Cowabunga! Play through the 2007 CGI film events as you control your favorite turtle ninjas. Leonardo returns to New York after his meditation retreat in South America to find his family in turmoil and rising crime. A mysterious guy called himself the “Nightwatcher” has appeared, and a shadowy rich man named Winters seems to work with the Foot Clan’s remnants. Only the Ninja Turtles can keep the streets clean!
TMNT is an action game in the same vein as Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Play as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, or Donatello, shifting between characters and using unique cooperative moves to aid your siblings in battle. Ninja skills include double jumping, sprinting along and up walls, holding onto tiny gaps, and jumping from wall to wall to scale terrifying heights. Most of the game is spent navigating your way across New York using your ninja moves. Leo can traverse through walls, Raph can use his Sais to scale specific objects, Mikey can use his Nunchucks as helicopters to float for a limited time, and Don can pole vault across huge gaps with his Bo Staff.
Battles will occasionally occur; in these cases, you will be confined in an arena and must defeat all of your adversaries before moving on. Combat is straightforward; you can use one button for basic strikes (charge it for a stronger one) and another for light attacks that push adversaries away. If you have other turtles with you, you can also perform a tandem co-op attack by holding down your character swap button. Some levels will let you play as the Nightwatcher, who fights similarly to the Turtles, except that the more he battles, the more his ‘anger’ builds up, causing a devastating encircling strike when fully charged. The Wii version of the game operates similarly to all other versions, except that gestures are used to attack rather than button pushes.
The fundamental purpose of each level is to complete it. At the end of each class, you are assessed on the following criteria: speed, combat, and the number of coins gathered. You’ll be judged on how well you collaborated with your brothers on levels where you work with them. If you succeed in any of these traits, you will win turtle coins, which can be used to buy unlockables. If you achieve an A Rank or higher in a level, you’ll also gain access to a Challenge Map, which can be used to win even more turtle coins. Finally, after completing any class at least once, turtle coins will spawn in difficult-to-reach locations for you to gather.
