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  • As for the cut scenes they got Jim Lawson who has worked on the TMNT comics for the past 20 years to do. He has a unique style I have come to really like its interesting to see it animated. I actually just got this game and it isn't to bad I skipped it at launch because of the small roster and I am not huge on fighting games but its not to bad.

  • awful cutscenes??? You idiot...that´s is exactly like the turtles comics look when they were create by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman in the 80´s, that is a reference to the classic...actually Peter Laird was involve in the game...do some research idiot

  • I love this game!!!

  • How did this game get a 7.0? It was horrible. It was WAY too floaty and all of the levels are out to kill you. You're spending more time avoiding alligators than your opponent.

    Also the addition of 3 raving rabbid characters was a fucking curb stomp.

    The reviewer probably didn't even play the game, he probably just saw the trailer and said "Oh it is like smash bros I know all about it now". The game was really bad. Anyone that played it in person would know.

  • @MrEvilGrin

    Me and many other people really like this game. your just like my ex bestfriend trevor who hates smackdown vs raw 2008 all because the wrestlers moved slowley.

  • @MrEvilGrin Nah, it's decent. IGN overrated Brawl. It was rushed with poor balancing and bad mechnics. In this some areas of the gameplay are better than Brawl. Fall speed is slow like Jigglypuff but Fast-fall is like Fox speed. I don't like how TMNT's chars have limited attacks, but unlike Brawl you are not rewarded for spamming. For the stages the same can be said for Brawl. Most stages have dumb hazards that make them not even worth playing on, just like Brawl. At least this has no tripping.

  • it cant be a copy if the same ppl made the game

  • @xxxclumsy umm. it is though. if i made a muffin with bluberrys then another one and added frosting and called it a cupcake. it would be delicious. but also a copy of my previous work. in addition to that logic, think "call of duty"

  • how is this a copy i have both and i dont get why people say that

  • I heard the phrase super smash brothers more than the game

  • WTF not ever 2d platform fighter is a smash bros clone >:(

  • @ugochib It's not a clone if the people who made this game made Super Smash Bros...Duh. It's like SSBB but with less characters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

  • good review but i dont understand

    +Like super smash bros

    - not original

    it doesnt make much sense

  • @MrShotgun175 its not original coz its like smash bro's

  • I just got this game and its good but not as good as Super Smash Bros. but its still fun to play. They should do another smash bros but with the Ninja Turtles, it might sound stupid but i think it would be good.

  • NOW I GET IT!! this game was made by Ubisost. The inserts made the Raving Rabbids. And if Ubisoft made this then now I know why the rabbids are in the game.

  • i dont care how it has to be done, someone, somewhere FUCKING PUT KRANG IN SOMETHING!!!! the only media he's been in was the original TMNT cartoon from the '80s!!!!! WHY HAS HE NOT BEEN IN A MOVIE?!? i know he seems like quirky or silly character, but if you pay him respect and take him seriously he could be a really threatening foe.

  • @3amapplecam Actually I think I saw him in the other TMNT series in a Shredder body.

  • for the comic part of the review, that was because they were from comics originally. They weren't running out of ideas, they were just going back to their roots.

  • good review

  • Smash bros is not deep, it's far from.

  • @colonforsecs the subspace and unlockables keep you glued into the game

  • all i heard was (even though it's true) this is a smash bros copy, it's not as good as smash bros, this game has less characters than smash bros, this game isn't smash bros. most of this is smash bros, i mean god say something different i mean ign lies enough they could say anything they wanted to thyey could say something liek this is terrible because you have to go through the story to get the unlockable character *cough* storm 2 *cough*

  • Since when did something like "Not original" be a negative thing when it's like Smash Bros?

  • btw those were not rough draft cut scenes! >:( the cut scene drawings were based off of the turtles origanal black and white comic book from the 1980s! seriously!

  • tmnt smash up is a fun game. the battle areas are more fun to fight on than super smash bros. there are many games that are almost the same such as call of duty and halo. Man... you...are not right. i would give tmnt smash up at least a 8.9.

  • I don't know what he's talking about it's one one of my favorite games

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  • This review sucks as he is so biased towards SSB that he doesn't want any other game to be like it..... no game is completely original SSB is just a side scroller beat em' up BUT with 4 players and arena based this is in that same form but hey look at all these similar FPS games coming out that are so similar but no ones complaining about, I hope more games come out with this same style SSB and Smashup are both good games

  • bad game, bad review, don't listen to anything from this page.

  • @bulbalaur It was a good review. He brought up some good points.

  • thats gay theres no online battle.

  • @MdMedia21 There's online for Wii, but not for PS2.

  • I'd love to know how many times you said "just like smash bros"

  • it looks like a decent game :)

    i dont think i'll ever buy it but if a friend has it, i'd play :D

  • @Xinsden Buy it,its great if you have friends to play with,trust me.

  • Wow this game looks awsome,never heard of it,I'm buying it today! :D

  • Man he dissed on the cut scenes, but what he doesn't understand is that's how the original comic books/graphic novels looked. That's the aesthetic they were going for. Do a little research on the franchise....sheeeeesh.

  • Alright, What the fuck!!! This is a Ninja Turtles Review, Why the fuck are you talking about Super Smash Bros, You fucking dumb shit. Yeah Super Smash is the Best, But your Reviewing Ninja Turtles!! Hello! Are you stupid! Someone slap this guy!
  • @MarvelousThugg He's saying the guy who made Brawl made this dumbass

    he's saying that this is just like brawl except bad graphics and less characters

  • I think IGN is just being picky...the word I heard him use the most was smash bros not smash up...and common people want a game that's fun not original....well ok people do want originality but seriously if the developers wanted it to be a smash bros clone then don't judge them for that...and I think they were smart putting the turtles in a SB clone because since so many people love SB and TMNT it makes sense...but what kills the game for me is the lack of characters...it is a really fun & addi

  • I think the creators did try just a little to hard trying to get back the old comic book feel..they look ok but some were just bad that it really made the cutscenes look rushed....

  • The cutscenes use art from the ORIGINAL comics. Not the new cartoon, or the last movie, or even the old Archie Comics books from 20 years ago. That they used art modeled after the classic turtles is impressive to me.

  • This is a really good fighting game in my opinoin..sure it's not the 25 years in the making but it's still awseome and this deserves a 8.5 all I ask is that Ubisof makes a sequel with more characters/models, and stages and to all u die hard TMNT fans stop compelling that Krang didn't make it in cause he is..just because if a suit and name change doesn't meen that's not him...and honestly would u rather have the original Krang suit or this Epic new one?

  • this game sucks i want my money back

  • SUPER TEENAGE SMASH TURLES MELEE :)

    

  • Do you guyz know any old TMNT game? I had one on PC when I was younger, and I loved it, I'd like to play it again, it's not this one from the movie, it was one where you fought The Shredder at the ending, could use alot of story characters to play, and I remember you fought some Robot Scientist guy at one point, started the game in the sewer, If anyone knows the game's full name, please let me know

  • Getting this game on friday:) Looks great:D

  • I love me this game!

  • the gameplay was super boring to me....just lots of button mashing. There weren't really special moves but then again the turtles didn't really have special powers....but still couldn't they have given them something??? I played this game for like a half hour....and that was it

  • The cutscenes look pretty bad......

  • Every time I watch an IGN review, I get the feeling that the person narrating has never played or given a shit about a video game.

  • This is the makers of the smas brothers on gamecube right? I dont see why they wouldnt feel the need to borrow from such a great franchise. And they arnt "stealing" ideas if they were the ones to create them in the first place. Why not borrow from a familier concept? Me being a ninja turtle fan i will get this game. They even said this was supposed to feel like a familiar. GJ to the team.

  • It is a surprise developers have not made SSB clones.

  • Im Gonna Get it when i get a wii after a few days Cos i want the bonus characters and the bonus stage

  • the animation cut scences looks like the orginal teenage mutant ninga turtles comic book but with the turtles form newest movie its cool this dumb fuck doesnt know what hes talking about

  • If they thought the cut scenes were "bad art" they clearly never read any of the comics

  • Smash bros: OVERATED. TMNT Smash Up: Requires skills and effort to beat your enemy or friend which is refreashing then just waiting for your friend or enemy to lose in Smash bros. cause he's a noob..

  • @Dragzilla66 You obviously suck in super smash brothers if your saying that.

  • @unicasatan I'll kick you ass in brawl bitch..

  • @Dragzilla66 Maybe but i doubt it. lol

  • @unicasatan Whatever you say..

  • @Dragzilla66 Extremely sloppy points, and I can tell you're a fanboy. Claiming that TMNT Smash Up requires skill and effort, while Smash Bros doesn't, is just retarded.

  • @nerftendo005 your retarted dumbshit..

  • @Dragzilla66 You can't come up with any good defense, I rest my case.

  • @nerftendo005 Yeah and your just a jewish hater.. (Bitch)

  • @Dragzilla66 Stupid racist. Come back to me once you've come up with something meaningful to say.

  • @nerftendo005 Pff..Loser.

  • I will stick to old Turtle games. Also, Smash Bros. is good, but I will stick to Melee instead of Brawl. Thank you for the review, and now I am able to save more money for my car insurance! <(^-^ )

  • @DracoFox Switch it to Geico.

  • hey i made this youtube account to review games. please check it out, thanks

  • Come on how are the cut scenes bad their not supposed to be graphical cut-scenes they look like the comics their cool I would at least give it a 8

  • Everyone Shut Up! I Think This Game Is Better Then SSBB

  • @gawee08 why?

  • @gawee08 Much agreed.

  • this was just a comparision, not a review, every second of the video he talked about smash brothers, what a shitty review

  • @charly234567 What do you expect? I'm sure if a game copied the entire God of War game system and swapped the characters and scenery, people'd bitch about it being the same as GoW as well.

  • @SakuraAvalon yeah, but smash up its made by the same guys of smash bros... it isnt actually a copy of it...

  • I hate this game, complete waste of $30.

  • @pokesnorlax1 ill buy it :)

  • @megaboomface I guess I said it bad, but if you are looking for a button masher, thuis succeds. (really) at least the graphics are =good!

  • it is better than this guy says because unlike smash bros the wiimote and nunchuk actually work and the cut scenes are ment to look like the old comic books and the levels are tiered which is cool and the combat system works fairly well and getting characters are easier to get you forgot about these things IGNorant fool

  • @wheelman298 I'd say that the comic scenes only work for DEEP fans of TMNT, and won't appeal to more casual/ newer fans of the series.

  • @wheelman298 what do u mean by "because unlike smash bros the wiimote and nunchuk actually work" brawl doesn't use motion controls, and if you are talking about plain button pressing of wiimote and nunchuk than ur still wrong, they work perfectly in brawl. but i do agree that this review is BS, it should be reviewed as a game instead of a comparison test.

  • i like ign but sometimes they just suck but still they get paid they do it

  • i loved playing the rabbids in this, but id take brawl anyday

  • OH MY GOD,they copy nitendo to many times!sega had sonic all star racing,madascar did kartz racing,crash did a copy of mario kart and mario party(dont know the names)and now this!all i know is nintendo did it first and still does it RIGHT!Super smash brawl pwns this game down to hell.but this game is still fun though,and its really for TNMT fans.i give it a 7.8!

  • @conkerN6428 -.- to me crash team racing did a much better job of making a good kart racer than mario kart ever will... but anyway never really liked the tmnt games and i dont really think there are that many tmnt fans left, just cause its lost its spotlight and is barely talked about

  • I love the game and I like this review. I agree with most of his statements. But to say cut scenes are awful is completely IGNORANT. This is the art (inspired) from original B&W TMNT comic by Eastman and Laird and I really enjoyed it a lot. The game is obviously intended for TMNT fans that can appreciate small gems like this.

  • it definently aint so bad

  • ok guys, really, stop ranting about this review. i'm sure there's a reason why this game has been getting generally similar, if not more negative, reviews. in fact, based on everything that i have seen and heard (quite a bit, actually), this review looks pretty accurate to me.

    kwing's review doesn't count, becuase he often gives positive reviews to bad games, like g.i. joe. and don't say that game isn't bad, because it IS. i don't give a crap about anything he says about any game, anymore.

  • at least he didn't say 'wheres krang?'. he's so in that game!

    granted he has a different name, but that's so obviously krang!

  • i think its a good review.. its real

  • it makes me cry!

  • this game is great not as bad as everyone says it is.

  • @Eiko523

    Yeah, it actually looks pretty nice, much better than this stupid ass biased IGN review is giving it credit for. The IGN review is almost as one-sided, lackluster, and ignorant as the Irate Gamer!

  • @crazyfooInc IGN does great reviews. You dumbasses just like to troll them too much to gain attention, only proving how ignorant you sad fucks are.

  • @theguyyouate6

    Then you must be blind; most all gaming review outlets, MOST DEFINITELY IGN, give lackluster reviews to games that deserve more, and rate games higher when they receive cash to. Read up on how the system works, and then insult me if you still feel you have a point.

  • @crazyfooInc one thing how do you know IGN gets paid from developers you have no proof to back it up

  • @theguyyouate6 except for gt psp , he''s review suck becuase he thinks that gt psp is not as good as the other ones

  • @MrPs2masters gt psp? You mean psp go?

  • Cheaper SSBB? BOOOOOO!!!!!

  • Also this was on PS2 which Mean if your a PS2 Owner and Nothing Else. THIS IS ORIGNAL

  • Lol not cheaper lol

  • i actually want this game it looks good and orginal one of the main characters i wanna play as is leo and the foot ninja

  • No Zero Suit April? :-(

  • I know right?

  • brawl rip-off

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  • tmnt smash up was fun

  • They're comic book cutscenes! IGN are being ignorent again!

  • smash bros smash bros smash bros; stop babbling about smash bros and give us a review insteed! retard

  • This game was disappointing. The best thing about it was Jim Lawsons' cut-scenes. I think if Ubisoft gets around to making a sequel, it could be alot better. But I doubt they will.

  • what mode in Brawl lets you take two characters and play tag-team? Which game has the better online and has TOURNAMENTS online? Yea, it has it's shortcomings, but TMNT smash up is a pretty deep fighter, you probably looked at it, saw that it was made by the same company that made brawl, and wrote this review. No, i'm not a fanboy, but this game derserves more then a seven.

  • yeah! i agree with you

  • @fatmanrock44 Your right. It deserves a 7.0 =)

  • @demonnogo

    I think it should get an 8.0 AT LEAST. It's good, and has it's moments.

  • @fatmanrock44 Oh please IGN sucks. They gave the crystal bearers a friggin 5.5. WTF.

  • @demonnogo

    REALLY? I bet if Uncharted 2 wasn't as good as the first, they'll give it a friggin 5.0, even if the original game got a 8.9, and the game was great.

  • also, I forgot this, how is how you play similar to a game? You don't see people comparing brawl to mario kart wii because they use the same controllers. Fucking Dumbass fanboy.

  • @fatmanrock44 Well your right about that. But its made by the same team so technically its not copying so the reviewer fails.PlusI'm glad its like ssbb. I need a new ssbb =)

    It deserves like an 8.5 at least.

  • @demonnogo

    Yea, it's kinda boring just playing as friggin sonic, snake, samus or mario. I WANNA PLAY AS LEONARDO!

  • @fatmanrock44 I wanna play as Sora..or the boy and his blob dude..or or or ummm idk >.>

  • Good point, and the health bars for this game makes it even more original, so you don't go 21 mph off the screen from a little hit.

    If I had to compare which game is better, my head would explode :O

  • @krystalklear

    Brawl is better, but this has health bars so you don't fly 50mph from a punch, interesting characters that have a strong balence. Also, IGNorant game reviewer, no game is original. Everything copies something. Stop saying this is a direct copy of smash, because that's like saying brawl is a copy of melee, which is a copy or the original.

  • @fatmanrock not to mention that this game was MADE by the brawl team, and was licensed by ubisoft.

  • umm.. dont say it is not a copy of smash bros.. cuz it IS

  • @david

    What's wrong with that? It's made by the same people who made brawl, and published by Ubisoft. It's nice, and since I don't have brawl, it's a nice, $30 version.

  • ok, guys, really, stop ranting about this review. i'm sure there's a reason why this game has been getting generally similar, if not more negative, reviews. in fact, i have seen and heard quite a bit about this game, and based on that, i think this review looks pretty accurate.

    i do admit that ign is very unprofessional, and they pretty much suck, overall, but this is not one of their bad reviews. if you want to see one of their bad reviews, then check out their review of cod4: reflex edition

  • @fatmanrock44

    1. In ssb you can also turn on HP.

    2. Saying brawl is a copy of melee is just retarded.

  • @fatmanrock44 You're missing the point. This is a TERRIBLE version of Smash Bros, and it's not available on any console except the Wii, which already got Brawl A YEAR EARLIER. Besides, Brawl has an excuse for being a "direct copy" of Melee, they're in the same franchise.

  • @fatmanrock44 No, Brawl has brand new features that Brawl didn't, such as online play, that enhance it and make it better than Melee. Same goes with Melee and the original. TMNT: Smash Up, on the other hand, is just Brawl with a crappy character selection.

  • @fatmanrock44 Well even though games all take elements from something, its pretty obvious if you play Super Smash and this game the simularitys are big and to me this is Super Smash TMNNT.

  • @fatmanrock44

    eeh no. Brawl is a SEQUEL to Melee. no game is original? everything copies something? then by your own words there HAS to be original games or there was nothing to copy :P

    just look at Nintendo with all the original games, ways to play and game concepts they created since 1981 to see what i mean.

    simply the concept of 'jumping over a pit' has to come from somewhere. and that idea was original for that first game that used it.

  • @fatmanrock44 there is a difference between a copy and a sequel.. just saying

  • The guys that made Brawl also made this, keep that in mind before you start talking about it being a rip-off of brawl. To me I think this is like a prototype. They want to see if it has what it takes to hook people in, and when they do that they will make a second one that will fix different problems.

  • @ledroc94 this is suck a ripe off of the other guys post... fucking bullshit

  • god this guy knows nothing of the tmnt those so called "draft cut scenes you talk about" are actualy supoased to look like the comic books but hell you probably never even read the comics so get your facts strait come back next time and maby just maby youll have a decent review rather than this hunk of crap.

  • @allwalledup

    yea i agree with you, its from the comics and as people said below it cant be a clone if it was made by the same developers. this guy sucks at reviewing, all he talks about is brawl brawl brawl. i luv brawl to and i own it but im not the one covering up the up sides to tmnt smash up with brawl

  • Well, you can't spell ignorance without IGN.

  • haha ya.

  • LOL, that's funny.

  • @KrystalKlear20 OMFG i never thought of that thats halirous

  • 0:27 That's not shameless.  That's awesome!

  • i thot the comic-like cutscenes looked cool. kinda like how i like crackdowns graphics cuz they looks comicey

  • why are they saying clone this clone that. its made by the same freakin developer's. so how can he or anyone complain. this game looks good. im dissapointed in the character designs. casey jones is gay and so is april. i like the stages better than brawl. im a lil pissed this could have been a realistically 3 times better if they just made better decision's on art design,

  • im not letting it cloud my judgement, either. in fact, I'm not really that diehard Smash fan like you are. i like the game, but i don't play it that often, anymore. i just don't see the point in paying an extra $50 for a game that's similar, but slightly inferior. it's like buying cod4 after buying cod6

  • bullshit

    the only difference between this and brawl is that many of the modes and features from brawl are missing, and it has different characters

    other than that, this is the EXACT SAME as brawl. if you have brawl, this game isn't really worth another $50

    and how is the online better than brawl? looks exactly the same to me

  • when I said the character roster was bad, I didn't mean that there wasn't enough characters. the turtle characters feel like clones, because their abilities are similar, and the special moves in this game are REALLY lame

  • but it doesn't change the problem that this game has:

    the game lacks originality, and there's no point in playing when you've got a horrible character roster, and there's a similar, but far superior game out there that you can play

  • At least it's something else I can play instead of Smash Bros.

  • Good points about the game:

    Great online (better than SSBB).

    Great Bonus content.

    Characters feel more unqiue.

    And those rabbids are awesome.

  • @RyuGoomba RABBIDS?

    DAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

  • So what if it's a Smash bros. clone. A lot of people want to see other characters in SSB games, and this almost sort of grants their wish, even if it isn't against Mario or Link.

    And BTW, the comic book art is NOT as bad as the reviewer makes it sound. It looks just like the actual TMNT comic books, which he probably never read. It's a lot better than JLH The Flash, that's for sure.

    But I've never actually played the game yet, so I don't know if I'll like or hate it.

  • yeah, but nobody is willing to pay an extra $50 for a Smash Bros. clone

  • People who complain about the rights being bought from Konami to Ubisoft: So what? The turtle games by Konami were good, but didn't bring the shine the arcade games had. Ubisoft is really trying to bring the shine back. You have to admit this game is good. At least give them a chance.

  • what's the point when you can play the far superior Super Smash Bros. Brawl?

  • @SexxyAmberii

    How sad......

  • I hope this game sells poorly so Konami gets license back from fucking Ubisoft up John Cina's ass (donkey).... I like every single Konami ninja turtles game, and maybe I kinda like Ubisoft, but Konami does much better job! Vannila Ice- Ninja Rap LMAO!

  • This guy is like Cammie Dunaway fromE3, so retarded

  • I got this game before Brawl and it's pretty dissaponting, but I like it...

  • IGN, You Dont know Shit about TMNT Smash up! That Game was 8.3/10

  • @Shayanrozikamrans I agree. This game deserves at least an 8/10.

  • @Shayanrozikamrans hey they said it was decent and i agree

  • this guy doesnt know shit about games

  • i wish ubisoft never bought the rights to tmnt games

  • I was hoping for a TMNT Super Smash Bros. Brawl type game and I got it. This is really sweet, and IGN doesn't know jack shit.

  • I swear if he says "Smash Brothers" one more time I'll hunt him down and shove a pencil in his eye like the Joker.