TMNT: Smash-Up

[Ninjinister]

Is character selection all you were looking forward to? Because as I said, it's still a good game. Still worth the $50 I paid for it.

[TurtleGuy]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

Is character selection all you were looking forward to? Because as I said, it's still a good game. Still worth the $50 I paid for it.

Character selection was actually a deciding factor on buying the game. I'm probably just gonna get the $30 PS2 version instead.

Sorry, but I had my hopes up when they said it wasn't based on any specific Turtles universe. I suppose that's Ubitalk for "This game is based on the 2k7 movie with some crappy space eating Rabbids."

I'm just a bit let down...

[Ninjinister]

Oh it is a bit of a letdown. I was fully expecting somebody cool to come out of the woodworks, especially since Ubisoft practically ran us over with their hype train. My suggestion is, if you're still interested in it as a game instead of a piece of fanservice, and you have both PS2 and Wii access, get the PS2 version, unless you are really set on playing online. From what I hear, online is pretty damn good (I haven't tried it myself, however).

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by TurtleGuy

Sorry, but I had my hopes up when they said it wasn't based on any specific Turtles universe. I suppose that's Ubitalk for "This game is based on the 2k7 movie with some crappy space eating Rabbids."

I'm just a bit let down...

I ripped this from one of the sigs of a member over at that TMNTdojo forum:

(credit: shinigamihedge)

This makes me laugh so hard. It is probably the funniest thing I've seen all day. My only regret is that I didn't think of doing one of these myself.

[Blade Raider]

Honestly, the roster is currently getting to the point that it's an insult. In a 16-20 roster (depending on who you talk to) one damn Rabbid is bearable, two is pushing it, 3 is an insult. I can think of 20-30 TMNT characters light fans know or at least heard of (1/3 OT, 1/3 general, 1/3 other). This game should be fighting to make room for all the cool TMNT characters, not cramming Rabbids that no one wants down our thoats. At this point, I'm getting the feeling that not even Leatherhead will be in this game. LEATHERHEAD for Mary Bones' sake! It's not like I'm asking for something obscure like Titanus (The Carrierzord...sorry...) or Ogg. Just a good cross section of characters that everyone knows. That's like making an X-Men Legends game with only the original five. No Wolverine, Storm, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Colossus, etc. Just Cyclops, Jean, Angel, Beast, and Iceman (and Professor X since he's playable in both ). And then forcing something random like Tony Hawk or some bull in it. It could be a good game, but everyone know they could do much better.

Okay, that's my rant of the week. Goodnight Nurse!

EDIT: Just remembered that the first X-Men Legends has a pretty small roster, but my point is still vaild

[Coola Yagami]

So um... any new characters....??? Let's TRY to keep the conversation on THAT direction only...

[GreasyBoi]

I don't know if anyone knows,but if you get all of the turtle figurine parts then you get to see Turtles Forever:Concept Art. It appears in the "Bonus" section.

[Ninjinister]

I'm pretty sure "Hip-Hop Mikey" (which makes no sense, as what he's wearing is far from hip-hop and is more of an "extreme sports" gear, with his skateboard and such) is an alternate costume and not a separate character. I'm willing to bet Cyber Shredder is as well, by the same extension. I came close to the end of survival mode, where they start throwing alternate costumes at you. "Hip-Hop Mikey", along with Raphael with a guitar and mohawk, and Donatello with some sort of gear on - I couldn't tell if it was his Cosby Kid extreme sports gear from the Mini-Mutants line, or the scrapped "DJ D" figure from the music Turtles line (he wouldn't stay still long enough for me to be able to tell). Casey had his red shirt + blue jeans, April with a purple top and khaki shorts, Splinter wearing a blue kimono with intricate design (Casey, Splinter, and April, I've unlocked myself). Karai showed up with Utrominator, and Karai was purple-ish, I think. I couldn't tell because she killed me almost immediately. Utrominator did not look different to me, but it could have been because he had literally just shown up when I died.

The thing is, with the Rabbids, they have different portrait images when you fight them. "Hip-Hop Mikey", along with the other alternate costume-types, had the same general portraits. That's why I'm almost 100% certain that HHM and Cyber Shredder aren't separate characters.

[Coola Yagami]

Well, that gives us some hope. Run into Cyber Shredder yet? I at least assume Nightwatcher is his own character since fighting with the chains is different than using a pair of Sais.

Also, are we still down to just 2 Rabbids?

[Ninjinister]

I haven't seen Cyber Shredder myself yet. Nightwatcher is indeed his own character.

There are at least three Rabbids in the game, and that's why everyone is so livid. They're not simply alternate costumes; they each have different weapons and attacks. I've fought all three of them in one of the missions, although I've not unlocked them yet (the folks at TurtleDojo are saying it takes a lot of versus play to do so, and even then, nobody's gotten Ninja Rabbid yet).