{"id":136211,"date":"2026-02-24T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197835"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:00:00","slug":"tmnt-splintered-fates-new-dlc-adds-another-fighter-to-the-roguelike-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/24\/tmnt-splintered-fates-new-dlc-adds-another-fighter-to-the-roguelike-action\/","title":{"rendered":"TMNT: Splintered Fate&#8217;s New DLC Adds Another Fighter To The Roguelike Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5ae28bc769ae1\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5ae28bc769ae1\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5ae28bc769ae1\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"xk2tcyaLU9o\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xk2tcyaLU9o?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Super Evil Megacorp has continued to support its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hades\">Hades<\/a>-inspired roguelike, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_splintered_fate\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate<\/a>, ever since it first arrived on Switch back in 2024. We&#8217;ve already seen new fighters and game modes get in on the action since launch, and today, the team has revealed that it has even more in store for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Splintered Fate&#8217;s first DLC of the year is out right now, adding the assassin mutant fox, Alopex, as a playable character. This newbie looks like a pretty nimble fighter, packing a punch at close range with her kama main weapon and dealing explosive damage with throwable kunai.<\/p>\n<p>The paid DLC also includes five new artifacts, letting you add extra modifiers to your runs. Here&#8217;s a list of each of them, and a brief description of what they&#8217;re all about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Polar Bear Netsuke<\/em>&#8211; Every 10 seconds, Final Strike will throw out a line of flames. Cooldown is halved under half health.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Maltese Hamster<\/em> &#8211; Your Tool charges slower, but deals extra Damage.<\/li>\n<li><em>Channel Six Mini Camera<\/em> &#8211; Your Special charges slower, but deals extra damage.<\/li>\n<li><em>Hot Cocoa (with Marshmallows)<\/em> &#8211; You have -1 dash. When you dash, gain a burst of movement speed.<\/li>\n<li><em>Buddy the Wraith<\/em> &#8211; You have an allied Utrom Wraith, which levels up and evolves over a run<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Super Evil Megacorp<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s not all paid extras, mind you. The dev has also released a free update today, which adds four challenging new &#8216;Pepper Runs&#8217; to Arcade Mode, a Ninja Ranks prestige system, new combat rooms in the main campaign&#8217;s Sewers, Docks, Streets, and Rooftops locales, and a slew of balancing tweaks.<\/p>\n<div>It all adds to a game which, while perfectly fun at launch, always felt like it was sitting in Hades&#8217; shadow. &#8220;Despite the power of the IP and a co-op addition,&#8221; we said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-splintered-fate\">our review<\/a>, &#8220;it doesn&#8217;t pack enough of a punch to avoid unfavourable comparisons to Supergiant&#8217;s classic and constantly feels like it&#8217;s on the back foot because of it&#8221;.<\/div>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/switch-eshop\/related-articles:168762,195032 @ 1771977630 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be checking out this Splintered Fate DLC? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Super Evil Megacorp has continued to support its Hades-inspired roguelike, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, ever since it first arrived on Switch back in 2024. We&#8217;ve already seen new fighters and game modes get in on the action since launch, and today, the team has revealed that it has even more in [&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-136211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136211","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=136211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}