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Action Figures - During
the run of the 1987 cartoon, Playmates Toys produced
hundreds of TMNT action figures, along with vehicles, play
sets, and accessories, becoming one of the top collectibles
for children.
Video Games - The first Famicom/NES TMNT game was the
single-player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, released
by Konami/Ultra in 1989.
Also released by Konami in
1989 was the first TMNT arcade game, also titled simply
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
As the video game
series progressed, programmers began to incorporate unique
signature moves for each Turtle, as well as game features
such as "Versus mode" and "Time Attack mode." When the Ninja
Turtles' popularity began to decline in the mid-nineties,
the video games changed direction. Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles: Tournament Fighters was released as a
one-on-one fighting game.
Konami also acquired the
license to adapt the 2003 animated series into a video game
franchise, resulting in a new series of games with the same
button mashing gameplay as the old TMNT "beat 'em ups."
In 2006, Ubisoft acquired
the rights of TMNT games, beginning with a a game based on
the 2007 animated feature film. |
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