Teengae Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters is an average at best fighting game. I don't believe there is any real direct correlation between this game and the previous Turtles in Time game. For some reason a tournament is organized in which the Shredder is participating. The Turtles get wind of this and decide to join as well. Not sure who oragnized this but I can't imagine it was a very invite only type event.

There were multiple versions of the game released with minor differences between them. I'm going to be referring to the North American version.

Graphics 6/10 - the graphics for this game are not bad but are definitely not great. I think the graphics for Turtles in Time were better. The movement of the characters doesn't look great. The animations feel clunky and awkward. The character design and overall feel of the characters is amateurish.

The only thing that helps save the graphics is the level design. It seems like the levels themselves got more attention than the character sprites did. Even that though couldn't really help save the graphics for this game. They were average.

Sound 4/10 - I did not like the sound for this game. The music did not feel right for a fighting game. Either go the metal route or do the cartoony style that Turtles in Time had. Whatever this game had didn't really feel right for any of the levels. There might have been 1 or 2 level tracks that were good but I can't remember which levels they were for. Not great.

The other issue I had with the sound had to do with the sound of the fighting. The hits that looked like they were blocked sounded like they hit and vice versa. It didn't really make much sense. I was disappointed with the overall sound for this game. Felt lazy to me.

Addictiveness 2/10 - I don't want to ever play this game again. The controls were bad, the characters outside of the turtles were boring. The turtles themselves weren't great to play. I hated playing this game. I wouldn't play it again unless I absolutely had to.

Story 4/10 - the story for this game is alright. A tournament was set-up by someone and Shredder joined it along with the Ninja Turtles once they learned he had joined. No idea who set this up or why or how the Turtles joined a tournament like this. It doesn't really make a lot of sense.

There is also a story mode which involes saving April and Splinter which is not great. It adds a bit of story to the game but not much.

Depth 3/10 - There is not a lot of depth to this game. Nothing really feels unique to me as I played through it. There are miltiple modes but none of them really drew me in or felt fully developed. I feel like there could have been a lot more characters to the game. There were plenty that got completely overlooked from the earlier games and cartoons that would have made this game more interesting.

Difficulty 6/10 - I rated this game a 6 not because it was that difficult to beat but because it was hard to play. The controls were bad. The move timing felt off to me.

Overall 4.2/10 - I did not like this game. Obvioulsy it wasn't all bad but there wasn't enough good along with the bad to really make the game enjoyable. I would not recommend this game as a fighting game worth playing. It really fails as a fighting game. It also tries to have a story mode that also doesn't really fully fleshed out. It's like they should have picked one or the other and focus on it alone.

Isn't this the one that had levels that could be accessed via slams etc.? Like if you slammed your opponent on a weak spot in the floor, both of you would fall down to the next floor of the building or whatever? I remember a Turtles tournament fighter on the Genesis that had that. I didn't care for the game, but that aspect of it is still pretty cool, much more by the standards of gaming on a machine back then. Sadly that was it's only saving grace. I agree on the rating you gave it: it was one of those games you rented for one day and never touched again.

Eirinn : if that is true I was not aware of it. I didn't play it long enough to figure anything like that out. If that game had been more enjoyable (and if I knew they could do slams in the first place ) then this might have been something I discovered on my own. Sadly this game, like so many others, was a sad attempt to cash in on the Street Fighter hype and failed to be anything remotely like that game.

Great review. I always love your subtitles for your reviews. xD

Its a bit sad that this game was even made. The previous games were great... its really unfortunate they changed the formula and made this garbage to cash in on the fighter craze of the 90s.

Vanelan : I'm so glad that someone recognized them. I really make sure that I come up with something. I take pride in these reviews and even the titles need to be good.