Unlock the Original TMNT Arcade Game on Gamecube?
 

What's up true believers?! If anyone remembers awhile back, I posted a topic on here about writing to Konami to remake the original TMNT arcade game for next-gen systems due to the piss-poor conversion we got all got way back in the day for the old-crappy NES. Don't everyone all get their hopes up too high just yet, but I think we may get our wish (as long as you own a Gamecube, GBA, and a link cable.) If you check out EBgames.com's web site, you'll see that the Gamecube version of TMNT is priced at $49.99, while the PS2 and Xbox versions are only $39.99. Also, if you take a closer look at the box for the Gamecube version, it says "Only for Nintendo Gamecube" at the top. If that wasn't enough to get you excited yet, the new issue of EGM #171 says that the Gamecube version of TMNT will link up with the GBA version to unlock hidden features. Hmm.....could Nintendo have had some sort of talk with Konami ($$$) to come up with another Metroid Prime/Metroid Fusion link-up which will allow you to unlock the original TMNT arcade game on Gamecube once you beat the GBA version? Well if they did, Konami and Nintendo just won $80 from me! A reviewer for the Gamecube version of TMNT on EBgames.com (though I don't know how credible their source is) states that the Gamecube version includes the original arcade game and is also 4 players, unlike the other versions. I really hope they're right, because that sounds AWESOME! Nintendo really needed to do something to make up for that crap they dumped on us some 13 years ago at Christmas called "TMNT 2: The Arcade Game" and claiming in Nintendo Power magazine to be "arcade perfect". Ya, whatever Nintendo. I think it's time to trade in that piece of crap called a Nintendo in for a Sega Genesis so I get good graphics and sound and a system that works when I turn the power on. But if I can play an arcade perfect version of the original TMNT arcade game on my Gamecube, I forgive you Nintendo! Please post if you know anything on the new TMNT game for Gamecube.

Hmm... I don't quite believe that it's four player but I almost believe that the arcade game is part of the package which would obviously be four player. I know if this guy isn't lying then I'll be buying this game for sure (not that I wasn't already bent on doing so).

That would be interesting... But you can play it today on MAME too.

Man, and i just pre-ordered the PS2 version just last week.

Sounds too good to be true.

I've heard that on alot better sites than EBgames.com which is usually where stupid rumors start. People just post up reviews and they're just losers who've never played or probably even seen the game besides in videos on the net. There's very little truth to what any of them say. They did have a piece on it at IGN though. When a Konami rep was asked about it he just said "no comment" which in the videogame business is usually a yes.

That's what I do...doesn't take a single penny to do that ;)

Cancel it!

"No comment" on what? The arcade game being unlockable, the GCN one being 4 player, or both?

$50 bucks at EB? Now I'm glad I preordered it at Gamestop where it's only $40.....

I never preorder anything. I found Wind Waker and Dynasty Warriors 4 only days after they were released with no trouble at all.

I just preorder stuff if it has a cool bonus....Like Ocarina for the cube with WW, and the free comic or figure with the TMNT game.....

Aw, man... I really pre-order stuff from the wrong place. :( I don't think I'm getting anything free with my game... Ah, well, I'll have the game, though... :)

Thank you Stan Lee
I hope you realize that they say that about every game. (They can do that because they can say they were talkin' about the actual disk)
It probably does have an extra feature though. Or maybe nintendo just really enjoys ripping people off.

Yeah, and I got Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on it's first day released with no trouble or pre-order.

Note, that that wasn't sarcasm.

I really did find it! And it was only 69.99! But GTA3 was 79.99..weird people at BestBuy. :roll:

Where'd you pre-order it from?

A Game Stop, though this particular one was a Software Etc. when I pre-ordered it. So I have no idea what's going on with that.

I hate Gamestop. They repackage used merchendise and sell it for a new price. I don't pre order unless there is a bonus. F-Zero GX didn't come with one here, so I camped outside Best Buy 2 hours before they opened. I was the first person in town to get it. Mario Kart Double Dash comes with a Demo Disc, so I'll be pre ordering that. Get the Game Cube version. If it might have the arcade game on it, I'd pay $20 extra without a second thought.

Yeah, I should've gotten the Gamecube version. The only reason I didn't is because the system I got it for is on a pretty big TV, and I wanted to play the game on a bigger screen. :lol: But I might take it back, and settle for a smaller screen, but the game system I like.

You will get something for preorder of TMNT game?