Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - Radical Rescue (USA)
also known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles III - Radical Rescue
Game Boy
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Reviewed in 1993
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✪ Reviewed on August 7, 2025
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Third Game Boy TMNT/TMHT, and a real surprise: Konami goes Metroidvania. One playable turtle at the start, you free the others through exploration, each with specific abilities. Excellent design for the machine, the true franchise peak on Game Boy. Absolutely recommend.
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Action Adventure1 player7+
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Third TMNT Game Boy episode with the Ninja Turtles exploring the Foot Clan HQ to rescue their captured companions. Published by Konami, released in 1993 in Europe and North America. Metroidvania structure, one turtle per zone to free, growing powers, and end-of-zone bosses.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - Radical Rescue review
American edition keeping the Ninja Turtles name intact, in contrast to the PAL version renamed Hero. Konami's last Game Boy title dedicated to the Turtles, a late November 1993 release as the market had begun to turn away from monochrome. Konami USA run was short relative to the first two TMNT GB games, and a complete copy with manual and tactical map stays sought after, especially since the game was put back in the spotlight by the Cowabunga Collection.
Is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - Radical Rescue still worth playing in 2026?
Konami's third TMNT on Game Boy, Radical Rescue is a real surprise: the franchise pivots to metroidvania. You start with a single turtle, free the others as you explore and each one unlocks new paths through their own abilities. On Game Boy the concept works remarkably well, supported by readable level design and brisk pacing. Shorter than a full Metroid but well constructed, it remains the peak of the portable TMNT line and a fine vintage metroidvania, well worth recommending to fans of the genre.
