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Back when I was a kid, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were everywhere, even in video games. There were plenty of them, but the best one, and many agree here, had to be Konami's TMNT 4: Turtles in Time. That game combined the license with a surprisingly addictive beat 'em up arcade game style a la Final Fight, a combination which surprisingly worked. Now, the TMNT license is becoming popular again, and Konami has released a new wave of TMNT games for the next-gen systems. This GBA version is pretty much a watered down side scrolling beat 'em up that could have been done much better if time and thought were put into it. The game is too easy, the generic looking enemies hardly fight back. All that aside though, TMNT has some things going for it. The character animation is smoothly animated, each of the four turtles has abilities unique to himself, there are mini-games to play which give you a break from the generic fighting, and long time turtle fans will admire various little features of the game. I might be a bit too generous in my review, but if you can overlook it's shortcomings, there is some fun to be had with TMNT, I just wish Konami would have considered re-making TMNT 4 for the GBA instead.

I think that this game is great because it's based on the first episodes of TMNT like "attack of the mousers", "meet casey jones", "notes from the underground", and "return to Newyork." If you are a fan of TMNT, then you should buy this game. In this game, you could choose who you want to be. I really like playing as Donatello, because he has the glider plane. Bye!

Someone once told me that fashion and trends tend to repeat themselves every 20 years or so. He-Man is back, Pretty Pretty Princes is back, Rainbow Bright has returned, as has Care Bears (which has my wife very happy), and Strawberry Shortcake... and so too have the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles returned with an updated look and style designated for a modern audience.
I remember watching the old cartoons as a kid, and playing the old Konami Ninja Turtle games in the arcade, and on my NES or Super NES and loving them. Then the fad fizzled out. I lost interest when I discovered X-Men, a story I've been following since I abandoned the Ninja turtles.
Having beaten all my GBA titles thus far my wife and I went searching for an inexpensive new addition to keep me occupied during slow time at work. That was Saturday... today I am rearranging my budget to look for a new game to keep me busy at work during down time.
Its not that this game is bad, far from it, its just ridiculously short. This game takes about three hours to clear completely, with next to nothing to extend the game play or encourage replay. Worse yet there's no two-player modes at all, and as far as I can tell no unlockable secrets. Also the stories seem to be based on episodes from the new series, which could explain why there seems to be such a minimally connected narrative between the games "chapters". Played even remotely out of order and it will make the story completely incoherent. (I recommend playing Leo, Raph, Mike, and then Don for the most coherent story). This game is a lot of fun, but there simply isn't enough of it. It was fun to relive a piece of my childhood, but overall I wish I had gotten Metroid Zero Mission instead, even if it did cost a bit more.