Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is a 2022 Beat 'Em Up video game developed by Tribute Games and published by DotEmu. Based on the 1987 Turtles animated series, it borrows stylistically from Konami's arcade titles from the 80's and 90's, but with a more modern take on its gameplay. It was released on June 16, 2022 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, and Linux.

Why It's A Shell Of A Good Time!

 * 1) Gorgeous pixel art visuals that are absolutely brimming with charm and personality. For example: All four turtles have unique dashing animations that highlight each of their personalities, little details like that can go a long way. The sprite animations as a whole just look amazing; they're perhaps comparable to the sprite animations of Sonic Mania.
 * 2) Magnificent soundtrack composed by Tee Lopes of Sonic Mania fame. Each level has a song that's guaranteed to make your head bop every once in a while. The skateboarding levels, as well as the fight with Shredder in Stage 15, also have 80's style lyrical tracks, and they all sound great. Special mention goes to "Big Apple, 3 PM" "Mutants over Broadway," "Panic in the Sky," "A Few Screws Loose," "We Ain't Came to Lose," and "A Dish Best Served Cold." The theme song cover of the 1987 Turtles cartoon sung by Mike Patton is also a darn good bop.
 * 3) The classic Beat 'Em Up gameplay Turtles fans have come to know and love returns, but with new modern additions that sets it apart from its predecessors, such as reviving fallen teammates before they can lose a life, super moves that can be unleashed with the push of a button after filling up a super meter, taunting to fill up one bar of said super meter, dodge-rolling to avoid enemy attacks, and being able to high five your teammates to lend them some of your health.
 * 4) * You can also level up your characters after scoring a set number of points you get from defeating enemies. The bonuses can range from getting additional meters for your super moves, increasing your character's health and learning new moves.
 * 5) The four turtles are all voiced by their voice actors from the 1987 animated series, meaning Cam Clarke returns as Leonardo, Townsend Coleman returns as Michelangelo, Barry Gordon returns as Donatello, and Rob Paulsen returns as Raphael, and they all sound great as always!
 * 6) * In addition, Clarke, Coleman and Gordon also reprise their roles as Rocksteady, the Rat King & Rahzar, and Bebop respectively.
 * 7) For the first time in a Turtles Beat 'Em Up game, April O'Neil and Master Splinter are playable alongside the turtles themselves, and seeing them fight alongside the heroes in a half-shell against the Foot Clan and other foes can be awesome to see. Casey Jones also appears as an unlockable character after you beat the game once.
 * 8) Up to six players can join in on the fun either locally or online, similar to the X-Men arcade game developed by Konami where some cabinets could support up to six players.
 * 9) Various characters from the cartoon appear all throughout the game, ranging from well-known villains like Bebop and Rocksteady to more obscure foes like Groundchuck and Dirtbag, as well as cameos from the likes of April's rival news reporter, Vernon Fenwick, the Turtles' amphibian counterparts, the Punk Frogs, and many more.
 * 10) Every stage has a set of challenges for you to tackle, often having you think about how you want to approach a stage. These challenges can range from trying to finish the stage without getting hit, defeating a set number of enemies in a certain way, avoiding as many stage hazards as possible, trying not to get grabbed by enemies a certain number of times, and many more.
 * 11) The game can be played in one of two ways:
 * 12) * Story Mode lets you play the game at your own pace, allowing you to play whatever stage you want, whenever you want, as well as being able to tackle whatever challenges they like to throw at you.
 * 13) * Arcade Mode has you play all of the stages in one go, much like Konami's arcade games of the past. Playing the game this way will make you feel very nostalgic, especially if you've played any of the previous TMNT Beat 'Em Ups.
 * 14) A huge variety of enemies to face throughout the game, ranging from Shredder's Foot Clan soldiers, to Baxter Stockman's metallic creations, to the Triceraton Empire, to the Stone Warriors of Dimension X. Simply put, the Turtles have quite the number of foes to face.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Any stage that has a challenge involving trying to beat the stage without getting hit, avoid getting grabbed or not getting hit by a certain number of obstacles can be quite tricky on your first go, especially since it's very easy for either one of these things to happen and ruin an otherwise good run of the stage.
 * 2) For being the supposed culmination of Shredder and Krang's plan for revenge against the Turtles, the fight against the Statue of Tyranny — the penultimate boss of the game — is pathetically easy since you are given ample time to dodge Krang's attacks. Fortunately, the final boss after that — Super Shredder — is a considerably more challenging fight.
 * 3) Some of the bosses can be pretty annoying, particularly if you're playing alone:
 * 4) * The Turtle Tenderizer in Stage 3 can be a hassle due to it being a skateboarding boss where the monster truck is moving constantly and you have to make sure you don't get too close, otherwise, you'll take damage. Good luck if you're trying to go for the "No Damage" challenge in this stage.
 * 5) * The Rat King in Stage 5 will often summon rats a la Pied Piper that will gnaw on your hands until you shake them off. When trying to deal some damage to the Rat King, having to put up with his rats can be quite frustrating.
 * 6) * Wingnut in Stage 8 can be a real pain due to it being another skateboarding boss where he is constantly zipping across the screen and dishing out tons of missile projectiles for you to avoid.
 * 7) * Leatherhead in Stage 9 is quite tricky since the ground has holes for him to crawl into and hide from you, and you have to wait until he stops jumping around said holes to even land a hit on him.
 * 8) There's an achievement where you have to get every character in the game at Max Level (being 10 in this game's case), and in order to do that, you have to score 2,000 points with each individual character. Have fun grinding for this achievement.

Reception
When the game was first revealed on March 10, 2021, many Ninja Turtles fans were ecstatic to see a new game in the same vein as the classic Turtles Beat 'Em Ups from decades past, with the game's pixel art visual style and the announcement that Tee Lopes would be scoring the soundtrack receiving much praise. After the announcements of April O'Neil and Master Splinter joining the turtles as playable characters, fans became even more excited, and that excitement would eventually go into overdrive when Casey Jones was also announced as a playable character just before the game's release.

Upon release, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge was very well-received by critics and fans alike, with praise going towards the pixel art visuals, enjoyable combat, stylish soundtrack, and chaotic multiplayer. It is currently the highest rated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game on Metacritic.

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