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Price drop part duex: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled now $10 photo

What's up with the Xbox LIVE Arcade price changes lately? First it was Madballs, and now TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled has been dropped from $15 down to a fair $10 ... and it hasn't even been released yet. The switch was confirmed by IGN, but no one knows for sure why it occurred.

Perhaps Microsoft heard a complaint or two from a couple of guys on the Internet? Sure, let's go with that. Talk about a heartwarming, inspiring tale. Hell, let's make a children's movie out of it.

The second I heard about Turtles In Time's revamped look, I immediately knew buying the remake would be a poor idea for me -- I own the Super Nintendo version and can only truly love sprite-based beat-'em-ups.

Besides, the game is wicked short and will undoubtedly be even shorter when you have co-op buddies who know what's up. Are any of you going to download it now that there's been a change in price?


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wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:08
wanderingpixel
I don't care how it happened, I'm jusdt happy it did. Now I may actually buy this.
AngryJoeShow's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:11
AngryJoeShow
So based on Jordan's post I think we can gather that this game wont also include the ability to play the original with sprites?
JoshuaB81285's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:13
JoshuaB81285
Nah, they've already said theirs not gonna be an "original sprites" option like SF2: HD Remix. Oh well, only $10 is awesome. I was gonna get it at $15, so this is just fantastic.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:14
Chronic Logic
SOLD!...AGAIN!
Jack Maverick's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:20
Jack Maverick
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is just doing this so when the game comes out, they'll just increase the price back to $15, which will more than likely cause people to complain like they did with the price of Braid. Microsoft does have a knack for causing grief when it comes to these things.

$10 or $15, I'll be getting it.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:22
DaedHead8
Another shocking move by microsoft, something is fishy here.
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:27
Arttemis
Outstanding news part duex! Considering how Bionic Commando Rearmed went on sale for $10 (and dropped to 5 in a recent temporary sale!) with so much more than a high-def paint job, I wasn't even considering this game for $15. Vigilante 8 Arcade would even be a better investment, imo.

I seriously hope this is a trend, because there was absolutely no fucking justification to sell games that were finally worth the standard $10 for 50% extra. If they can keep their prices down, I'll be far more likely to download games, which is more money than they'd get from me otherwise.
Artemus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:31
Artemus
PSN version. When?!
If it lands at $10 for the PSN... Sold! It will be a great trip down nostalgic lane. =)
Turtle power!
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:38
DeusPayne
I'm going with the idea that the summer sale thing is going 5 for the price of 4, instead of 5 for the price of 4.5. Or whatever the numbers turn out to be. (I'm too lazy to look at the other post)
Timmeh's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:51
Timmeh
Think I'll actually buy it now then. Something fishy? Hardly, just Microshite trying to push 1200 points to the norm, then reading the internet and realising they'll probably lose substantial sales numbers.
GDMFSOB's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 01:58
GDMFSOB
I don't think they "listened to us" so much as saw the sales numbers. A bunch of crap games nobody wanted came out at 1200 or more (Death Tank, Lode Runner, etc) and they didn't sell. I figure the publishers saw that and now think the 1200 price point isn't viable.

Which doesn't make sense when Castle Crashers is the sales king of XBLA, and it's 1200 pts, but whatever. I'm just glad they're realizing that 1200 is a silly price point, and 1600 is just absurd.

(BTW, MS doesn't set the price. The publishers pick the price point.)
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 02:00
Los255
Nice, but I prefer the classic.

If only they did this with fucking Lode Runner, which I really don't wanna pay 15 bones for.
nukka jdav's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 02:13
nukka jdav
Eh, I just want the original with online co-op. Don't give me this fancy three dimensional mumbo jumbo.

Damn teenagers.
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 02:30
TheToiletDuck
that's more like it.
Rammstein's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 02:30
Rammstein
Well Penny Arcade cost 1600 MSP and so did the sequel, IIRC, ad those games sucked.

In both sales numbers and content.



/me runs!
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 02:34
ParaParaKing
This price certainly sounds more reasonable.
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 02:36
ParaParaKing
Also it is deux not duex.
LukePlaysFF's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 02:36
LukePlaysFF
Coming from someone who hasn't really played the original much, this game went from a maaaaaaaaaaybe to a first day purchase.
Arch649's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 02:41
Arch649
This is good to hear. Lets hope other games follow suit.
KaliKot's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 02:59
KaliKot
In before where's the PS3 love posts
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 03:03
Sharpless
I don't care about the negative aspects of this remake: It's still fucking Turtles In Time, AKA one of the best (the best, IMO) beat-em-ups ever made. This will always be considered a buy, for me.
Infininja's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 03:05
Infininja
@Jack Maverick:

What kind of illogical world do you live in?
Drunk Ste's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 03:09
Drunk Ste
I loved the original but there was no way in hell I'd pay 1200 for a 30 minute game but for 800 I think I'll be picking it up. I still don't like the way it looks, anyone else think they should have gone for high res 2D or Wind Waker style cell shading?
Blasto's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 03:10
Blasto
Awesome, I definitely will buy now, what a pleasant surprise :D
broonor's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 03:46
broonor
Something tells me MS spacebucks had something to do with this. Just a hunch, but mebbe the dev team wasn't quite sure on the difference between 800 wingwangs and 1200 wingwangs.

Then again, I don't even know what 800 points is in real dollars :x
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 03:50
Dexter345
Totally more reasonable now, but I'm still a bit strapped for cash, so I can't really justify it even at $10.
XanderSan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 04:17
XanderSan
For 800 points? Considering I was going to get the other two games and I think that 800 point rebate thing is in effect I'll probably do it since it'll be basically a free game.
Zaradan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 06:02
Zaradan
So will the filthy, unwashed billions that hail from the underworld outside of America be subject to this price drop?
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 06:23
Tubatic
It might have been Topher...

No for real! For the last month or two, Topher has had a vocal beef with the price of that game on every podcast where its come up. Someone probably heard him complaining, and made a wise decision.

Though, He'd probably say its still overpriced for what it is.

So, I'm gonna need for Topher to complain about every $15-$20 XBLA game that's about to come out...
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 06:39
Magnalon
@Tubatic
What about Jim's 200+ comment article, that hit Digg in a big way? :D
aerofan11's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 06:56
aerofan11
They could have told us that before I bought "Splosin Man" yesterday.
casualweaponry's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 07:12
casualweaponry
I'm still not getting it. I'd rather play the original. This one doesn't have the mode 7 Shredder boss fight, right? It is one of my favorite boss fights of all time. So I'll pass.

Unless all of my friends buy it, then I'll succumb to peer pressure.
Zaradan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 07:19
Zaradan
So how long does it take to finish this game? Just how much bang will we be getting for our buck here?
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 07:24
AgentMOO
Not buying, the sprite art made the game, and it's way too short for $10 compared with other offerings on XBLA
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 07:31
Mxyzptlk
I would have bought it at $15. I wouldn't have been happy about it, but I still would have bought it. This is a much more reasonable price. Still wish they had the original sprite version though.
Hammersmith's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 08:00
Hammersmith
I was going to buy this anyway, it being cheaper just sweetened the deal considerably. The only thing that could make this better is the inclusion of the original game as an unlockable or something.
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 08:07
Professor Pew
I was going to give this a pass at 1200 points, because I can just play the original on the xbox1 and I'm kind of worried about the diagonal combat. But for 800 points? Sure :)
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 08:33
Necros
This is much more reasonable, and I'd like to thank whoever made this decision for now price-gouging us. Still, kinda sad to hear that there won't be any option for the original art, that's always a huge boon to me.
itsnatscott's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 08:37
itsnatscott
Man, do I really have to install Microsoft Silverlight to look at SCREENSHOTS on xbox.com? Really? Pictures? Plug-ins for pictures?
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 08:44
Char Aznable
This is awesome news, I really hope this pricing trend continues. It's funny how a difference of $5 instantly made me go from "no thanks" to "instant buy" in this case.
deaddays's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 09:57
deaddays
I had a chance to play through 2 levels at Comic Con and I can tell you that it's not just an updated look they gave it, it plays COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY now. And IT'S AMAZING. You can now attack 360 degrees (jump kicks and everything) which doesn't sound like it'd make that much difference, but it really, really, really does. It made the whole thing seemed way more fast paced, which you'd think would make the levels seem even shorter, but somehow didn't feel like the case.

At any rate, my buds and I couldn't wait to play it again. I'm so pumped!
YONKE's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 10:54
YONKE
at this price now i will get it.......
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 11:54
Holyetheline
I might actually buy this now!
CJSchmidt's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 12:23
CJSchmidt
Maybe they realized that their target audience already shelled out for the arcade version a few years ago. $5-10 is a very reasonable price for XBLA games, $15 should be reserved for special releases, and $20 should be off-limits.

Style-wise, I really wish they'd have stayed 2D or 2Desque (cell shading). Oh well, the price drop made it a buy for me.
peachboy's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 14:13
peachboy
still on the fence, as i've got a perfectly fine copy of the original and a room mate who adores it as much as i do, so the whole online co-op doesnt really grab me as much as it should. still, this might be kind of sweet, i definitely enjoy the hd paint job trend, despite how stupid it really is.

undecided for now.
raptorface's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 18:36
raptorface
15 bucks was way to much. $10 is more reasonable imo
Woverine's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/31/2009 23:02
Woverine
holy crap I just went through the whole range of emotions in 5 min. First I was super excited because I had never even heard this was coming to xbox live. Then I went to confusion from reading the "revamped look" point. Then finally I went into complete disappointment and anger after seeing the new screenshots....yeah, that's the extent of my range of emotions.
Noah's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/02/2009 01:18
Noah
I'm getting it now for sure
danpaladin's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2009 21:13
danpaladin
for those of you saying that developers set XBLA pricepoints: you are wrong.
raptorface's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 17:59
raptorface
@danpaladin: Indeed. Look at Valve. If it was up to them, Xbox DLC would be free as it is on the PC.
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