Did the 2012 succeed more than the 2K3 cause it gave fans 'what they wanted?'

[Coola Yagami]

I was watching some eps of the 2002 He-Man cartoon and it reminded me of what some people thought of the TMNT from 2K3. Now any Technodromer knows the TMNT were a comic book first and 2K3 went the comics route and blah blah blah, but for the average joe, the TMNT did begin with the 80's show. Many of them felt alienated by the new show at the time.

Now compared to He-Man where it was basically the same set-up with updated more bad-ass characters and fighting scenes that weren't allowed back in the 80's, the 2K3 TMNT went their own route, and save a shot out here and there, Laird did whatever he could to avoid bringing in Bebop, Rocksteady, the Technodrome etc in a more bad-ass modern take. I remember He-Man fans that were also TMNT fans were somewhat disappointed the 2K3 TMNT wasn't a modern bad-ass version of the old show.

Now we have a new show, with more mutants, things like the Technodrome, Metalhead, the Rat King (in season 1, not like season 4 or whatever), Dimension X, re-naming the Utrons as The Kraang, as well as some of the comedy as well.

I'm not saying the 2K3 wasn't without its success, but is the 2012 knocking it out of the park by giving the fans what they wanted? A modern bad-ass update to their childhood show. The second season is already promising Slash, Mutagen Man and Baxter as a fly. And for the Mirage/2K3 fans we still have things like Karai, Leatherhead and the Purple Dragons. It just looked like this time they guys behind the show really paid attention to what fans wanted to see in a new TMNT show.