Konami has announced today the arrival of the first major update for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection. The first patch brings numerous changes designed to make the gameplay of the 13 classic TMNT titles more engaging! The long-awaited improvements to online modes are included in this patch, including online multiplayer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (Super Nintendo). Online play for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES) will arrive with upcoming updates.
Additionally, new tips and tricks have been added to the strategic guides to help players achieve the desired competitive advantage in Tournament Fighter; Splinter the Master will be proud of you! Finally, custom button mappings, new filters for all GameBoy games, and other quality-of-life improvements have been added.
Here are the full patch notes:
New additions:
- Home menu icon modified with box art (Switch).
- Support for PS4 arcade controller and PS4 joystick (PS5).
- Support for Xbox Arcade stick and Xbox joystick (XB1/XSX).
- When creating an online lobby, the player can now set the lobby size for the two arcade titles. The host can limit the size to 2, 3 or 4 players.
- When creating an online lobby, the player can now set the frame delay to "Automatic". When set, input lag adjusts automatically based on the number of players.
- The final attacks in TMNT: Tournament Fighters for SNES and Super Famicom can now be enabled or disabled in Story mode.
- The “Group Mode” in TMNT: Tournament Fighters for Super Famicom can now be enabled or disabled. (Available only in the Japanese version)
- The number of lives per token in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade US/JP can now be set from 1 to 5.
- The number of lives per token in Turtles in Time Arcade US can now be set from 1 to 8.
- Now it’s possible to adjust the difficulty in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade US/J.
- It is now possible to adjust the difficulty in Turtles in Time Arcade US.
- The Game Loop in Turtles in Time Arcade US can now be enabled or disabled. When enabled, the game will restart from the beginning after the end credits.
- Addition of a new action command to "Arcade US/JP TMNT", "Arcade US Turtles in Time", "SNES/Super Famicom Turtles in Time" and "Genesis/MegaDrive Hyperstone Heist". Players can now assign the "Special" command to a button. Pressing the “Special” button simultaneously activates the "Attack" and "Jump" keys, making special attacks easier to perform.
- Colour improvements for all GameBoy games. Added GBC ON/OFF mode. Added a new “Colour palette” option to the pause menu of all GameBoy games. In addition to new filters, players can choose among four different colour palettes: 1. black and white, 2. GameBoy green, 3. GameBoy Pocket green, 4. GameBoy blue.
- Audio balancing at the main menu and various games.
- Addition of new pages to the Tournament Fighters NES and GEN Tournament Fighters Strategy Guides.
- Addition of new pages to the Strategy Guides for GEN Tournament Fighters and GEN Hyperstone Heist.
- Save graphics settings for each game.
Issues resolved:
- Correct German translation of "Punch repeatedly" in the Strategy Guide on page 11.
- In the music player, the TMNT arcade cassette icon now shows the correct image.
- Replaced the Turtle Tip 3 screenshot on page 5 of the Strategy Guide (Turtles in Time SNES).
- The selection of the stage in Turtles in Time SNES now works correctly even after modifying the settings in Options.
- The stage selection in Hyperstone Heist now works correctly when selecting the two-player mode.
- The simplified navigation of the menu in TMNT III Manhattan Project (NES) / TMNT 2 The Manhattan Project (Famicom) now works correctly.
- The Extra Credit for Tournament Fighters SNES are now displayed correctly.
- Added missing pages 18 and 19 to the Turtles in Time SNES manual in the museum.
