Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Melee - Xbox Review

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What a disappointment!! When I got word of this game, I heard that it would be like a TMNT version of Mario Party (It'd be a whole lot cooler if it were)....I also heard that the game had an epic amount of unlockables/bonus materials/easter eggs (which I absolutely LOVE!! It's half the fun of playing) ...the "unlockables" left alot to be desired....ALLLLLLLOT!! There was some nice artwork from the cartoon series of background scenery, but the bulk of the character artwork was the same as what you'd find in tmnt2 battle nexus...not only were many of the pictures the same, it looked as if someone took a snaphot of tmnt 2 while it was up on another screen!! Unacceptable!! Some were artwork of "some homeless guy in the background" and other random bit characters that no one cares about (that were most likely dug out of an animator's wastebasket). However, the sketches of the action figure designs were pretty SWEET!

There's also info about the original tmnt comic that started it all and it's there for you to "read"...but the text is so illegible that all you can do is look at the artwork (IF YOU SQUINT). The "outtakes" snapshots were horribly unfunny...as were most of the "outtake" movie clips (though there were 1 or 2 there that really WERE funny...like the one with splinter and mikey. That one had me LOL!!)

The "unlockable" characters were a letdown as well. You HEAR "20 DIFFERENT playable characters", but what you SEE are the same characters but in different outfits...big stinking WHOOOOOOP!

Yeah, it may be nice to finally see April O'Neil NOT being kidnapped and actually fighting amongst the guys....But my true favorite is Karai. What a letdown, I really wanted to see her....Imagine those two, boys (CATFIGHT!!!)! Eh, Karai would probably make sashimi out of April anyways...

The graphics look blocky and dumb. The poor turtles were made to look like CRASH TEST DUMMIES...the designers must have spent that time making the shredder character look cool...cause boy does he!

All of this MIGHT be forgivable if the gameplay was good, but even THAT's a problem. There have been numerous times my hits would go right through the enemy (literally as if he were a ghost) and not take any damage. And many times where you're supposed to pick up your enemy's body to throw around and it doesn't work...not to mention trying to "aim" projectile weapons (missile launcher, etc.)

It's not all suck, though. The "melee matches" ARE fun! But it's, for the most part, only fun when your friends are over to share.

All in all, it looks (and plays) like it was made in haste.

It's a sad truth that I (at my age) am just as big a fan of the Turtles as I ever was (minus the posters on the wall and the toys on my floor)...it's for this reason I rate this game a GENEROUS 3 stars.

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tmnt mutant melee is a gook game. not great. not horrible. i love the turltes and was excited about this game. but other than that it is not like other fighters. if you love the turtles and the fighting genre pick up tournement fighters for the snes. if you want tried and true fighting mechanics then this game is not for you. if you buy anything bearing the logo of the turtles then you probably bought this already. this is also for the newer series of turlte cartoons. so old school fans that haven't followed the newer series need not apply.

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This is a fun game and with the multi-player action, even the parents can join in or the siblings. My son spends hours playing this by himself and it really stimulates his imagination.

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just let me say i was a little worried that this was just going to be another crappy game boy was i wrong tmnt mutant melee is a fun four player party game with over twenty playable characters an fun mimi games my favorite by the way is keep away an last man standing an best of all april o'neil finally gets to kick butt whats not to love about this game.