August 5th 2009 7:54 am PT

Might actually get this. Thanks for the price drop! The link is dead btw.

YAY!!!

Link doesn’t work for Australia. I can’t see it on the marketplace when I browse via the 360 either. Could you get this seen to, Major? I have really been hanging for this!

i’d say 400 was better, my m8′s just finished this in 20minutes, not worth 800 points.

Awesome. Think I’ll pick this up if I can find someone to co-op with.

1200 was a definite no, but 800 has me thinking I might pick it up. Either way good to see Microsoft listens to us somewhat.

@Farron, it is there you just have to look very hard, the marketplace is poorly organised and is never updated (you would have thought the the NXE update would have rectified this, but you guessed, it’s worse than it was before), but disappointed that Japan got Bubble Bobble Neo instead of turtles, I noticed major didn’t advertise this fact though!

Finally!
I’m buying this now! Thanks for the info Major!

turtles is fun enough for a few hours play, but the fact that Japan got Bubble Bobble instead is annoying to say the least

Was about to post saying that 1200 points was a definate non purchase for me… 800 points is making me think about it now.

800 points is excellent. I’ll have a lot of fun playing co-op.

Man the game is GREAT!
The menu music is remixed, and omg, sounds nice!
Gameplay is very good and adictive. Recommended!

Aww man! I knew this game was too short! now im def not buying….800 points shouldnt make you think again about buying….

Would much rather have Bubble Bobble (one of my favourite games as a kid). Anyone know if and when that will be released outside of Japan?

Played the demo and I just didn’t find it as fun as the SNES version, nostalgia isn’t clouding my judgement either because I played through the SNES version again just last night. I also don’t like the art style, Zelda: Wind Waker style cell shading would have suited it a lot more.

Where´s Bubble Bobble??? When will it be released??

I hope this isn´t a japanese exclusive, and we get TMNT exclusive. I hate that kind of things and I thought it was something we could get away with XBLA, at least in classics…

Will it be released over here? Is there any chance to get that game without having a japanese console, account and points???

i will wait for trials HD

I grew up with this game in my collection and its great to be able to go back and play it again on my next gen console. I love it, and its was gonna be a must have at 1200 pts but now that its 800 is even better!!!!

Hey Major,

Just heard that Valve are releasing more L4D content in september, however the PC version gets it for free, where we have to pay 560MSP for it.

Did I imagine it, or didn’t you say you wouldn’t charge for something that’s free on another platform? Does the PC not count as a platform?

http://uk.xboxlive.ign.com/articles/101/1010711p1.html

the snes version is better.i was hopng that we’d be able to play the original version aswell as the HD version,save your MSpoints get the better one of the net

The art style used is more in tune with the movie that was released a few years ago. And that movie was based on the art style used in the new TV series. I am still considering whether I should purchase this, way too busy on Sacred 2 and the new Fallout 3 DLC.

Cannot wait to play this TODAY!

At 800 points i might buy this today. ..At 1200..NEVER

800 MS points is great but where is BUBBLE BOBBLE NEO !?

http://www.xblarcade.com/node/2221

Bubble bobble neo is not in marketplace because its only a japanes releese today i do belive.. maybe it will be in next week.. but it is summer of arcade so they dont want people to buy other games if you know what i mean..

Does it have a classic mode? if not, I’m not interested but is good to see an 800msp price.

Thanks for dropping the price $5. Now all of the entitled, spoiled brats that complained about the original price and said that it was the only thing keeping them from buying this game have to put their money where their whiny little mouth is.

Turtles in Time for 800 is great, but where’s my Bubble Bobble?

From IGN Boards:

“Well, it feels like just an hour ago I was downloading this game with high hopes. Oh wait. IT WAS.

Here I sit, watching the credits roll, with the sound muted. Why is it muted, you ask? Let me start with that.

This game has the worst soundtrack I have EVER heard in a video game, PERIOD. This music is seriously vomit inducing. It’s like the crap you’d hear on the dance floor Bar Mitzvah in which overprotective parents do not allow a DJ or any real music. Gone are the cherished songs that I’ve memorized for EVERY stage from the SNES/Arcade rendition. No joke, this is the PITS.

Moving on, this is a brawler; it’s all about the gameplay, right? Well, let me tell you, this is THE worst gameplay I’ve ever played from any ported, re-made, or re-hashed brawler this generation. Let me just bold the following sentence, because its truth is sure to drop a few jaws. Hell, I will even isolate this sentence to its own paragraph.

There are no combos in this game.

Can you believe that? I can’t. As I write this, I just played as all four turtles, and NONE of them have any sort of combo whatsoever. If you press the attack button, it’s just slash, after slash, after slash, over, and over again. There’s no feeling of satisfaction when killing wave after wave of enemies with nary a single different type of attack at your disposal.

Hell, in the SNES/Arcade versions, the characters would perform each move of their attacks at different speeds, and the end of their combo left them vulnerable. This is nothing of the sort. It’s just straight up hit after hit, nonstop, for the whole game. The only character who even LOOKS like he has combos is Donatello, as his three hit repetition looks quite convincing, but it repeats at a constant pace, and is no different than the rest. It’s ridiculously stupid.

On top of that, aerial attacks are godly in this game. In the originals, if you missed an aerial attack, you were going to get hit in the face. In this? You just jump right back in the air and do it again, and again, and again, and enemies are just too slow to follow. Repeated drop kicks works like magic on EVERYONE, even ALL BOSSES! Basically, there’s no reason to do anything else. If you try to melee, you’re just asking to get hit every now and then.

Remember those giant rock golem enemies that would come at you with their bare fists, dog whollopin’ 2×4′s, flamethrowers, and/or rocket launchers? The ones that you really had to keep your distance from and be careful with, because they will flatten you out if you don’t? Those guys are literally pushovers. You just run up, smack ‘em, and they fall to the ground like babies (on Normal, at least,) and you just pummel them like so, and they are easier than the Foot Soldiers. WTF?!

Okay, maybe the visuals are good, right? LOL NO. The game’s got constant screen tearing (I played on 1080i,) even in the (barely) animated cutscenes! Hell, there was SLOWDOWN in the credits. As for the levels, they are faithful recreations of the original stages, only less detailed. What? LESS DETAILED, you ask?! Yes! These stages are bland, devoid of personality, and as crudely stale as can be. What a complete and total eyesore.

Also, the bosses all look smaller, less menacing (Cement Man is now the size of one of the turtles…) and completely devoid of any challenge. It’s just way to easy to maneuver around them and hit them from any direction with the godly drop kicks. The final battle was only challenging because the boss had about 4x the health of the rest of the pushovers. Even then, it was just a lengthier borefest.

This game is complete and total trash, and I’m so thankful I didn’t pay 1200 points for this. I do not regret the purchase, because I will be getting these 800 points back from the Summer of Arcade promo, so this game was essentially free. Still, I’ll go for the achievements, as some will take a (very small amount) of time, so I’m sure I’ll get my 10 bucks back in time spent with it, just not in terms of satisfaction, in which this game gives me none.

I have yet to try online, but that will have to wait until later, as I’m still in disbelief that this is actually happening right now. If you aren’t going for all of the Summer of Arcade Games 800 points back promotion, stay the hell away from this pile of trash. If you are, buy it up, you’ve got nothing to lose.

If I had to rate this out of 10?

A TENTATIVE 3.5/10 (5/10 Being Average) – Assuming the online net-code works. If not, drop that down to a 2. This game sucks.

Now, bring on Trials HD, and erase this turd from my memory! peace

UPDATE!

I just jumped into a random, 4-Player online game. There is ABSOLUTELY no lag in terms of slowdown or input delay, but only stuttering allies that sporadically appear and disappear on and off, kind of like HD Remix’ GGPO lag. It only happened briefly at the start, and the rest of the way through was completely solid.

That said, all the entire group did was spam X attacks on mass mobs and drop kicks on bosses, and we effortlessly cleared it without a single continue. There are two harder modes of play, and a Survival mode; but really, it can only get cheaper, as there’s obviously never been a block ability, so it’s just same tactics, just used more reserved; and strategic and team-based use of pizza power-ups.

This game could very well be great for 4 friends online, so long as you’ve got a LOT to talk about, because you won’t be focusing on the action to much, so long as you remember to keep mashing X. tongue

Really, though, if you want a great 4 player co-op experience, this is not it; ‘Splosion Man is. This is just mindless brawling (and no, the original wasn’t nearly as mindless, as you actually had to be careful of leaving yourself open at the end of combos, which isn’t a factor, here,) with a horrid art style and even even worse soundtrack.

Now, I still have yet to play with 3 people who aren’t pizza wasting fools, and have yet to touch this “Survival” mode, so that may give a few extra points to the score; but as it stands so far, it’s definitely not even 5/10 worthy, as it’s below average in every way possible. This isn’t IGN’s 7.0=Average scale, it’s on a 5=Average scale, by the way. If I had to scale it up to IGN’s standards, it’d be more like a 5-6/10.”

NavComm81 stop posting trash this is well worth the buy.. its lots of fun.. everyone has there own oppition but serously its well worth the buy..

I agree, its a fun game, well worth 800 points. This guy that did the review is a jackass

A very nice graphic upgrade indeed. This game will be in the top 10 arcade list for months to come.

drudaddy, I think you meant “for hours to come”.

Seriously though, I have to get this because I have 5 and 6 year-old sons who will love this. Lately, they haven’t stopped playing Castle Crashers (which is in the opposite end of the longevity scale).

I’m not interested in Turtles, where is Bubble Bobble?! I can’t believe a game like that has a Japan-only release!

It’s a port of the arcade version, not the SNES version which is the one most people have played. PASS

Let it be said that any person going into a retro brawler expecting depth or longevity is a fool. You won’t find complicated combo strings or 20 hour long epics inside a TMNT or Final Fight cabinet. That’s not what they were about. Side scrolling brawlers are fun reduced into it’s rawest, simplest form. You and your friends pumping quarters in left and right to get past that nasty end level boss and move on.

TMNT arcade games were all about this kind of simple fun, and Reshelled does a fine job of capturing that retro spirit, with a fresh coat of paint for good luck. Purists, however, are going to be a bit disappointed that there is no option to switch over to classic sprites or the original music. This is a remake in every sense of the word, so if you’re expecting 100% arcade perfection, I suggest holding on to your points. If you’re of the more lenient sort, then Reshelled is well worth your time and money. Especially with three of your friends!

The ol’ “two cents”, if you will.

Is it really based off the arcade version and not the SNES one? They are totally different.

If so, it is trash.

Bubble Bobble Neo will probably come in a few weeks..

I’m not saying it’s a terrible game, it’s just a basic review posted by someone else. I tried the demo, and although I didn’t think it was terrible, I didn’t exactly find it as feeling ‘fun’.

I’m going to have to agree with DsK UK on the content question for L4D… if anything why are we paying so much? Would offering it for free really not be that cost effective? We already spent ten extra dollars to play it on a network that we already pay for. I’m just saying, that this doesn’t make much sense. This is something I am going to play on my PC instead of my 360.

Anyway, I already bought Ninja Turtles this morning and can’t wait to play it!

@DsK UK: PC users also got the Mass Effect expansion free, yet it is still charged on the marketplace.

PC users get the L4D stuff free, as the game must be played on Valve’s delivery system, Steam – they can release updates and patches as often as they like, and have plenty of advertising on other games available through their system – I’m just pleased that the 360 is getting attention, even if it must be bought, unlike Team Fortress 2 (PC version has around 250 achievements in TF2 alone).

Off topic aside, TMNT:TiT is fantastic. Well worth the 800 credits for all the hard work gone into the game… unlike a certain other game that came out last week.

Im sorry but as a huge fan….this version sucks. Theres no charm or anything that made me want to buy it for $10. I want the old version.

Awful gameplay, so repititive. The original at 400 points is a much better buy…

I have to agree with everyone who asks why Bobble Bobble isn’t available. It’s done, it’s tested, I want to play it, and I can’t. Why?

I read Bubble Bobble Neo is due out August 8th. Which is a weird date…

Wow. I can’t believe I’m saying this but this game sure is a mixed bag. While they did an admirable job graphically, there are some cool aspects here and there, it doesn’t have the same charm as the original graphics. I hate the new remixed soundtrack. Very good move dropping the price though. While I’m still glad I got the game I would have been overwhelmingly more happy had the option to play with the original graphics and soundtrack even at $15.

People this is not a port of the snes version, its a port of the arcade. STOP COMPAIRING IT TO THE SNES VERSION

Wow, someone called this game trash just because it is the Arcade version? It is still a classic that has been revamped or reshelled in this case. Other than the music my friends and I have been enjoying playing this like we were back in the Arcades. Aside from the one level that was inputted to the console version because it suited a two player system and some levels featuring different bosses makes it way better and the arcade all trash? The only thing memorable about that level was Shredder in a battle tank (which is technically the only thing I would say man I wished they had it in the game). Other than that it is still enjoyable I will say the music is a bit bad (but at least we got voices back instead of the text stuff when the bosses show up).

where the hell is my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme music?…good to see April back to her dishy best

but i think i am gonna try and save the 1300 points i have in my account for that shadow complex game at the end of the month

the trial for turtles was quite cool…just no turtle theme music,i will have to replay the older turtles arcade game on XBLA for that

oooo if April is fit metalicorphan, then Im buying :O

@o0 Daz 0o Hello we know its a port of the arcade game which is even better than the snes version. THIS VERSION IS GARBAGE. Stop thinking its a good buy! 800 points for 20mins or 25mins playtime? Put dad’s credit card down and stop wasting money on garbage or thats what we will keep getting on XBL. MAJOR LETDOWN!! COME ON TRIALS HD!!!!

Bought it, I loved it, enough said Not everyone is going to like it and you can’t change that opinion. I wanted it to have the original music but the remixed version is good as well, will need some getting used to but I finally have an old classic remade in its own way.

I’m quite worried about what you guys are saying about the game….

I didn’t figure it would get such feedback. I’ll download the trial later and make my judgment then…

I had to try trial on this game, and it wasnt what i expected. I guess i will be skipping this after all. Maybe i should buy the original at 400 instead.

Now Bubble Bobble Neo I would have bought
but Turtles just ain’t my bag

They offer us TokiDoki clothing but not an option for our own HDD.

Microsoft EMployee 1: WE could allow our 360 gamers the choice of adding their own HDD>

VP of something: Ahh, do you know the mark up we make on each HDD sold?

Microsoft Employee 1: We could upcharge the gamers for a piece of plastic that looks like the current HDD holder with our logo on it so customers could install their own, and we could make a lot more.

VP of something: Huh, what you talking about? You mean we could sell the device without a HDD and people would buy it?

Microsoft Employee 2: Probably, I know I would cause I would add a slick 250GB SSD in mine so load times would dissapear. We would have to add some functionality in the dash to allow for adding info to their hdd for security, but it would be a marginal cost associated with that…as far as I know.

VP of something: What is SSD?

Microsoft Employee 1: That is not important right now, what is important, we could even make more because larger drives would allow for more stuff to be bought including Dookie Tookie Clothing.

VP of something: What is Dookie Tookie?

Microsoft Employe 2: Not important either.

SSD FOR THE WIN.

WHy don;t you people get this!!!??? Micorsoft has NOTHING todo with the pricing of games. It is up to the game publisher. And if you want to know why games cost more now than when the system was released… well then just look at the quality of the games. When the system released you were paying $5 for poorly done ports of old games, or $10 for bad to ok (albeit a few good) quality games, not to mention none were bigger than 50MB. Now you are paying $10-$15 for excellent games with excellent graphics, etc that take real development time with real development costs, and are as big as a couple GB’s.

We’re lucky costs haven’t gone up more. So stop complaining about prices. Wii owners will probably get stuck paying $50 for this game some day, so be glad you can get it for $10 or $15 on the XBLA. If you don’t want a game, don’t buy it. Nobody wants to read your complaints about how expensive these actually cheap and affordable games are.

Now I know why they lowered the price on this. The remake sucks compared to the original game. IGN even gave it a 5.9. I won’t buy this mediocre game. I’ll just stick to the superior and ORIGINAL SNES version.

Turtles in Time Re-Shelled SUCKS D:

We want Bubble Bobble Neo!!!

I´ve bought it. I think the price is correct for the work after it, but the game is really worse in gameplay than the original. If you haven´t got TMNT 1989 yet, go pick that one. As someone says, they have just broken the gameplay that made these kind of games work. I got bored of it on the first play, and that isn´t a good sign in a beatem up. The game is just a button masher, and little more.

If they wanted to remake the graphics or music, they should have left the gameplay. This game didn´t reserved 1200 points, so I´m glad it´s 800. Sorry, but it´s still one of the worst beatem up games I´ve seen. Good graphics, good music (I haven´t got a problem there), but nothing else.

Once I get all the achievements, I won´t probably play this game again ever. I´ll just play the original SNes or Arcade versions. Bubble Bobble is entire different. Graphics aren´t as cool, but it has the same music (remastered) and the same gameplay, so it´s a better game overall. I´ll wait for it´s release over here. I hope it´s soon.

@BillyMagnumFOD

Before you run you lip, you should get your facts straight. First off Im 31 years old and havent needed to borrow money from mommy and daddy for quite sometime. Second off sorry I didnt have a hard on for the snes version of this game, or any ninja turtle game for that matter.$10 isnt much money to pay for a ARCADE game that really isnt that bad of a port. Im sorry you cant afford that much money, I see from your profile just a kid yourself, and if not having
“I like ( o Y o )’s” as your motto shows some real maturity. Have a nice day son.

Content: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not availabile in Japan and Korea
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) The Turtles are back! Relive, or discover for the first time, the flashy visual style and humor of one of the most acclaimed arcade games of all time. Starring Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo – everyone’s favorite pizza-loving, wise-cracking, reptilian crime fighters. The game has been recreated in beautiful full 3D HD graphics and enhanced animations but still has all of the favorite moments and gameplay from the original. Use pizza power-ups and huge body slams to make your way through history in an attempt to restore peace to the Big Apple. This game requires the Xbox 360 hard drive for storage.

Major, I know this is off-topic, but I’m in support hell because of that 80150003:0 error message you guys thought you fixed. Got my refurbished box back after RRoD, tried to recover my tag, and now I can’t even renew my licenses to play the DLC and arcade games I bought! No one seems to be helping my case and it’s been weeks. I know you passed along tags a while back when this was a huge issue, think you could do one more good deed, mi amigo?

Gamertag: Pico Revolver

I tried downloading it but after I hit 99% it says “can’t finish download” and then I get status code: 80075500

Same here: bought the game through Major’s XBOX Live Marketplace link (as I almost always do) and at 99% I get Status Code: 80075500. Good to know I’m not the only one but please…….FIX IT!

@Waromac

It might be because you don’t have a SSD HDD. I’m just fooling. Have you tried to delete and download again?

Hey MajorNelson: We are having download issues because we can’t use our own HDDs.

:p

Probably not related but we should try….no?

MUWHHHAAAAAAAAA

I keep up the fight….for….well….me.

@AMT

I did try deleting it and re-downloading it.Still not working.

Hey there is number 2 at 99%.

When we get three we will have a movement. FREE THE SSDs from NEWEGG so we can add our own with faster speeds and help Waromac and Reza be able to finish downloading this game!

Oh well, luckily I get twitter before Christmas so I can read Major’s tweets that will not even address the HDD crisis. FREE SSD NOW! BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

SO a report came out that 37 million or so Americans are on anti-depressants or similar drugs Add to that weed, booze, or other drugs. We have a nation of zombies…and all I have to show for living in a VALVE game is a lousy 120GB laptop HDD.

FYI: Walking around in a trance is not living, but you are helping the drug companies, so that is cool.

I can’t concentrate MOMMIE :*(

Yeah, it is because you are doing boring stuff.

You can concentrate on reading text messages on that cell phone can’t you.

I can’t take idiocracy anymore. I am going to play L4D.

Tried again and it worked!

Can’t delete the game if it isn’t downloaded, at least it doesn’t show up in games list under system settings. So I really have no idea what to do here.

Congrats @ Waromac!

SSD for the win….one day.

Am I the only one that wants Bill Clinton to be Prez instead?

SOmebody is bringing it all down

It should show up Reza, but the last I tried to delete these types…it was a yellow triangle with a ! in it. You can tell by the size…unless that was changed recently. Good Luck

You know I was expecting this to be completely unplayable.

My only, and I mean, ONLY complaint, is that the music is changed. Everything else I can deal with and it plays like the old fashioned TMNT arcade-y games. Meh, you people over-dramaticize everything.

I’ll be buying this for its price.

Someone give me a verdict on this game I’ve seen mixed reviews some really good some pretty bad, if i didn’t play the original will I like it. BTW I love the Turtles, but not sure if I’ll like the game.

major when is the launch of games on demand ?

@I Cristiano 9 I
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i believe this coming Tuesday with the rest of the new update
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here is apparently the list for launch,although i haven’t heard any prices yet
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# Assassin’s Creed
# Need for Speed: Most Wanted
# Burnout Paradise
# Perfect Dark Zero
# Call of Duty 2
# Prey
# Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
# Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
# Fight Night Round 3
# SEGA Rally
# Kameo: Elements of Power
# Test Drive: Unlimited
# LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
# Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
# Mass Effect

Cristiano, Games on Demand comes with the dashboard update August 11th.
Read more here: http://gamerscoreblog.com/press/archive/2009/08/05/mf227.aspx

Lets get some facts straight about MS:
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1. THEY SET THE PRICING! When they talked to OXM in a article a few months back MS said word ford that while the game developer can ask for a price they want, in the end MS decides if that price is acceptable. If not MS lower or raises the price. A few developers have complained that MS will boost the asking price a little and they feel it hurts their game since they would have more buyers. So YES MS makes the final decision!
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2. On that same thing MS also said they do NOT allow free content very often because its a quote “Marketplace, not a freeplace.” So next time you want to know why some things aren’t free complain to MS. They are cheap people! You’d think with a hurting economy and their billions they could afford to be nicer to us.
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3. We make the difference. If you don’t like something about 360 then do something about it, or better yet don’t. As in don’t buy something. To many people still buy these overpriced arcade games and MS knows this and thats why they stay overpriced.

it’s a bad economy right now. drop the price more

Need microsoft points. I want it really bad

Can’t wait till I get my Paycheck.

No bubble bobble for americans, not so hard to swallow when you guys miss out on something is it! first you miss out on cricket and now this. mayabe you wont be so judgemental when another country misses out,

@oAssassin Xo. “Microsoft does not allow free content”. So why is so much content up on XBLA.. free?

Wow, I’m fairly disappointed with Turtles in Time. Basically, Ubisoft approached this game saying, “Gee, how can use as few original resources without calling this a new game?” I wasn’t a fan of the low-res 3D graphics before, but I at least thought they retained the original soundtrack. Much to my dismay, all the classic tunes were replaced with generic music that barely shadows the original stuff.

Eh, at least the gameplay is decent and the online co-op is functional. But come on Ubi, a large portion of why we loved this game was its personality and arcade-style gameplay. What you guys did with this was extract all that and filled it with a concoction that left us with a sour aftertaste.

I downloaded this game last night and had a blast. I was playing it with my 6 year old son and it was awesome sharing this game that I loved on the SNES with him.

oAssassin Xo could not be more correct. Stop saying developers decide prices.

Developers want to give things away for free many times and Microsoft will not allow that.

Examples

Braid Premium Theme, developer wanted to give it away, microsoft says no

Castle Crashers DLC, the whole reason this is taking forever is because the fighting between developers and Microsoft. Behemoth actually purchased hundreds of 5X5 codes so they could give the DLC away the first time around because they really didnt want to nickle and dime their customers.

N+ extra maps, developer wanted them to be free, microsoft says no.

Marble Blast maps. Took 2-3 years to come out because developers thought they should be free and microsoft wouldn’t allow it.

How much more do I have to throw at you?

The only time something is free is because microsoft screwed up (Undertow) or it is usually a promotional piece of trash like yaris, totemball or dash of destruction. The other free stuff is usually given away because the game isnt too popular like buku suduko or chessmaster live. Sometimes they give you something decent like the Cold Storage map on halo 3, but that is a very rare case.

All this information is easy to find if you look around in some forums or developer blogs or discussions on gaming sites. So stop defending the big guy (microsoft) because they are the ones here creating the overwhelming amount of complaints due to overpricing.

@PrintMatic, you forgot Texas Holdem, Aegis Wing and Australia got TMNT Arcade for free!(albeit for 1 hour)

I actually like this arcade. Shocking, because I normally avoid the TMNT games. The gameplay is pretty sweet. Loving the 3D visual look to. “Why didn’t they put 3D graphics like this. On the other TMNT arcade” witch came out last year.

The graphics aren’t very good, and the game is very short (is it even the full game?!?) I LOVE TMNT but I find that I wasted 800 points sadly..I beat the game twice once with 4 ppl in 10 mins and again with 2 in 15 mins. Now what?

I kinda wish it had some arena where ppl could fight in atleast..how hard could that be to make? oh well..

Meh im passing. I’d rather buy a SNES and the cartridge than this butchered version of my favorite game ever. No thanks Ubisoft, you will not be raping my childhood today.

Not worth 800 points.

HEROES IN A HALF SHELL!!!!! TURTLE POWER!!!!!!

I’ve played through this game twice, now. Once in multiplayer, once in single player. My thoughts:

The devs aimed at the arcade version, some of the stages/bosses you remember from the SNES and Genesis versions were not in the arcade version. It is what it is.

Before going further, I’ll say that I wish we had a chance at the SNES and Genesis versions on XBLA. I’d buy both.

Anyway, my experiences:

Multiplayer: I played 4-player co-op with my wife, brother, and sister-in-law. All of us are old enough to remember the Ninja Turtles cartoons, games, and such. We had a great time with this game. Just that enjoyment, the first time through, was well worth the asking price. 4-player co-op is runs great, it’s chaotic, lots of fun. Highly recommended that you play this way. For the record, the wife was the only survivor… She beat the Shredder. The rest of us lost our lives on that stage.

Singleplayer: With more of a chance to really get into how this game works, I picked up on a few things. First, throws are entirely random, and I’m not a fan of that. Charging is now automatic, and you can’t do the charge/jump/attack move where you run, handspring, and ram the opponent. I missed that move a lot, playing this. Also, the bosses are much harder than in any version I played previously. 8-way run is a nice bullet-point, and it takes advantage of being in 3D, but it took away some of the tight controls. I missed the original music.

All said, I still thing this is worth the 800 point asking price. Try it out, people.

And Konami/Ubisoft… Keep ‘em coming. I’ll be waiting for all the 16-bit Turtles games to show up on XBLA. Oh, and why hasn’t the X-men Arcade game shown up yet? 6-player co-op would be a lot of fun.