks, punches, jump kicks, spin attacks, and dashes – staying true to what we would all expect from an action / arcade Ninja Turtle game is what Konami is trying to deliver.
Graphics in this game are truly something else. While you’ve seen the screenshots here at GCA, the images do not to the graphics justice. TMNT is very fluid and comical in design which seems to be why Konami decided to use Cel-Shaded graphics. Much like Nintendo’s Wind Waker, representing a new game with a cartoon feel and look is much easier when using Cel-Shaded graphics. Everything is very bright and colorful, from the character models to the surrounding environments. TMNT looks much like SEGA’s Jet Grind Radio series in a graphical sense with the Japanese influence.
What was also very unique and innovative to Konami’s TMNT was the many old school words that would pop up Batman style to express the fighting. “Bang…smack…crash” was used all the time to cooperate with the sound effects and deliver a more arcade style feel to the game. I played with the Konami representative for a little while, and it was loads of fun. We went through a couple levels together and finally called it quits when he died. All in all, Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles is shaping up to be a fun and worthy game on Gamecube retain shelves.
Es muss doch nicht _immer_ Cel-Shading sein. Langsam geht mir der Trend auf'n Keks.
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