TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-shelled a timed Xbox 360 exclusive
by David Hinkle 
{ Jun 11th 2009 at 11:45PM } 
Our rep at Ubisoft indeed did confirm the release date and the timed exclusivity on Xbox Live Arcade, which is likely to tick off a few PS3 owners out there. We'd suggest copious amounts of Infamous and, if you're lucky enough, the Uncharted 2 beta to get you through these tough times.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
gordo @ Jun 11th 2009 11:51PM
I'd rather play the original
Rhamsey @ Jun 12th 2009 12:03AM
im sure i will too, but we should at least try the game first, instead of just dismissing it cause its not exactly what we grew up with.
gordo @ Jun 12th 2009 12:21AM
Good point--the nostalgia just helps me rationalize all the quarters I lost.
knor @ Jun 12th 2009 10:29AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the EXACT same game that you played growing up, albiet with better graphics? Sure nostalgia is there, but really?
SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Jun 12th 2009 1:07PM
yea i'm with Knor, this looks like the same side scroller i spent so many hours playing as a kid. i somehow missed this reveal all together, consider it on my watched list.
doom saber @ Jun 12th 2009 1:15PM
Actually it is the game we all have grown up with if you played the arcade ver. I have played the arcade ver and imo, it isn't as fun as the SNES version because it is doesn't have many levels
So it is no biggie that it is a timed exclusive since one can always play the SNES or go to an Arcade that has this game
Sly [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 11th 2009 11:53PM
but... but... the uncharted beta ends on june 28! not anywhere near july 22... *cries*
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 12th 2009 12:08AM
That's july 22 for the xbla release. I remember hearing sometime during E3 that it was coming to ps3 "later in the year".
Sly [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 12th 2009 12:34AM
ok well, it still ends before then.
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Jun 12th 2009 12:01AM
It will be a shell of a good time!!!
gordo @ Jun 12th 2009 12:11AM
Shell yeah it will.
Obie @ Jun 12th 2009 12:02AM
MY TOE ,MY TOE!
Shmil @ Jun 12th 2009 12:22AM
BIG APPLE THREE A.M.
Obie @ Jun 12th 2009 12:25AM
Pizza time!
MystileArmor @ Jun 12th 2009 12:42AM
COWABUNGA!
Or as that Ubisoft dude would say it "Kuuwaahbooonga!"
uncle jesse @ Jun 12th 2009 10:06AM
Bury my shell at wounded knee
Snake Robot Podium @ Jun 12th 2009 10:33AM
Technodrome...let's kick shell!
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 12th 2009 12:04AM
And that confirms this will be the first xbla title I buy in a very very long time.
On a side note, I'm not getting emails for a good number of people's replies lately. Anyone else having this issue?
Shmil @ Jun 12th 2009 12:21AM
yea
jia @ Jun 12th 2009 12:08AM
i wish this wasn't a timed exclusive.
Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Jun 12th 2009 5:47AM
A desperate move on Microsofts part I think. i wonder how much they pay for exclusives/timed exclusives.
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Jun 12th 2009 12:08AM
You know... all they really needed to do to achieve cellshading here is duplicate the model surface, scale out, paint black, and invert normals. That's it. There is nothing here taxing the engine and instead of trying to get the same cartoony graphics from the original, they have this boring muck. I think I'll pass. All of these screenshots have yet to make me thing of Turtles in Time and trying to at least get SOMETHING cartoony going was so easy, I'm annoyed by the lack of effort here.
Anticrawl @ Jun 12th 2009 12:33AM
Yeah I'm certainly going to pass, one of my buddies has this in an arcade machine. He bought up a bunch of booths when arcades were going out of business around here in the late 90s.
Anticrawl @ Jun 12th 2009 12:38AM
Plus I think I own nearly every Turtle game including the arcade style fighters on consoles up to SNES. I'd have to go look through storage though to be sure. I also have all the old toys and VHS copies of the TV show and some comics.
Also there is a stuffed Raphael in my room that is like 20 years old I use to sleep with as a kid. Damn I love the Ninja Turtles. The "new TMNT" TV show released on my birthday and I was so damn disappointed to see them rape the show. You either go dark or comical, not some bullshit in-between theme.
Anticrawl @ Jun 12th 2009 12:39AM
I remember for one birthday I went to see them live in concert. Damn, I'm going to have to go watch the first two movies and then pretend I don't own the third. I'll be back later.
Anticrawl @ Jun 12th 2009 12:41AM
Does anyone know where I can buy a turtle suit from the first movie? God damn I'd love to run around public places or be waiting in line to checkout at walmart and have soccer moms ask me if I do birthday parties and shout, "Ninja's have no time for birthdays!" then whisper for her to get with me in the parking lot and we'll negotiate a price.
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 12th 2009 12:11AM
I'm still trying to figure out how you came back under this name, when I saw you get banned on that one Batman article.
Guess I should just forget about it. Knowing you, you'll get banned again well...probably in this thread at the rate you're going.
D0RC @ Jun 12th 2009 12:11AM
What I love about XBLA over PSN is not only they get games first but every XBLA game have free trials. XBLA is the best.
eNrique @ Jun 12th 2009 12:23AM
Can you mention 5 games that came earlier in live?
eNrique @ Jun 12th 2009 12:27AM
And to the pussycat sprinkles:
Can you tell me games with higher quality than WipEout HD , Flower or the PixelJunk series? (to name just a few).
Please
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 12th 2009 12:31AM
They both have high quality titles. I think there is more originality and variety on the PSN but both services are very strong and content rich. Wii Ware is another story altogether.
If MS wants to buy timed exclusivity on a Ninja Turtle fighting game then thats their own deal. It doesn't really benefit 360 owners per se because they aren't getting additional content. In fact, all this really does is help boost MS's sales of the title because they are the only game in town.
This just doesn't seem like a big deal or the type of game paying for timed exclusivity.
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Jun 12th 2009 12:32AM
Well technically, aside from a couple exceptions, Live gets all of them first, by 24 hours even on the multiplats...
Sly [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 12th 2009 12:38AM
sprinkles, the higher quality remark is ambiguous, but going by reviews and user response, PSN has higher quality exclusives. multiplats as i've heard generally go to XBLA though, with the exception of some, like that street fighter 2 remix game...
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 12th 2009 12:19AM
There are no "rules" that I'm aware of, which leaves the editors to do pretty much what they want (it is their site after all).
The fact that you've been banned god knows how many times for doing what you do should be a pretty big clue as to why you're always getting banned and why you'll keep getting banned. Normal people would get the message and stop.
Mouthsmasher @ Jun 12th 2009 12:22AM
I hope this turns out to be a good game. I haven't been impressed with many of the more recent TMNT games.
Prox @ Jun 12th 2009 12:57AM
I played the alpha version of this game at one of the stops on the TMNT 25th Anniversary Tour and I thought it was really fun. You can attack in 360 degrees now instead of just right or left in the original. I played the whole pirate ship level, complete with Tokka and Rahzar at that end (this is a remake of the arcade version, not the SNES). The controls were solid and all the old moves are there. I was quite impressed, and this will be a day one purchase for me.
Shmil @ Jun 12th 2009 12:22AM
Please please please please please use the original soundtrack and effects.
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 12th 2009 12:24AM
"Seriously try something new. Or at least try to be effective...."
Maybe you should take some of your own advice. Just a suggestion ... in your own words.
el serpiente @ Jun 12th 2009 12:24AM
Joystiq, get to the doctor, it looks like your herpes is flaring up again!
darzero @ Jun 12th 2009 12:33AM
man, I hate microsoft so bad you won't believe. I just can get pass the point why there's still people who buys xbox. Microsoft is paying big money to get those timed exclusive, just as much for the exclusive dlc. Just stop buying it, lets bring the xbox down, forever.
Cosmo @ Jun 12th 2009 12:48AM
Sorry dude, your not much better than Sprinkles. And contrary to popular belief, we don't need a PS3 Sprinkles to counter the original one.
Sly [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 12th 2009 1:17AM
cosmo, we already have quite a few like sony boy and marius...
mike smith @ Jun 12th 2009 12:26AM
I don't care what system you root for...timed exclusive suck smurf balls.
modified @ Jun 12th 2009 1:13AM
In this case I highly doubt Microsoft paid for this and it had more to do with the development team prioritizing one platform over another.
vectorelement @ Jun 12th 2009 12:30AM
Well, PSN users get to play Marvel vs. Capcom 2 before us 360 owners, and God knows EVERYONE was waiting for that one. Some exclusive TMNT4 isn't going to break anyone's back.
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 12th 2009 2:27AM
I think that was just the demo thought not the actual game. Unless I missed something the game is coming out at the same time on both the PS3 & 360. So, it's an apples and oranges comparison.
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 12th 2009 12:31AM
"and I laugh at you"
Forgot to address that. Why would you laugh at me, when I clearly stated above I'm going to get it on xbla? Are you making fun of me for getting it on xbla, because you think it's inferior to psn? You shouldn't be such a sony fanboy.
Cosmo @ Jun 12th 2009 12:35AM
God I still can't believe your 23 pushing to 24, you can't even act half your age, its pathetic you holier than thou 360 fanboy. XD
Cosmo @ Jun 12th 2009 12:38AM
Plus, your racist against whites as well you hypocritical herpes doggie. I can't think of anyone that's trolled a website for a year now and keeps coming back and back and back. Something is seriously wrong with you, I mean my god. I'm shocked that I used to troll when I was 18 but your still doing it at 23?
MystileArmor @ Jun 12th 2009 12:43AM
Sexual frustration will do that to a 23yr old....