Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Collection Switch Update Arrives Today

Turtle power!

Cool to see the game still being supported.

Turtles III: The Manhattan Project is a very under appreciated game, so it's nice to see it get some love!

I don't play online but I'm glad Manhattan Project is getting multiplayer online for those who do because its a really good game that deserves more people to play it.

This collection is excellent and should be the gold standard for retro compilations. The only thing I was slightly underwhelmed with was the bonus content (whats there is good but SO much more that could have been there, I imagine held back because of complexity of licenses) so I'm glad this is getting updated.

Glad I waited, it'll be worth the wait when I finally do play this game.

I'd like visual dot matrix emulation for the Game Boy games similar to M2's work, but otherwise a great collection. I appreciate that they added some Game Boy style colour options at least!

Nice but wait Shredder's Revenge just got an update too. What was that one for?

Is there an easier difficulty mode or unlimited lives so I could play this with my kids and have them enjoy it as well? They are still pretty young and playing the game in its original state might prove challenging.

@samuelvictor have you checked out Atari 50? That blew my mind with all the features and the way it was laid out. I need to pick up the cowabunga collection sometime soon!

I declare April 'the month not the character' TMNT month.

@Dpullam yes there is. Depending on the game you can change the settings to 1 hit kills and add extra lives and stuff.

@shonenjump86 I am very relieved then! That makes me much more eager for a purchase. Thank you!

@Randomarcadedude Yeah same guys who made it, Digital Eclipse. Its excellent, for me, most of the games are too early/basic for me to fully get into (I tend to find most pre-NES/SMS stuff hard to vibe with, for some reason my main exceptions being Namco arcade titles) but I picked it up for the Lynx and Jaguar games.

However I really like how its laid out with the timeline and all the extras to give context for each game. It made me far more interested to actually properly give each game a chance, because I was reading about it first and had some context as to why each game was unique or important at the time.

I hope that more collections are made with the same layout but for different developers. Namco, Taito, Sega, Capcom and Konami are all a given, but more obscure companies with enough releases to make sense (or a mixed compilation on a theme) would be awesome.

Very nice! The gift that keeps on giving.

This collection has been handled really well and I love that they keep improving it. That said, I wish there was a way to add Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return to New York in, as I reckon that hack massively improved the original NES game. I obviously get why that's not going to happen though.

I wish Digital Eclipse could fix the Genesis version of Tournament Fighters. The game has great stages and character design, ruined by some of the weirdest controls for a fighting game, where strong attacks have to be pulled off by forward+normal attack. Maybe allow us to rebind the controls to a single button.

Update is coming for this game oke. When I saw this Ninja Turtles game and a few old other games to. I said old games are coming back.

So what exactly is the bonus content? I couldn't figure out what was new in the gallery. Online Tmnt 3 is cool! I used to play that game all night with a friend back in the day!

@Wheatly If it's any consolation, TMNT 3 Radical Rescue for the gb is a metroidvania and still beats my confidence down 30 years later.

Having played the rest back in their day and trying to play them now, I agree with you on the nostalgia being a huge factor. As with most things, the brawlers are better enjoyed with pals.

@CharlieGirl I agree. I think "The Manhatten Project" is one of the best NES games ever made. In particular, the graphics are right up there with SMB3 and Kirby's Adventure as the best on the system, and the fantastic gameplay, which easily beats TMNT2 at its own game, isn't far behind.

@PKDuckman What's wrong with that? I think it's a clever improvement over needing to use completely separate buttons for weak and strong attacks.