Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time JPN (SNES) Subtitled Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Konami's 1992 beat' em up for the Super Famicom, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time.
All in game text has been translated from the original Japanese.
This game has some pretty interesting differences from the US release, the most notable of which is the changes in text. Along with other random changes, all of the bosses now have quotes when they die, as well as then they first appear for a fight. I've translated all of the text in the game - there are a fair number of differences between it and what the original US translation had in it. I hope you enjoy this look at this port from "the other side." Of the Pacific. Not of the time warp.
Thanks to shingodslayer for pointing out a line of dialogue I missed - and sorry for the reupload if you saw the original one with the mistake in it!
Played through on hard with Michaelangelo.
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[@Bloodreign1]

A cousin who passed away a few years ago and I once rented this game and beat it on our first try. We enjoyed the game but felt it went by too fast and was too easy. Fast forward years later, I have a cart only of this, and a boxed Hyperstone Heist, along with the NES trilogy, the first 2 GB titles, and the Genesis, and SNES Tournament Fighters, and I feel quite satisfied with the amount of fun many of these TMNT games provided then, and now. Just a shame he's not here, so we could do another run of this game, and Hyperstone Heist back to back (he never got to play that one sadly).

[@no1run732]

Try running this game without taking a death or even a hit, and suddenly the game will become really difficult. That's my answer to everything, just raise the standard of gameplay like every single game was meant to be no hit and suddenly you have your challenge.

[@youremybiggestfan]

@@no1run732 Nah its not difficult without getting hit. You just need some training kid

[@Samanosuke2727]

Ya can now get every TMNT game on Cowabunga Collection on PC & consoles. I bet ya cousin will be happy in afterlife.

[@TheDemoniusX]

God I love this game. Music,graphics and gameplay. RIP old konami :(

[@Shinigami_Striker]

The Cowabunga Collection is here.

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

When Konami finally lost the license to TMNT after Mutant Nightmare broke my heart, and Ubisoft acquired the rights, then later Nickelodeon. But Cowabunga Collection had Digital Eclipse & Konami team up.

[@NintendoComplete]

There are a fair number of differences between the US and the Japanese versions, so I thought it'd be fun to translate the original, unaltered Japanese game. Hope you find watching it as interesting as I did to make it!

[@BoyBoy-dw6lc]

This is teenage mutant ninja turtles in time subtitled in Japanese

[@CarlosAugusto-ht6jt]

What are the differences?

[@d_valroth]

@@CarlosAugusto-ht6jt Every boss has outtro text, not just Shredder in Technodrome - Let's Kick Shell and Krang in Neon Night Riders. Also most of the dialogue is quite different. The title screen has a different graphic for "Turtles in Time" and it is displayed on the screen differently. The color mode is also Manga/Anime instead of Comic/Cartoon. You can smack Rahzar around after he reverts to a wolf and he wimpers. Shredder doesn't laugh when he appears on all the monitors in the Technodrome, unless the sound was just overridden by the super spin item being in effect. That's what I noticed.

@@d_valroth ALSO, you don't get more lives and continues by raising the difficulty

[@PikangsFutaba]

@@d_valroth The Shredder's laugh was overridden by the spin power-up.

[@Almewsal]

It’s interesting to see that there originally was dialogue before the boss explodes in the Japanese version. It does explain why there would be a pause before an explosion in the English version for some bosses.

[@tralhas]

For us, kids of the 8 bits era this game was a blast! The animation the voices and the absolutely satisfying sound effects of you kicking robots asses... no way to describe the feeling of playing this game for the first time.

[@leonardoyramm1856]

Hell yeah!!! Soooooo true. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@tralhas]

@Juan Vasquez OMFG we've got a genius here.

[@enigmax79]

"i won't stop 'til you are in hell!" savage.

[@lolcowtv4666]

Glad Konami put Slash in the SF/SNES version.

[@alster724]

6:23 I'm gonna mangle you, Green Slimeballs

[@Dorian_Scott]

It's "I'm Going to Mangle you Green Slim-Balls!"

[@Dorian_Scott]

26:41 That's Hardcore!

[@Mechagodzillareturns56]

Thank you for saving me minutes of time.

[@goemonishikawa5611]

1:10 “ヘイ クランゲ！自由の女神を帰せ！この太り過ぎバカ！” “Hey Krang! Bring that statue back, you bloated beanbag!”

[@ROJOyNARANJA]

27:45 A.D. 2020?! THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR & WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE THINGS THEY HAD IN THE GAME

[@figment1988]

Just like 2015 when everyone thought it was gonna be like Back to the Future 2

[@SolCresta3405]

And it turned out to be a very shit year.

[@MVC2fan1]

15:04 My patience is wearing thin. I'm banishing you to the Time Warp from which you will never return.

[@NintendoComplete]

Michael Foster Yeah, Konami's translations were usually pretty quality. Well, after they got away from the early stuff like Metal Gear with, "I feel asleep!"

[@clayisahottie]

Least Metal Head got the joke of his demise.

[@dragonstormx]

I love Shredder is so petty saying that he's no giving the Statue of Liberty back, probably because he's knows stealing it annoyed them so much in the first place.

[@SunStar-lc6sj]

Glad we’re getting this and Tournament Fighters in The Cowabunga Collection. I was hoping they’d add them to the Online service for the Switch but this is even better. Although this version may have lacked/changed a few things from the arcade I appreciate the effort in porting it. I mean in “Skull and Crossbones”, the water and ship are animated here unlike the arcade version. I also noticed that it borrowed a few elements from the first arcade game, like the design of the Technodrome stage and the Roadkill Rodneys.

[@ericfisher9513]

Rat king: first the sewers, then the world Defeated: uh. not even the sewers Aww man I feel bad.....smallest violin will cure my sadness

[@iAPX-86_Forever]

15:04 Curse you, turtles! Enough of this!! My patience has run out. I'm banishing you jerks to a time warp from which you'll never return!!

[@iAPX-86_Forever]

36:58 So, turtles... you've returned. But I'm not giving the statue back!

[@inceptional]

You know, I think this and Streets of Rage 2 are probably thee two best beat em ups of the 16-bit SNES vs Genesis generation. And on some days I think I'd even put this top--SOME days.

[@ryun.8072]

i like how boss has line after beaten to represent ad-libbed in japanese dub of the show

[@micgreenson7308]

COWABUNGA !!

[@darkerfalcon3747]

US quotes will remain the best, because: 1.They are reminiscent to the original Arcade version 2.They stay in-line with the TMNT theme

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

Okay. I've gotta ask. Does anyone else ever remember when throwing them, the foot soldiers smacking into the screen for a moment, before sliding off it? Sometimes the screen would "crack," but not every time. I have this strong memory, but it doesn't seem to be in the game anymore. Now they just disappear instantly. Also, when some of them flip over, upside-down and backwards, it looks very foreign to me. Possible mandela effect? This game offers some residual evidence of mandela effect for the Statue of Liberty being on Ellis Island as well. Look at the pedestal. That's what it looked like on Ellis Island. It doesn't look like that at all now on Liberty Island.

[@NintendoComplete]

SykosymatiK For the cracked glass, are you thinking about the Shredder battle at the end of the Technodrome stage? Or are you thinking of stuff from the arcade version that was left out of the SNES game? Or maybe it's a difference between versions, since this vid is of the Japanese one? Your description also reminds me of the first boss in Battletoads, if that's of any use at all.

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

NintendoComplete It was 100% Turtles in Time. I have a strong bond with all things TMNT. I wouldn't have posted anything without checking all versions. I have no doubt that the foot soldiers would smack face first into the screen, it would happen anytime you threw them towards the screen, and for comedic effect, they would slide down the entire screen. It was coded to have the crack effect randomly, seemingly. I remember looking forward to it, and wondering if there were something I could do to make them crack the screen every time. However, it simply doesn't seem to exist at all in any version I'm aware of. So odd.

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

Also, where are my manners? Thanks for the reply, and great video

[@EmSee360]

SykosymatiK you're maybe thinking of the Xmen game

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

The Markinator I love the original X-men arcade game, too. We have a retro arcade here in Portland with both of these games as well. I trust my memory on this one. I played the SNES version of Turtles in Time numerous times growing up. It's so bizarre, lol.

[@metalcoola]

So boss explosions were added later too, interesting changes, missed "Turtle soup, my favorite" from Super Shredder :)

[@SolCresta3405]

At least now we know what the bosses' defeat quotes are.

[@vampylass3848]

My beloved Mikey is the definition of a true underdog, struggled the hardest, but achieved something that’s greater than him. 💚🧡 🐢🍕# Mikey 4 Life 🐢🍕🧡💚

[@___Runnaz3768]

That Jingle 😩 0:03

[@agustinuszheng588]

"So you have returned, Turtles. But I will never hand over the statue to you!" Super Shredder

[@OnePieceObsessed]

Uwaaaaaa!!!

[@Toomnyusernae]

Great job adding in the translations. I'm sure you know the game like the back of your hand like so many others. Only thing I can offer is that Donnie's special can hit twice making it the strongest and that taking 3 hits floors you.

[@NintendoComplete]

Thanks! And no kidding, I don't recall that, cool. Thinking about it now, i almost never use him for whatever reason.

[@Toomnyusernae]

His attack speed is slowest but he compensates with range. Then again, who cares about using attack strings and jump attacks when you can hit and throw right? A fun broken game.

[@Felipehc188]

5:00 What happened to "This cave is creepy."!?

[@elsamuh]

We don't need subtitles, just beat'em up. 😂😂

[@ladyupscale76]

i found out that green apple 3am is a remix of the tmnt theme

[@conradoa.garciajr.5968]

I like the original comic color of the TMNT Characters Rather than The Original Animation Color

[@leonardoyramm1856]

Cool colors right

[@vincently1995]

#TurtlePower

[@andrewheard3099]

Is it worth picking up the Super Famicom version of this game? I'm sure as hell not affording the NA one.

[@d33f2]

There is very little text in game. If you know what it says in the original might as well get super famicom, because damn. The prices for the north american cart makes me shiver lol

[@vgaoct91]

Pretty cool playthrough of the Japanese version of the game! The Hyperstone Heist on the other hand, had post-battle boss quotes when it got localized. And just of curiosity... You seem to understand the quotes in Japanese. Are you fluent, or do you get your sources from elsewhere?

[@NintendoComplete]

+vgaoct91 I'm not fluent, but I'm still pretty proficient. Japanese was one of my undergrad majors and I studied in Tokyo for awhile at a university. It's been awhile though, I'm more than a bit rusty with it lol

[@vgaoct91]

You studied in Tokyo, you say? Amazing! Sometime ago, I felt like wanting to request a playthrough of Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 for the PC Engine, but... After seeing this, I decided against it.

[@NintendoComplete]

+vgaoct91 It was pretty cool :) What types of games are those? And just out of curiosity, why did this change your mind?

[@vgaoct91]

NintendoComplete Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 are visual novel games that originally were on the PC-98, FM Towns and Sharp X68000. If Snatcher was to Blade Runner, Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 are to the George Romero zombie films. Although the second title had more streamlined gameplay. Just between the two of us, I completed a playthrough of the PC-98 ver. of the first game The two games were released into a compilation package that was the last commercial game for the PC Engine in Japan... in 1999, no less!. How best to put it... Am I being a bit too nitpicky with the part where you said were rusty with the Japanese language?

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

No pongas el jefe del arcade pon el rey 🐀 creador de la versión de snes

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

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