Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan - New York's Normal Ninjas

Since we were already in New York thanks to Ryu Hayabusa and Ninja Gaiden Shadow, let's hang out with the resident ninjas, the Ninja Turtles, in their first portable adventure!
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[@ThatGuyOnTheSpectrum]

I really enjoy these bite sized lps of short but fun games that anyone could knock out in an afternoon :)

[@Mythraen]

"I can only split an odd number so many times." Zero. Zero is the number of times you can do that.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

well, infinitely if decimals are allowed.

[@Mythraen]

@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat When I wrote that comment, I considered being ridiculously specific about the fact that I'm talking about what John said, which is specific to this game (which uses only whole numbers) and specifically splitting in half, as John meant, but I thought: Nah, I don't need to do that. Surely, people will understand that and not nitpick. Ah, I was so young, then... so naive.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@Mythraen Ah, the naïveté of assuming KZbin commenters would consider these minigames ran purely on int values. Commenters are _not_ that smart... present company included 🤭

[@thacobell4700]

"Donnie was the least interesting, being the nerd." Wasn't expecting anti-nerd predjudice from Jon :D

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

I only watched a little bit of the 2012 show but Donnie was the best one. Don't know why I never watched the 2002 show since that show was actually in my age group while the 2012 one wasn't but whatever.

[@bobosmith101]

I know, hard disagree on Don being the most boring

[@pious83]

@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat Donnie has always objectively been the best Turtle.

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

@@pious83 I dunno about objectively, but he was pretty fun in the 2012 one. Then again, saying that he's the least interesting is kind of like saying that Blaster Master Zero 1 is the worst Blaster Master Zero game... it's still a good game. They're all still good turtles.

[@pious83]

@@ShadowdaHedgie11 In terms of videogames, Donnie has always been the best Turtle, for his utility. Leonardo has always confused me though. As he should be physically more damaging with his hits than Raph or Mikey. But most games leave him decidedly average, in range and power.

[@kevinpierce9780]

Jon saying "turtle power" has the same energy as Neil Cicierega saying "chocolate sauce".

[@icey244]

Man while your long series and twitch highlights are great, I don't know what it is, but I absolutely love these like 30 to 60 minute one off lp's on just random gameboy games. It's really cool to see some of these older games that I would've never played or seen before, and its a nice thing to kinda just sit back and unwind on a sunday night with. Would not mind seeing this become a common sunday schedule.

[@aurafox1]

If I had to guess, while Donnie's staff seems to reach further than the others due to the attacking animation, all of the turtles probably have the same actual hitbox when they attack. It makes sense to make them all functionally identical so that you can pick your favorite rather than the best one, and it's an easy shortcut to take with the programming.

[@corruleumblue3317]

Yeah, that's my assumption too. You can see him hitting enemies from pretty far away at times in this LP, noticeably beyond the sprite's visible range. Like the section around 16:19

[@arciks11]

I guess it's easiest to see actual hitrange with Donnie and not needing to guess where it is.

[@MOtherMetroid]

Gotta say Jon, it's sick having you back making videos and keeping at it.

[@ShadowKnux372]

Something else to note, about the turtle popularity and expectation, I find Leo generally gets the short end of the bo staff when it comes to popularity in fans, usually because while the other three tend to get some easily definable traits among them, Leo just kind of gets stuck with "the leader" as his only defining trait, and even then depending on your writer that can vary between being an effective one or slightly egotistical, depending on who you ask, which series you watch, and so on. Generally speaking, since he's usually cast as so middle-of-the-road, poor Leo gets saddled with being the "boring" turtle for most.

[@BlueKnight85]

Hearing your nephews wanting to play with Mikey in your office was super cute. TMNT just happened to be one of those shows that lasted through time. Hope that still goes on for future generations to come.

[@deefdragon]

Another series that I think basically everyone can say they grew up with is scooby doo. It has had more series than I care to count.

[@a_galvantula435]

"Even the live action series, The Next Mutation" I pity anyone who has that show as their introduction to the turtles

[@MusicoftheDamned]

"There is no Venus in Ba Sing Se."

[@a_galvantula435]

@@MusicoftheDamned I have seen more than enough of that show Venus is nowhere *NEAR* the worst aspect about it

[@MusicoftheDamned]

@@a_galvantula435 I will take your word for because much like Ju Di my memory of that show has basically been repressed. Venus is just aspect I've seen people complain about the most even if I'm *sure* there are other aspects that I have mercifully forgotten.

[@Maria.Annette]

...my first introduction to the Turtles was the live action movie where they were in ancient Japan. The freaking 90's man.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Those children might be brain dead...

[@Blayne06]

As a dood who's seen plenty of Turtles in Time and Hyperstone Heist speedruns, players swear by Raph. Lowest health, but fastest movement speed and best special attack damage. I remember there being a chart showing the Turtles' individual stats for Turtles in Time: Mikey, of all people, has the best standard attack strength and health, while Donnie's slow-fall attack has the best damage. Leo is more middle of the road, but he gets a really fast back-attack to counter enemies that try to grab him.

[@Sephiroth1204]

I didn't own many GB games growing up, but this was one of em. I think I may still have it even? I played it a ton, though. And yeah, it's really cool that pretty much anyone in the last 30 years had a chance of growing up with the turtles. I don't remember actually beating it because I kinda stink at the game and those enemies in the last stage are annoying, but I also haven't played in over 9 years probably =p ...after seeing how easy Krang was, I'm a bit upset xD My biggest memory of this game is that it was my first introduction to that 'leave one left' game, so whenever I see it elsewhere I think of this game

[@sacredgolem]

Today's Cool Turtle Fact, inspired by the wet pizza comment! Real-life aquatic turtles cannot eat outside of water: they need water to wash down food. Even if they are given food out of water, they will retreat to the nearest source of water to swallow it. In that regard, depending on what kind of turtles the... Turtles... are, wet pizza may actually be better for them! (Please don't give real-life turtles pizza.)

[@jaredlord4009]

Now HERE'S an LP I never thought I'd see. I loved this game as a kid, and have very fond memories tag-teaming this game with my brother when I was about four (we were bad at video games).

[@jakenewland-griffin9460]

seeing all the turtles in red is just making me think about the original comics

[@StarkMaximum]

When I was a kid, in the theme song of the cartoon when they say "Michaelangelo, is a party dude!" and he breakdances away shouting "PARTY!", I always thought he was saying "PUDDING!" Now you know this about me.

[@Trojan711]

17:22 I know the white dots are meant to be their eyes, but the way it's drawn makes it look like Leo and Donnie only have one eye.

[@CrimsonMoonM]

Ah jeez, now I can't unsee the cyclopean turtle monsters either...

[@PolkKitsune]

I remember playing this as a kid too. Though the way the turtles move so stiffly, you'd think it was a Tigers Electronic game. I also remember another Gameboy TMNT game on the Gameboy that seemed to play more like a Metroidvania, where turtles were locked up, and each one had a different ability to cross one big giant map.

[@Alexplante]

That sound like a really fun game i need to check it out

[@michaelmann7816]

That would be Radical Rescue.

[@Club_Weeg]

"I could go for a bigger or correct right about now" Depending on who you ask in Jon's fanart community that is essentially the same answer right there.

[@MegaKH2fan]

It's crazy to think that TMNT has lasted so long and has different generations of fans. It reminds me of MLP, but instead of the only modern gens being generally considered unironically "good" pretty much every version of TMNT has merit and nostalgia.

[@ichundnichter]

BTW You can beat Rocksteady by just standing there and swinging your weapon, since your weapon will deflect the bullets and Rocksteady will eventually walk into your weapon.

[@theultragame]

Michiru Yamane of Castlevania fame worked on this game, so that explains why the music in this game jams as hard as it does.

[@ApocApocrypha]

Leo was my favorite, dual wielding cool swords, disciplined and the leader, the glue keeping the turtles together. Donnie was my second favorite though, then Raph and finally Mikey.

[@ChaosMaelstrom]

"More wet pizza, which apparently the turtles do not care about" Sounds like the turtles attended the same dining etiquette class as Gawr Gura.

[@Faxanadu_]

Never played the Game Boy TMNT games before, so this is a neat lil treat

[@pentelegomenon1175]

The original comic was about a struggle between Splinter and Shredder, but the original cartoon was about a struggle between Donnie and Krang. In that show, if you couldn't hack a machine or invent a locator device or create a dimensional portal, you just didn't matter at all in the plot.

[@Halcryder]

Donny’s always kinda been my fav. I grew up with the 80s/90s cartoon myself and he just seemed kinda cool to me. I also grew up with Hyperstone Heist on the genesis so that probably also impacted my love for the dude with his longer range

[@Mythraen]

Neeeerd! For liking Donatello, and no, that's not a criticism.

[@GilWanderley]

5:25 Oh no, sewer level. Time to question "why can't a turtle swim?!" _Falls on water and is fine_ Welp, surprised pikachu face.

[@KopperNeoman]

The answer to that question was always "the current was too rapid."

[@hellofolksitsendiku]

This game will always have a place in my heart as the first video game I beat when I was 3 years old

[@krullachief669]

Ooh, even more classic throwback content. Also how'd the wildfires turn out? Yall safe and sound?

[@justapickedminfan]

I played more of Back from the Sewers growing up, so I keep expecting a GB-crunched "cowabunga!" after the boss defeated fanfare.

[@-Terzetto]

After a long and irritating day... I look at see this and i literally said to myself, "Hah. Wow. Jon... you are a swell guy."

[@tipulsar85]

The show had yet to show up in Japan by 1987, at the time only the Comics and toys had escaped North America. Which is funny, when the seasons made to that point were over at Toei. At the time one of Toei's other projects would take another six years to Kamehameha Beam on over.

[@ShinoSarna]

I love that because you started let's playing those shorter games, within just a couple months you completed like 7 LPs since you made the recent comeback. Honestly a great idea.

[@Jay_76]

After playing this game _a lot_ when i was younger, I figured out, weapons do 1 "unit" of damage, the shurikens do half damage, and the kicks do double damage.

[@MrMariosonicman]

gotta say, im liking this trend of GB lets plays thats just 1 part. its fun looking through such old games.

[@Culando]

Oh I remember this game. I played it so much as a kid on car rides.

[@robbiestockman8285]

"Vaporized to milk shake" always perplexed me. A vapor is a gas and milkshakes are liquid, therefore you can not vaporize anything into a milkshake.

[@amaronith]

Apparently the trucks were carrying all the long pieces from Tetris - which explains why they're never in my game when I need them... Traffic on the BQE is a killer.

[@TheLuchaBear]

Man, I really enjoy and love all these small, quick GameBoy Let's Plays, as well as Jon's GB Let's Plays in general... I put so many hours into these games, including this TMNT game. What a great ride on the ol' Nostalgia Rollercoaster.

[@drbowser166]

Dang. Me and my brother had this game back in the day. This is really cool to see this again

[@BluestBerry]

I love how you take the time to show any cheat codes the games have, I never would've asked for that or even realized it was a thing you could include, but it makes me really happy to see them. man, i miss cheat codes

[@MrNicosaure]

12:30 , 12:35 , 22:34 , 26:15 , and 28:53: The classic "hit your head on the ceiling, have a vision of your master, come back at full health" I tried to look at the footage to see if there was any differences in range but the furthest recorded melee kill here was from Raphael's kick so it's probably safe to assume they all have the same hitbox but only Donatelo has a ground move that matches the actual range, maybe???

[@ronin2447]

8:25 Oddly enough despite the age gap this is also a game I grew up playing

[@kingkarnage1315]

There’s something cute about lucha’s favorite turtle being Raph, given that you and he both get cast as the angry one in the group.

[@BlameThande]

22:10 On the enduring appeal Hero Turtles (as they were in the UK), I vividly remember buying the merchandise as a kid despite barely seeing the actual 1987 cartoon as it never seemed to be on when I was there to watch it. I was, however, also a fan of The Avenger Penguins, which was partly a parody of the Turtles (among other things) and liked to take potshots at its animation style.

[@arcengal]

Oh my lord, someone else remembers the Avenger... Avenger... AVENGER PENGUINNNNNNNNNSSSSS! That show was so good.

[@darklordzagato]

That's like how they get the choices for the fusion tutorial mixed up in Breath of Fire 2. Either that or Splinter is trying to trick you in that mini game.

[@davidwhidden9337]

Ah, a good ol classic. Never was good at it except the counting minigame,

[@KevinTheTimeGeek86]

This was a game I borrowed from my older brother extensively when I was growing up, so I have many fond memories of playing it. Also, Lucah and I would get along great, as Raph is my fave Turtle, too. I really enjoyed this video, Jon! Keep up the great work! EDIT: My nephew's 6 and loves the Turtles as well. Honestly, re-watching the first live action movie with him awhile back made me realize just how _dark_ that movie can be for PG kid's film. It's amazing what you don't think about when you're a kid. Still glad to own all 3 live-action films on Blu-ray, though. :)

[@ElChaseReturns]

I remember I found this game literally in the street, the sticker had been scraped off the cartridge. I played this game SO DAMN MUCH!!

[@DarkLink1996.]

A lot of Game Boy games were slower than their NES counterparts by design. The original model Game Boy had a serious problem with ghosting, and the slower speeds helped mitigate that.

[@ItsJer_]

I remember having this game on a 4 in 1 bootleg game boy cartridge as a kid, it was the only game that was in Japanese on it

[@TheVGamerX]

Man, that stage 1 theme has been burned into my mind since childhood, not that I'm complaining :).

[@kyoai]

For an early game boy game these large sprites and tiles look great.

[@Jimbobob5536]

Oh god the nostalgia. This game, man.

[@aidennoir597]

This game was my jam growing up. I played through it like 500 times.

[@shadowdemon1375]

Next Sunday game it will be so ninja it won’t even have Jon in it. It will be Lucahninja playing the game.

[@ShadowKnux372]

Oh man, I never would have expected to see this get played, this was one of the first video games I ever played, probably the first game I ever owned on the old gray brick of a Game Boy!

[@LittlePinkBowser]

26:08 I love how editor Jon was like “don’t worry, I hate this guy too”

[@raydenlord]

This is one of my favorite Gameboy games.

[@UnluckyCrow13]

What a nice surprise, didn't expect another one-shot LP today. And as per usual of a game that is almost a decade older than me, but at least I am familiar with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, since I watched a show (the one that was running during the early/mid 2000s in Germany ... according to wikipedia it was 'TMNT' starting 2007).

[@SparkyDaHedgehog]

Of all of life's questions, one that has plagued me for years is who my favorite Ninja Turtle is. I can never decide between Michelangelo and Donatello.

[@SuperTeeter64]

Yooooo. Jon. I grew up with this game. I love this game. Thank you Jon! 💚💙💚🧡💚💜💚💜

[@NovastarDoughnut]

One of my favourite things about turtles is that (much like other "4 temperance" groups IE the fantastic four) your favourite says a lot about you as a person. I like Donnie and Mikey most because i like to make others happy and i like putting my brain to work with programming and coding... Hell I'm getting a degree in games programming.

[@lagg1e]

Funnily enough I only really liked Donnatello, followed by Leonardo. I found the weapons of Raph and Mikey cool, but didn't like their personalities. I liked applying my brain and I could see the appeal of being the leader, but back when I was little I didn't care about other people's opinion and whatever raphael stands for.

[@NovastarDoughnut]

@@lagg1e yeah. Mikey and raph are the emotional ends. Raph is emotionally frail. He likes to play like the toughest and angriest but he and actually cares a lot. While mikey is a chill stoner dude, his emotions are out in the open, he is reckless and chaotic. They are the opposite ends of the spectrum. Raph needs to open up and mikey needs to learn responsibility.

[@userasdf]

Don was definitely my favourite. I'm totally a nerd. And his range was nice in the games too.

[@WhimsicottFanatic]

The fact that all the turtles look like Raph reminds me of a KZbin Poop I saw years back "You guys telling _me,_ you guys are turning into _me?"_

[@robertsissco2439]

God I remember this game. I OWNED this game on the original GB. I forgot about this until it came up in my recommended feed.

[@kudrzyk]

I played radical rescue , back in the day. Could not get trough it back then, but i did loved it.

[@Xelger]

Thank you for doing these Gameboy games. I didn't get to see most of them as a kid, and your wit is entertaining.

[@SuperGoker64]

15:42 Seeing as how this is a Konami game, I guess I shouldn't be so surprised that Hinotama Soul is an enemy in this game

[@cybersaint3895]

I wasn't interested as Ninja Turtles as a kid. I only got into it a few years ago, but now I love it. Just like Reese, my favorite is also Raphael.

[@Kokiri-Kid-07]

God I love you bought a giant Mikey lol Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional they say

[@SuperGoker64]

18:14 He's attacking us with Tetris! *O_O*

[@Glitch_Man42]

I can't wait for when he eventually gets to TMNT III: Radical Rescue

[@Penguindude1]

He'll have to prepare for that buttle. (typo intentional)

[@danielleasewala2225]

Holy shit this game takes me back like two decades atleast.

[@bandtensax]

I grew up with the og cartoon and the three movies with the concert. My favourite is Raphael. My boys who are 9 and 7 watch the newer movies and the Nickelodeon cartoon. My oldest loves Leonardo and my youngest now like Donatello. I love how I can share my favourite franchise with them, and we love watching the first three movies together. And Cory Feldman is the best Donny.

[@JeedyJay]

The NES game also had cover art that gave all the turtles red bandannas, comic book style. I don't think they'd formalized which version of Ninja Turtles they wanted when they were making it.

[@ArgenteonYT]

I never actually grew up watching ninja turtles. I saw the 1st and 3rd live action movies as a kid but I thought they were creepy and didn't like watching them. I'd like to go back see if I'd like it nowadays but it's hard to find time anymore.

[@SsnakeBite]

17:17 - IIRC, if you lost some of your turtles before that point, that cutscene actually displays only the ones that are left. Nice little attention to detail.

[@jaredlord4009]

I feel like there may have been another bonus stage next to one of the lightning generators in stage five, but it has been a VERY long time since I've played the game, so it could easily be a false memory.

[@Landmasters]

Reese has good taste in angsty reptiles Has she read the older comics?

[@Goochbag8]

Oh snap, this was my first Gameboy game. Remember getting it with my Gameboy at a Funcoland as a wee lad.

[@YourPalRal]

I personally don't see Giygas, but instead I see the back of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards!

[@KnightofFunnyJunk]

The 2003 series is my personal favorite up until "Fast Forward" and "Back to the Sewer."

[@ojhat]

the comment on Shredder's office training made me laugh so hard xD amazing commentary.

[@peterdavis7695]

Ooh, this brings back memories.

[@ShadowmanV4]

I like these one part gameboy game videos for some reason

[@SsnakeBite]

I have that one!! Great game, and probably one of the first games I ever beat. I was also very proud to have found (I believe) all of the secrets on my own, except for one which was shown to me by a friend.

[@rileydecoteau5238]

I don’t know if this is saying much, but this game is surprisingly well animated for a game boy game? So many neat little touches like the scrolling background in level three and the bubbles when you’re underwater in level 4.

[@CCdtT]

My inner child is so happy!! I remember this being one of my first game boy games I got (Tetris and radar mission being the others). Never beat this one but makes me want to play it again!!

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

22:13 And *never* change Jon. You're perfect.

[@Maria.Annette]

Oh man, it's been a while since I've seen the Turtles! The last time was probably watching Jon play Freddi Fish and seeing Grandma Donatello...

[@tailsnick]

I grew up with the 80s cartoon and loved turtles so much. I even got a training bike for my birthday with turtles on it. I followed TMNT all the way up to the CGI movie and the 2003 show, but I kinda fell out of turtles. It wasn't until 4 years ago that I got back into Turtles with the IDW comics. It is amazing that such a weird idea has lasted so long, but TMNT keeps going. Really excited for the new beat-em Turtles game.

[@freyvalkyr8139]

Holy shit, this game was one of my favorite GB games. Played this and Blades of Steel non stop. Thanks for doing this Jon!

[@WanderPhys]

Half expected Krang to commence the jiggling in the end.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

We're really in a ninja festival, aren't we? Also, I'm just happy that you can't drown as a turtle, especially since a lot of these Game Boy games gave its player-characters the dubious superpowers of light-speed drowning.

[@NYGiantsfan1029]

I played the hell out of this game as a kid

[@Terumimi]

The wall at level 1 is clearly construction, i mean it IS new york after all

[@Terumimi]

I cant believe it, my comment got hearted by THE protonathan johnathan. This is it, my humor has peaked

[@Vaserius]

Well, i know what im watching before going to bed.... Thanks for keeping me up Jon.