Topic: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

@Rambler - I wasn’t reading the internet properly, sorry, been dealing with a bout of Covid. The RPG game is a twice published tabletop game. Although that might seem to make it a Switch exclusive, it’s of a more ancient tabletop variety where all the contents came inside a long, thin box and they were unpacked and placed upon a table accordingly and local multiplayers would physically maneuver game pieces around a game board. This game board had no chips. Unless there was a bowl of chips on the tabletop. Glad we cleared this up.

@bimmy-lee sorry to hear about your covid woes. Hope you are on the mend.

I now have an image of a boxed rabbit covered in chips.

Anyone know if the online with be cross-platform? I may actually buy this on pc if it isn't because of how poor NSO is.

I was tempted to get the Arcade1up TMNT cabinet, but this totally fills that void. Feels like I just saved a couple hundred dollars and I'm also getting online in the deal. Hopefully this sells well so they can do X-Men or Simpsons collections too.

Turtles In Time is probably my favourite side scrolling Beat'em Up, very closely followed by Streets Of Rage 2. This collections is a must for me, day 1 for sure.

@Laserbeak1982 Which version of Turtles in Time did you play? I’m curious how different the arcade and SNES versions are.

@FragRed Played both quite a bit. The SNES version I'd say is better. It's smoother and has a few graphical additions plus the bosses are better (slightly different to the arcade version). It's also 4 player rather than just 2. Both have their own challenges tho, for sure the Arcade version is harder, but I guess that makes sense due to the fact you have to pay to play.

@Laserbeak1982 Ah okay interesting to know that the SNES version seems the better game. Kinda surprised that the arcade didn’t have a 4 player cabinet like the first game yet the SNES does.

My 2 biggest problems with this game is whether to buy the Switch or PS4 releases (my cousin overseas more likely to get on PS4; I’ll likely get both) or whether to play Turtles in Time with him (we played so much back in the day) or introduce him to Hyperstone Heist).

@FragRed I think there was a crossed wire (I had to double read the post); the Arcade Turtles in Time had a 4-player cabinet while the SNES release was purely 2-Player. Both have their superiorities over the other, which makes it great that both are included.

@FX102A If it doesn't bother you, totally play with him. As for which version to get, do you want to play it on the go, or maybe play it some place else around the house, if not might as well go the ps4 route.

@FX102A That makes so much more sense. I was wondering how they achieved 4 player on the SNES but assumed it required some kind of add on, like the PS1 had.

@Snatcher See I prefer to play on Switch due to portability and collecting, but I also want to play with him so really “both” is the only sane option in my warped mind.

@FragRed I think the SNES had such an add-on but don’t think the game supported it. I mean it would be awesome if they added 4-player to the SNES version here but I extremely doubt it.

@FragRed The SNES had a 4 player device called the multitap that was made by Hudsonsoft bundled with Bomberman. I had one that my friends and I played Secret of Mana with.

As for Turtles in Time the big differences were.

Slash as a boss for the Prehistoric level in the SNES while the arcade had Cement Man.
Rat King as a boss in the Sewer Surfin level on SNES.
Tokka and Rahazar are Midbosses in SNES
Technodrome boss is Battletank Shredder in SNES.
Bebop and Rocksteady are the bosses in the Pirate Ship on SNES
Neon Night Riders uses Mode7 on the SNES where as in the arcade its a side scrolling level

Minor graphical changes such as Roadkill Rodney Robots are these boxing glove robots in the Arcade version.

Preorders are open on AmazonNA.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09W39YNQV

Really hoping we see this get a physical release here in the U.K. too. Because of the nature of this being licensed, I’d prefer a physical copy over digital.

That overpriced collectors edition is up on AmazonNA. I'm going to wishlist it with the hope it gets a steep discount six months after release. But I think TMNT is too popular for that to happen. I assume resellers are going to snag most of these and ask north of $200 for them. (I'd pay $75, tops.)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XY1LDTT

As much of a turtles fan that i am, I simply can't fork over that cash. Would've been nice for 60 or 70 though.

@Magician Yea, I would have been content with just the art book+game as a middle option between standard and the full-on collector's edition.

Well, we have our release date locked in. I didn't realize or maybe I just forgot, that there's online play. I'll be down to play online next month if someone wants to jump in!

So with the game coming out the 30th who's going digital or physical? I'm debating. I could just order the physical and i guess they'll ship it by then or i could just pre-order the digital on switch eshop. What to do?

@Truegamer79 I am probably going to do both, physical on Switch, and digital on Xbox.