over the years many iconic video game
franchises have tried and failed
miserably to enter the third dimension
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles franchise’s attempts to
break from its side-scrolling past few
franchises became the phenomenon that
the ninja turtles were back in the 80s
and early 90s aside from their
television film and comic book series
their video games were able to draw in
crowds of captivated gamers with their
simple yet addictive side-scrolling beat
em ups in its prime the franchise
received several best-selling titles for
the arcades and consoles including its
very own tournament fighter as of now
their modern 3d video games have failed
to impress gamers or restore them to
their former glory these misguided
attempts to reintroduce players to the
Turtles began in 2003 when Konami tried
to reboot there once profitable
franchise for a new generation simply
entitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
the game disregarded gameplay in
exchange for a basic 3d layout inspired
by its newly launched cartoon
counterpart
while the old games and cartoon show
shared a lot with one another this
reimagining took gamers through actual
episodes of the new show’s first season
complete with cutscenes lifted directly
out of its episodes following its
release the cell shaded game was quickly
labeled as uninspired and bland despite
its new three-dimensional graphics it
was seen as nothing more than a generic
button masher in response Konami tried
twice more with turtles to battle Nexus
and turtles three mutant nightmare each
delivering minor gameplay upgrades in
addition to full four player support
increasingly Konami tried to fend off
bad word of mouth and entice longtime
fans by including a classic Turtles
arcade title in each game as a bonus
unfortunately this did little to spare
the games from obscurity in 2005 Konami
tried to capitalize on the success of
the super smash brothers franchise by
delivering a fighter clone with turtles
mutant male a needless to say the game’s
unpolished look and controls failed to
impress despite this fans were given
hope for a proper 3d video game when
Ubisoft was asked to make a game
adaptation of the turtles 2007 animated
film to their horror they were given a
simplified version of Prince of Persia
featuring atrocious gameplay fighting
mechanics and graphics strangely Ubisoft
then decided to deliver its own
tournament brawler and similarly failed
to capitalize on Nintendo success with
turtle smash up in 2009 Ubisoft chose to
update Konami 1992 side-scrolling arcade
classic turtles in time they added the
subtitle rachelle to the downloadable
package and managed to offend gamers
with their hybrid 3d repackaging of the
retro title ironically this only managed
to melt away the game’s appeal and annoy
longtime fans
patience is wearing thin despite several
attempts to take the turtles into the
third dimension the heroes in a
half-shell continue to remain without a
proper 3d title what may be needed is a
multiplayer game that can rekindle the
excitement of gamers with a renewed
focus on quality and fun
franchises have tried and failed
miserably to enter the third dimension
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles franchise’s attempts to
break from its side-scrolling past few
franchises became the phenomenon that
the ninja turtles were back in the 80s
and early 90s aside from their
television film and comic book series
their video games were able to draw in
crowds of captivated gamers with their
simple yet addictive side-scrolling beat
em ups in its prime the franchise
received several best-selling titles for
the arcades and consoles including its
very own tournament fighter as of now
their modern 3d video games have failed
to impress gamers or restore them to
their former glory these misguided
attempts to reintroduce players to the
Turtles began in 2003 when Konami tried
to reboot there once profitable
franchise for a new generation simply
entitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
the game disregarded gameplay in
exchange for a basic 3d layout inspired
by its newly launched cartoon
counterpart
while the old games and cartoon show
shared a lot with one another this
reimagining took gamers through actual
episodes of the new show’s first season
complete with cutscenes lifted directly
out of its episodes following its
release the cell shaded game was quickly
labeled as uninspired and bland despite
its new three-dimensional graphics it
was seen as nothing more than a generic
button masher in response Konami tried
twice more with turtles to battle Nexus
and turtles three mutant nightmare each
delivering minor gameplay upgrades in
addition to full four player support
increasingly Konami tried to fend off
bad word of mouth and entice longtime
fans by including a classic Turtles
arcade title in each game as a bonus
unfortunately this did little to spare
the games from obscurity in 2005 Konami
tried to capitalize on the success of
the super smash brothers franchise by
delivering a fighter clone with turtles
mutant male a needless to say the game’s
unpolished look and controls failed to
impress despite this fans were given
hope for a proper 3d video game when
Ubisoft was asked to make a game
adaptation of the turtles 2007 animated
film to their horror they were given a
simplified version of Prince of Persia
featuring atrocious gameplay fighting
mechanics and graphics strangely Ubisoft
then decided to deliver its own
tournament brawler and similarly failed
to capitalize on Nintendo success with
turtle smash up in 2009 Ubisoft chose to
update Konami 1992 side-scrolling arcade
classic turtles in time they added the
subtitle rachelle to the downloadable
package and managed to offend gamers
with their hybrid 3d repackaging of the
retro title ironically this only managed
to melt away the game’s appeal and annoy
longtime fans
patience is wearing thin despite several
attempts to take the turtles into the
third dimension the heroes in a
half-shell continue to remain without a
proper 3d title what may be needed is a
multiplayer game that can rekindle the
excitement of gamers with a renewed
focus on quality and fun
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