TMNT (video game)

TMNT
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Developer(s)	Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft Game Factory Interactive Russobit-M
Composer(s)	Cris Velasco Sascha Dikiciyan Nintendo DS: Jake Kaufman
Series	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Engine	Jade engine
Platform(s)	GameCube Nintendo DS PC PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable Wii Xbox 360
Release	NA: March 20, 2007 AU: March 22, 2007 EU: March 23, 2007 Nintendo DS NA: March 20, 2007 EU: March 23, 2007 AU: March 29, 2007 Wii NA: March 13, 2007 EU: March 23, 2007 AU: March 22, 2007 Windows NA: March 20, 2007 EU: March 13, 2007 AU: March 22, 2007
Genre(s)	Action-adventure, Beat em up, Platformer
Mode(s)	Single-player

TMNT is a single-player action-adventure multi-platform action game starring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It is based on the 2007 film of the same name, and was released three days before the actual movie's release for the Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable, as well as for the PC on March 20, 2007.

The gameplay in TMNT contains many acrobatic segments in the vein of another Ubisoft game series, Prince of Persia. The game features 16 levels, 16 story and 16 unlockable challenge levels. The game also features four playable characters, each with their own unique fighting style and abilities. The game encourages cooperative gameplay, as the player will have to use each turtles special abilities to navigate through their environment.

The game's plot is based on the 2007 film TMNT, but is told in the form of a flashback by the Turtles and Splinter.

Unlike the console counterparts, the PSP and DS versions of the game are relatively similar to each other, though each in different ways makes use of the individual system's strengths. Both are based on the same story layout as the console versions, and bring the action to the rooftops in New York in a fast paced acrobatic platformer. The fighting is simplified and less frequent than what is found in the console versions.

Ubisoft secured the rights from Konami, who had produced all the previous TMNT games. The game's creative director Nick Harper said "The TMNT movie is all about the emotions associated with family and teenage angst. We've taken that philosophy and turned it into gameplay mechanics that will be fun and challenging." Ubisoft has stated the focus within the game is "on the four turtle brothers finding out their differences and getting through family problems".