Rock! I love me some TMNT and hopefully I will love this game when it comes out next year.
With the development staff being so respectable, I really think this game has to try hard to suck. I just hope that doesn't happen.

What Neal said.

On one hand I want to be excited.  On the other, I know it will suck.

Anyone play Tournament Fighters back in the day?  Oh man, did it suck.

The developers have credentials but I'm worried about Ubisoft.

Which one?  The Genesis and NES versions were horrible, but the SNES version wasn't THAT bad...(Not to mention, a completely different game than this one will be...)

Boy, I thought the Tournament Fighter games were alright, especially the SNES version.

I hope this new game features a fighting system similar to Smash Bros., because that would make for a great party game. Viewtiful Joe made it work (sort of), so it can work for the TMNT. I really hope the developers make an effort to reflect the entire colorful history of the franchise in the character roster. In my opinion, nothing beats the original Eastman & Laird treatment, but the next-best thing is the recent animated series in terms of art direction. Characters I'd like to see:

Karai/Lady Shredder (transforms like Samus in Smash Bros.?)
Armaggon (from the Archie Adventures Series, was also in Tournament Fighters)
Null (also from the Archie series)
Leatherhead (the original Leatherhead, please, not the cajun bastardization)
Umeko ("Ninjara" from the Archie series)
Zog (a Triceraton soldier from the new animated series)

Other suggestions?

Bebop and Rocksteady, Tokka and Rahzar, Casey Jones.
While I appreciate the comics and all, my love for the series comes from the three movies (naturally, tmnt 3 is not seen as a movie) and the Turtles in Time video game.
I would love to see a game rich with characters from the Turtles' history.

GeneralTraag- The rock soldier from Dimension X from the original animated series.
Baxter Stockman- from the original animated series.
Rat King
Usagi Yojimbo-from the Archie comic and original animated series.

I so want to see Bebop, Rocksteady adn Krang back. I love the new series but I miss those characters.

Turtle-X
Turtle Titan
Silver Sentry
Sh'Okanabo
Kluh
Gennosuke
All different manner of foot ninjas. Those guys are great in the games.
Maybe those four stone dudes from TMNT
Traximus the triceritron

I just hope the game is fun. It needs a lot of characters. A lot can be forgiven by throwing lots of secrets in.
I don't much mind ubisoft.

I should point out that Usagi Yojimbo was a crossover in the original Mirage series. Good character, though. It'd be great to see him in the game, though there might be licensing issues. By the same token, you could put Cerebus the Aardvark in there.

I hate that ugly rabbit samurai.

Miyamoto Usagi is an awesome character in his own stuff, I do really really love his appearances in the Turtles world. I like how the new cartoon series brought him and Gen in for a bit.

Tournament Fighters on the SNES was pretty good, my friend had the NES one......so sad, lol.  Hey what was the robot turtle called?  Oh and what was that boss character from Turtles in Time in the prehistoric level?  I always liked those bosses, they had the coolest attacks.....cheap but very cool.

Who was the semi-retarded turtle who was always looking for his binky?  I loved that guy as a kid.

I believe that'd be Slash.

I think you mean Slash. The cartoon turned him into some kind of barely-functional moron, but his origins lie in the Archie Adventures series. Like so many other plot devices in that series, Slash was just an excuse to pound the readership with an eco-friendly message. Namely, all the trees on his home planet had been chopped down by some big galactic corporation, and he vowed revenge.

The Mutanimals (shudder) eventually found Slash a home on some lush tropical island on Earth that was protected by the government.

I remember in the cartoon Slash ended up on a tropical island and was like "OOOOH, BIG BINKY!!"

Slash was such a bother in turltes in time.

QFT
I love that game besides that boss fight.

Why the F can't i remember this fight..?

EDIT: had to look up a speedrun. I always hated that level for some reason. I think that by the time i got the game, i didn't remember too much of the cartoon so I didnt remember who Slash was... Yet when i googled his image and saw the cartoon version, i remembered instantly what you guys were talking about. Weird.

TMNT?

Why are you guys exited? I never really liked them that much, was like a fad. Where are my Thundercats or Silverhawks videogames?!

TMNT is no fad, sir.

I have fantastic childhood memories of the turtles that range from comics and cartoons to movies and video games. I might be alone in this, but I really dug the recent movie.
I gladly welcome any attempt to make good TMNT games.

I mostly had the toys, only saw a small number of episodes from the cartoon and had one volume of the comic book IIRC. Still better than Transformers which I've never seen the show of :P.

If TMNT is a fad, why did the first show last 10 seasons and the new TMNT show is currently on season 7? Guess X-Men and Spider-man are fads as well!

TMNT is a great movie.

Most definitely. I hope the rumors for another live action one come true.

Oh! I apologize for calling TMNT a fad as a whole, I ment for me. Should have read "was a phase for me".

But seriously, I never liked the TMNT that much, thats all I ment. :)

Still, no Thundercats or Solverhawk love? lol

I loved Thundercats as a kid but i tried watching it wit my brother (who was a bigger fan) and i couldnt get into it.

I never heard of Solverhawk....

Ack! Silverhawks! Bad typo hehe

Apology NOT ACCEPTED. :P

HA! Still haven't heard of it ;)

Venus

Yeah, I went there.

Actually, yeah, she'd make a great unlockable character. A shout-out to the turtle fanboys who really stuck with the series through thick and thin. Everybody else would be saying "who the f*ck is she?"

I never was able to see the live action show.

As long as I can play as Krang, I'd be happy.  Best.Voice.Ever.

I asked for the movie for xmas one year and my aunt got me a VHS of some TMNT Musical... it was a sad xmas for me.

Same thing happened when i wanted the Ghostbusters movie, i got some animated film instead of the feature film. It wasn't as bad as the musical TMNT though ;)