Beat em’ ups are awesome, there is no denying that at all. One of the premiere brawlers in arcades and the SNES was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, a beat em’ up that managed to capture everything about what the TMNT were beloved and make a great game around it. Now decades later, a new TMNT beat em’ up is coming in the form of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.
This four-player brawler uses a throwback style pixel art look and is being made by Tribute games, developers of the fantastic Panzer Paladin. Tribute Games is also composed of team members who previously worked at Ubisoft on titles like Scott Pilgrim Vs The World The Game, so there is experience with brawlers there. The team even worked on a decent TMNT beat em’ up for the GBA while part of Ubisoft so this is not their first go around with the heroes in a half shell.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder’s Revenge does not just have a good look, but the combat appears to be just right and captures the spirit of the classic games. But Tribute Games and publisher Dot Emu have gone further and have made fan favourite character April O’Neill Playable, with potentially more characters to be announced. The initial trailer also implies Splinter will join the roster, so fans have a lot to look forward to.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder’s Revenge looks to be a love letter to the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade games and one that players new and old can enjoy. This may be based on the classic 1987 Turtles instead of a newer version, but the brawler gameplay is universal and something everyone can get into. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder’s Revenge will release sometime in 2022 on the Switch and PC.