Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection review — A fun turtle-filled time-traveling experience × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Esports & Gaming Feature
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection review — A fun turtle-filled time-traveling experience
By Jason Parker Modified 01 Sep 2022 Follow Us 1 Comment Share Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection is an incredible collection of classic games (Image via Konami) As a lifelong TMNT fan, I was very excited about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection. Now, while these games aren’t exactly great ones, all of the classic TMNT titles are still in one place, and Digital Eclipse has once again knocked it out of the park. While not all of the games in the collection can be considered “great” or even “good” on their own merits, the collection itself is remarkable. It combines the best TMNT games outside of Shredder’s Revenge with tons of bonus material for gaming historians to dive into. Will the Shredder get served in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection? It’s up to the players to put in the work, but I loved it and look forward to playing more of it with my friends online. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection is a wonderful collection of games
For a reasonable price, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection offers quite a large number of titles. From the NES to the arcades, it’s a collection that should not be missed. Here’s what users will pick up when they purchase this bundle. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Arcade)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game (NES)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Manhattan Project (NES)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time (Super Nintendo)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Super Nintendo)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (Sega Genesis)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Sega Genesis)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of The Foot Clan (Game Boy)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back From The Sewers (Game Boy)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Radical Rescue (Game Boy) I remember buying TMNT: The Arcade Game for about 10-15 bucks on the Xbox 360 years ago, so that on its own makes it worthwhile. No matter what classic TMNT game you enjoy, it will likely be represented here. Whether it’s the Street Fighter 2 clone of TMNT: Tournament Fighters, or if you have some nostalgia for the exceptional TMNT 3: Radical Rescue on the Game Boy, it’s all here. I’ve spent the last day or so playing these games, many of which I played as a kid. For example, I definitely owned Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the NES, and all that stress and frustration returned to me. I have fond memories of the game, but it is just as infuriating. These titles are exactly as they existed on their original platform, for better or worse. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection features enhancements and other useful features
However, it’s not all bone-breaking difficulty. Some of these games have enhancements to make things a little easier. For example, you can remove the slowdown in TMNT on the NES. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection, you can also turn off screen flicker to make the game fast-paced, as it should have been. All games have some enhancements like this to make the game a bit easier, and you can also rewind if you make a mistake. Suddenly, that underwater level isn’t nearly as difficult as it was in the 1980s. So for better and for worse, these games are exactly as they were initially released. Everyone’s going to have their favorites, and they’re going to be here. There’s another feature to make these games easier: strategy guides! Strategy guides in a game collection? It’s more likely than you’d think (Image via Digital Eclipse) That’s right. The games have strategy guides to look at that show maps, hints, and suggestions for whatever title you’re actively playing. If you play the mazelike TMNT 3: Radical Rescue, the guide shows the whole mazelike map and what to do against the bosses. These had a real Nintendo Power/Gamepro feel, and I loved them. It’s a beautiful idea, and more compilations should pay that kind of attention to detail. It makes these older games much easier to get through, and instead of looking up a 17-year-old guide on Gamefaqs, you can just press a button and look at a color map. There’s another really cool feature worth mentioning: Watch Mode. If you’re on the main menu, you can highlight a game, and it will begin playing through the game. It’s like a demo mode you’d see on an old console, but you can fast-forward or jump in whenever you want. There are parts of some of these classic games that are incredibly difficult, after all. It’s an excellent way to add accessibility to some of the hardest games of the NES/Gameboy era, and I genuinely appreciated seeing them. Will I take advantage of it? Of course not. I’m stubborn. But I love that it’s there. Online is possible but not for all of the titles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection
Not all of these games in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection have online functionality, making sense. My problem was that when I tried to play online multiplayer in an open lobby for TMNT Arcade, it was immediately laggy to the point of being unplayable. Then when we switched to a closed lobby, that went away. That’s not indicative of lousy gameplay design or bad online code. It’s more that other players might have bad internet. It’s nice to be able to play with a full party of 4 but beware of other people’s internet connections. I will say that TMNT: Tournament Fighters played nicely online, but I was sort of hoping for online lobbies for it. I wasn’t hoping for ranked battles or anything, but a lobby system would have been nice. When I played with someone who had a stable internet connection, everything worked great. I just wish there were more online play options other than “invite a friend to play.” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection perfectly recreates original games aesthetics
While playing offline, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection was terrific. That’s exactly how I remember playing all of them. I wasn’t expecting or hoping for any kind of visual remastering. There are several filters to adjust how they look, and the sound was good. The visual design of the Cowabunga Collection was excellent (Image via Digital Eclipse) However, in online play, the audio seemed to lack. There seemed to be a little bit of lag on the audio online, and while it’s not game-breaking, it’s worth mentioning. When it comes to design, users could also dig through tons of behind-the-scenes design materials for these games, manuals, and more. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection is beautiful, and I could sit and read those documents all day. Digital Eclipse did a fantastic job preserving video game history here, as they always do. In conclusion
For the price point, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection is an excellent bargain. These aren’t all incredible games. In fact, some of them aren’t even good games. But that’s okay. That doesn’t mean these titles aren’t worth playing. There’s something here for virtually any Turtles fan. Am I going to go back and finally beat the NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection? Probably. Am I ready to do that anytime soon? Absolutely not. But I’m looking forward to more online playthroughs of TMNT 4 and TMNT Arcade with my best friends. It’s a blast to play alone or with friends, and between the guides, enhancements, and extra content, this is a masterfully made collection. I do wish this collection had come out before TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, though. It feels like the game is taking some of the thunder away from the Cowabunga Collection. There are simply too many fantastic beat ’em ups right now. To see this collection after games like Shredder’s Revenge and River City Girls have been released, TMNT: Cowabunga Collection feels a tiny bit lackluster. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection
Cowabunga! This collection really delivered on the nostalgia (Image via Sportskeeda) Played on: Steam Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series XS, PC Developer: Digital Eclipse Publisher: Konami Release date: August 30, 2022 Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Ravi Iyer × Feedback Thank You! 1 comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout No Results Found Get the free App now Manage notifications Popular Sports (30+) CricketCricket HomeScheduleT20 World CupT20 warm upIND vs SAENG vs PAKAUS vs ENGLegends LeagueECS T10 CroatiaWBBL 2022ECC T10SMAT 2022Bukhatir LeagueNZ T20 Tri-SeriesWomen's Asia Cup 2022ECT10 FootballFootball HomeNewslettersSK Experts ScheduleEPLNations LeagueLa LigaLigue 1Champions LeagueFIFA WCMLS Bundesliga Serie A WWEWWE HomeNewslettersRumor RoundupRAWSmackDownResultsRosterChampionsWWE Crown Jewel 2022PPV ScheduleAEW EsportsEsports HomeMinecraftOverwatch 2RobloxGenshin ImpactFortniteGTAStreamersFree FirePUBGValorantBGMIPop CultureAnimeGaming TechWiki Guides TennisTennis HomeTennis calendarTennis Results TodayATP RankingsWTA RankingsRoger FedererRafael NadalNovak DjokovicSerena Williams MMAMMA HomeUFC NewsONE ChampionshipUFC Fight NightScheduleRankingsResultsUFC Fights TonightONE Championship ResultsONE Championship ScheduleONE Championship Rankings KabaddiKabaddi HomePKL 2022PKL SchedulePKL Points TableKabaddi Rules WikiWiki HomeMinecraft WikiNaruto WikiTikTok WikiYoutube WikiGTA WikiTerraria WikiOne Piece Wiki MoreSportsBasketballIndian FootballNFLMinecraftFormula 1NascarPop CultureCollege FootballHockeyGolfAthleticsBadmintonGymnasticsWrestlingSwimmingTennisShootingBoxingArcheryWinter SportsRobloxFree PicksSkateboardingKho KhoLifestyle LINKS About Us Write For Us Policies Editorial Standards Journalism Awards Fact Check Affiliate Program Careers CSR Privacy Policy Contact Us Edition: English हिन्दी