Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2013 video game)
{{Short description|2013 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
|image = TMNT 2013 Game.jpg
|caption =
|developer = Magic Pockets
|director =
|producer = Xavier Marot
|programmer= François Maingaud
|designer = Philippe Tesson
|engine =
|writer = Brandon Auman
|publisher = Activision
|series = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
|composer = Jeff Broadbent
|platforms = Nintendo 3DS,{{cite web|title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|url=https://www.activision.com/games/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-kids-page|website=Activision|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104213119/https://www.activision.com/games/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-kids-page|archivedate=4 November 2013|url-status=dead|accessdate=26 May 2024}} Wii, Xbox 360
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|22 October 2013|AU|23 October 2013 (Nintendo 3DS and Xbox 360)|EU|25 October 2013}}
|genre = Beat 'em up
|modes = Single-player
}}
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2013 video game published by Activision and developed by Magic Pockets, based on the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series. It was the first video game to be based on the Nickelodeon show, featuring several villains from the show's first season. The digital versions of the game, alongside other Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games published by Activision, were pulled from all digital storefronts in January 2017 as they chose not to renew the license.
The Nintendo 3DS version was later bundled on a single cartridge with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze and was released as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Master Splinter's Training Pack on November 3, 2015, by Abstraction Games.{{cite web|title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Master Splinter's Training Pack for Nintendo 3DS - Nintendo Game Details|url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/oKHyw6H7oXXt9cFvTeQgpad-Xnyzx_pq|website=Nintendo|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306235024/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/oKHyw6H7oXXt9cFvTeQgpad-Xnyzx_pq|archivedate=6 March 2016|url-status=dead|accessdate=26 May 2024}}
Reception
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| MC = (3DS) 50/100{{cite web|title=Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles critic reviews (3DS)|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/nickelodeon-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418215111/https://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/nickelodeon-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles|archivedate=18 April 2023|url-status=live|accessdate=26 May 2024}}
(X360) 25/100{{cite web|title=Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles critic reviews (X360)|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/nickelodeon-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418215119/https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/nickelodeon-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles|archivedate=18 April 2023|url-status=live|accessdate=26 May 2024}}
| IGN = (3DS) 5/10{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Scott|date=30 October 2013|title=Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Review|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/30/nickelodeons-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-review|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418052117/https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/30/nickelodeons-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-review|archivedate=18 April 2023|url-status=live|accessdate=26 May 2024}}
| NLife = (3DS) {{Rating|5|10}}{{cite web|last=Plant|first=Gaz|date=16 November 2013|title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Review (3DS)|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles|website=Nintendo Life|publisher=Hookshot Media|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930122028/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles|archivedate=30 September 2023|url-status=live|accessdate=26 May 2024}}
| OXMUK = (X360) 1/10{{cite magazine|title=Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|magazine=Official Xbox Magazine UK|publisher=Future plc|issue=105|date=December 2013|page=107}}
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The game was given generally unfavorable reviews by critics and fans. The Xbox 360 version received very bad scores due to poor graphics, performance, and gameplay.
The Nintendo 3DS version received slightly better review scores in regards to its graphics on the system, but was still criticized for repetitive and uninspired gameplay. Scott Thompson, in his IGN review of the 3DS version, felt that while it had the same "strong writing and characterization of the Nickelodeon show", the gameplay was simply too short and repetitive to keep the interest of either younger or older players. He concluded though it was "decent choice for kids" the game didn't do enough to "cater to the show’s wide audience."
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