GameFocus writes: "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have to be one of the most tapped licenses for video games ever. Most major game consoles have seen a ninja turtles game and, save a few, they're often rubbish.
So TMNT: Smash Up is actually wading into familiar territory as it takes the turtles license and combines it, for the second time, with a fighting game. The first attempt, Tournament Fighters on the SNES, was incredibly flawed and drew from some lesser known source material including characters invented for the game. Sadly, Smash Up uses that same approach and a golden opportunity is missed to harvest from the rose-coloured memories of the grown up fans."
What are the biggest reasons why so many clones fail to overthrow Smash Bros. if it's supposedly such a simple game?
Great read that was, loved D.O.N on the PS2. I reckon it mimicked the Smash style pretty good with a bit of uniqueness for the win condition... something All Stars seemed to have taken influence from.
Nintendo fans are very sensitive, they don't like games that resemble other games of theirs, epecially now since Nintendo is lagging behind in terms of system power. If Mario and Link aren't in it, it sucks. Such a sad mindstate really. Just like people that think Nintendo doesn't have good games because they have less system power.
As a Nintendo fan, I welcome Smash clones. It gives me a chance to play Smash, but with characters Nintendo wouldn't consider using. Yeah, there's always hacks (textures, movesets, music, and stages can all be modded with little effort on legacy Wii, but that still requires going out of your way for the experience)
If the game is horrid, the game is horrid. The reason Smash is the standard is because Smash is just a good game series.
I always considered these "party brawlers" as a subgenre of fighting games. I wouldn't mind seeing more games like them.
"epecially now since Nintendo is lagging behind in terms of system power." Even though they have the most powerful console available...
there should be a doom, to all these doom articles... oh and to their authors as well :)
Some of the best gaming franchises around never successfully made the jump to the newer generations (Streets of Rage), or just died out all together (Earthworm Jim). Sadly, the TMNT line of games' and their steady decline in the modern gaming world is a travesty.
GameKult: The Ninja Turtles are among those heroes that constantly return is always welcome with some delight, because of good memories that the four reptiles were left in our memories Player 8 / 16 bits. So when Ubisoft announced a new game from the sidelines license of any cinema release or other marketing plan muddy, and in addition the game in question is developed by a member of the team responsible for Super Smash Bros.. Brawl combined with some former members of Team Ninja, we are entitled to scream Cowabunga! Yes, but then not too strong.
