TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Arcade Mode - Gnarly 1CC (April O'Neil)

TMNT Shredder's Revenge is finally out! This is a brand new beat 'em up developed by Tribute Games, which was heavily inspired by Konami's classic arcade games, and the early 90s era of the series. I grew up on this stuff, so it's nostalgic seeing all of the references to the cartoon, movies, and games. They packed so much into it, that they ended up with a run time of nearly 2 hours, making this one of the longest beat 'em ups I've ever played. That'll be somewhat polarizing, but I don't mind the length, personally.

Gnarly is the name for this game's hard mode. The normal difficulty is very easy to clear, and while Gnarly seemingly had very minor adjustments, it's quite a bit more difficult. From what I can tell they basically make you take twice as much damage, and bosses have twice as much health. I think some enemies also move faster or can be more aggressive, but I'm not really sure tbh. Still, you get 1UPs every 200 points, so you've got a lot of breathing room for mistakes.

I wanted to do my first clear with one of the turtles, but April is so fun to use, and so powerful (she might be the best character in the game), I ended up clearing it with her. This run was going really well in the first half, but it really started falling apart towards the end with one stupid death after another. I've learned how to deal with most of the bosses at this point, but Captain Zorax is still a problem. In the run I played before this one, I stood on top of him attacking the entire time, and he never summoned his dino stampede, which makes the fight WAY harder. It didn't work this time and I ended up getting wrecked. Hopefully there's a way to consistently do that. I think the rest of the sloppiness is just a lack of familiarity and memorization, so that'll get ironed out as I play more.

Anyway, it's a great game and I'll be playing it a lot more. If you're a fan of the classic turtles, you have to play this. It was made for you!

Shredder's Revenge is available on all major platforms, including Xbox/PC Game Pass.

Chapters:
0:00 Opening
2:34 Episode 1: Jaw-Breaking News
7:18 Episode 2: Big Apple, 3PM
12:42 Episode 3: Mutants Over Broadway!
18:12 Episode 4: Rumble in the Zoo
24:35 Episode 5: King of the Spill
30:31 Episode 6: Mall Meltdown
36:17 Episode 7: Roof Running Reptiles
42:05 Episode 8: Panic in the Sky
46:55 Episode 9: Crisis at Coney Island
53:03 Episode 10: A Few Screws Loose
1:00:07 Episode 11: Dinosaur Stampede!
1:05:52 Episode 12: It Won't Fly!
1:13:38 Episode 13: Technodrome Redux
1:23:01 Episode 14: The Lost Archenemies
1:29:20 Episode 15: Outworld Strangeoids
1:39:21 Episode 16: Wrath of the Lady
1:46:03 Ending

TMNT Playlist:    • TMNT Shredder's Revenge  
April O'Neil (No Deaths):    • TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Gnarly No Death...  
Splinter (No Deaths):    • TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Gnarly No Death...  
Donatello (No Deaths):    • TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Gnarly No Death...  
Raphael:    • TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Arcade Mode - G...  
Michelangelo:    • TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Arcade Mode - G...  
Leonardo:    • TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Arcade Mode - G...  
Casey Jones:    • TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Arcade Mode - G...  
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