Who would have thought that quartet of wise-cracking, pizza-loving, sewer-dwelling, anthropomorphic turtles who have been instructed in eastern martial arts by an anthropomorphic rat and named after famous renaissance painters would become cultural icons? Pretty bizarre when you really think about it, but pretty fun nonetheless! Ironically, you will actually find more genuine nostalgia in this NEW game than a certain other collection of OLD (and sometimes anachronistic and tangential) TMNT games, frantically released by certain other devs in response to this game in order to shamefully capitalize on the renewed interest in the franchise. Anyway, the pixel art is quite lovely, the levels are creative and full of callbacks to the cartoons, and the moves of the different characters are unique and nuanced enough to be interesting, yet still simple enough to be accessible. But I think my favorite part of this game is finally being able to play as Splinter, April, and Casey: three great characters who deserve a place in the spotlight! This game is a must-play for anyone who is a fan of TMNT or beat-em-ups!