Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue
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Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s) Konami
Director(s) Hiroyuki Fukui
Programmer(s) Masatsugu Nagata
Yasufumi Fukui
Artist(s) Chisa Matsuda
Masashi Sakurai
Composer(s) Akihiro Juichiya
Series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Platform(s) Game Boy
Release
  • NA: November 1993
  • JP: November 26, 1993
  • EU: 1993
Genre(s) Action-adventure, Metroidvania [1]
Mode(s) Single player

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles III: Radical Rescue in Europe, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Turtles Kiki Ippatsu [a] in Japan, is a 1993 action-adventure game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy. It is the third Game Boy game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , following Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers . The game was re-released as part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection in 2022. [2]

Contents

Gameplay

The player begins the game by taking control of Michaelangelo, who must rescue the other turtles, along with Splinter and April O'Neil, who have been kidnapped by Shredder. [3] Unlike other games based on the franchise, this is a scrolling action-adventure game reminiscent of Metroid , Konami's own The Goonies II and the later Castlevania: Symphony of the Night . Each turtle has a different ability which is necessary to finish the game. Michaelangelo can hover using his nunchakus as a helicopter, Leonardo can drill the floor by spinning with his katana, Raphael can hide himself inside his shell to enter passages that are otherwise too small to enter, and Donatello can stick to and climb walls.

The bosses are Scratch, Dirtbag, a Triceraton, Scale Tale, and Shredder (in this game known as Cyber-Shredder).

Reception

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: タートルズ危機一発
  2. ↑ Nintendo Power gave Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue two 3.5/5 scores for graphics/sound and challenge, 3/5 for play control, and 4/5 for theme/fun. [11]

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