I played through the demo. It's fine, but I'm a little thrown off by the perspective. I have 2 girls to play through it with, so that's no problem. I just need a few friends to also get it before I do.

Never played the original Turtles games (except for the XBLA demo). I think this is okay but yes, kind of boring. I'll see if my 8 yr old daughter likes it. If she does, I'll get it. If not, I'll wait until next week to see if they're made Trials more playable and more fun than the PC version -- if I like Trials, then this would be essentially free anyway, if not I might pass on both games.

That's the thing too. I'm a little picky when it comes to the arcade games I buy, and being surrounded by awesomeness is doing TiT (what an acronym) no favors.

Is Shadow Complex next week?

All the information you need is in the 2nd post of this thread [/Shag]

Or two posts above yours.

Or, no, not until the 19th. Trials is next week.

I just beat TMNT on easy . I really like it but I think that is because I was looking for something different out of it then other people. All I wanted was the same game with updated animations and that is pretty much what I got. The "3d" attacking was cool and worked well, the animation was very fluid and looked about as realistic as you are gonna get for a game like this. I think it is fun and enjoy it, and will probably keep playing but will never get 200/200 (look at the achievements there is one I won't get for sure) . This is what I look for when I see 8/16bit updates. All that said this game is not worth 1200points the drop to the 800 and also the fact that I will be getting all Summer of Arcade games and the bonus attached makes this game worth the price tag of 800.

Ok, just beat 'Splosion Man and watched the credits. All I can say is 'what the fuck were these guys on '?

No spoilers, the ending is definitely worth it, although 3-17 can go fuck itself.

Okay what the heck is up with no option to play Turtles in the old style graphics??? The new hd ones suck. I'll stick with my snes cart. Looks like i'll be spending my points on something else

A lot of awesomesauce!

Level 2-6 you pwn me no more! It's taken forever but I just got past it in a blazing time of 25:58! You know I almost made it through my first time through today, but I got zapped while in the upper scientist chamber. When I finally hit that last ! triangle, my heart raced because I was sure I'd miss a jump (oops, a Splode) and fall into acid at the end. My problem on that level was only that I kept getting zapped by unseen flying robots off screen and would die or get thrown onto a fatal trajectory while falling. I kept sploding those fuckers but they just kept coming back. I think making it through is as much about luck as anything else.
You best believe I got me some cake on that level -- ain't no way I'm ever doing that one again!

Finished a run through of Turtles with 2 friends online... it just felt boring. The original TMNT arcade game felt a lot more fun.

Maybe Castle Crashers has spoiled me with the beat em up goodness.

alright, I have to go back and play this level because I don't remember it at all.

*edit N/M - just checked it out on YouTube, that laser part was a bitch.

The Donut Song in full:

Those of you who said that the tough 2-x levels were the hardest part of the game are nuts. 3-14 through 3-17 were definitely the most difficult for me, and I gave up on the final boss after dying about 50 times.

Hopefully I'll go back to it instead of letting it go (the promise of awesome end credits might lure me). I did get all of the cake except in the last 3 levels, so I'll probably go back for that too, even though I weep at the thought.

The final boss is pretty easy once you know what to do:

Last minute notice...the writer/performer of "Donuts, Go Nuts!" (Matt Chaney) will also be calling in for our interview tomorrow. He also did the overall sound design on the game. If you have any donut or sound related questions, apparently he's the guy to go to. (Hope it all comes out ok!)

Yes I have a question. Can I play the Donut song at my wedding ?

BTW : No spoilers on the ending, Superfro! Thanks

It was the first time in the game when I felt that it wasn't just my less-than-perfect timing that was causing my death. Every other frustration point so far could be beaten with timing and concentration -- that one felt like I needed a lot of luck as well. I imagine some made it through on the first attempt because they were quick (which helps) and lucky. Given the near-perfection of the rest of the game, I wonder why they decided to have an endless stream of off-screen flying robots fire lasers at you on this level -- limiting the laser beams to on-screen robots would have been a lot more fair.

To be honest I think the boss battles are kind of disconnected from the game I am wondering if that was on purpose or maybe I am just imagining that .

the fiancee and i are planning on doing a donut tray/cake combo for our wedding, and when i first heard the song i told her we NEEDED to play it at our wedding. She agreed.

Awesome we have been talking about doing something different so that would be perfect because I hate cake.

I was worried about that, but I'm not sure there's going to be a way to keep it from happening. 2 of the guys will be from Twisted Pixel but the other 2 will be from Slackcircus who did all the end game stuff. We'll tiptoe as much as possible but in the end I may just have to preface with a spoiler warning and have everyone be at their own risk.

Question for the TwistedPixel folks: was the cartoon character Freakazoid an inspiration for Splosion Man? I see a lot of similarities there. If not, what were the influences behind the character?