Remembering The TMNT Video Games

2003 TMNT does not get enough love for how great it was

The 2003 series will always be definitive to me. It had the right blend of dark and humour. These games were also dear to my heart.

The most memorable thing I can remember is Mikey’s nunchuck helicopter kicks yelling eat feet

They NEED to remake the 03 series games. I’d buy that the second it’s out.

The GBA versions of these games are underrated imo

I was born in 2002. This and the 2007 movie are the Turtles that I grew up with in the late 2000s watching them on 4Kids TV. I'll always have a soft spot for that show, that movie, and these games. I was also a big fan of the 2012 series and the first Bay movie in my tween years lol.

Honestly I could go on for hours about how much of an impact TMNT had on my childhood. It was one of my biggest hyperfixations as a kid, and recently, it's come back in full force.

I loved tmnt 2003 and smash up when I was a kid. Gettint tmnt 03 for christmas is a core memory and I still own the game to this day. Even the day me and my friend beat the whole story in one day together. Best tmnt game

Very true hot take: TMNT has not had a great 3D game since Mutant Nightmare. It all went down hill after that.

Not gonna lie, "TMNT out of the shadows" for XBOX was awesome to me, played it so much back in day. This trip down memory lane was great, thanks. Take care all.

As someone who also grew up on the '03 Turtles, the 2012 Turtles hit pretty hard. You need to give it another try, it really does start off goofy, but it gets really serious and dark later on. The voice cast is great, story makes sense and is still fun to follow, and the combat in the series is so much more than the stillframes of characters getting hit and then being thrown toward the camera we got in the 2D animation that the '03 Turtles had. It's so good, and although I still prefer the '03 cast just off of nostalgia bias, the 2012 Turtles go hard as fuck. Don't sleep on them, you'd seriously miss out.

Always great to see TMNT 2k3 get the respect it deserves. Hands down best overall iteration of the Ninja Turtles.

Don't sleep on the 2012 series my dude. Their first fight against Shredder is a must watch full of easter eggs to the original comic.

Out of the shadows had the bones of an amazing game. The combat is so fun. It’s clearly unfinished but man I had so much fun with the Arkham style fighting.

2003 was what I grew up with and love the most but I also love the 80s and Rise of TMNT.

So many memories playing these games with my older brothers and fighting over who got to play Raphael. I wish I could go back to those days being an adults sucks.

Brooo i remember these games. Especially with 2003 and battle nexus mostly. those 2 games were my childhood, really had good times playing them over and over. Wish they re-release them on psn as a ps2 classics

Matty I love the OG turtles, and the 03 turtles as well. Just recently I started watching some of the 2012 turtles with my daughter and was totally surprised by how good the story is. Takes a few seasons but it gets pretty crazy.

TMNT 2012 actually had some really serious moments. I would argue it's darker than the 2003 series. I don't want to spoil anything, but when things get going, things get GOING.

Always enjoy hearing love for TMNT 2003. Loved this show as a kid, love it still as an adult. TMNT 2: Battle Nexus was not only my first TMNT game I played, but also happened to be the first game I played on a PS2. So I have very deeply fond memories of it. And some frustrating ones, like the much more challenging sections. Oddly enough, because of how much I was used to Battle Nexus, when I played TMNT1 on the Gamecube for the first time around the same age, I actually had a much more difficult time really getting into it. Even years later, it feels very much like a pick-up/put-down game every so often. 3, however, I have never played, but do have. I plan to get to it after beating TMNT1 for the first time, then beating Battle Nexus all over again.