is about as far out there as your typical X-Files episode. And when you get older its

really amazing how your childhood heroes never seen to get dull. No matter how cheesy or

unrealistic. But with age aside, I still go absolutely crazy for these four green, upright

walking, pizza loving ass kickers. This is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus

for the Playstation 2.

Much like the game itself, Konami made the attacking very simple. X for weak attacks,

and square button for stronger attack, as well as Circle for jump depending on your

controller settings. To me, the buttons are boring. If you really want to kick some ass,

buy yourself some time away from your enemies and hold square down to charge your strong

attack to perform kind of a special move if I had to call it anything else. Youíre also

equipped with throwing stars, which are a real pain to aim with from long distances,

yet theyíre a necessity for some of the villains that you just canít get too close to and

have to fight from a far. At the end of every level, youíre performance with your chosen

character is graded according to how much offense, defense and aerial attacks you used.

To me their grading system is B.S. because Iíve used all three possible graded areas

perfectly just to make sure I got straight Aís and I still get Cís regardlessÖ and

after five years of College youíd think Iíd be used to getting Cís by now.

This game was not ranked very high on a lot of critics boards, which I find hard to understand.

I mean, whatís not to love about this game? All TMNT games are pretty much the same in

my book. To me, if you talk down on one, your downplaying them all! TMNT 2 Battle Nexus,

has some really awesome animated cinematics between the levels of your story mode. Its

just like watching the cartoon. The Battle Nexus story isnít the best Iíve ever heard,

but its intriguing enough for you to push through and complete the game just so you

watched the ending. I mean itís a kids game! You canít really expect a spectacular finish

to a game like this can you? And I mean something really special. Something like, the turtles

find out that splinter is pregnant at the end, I know Splinter is a guy, but what a

twist that would be huh? I mean, whoída thunk it?

Overall, the unlockables and cheat codes in this game are basic. New costumes, and unlockable

players like Slashuurr, or my all time favorite Casey Jones, as well as other good cheat codes

for the gameplay. But the coolest feature in this game, is the Classic arcade game from

1989. Ahhh the hundreds of dollars I spent pouring into this game as a kid. If you wanna

win, you gotta spend the money, it took me $34.50 cents to beat this game at my local

arcade at nine years old. Now you can do it for free right in the comfort of your own

home. I do find it to be a lot harder with a ps2 controller as opposed to standing upright

for two hours out in your local mall. I donít know maybe Iím just old fashioned, but look

at this piece of art. Its so, retro! I freakiní love it!

The gameplay in BattleNexus is just okay. I think the double jumping and the striking

accuracy is fine, but Iíd like to have seen more hit combos. Possibly unlocking new combos

in each section, or even a cool group attack when youíre playing with multiple people.

Minus the inability to adjust camera angles in this game, I felt this game was a winner,

but like I may have mentioned in other reviews, these kinds of games are going to be generation

specific. Iíve seen that some of my childhood cartoon characters have been modernized to

suit the newer generations. Which is fine with me. Keep the idea alive. This game didnít

do anything fancy though. It was the same old turtles, fighting the same old bad guys,

in the same old fashion. And you know what? I wouldnít have had it any other wayÖ