Is Rocksteady Working on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game?
Rocksteady has quickly grown fame as a developer. After one game on the PS2, the London developer that put out Batman: Arkham Asylum, showed players what it’s like to kick ass as Batman. Just a few months ago, they released Arkham City, a sequel that’s won everyone over. You’re probably wondering what Rocksteady’s up to now, right? They have expressed the desire to create more Batman games, but what if they went with another comic book first?
Co-Optimus is reporting that Rocksteady could be working on a game based on–wait for it…the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Here’s what they’ve been told:
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Crisis is the alleged name of the title.
- Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo are the four playable characters, each with their own varied move set and weapon of choice (sword, bo staff, sai, and nunchucku…respectively).
- Flashbacks are played as Master Splinter/Hamato Yoshi.
- Shurikens, smoke bombs, grappling hooks, and climbing foot spikes.
- Gameplay and story/stage progression similar to Batman: Arkham City.
- Classic characters such as Bebop and Rocksteady (warthog and rhinoceros), Dr. Baxter Stockman, Shredder (Oroku Saki), and Krang act as bosses and in the case of the humans-turned-mutants, you fight them in both forms throughout the story.
- The Turtle Van and Turtle Blimp will be present and with them and other gadgets, the Wii U build is expected to have touch screen controls for specific actions.
- Multiplayer is unknown.
- Graphics engine used is that of Arkham City.
- The game is expected to be more dark than slapstick, but the turtles themselves and their interactions with the Foot Clan, bosses, and story characters like April O’Neil and Casey Jones will still have comedy attached.
- Purportedly being in development for Wii U, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
A lot of this may sound silly on paper, but if anyone could make the Heroes in a Half Shell badass, it’d be Rocksteady.
