Best Fighting Game
 

Out of all the TMNT fighting games which one was the best?

Without question the SNES version of Tournament Fighters.

The SNES TF is too choppy and cheap for my taste. CPU AI will block your attacks all day without taking any damage. I know the Genesis version gets a bad rap (for good reason), but I actually like the gameplay a bit more. Still... gotta give SNES the big edge for character selection and overall presentation.

Psht, I have to use your own sentiments but on behalf of the Genesis version! I can't even get one hit in on that SOB.
On the SNES version however I can beat Karai on hard...

Well, I'll admit that the Genesis Harder modes have that nasty habit of unbalanced life bars that lets the CPU kill you in about four hits. However, I do like it better for 2-player mode. Also... "Ultra Depression Attacks"... gotta love 'em!

inb4 "hur hur they all suck"

Ha! I knew it was comin'! I can honestly say that I own all of these games and have gotten enjoyment out of each one over the years. That said, much of that enjoyment may be the fact that I'm just a hard-core turtle fan with a high level of tolerance for sub-par to mediocre games.

The SNES Tournament Fighters was basically Street Fighter with TMNT characters. It rocked.

I also love the NES version. There is just something fun about that simple slow-paced 8-bit fighting. Quite good for an NES game. Plus you can play as Hothead aka The Warrior Dragon!

Smash-Up for the Wii especially is a bit overlooked, using more realistic Wii controls and is just as good as SNES Tournament fighters, and is basically Super Smash Bros. with TMNT characters, including Karai which is much more fitting than Aska (that was the tiebreaker between that game and SNES Tournament fighters in which I voted). Plus, it was co-written by PL, Jim Lawson designing some of the graphics, and features actual 4kids voices. It clearly ends the 4kids era of TMNT games on a strong note.

Smash Up is one of my favorite TMNT games. It had great characters, great backgrounds and great music. The only downside, like others said is the small roster. Seriously Ubisoft? Raving Rabbids? Where are the important characters like Leatherhead, Bebop & Rocksteady, The triceratons, and Stockman? :tgrumble:

Sorry but you folks have poor taste.

Pft. Your mom.

Lol, I was just about to ask who the 3 goons were who voted for that game. Only way a sane person could vote for Smash-Up would be if they never played Tournament Fighters... which is bored-line insane itself, but whatever.

Uh...I did play Tournament Fighters. I just didn't like the Street Fighter inspired combat. TF and S-U are two different styles of fighters! Can't we all have different opinions? You don't see me making fun of people because I like a game better than the other. :twink:

I am one of those goons who gave Smash-Up the nod. Smash Up is a ho-hum game in regards to innovation and depth, but it is still fun (to me, at least) and beats the pants off any of the ol' Konami bit-games!

As a rip-off of another genre, Smash-Up captures more of the fun of Smash Bros. than Tournament Fighters did of Street Fighter II.

Pong .

Um Karai is in Tournament fighters as well.

Um not playable in the maingame.

I always thought of VS mode as the main game. So, you gotta use a code to get to her. No big deal...

VS mode is only 2player and I am forever alone so it doesn't count in my book.

There's a reason the genre is properly called in some countries as VERSUS FIGHTERS.

Also: online. It has it.

That just sounded so sad when I read it! You could write a neo Country music song with those kinda lyrics!

I wasn't aware that any SNES games had online. MIND BLOWN. :trolleye:

It wasn't out of the question!

Genesis had the "Sega Channel," because "Genesis Did what Ninten-didn't."

And the Super Famicom had Satellaview.

Two different statements, mate.

1. Series are called versus fighters in most countries.

2. Fighting games/versus fighters have online. Many consoles have free online.

3. http://image.com.com/gamespot/images...0508_front.jpg

Argg! I forgot all about the X-Band. Gotta love mid-90s gaming network innovations!

I liked the fight mode from Turtles in Time better then all the TMNT fighting games. If pressed I'd pick Tournament Fighters but it only really wins because of presentation and a cool roster of Archie characters, also had some cool arenas. The game itself annoyed me as a kid. The characters block way too much, Shredder especially, and I never beat Karai. Haven't played it in forever but I doubt I'd be any better at it now.

It is maddening how often CPU opponents in the 16-bit days tried to play rope-a-dope to great success.

I actually dig the Genesis Tournament Fighters. It was the first turtles fighting game I'd played.

What is the Mutant Melee game?

It's a Power Stone-esque game for the Gamecube, Xbox, PC, and (in PAL regions only) PlayStation 2. It actually rips off Power Stone pretty decently, but still has some major missteps that keep it from being really all that good.

Indeed. It was widely panned by critics, but some of us do enjoy it on a rainy day.

I would have to say the Genesis version of Tournament Fighters, that's probably just because its a game I grew up playing. Its definitely...unique?

I think a Ninja Turtles fighting game could be done very well, if it allowed for Guilty Gear-like movement but had a move list as varied and complex as King of Fighters, but it always seems like attention to detail is lost in modern Turtles games, and that is a huge barricade in the way of enjoying them as much as we'd like to.

There was a TMNT fighting game for the NES and I missed it?! Is it worth giving a shot, or am I just better off sticking with the SNES version?

I hesitated for a sec, deciding between SNES Tournament Fighters and Mutant Melee. Melee I've actually completed before. But, the wow factor of being able to play some of my favorite characters from the Archie universe trumps that.
Tournament Fighters came in three radically different versions on NES, SNES and Genesis all at the same time. SNES was the best of the three, and I think NES was the worst (being that it was the only 8-bit version).

The first mistake there is playing against the AI in the first place. ;)

Tournament Fighters SNES, hands down. Loves me some Donatello.

"Ground Claw! Ground Claw! Ground Claw! Hey!"

:tgrin: Sometimes I switch it up and throw in a body slam.