It is true that I have been vocal against nostalgia and the lack of creativity from both movies and the gaming industry. But there are exceptions here and there and honestly I can say as a 90’s kid, that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles holds a special place in my heart.
With this, it is general knowledge that Konami have been a great gaming company in the 80’s and the 90’s, particularly with great IP and great licenses on non-IP and one of them are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
While Konami IS NO LONGER not even ¼ of his former self, the japanese company knows that nostalgia sells and announced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection which includes classic games for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch.
What is brand new this week is that Konami confirmed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Limited Edition and for $150 will include (besides the game collection):
- Physical copy of the game with original box design by Kevin Eastman
- Cloth poster featuring Kevin Eastman’s adaptation of TMNT: Turtles in Time (16” by 24”)
- Multi-layer acrylic diorama of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo (4.5” by 5”)
- Enamel pin set of five classic designs – The Technodrome, Turtle Blimp, Party Wagon, Shredder and Krang
- Set of 12 translucent comic style character trading cards based on TMNT: Tournament Fighters with rarely seen appearances from Wingnut, Armaggon, Chrome Dome, War, Aska, Karai and more (3” by 5”)
- Full color artbook with 180 pages featuring a chapter dedicated to each of the 13 games in the compilation (5.5” by 8”)
The preorder should be available on major retailers and for those who want a refresher on what the game collection includes itself TMNT games includes:
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Arcade)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (NES)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (Super Nintendo)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Super Nintendo)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (Sega Genesis)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Sega Genesis)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of The Foot Clan (Game Boy)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From The Sewers (Game Boy)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue (Game Boy)