TMNT Re-Shelled no longer available in US after June 30

by JC Fletcher on Jun 23rd 2011 9:30PM

An expired license has done what Shredder, Baxter Stockman, Krang, and even Krang in a big robot suit could never do: defeated the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Reader Marty alerted us to an ad on the PlayStation Store noting that it's the "Last Chance to Purchase!" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled. We then checked with Ubisoft, who revealed to Joystiq that the game is going away in the US on June 30.

So if you were ever planning on trying that out, perhaps with a nice pizza ... do it now. But do replace that pizza you ordered two years ago when you first had the idea.

Tags: microsoft, playstation, ps3, psn, TMNT-Turtles-in-Time-Re-Shelled, ubisoft, xbla, xbox

Reader Comments (92)

OH NO! What ever will I do without this on the marketplace!?

@Prboi I feel like my whole time on Joystiq has been leading up to this moment and one pithy comment...I have none. :(

@Prboi

I'm not sure why you were downvoted. I mean, it sucks when any game is pulled from the marketplace due to licensing issues, but I really don't see a lot of people regretting that they never downloaded this once it's pulled from the marketplace.

@tylerh1701

honestly im sure everyone who was interested in this game already downloaded it by now

Good game, though I wish it was based on the SNES version.

@Dance Mofo

The original arcade version was also bundled in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare for the PS2 as well. The PS2 game is a chore to play, but getting that unlockable is worth it. It's also cheaper than this half-shell of a remake.

@CaptainProtonX interesting.. didn't know that. As for this, it was only good playing with other people online

@Dance Mofo I agree. I bought this game on XBLA and I never even finished the first level. Would have been so much better if they would have just done like Capcom did with Super Street Fighter 2 HD Remix. Original game-play with redrawn sprites would have been awesome.

@Twist
I was under the impression that is exactly what this was. I don't recall the arcade game looking like that.

@Polymorphic Ninja

It's not, and it did. This is definitely based off of the arcade version of Turtles in Time.

@Polymorphic Ninja

>> I was under the impression that is exactly what this was.
>> I don't recall the arcade game looking like that.

They had to redo the graphics, since someone else owned
the rights to the original sprite-based version. I don't get why
more than one person/group owned the rights to different
parts of the same game.

This particular pizza had anchovies on it. Lots and lots of anchovies.

@KingBroly That were cooked on the pizza in the oven ensuring an especially salty pizza.

@KingBroly

I dunno, they aren't so bad. Its the pineapples I can't stand on pizza.

Good riddance.

@Acosta02
Hear hear. What a terrible port.

@Acosta02

It wasn't *that* bad it just wasn't what we all wanted. I still hope they release the original arcade version with the original sprites and awesome soundtrack.

Good.

Retail games are available forever.

@Shogan
Until they go out of print... tales of Vesperia says hello. As well as every Atlus game.

@Punkrawk Bbob

That's not true, as long as you have non-vital organs to sell you can still get any game out there!

@Punkrawk Bbob
As long as other people have them you can buy them second hand. Digital versions can't be resold or passed on to other people.

+1 brick&mortar

@Shogan Digital games never get under-produced and end up on ebay for 100 bucks 10 years after release. The only time digital games get pulled is if they lose a license or some other oddball thing. It's not like digital releases are disappearing on a daily basis in mass numbers.

Youre one of the people that got mad when Double Dragon was pulled, aren't ya?

@Shogan
I still can download it from my PSN account wherever whenever I want, and if I want, I can sell my account too.

@PN04

Really?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Final-Fantasy-VII-7-PS1-BRAND-NEW-MISPRINT-BLACK-LABEL-/130416357346?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e5d6bafe2#ht_556wt_911

So FF7 physical disc = $344.95, vs digital download of $10 - Which can be shared on up to 5 devices. So 5 friends can throw down $2 a piece and own FF7. Vs $344.95 for one copy. Digital Download > Physical here.

@Punkrawk Bbob

You went and found the most expensive version of FF7 you could find didn't you?

@Punkrawk Bbob
Tales of Vesparia... You mean the game that was £40 before it was available on XBL, and then dropped to £30.

Sweet jesus christ how will I ever afford that £10? I'm going to have to sell a kidney to pay for that because £40 is an insanely steep price for anything to cost!!!

@Equal Opportunity Dork: "It's not like digital releases are disappearing on a daily basis in mass numbers."

Digital delivery at the scale we're seeing today isn't that old yet. This is only the beginning. Just you wait.

@Punkrawk Bbob:

.....Riiiiiight. If you'd just told people to do a search for "Final Fantasy VII" on Ebay, it wouldn't have painted quite such a favorable picture for your argument, huh?

@Punkrawk Bbob

A local shop of mine consistently sells FF7 for less than it was when it was first released.

It's not hard to tell which games will be rare in the future. Obviously, you're not going to find any trouble finding a copy of LA Noire, Bioshock Infinite, Skyrim, or Uncharted 3 a decade from their releaase.

But Catherine? Radiant Historia? Dragon's Crown? Okamiden? Yeah, probably not going to see those in retail space for long.

@Alexisonfire
It's a good idea getting them now for investment purposes!

@(Unverified)

Heh, actually I just pulled the first listing. I just enjoyed the fact that it was probably one of the most expensive, but also supported my point.

@ Tihn

ToV isn't available on the US XBL marketplace, is it over in EU? You guys have also had a strong support for Tales games over there though. In the US, NTSC version hasn't been produced since 2008 which makes it a pain in the ass to find for a decent price that isn't used and scratched to shit. Which sucks because I have not gotten to play it, and unless I want to pay a pretty penny I never will.

@Punkrawk Bbob TOV is on Games on demand do you even have an xbox?

@Punkrawk Bbob
funny, i just found a used copy of Tales of Vesperia last week. it's a great game. and it's cheap as hell now because they manufactured physical copies and it's a few years old.

@Punkrawk Bbob I'm pretty sure you can find copies of Tales of Vesperia on ebay or amazon

@kyte420

I do have an xbox, but honestly haven't looked at Games on Demand in a long time now. Glad it's up there, I'll be grabbing it. +2 points for digital distribution.

Anyways, another point of retail isn't forever - Suikoden 2. Good luck finding that new or used for anything less than a c-note.

@PN04
On psn you can pass whatever you want. My brother and best friend stay checked up with my account every wed. to see what I purchased the day before. I'm not gonna really miss this I got it in 09 for the summer of arcade but finished it in 15 minutes. Why shorten a SNES game man

Let us never talk about the game that ruined my childhood.

@Manifest37

What happened? Can't you just go back in time and fix it?

So, is TMNT 1989 still fine? I already have it on 360, but I'm just curious.

Never really had much of an interest in Re-Shelled, honestly. =/

@buster42 Most likely not. TMNT was sold last year to Nick and likely there are new licensing agreements in place. The first game just happens to not be available on the PSN. I wish MS was more up front about this. If so I would have gotten Root Beer Tapper before it was delisted.

@buster42
It's still on XBLA
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/TMNT-1989-Arcade/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410870?cid=search

@daytripper

Come back and talk to us when it actually SELLS for that much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSUAgNTMGoo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Game over, man.

I wonder if Nickelodeon is keeping the license away from the publisher or if the deal with the previous TMNT license holder didn't transfer to Nickelodeon?

They need to make a classic Arcade TMNT again with genuine 2D graphics. From NES to Arcade sprites makes little difference.

And oh yeah, make it fun and leave out the modern edgy "tude". It's lame now and it's lame by even 90s standards, which obviously was about being awesome and radical!

I still need to get some more trophies before I get 100%...

This is why I'm such a stickler for physical copies: the ability to purchase them doesn't just... vanish.

@Once known as Shadsy
Amen to that, unfortunately the days of the hardcopy are coming to an end, it's just about over for music and movies, I expect that the next console generation will see the end of the physical copy.

@Once known as Shadsy

I'm don't want to have re-buy my entire movie collection every time a new physical format is released - VHS -> DVD -> Blu-Ray -> what's next?!

I wish I could license movies digitally and then pay a small charge if I want to be sent a physical copy on the latest storage media.

@b3n As long as there is an entertainment industry and more behind-the-scenes footage from Star Wars, that will never ever happen.

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