{"id":15347,"date":"2022-09-08T12:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T16:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecranpartage.ca\/?p=15347"},"modified":"2022-12-14T12:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T17:28:52","slug":"review-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-the-cowabunga-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecranpartage.ca\/en\/review-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-the-cowabunga-collection","title":{"rendered":"Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What parents need to know<\/h2>\n\n

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection is a compilation of 13 fighting, platform and beat’em up fighting games released between 1989 and 1993 by Japanese game developer and publisher Konami. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\"TMNT<\/td>Release date: <\/strong>August 30, 2022Developed by: <\/strong> Digital EclipsePublished by:<\/strong> KonamiAvailable on:<\/strong><\/strong> PC (Steam)Xbox One (Xbox Series Compatible)Playstation 4 (Playstation 5 Compatible) and Nintendo SwitchGame Type:<\/strong> Compilation of old games.Average duration of a game: <\/strong>about 10 minutesEstimate of the total duration of the game:<\/strong>InfiniteThemes:<\/strong> Cartoon, comics, comics, combatBusiness model: <\/strong> Need to buy the gameNumber of players: <\/strong>Depending on the game, this can go as far as:1 to 4 players locally1 to 4 players onlineAvailable in digital and physical formats.The game was provided by the publisher for its review. It does not influence our opinion.Tested version:<\/strong> PC on Steam<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n
Age<\/sub><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Neophytes<\/sub><\/strong><\/td>Intermediate<\/sub><\/strong><\/td>Experienced<\/sub><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
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I used to play these games when I was 4 years old, there’s nothing terrible here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
Violence, fear, nudity?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n
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Everyone fights with punches, foot, knives, firearms, magical attacks (fire, wind, ice, electric). These are anthropomorphic animals, humans and robots that clash with each other. No drops of blood, or injuries. They are cartoon characters. <\/p>\n\n

Minimum reading level required<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n
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Very little text. Playable without knowing how to read. However, you have to know how to read to understand the side quests and some challenges. <\/p>\n\n

Level of language<\/strong> used<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n
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The protagonists provoke and taunt before or during the fighting. <\/p>\n\n

Positive message<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n
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It is possible to teach cooperation through this game, as long as you are well supervised and surrounded, but that’s it. The characters are smiling, having fun. No one takes themselves seriously. <\/p>\n\n

Difficulty<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n
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There are many games and therefore very different levels of difficulty. Some games are unfair because they are poorly designed, others are unfair because they were intended to be played in arcades, to spend coins in arcades. This compilation includes many aids to help with progression. <\/p>\n\n

Minimum level of execution on the controller required<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n
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The game is enjoyable to play with the controller, even for beginners. <\/p>\n\n

Only the 3 Fighting Games Tournament Fighters can be considered difficult to master. <\/p>\n\n

Additional costs ?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n
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none. <\/p>\n\n

Principle of the game<\/h2>\n\n

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection is a compilation of the following 13 games:<\/p>\n\n

Original Release Date<\/strong> \/ Title<\/strong> \/ Original Platform<\/strong> \/ Number of Players<\/strong> \/ Playable Online?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

1989 \/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles \/ <\/em>NES \/ 1 player \/ No1989 \/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em> \/ Arcade \/ 1 to 4 players \/ Yes<\/strong>1990 \/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game<\/em> \/ NES \/ 1 to 2 players \/ No1990 \/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan<\/em> \/ Game Boy\/ 1 player\/ No1991\/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time<\/em> Arcade \/1 to 4 players\/ Yes<\/strong>1991\/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers<\/em>\/ Game Boy\/ 1 player\/ No1991\/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project<\/em> \/NES\/ 1 to 2 players \/No1992\/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time<\/em>\/ SNES\/ 1 to 2 players\/ No1992\/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist<\/em>\/ Sega Genesis\/ 1 to 2 players\/ Yes<\/strong>1993\/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue<\/em>\/ Game Boy \/1 player\/ No1993\/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters<\/em>\/ SNES\/ 1 to 2 players\/ Yes<\/strong>1993 \/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters<\/em>\/ Sega Genesis \/1 to 2 players\/ No1993\/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters<\/em>\/ NES\/ 1 to 2 players\/ No<\/p>\n\n

Each of these games is playable in its entirety as at the time, and is available in American or Japanese version. The European versions are not available and no one will regret them because they had the same content as the American versions but was 17% slower. <\/p>\n\n

Each of the games also contains the ability to go back in time. So you cancel the last actions that happened in the game, in order to repair an error, and avoid taking damage, for example. This option is available in 1-player mode, but also in local multiplayer mode. Thus, and fortunately, only the first player can go back in time. He can thus annoy his friends by abusing the function… but he will be the only one to do so.<\/p>\n\n

It is possible to save and load a game at any time in each of the games. You can choose different display filters in order to try to reproduce the display of TVs and monitors from the time of the games. <\/p>\n\n

Each game finally has several individual options such as the ability to activate the selection of hidden characters immediately, invincible mode, the deactivation of certain defects of era displays etc ….<\/p>\n\n

In addition to this, one can activate for each game a spectator mode that allows to observe how to play the game perfectly. Icing on the cake, we can then regain control of the super player to continue his game. Unfortunately, you can’t unlock trophies or achievements this way. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n

Local game mode<\/h2>\n\n

In addition to the ability to play each of the 13 games with plenty of options, there is the ability to check out a myriad of bonuses and material created for the Ninja Turtles at the time and their associated games. <\/p>\n\n

It is therefore a Museum mode including:<\/p>\n\n