>Despite not being owned by a AAA publisher, had two actually critically acclaimed games, a hilarious two-season show, and even though the second wave suffered from Playmates "release toyline, show future figures, then immediately cancel said toyline" policy since the early 90s, had a fun toyline from Ninja Turtles alumni.
>Franchise is fucking cursed due to things like the third game ruining the series, Doug Tennapel pissing off liberals, is owned by a company that should've been long-dead by now, and everytime a new project seems to be coming out it either gets canned or put into development hell