Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
Battle through classic TMNT action stages and one-on-one fighters in a collection that adds rewind, flexible saving and an archive of manuals and development material.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.6 / 10
About this game
The Cowabunga Collection brings together thirteen Konami TMNT games. In its side-scrolling action entries, you use the turtles' weapons to fight through enemies; the fighting games instead pit selected characters against one another to drain an opponent's life meter. Radical Rescue adds a different progression structure, with rescued turtles providing abilities that open more of its map. The collection also supplies tools for approaching these older games on your own terms. Rewind revisits an earlier moment, save-anytime preserves progress, and Watch Mode lets you jump into play at a chosen point. Included strategy guides support learning individual games. Away from combat, the Turtles' Lair collects manuals and development documents for a closer look at how the games were made.
Collected in series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games put the four brothers’ weapons and teamwork into playable comic and cartoon adventures. The franchise spans several styles, with side-scrolling brawlers making a particularly recognizable home for its street fights, strange enemies and shared-screen chaos.
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AI review
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A strong conceptual fit for players who want to explore old TMNT games with tools for studying and retrying them.
Rewind, flexible saving and guides offer several ways to approach unfamiliar stages or revisit remembered challenges. The archive adds a separate attraction for players interested in game development, while the mix of action and fighting games favors curiosity across different rules.
Strengths
- Rewind and Watch Mode can make focused practice more approachable by helping players revisit specific situations.
- Manuals and development documents give the collection value as something to examine as well as play.
Who it is for: TMNT fans and retro-game enthusiasts who enjoy comparing different game structures or exploring their production history.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Watch Mode offers a way to focus on a chosen section, which may appeal more to selective revisiting than an uninterrupted start-to-finish approach. | Reviewed | 9.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The move from side-scrolling battles to one-on-one fights and Radical Rescue's ability-gated exploration should suit players seeking several distinct forms of TMNT play. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The manuals and design documents can place the games in a development context for players whose nostalgia includes how these adventures were constructed. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Button mapping, saving and rewind offer practical ways to adjust controls and revisit mistakes, without establishing measured emulation or network performance. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Digital Eclipse
- Publisher
- Konami
- Release date
- Aug 30, 2022
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genreFighting
- Tags
- Fast-pacedPlatformingThird PersonMain Story Under 10 HoursLinear LevelsReplayableReal-time CombatSolo-friendly3D GraphicsCollection-richDodge
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerCo-opMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Side viewTop-down
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideAug 30, 2022
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Sources
- eu-support.konami.comSource revision: 1
- eu-support.konami.com