There's a problem inherent to anything related to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in today's media. Namely, the attempts to make them hip for this generation. They will never be as cool as they were in the 80s. Their time has passed, and like so many good movies whose legacies are ruined by bad sequels, their original charm simply can't be duplicated. Turtles in Time: Re-shelled digs up the classic arcade game, dusts it off and gives it a makeover. But this game's time has come and gone, and no amount of makeup can mask its age.
