TMNT impression videos on ign
 

Ign did an impression of the gba and ds version of the game.

http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/773/773075p1.html

videos of the game shows classic 2d beat em up and the game from the video looks a little bland with a few baddies here and there.. well it's only videos.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/773/773072p1.html

for the ds fans, this game looks ulgy and horrible. Watching these videos I was disgusted and turned the video off. This would probably be the lowest review of all of the versions. Psp I hear might be getting a port of the ds version or ps2.. i dunno. have to wait and see.

The GBA version looks quite nice. Combo system, beating up thugs with bats, deflecting their own projectiles back at them, nice. The subway level looks particularly cool.

Now the DS version, it looks better than the screens would imply... It just doesn't look interesting to play. Why couldn't they have just done an upgraded GBA version with some sort of wifi multiplayer mode? Honestly, that would have sold like hotcakes.

no. i disagree. The one thing I didn't like about the ds was that many of the games were gba style games that they ported over. however they tried their best to make a 3d game on the ds with tmnt..

now to wait to see the 3rd portable system impression, the psp..

The GBA version is so mine.

Loving the GBA. However, I have to disagree with the preconceptions that the DS is a port of the console version. It might be the same engine, but it's far more limited. I think I'll pass on that one though. It really does look kinda boring.

How can you judge the DS version off that video? The video itself wasn't high quality and it was pretty small.

Yea I agree with you...its kinda hard to judge the DS version based off of that video...that said, what they were showing didnt look particularly interesting so I hope there's alot more to it...

The GBA version definately kicks up a notch...looks like alot of fun...like the music too

Yeah the DS video was boring as hell. But the GBA version looks fun. Just like with the 2k3 games, the GBA version will be my favorite and will be the only version of the game I buy.

So, I was able to "preview" the GBA game. I'm really liking it so far, can't wait till my real copy arrives.

It doesn't really play like the old arcade games, I find that it plays a bit more like River City Ransom and the other Kunio-kun beat-em-ups. The fighting system, despite really only using a jump and attack button, is really varied. You have a standard combo, a launch attack, a back attack/horizontal launcher, and a really useful sweeping kick, a couple jump attacks, and a few others. The environments are full of items and weapons you can use. I like the giant swords, those are cool. On the normal difficulty level it's pretty challenging too, so this won't be a cakewalk like the console versions.

Looks like they're taking some material from the current show too. Don't know if these will be considered spoilers, but and there is at least one mention of

Have you fought the Generals yet? And how are each the Turtles? I'm geting my GBA version tomorrow and my Wii version should arrive in the mail tomorrow.

I stopped going through the levels since I was running into spoilers for the movie, plus I should wait until I get the real thing anyway. What I can say is that the bosses don't play like typical beat-em-up bosses. For most of the ones I've faced so far it's basically wait until they're vulnerable and get a single attack in, dodge their attacks, repeat. Caught me off guard at first, I had trouble beating them until I figured this out. The first three followed that pattern, the forth was different.

The turtles are animated beautifully, but play pretty similarly. They have different stats, but those don't make a huge difference.

What were the 4 bosses you fought?

I have the GameCube version of the game. The Wii version will be coming this afternoon. I liked what I've played of the game so far. The controls and play mechanics are pretty nice. I'll be playing these games much more this weekend.