Gekikame Ninja Den

Video Game
1989
E10+

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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IMDb traces the history of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from their inception and rise in the 1980s and '90s to 'Mutant Mayhem,' their latest animated incarnation from producer Seth Rogen.
In 1984, Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman self-publish the first issue of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." In 1987, Playmates Toys licenses the Turtles and develops an animated series to promote its upcoming toys, which brought in $1.1 billion over the next four years. The cartoon and action figures establish the Turtles' distinct personalities as well as their passion for pizza, colored masks, and "cowabunga" catchphrases. In 1989, Teenage Mutant Ninja video games debut for Nintendo and at the arcade. More than 40 games have been released in formats from Playstation to pinball. In March 1990, the Turtles hit the silver screen, grossing more than $200 million, the highest-grossing independent film up to that time. Two live-action sequels and a Vanilla Ice collaboration follow ... but with diminishing returns.
In 1997, a live-action reboot series adds a controversial fifth Turtle named Venus de Milo. The decision to add Venus splits Laird and Eastman's partnership, and "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation" is canceled after one season.
From 2003 to 2016, there are two more reboots on TV, plus two live-action films, where computer-generated Turtles took over for the guys in rubber suits.
A fourth animated series debuts in 2018, this time going back to their early teen years. "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ends in 2022 with a movie on Netflix.
And in 2023, the Turtles return to theaters with a new computer-animated feature. 'Mutant Mayhem' producer Seth Rogen hopes to bring youthful energy (tech and all) back to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Writers
- Kevin Eastman
- Peter Laird

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

340

YOUR RATING

Writers
- Kevin Eastman
- Peter Laird

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Featured review

7/10

Hard Shell - one tough game

Turtles has some notoriety these days after being featured on AVGN and being on lists of hardest NES games. The game sold incredibly well and was a huge success for Konami. Other licensed games like the Cowboys of Moo-Mesa not so much.

It's reputation is deserved; it is soul crushing hard and I wouldn't begrudge anyone for using cheats. Respawning enemies, enemies placed blocking ladders, that awful dam/water level with a timer, bosses requiring lots of hits the list goes on.

I can forgive the difficulty to an extent as the music is great. The graphics fairly nice for an earlier NES game. I think later games like Kirby really showed what could be done graphically on the NES. With Turtles all characters are recognisable and there's some good cut scenes. Unfortunately it suffers from flickering common in NES games.

Gameplay wise it reminded me a bit of Ghostbusters in that you travel from various locations and need to collect items. The platforming feels a bit like Goonies II or Popeye in terms of ladder systems. And it can feel a bit like a goose chase as to where you go.

Overall this is a tough, frustrating game, but no doubt a classic game. I would recommend it for nostalgia reasons as well as an example of a grade A licensed title. To be honest I have completed rock hard NES games like Contra and Ninja Gaiden and they are easy compared to Turtles. In terms of Turtles games I prefer the two Konami arcade games (also must plays) and as much as I want to hate this game I can't.

ninjaalexs
Apr 27, 2020
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Trivia
Ultra, the company creator of the game, designed it basing mostly on the original comic books instead the cartoon series Les tortues ninjas (1987). It explains why a lot of the storyline and enemies are not what many fans expected, resulting in a lot of negative reviews due to the confusion. Some late additions and changes where made to colorize the Turtles' headbands based on the toy line idea for giving each Turtle an unique identity, instead that all them use a red bandanna like on the cover art of the game, which is how the Turtles where originally shown in the comics. Only parts of the Les tortues ninjas (1987)'s music where added into the game at a later stage, but the main theme song was not included due to the TV show wasn't being the basis of the game.