Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan in Europe, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (ティーンエイジミュータントニンジャタートルズ Tīn'eiji Myūtanto Ninja Tātoruzu?) in Japan, is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fighting game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy handheld console released in 1990. It was published in the US under Konami's subsidiary Ultra Games. The game was re-released as part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection in late August 2022.[1]
The game is based on the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series. The Turtles' first Game Boy game is a platforming-style game, where Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Raphael and Donatello must battle against Krang and Shredder and save their friend April O'Neil in the process.
Plot[]
April has been kidnapped once again by the Shredder, Krang and their cohorts, and Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello set out to rescue her from their enemies' clutches. The chase leads them through the sewers and the streets of New York City, the river, and then the Technodrome.
Gameplay[]
The player takes control of one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, through a total of five stages, battling Krang and Shredder's minions along the way. The game is essentially a beat 'em up, but is played from a 2D side perspective, allowing it to implement moderate platforming in its levels. Enemies include Foot Soldiers, Mousers and Roadkill Rodneys among others. If a Turtle runs out of health, he is captured and the player must select another Turtle to pick up where he left off. If all four Turtles are captured, the game is over. One can recover a captured Turtle, as well as regain lost health, by winning the hidden minigames scattered throughout each stage. The player can also recover health by finding pizza, which is located in certain locations or dropped by defeated enemies. There are a total of five stages, each with a unique end boss: Rocksteady, Bebop, Baxter Stockman, Shredder, and Krang. The player can choose which stage to start the game on, but the game needs to be completed from Stage 1 to see the full ending.
Stages[]
| Stage | Name | Boss |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Streets and Sewers | Rocksteady |
| 2 | Factory | Bebop |
| 3 | Convoy | Baxter Stockman |
| 4 | Mountain Caverns | Shredder |
| 5 | Technodrome | Krang |
Gallery[]
![Key artwork by Kevin Eastman.[2]](/wiki/File:TMNT_-_Fall_of_the_Foot_Clan_-_02.jpg "TMNT - Fall of the Foot Clan - 02.jpg (1.53 MB)")
Trivia[]
- The game's cover art is taken from the Archie Comics adaption of the first film, the same image source used for the blister packaging of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Splinter Speaks.
References[]
- ↑ Destin Legarie (31 August 2022). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Review (English). IGN. Retrieved on 6 July 2024.
- ↑ Restored by Jefferson Taylor. @JTaylorPro at Twitter (August 30, 2022).