Was it a proto-Metroidvania?

More of a pseudo-Wonderforia imo and quite the hidden gem 2bqh

I think it speaks to the low quality of the Gameboy and it's games when some people defend those first two turtles games when I think they're unplayable garbage.

It's a side-scrolling Zeldroid, obviously

>>11857595
As a zoomer I too prefer to interpret other people's basic grasp of the linear nature of time as flawed critical thinking

>>11857615
Sorry you liked slop.

>>11857616
I forgive you, you probably need a break

>>11857232 (OP)
the Turtles should only be drawn like this; sinuous almost painful-looking muscles with furiously gritted teeth and anger

>>11857615
https://youtu.be/Ky2oFRE65Ac?si=xUuaYIM3lWWBjnPz

>>11858248
The turtles were mostly drawn like this only in Konami box art, anon. This was their go-to guy for Westernized covers, famous for his particular brand of safe-for-all-audiences grit. He later specialized in Christian religious art lmao

I like his stuff well enough but TMNT works best either as openly cartoony or as more restrained "serious" styles like the stuff from the original comics that they used for earlier releases

>>11858504
>The turtles were mostly drawn like this only in Konami box art, anon.
Pseud poser faggot lol

>>11858523
Pro tip: read an entire post before knee-jerk reacting to part of it

>>11858532
Pro tip, read what you post before posting it

>>11858547
Pro tip (anons hate it): literally learn to read.

>>11858549
Learn to write faggot, or show me where it says Eastman and laird and examine why that's one person you poser faggot

>>11858556
Just invest a fraction of the effort you're using for entrenched stupidity into minimal fact checking of both what you replied to and what you replied with.

It's on topic! Consider it a metroidvania-style thought experiment where you backtrack and unlock the ability to not make a (complete) ass of yourself.

>>11857232 (OP)
Not that interested in buzzwords but, out of curiosity, does a "metroidvania" need to have been released after SotN to be considered one? Because if not, this game IS a metroidvania, no "proto" prefix needed.

>>11858592
Metroidvania means Metroid + Castlevania, the later referring to the RPG elements brought to the formula. Metroid is not a Metroidvania, because it doesn't the vania. TMNT3 even less so.

>>11858619
Not really, the term as it's commonly used doesn't describe a blend of two distinct gameplay elements, just the titles of two of its foundational franchises.

And they absolutely don't need RPG-style stats to count as Metroidvanias; simple ability and/or life upgrades tend to qualify (and RR includes both)

>>11857232 (OP)
Wasn't this the very last TMNT game based on the cartoon to be released (until Shredder's Revenge decades later)? Because if so, then giving Shredder his final boss music from the original arcade game was a nice touch. Makes it feel like a final farewell.

>>11858721
I think the Shredder theme was used in all the beat em ups. It’s called Tetsujin which means “Iron Man” (badass).
As far as the last game it’s either this or the Tournament Fighters games.

>>11858619
This is one of the reasons I just call them Metroidlikes

>>11858586
You didn't even name anyone anon and you think foundational turtles art is japanese and done by one person. Go back

>>11858747
I've played them all. Shredder gets a different theme each game. Only the theme from the first arcade game got a straight reprise in Radical Rescue.

>>11858764
Ah ok. I think TMNT 3, Turtles in Time and Hyperstone Heist share a Shredder theme then.

>>11858721
>Wasn't this the very last TMNT game based on the cartoon to be released (until Shredder's Revenge decades later)?
I believe NES Tournament Fighters was.

The Tournament Fighters games were more or less a celebration of the franchise as a whole up to that point (Mirage, Archie, 87 Cartoon, Playmates Toys, and Movie (Aska is supposed to be Mitsu from III)), so it kinda fits.

>>11857595
You're a fucking moron if you think they're even comparable. Fall of the Foot Clan is a nice little game, really too short and easy for its own good but an enjoyable time. Back from the Sewers on the other hand is dogshit. Extremely awkward animations and hitboxes, ramped up difficulty consists on endless enemy spam that makes the game virtually unplayable on the highest difficulty, the beat em up sections feel fucking awful to play.

Fall of the Foot Clan: 6/10
Back from the Sewers: 3/10
Radical Rescue: 7/10

>>11857616
>slop
gen z status: confirmed

>proto
>on gameboy, so came out after metroid
What do you really mean?

>>11858760
Damn boy, forget the Metroidvania thing. The closest gameplay metaphor compatible with how your brain works is probably chinese mobile scam games