PrinceWatercress plays Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus (GBA) - Part 19 of 25

We've done one long, hard stage. After playing around on the hoverboard, however, we'll have to do another.

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New York 2

Turtles required for this stage: any

For this one, you'll be playing with the same controls as the futuristic sled stages from the Base. Jump up and take out the top cylinder to destroy the barriers, and be ready to destroy the bikes. You can also destroy the mines here, assuming your shurikens can touch them.

All of the crystals here will be out in the open, so be ready to jump to grab them. They always show up before the barriers.

You'll soon get a health power-up and you'll be fighting bikes that come in from the left. As long as you're quick to destroy them, they should be no problem and they won't be able to throw bombs at you.

Amazingly, there is no boss here; just worry about surviving and getting all ten crystals.

New York 3

Turtles required for this stage: Don, Mikey

Another 35 crystals are here. Hope you're ready to spend a good amount of time in this stage just to get all of them.

Just like in Stage 1, there are square shaped blocks that blend into the wall pretty well, and you'll have to destroy those to get most of the crystals in this stage.

Enter the teleporter to the left and destroy the security nodes without getting zapped by the energy rings that are fired from the things on the ceiling. Drop to the left and sneak past the security droid to get to the next teleporter.

From here, go right, destroy the security nodes while dealing with the conveyor belt (there's two sections like this and they both have conveyor belts) and enter the teleporter. Destroy the security nodes without getting spotted by the security droid. Go back and take the left path. Destroy the security nodes, get in the teleporter, and destroy the nodes you see here without getting spotted. Once the barrier is gone, get the Blue Keycard and get out of there.

Go back to the start and take the teleporter to the right. This takes you to the top. Avoid the security droid on the way to the teleporter on the other side. Destroy the security nodes throughout the left side of this room carefully, then get in the teleporter in the center of the room. Swim to the monitor and activate it, avoiding the jellyfish in the safe spots along the way, and get the Yellow Keycard. Go back, head to the right, destroy the security nodes, and enter the teleporter on the right side of the room. You'll have the Blue and Yellow Keycards, but not the Red, but that is enough to let you get the weapon. Get it and use your weapon to backtrack through the level and destroy the square-shaped blocks in the walls to get crystals. If you're Mikey, you can destroy the blocks next to the teleporters in this room. Use the charge attack to destroy them and crawl to get the crystals that only Mikey can get. If any are to high, you'll need Don and his bo to break them.

Go back to the keycard teleporter room after your backtracking and enter the teleporter that is next to you after you come out of the yellow one. Once again, you'll have to avoid the security lasers or else you'll have to fight two robo-Turtles to continue on. Use the monitor at the top to get rid of the security lasers for good and continue on.

The next room has you swinging around again, and this time, you'll need to jump up for health and the Red Keycard at the beginning. There are also square-shaped blocks in the walls of this room that you will have to destroy to get more crystals, and I end up getting those with Mikey to make things easier. When you reach the teleporter at the top, you'll then be able to enter the red teleporter.

Once you're here, you'll be fighting two robo-Turtles on the first floor whether you like it or not. You'll then fight two more red security droids on the second floor, followed by two more Robo-Turtles on the third floor. You'll then find the hoverboard/sled on the final floor, and you'll use that to exit. Once you beat the stage with Mikey, it'll be time to beat it with Don. If you beat it with Mikey first (which you should), you should have 30 crystals at the end. From there, you can get the last five with Don in the conveyor belt areas.