We're rather optimistic and excited about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, which is due this Summer on Switch and pretty much every major system. Developed by Tribute Games alongside Dotemu, it's based most heavily on the 1987 cartoon / 1989 arcade, bringing the iconic original form of the IP back to life.
Dotemu has now shared a second behind-the-scenes video, and it's an excellent watch (at the top of the page). It focuses on the team's love of the series and the influences that had on the game's design - there's some exciting new footage and detail, too.
We see a cool overview map of a TMNT-style New York that you navigate in the Story mode, which also allows you to retry levels to find all the secrets. There are also all-new snippets of fresh stages, enemies and bosses - the developers are also shown playing with Pro Controllers, as a nice reminder that this is a game that should suit the Switch rather well.
It's well worth a watch - let us know what you think!
Further Reading:
Comments 21
Although we can make out April, the 4 turtles and Splinter on the character select screen, there’s a deliberate dark area, I’m guessing we’ll get to play as Casey Jones too or maybe even Yojimbo the samurai rabbit.
Just give us a release date!!
God I just want to play it. The wait is absolutely killing me.
They seriously need to give a release date, I have a mighty need 😂
It's nice to see fans are working on it... unlike a certain Hollywood reboot...
Man, they are really putting so much love of the originals into this game.
I really REALLY WISH we had a release date right now for this game. I haven’t been this excited for a game in a real long time.
Damn these guys and their passion for what they do, hope it turns out as good as it looks and it sells really well.
It's almost a joke at this point with the release date.
This and The Cowabunga Collection can not come out quick enough!! Hurry Up!! And next on my request list (PLEASE!) for a re-release or remake is the old amiga game, Super Frog
It's a good year for Turtles fans. And I happen to be one of them!
I wonder if these guys didn't really quite expect the level of excitement from the fanbase when they first announced it, but have since doubled down their efforts to go that extra mile?
That's pure fan-fiction on my part, but it definitely seems now like this is a more than just an indie love-letter and has become a premium release that's getting the deluxe treatment from all involved. I have high hopes!
Looks so good!
This game is looking awesome, radical, bodacious, and any other 80s Michelangelo superlative I can't remember right now!
Truly we who loved the old Turtles arcade machines and home games long ago have so much to celebrate this year with Shredder's Revenge and the Cowabunga Collection.
The story mode with overworld map looks like a really fun way to stretch out our time with this game.
@Orokosaki
Absolutely! Usagi Yojimbo would be an awesome crossover addition to the game.
Interesting story: I met UY's creator Stan Sakai once long ago at the SD Comic Con, and actually helped him locate a few old samurai films on VHS. He sent me original Usagi cover art in thanks! Such a kind and talented man and I would love to see his work guest-star in this excellent-looking game.
I can't wait to raise shell and wreck the Foot Clan later this year!
I am commenting here to say that when this game is released, and also cowabunga collection I will be going to the shops opening my wallet taking sweet cash out and exchanging for these games. This will be a very good day indeed! Xxx
Is Casey coming?
Again still no release date? We're already two months passed the anniversary of the announcement of this game.
One of 2 games I'm looking forward to this year
Looks great! How about the release date please
actually helped him locate a few old samurai films on VHS
[Rolls face down in humility]
@Teksetter How much do you charge per hour to tutor the unworthy toward this deep knowledge of Japanese culture? I keep hearing so much about their films and other aspects, and I just acquired a decent history text, but it is clear that I've missed more than I know. AAAAAAHHHHH THE EXCITEMENT
@CANOEberry
Whoa there let me stop you because I don’t deserve the praise! I’m no scholar of Japanese culture - I just learned a little through osmosis while living there. 😁
Honestly, I don’t even remember the titles of the films Sakai-san was after - you could sit me at a sushi counter with Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune and I probably wouldn’t even realize it!
If you do start reading up on their culture and traditions though, you’re in for a fun ride! I think you’ve probably been exposed to it a lot already in the Japanese games you’ve played over the years. It’s funny how as a teen I realized that my fave childhood games and cartoons were mostly from Japan. I had watched so many dubs, I was under the impression that animators couldn’t synch characters’ lips to their dialogue!
DOTemu, please, after this game, make another Raiden Project Collection, please.
@Orokosaki I'm really hoping for lots of unlockable characters or even DLC characters like in SOR4: Usagi Yojimbo, Genghis Frog, a Neutrino perhaps, Mondo Gecko, heck even Keno from the 2nd movie. Some kind of Vanilla Ice contribution would be amazing, perhaps in the ending music. Haha
My excitement was waning on this, with Konami's own release stealing much of its thunder. But the separation of an arcade mode and story mode is brilliant. Distinguishing them via challenges and an overworld map puts that separation a step above how it was handled in SOR4. Driving the turtle van around like in the first NES game looks awesome, provided the van doesn't have a health meter. 🤣
Show Comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...