Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
 

I'm starting a new thread about this game to talk about the cool cutscenes this game offers. Now, the arcade cutscenes are obviously better than the NES cutscenes.

The point is though is I would like to hear your opinion. Which is your favorite cutscene? Mine is when the turtles jump out of April's apartment window to chase after the Shredder.


Also, I've noticed something. In the arcade game, you fight Bebop and Rocksteady together to save April; however, in the NES game, you fight Baxter Stockman as a Fly to save April...anyone else notice this?

Think I only played the Arcade version once many years ago, and not for long either.

But have read of the differences between the Arcade and NES versions. Which, along with changes in the Bosses some times, had 2 more Levels in the NES one.

I've been playing the Arcade version on Xbox Live and that's pretty cool. I wouldn't necessarily call going out the window after April a 'cut-scene'. More a 'still image'. :lol:

I preferred the NES version because of the extra stuff, and fighting Baxter the fly rather than two tougher bosses. I love how in the NES when Splinter is captured and carried off by mousers, he looks like a pig.

yeah i recall in the NES version that one level involved fighting in Central Park and its snowing. You destroy a machine after fighting a wolf boss and then your turtle walks by saying, "Spring is Here!"

Yeah. That was an awesome level.

Also there was a dojo one, with tigers, and the boss was some guy with a floating head.

Side-Question, if anyone can answer. Shredder is the final boss for the arcade and nes games...and you fight him and a hologram clone.

i have trouble with this...who do you hit when he clones himself?

I thought the same. When I first played the game, I was like "What the f*** is that?" and my best friend said "I think that's Splinter...." I replied with "He looks like a pig!"

Tora is a polar bear.

Either keep killing the clones (their HP is way lower than the real Shredder's), or knock off the true Shredder's helmet.

Because of the superior game mechanics, graphics, and physics I like the arcade version I lot more. However, I still really like the NES version and I'm wondering why it hasn't hit the Wii Virtual Console yet.

I thought it had been confirmed that it was either out or on its way to Virtual Console.

Yep, here it is:

http://wii.ign.com/objects/904/904092.html

I've been waiting a long time for Turtles II for the NES to come to the Virtual Console. I can't wait much longer.

Your best bet is to try and hit them all equally (I've only ever seen one clone used, but apparently in four-player he splits into four). If there are just two then obviously the one who loses his helmet first is a clone; so just pick on the Shredder with a helmet still.

I hit them both equally, but my main concern at the time is not to get zapped with his lightning ray thingy...getting turned into a baby turtle takes away a life, which sucks. :(

i appreciate the shredder assistance...it helped.

Now I move on with this observation: When the turtles jump out of the van after the level where you are skateboarding on the bridge, something flies out of the turtle van besides the turtles themselves (you can see it in the arcade version). It appears to be a pizza. I say this because when you start the next level, as splinter is being carried off, there's a pizza box for you to take.

I always wondered who was driving the van when it went off the bridge. April boarded the van in a prior level, but did she ever get off?

I know that it's on the way. There's just no release date and I've been waiting on it for about 6 months now.

In the 2nd level, when the girl goes by on the skateboard, I always attack her.

Its fun.

If all 4 turtles are playing, then she is obviously the one driving, but if it's one turtle that jumps out of the van, then you have an option of who the driver is.

This is my favorite tribute to the old Arcade game. Its called Don Dueck's Video Game Adventures. This guy does it all through making commentary on screenshots. Its very funny and points out some things you might not have thought about:
http://www.kaejae-worx.com/don/video...tmnt/index.htm

Right, but I always thought that crash looked pretty fatal. I guess if the Turtles could survive a 30-ft fall through the simple bending of the knees, then anything is possible.
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Splinter DOES kinda look like a pig, even in the Arcade version!

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I think I see the unidentified object flying out. Hmm, kinda looks like a pizza POCKET to me. Tasty!

Looks more like a Calzone to me.

Turtles eating Calzones...it is Italian...interesting.

and seeing the images, you have a point about the turtle van.

it could be that April did get out of the van and the van was driverless as it went over the bridge.

Yeah, it was always my impression that the van was on auto-pilot and thus without steering capacity. April always displayed great driving skill in the show, so I found it hard to believe she would just drive it over the bridge like that.

However, have you ever considered it was Splinter who was driving? He didn't have a lot of practice behind the wheel, and that might explain why the mousers were able to carry him off so conveniently at the start of the level.

I'm guessing that the game just has a very weak story and makes up for it with awesome gameplay.

Not to make fun of Splinter's height, but can he reach the gas pedal? :lol:

I figured it would serve the original purpose of the thread to go ahead and post an overview of all the scenes for reference's sake. My favorite would have to be the opening where the Turtles jump a few dozen few onto a burning building and land on their feet like it was nothing.

The opening:
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Mikey makes a fool of himself for our entertainment.

Shredder escapes with April
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Come and get 'em? Who else was he talking about?
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Raphael isn't so sure this relationship will work out.
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Splinter Speaks
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Leonardo states the obvious.
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I don't remember if it was that way in the arcade version, but I always thought it was so funny in the NES version how right after the "There it is!" scene, the title screen for the next level says "We gotta find the Technodrome!"

Well...the Technodrome is on wheels and could have just drove off after Leonardo took the time to say, "There It Is!" lol:lol: