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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.

    TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O’Neil Please Stand Up?

    TMNT: Smash Up Characters Flash By Your Screen

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    Image of Zolbrod Zolbrod
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    Wait, I always thought it was "Heroes IN a half-shell", not "and".
    Was I wrong?
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    Kobun promoted this comment Zolbrod was starred Zolbrod was unstarred
    Image of Crash__Man Crash__Man
    09/23/09

    @Zolbrod: no, you are right. AJ, you disappoint me! =P
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    Kobun promoted this comment Crash__Man was starred Crash__Man was unstarred
    Image of Cloudleet Cloudleet
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    It looks really cool, but is it so wrong to ask for the turtles to smile more, like my favourite generation of the gang? the 80's one?
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    Image of shimage shimage
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    But while Smash-Up brings a bit of nostalgia and doesn't build any walls between generations of Ninja Turtles fans

    Does it, though? I mean, reading the comments here, I get the impression that it's less nostalgic for those of us that were kids in the 80s, and it seems to be building walls between fans of the 80s series and fans of the 00s series.
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    shimage was starred shimage was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    09/24/09

    @shimage:
    I grew up in the 80's, and I totally got over the original TMNT animated series. However, I own the first five seasons of the new series on DVD, as well as the CGI movie.
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    Image of jay13x jay13x
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    You unlock all but four character by playing story mode... just pick them at the end. Was the reviewer only picking the treasure chest rewards? Pick one of the busts over them and the reward screen.
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment Kobun approved this comment jay13x was starred jay13x was unstarred
    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    Pre-ordered it on Monday. Looks solid, so I'll byte. It would not be the first time Ubisoft screws up my life with a Wii game, tough... we shall see.
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    Shiryu was starred Shiryu was unstarred
    Image of jjammerzs jjammerzs
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    But is Yellow jumpsuit April with the feathered hair in the mix?
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    jjammerzs was starred jjammerzs was unstarred
    Image of Here's Some Weapons Here's Some Weapons
    09/23/09

    @jjammerzs: Nope. Not even as a costume.
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    excel_excel promoted this comment Here's Some Weapons was starred Here's Some Weapons was unstarred
    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    09/23/09

    @Here's Some Weapons: Yep. This isn't based on the 90's cartoon series at all. Which is a shame
     Reply
    excel_excel was starred excel_excel was unstarred
    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    "the sheer notion of mashing together all that is Ninja Turtle into one game smacks of the same decision making behind cramming all of Nintendo's beloved characters into Brawl."

    Uh, no, it doesn't. In fact, they're very different.

    One includes all the characters from 1 franchise. The other includes all the characters of MANY (1) franchises. Otherwise street fighter, naruto games, bleach games, mvc, etc. all smack "of the same decision making behind cramming all of Nintendo's beloved characters into Brawl"
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    Image of cjlopez cjlopez
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    You are better suited if you use a roll before falling to get up fast.

    Just Like smash

    I rented this and i'm licking it, its not smash but its a good brawler, though the lineup its pretty dissapointing
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    ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. promoted this comment cjlopez was starred cjlopez was unstarred
    Image of ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom
    09/23/09

    @cjlopez: "I rented this and i'm licking it"

    You know that the "lick it to keep it" thing is for food, right? They'll still want you to return the disc. :P
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    Edited by ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom at 09/23/09 2:36 PM ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom was starred ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom was unstarred
    Image of Showmeyomoves! Showmeyomoves!
    09/23/09

    @cjlopez: I rented this and i'm licking it

    Most awesome typo ever? I think so.
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    Image of statnut statnut
    09/23/09

    @cjlopez: "I rented this and i'm licking it,"

    We dont need to know what you do with your games.
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    celery promoted this comment statnut was starred statnut was unstarred
    Image of celery celery
    09/23/09

    @statnut: You might want to know if you rent from the same shop...
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    celery was starred celery was unstarred
    Image of cjlopez cjlopez
    09/23/09

    @ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: well, had to try, didnt I? xDDDDDD
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    cjlopez was starred cjlopez was unstarred
    Image of RockyRan RockyRan
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    Now, I'm no TMNT fan, but from what I've heard the game actually consists of 90% new TMNT 4Kids show, 10% everything else from TMNT universe.
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    Image of Methusalah Methusalah
    09/23/09

    @RockyRan: I might get crap for this, but I think the new series is better than the old one (even though that's the one I grew up with).
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    Image of Mentuss Mentuss
    09/23/09

    @Methusalah: The new series was more faithful to the original material.

    As I've said in previous articles about TMNT, despite the teary eyed nostalgia for the '88 cartoon, it really stands as an odd one out among the various different TMNT universes.
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment Mentuss was starred Mentuss was unstarred
    Image of SuperSonik SuperSonik
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    Geez, it was a pain in the rear enough to unlock characters in smash bros if you didn't like the subspace emissary. If it's even worse here, I won't even bother renting.
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    SuperSonik was starred SuperSonik was unstarred
    Image of Here's Some Weapons Here's Some Weapons
    09/23/09

    In reply to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review: Heroes And A Half-Smash-Bros.
    Why you haven't been unlocking characters:

    There aren't any.

    There are 13 characters from the new TMNT show (and the 2007 movie), and there are THREE Raving Rabbids.

    Despite a few unlockable costumes that look really cool, I'm boycotting the game in response to Ubisoft completely misleading fans of the old cartoon.
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    Edited by Here's Some Weapons at 09/23/09 2:07 PM Here's Some Weapons was starred Here's Some Weapons was unstarred
    Image of bobombs bobombs
    09/23/09

    @Here's Some Weapons: What the hell are rabbids doing in this game?!
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    RockyRan promoted this comment bobombs was starred bobombs was unstarred
    Image of RockyRan RockyRan
    09/23/09

    @bobombs: Cheap marketing plug-ins is what they're doing in this game.

    One of the rabbids has Sam Fisher headgear, meaning Ubisoft pulled a marketing plug-in within ANOTHER marketing plug-in!

    Man, Ubi's getting almost as good as EA in terms of shameless advertising!
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    RockyRan was starred RockyRan was unstarred
    Image of The Cap'n The Cap'n
    09/23/09

    @Here's Some Weapons: Wait. Seriously? Are you sure about this? That's really lame if that's true.

    How can you make a fake Smash Bros without unlockable characters? That's like a fistfight without brass knuckles or anchovies without caramel sauce.
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    The Cap'n was starred The Cap'n was unstarred
    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    09/23/09

    @bobombs: One wouldn't be bad (since it's Ubisoft), but THREE is just absurd.
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    Image of Here's Some Weapons Here's Some Weapons
    09/23/09

    @RockyRan: What really grinds my gears is that major news outlets (Kotaku, IGN) aren't even mentioning that fact in their reviews. I imagine there will be a lot of pissed off consumers who read said reviews and buy the game, only to find out that 3 out of the 16 characters aren't even from the TMNT franchise.
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    Kobun promoted this comment Edited by Here's Some Weapons at 09/23/09 2:18 PM Here's Some Weapons was starred Here's Some Weapons was unstarred
    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    09/23/09

    @Here's Some Weapons: Yeah, they misled fans. I LOVE Ninja turtles, A lot, but classic ninja turtles. None of that is here because Ubisoft didn't want to touch the licensing on the old stuff.
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    Edited by Demonbird at 09/23/09 2:22 PM Demonbird was starred Demonbird was unstarred
    Image of Kamen Rider Gatack Kamen Rider Gatack
    09/23/09

    @Demonbird: Old Turtles was HORRIBLE anyway. I don't see why it's that big of a deal. I guess they had Bebop and Rocksteady, but they probably wouldn't be great characters for the game. There's still Shredder, and an utrom which is pretty much Krang.
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    Demonbird promoted this comment Edited by Kamen Rider Gatack at 09/23/09 2:22 PM Kamen Rider Gatack was starred Kamen Rider Gatack was unstarred
    Image of Derigor Derigor
    09/23/09

    @Kamen Rider Gatack: Slash.

    Give me Slash.
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    Showmeyomoves! promoted this comment Derigor was starred Derigor was unstarred
    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    09/23/09

    @Kamen Rider Gatack:
    Let me guess, weren't around or into ninja turtles in its prime?
    First of all, there were TONS of original turtles cartoon characters that could have made it in.
    TONS more from the comic series as well,
    Mirage and Archie.
    Slash
    Tokka
    Razarr
    Wingnut
    Leatherhead
    Krang
    Rocksteady
    Bebop
    Usagi Yojimbo
    Rat King
    Baxter Stockman
    Mona Lisa

    The list goes on.
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    Demonbird was starred Demonbird was unstarred
    Image of Here's Some Weapons Here's Some Weapons
    09/23/09

    @Demonbird: If they had included any ONE of those characters in place of 2 of the Rabbids, I think they could have avoided the fan uproar completely.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    09/23/09

    @Here's Some Weapons:
    Probably, and they had included skins for older designs.
    [en.wikipedia.org]
    There are 154 characters on this list. Not all of them are fighters, but most of them are.
    I'm not sure any of them are in this game.
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    Demonbird was starred Demonbird was unstarred
    Image of Kamen Rider Gatack Kamen Rider Gatack
    09/23/09

    @Demonbird: I was, I grew up with the turtles. I watched the original series as a kid and watched the 2k3 series as it was airing. When they first started releasing the seasons of the old cartoon on DVD, I bit right away and it definitely was not as awesome as I remembered. Well, the intro was still beautifully animated but that was about it. The old series was nonsensical garbage and I know it was a kids show, but it was just bad. The 2k3 series on the other hand followed the actual comics and had an on-going story, as well as consistent animation and was entertaining even if you weren't a kid.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    09/23/09

    @Kamen Rider Gatack:
    We weren't really debating the quality of a show designed to sell toys were we?
    I wa sjust saying that classic, pre 2003 turtles, which was A LOT more than the cartoon, had a hell of a lot more that could have contributed to this game than Bebop, Rocksteady, and krang.
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    09/23/09

    @Demonbird: HELL YEA RAT KING! HELL YEA BAXTER! HELL NO I'M NOT BUYING THIS!
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was starred ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Kamen Rider Gatack Kamen Rider Gatack
    09/23/09

    @Demonbird: But if any were chosen, those would be the ones. They're the most known, everyone else is kind of obscure.
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    Kamen Rider Gatack was starred Kamen Rider Gatack was unstarred
    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    09/23/09

    @Kamen Rider Gatack:
    That alone would double the games roster.
    Plus classic skins.
    Plus characters I'm inevitably forgetting that are on this list
    [en.wikipedia.org]
    Like man ray
    Or variants like super shredder.
     Reply
    Demonbird was starred Demonbird was unstarred
    Image of Here's Some Weapons Here's Some Weapons
    09/23/09

    @Kamen Rider Gatack: No matter which version of the show you prefer, the original 80's cartoon has a huge fan base, and Ubisoft has been marketing to this particular group of people for months (look at the game's logo, even!), claiming that this game would be a celebration of 25 years of Turtles. They absolutely promised it would include elements from the old show, and they completely failed to deliver on this promise. One's own personal show preference doesn't change this.
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    RockyRan promoted this comment Here's Some Weapons was starred Here's Some Weapons was unstarred
    Image of Kobun Kobun
    09/23/09

    @Here's Some Weapons: Hell, this review didn't even touch on the gameplay of the title, a far more glaring omission to me, particularly in a fighter. I've learned next to nothing about Smash-Up other than how it relates to one person's sense of nostalgia. :/
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    Kobun was starred Kobun was unstarred
    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    07/07/09

    In reply to TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O’Neil Please Stand Up?
    This game should have tripping. That's like the best feature ever.
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    Image of angry_gamer angry_gamer
    07/07/09

    In reply to TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O’Neil Please Stand Up?
    Despite the preference for Raph from the creators, I still think Leo should be considered P1.


    It's been that way for ages....


    OK, I'm biased, Leo is my fav even in the original comics

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    Image of UltimatePancakeSensation UltimatePancakeSensation
    07/07/09

    @angry_gamer: But Leo is a douche!
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    Image of Pombar Pombar
    07/07/09

    In reply to TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O’Neil Please Stand Up?
    Forget Rabbids, where're the Rabbits!? Surely no true Turtles property is complete without Usagi Yojimbo cameos?
     Reply
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    Image of tinky XIII tinky XIII
    07/07/09

    @Pombar: Hopefully Stan Sakai is gonna keep his characters away from this forthcoming travesty.
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    Image of Pombar Pombar
    07/07/09

    @tinky XIII: But why? It's not like Usagi being butchered in the old cartoon made the actual UY comics any worse. I just think it'd be a neat touch to the game (not to mention more character variety!) if he was in there. But I'm not going to get it, so there we go.
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    Pombar was starred Pombar was unstarred
    Image of Kenofthedead Kenofthedead
    07/07/09

    @Pombar: All I ask for in this game is Usagi Yojimbo and the Cowboys of Moo Mesa.


    We need more games where ninja turtles that behead their enemies, honourable samurai rabbits, and gun blazing cows are allowed free to roam and smash each other.

     Reply
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    Image of IllustriousNeckbeard IllustriousNeckbeard
    07/07/09

    In reply to TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O’Neil Please Stand Up?
    So, where's my yellow jumpsuit April O'Neil?
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    Image of UltimatePancakeSensation UltimatePancakeSensation
    07/07/09

    @Destro's Silver Polish: They could put her in, but what would be the point? She would just get her ass handed to her.
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    Image of Showmeyomoves! Showmeyomoves!
    07/07/09

    @UltimatePancakeSensation: What are you talking about? She could interview them to death... for Channel 6 News.
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    Showmeyomoves! was starred Showmeyomoves! was unstarred
    Image of Zorantor Zorantor
    07/07/09

    @Showmeyomoves!: I hope they have that slutty girl April works with. I can't remember her name, but even as a kid, it struck me as odd how she hit on every single guy she came across.
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    Zorantor was starred Zorantor was unstarred
    Image of UltimatePancakeSensation UltimatePancakeSensation
    07/07/09

    @Zorantor: I don't think I would ever describe Erma as "slutty"...
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