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Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo are back from the sewers with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection! In collaboration with Nickelodeon, thirteen radical games from KONAMI’s entire archive of retro 8-bit, 16-bit, and arcade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) titles and their Japanese versions* will be coming to PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC Steam. Physical retail and digital versions will be available in 2022 at SRP $39.99.

This incredible collection of thirteen original classics gives chasing down Shredder, fighting the Foot, and tangling-up with Bebop and Rocksteady a fresh look at why KONAMI’s adaptations of the heroes in a half shell set the standard in beat ‘em up, action games. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection includes:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Arcade)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (Super Nintendo)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Super Nintendo)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (Sega Genesis)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Sega Genesis)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of The Foot Clan (Game Boy)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From The Sewers (Game Boy)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue (Game Boy)


KONAMI partnered with game developer Digital Eclipse to expertly adapt these classics for modern gaming systems with a fantastic set of quality-of-life features including save anytime and rewind, button mapping, and added online play for certain games** with local couch play for all titles where originally intended. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will also come with a digital game guide for each title to help players fight and sometimes swim through difficult areas.

The games are based on the characters and themes of the 80's children's cartoon and comic book series, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles often taking place in a fictionalized New York City, around the sewers, inside futuristic enemy bases and even across time itself! In collaboration with Nickelodeon, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will also include loads of extras using imagery from the original cartoons, comics and other historic TMNT media content in a compiled Museum connecting the franchise across the various mediums. Additionally, never-before-seen development art, sketches and game design material will also be included.

*11 Japanese regional versions total -No Japanese versions released for TMNT (Arcade) and TMNT: Tournament Fighters (NES)
**Titles with online functionality -TMNT (Arcade), TMNT: Turtles in Time (Arcade), TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist, TMNT Tournament Fighters (Super Nintendo)

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Wha? PlayStation ONLY??

 

[KellyM]

Also, coming to all other Platforms under the sun.

 

[rkofan87]

beat me

 

[anthony2690]

Wha? PlayStation ONLY??

It's on switch and Xbox too.

Wonder if there will be online for tournament fighters (I can't imagine there will be sadly)

 

[Dick Jones]

It's on switch and Xbox too.

Wonder if there will be online for tournament fighters (I can't imagine there will be sadly)

Sound like more than the bare minimum for Konami so

 

[BusierDonkey]

I just played through most of these with my brother on their original consoles in anticipation of the new game, they hold up so well for the most part. The Genesis version of Tournament Fighters not so much...

 

[anthony2690]

Sound like more than the bare minimum for Konami so

Online out the equation.
The package itself is really good, I don't think anyone can deny that, especially as it seems like it has all platform versions of the games too.
& Not forgetting how excellent their Castlevania Advance collection was too.

Whilst Konami have not put out any substantial brand new games, I think their remaster collections have been really high quality myself.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Love that they showed footage of the first NES game (the hardest damn game of all time) just after revealing the Rewind feature.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Please come in physical edition. Day 1 for Switch. Turtles 2 arcade, Turtles in time and Hyperstone heist! Can't wait! Retro nostalgia at its very best.

 

[SEGA_2012]

OHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD !
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG !
DAY ONE GUYS ! DAY FUCKING ONE FOR ME !
COWABUNGA !

 

[Velcro Fly]

I got super far in the first NES game as a kid and then at some point the game locked up and I was so disappointed. I never made it that far again.

 

[Beechos]

Damn this shit is day 1 looks like every tmnt game ever made.

 

[Dr Bass]

I hope you'll be able to scale up to full screen and turn the borders off. But Ill be getting it regardless.

 

[rkofan87]

its all the ones konami made i think?

 

[Killer8]

And people say Konami don't do anything worthwhile. Hopefully M2 are handling the collection like Castlevania and Contra.

 

[Knightime_X]

Day 1.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

The legacy of Tmnt must be on Nintendo switch.

Konami Bring us a great game compilation in this era???

Its the apocalypsis?

 

[SpiceRacz]

I'm impressed with the inclusion of not only the arcade versions, but also the Gameboy games. Wish it was closer to $20 though.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Day one for me. What a collection

 

[Beechos]

This is alao what the contra and castlevania collections shouldve been. Every damn game in the series.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Love that they showed footage of the first NES game (the hardest damn game of all time) just after revealing the Rewind feature.

If you think that's the hardest game of all time you really need to play TMNT Tournament Fighters.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

The legacy of Tmnt must be on Nintendo switch.

Konami Bring us a great game compilation in this era???

Its the apocalypsis?

I don't want it on Switch because, for the sake of preservation, Steam or even PlayStation seem like safer bets. There's no telling if Nintendo's next console will even be backwards compatible.

 

[kingpotato]

I'll pick this up but I honestly wish it was news about the other tmnt game in production.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

It's on switch and Xbox too.

Wonder if there will be online for tournament fighters (I can't imagine there will be sadly)

Sound like more than the bare minimum for Konami so

Online out the equation.
The package itself is really good, I don't think anyone can deny that, especially as it seems like it has all platform versions of the games too.
& Not forgetting how excellent their Castlevania Advance collection was too.

Whilst Konami have not put out any substantial brand new games, I think their remaster collections have been really high quality myself.

Are you guys missing the part at the bottom that says:

**Titles with online functionality -TMNT (Arcade), TMNT: Turtles in Time (Arcade), TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist, TMNT Tournament Fighters (Super Nintendo)

 

[ReBurn]

I am $30 interested in this. Maybe $40 interested because Turtles in Time.

 

[digital_ghost]

I loved playing Ninja Turtles as a kid at this daycare called Kidspace. They had a Snes there and I would always play it with someone else. So much fun and good memories.

I can see myself getting this for nostalgia alone.

 

[jadedm17]

OHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD !
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG !
DAY ONE GUYS ! DAY FUCKING ONE FOR ME !
COWABUNGA !

This <3
Tears, what a solid note to end my day.

Also please have physical copies. Thanks.

 

[ArtHands]

I literally played them when I got my raspberry pi 4 last year. LOL

 

[Moonjt9]

This is a day 1 must buy if physical switch release happens. These games are timeless.

 

[ManaByte]

I don't want it on Switch because, for the sake of preservation, Steam or even PlayStation seem like safer bets. There's no telling if Nintendo's next console will even be backwards compatible.

Getting the Xbox version because I know I’ll be able to play it on the next system.

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

This is the type of thing that I would love to have a physical copy, with colorful manuals and gorgeous art.

But this is 2022, and most likely it will be a case with a printed code inside it...

 

[93xfan]

LOVED these games as a kid!!! (And still do).

Been anxiously waiting for something like this, but thought it’d be split into 2 collections.

What an awesome, awesome surprise!!

Expecting $30 or $40 due to licensing and amount of content

 

[WalterSobchak]

Wow day 1. I own them all anyway except the tournament fighters and hyperstone heist but having them in one package is amazing.

 

[93xfan]

TMNT2 on NES has the best soundtrack, btw

 

[93xfan]

Getting the Xbox version because I know I’ll be able to play it on the next system.

That’s been my thinking. Just spent $20 on SNK collection just for the exclusive NES version of Baseball Stars.

I’m such a nostalgia junkie

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Online functionality for tournament fighters??
That's incredible.

 

[93xfan]

Wonder when the release date will be. I’ve already been waiting patiently for a few hours since hearing about it.

 

[6502]

Totally radical! Day 1.

 

[Ozzie666]

Best thing from that disappointing state of play. But this would fit perfectly on Switch. Great time to be a Turtles and beat em up fan.

 

[Naked Lunch]

Honestly one hell of a collection.
Its got everything on there - even the NES originals.
No shitting on Konami for this one.

The original NES TMNT and first arcade game are the best ones - glad to have them on a modern console.

 

[Classicrockfan]

Cool so I can finally get the scroll weapon

and beat mechaturtle at the end of lv 3.

 

[SALMORE]

i dreamed about this collection for a long time , am glad it finally happened !!

and yay for a physical copy

 

[Paasei]

Good stuff. Would buy for the Gameboy game alone. Have so many memories as a kid in the back of my parents car playing that level on the subway/train.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Physical switch copy in my veins!

 

[TLZ]

DAY. MOTHER. FUCKKKKING. ONE!!

 

[Dream-Knife]

Is the original NES game fixed?

It looks like it's just an emulation collection...

 

[Mokus]

I would have never thought it will be possible. Especially it's also coming in physical form too. Day one purchase!

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Is the original NES game fixed?

It looks like it's just an emulation collection...

Fixed? What do you mean?

 

[KaiserBecks]

OMFG! Will double dip, Steam and Console Physical. Never expected this to happen, fantastic news I cant believe it