Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
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Developer(s) Digital Eclipse
Publisher(s) Konami
Series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Windows
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
ReleaseAugust 30, 2022
Genre(s) Various
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection is a compilation of video games developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Konami. It features thirteen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games developed by Konami between 1989 and 1994. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows via Steam, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on August 30, 2022.

Contents

Content

The Cowabunga Collection compiles thirteen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games developed by Konami between 1989 and 1994, listed below. [1]

Titles included in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
Released (NA)TitleOriginal systemLocal playersOnline multiplayer
1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES version) NES Single-player No
1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade version) Arcade Multiplayer Yes
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game NES Multiplayer No
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan Game Boy Single-player No
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Arcade Multiplayer Yes
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers Game Boy Single-player No
1992 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project NES Multiplayer Yes [2]
1992 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time SNES Multiplayer Yes [3]
1992 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist Sega Genesis Multiplayer Yes
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue Game Boy Single-player No
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (SNES version) SNES Multiplayer Yes
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Genesis version) Sega Genesis Multiplayer No
1994 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES version) NES Multiplayer No

The Cowabunga Collection adds save states, rewind functions, button mapping, as well as online capabilities in certain games and local co-op in all games where it was originally intended. [4] It also features an in-game museum that offers previously unseen development art, sketches and game design material for the titles. [5] Almost every game includes both the Western and Japanese versions, with the exceptions being the arcade version of Turtles in Time and the NES version of Tournament Fighters, which did not have Japanese versions. [6]

Development and release

The compilation was developed by Digital Eclipse, who had previously worked on other retro collections, such as The Disney Afternoon Collection and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection . [6] The Cowabunga Collection was announced as part of the PlayStation State of Play event on March 9, 2022. [7] The game was also featured at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on August 30, 2022. [8] [9] A limited edition physical version of the game was also released, containing a cloth poster, an acrylic diorama, an enamel pin set, 12 Tournament Fighters cards, and a 180-page artbook. The box art and cloth poster were designed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman. [10] [11]

Reception

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection received "generally favorable" reviews, according to the review aggregator Metacritic. [12] [13] [14] [15] By April 7, 2023 the release had sold over 1 million copies. [27]

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