Stop Violating My Turtles!

So here we go, I know most of you have seen certain videos depicting as this game being god awful. Really, what the hell is going on in your head? Are you thinking straight? This game is an incredible challenge that only real men are able to overcome. Stop whining and start playing a real NES game why don't ya? But seriously, who says this game is so horrible? Because it's tough? Aren't over 90 percent of the NES games tough anyways? I have all these questions which I know the answers for but just needed to get them out in the open already. Stop violating my turtles!

Lets go through this game little by little. You start with the four turtles at your disposal. Now, you can't use them all four at the same time but you can switch in between them, I'm guessing the reason for this is the limitation of the NES, even in the SNES turtles game(Turtles in Time) You couldn't use four turtles at the same time, you could use two but not four. I don't find this annoying at all because the game is better off just playing on your own. Just think how it would look if you had four players playing in the same screen? That's what arcade games were made for during the late 80s you know!

So as you can see, it wouldn't have worked in the first place. The game would go real slow and everyone will be on each others way! Stop complaining that it's not multi player already you punk! Furthermore, the monsters I'll admit are not from the animated series so what? There are many monsters that are not from certain cartoons or series so why are you bashing this game so much? The foot soldiers do look like foot soldiers you know...kinda of...still! I also heard that the monsters might be coming from the comic book which does make some sense since the cover art of the game is from the comic book turtles as they all originally wear the red eye cover things.

Anyways, enough about that. The main reason people complain about this game is for the difficulty which is fine if you are a whiner, if you want a real game experience, this is it. You can't any more of a bad ass game than TMNT for the NES(Well try Battletoads). This game will make you cry and cry until you want to throw your controller with rage but if you are wise, you'll know when you had enough and come back the next time even stronger for another round. You can get through the first six levels quite easy until you reach the Technodrome. That's when things get out of hand. I do suggest you stock up on scrolls with all the turtles as they are the ultimate weapon of destruction and of course always keep your turtles healed. There are certain areas where you can rescue a turtle. What you can do is kill your turtle on purpose if it has low health and just rescue it right away, it's just another great way to pick up a healed turtle. It will be really tough if you get to the Technodrome and loose your turtles because when you start off again, you'll be without any of your weapons and will be vulnerable to those spaceman shooting lasers at you. There are also other machine monsters ready to kick your ass, you have to be savvy and use your skills and health wisely. Learn the Technodrome surroundings and you'll come up victorious.

To wrap things up, yes the game is difficult, yes some of the things in the game don't make much sense but you have to tell yourself, it's just a game. Deal with it or just don't play, don't just bitch about it just because you can't beat it. I was able to beat this game when I was six for god's sake! If I was able to do it twenty years ago, I don't see why you can't do it now after all nothing in the game has changed, we have just gotten used to games kissing our ass for us. Cowabunga!