Remember when cartoons used to be good? We do too, but this isn't about cartoons. Looks like Nickelodeon -- best known for SpongeBob Squarepants these days -- will be coming out with some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stuff in the future. The cable TV network bought the entire franchise just recently, giving them the rights to TMNT television material, film, and video games.
In the last two decades, there have been over 20 games based on the series, most of which were published by Konami. Recently, the TMNT license was held by Ubisoft, who produced games based on the 2007 film, a downloadable remake of Konami's Turtles in Time, and Wii brawler Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up.
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shares a comedic sensibility with the Nickelodeon DNA, with added layers of action and fantasy that have kept this property an evergreen favorite with multiple generations of audiences," said Nickelodeon president Cyma Zarghami. "We are extremely happy to have the opportunity to be able to focus on this property and creatively re-introduce it to a new generation of kids."
Looks like TMNT will now be standing alongside Rock Band under the Viacom name; they own MTV and Nickelodeon (and others), if you didn't know. Following MTV's success in the video game industry, the Nickelodeon Group has been taking a greater interest in video games and currently holds a licensing agreement with publishing firm THQ.
So who remembers when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles used to be awesome? Yeah, those were the days.
Source:Gamasutra
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