Details have been released for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, with confirmation of its arrival on Nintendo Switch from August 30th, 2022.
Assembling 13 of Konami’s classic TMNT games in one bundle, it’s a unique opportunity to play the games on the Nintendo Switch (other platforms have already been released) and includes the following console and arcade games:
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (Arcade)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time* (Arcade)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nintendo Entertainment System™)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (Nintendo Entertainment System™)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (Nintendo Entertainment System™)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Nintendo Entertainment System™)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (Super Nintendo Entertainment System™)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters* (Super Nintendo Entertainment System™)
- 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™)
In addition, the collection boasts some useful new features to improve gameplay and playability:
- Added Online Play* for certain games and Local Couch Play
- Save Anytime and Rewind
- Eleven Japanese Regional Version Releases
- Button Mapping
- Unique Development Art & Sketches
- Historic TMNT Media Content
In case you’re unaware, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles originated in the 1980s as a comic book which then spread into toys and video games and even the movies. Usually set in the sewers of a fictionalized New York city, the TMNT have a cult following, and thankfully most of the videogames are pretty good.
Grab Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection from August 30th via the Nintendo Switch eShop.
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