I was a huge Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fan back in the day, so being able to dive back into that again was a big part of my downloading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time Re-Shelled over the weekend.  So how does the game hold up over time, with new colorful graphics?  Very well.

Maybe it is my childhood calling back to me, but beating the crap out of the foot soldiers as my favorite half-shelled heroes is still tons of fun.  Now with that said – is there a lot of dying and a lot of button mashing action?  Yes, there is.  After playing it for a hour my hand really hurt, but it yet again gave me a feeling of the years gone by, and I was happy to have the pain. 

It seems to be a mixed bag with character concept art.  The turtles, Splinter, April ‘O Neal, the Shredder and Krang all look like they did in the original cartoon.  However, Baxter Stockman, Leatherhead and a few others get an updated look that I am kind of happy with.  Well, mainly happy they stuck with the basic idea of them and didn’t try to redesign the concept of the character.  They just gave them a visual style update.

At only $10, if you have a PlayStation 3 I would highly suggest trying this one out.  Well worth it, if only for a trip down memory lane.