Had enough of the heroes in a half-shell? Of course you haven't (unless you have, in which case, you better look away now)! Developer and publisher Super Evil Megacorp took to the Nintendo Indie World showcase to reveal that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is coming to Switch this July.
Away from the swathe of beat 'em ups that the series has long been tied to, Splintered Fate is a roguelike action game where you take control of the four brothers through a series of universe-hopping runs.
There are temporary upgrades to be unlocked along the way, with permanent unlocks for those who put in the work after each elimination (from a roguelike?? Shocking!!). What is nice to see is that the turtles will each have their own skill set to make playthroughs that bit more interesting — and to add a bit of spice to the game's four-player co-op mode.
We don't have a precise release date for this one just yet outside of July 2024, but we'll be keeping an eye out, don't you worry.
Will you be picking this one up later this year? Let us know down below.
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4 player couch co op?
Teenage Mutant Hades Turtles
@HatesCheese They mentioned explicitely only online co-op, fingers crossed it will have both!
This looks like such a great idea, that I'm gonna keep a close eye on it.
Edit: oh, possible only online co-op? Kinda lame, but I mean I have a two TV set up so it can still happen!
Finally, a turtles game that isn't a 2d beat-em-up. I don't normally like rouge-like games, but I can get into this.
another game freed from the apple arcade prison, good
I kind of zoned out when this started, assumed it was just a port of the other half dozen TMNT games, but then someone said “Gauntlet” which got my attention.
If co-op is online only I’m out.
This is like what the fourth TMNT games announced so far right behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin. Looks like Nickelodeon is going all out with the TMNT license, here's hopefully one of those doesn't sucks.
Shredder looks badass in that illustration.
A roguelite TMNT is a good idea on paper, hope it will be good also in practice (also on Switch since apparently it used to be an Apple Arcade exclusive - fingers crossed we'll get more of those on Switch, especially Sonic Dream Team for me), looking forward to hearing more of it!
@JohnnyMind Darn, hoping to play this with friends, looks a lot like minecraft dungeons, we really enjoyed that one
@HatesCheese Hope you'll be able to play it with your friends!
I haven't played Minecraft Dungeons yet, maybe in the future, but I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I love the Turtles, but this one just isn’t for me. The aesthetic reminds me of the second generation of cartoon turtles. So many TMNT games this year.
Surprised they are releasing Apple Arcade games as “console exclusives”. Seems a little misleading to me. Stitch is also an Apple Arcade title
I don't care for roguelikes but I love the TMNT IP so I'll check this out and hope I enjoy the gameplay enough to stick with it.
I'm definitely interested but it must have 4 player couch coop. That's a large part of Nintendo's selling point for the Switch.
I actually remember wanting this game to get a console release! Awesome! Now just gotta wait for sonic dream team.
@StevenH no it’s not from game mill. It’s from super evil megacorp. It literally says whos making it in the article.
So we’re getting THREE Turtles games this year? Cowabunga!
I assume the co-op has to work like Minecraft Dungeons. Since there are permanent upgrades everything has to tied to an account. You might be able to do guest players, but they will be limited to what's on the local guest account.
Hopefully there will be an arcade mode that plays kinda like Gauntlet without the need for an account.
I still get unreasonably annoyed and angry when "Viacom Holdings" tries to pass off anything Ninja Turtles as "indie." I can already tell this game has more budget in it than any of the GameMill games... before Nick Brawl 2's DLC (Clancy Brown don't come cheap), so if those aren't indie this CERTAINLY is not.
@BranSmith No you havent.
River City Ransom Turtles.
@OorWullie MY THOUGHT EXACTLY.
It is Hades but with TMNT. I’ll still buy it. And if it runs well ofc.
Probably the only TMNT game I would get.
It looks great, but if there is no couch co-op it's a hard pass for me. That's the whole point of this game lol
like others have said, my interest largely hinges in couch co-op. 🤞
also someone said permanent upgrades would be tied to an "account," why would that negate playing in couch co op?
Roguelike + TMNT sounds great.
I love that it has online co-op! It seems unwise to not include couch co-op …
Stoked for this regardless!
They really need to add couch co-op. Lets hope they do add it one day. We should all demand to them for adding couch co-op.
I looked up the developer. Their previous games are mobile MOBAs. I'm not filled with confidence based on their previous work.
Has anyone played this on apple arcade?
@DogDetective They probably saw how well Shredder's Revenge and Cowabunga collection sold on Switch and went all out on releasing more TMNT games for the system.
@_Figo_ Yep haha
@Bizzyb That's pretty much all of the platforms that the TMNT games did decent on. This particular game is a timed exclusive. Coming to other platforms at a later date.
April is allowed to be a ginger again? That's great! Finally, a little win for the ginger community!
This looks good! The action reminds me of Diablo 3
People keep mentioning this is on Apple Arcade. I’ll have to look for it on there. If it’s good, I’ll get it on Switch, but geez, I just got Dreamscaper on sale. Do I really need another roguelike?
At first I rolled my eyes, thinking 'yet another TMNT game'. But after watching the video, I am pleasantly surprised and like the idea of the roguelike approach. Will keep my eye on this one. Really hoping for local co-op though. Could care less about online.
Did somebody say it's time to squeeze some turtles? What an ugly art direction. That does look like some mobile whatever indeed.
If I got a dollar for every new rogue game, I would be a rich man...
Tmnt/hades yep! Take my monies
@JohnnyMind
Is there an offline single player mode?
If this has anything to do with Mutant Mayhem or Tales of or Rise of, I'll be avoiding this completely!
Super pumped. I remember the 3DS turtles game based on the Bay films was met without much fanfare, but it was an absolutely terrific dungeon crawler that suffered from the cardinal sin of being a single player TMNT game (note: doesn’t apply to Last Ronin concept). I’m sure it will have local play, but even if it’s online only, I’ll take it over the option of none. Definitely stoked for this.
Only thing better would be if my green machine made their way into Vampire Survivors…which is shockingly not out of the question.
Wow, so much love for the TMNT as of late, i will definitely grab this one (and the arcade game that was announced a few weeks ago) it looks absolutely beautiful!
Lost me at roguelike.
@Spider-Kev Single player for sure as they started with it in the trailer and most certainly offline as they mentioned online, including showing the usual disclaimers, only when they started talking about the multiplayer.
Damn, this is right up my alley. I love me some roguelites/likes. And TMNT is my own teenage fandom. Really hoping there will be couch co-op, so I can share the experience with my friends over some pizza and beer!
@JohnnyMind
Thanks!
@Spider-Kev You're welcome!
@OorWullie Speaking of Hades, SuperGiant Games released a technical test of Hades 2 on a livestream on YouTube.
Soon as I read roguelike, not interested thanks.
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