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alliance
10-12-2012, 01:31 PM
sorry for being a newb and asking such a pointless one but i still would like to know please..



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Tmnt-box.jpg/220px-Tmnt-box.jpg


http://www.flyingomelette.com/reviews/nes/screens/tmntbebop.gif
shuriken
10-12-2012, 01:55 PM
The cover for the Nes game is actually the cover for a comic in the original Mirage series where the TMNT all wore red bandanas. I think it's # 4 where they first meet the Utroms. My guess is the creators at Ultra liked the cover and decided to stick with it as opposed to changing the colors to their cartoon/video game counterparts.
FoxZerro
10-12-2012, 02:26 PM
The cover for the Nes game is actually the cover for a comic in the original Mirage series where the TMNT all wore red bandanas. I think it's # 4 where they first meet the Utroms. My guess is the creators at Ultra liked the cover and decided to stick with it as opposed to changing the colors to their cartoon/video game counterparts.

You are correct sir... it is from the 2nd Printing of the Vol.1 Issue 4 and its great art that I'm glad was used for the game.
alliance
10-12-2012, 03:28 PM
The cover for the Nes game is actually the cover for a comic in the original Mirage series where the TMNT all wore red bandanas. I think it's # 4 where they first meet the Utroms. My guess is the creators at Ultra liked the cover and decided to stick with it as opposed to changing the colors to their cartoon/video game counterparts.

they didnt give any explanations as to why though? i mean aside from just liking it
gobo
10-12-2012, 04:02 PM
they didnt give any explanations as to why though?
Not that I'm aware of. Heck, they may have even been contractually obligated to use an unaltered comic cover for the game.
Xav
10-12-2012, 04:02 PM
I think it's just laziness. It's easier to use an existing cover than creating a new one. Whoever decided to use it, probability didn't even realize, the Turtles had different color bandanas in the game.
alliance
10-12-2012, 04:27 PM
I think it's just laziness. It's easier to use an existing cover than creating a new one. Whoever decided to use it, probability didn't even realize, the Turtles had different color bandanas in the game.

thats so lazy like jesus..
Candy Kappa
10-13-2012, 02:04 AM
thats so lazy like jesus..

Yes he was very lazy indeed...
TMNTChris1980
10-13-2012, 01:32 PM
Yes he was very lazy indeed...

HAHAHAHAHHA:lol:
HotJuicyBurgers
10-13-2012, 03:36 PM
thats so lazy like jesus..

wut............
Cryomancer
10-13-2012, 04:02 PM
I think the first game has a few shades of Mirage in it other than just the cover. Splinter is very Mirage-looking, for example.

I think Konami had the Mirage comics when working on their TMNT games. The interesting question would be if they were given them or if they sought them out themselves, though. I suppose they must have had Archie, as well. Tournament Fighters seems to be the strongest evidence of both.

I wonder if Mirage comics were actually at all popular in Japan? Perhaps the Konami staff were the first Japanese Mirage fans!
prophecy718
10-13-2012, 05:56 PM
regardless, i love the artwork nintendo used for the ninja turtle games back in the day.
Ninjinister
10-13-2012, 08:55 PM
Maybe they just didn't want it to look cartoony like the other releases? (http://www.giantbomb.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/61-20790/releases/)
shuriken
10-13-2012, 11:56 PM
That's probably true. Thus beginning the tradition of having the TMNT look more badass on the cover than in the actual game. With a few exceptions here and there (TMNT 2 and the XBOX Turtles in Time game come to mind)
Discogod
10-23-2012, 11:09 AM
Interestingly, there were 3 versions of the box art issued over here - the standard game used the same artwork as the US release, the cover from TMNT #4. There was also a NES set released that included the TMNT game - the box depicted on the front had the turtles with their bandannas coloured (although Don & Mike's colours were swapped - see picture below), but the actual game box inside had the turtles each with their respective colours.

http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/sites/default/files/nintendo-nes-turtles-console-boxed.jpg

I actually had a poster of the latter box art - I think it was a store promo or something.
DF619
10-23-2012, 05:55 PM
Interestingly, there were 3 versions of the box art issued over here - the standard game used the same artwork as the US release, the cover from TMNT #4. There was also a NES set released that included the TMNT game - the box depicted on the front had the turtles with their bandannas coloured (although Don & Mike's colours were swapped - see picture below), but the actual game box inside had the turtles each with their respective colours.

http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/sites/default/files/nintendo-nes-turtles-console-boxed.jpg

I actually had a poster of the latter box art - I think it was a store promo or something.

Leo and Don look fine in that picture...

...but there's two Raphs in there.
Discogod
10-24-2012, 04:41 AM
Leo and Don look fine in that picture...

...but there's two Raphs in there.

Nah, I'm talking about the picture of the game box in the lower-right corner - Mike (on the far right) has a purple bandana whilst Don (far left) has orange.
gobo
10-24-2012, 05:07 AM
Thanks for the explanation. I was confused too. That game box pic is so small I couldn't tell they had color-coded masks. So, the box on the inside was also colored, but without the mix-up?
Discogod
10-24-2012, 09:34 AM
Thanks for the explanation. I was confused too. That game box pic is so small I couldn't tell they had color-coded masks. So, the box on the inside was also colored, but without the mix-up?

Yeah, the box inside (which was otherwise identical to the regular release) had each turtle with their respective colours. Strange that there'd be 3 different versions of the same art...
cartoonistaaron
10-25-2012, 10:48 AM
Not exactly the topic of discussion here, but the UK had terrible licensing art back then - their Turtles look like someone doing a bad job of impersonating Ryan Brown.
oldmanwinters
10-25-2012, 04:22 PM
Nah, I'm talking about the picture of the game box in the lower-right corner - Mike (on the far right) has a purple bandana whilst Don (far left) has orange.

Dude, I never even noticed they tried to colorize the turtles in that piece! It's so funny that they still epic failed on Michelangelo and Donatello's colors, however!
Discogod
10-26-2012, 03:56 AM
Dude, I never even noticed they tried to colorize the turtles in that piece! It's so funny that they still epic failed on Michelangelo and Donatello's colors, however!

Yeah, it's not that noticable unless you're actually looking for it. I just remember being 10 years old, looking at that box in the store and facepalming...