Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus

 Xbox
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Oct 19, 2004
Metascore
48

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 20
  3. Negative: 9 out of 20
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  1. GameSpot
    46
    Battle Nexus is more than just a step backward for this series--it's a step backward into a large chasm.
  2. Official Xbox Magazine
    42
    Combat is sluggish and mediocre...Merely a shell of the quartet's former glory. [Holiday 2004, p.68]
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  3. Gaming Age
    42
    Game play, while trying to recapture the essence of the old school arcade game, is excruciating, dull, and repetitive.
  5. 1UP
    40
    Plain attacks with repetitive animations undermine any hope for the finesse that four unique characters could have afforded.
  6. G4 TV
    40
    For most gamers the only enjoyment you'll get out of the game will be mocking it with your friends.
  7. TotalGames.net
    35
    If you like creaky retro revivals, bad Korean animation and ways to sell toys to children then, you guessed it, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 is the game for you. Let's see them quote that one on the box.
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  8. Xbox Nation Magazine
    30
    Game design - in any sense of the phrase - is essentially nonexistent here. Each of the turtles has different attributes - but they're hardly compelling. [Nov 2004, p.91]
  9. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    30
    It's the general gameplay that's busted. Picking up an object is needlessly complex, tricky jumps seem to require more luck than skill, the camera is craptacular, boss battles are tedious, the vehicle-based levels are a joke, and the actual fighting action is bland. [Dec 2004, p.150]
  10. GameSpy
    30
    Avoid it like the plague, and hope that if we're all in for a trilogy, the next episode sees the heroes-in-a-half-shell pursuing an adventure that's not nearly as half-baked.

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#8 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2004

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User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. BlueFalcon
    Feb 7, 2005
    3
    Yes, this is as bad as the reviews indicate. I really thought they'd fix the problems of the original, but somehow there's more. On Yes, this is as bad as the reviews indicate. I really thought they'd fix the problems of the original, but somehow there's more. On the plus side, there's cool cartoon clips in between the action. Great that the added 4 player support. Also I hear the Turtles arcade game is unlocked when you finish the game. That game was great, but I will never make it through to the end of the main game just on principle. So I won't get the cool bonus.… Full Review »
  2. AndyG.
    Jan 10, 2005
    1
    Probably the worst game I have played in a long time. It has the elements of those electronic hand held games from the early 90s and the Probably the worst game I have played in a long time. It has the elements of those electronic hand held games from the early 90s and the graphics to boot. Nothing other than extremly disappointed.… Full Review »
  3. J.R.
    Jan 1, 2005
    0
    This is the worst game ever!!! Doing all the moves are very hard. And worst of all the graphics SUCK!!! I dont see why anyone would want to This is the worst game ever!!! Doing all the moves are very hard. And worst of all the graphics SUCK!!! I dont see why anyone would want to buy this game. It SUCKS!!!… Full Review »
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