Nickelodeon Shells Out New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Dark Horizons’ Game

In antic­i­pa­tion of the upcom­ing CGI reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur­tles, Nick­elodeon just released this turt­ley awe­some Flash game (come on, what’s  a TMNT-related news item with­out a tur­tle pun?) called  Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur­tles: Dark Hori­zons .

It’s a side-scrolling beat ‘em up sim­i­lar to the style of the old TMNT arcade games, if you remem­ber those, that lets you play as your favorite tur­tle: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello or Michae­lan­gelo. I love the added char­ac­ter descrip­tions, which give us a glimpse into what the char­ac­ters will be like on the new show:

Leonardo: Brave, deter­mined and dri­ven. Mature and a nat­ural leader. Loves the sci-fi adven­ture series “Space Heroes.”

Raphael: Tough, fear­less and a brawler. Fiercely loyal to his broth­ers. Has a pet tur­tle named “Spike.”

Donatello: Bril­liant, detail-oriented and focused. A curi­ous and intel­lec­tual inven­tor. Makes all the gad­gets and weapons for the team.

Michae­lan­gelo: Enthu­si­as­tic, pos­i­tive and adapt­able. Extremely cre­ative and goes with the flow. Loves pop cul­ture and yearns to be a part of the real world.

The con­trols are sim­ple but not overly so — in addi­tion to your stan­dard move left/right, up to jump and space bar to attack, you can dash, climb walls, and throw shurikens. I played through a cou­ple of lev­els as Raphael and Donatello (my go-to Tur­tles for most TMNT games) and had a blast.

The real rea­son to play this game, though, is for the the included sneak peaks of the upcom­ing show.

Here’re a cou­ple of screen caps:

You can play Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur­tles: Dark Hori­zons right here .

Update: The new  Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur­tles show will pre­miere Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 29th at 11:00 AM in a spe­cial 2-episode pre­miere on Nickelodeon.

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