What if TMNT 3 (Manhattan Project) for NES got the SNES/Arcade treatment?

*Refractive Reflections* · 05-20-2013, 09:06 PM

During the period of Turtlemania, TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project for the NES was overshadowed by the popularity and success of the preceding TMNT 2: The Arcade Game and by the succeeding TMNT 4: Turtles In Time video/arcade games, but what if Konami and the TMNT franchise gave the TMNT 3 the full SNES/arcade treatment instead of just a NES version?

What if Konami and the TMNT franchise decided to release an arcade version of TMNT 3 in late 1991 and an SNES version in late 1992? Giving this version a couple years to generate some revenue (just as with the 1st arcade version in 1989 and a NES equivalent in 1990), and then decided to release the "Turtles In Time" arcade game in 1993 and the SNES version in 1994?

Would it have been a good business idea? Or by the time "Turtles In Time" would come out in 1993,would it be seen as redundant? ...Then again, by 1993-1994 the OT was taking on a more serious tone (Season 7 & 8 ) and that could have been applied to "Turtles In Time".
LOL, okay maybe this hypothetical tone wouldn't be a serious as Mortal Kombat

, but maybe it could have added blood and/or more detailed violence; making it darker rather than the lighter/comical style we know of today with their more "cartoonish" voices (in comparison to the first arcade game) and cheesy phrases (i.e. "Now I'm too cool!", "This cave (sewer) is creepy...").

So I guess what I'm asking is:
1) Would it have been a good move for TMNT 3 to get the whole SNES/Arcade treatment just like TMNT 4 did?
2) If that was implemented, do you think TMNT 4 would have been as successful being the 3rd round release of an arcade/home console game? Could it be more serious/darker, to keep up with the darker themed direction cartoons and video games were heading to in that time (mid 1990s)? Maybe even prolong the TMNT's video game success a bit longer...?
3) Would you personally have enjoyed something like this happening to both games?

Thanks for the input as always.

05-20-2013, 09:06 PM	#1
Refractive Reflections Mad Scientist $Refractive Reflections's Avatar$ Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,371	What if TMNT 3 (Manhattan Project) for NES got the SNES/Arcade treatment? During the period of Turtlemania, TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project for the NES was overshadowed by the popularity and success of the preceding TMNT 2: The Arcade Game and by the succeeding TMNT 4: Turtles In Time video/arcade games, but what if Konami and the TMNT franchise gave the TMNT 3 the full SNES/arcade treatment instead of just a NES version? What if Konami and the TMNT franchise decided to release an arcade version of TMNT 3 in late 1991 and an SNES version in late 1992? Giving this version a couple years to generate some revenue (just as with the 1st arcade version in 1989 and a NES equivalent in 1990), and then decided to release the "Turtles In Time" arcade game in 1993 and the SNES version in 1994? Would it have been a good business idea? Or by the time "Turtles In Time" would come out in 1993,would it be seen as redundant? ...Then again, by 1993-1994 the OT was taking on a more serious tone (Season 7 & 8 ) and that could have been applied to "Turtles In Time". LOL, okay maybe this hypothetical tone wouldn't be a serious as Mortal Kombat , but maybe it could have added blood and/or more detailed violence; making it darker rather than the lighter/comical style we know of today with their more "cartoonish" voices (in comparison to the first arcade game) and cheesy phrases (i.e. "Now I'm too cool!", "This cave (sewer) is creepy..."). So I guess what I'm asking is: 1) Would it have been a good move for TMNT 3 to get the whole SNES/Arcade treatment just like TMNT 4 did? 2) If that was implemented, do you think TMNT 4 would have been as successful being the 3rd round release of an arcade/home console game? Could it be more serious/darker, to keep up with the darker themed direction cartoons and video games were heading to in that time (mid 1990s)? Maybe even prolong the TMNT's video game success a bit longer...? 3) Would you personally have enjoyed something like this happening to both games? Thanks for the input as always.
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