Maybe it's the shell. Whatever the reason, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have proven to be one of the more resilient members of the cartoon bestiary. In the heyday of the first run from 1987 to 1997 they were everywhere, not the least of which were videogames. Naturally, then when Fox Kids revived the franchise last year it surprised no one to see a new multi-platform game following hot on its heels. Unlike the rejuvenation the cartoon was enjoying in the hands of the original comic creators, the game was a lackluster effort. While the community gave Konami the benefit of the doubt on their first misstep, its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: BattleNexus unfortunately reaffirms that while the cartoon turtles are better than ever, the games are not.
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Space, as the heroes in half-shells find in their half-hearted, half-assed TMNT2 cosmic journey, is infinitely generic and not even gnarly. All simple shapes and colors you'd hang over a crib, it's packed with spinning platforms to somersault, not-so-rockin' robots to sock (then run from when you tire of the two-button technique), and dialogue that tries to make the banal seem bodacious while sounding dippier than any Dell or Moun-tain Dew ad. "Dude, you can't do anything with 'em, but you collected coins!"
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