Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants

But Why ThoKyle Foley

65/10

TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants has its moments of fun but needs to have more variety to be truly great. It is worth the price of entry if you just want to mindlessly kill some TMNT-themed enemies, but don’t expect anything revolutionary.

WellPlayedMark Isaacson

6.5/10

As a fan of the Turtle’s arcade roots, I’d happily recommend TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants for a run or two, but despite the new levels the lack of online support and barebones presentation spoils this pizza party.

Hardcore Gamer Chris Shive

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is a decent addition to the collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games. It succeeds by playing it safe. The two original arcade games are regarded as great arcade brawlers in addition to being some of the better Turtles games, and the gameplay of Wrath of the Mutants is heavily patterned after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. Fans of the franchise and genre will undoubtedly enjoy playing through the game once or twice, but outside of collecting all the trophies, there isn't much incentive for repeated playthroughs. T...

XboxEraNick "Shpeshal Nick" Baker

6/10

The more hardcore scrolling beat ’em up fans probably won’t find much substance in Wrath of the Mutants. There’s no real depth or nuance to the combat and it doesn’t seem like the developers have tweaked the gameplay to avoid the difficulty and cheap nature of the arcade original. Arcade games are specifically designed to be difficult and generally cheap in order to take as much money off you as possible. These same traits have seemingly made their way into the console version. Even on easy, I found myself dying fairly frequently. The cardinal sin this game commits is keeping the Game Over sta...

StevivorSteve Wright

6/10

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Wrath of the Mutants is exactly as it’s described, a console and PC port of a 2017 arcade title of the same name (perhaps minus Arcade). Priced at $50 AUD, it’s decidedly for fans of the 2012 iteration of our heroes in a half shell.

Game InformerBrian Shea

5.5/10

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were synonymous with gaming in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, largely thanks to their influence over arcade brawlers. Games like 1989’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (also known as ’89 Arcade) and 1991’s Turtles in Time are time-honored classics that shaped the side-scrolling beat-‘em-up genre, and 2022’s Shredder’s Revenge demonstrated that the style is still viable in the modern landscape. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants clearly takes inspiration from those beloved games, but it falls spectacularly short of those acclaimed titles.

Press StartSteven Impson

5/10

The simple gameplay of Wrath of the Mutants can be enjoyable in the right mood, but don’t expect anything more than a bland and repetitive button masher.

GameSpewRichard Seagrave

5/10

Inspired by Turtles in Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants certainly plays like a blast from the past. After Shredder's Revenge, you'll likely find its gameplay too basic, however, and it fails to impress in other ways, too.

Capsule ComputersTravis Bruno

4.5/10

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants expands on the 2017 arcade game but it’s simple and safe style and lack of replayability leave this brawler best left in the past.

GamingBoltShubhankar Parijat

4/10

Maybe there's some superficial, fleeting fun to be had here, but TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is far too simplistic, straightforward, and shallow to ultimately be anything more than an utterly forgettable disappointment.

TheGamerGeorge Foster

Wrath of the Mutants has some simple arcade enjoyment and represents one of the best TMNT shows, but it's far too short to be worthwhile.

TheSixthAxisAdrian Burrows

3/10

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is almost an insult to side-scrolling beat ‘em ups. Worst of all, despite this being a budget release, it costs more than the fantastic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge from last year. One to avoid like some green ooze on the sidewalk.