

What is a let down with the comics is that they are only the front page of the 50 or so issues included, which is kinda pointless, it would be like having a category of tv series and not showing. I list comic book covers because many people don’t realise that the series started as a comic book, before it was adapted to tv in the cartoon series that really kickstarted everything. In addition to the games, there is a veritable library of classic materials to enjoy in the collection, from comic covers to music from the games and a lot in between. Once I connected the NES controller, it offered the exact same problem, except on the NES controller, there is no Y button, thankfully the collection lets you remap any button in the game, so it was a quick fix, just something that didn’t need to exist. I mentioned before how I had to remap the buttons on the SNES controller, that was because instead of using A and B, they were using B and Y, not a big deal, but frustrating to me. Having had some success with that one, I connected my Nintendo Entertainment System controller to the Switch as well and was able to enjoy those games as well, but this one had an issue. I did have to remap the buttons, but it worked without issue, so there I was, sitting in front of the TV, playing Turtles in Time, like I had done some 30 years earlier, it was honestly an amazing feeling. This lack of original games doesn’t hurt as much as you might think, because each of the games feel different to play, after putting a few hours into some of the Super Nintendo games, I had the idea to connect my Super Nintendo controller for my Switch to the console and give it ago. While there are some differences between the two, it is mostly the same game and the same can be said for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters, which offers up three versions of the game. The collection includes 13 titles, but some of those games are duplicates, or better yet, clones of another game in the collection, for example, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from the arcade, is on the NES as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game. Playing them is just as I remember, with plenty of Ninja action and a whole lot of me dying/getting captured, but I couldn’t help but keep going back for more in each game. I feel like I need to point out that I put the game through its paces on Switch, there was just something natural at playing TMNT games on a Nintendo platform, more so given that most of them were on Nintendo consoles in the first place. Now that they are all bundled together inside the Cowabunga Collection, have they aged well or is my memory of them tinted with radioactive ooze?Īs far as games inside the collection, there are some that hold their age better than others, basically anything that had double the bit count, but even still some of the older ones are still a blast to enjoy. Over the years, there have been plenty of games, but there was always something special about those original releases. I have some very fond memories of the early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games, the arcade ones, my parents would play indoor cricket and I would beg them for money to play them.
