What made Konami's old TMNT games endure was the simplicity of the gameplay mixed with the sense of spectacle. You weren't just beating up Foot soldiers, but also avoiding the laser beams of Krang's super-sized body, or speeding along the freeway on skateboards before leaping into the Party Wagon. Arcade Attack has none of that, and in fact, the only real change-up in the whole game is when the Turtles get shiny cybernetic-looking gear when they travel into the future.
It's literally wave after wave of enemies through eight stages that serve as mere backdrops. And that wasn't really what was worth remembering from the old days.
From the original arcade game to the most current releases, Prima Games has you covered on the history of Ninja Turtles, dude.
ahhh i remeber this game on the snes, as far as memory can tell it was either this or battletoads doubledragon as the first game i laid eyes on since birth i was below the age of four, cant really remeber it well now lol
Turtles in Time is one if my favorite games ever. And it is probably the games I've beaten the most times. My cousin and I beat it dozens upon dozens of times to improve our completion time.
It was the perfect beat'em up game.
Still hope they revisit this franchise and give it the Batman Arkham City treatment.
Arcade Attack is not necessarily a broken game, but it's not an entertaining one either. The gameplay is extremely bland and simplistic and the controls are clumsy and slow. The best part of the game is seeing the old comic strips brought to life. It all feels uninspired and pointless and feels more like an old Gameboy title than Nintendo DS one. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Arcade Attack is a poor game that isn't worth your time and certainly isn't worth your money.
The 3D graphics are basic, blocky and lacking any sort of style. Going with polygons in the first place was a pretty dodgy idea; 2007's TMNT brawler on the GBA had fantastic 2D sprites, and that was also from Ubisoft!
Catchy, energetic music played a big part in the old-school beat 'em ups, but Arcade Attack ditches that nonsense in favour of forgettable, yawn-inducing elevator music. There's no voice work whatsoever, no "cowabunga", no "d'aw, shell-shocked" - not even a single grunt from the various goons you're beating up. Whoever came up with the idea of trying to recapture the old Konami magic had good intentions, but the end result completely misses the mark.
