{"id":134742,"date":"2023-09-12T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-155095"},"modified":"2023-09-12T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:00:00","slug":"talking-point-which-classic-cartoons-deserve-the-shredders-revenge-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/12\/talking-point-which-classic-cartoons-deserve-the-shredders-revenge-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: Which Classic Cartoons Deserve The Shredder&#8217;s Revenge Treatment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ace926675791a\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ace926675791a\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Classic Cartoons Shredder's Revenge Treatment\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ace926675791a\/classic-cartoons-shredders-revenge-treatment.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ace926675791a\/classic-cartoons-shredders-revenge-treatment.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Classic Cartoons Shredder's Revenge Treatment\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We have been back on something of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_shredders_revenge\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder&#8217;s Revenge<\/a> kick recently thanks to the release of the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_shredders_revenge_-_dimension_shellshock\">Dimension Shellshock<\/a> DLC. The heroes in a half shell are firmly back in our hearts thanks to developer Tribute Games and, after a recent interview from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@XboxExpansionPass\">Xbox Expansion Pass<\/a> with the game&#8217;s narrative designer, Yannic Belzil, it seems that there is a chance we might see the studio take on a franchise other than the Turtles in the future.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about what the future holds for Tribute Games following the DLC&#8217;s release, Belzil commented that there is nothing currently in the works. That being said, he did note that the studio has been approached with offers to tackle something different:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The game has made it so that there is interest. Some people have knocked on our door and they have expressed an interest, [asking], &#8220;will you do a Shredder&#8217;s Revenge for our characters and our franchise?&#8221; And, depending on the characters or the franchise, that could be really, really interesting. But, that&#8217;s still up in the air. We&#8217;ll see what happens. I would love to do it and I feel like a lot of us are stoked to do it, but we&#8217;ll see what makes sense for us as a company.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see what makes sense for us next. If it&#8217;s more Turtles, then it&#8217;s more Turtles, and I would love it. If it&#8217;s something else, then hopefully it will be exciting, so we&#8217;ll see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s hardly concrete proof of more to come, but it does show that there is a chance that other franchises might get the retro-inspired facelift that we have seen with TMNT \u2014 heck, we&#8217;re already seeing <strong>G.I Joe<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/08\/g-i-joe-gets-the-streets-of-rage-treatment-in-brand-new-arcade-style-brawler\">moving in the same direction<\/a> under Maple Powered Games \u2014 and where there&#8217;s a chance, there&#8217;s room for speculation.<\/p>\n<p>And so, we thought that we would throw a few names into the ring and see if any of them stick. We have tried to keep things restricted to &#8216;classic cartoons&#8217; in this instance \u2014 basically anything from the original Turtles animated series era \u2014 though, of course, there is no guarantee that prospective developers would be faced with the same time period.<\/p>\n<p>So, grab another quarter and check out what we&#8217;d like to see get the Shredder&#8217;s Revenge treatment next.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/retro\/related-articles:154888 @ 2023-09-13T03:07:45+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>The Simpsons<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"The Simpsons\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/41c03a2460a50\/the-simpsons.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/41c03a2460a50\/the-simpsons.900x.jpg\" alt=\"The Simpsons\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: 20th Television<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This one&#8217;s a no-brainer, right? Tribute has already brought one of the all-time great arcade beat-em-up franchises into the modern day, so why not let lightning strike twice?<\/p>\n<p>If Turtles was up your street, then <strong>The Simpsons<\/strong> arcade would be bound to follow suit. It&#8217;s another frantic beat-em-up so there is every chance that the developer would want to move a little further away from past projects, but if it ain&#8217;t broke don&#8217;t fix it, right? What&#8217;s more, unless you happen to live close to an arcade, Konami&#8217;s Springfield-set brawler is a rather hard doughnut to get your hands on these days.<\/p>\n<p>The thought of seeing Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa in crisp, updated pixel art is a sales pitch alone, and with some quality multi-player and sweet new animations in tow, this would really be a beauty.<\/p>\n<h2>X-Men<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"X-Men\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/18b8083f5830a\/x-men.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTEyIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"512\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/18b8083f5830a\/x-men.900x.jpg\" alt=\"X-Men\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Marvel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While we&#8217;re on classic beat-em-ups getting a modern facelift, let&#8217;s throw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/arcade\/x-men\">X-Men<\/a>&#8216;s 1992 Arcade title in the mix, too. Based on the 1989 cartoon, this cabinet saw you taking on the role of Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus or Dazzler as you set out on a mission to bring down Magneto.<\/p>\n<p>It has all of the rapid action that we saw from Shredder&#8217;s Revenge and the comics have left plenty of room for a reboot to go in a whole new direction, story-wise \u2014 what we&#8217;d give for a <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/events\/251\/house_of_m\">House of M<\/a><\/strong>-inspired plot&#8230; Top this off with a handful of DLC characters like Beast, Gambit and Iceman in future waves and we&#8217;d really be onto a winner.<\/p>\n<h2>Ghostbusters<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Ghostbusters\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6de3890361c97\/ghostbusters.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6de3890361c97\/ghostbusters.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Ghostbusters\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: DIC Enterprises<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Real Ghostbusters arcade cabinet is a little more <em>shooty<\/em> than the fisticuffs combat of the others on the list, but who says that we shouldn&#8217;t mix things up a little?<\/p>\n<p>We can picture the members of the Ghostbusters team brilliantly realised in popping pixel art with some comedy idle animations and a retro-inspired soundtrack thrown in for good measure. Of course, the number of members in the Ghostbustin&#8217; family has grown substantially since the original game was released in 1987, so with the addition of the <strong>Afterlife<\/strong> newbies, some six-player co-op would be a very attractive prospect indeed.<\/p>\n<h2>Transformers<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Transformers\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/897dbe923afcd\/transformers.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/897dbe923afcd\/transformers.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Transformers\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Marvel Productions \/ Sunbow Productions<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What if the Autobots rolled straight into a brawler? Double press in a direction to turn into a vehicle for a quick movement boost. Choose between long-range weapon attacks and close-quarters punch-ups. Take on Decepticon bosses at the end of each level before ultimately facing off against Megatron in the final battle. This stuff writes itself!<\/p>\n<p>The beat-em-up genre might be a bit too large of a leap for this classic cartoon, but who says that developer needs to stay in the same ballpark? An action platformer across Cybertron? A speedy racer with a crisp retro-inspired visual style? PlatinumGames have already proved that the Autobots can work in an action game with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps3\/transformers_devastation\" class=\"external\">Transformers: Devastation<\/a>. But otherwise, good Transformers games are pretty hard to come by. We wouldn&#8217;t be picky about what this one could have in store.<\/p>\n<h2>He-Man<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"He-Man\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5468db7852dd5\/he-man.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5468db7852dd5\/he-man.900x.jpg\" alt=\"He-Man\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Filmation Associates<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By the power of Grayskull, indeed. Much like Turtles, He-Man is stacked with characters who could each provide a unique fighting style and combos. Aside from the obvious ones of He-Man, She-Ra and Man-At-Arms, there would be plenty of weird and wonderful fighters to pull from to keep the roster going such as Fisto, Stratos or Mekaneck \u2014 gosh, those names really were something, huh?<\/p>\n<p>There have been Masters of the Universe video games before, but none of them are <em>that<\/em> good \u2014 and none are brawlers, weirdly! There&#8217;s <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freegameplanet.com\/he-man-the-beat-em-up-download-game\/\">a free fan-made game<\/a> you can check out online, and we think that serves as a pretty spectacular basis.<\/p>\n<h2>ThunderCats<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"ThunderCats\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/37c9843630180\/thundercats.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/37c9843630180\/thundercats.900x.jpg\" alt=\"ThunderCats\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Rankin\/Bass Animated Entertainment<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ThunderCats might not have quite the recognisable pull today that the likes of the Turtles still muster, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that these cool cats are out of the running for a video game adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>Lion-O and Co. haven&#8217;t graced the video game world since 2012&#8217;s pretty terrible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/thundercats\">ThunderCats<\/a> for the DS, so it makes sense that any prospective developer might be slightly afraid to take this one on. However, the colourful cast of characters, potential for some slick combat and enough public knowledge out there to make the IP feel truly &#8220;retro&#8221; means that this one could be a banger \u2014 if handled with care&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Batman<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Batman: The Animated Series\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6849870b43651\/batman-the-animated-series.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6849870b43651\/batman-the-animated-series.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Batman: The Animated Series\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Warner Bros. Animation<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ll finish off with Mr. Vengence himself. The SNES&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/batman_returns\">Batman Returns<\/a> is a pretty underrated old-school beat &#8217;em up if you ask us, and we would love to see something of a similar style come back and get the respect that it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>One of the neat features of Shredder&#8217;s Revenge is the sheer number of character skins available now, and Batman has enough of them to last a good few DLC packages down the line. You could choose to dress the Caped Crusader in the style of West, Clooney, Bale, Pattinson and more, and the same applies to a host of allies and villains too.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d be hesitant to call this an &#8216;open goal&#8217;, but a well-made Batman beat &#8217;em up seems as good of a shout as any.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Do any of our suggestions sound pixel-perfect to you? Are there any that we have missed? <em>Fill out the following poll to let us know what you would most like to see and then take to the comments to tell us of any more.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-which-classic-cartoon-deserves-to-get-the-shredders-revenge-treatment-next\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_classic_cartoon_deserves_to_get_the_shredders_revenge_treatment_next\" data-id=\"8119\" data-question=\"Which classic cartoon deserves to get the Shredder's Revenge treatment next?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Which classic cartoon deserves to get the Shredder's Revenge treatment next?\">Which classic cartoon deserves to get the Shredder&#8217;s Revenge treatment next? (1,115 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">The Simpsons<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"365 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"33\"><span class=\"val\">33<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">X-Men<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"221 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"20\"><span class=\"val\">20<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Ghostbusters<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"55 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"5\"><span class=\"val\">5<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Transformers<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"64 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"6\"><span class=\"val\">6<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">He-Man<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"171 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"15\"><span class=\"val\">15<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">ThunderCats<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"101 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"9\"><span class=\"val\">9<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Batman<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"79 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"7\"><span class=\"val\">7<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">Other (comment below)<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"59 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"5\"><span class=\"val\">5<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life We have been back on something of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder&#8217;s Revenge kick recently thanks to the release of the excellent Dimension Shellshock DLC. The heroes in a half shell are firmly back in our hearts thanks to developer Tribute Games and, after a recent interview from Xbox Expansion Pass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}