It's been a long time coming, but I finally cover the third TMNT game for the Game Boy...and this time, it's like Metroid!
It's been a year since Shredder was defeated. Three of the Turtles are watching TV when April O'Neil reports a prison break. She is suddenly captured on live TV and the three Turtles head out to save her.
Meanwhile, Michelangelo is returning back with some pizza when he finds out the place is deserted. A sinister voice from the TV tells him if he wants his friends back, then he should come to the abandoned mine at the edge of the city.
Once again, the play style is changed around. All of the turtles have their own special ability, and there's an open-world map. You can access the map at any time by pressing the Select Button, and if there's a dot in any of the room, there's something important there, such as a handy item or a boss battle. You'll also get a hint for that room if one is necessary. You'll also get a password to start where you left off on this screen as well.
You can press Start to switch between Turtles, but right now all you've got is Michelangelo. You'll find the others along the way.
You won't be able to reach every room or get every item right away, as certain areas will require a certain Turtle or item to enter it.
You start out as Michelangelo. Pressing A in mid-air will allow you to use the nunchaku as a helicopter and float down more gently.
Enemies do re-spawn after you scroll the area they show up on off the screen to a certain extent. When you enter the mine, you'll be dealing with Foot Clan ninjas (some of whom will lob bombs at a high angle) and bats that dive at you, but you'll be seeing more as time progresses.
You'll also want to watch out for the boulders that drop down from the ceiling after you get close enough to them.
Just like in the last two games, you can still heal yourself with pizzas. This time around, however, you have three item slots in the lower-right hand corner. If you find a pizza, you an take it with you and use it when you really need it, which works wonders if you're about to die. Sadly, you can only take one pizza with you at any time.
You'll want to start by working your way down and left. You'll eventually find a path leading into a new area with steel plate walls instead of the usual cave walls.
Watch out for the lasers as you drop down. Ladders are weird, since you can't jump up from them (you'll just drop down instead). Instead of using your weapon while on them, you'll throw ninja stars. Too bad you can't use them anywhere else in the game other than ladders.
You'll notice some breakable blocks which you won't be able to destroy until later.
Follow the path and you'll soon meet your first boss: Scratch the Cat. Duck under his ball and chain when he twirls it around, and duck under his claw swipe when he rears his arm back. When he does two hops, jump over him as he runs to the other side of the room. Attack him when you can. When you beat him, you'll regain all your health and you'll get a key.
Head back up a bit and go to the left. Keep going up from here and you'll be able to save Leonardo. You'll now be able to switch between him and Michaelangelo. You can exit this area by going right, but keep in mind that this passageway is one-way, and once the door closes behind you, you won't be able to enter from the other direction.
A slice of pizza will restore some of your health instantly. You'll be able to randomly get them off of enemies.
The robots with the antenna hanging off of them require that you duck in order to hit them.
When you rescue Leonardo and switch to him, you'll find out he shares the same life bar as Michelangelo. Nice going, Konami.
Leonardo will be able to break crushable blocks with his sword. Just hold Down and press A and you'll be able to spin your way down through them. To the right of where you rescued Leonardo is a health upgrade, which completely refills your health and adds two bars to your maximum health.
He can also jump higher Michelangelo, which allows you to reach some new areas.
Just below where you entered the area where you fought Scratch, there's a ladder leading down. Go down it and head right, and use Leonardo's block crushing ability to break the blocks and get the card key. If you take the long way to it, remember to use Michelangelo's helicopter ability to avoid the spikes.
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