Best last gen TMNT vid game ?

[jignat]

by last gen, i mean ps2/xbox/gc generation

I neve rbought any of em, but i love the sidescrolling gameplay of the arcade games and i m not really worried about graphics/sound as long is the gameplay is fun not frustrating.

there are , tmnt, battle nexus, mutant nightmare, and mutant melee right.

Thanks

[Ecto Jedi]

Mutant Nightmare, hands down.

[gobo]

Mutant Nightmare.

[jignat]

is that 4p coop like battle nexus?

and it has turtles in time as an unlockable, right?

[gobo]

Yep. And whichever of the four Turtles aren't chosen by a user are controlled by the system. So, you never have to play alone. ^_^

EDIT: On second thought, that means you're not allowed to play alone. :ohwell: You always have other characters trying to steal all your butt-kicking fun.

[ajistheman]

I like Battle Nexus by far the most. I LOVE the platform-jumping elements added to this game. the first one and mutant nightmare did not have it. I Love that you control the camera in mutant nightmare, but I think the levels are WAY too short. A good percentage of them can be beat in a minute. Granted there are a lot more levels, but i'd rather have less, bigger levels. If you want straight fighting without platform elements, i'd say get mutant nightmare. If that interests you, get Battle Nexus.

[Rockzero]

Mutant Nightmare.

The first one based on the 2k3 cartoon will always hold a bit of a sour place in my heart, if only because I still hear Mikey's "Eat feet!" in my nightmares from hearing it so much.

[Wes]

Sounds like I should've gotten Mutant Nightmare instead of this headache-inducing Battle Nexus game. :cry:

Btw, how do you guys think Mutant Nightmare compares to the console TMNT movie games?

[gobo]

Btw, how do you guys think Mutant Nightmare compares to the console TMNT movie games?
It doesn't. The movie games are an entirely different animal. Konami's games were actually challenging.

[Wes]

It doesn't. The movie games are an entirely different animal. Konami's games were actually challenging.

So... you're saying that Konami's games were better, or that it's impossible to compare the two?

[gobo]

It's pretty pointless to compare them. But, I just prefer games that still have more to explore after the first week.

[Ninja Tiptup]

I'll compare them.

They are like night and day though.

The Ubisoft single player TMNT movie console game is a pretty fun platformer with plenty of breaks for fighting. The combo system is pretty nice when you use it properly and the one-liners aren't nearly as overused as in the 2K3 games. Some people complain that it doesn't have 4 player. Well I always found Battle Nexus 4 player on platforming levels to be frustraiting so I wouldn't want this to be 4 player. It was a solid single player experience and for people to say it would only interested children is entirely unfair. The moves you have to do to complete levels are pretty crazy sometimes. However it has a major flaw that makes it far too easy (well okay it has a few). The bosses are incredibly easy and the final fight is a bigger joke than the one in the movie and even though you can die you don't have a lives count so you can die as many times as you care to try a level. So its fun but it ends up feeling rather pointless and taking out the annoyance of having to restart levels (plenty of check points) does make this game pretty much child's play. My other major problem was even if the movie wasn't amazing in the plot department the game didn't follow it at all basically. Some familiar areas but they added tons of stuff and cut out important and worthwhile things. Honestly it's unnacceptable to not have Leo VS Raph. And the unlockables are pretty lame as well. I think one of the best parts was the challenge levels. But you really had to cheat in just about everyone of them to get the right time. I rented this game with a coupon for a freebie and I'm glad I did because I beat it and had 75% of everything you can get in about a week (without playing consistantly) and even with 25% left I felt no desire to unlock the rest. But I might have replayed the levels anyway. I really enjoy the platforming and switch ninja movements you can do in the game. It was a refreshing experience from the usual brawler TMNT gets.

TMNT Mutant Nightmare was my favorite 2K3 game. 4 player done right, decent upgrades, unlockable Turtles in Time (though I can't stand playing it without the great OST so I'd rather just play the SNES game I own) and a good resprentation of season 3 though it was a bit out of order. It wasn't terribly challenging either but you did have a lives count and there were a challenges that got frustraiting. I'd say it was a solid brawler though with enough challenge to keep older fans interested but probably not too hard for a kid to beat. It was really overlooked unfortunately. When I bought my copy at GameStop they only had 3 for each system (this was the day it came out mind you). So I'd say Mutant Nightmare was the better game but compared to the first 2K3 game and Battle Nexus the movie game is a lot more fun and but only slightly more satisfying at the end. Battle Nexus is pretty good also but it could be really annoying when you're playing 4 player and your friends suck. :lol:

The 2K3 console games were challenging though and they followed the show pretty well even in Battle Nexus when they added a lot of things for the heck of it. The first one is a pain to play now because when you start you have lowsy combos and its well... no fun to play. Battle Nexus starts out better than that and adds 4 player but sharing a life bar and jumping with 4 people on platforms is a drag. I would say those two were more challenging overall than Mutant Nightmare but I'd rather play Mutant Nightmare given if given the option. Actually this has inspired me to drag out Battle Nexus. 4 player kinda sucks but single player was pretty good IIRC.

The 2 GBA games and the 1 DS game for 2K3 are all pretty good. The DS game for the movie looks terrible but I went ahead and bought the movie game for GBA and I don't regret it but it's only 7 levels. It proves to be challenging though and it's some old school goodness similar to the GBA/DS games for 2K3 that Konami made but with better "more fitting" designs IMO. I love the sprites in that game they feel like I'm playing an SNES or Genesis TMNT game again and that my friends is a wonderful feeling.

[TMNT Guru]

Sorry to sound negative, normally I would never say this about a game series because I love 2-D AND 3-D (I love Sonic 3-D games too unlike most people, and I even like Castlevania 64), but I have disliked every TMNT 3-D game I have played. Yet, I have enjoyed all the 2-D ones from NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, and all 3 of the newer Game Boy Advance ones. After beating TMNT 1,2, and 3 for GameCube I'm tired of the repetitiveness of them, they get old after 5 minutes. I haven't played the new TMNT movie game, I'll rent that for Wii or GameCube when I get time, but I'm not expecting much :( , I think they should do a 2.5-D TMNT game for consoles, that would be great.

[odupianist]

Is it bad that I just NOW found Mutant Nightmare? I bought it cause it's the only new gen TMNT game I didn't have. I found it at Best Buy for 10 bucks. They didn't even have it when it came out. So why now I have no clue. Anyways, I bought it right before the movie game, so I haven't had a chance to play it. I'm glad you all have had good reviews on it. Any pointers for it?

[Ninja Tiptup]

Play it with friends to increase the fun factor. Other than that, try to build up your combos as soon as you can because it makes things far less frustraiting.

[Bevandera]

Mutant Nightmare.

The first one based on the 2k3 cartoon will always hold a bit of a sour place in my heart, if only because I still hear Mikey's "Eat feet!" in my nightmares from hearing it so much.

I was watching some cartoon and heard a character repeat the phrase "Slice n' Dice!" twice. I started having flashbacks, it was like an Agent Orange attack.