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TMNT: Mutant Melee
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Konami
Developer: KCE Hawaii
Genre(s): Action, Fighting
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: March 16, 2005
Summary
The ultimate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle party experience, TMNT: Mutant Melee offers hours of bashing, crashing and trashing fun with more than 20 playable characters, a competitive Adventure mode, a ton of mini games and unlockable content. Gamers can play alone or with up to four friends and take on the role of their favorite Turtle, Casey Jones, April O'Neil, Master Splinter and even the villainous Shredder in one of two different modes - Adventure or Melee. Turtle fans will find a shell full of mini games and extra content in TMNT: Mutant Melee. Gamers can team up with friends to play modes such as King of the Hill, where players defend a circle that appears randomly around a level; Knockout, where the object is to KO as many opponents as possible; and Last Man Standing, where gamers battle it out to see who is the toughest brawler of all. As gamers progress through TMNT: Mutant Melee, they'll be able to unlock background information on the Turtles, character biographies, original TMNT comics, hilarious outtakes and enough artwork and video clips to satisfy even the most rabid Turtles enthusiasts. [Konami]
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What The Critics Said
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GameCritics
It's not going to be winning any awards, but it's an entertaining gameplay experience packaged alongside a virtual vault of nostalgia, and worth at least a glance for fans of the genre or the characters.
Read Full Review >IGN
It lacks the humor and charm of the original show, and even the new one for that matter. It gives you plenty of characters, but no real reason to prefer one to the other.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Repetitious button-mashing gameplay that rarely engages the brain is the undertone of this title.
Read Full Review >Next Level Gaming
You can call it sour grapes (for liking the old TMNT, not this new 2005 TMNT cartoon garbage), or you can just call it a very mediocre game.
Read Full Review >eToychest
The large number of characters and arenas to fight in will keep younger gamers happy for a little while, and you really can't beat the twenty-dollar price tag.
Read Full Review >NintendoWorldReport
Unfortunately, it runs on the same engine and is built on nearly the same game design as the last two TMNT games, which were less than spectacular to begin with... At full price, it would be hard to recommend Mutant Melee to anyone.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
The uninspired music, the trite voice acting, the horrible gameplay, and the lack of challenge makes this one of the worst titles in the Ninja Turtle series.
Read Full Review >Gamezilla!
It's just passable, really, but I don't think Master Splinter would approve wholeheartedly, even with a decent price point of $20.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
This is an incredibly slapdash and barren game that has absolutely nothing to offer you beyond monotonous, almost-broken fighting mechanics, tiny environments, and a bunch of lame unlockables.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
Controls are slightly sluggish. [June 2005, p.97]
GamerFeed
Monotony does not a good game make, in any situation. In a brawling game, it's practically a death knell, a sign of laziness in development and a lack of innovation. And it's one of the key things that kills Mutant Melee before it can even get started.
Read Full Review >DarkStation
The gameplay just seemed so bland and boring that I really don't think I ever enjoyed this game.
Read Full Review >Play Magazine
It's hard to find the fun in Mutant Melee, whether playing alone or with friends. [May 2005, p.54]
Gaming Age
What gets under your skin is that most of the combos are unblockable, and once you are caught in string of moves, you must wait until the move set is over before you can block or counter attack. This can be frustrating on both A.I. and human battles.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
While a fleshed out narrative for each character would be a bit far reaching, what the Adventure mode amounts to is little more than a series of mini-games that are repeated ad nauseam for under an hour per character.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 1.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Richard S. gave it a1:
I loved the old tmnt games for nintendo and super nintendo. I grew up playing them. What a disapointment for a game. Not at all what i expected it to be.
