More Than A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rip Off? The Story of Battletoads

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Battletoads is a video game media franchise by Rare that began with the original beat 'em up game Battletoads in 1991. The series was created to rival the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games series and cash in on some of TMNT's success.
The original Battletoads game for the NES was renowned for its difficulty, but still received a cult following, spawning sequels for various platforms including a crossover with the Double Dragon series and a modern reboot after a 25 year gap in releases.
But big media success has always alluded the Battletoads.
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@Rezzin8 2 года назад

As one of the artists that worked on Battletoads Double Dragon on the SNES waaay back, I found this to be a fascinating and nostalgic look at the history of Battletoads. I had very fond memories of working at Rare in the early 90’s. I’m also grateful to the speed running community for keeping this game and others very much alive to this day! I get such a kick out of seeing people zip through this game so fast. Excellent video, loved it! Thank you so much!

@WrestlingWithGaming 2 года назад

I beat the NES game as a kid but couldn't make it past the jet ski level as an adult. I peaked at 11 years old. Sigh.

@NatetheNerdy 2 года назад

Whoever designed the Dark Queen knew exactly what they were doing.

@JazGalaxy 2 года назад

It’s hilarious how unnecessarily convoluted the Battletoads story is. It just keeps going and going.

@CERTAIND00M 2 года назад

That commercial was so 1991, I'm worried watching it again might do permanent damage to the time-space continuum...

@unklejohn8575 2 года назад

Back in the 90s, I briefly worked in the Tradewest office (William’s Ent.). In the upstairs meeting room there were tons of paperwork and among it were mock ups for Battletoad toys, Halloween costumes, electronic toothbrushes. There were a few physical prototypes of BattleToad calculators, school supplies, and toothbrushes with the characters printed on them. I don’t know if any of that stuff survived, I’m sure thrown in the dumpster years ago after Midway bought out Williams and moved the operations across town. I’m also unsure if any of those products ever came out. It was kinda sad to look at what they had planned for that game that never came out.

@RodrigoLopezandfriends 2 года назад

My mom liked the game so we would play it together. We never got past the second stage. We felt vindicated years later when the game started popping up in “hardest games ever” lists.

@JacobraTheGreat 2 года назад

My brother and I used to input random Game Genie codes into this game, and half the time we would get crazy effects. Our favorites were:

@FallenGemini 2 года назад

I like how you actually mentioned Megalopolis Toys being the company behind the current Battletoads toyline considering that they rebranded themselves as Preminum DNA and tried to distance themselves from their "Megalopolis Toys" past. For those unaware, Megalopolis Toys was a toy store much like Big Bad Toy Store - they also had an offline storefront as well. People liked shopping from them since their prices were generally lower than retail. However, a few years ago they stopped shipping product to ppl - they basically claimed that they had items that they actually didn't have. Eventually, they liquidized their Megapolis Toys company and changed their Preminum DNA line of toys as a new company - the key people at Preminum DNA lied by saying that they had no connection to Megalopolis Toys despite that there are interviews contradicting their claim. To this day, they still owe refunds to irate customers.

@dannyr2976 2 года назад

I remember the initial TV ads for the NES, but never understood the reason foe the robot. Have to admit seeing Paul Rudd in the Super Nintendo advert at

@Souredsoup 2 года назад

5:43

@toddknaperek8225 2 года назад

Beating Battletoads back in grade school was tantamount to hooking up with the Homecoming Queen, and probably a lot harder to pull off. The ending was kind of anticlimactic, but to beat it was definitely a feather in your cap.

@wstine79 2 года назад

That dreaded Jet Ski over the lava level was brutal. Only made through it once.

@bookat69 2 года назад

I think the most difficult thing for that game was playing 2-player, and having a 2nd player that's also trying to kill you throughout the game...

@choo_choo_ 2 года назад

Man, no reference to the "do you have Battletoads" meme? I'm almost saddened. It's the one thing that's kept Battletoads in the mind of gamers during that 25+ year silence.

@jinpei05 2 года назад

The Dark Queen retroactively reminds me of Tera Patrick 🤣

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@fracturedfingers 2 года назад

We really need an MK-style fighting game with Ninja Turtles, Battletoads, Double Dragon, Final Fight, and Fatal Fury characters. That could very well be the best fighting game ever.

@grapeshot 2 года назад

I wonder if anybody's ever done a video on Captain Simian in the Space Monkeys. I very surprisingly liked that cartoon.

@ThomasMHead 2 года назад

I couldn't beat that game, even with Game Genie and skipping to the last level! It was really fun in some places, and really frustrating in too many others. I did like the variety of levels/gameplay, and it was another good cast of anthropomorphic characters from that boom period (TMNT, Bucky O'Hare, Biker Mice, etc.)