History YMMV / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters

* NightmareFuel: The {{evil laugh}} from when you get a GameOver on the Genesis version. Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnVOEgprvug here.]]

** Casey Jones and April O'neil in Genesis version. The latter because she abandoned the DamselInDistress role to be more of a fighter like in the comics.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:

* GameBreaker: There are a few moves that are a bit too good. Donatello's strong punch has instant recovery, deals tons of damage, stuns fast, fills um 40% of his special gauge when his life is on red, AND has very good range. The computer can counter this by magic reflexes, but against a human...

* UnexpectedCharacter: Some of the characters in the various rosters are relatively minor characters who managed to make it into the more well-known '87 cartoon (like Rat King and Chrome Dome,) and then there's a few characters (like War, Armaggon and Ray Fillet) who only appeared in the Archie comics, plus Karai who at the time was exclusive to the Mirage comics, while Aska and Sisyphus are [[OriginalGeneration original characters.]] Basically if you were only a passing Turtles fan, most of the characters would be completely alien to you.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Aska from the SNES version. There was even a petition online to make her a CanonImmigrant!

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Kazuhiko Uehara's score for the SNES version is some of the best heard in all of the ''TMNT'' games by Konami.

** The SNES version of the game itself can be counted as it is quite popular among tournament fighting game players.

* TheScrappy: The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis[=/=]Mega Drive version of this game can be considered TheScrappy ''version''. The fact that it's a different game from the SuperNES and UsefulNotes/{{NES}} versions is the only thing preventing it from being a PortingDisaster.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Some of the characters in the various rosters are relatively minor characters who managed to make it into the more well-known '87 cartoon (like Rat King and Chrome Dome,) and then there's a few characters (like War, Armaggon and Ray Fillet) who only appeared in the Archie comics, while Aska and Sisyphus are [[OriginalGeneration original characters.]] Basically if you were only a passing Turtles fan, most of the characters would be completely alien to you.

* VindicatedByHistory: The SNES version. The NES version to a lesser extent (though the main strike against it is the game feeling a bit uninspired).

* TheScrappy: The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis[=/=]Mega Drive version of this game can be considered TheScrappy ''version''. The fact that it's a different game from the SuperNES and {{NES}} versions is the only thing preventing it from being a PortingDisaster.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Aska. There was even a petition online to make her a CanonImmigrant!
** The SNES game itself can be counted as it is quite popular among tournament fighting game players.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Kids who were adherents of the cartoon and had no exposure to the original comic would likely be seeing Karai, War and Armaggon for the first time in the SNES version.

* TheScrappy: The SegaGenesis/Mega Drive version of this game can be considered TheScrappy ''version''. The fact that it's a different game from the SuperNES and {{NES}} versions is the only thing preventing it from being a PortingDisaster.

** Leonardo's Special takes pretty much the whole screen, deals around 50% damage IF BLOCKED and if it hits, deal more than this AND stuns the opponent.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Kids who were adherents of the cartoon and had no exposure to the original comic would likely be seeing Karai, War and Armaggon for the first time here.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Kazuhiko Uehara's score for the SNES version is some of the best heard in all of the ''Turtles'' games by Konami.

* VindicatedByHistory: The SuperNES version. The NES version to a lesser extent (though the main strike against it is the game feeling a bit uninspired).

* VindicatedByHistory: The SuperNES version.

* VindicatedByHistory: The SuperNES version at first was ignored by many due to it being a "licensed ''StreetFighter'' clone", as well as having a roster being filled with largely unknown characters, though over time the general opinion on this would shift as well.

* TheScrappy: The SegaGenesis/Mega Drive version of this game can be considered TheScrappy ''version''. The fact that it's a different game from the SuperNES and {{NES}} versions is the only thing preventing it from being a PortingDisaster.

* TheScrappy: The SegaGenesis/Mega Drive version of this game can be considered TheScrappy ''version''. The fact that it's a different game from the SuperNES and {{NES}} versions is the only thing preventing it from being a PortingDisaster.
* NightmareFuel: The {{evil laugh}} from when you get a GameOver on the Genesis version. Seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnVOEgprvug here.]]

* NightmareFuel: The {{evil laugh}} from when you get a GameOver on the Genesis version.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The {{evil laugh}} from when you get a GameOver on the Genesis version.

** Michaelangelo's [[DragonPunch Rising Thunder]] takes over 30% of life if it connects on the ground.