The one thing I notice about all the three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters games is that they all differ from one-another. So imagine of what would happen if Konami actually made an Arcade version of TMNTs Tournament Fighters if they where ever allowed the chance to pull it off back in the mid if not late 1990s?
Oh yeah, memories! My brother and I rented this one back in the day. I still remember April O'Neil's hilarious cat-clawing attacks, and Casey's "So long, loser!" taunt. Yes, I can confirm how cheesy the A.I. is when you use his bomb moves, lol. But more than that, this was just a stupid, silly fun game to play together and something I fondly remember to this day.
I agree. When we were young playing any game with friends was awesome. We tried to master the "brokenness" of the game and still find a way to beat our friends, or beat co-op games alongside them.
@@Shinigami_Striker I didn't talk about why the game was good, I talked about why it was *fun* . It's also FAR from being the worst game ever made, but for a Konami game--eh, it's not one of their best efforts.
Like you say in your description, the grittiness/edge of the art style and characters in this game is great. I would play this with my friends back in the day. It's no Street Fighter 2 or Mortal Kombat 2, but it's fun nonetheless.
I gotta admit, I LOVE the ost in this game. lots of bangers. I actually prefer it over the SNES version as this music is more my thing. tho I do like a lot of songs from that game too. but themes like Krang, Casey, Ralph, Mikey, the second Karai theme, Triceration, Leo... lots of good stuff. otherwise tho as an actual fighting game, definitely think the SNES version is a lot better.
I think this is how game should look like, something simple and unreal, modern game are so perfect and in the pursuit of perfection, it lost it purpose of being just for entertainment.
It would be great if the combat system was flexible and had actual combos, however I love the visuals and appeal of this game, the soundtrack is quite the bop! This game deserves to be remade on the MUGEN engine, where we will have a better and smoother fighting gameplay finally while keeping the same look from the source game.
Oh dear. Not every outing is a winner in the classic TMNT era, and this game was the unlucky one. Which is a shame, it has pretty interesting elements going for it. A unique planet traveling adventure plot setting, a stylish and gritty art design resembling the Mirage Studios comics, and a great funky and upbeat soundtrack. The gameplay is what brought the experience down immensely as it was unbalanced and broken. The AI is annoyingly cheap even on the easiest difficulty. So if you want to beat them to see the end, you gotta cheap em out. Also, this was the only TMNT game that Shredder did not appear in it at all.
@@edwardgaines6561 yea this game and the SNES TF were the first time they brought Karai in any other TMNT media outside of the comics. And you are correct, in this game she looks way different than what she originally looked in her comic debut and in the SNES game.
Personally I prefer the genesis version. There is more strategy in the fights and the stages are more creative. The Snes version is generic and not very memorable.
@@DR--- i disagree the snes verison is pretty memorable as well,the snes version has a tournament scene and is still well regarded and has online in the collection.The sega version may have unique stages but the gameplay is still pretty janky.
Tbh tmnt hyperstone heist wasn't all that either on the genesis both tmnt genesis games just didn't get as much love put in them as the SNES counter parts
@@OfficialTruDru yeah it’s in the eshop. Surprised NES version is better. They really could’ve chosen better games from gba or ps2 battle nexus than this crap and original gb lol.
Whenever I read a bad review about this game is because the critic didn't know how to use the speed/power system. Speed at 8 and power at 1 it becomes like any other game
The speed/power ratings thing is what kills this game for me. Particularly because there's no indication whatsoever that your Power rating also affects your speed. They make it look (purposefully deceivingly?) like you can make your character super strong and super fast, but no. And also because of the speed/power rating stuff, instead of every character's strengths and weaknesses being played against one another, the AI is just a cheap bastard. Odd little tidbit: The SNES version is about a tournament and its participating fighters. The Genesis version is about a series of fights between several mutant warriors. But the Super Famicom version is called "Mutant Warriors" and the Mega Drive version is called "Tournament Fighters". Huh...
I thought the SNES Version only has the tournaments version of the TMNT Tournament Fighters. But I can or cannot be sure If they have the same sounds and same soundtrack.
@@itsbmeGaming That's what I thought I knew there was a way to get ability to play with some of The villains I just couldn't remember the specifics. I vaguely remembered something in one of the game guides back in the day.
Is this game any good? I think sega megadrive lacks from good fighting games compared to snes, except the traditional street fighter/mortal kombat games.
I kept thinking i was crazy and made it up. Every time i talked about a ninja turtles fighting game i had this in my mind, but my friends would always brought up the Snes version. I only got to play this once while staying the night at a friends house as a kid and the visuals always stuck in my head. (seeing it now , i see why lol sheesh....) I never knew there where drastically different versions and i finally feel vindicated lol
It'll be a game I'll do a full playthrough, then never play it again I predict if it's that cheap of a title. I'll probably stick with the SNES and NES versions more.
Such a weak group of fighters. It's cool that we can play as April and Casey, but where are the colorful bosses we like so much? Would have been so fun to play as Bebop, Rocksteady, Baxter, Slash, Tokka, Rahzar, etc. 😒😕
I know what you mean it's crazy that despite all these games Bebop and Rocksteady were never part of most of them. Same with the arcades / beat them all games, they were early bosses despite their status as recurrent antagonists and Shredder's lackeys.
Here's the whole story of this game... _[Splinter meditates peacefully...]_ My sons????? You are not my sons! Who are you!!!!!? *_.....Aughhhh!!!!!!_* _[Meanwhile, in the sewers of Manhattan...]_ *_Huh!!!???_* Greetings, Turtles... _your master Splinter_ *_is ours now!!!_* What!!!?... _WHY_ *_YOU...!!!_* Your only chance to save him is to face me in Dimension X... *_...along with some friends of mine, that is!!!_* _Evil turtle clones..._ *_really great!!!_* We're gonna need some help on this one! You can count on us! *_We're with you all the way!!_* Hold on! _We're on our way_ *_to Dimension X!!!_* _[The Turtles race to save Master Splinter...]_ If you wanna rescue your little rat buddy... _...you'll have to_ *_go through me, first!!!_* C'mon Punk...! Hang on, master Splinter! _We're almost_ *_there!!_* _[The Turtles continue racing to save Splinter...]_ Show your face, Krang!!! It's time for you to die, *_Turtle freaks!!!_* Hang on, master Splinter!! _We're almost_ *_there!!!_* _[Karai turns out to have kidnapped Splinter...]_ Ha ha ha!!! Most impressive little turtles... ...but you'll have to find me... *_...to save your precious master Splinter!!!_* You mean _you're_ behind this, _not_ Krang???! _THAT SINKS IT._ *_You're toast, Karai!!!_* _[Karai is mad about getting beaten by the Turtles...]_ _Can it be!!!???_ _Beaten by_ *_mere turtles!!!?_* ...UGH... _[The Turtles have saved Master Splinter!]_ *_Master Splinter!!!_* Thank you, my sons... _You are_ *_true warriors!!!_* *_COWABUNGA!!!!!!_*
Unquestionably one of the worst fighting games I've ever played. It's difficult to pull off special moves that the CPUs have no trouble with, whatsoever, and the fact that you only get the good ending by playing the hardest difficulty is ludicrous. The soundtrack and graphics are okay, but I'd rather play the vastly superior SNES version. At least you don't have to play the hardest level just to see the good ending _there._
This is far from the worst fighting game ever. Just look at Dangerous Streets, Shadow: War of Succession, Human Killing Machine or Survival Arts and this game looks like a masterpiece in comparison.
And it's also why the SNES version of Tournament Fighters have gotten online multiplayer over both the NES & the Genesis versions in the Cowabunga Collection.
The Super Nintendo version way better tho.. I still enjoyed the Genesis version as well. Good thing about today's systems at least you get the same game 😂
This game was not very good. It has it cliche memorable traits about it (some sound effects, chants, music) but that’s about it. The game is stiff, the art style is puke garbage and the mechanics are terrible. Even the story sucks.
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So is this the worst Konami TMNT game? It's certainly got its gritty 90s Genesis charm, and version-exclusive characters, but the SNES version is clearly superior. Interesting that Karai is the villain for a change. This game definitely takes more inspiration from the comics than the cartoon like most games did.
Maybe such a kind of those movements could be happen too in the 3rd TMNT movie. 🦾👾🎀 Especially when we talk about the upcoming release date from Michael Bay.
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It seems as if April saw Blaze from Streets of Rage and said: "Y'know, I can be just like her, to!"
She kinda looks more like Mitsu from the TMNT 3 movie
@@Dorian_Scott that's who supposed to be there, but issues came up so they switched her with April
April did fool us though, that's for sure.
It's almost like Blaze is the Chun-Li of beat 'em ups. Never thought about that till now!
Seems like it
When Krang shoots the missiles from his arms and legs, it sounds like he says, "F*** off!"
Dude. I always thought that lol
😂😅 Yup!
The one thing I notice about all the three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters games is that they all differ from one-another. So imagine of what would happen if Konami actually made an Arcade version of TMNTs Tournament Fighters if they where ever allowed the chance to pull it off back in the mid if not late 1990s?
The background art of this game is unmatched!
Oh yeah, memories! My brother and I rented this one back in the day. I still remember April O'Neil's hilarious cat-clawing attacks, and Casey's "So long, loser!" taunt. Yes, I can confirm how cheesy the A.I. is when you use his bomb moves, lol. But more than that, this was just a stupid, silly fun game to play together and something I fondly remember to this day.
I agree. When we were young playing any game with friends was awesome. We tried to master the "brokenness" of the game and still find a way to beat our friends, or beat co-op games alongside them.
"Okay! 👍"
Hahaha I feel you. A game doesn't always have to be "good" to be fun.
It's no wonder the SNES version is better by most critics. 🌟
@@Shinigami_Striker I didn't talk about why the game was good, I talked about why it was *fun* . It's also FAR from being the worst game ever made, but for a Konami game--eh, it's not one of their best efforts.
@@LPetal86, it's coming back this year. I'm buying the whole shabang on PS4/5.
Holy hell, I’m so glad I remembered this game!
I played this game so much as a kid. Tore it up with Ray
Got this for my birthday like 93-94
Fun memories
Like you say in your description, the grittiness/edge of the art style and characters in this game is great. I would play this with my friends back in the day. It's no Street Fighter 2 or Mortal Kombat 2, but it's fun nonetheless.
The SNES Version was the superior version and had a good vibe and feel to it. The Genesis Version was more darker and had a serious vibe to it.
@@andrewortiz5797 Good synopsis/comparison! I agree. I was a SNES guy but I never owned either version of this game.
Be the way both r same
@@victorgortiz2622 The SNES and Genesis games are nowhere near the same. Completely incorrect comment.
Said it perfectly this game felt gritty and edgy as hell for a Ninja Turtles game.
I gotta admit, I LOVE the ost in this game. lots of bangers. I actually prefer it over the SNES version as this music is more my thing. tho I do like a lot of songs from that game too. but themes like Krang, Casey, Ralph, Mikey, the second Karai theme, Triceration, Leo... lots of good stuff. otherwise tho as an actual fighting game, definitely think the SNES version is a lot better.
Am I the only one who unironically enjoys this game? Well, to be fair, I usually set the difficulty to 2.
I feel you
I use to do the same back in the day
wow!!!!! you are a GOD, its a perfect gameplay perfomance, keep it up! this game is extremelly underrated. =)
The older I get the more I appriciate mediocre games. Almost every 8- and 16 bit game has its charm.
I fully agree; well said. I've replayed so many games I didn't like as a kid and I grew to like them now.
This is very true!
WHAT IS MEDIOCRE ABOUT THIS?....
I think this is how game should look like, something simple and unreal, modern game are so perfect and in the pursuit of perfection, it lost it purpose of being just for entertainment.
@@abdulmuminswallah well spoken.👍
Video description: "the AI cheats hard"
First match of the video: Gets a perfect on April, one of the cheesiest characters in the game
10/10
It would be great if the combat system was flexible and had actual combos, however I love the visuals and appeal of this game, the soundtrack is quite the bop! This game deserves to be remade on the MUGEN engine, where we will have a better and smoother fighting gameplay finally while keeping the same look from the source game.
This game is unbelievable, but the bosses are tough on this game!
The Leonardo stage Bio planet looks like the final boss of Super C. And Raphael stage looks like the magma boss from Axelay.
THIS IS FUCKING BRUTAL 80S ANIME LITERALLY
I got this on the cowabunga collection and i die within the first twenty seconds
Oh dear. Not every outing is a winner in the classic TMNT era, and this game was the unlucky one. Which is a shame, it has pretty interesting elements going for it. A unique planet traveling adventure plot setting, a stylish and gritty art design resembling the Mirage Studios comics, and a great funky and upbeat soundtrack. The gameplay is what brought the experience down immensely as it was unbalanced and broken. The AI is annoyingly cheap even on the easiest difficulty. So if you want to beat them to see the end, you gotta cheap em out. Also, this was the only TMNT game that Shredder did not appear in it at all.
In my opinion the game was rushed cause theirs alot of things they could've done.
Interestingly, Karai is the final boss in both the Sega and SNES versions, but her design and movement couldn't be more different.
@@edwardgaines6561 yea this game and the SNES TF were the first time they brought Karai in any other TMNT media outside of the comics. And you are correct, in this game she looks way different than what she originally looked in her comic debut and in the SNES game.
It needs a remake/redo to put in a better combat engine, thats for sure.
@@tropixx_xlr1549 Or better yet combine into 2 into one with different modes of play.
To get the ending you need to play in Difficult 8
Yep, that's what I did years ago!
16:34 Hmm, I think he's having too much fun there with April.
There are some, like SNESdrunk, who swear that the Genesis version of Tournament Fighters is borderline unplayable.
I think I would agree with him. I like the game, but it's so broken it's not even funny.
@@NintendoComplete I saw footage for the SNES version, which was completely different and looked much better.
Personally I prefer the genesis version. There is more strategy in the fights and the stages are more creative. The Snes version is generic and not very memorable.
@@DR--- i disagree the snes verison is pretty memorable as well,the snes version has a tournament scene and is still well regarded and has online in the collection.The sega version may have unique stages but the gameplay is still pretty janky.
Tbh tmnt hyperstone heist wasn't all that either on the genesis both tmnt genesis games just didn't get as much love put in them as the SNES counter parts
That's true 👍🏼
I wonder when will they'll tell us the release date of the Cowabunga collection
Aug 30, it was just announced
@matt they fixed the issue it's due 8/30/2022!
@@OfficialTruDru yeah it’s in the eshop. Surprised NES version is better. They really could’ve chosen better games from gba or ps2 battle nexus than this crap and original gb lol.
@@MrVariant ok now I hope it comes 9/27 as I can't judge it yet I'll reserve judgement until then.
Whenever I read a bad review about this game is because the critic didn't know how to use the speed/power system. Speed at 8 and power at 1 it becomes like any other game
The stage backgrounds would look great on the side of a van.
Lmao spot on.
The speed/power ratings thing is what kills this game for me. Particularly because there's no indication whatsoever that your Power rating also affects your speed. They make it look (purposefully deceivingly?) like you can make your character super strong and super fast, but no.
And also because of the speed/power rating stuff, instead of every character's strengths and weaknesses being played against one another, the AI is just a cheap bastard.
Odd little tidbit: The SNES version is about a tournament and its participating fighters. The Genesis version is about a series of fights between several mutant warriors. But the Super Famicom version is called "Mutant Warriors" and the Mega Drive version is called "Tournament Fighters". Huh...
The titles for the Super Famicom and Mega Drive versions should've been swapped around. It would make a lot more sense that way.
Power 1
Speed 8
As simple as that
awesome playthrough, that music so sega hehehe
I thought the SNES Version only has the tournaments version of the TMNT Tournament Fighters. But I can or cannot be sure If they have the same sounds and same soundtrack.
Nope different soundtrack and sounds
15:45 - 15:49 = SUPLEX CITY!!!
"Come on and fight!" XD
This game is unbelievable hard lol
"Give Me Your Best Shot!"
I thought there was a code or something that let you play as some of the villains. Am I right about that?
Google this games title with boss hack in it, and you’ll find a patch that makes them selectable. The boss stages are also selectable in vs mode.
@@itsbmeGaming That's what I thought I knew there was a way to get ability to play with some of The villains I just couldn't remember the specifics. I vaguely remembered something in one of the game guides back in the day.
Ah, the composer of Suikoden II did this game's music!
So basically is the same ending no matter what character?, in Snes version each character has at least different cutscene and dialogue.
Why Blaze is there?
The Turtles called her for help!
Is this game any good? I think sega megadrive lacks from good fighting games compared to snes, except the traditional street fighter/mortal kombat games.
Not really. Gameplay is a bit flawed, but the soundtrack and graphics are nice. Definitely not the worst Genesis fighting game, though.
"Auuuuggggghhhh!"
I kept thinking i was crazy and made it up. Every time i talked about a ninja turtles fighting game i had this in my mind, but my friends would always brought up the Snes version. I only got to play this once while staying the night at a friends house as a kid and the visuals always stuck in my head. (seeing it now , i see why lol sheesh....) I never knew there where drastically different versions and i finally feel vindicated lol
This game scared me as a kid
I think I like the SNES version better if you know what I mean. 🤔
I don't
What other meaning could there be to that sentence
I wonder if this game was rushed (feels unfinished and lacks a lot of polishing), or it was just made by a team of new and inexperienced developers.
I heard they were given much time and a small B team too get it done.
AWESOME TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES : TOURNAMENT 1993 SEGA GENESIS GAME PLAYTHROUGH !!!
It'll be a game I'll do a full playthrough, then never play it again I predict if it's that cheap of a title.
I'll probably stick with the SNES and NES versions more.
How to do the special move that is in 6:10
This game was kinda creepy...
The background of the Magma Ocean Planet would make a perfect game cover 4 a Diablo game.
Ray Filet was my guy 💪🐟
Such a weak group of fighters. It's cool that we can play as April and Casey, but where are the colorful bosses we like so much? Would have been so fun to play as Bebop, Rocksteady, Baxter, Slash, Tokka, Rahzar, etc. 😒😕
I felt that way about all three of the Tournament Fighters games. I like them and all, but all three rosters are kinda weird imo.
Think about it this way. Each re-iteration of TMNT Tournament Fighters was like Pokémon Red, Yellow, & Blue. If they were all the same, why buy all 3?
I know what you mean it's crazy that despite all these games Bebop and Rocksteady were never part of most of them.
Same with the arcades / beat them all games, they were early bosses despite their status as recurrent antagonists and Shredder's lackeys.
The SNES version in my opinion was just a little bit better, but this one had its own charm. Lots of good memories playing this one.
Here's the whole story of this game...
_[Splinter meditates peacefully...]_
My sons????? You are not my sons!
Who are you!!!!!? *_.....Aughhhh!!!!!!_*
_[Meanwhile, in the sewers of Manhattan...]_
*_Huh!!!???_*
Greetings, Turtles... _your master Splinter_ *_is ours now!!!_*
What!!!?... _WHY_ *_YOU...!!!_*
Your only chance to save him is to face me in Dimension X...
*_...along with some friends of mine, that is!!!_* _Evil turtle clones..._ *_really great!!!_*
We're gonna need some help on this one!
You can count on us! *_We're with you all the way!!_*
Hold on! _We're on our way_ *_to Dimension X!!!_*
_[The Turtles race to save Master Splinter...]_
If you wanna rescue your little rat buddy... _...you'll have to_ *_go through me, first!!!_* C'mon Punk...!
Hang on, master Splinter! _We're almost_ *_there!!_*
_[The Turtles continue racing to save Splinter...]_ Show your face, Krang!!!
It's time for you to die, *_Turtle freaks!!!_*
Hang on, master Splinter!! _We're almost_ *_there!!!_*
_[Karai turns out to have kidnapped Splinter...]_
Ha ha ha!!! Most impressive little turtles... ...but you'll have to find me... *_...to save your precious master Splinter!!!_*
You mean _you're_ behind this, _not_ Krang???! _THAT SINKS IT._ *_You're toast, Karai!!!_*
_[Karai is mad about getting beaten by the Turtles...]_ _Can it be!!!???_ _Beaten by_ *_mere turtles!!!?_* ...UGH...
_[The Turtles have saved Master Splinter!]_
*_Master Splinter!!!_*
Thank you, my sons... _You are_ *_true warriors!!!_* *_COWABUNGA!!!!!!_*
20:07 the brontosaurus is just looking
I didn't know about Leonardo's bodywrecker before!
April looked so hot in this game. If there was any reasons to check out this version it was that and the music.
Nes TMNT 4 - tournament ..game is still far better than this 🔥🔥🔥
8:15 triceration laugh
Round 1 fight
Why does Karai own a Cat in her stage?
I think so too
Unquestionably one of the worst fighting games I've ever played. It's difficult to pull off special moves that the CPUs have no trouble with, whatsoever, and the fact that you only get the good ending by playing the hardest difficulty is ludicrous.
The soundtrack and graphics are okay, but I'd rather play the vastly superior SNES version. At least you don't have to play the hardest level just to see the good ending _there._
This is far from the worst fighting game ever. Just look at Dangerous Streets, Shadow: War of Succession, Human Killing Machine or Survival Arts and this game looks like a masterpiece in comparison.
@@camulodunon Or Expect No Mercy. That game was such a fantastic shitshow.
@@camulodunon I agree, with this game, I played much worse.
No wonder players enjoy the SNES version more...
And it's also why the SNES version of Tournament Fighters have gotten online multiplayer over both the NES & the Genesis versions in the Cowabunga Collection.
The Super Nintendo version way better tho.. I still enjoyed the Genesis version as well. Good thing about today's systems at least you get the same game 😂
Super NES Version is more difficult to me since I played them both.
Nice April Fools joke pal.
It seemed more appropriate than a good game would've been.
Melhor jogo de luta
Although it's clear that the Snes version is the better game. This version is actually not that bad, in my opinion.
As a 5 yo kid I thought Cassie was wielding an axe
Karai?
...
WTF?
And Shredder??
April oh yeah
Sound sucks so much ass on Sega lol
I prefer the Genesis over the SNES.
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES TOURNAMENT FIGHTERS GENESIS
The SNES version was SUPERIOR to the genesis version
Me vine al jugar este juego
This game was not very good. It has it cliche memorable traits about it (some sound effects, chants, music) but that’s about it. The game is stiff, the art style is puke garbage and the mechanics are terrible. Even the story sucks.
Even though I don't play it anymore but I still hate Ray to this day
I always hated this game. I game play mechanics was awful and so was the story. 😡
Когда реально на денди круче эта же игра 😅
Pretty graphics, awful game play.
COWABUNGA!
da hora
👍👍
genesis does what Nintendont and that's make a terrible version of tmnt tournament fighters lol
The Super Nintendo version was much better 😂
For me this game was impossible
This is worse than the Snes Tournament Fighters and one of Konami's worst games for Genesis.
SNES version was WAYYYYYY better.
the snes version is far superior
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So is this the worst Konami TMNT game? It's certainly got its gritty 90s Genesis charm, and version-exclusive characters, but the SNES version is clearly superior.
Interesting that Karai is the villain for a change. This game definitely takes more inspiration from the comics than the cartoon like most games did.
Maybe such a kind of those movements could be happen too in the 3rd TMNT movie. 🦾👾🎀 Especially when we talk about the upcoming release date from Michael Bay.