Shredder and the turtles being well known in their world....bad thing?

[Berserker]

I don't think it should ever be just one or the other. They should start off like ninjas, always in hiding, never showing up in public, but as the storyline progresses, their actions and the events surrounding them get more and more intense. Ultimately the war between the Turtles and Shredder/Krang becomes too explosive to contain and they're forced into the daylight.

I think this makes for the more interesting dynamic, because then many more allies and enemies emerge as regular people pick sides.

[ryukenden]

Staying in shadows is how a ninja should be.

[TheShredHead]

"We are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... We strike hard and fade away... Into the night!"

That's what I prefer. But I still enjoyed the OT's out-in-the-open approach.