Konami shells out for top tech
Konamihas confirmedthat its upcoming retro compendiumTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collectionwill utilize rollback netcode for the online mode ofTMNT: Tournament Fighters. The new factoid will come as welcome news for long-time fans of the heroes in a half-shell.
The Cowabunga Collection—a compilation that almost seems too good to be true— features a bumper crop ofTMNTadventures pulled from arcade, NES, SNES, Genesis, and Game Boy platforms. What this boils down to is hours upon hours of classic brawling, platforming, and fighting action, dating as far back as the halcyon days of 1988, when Turtle Mania first bestowed itself on the world.
📣SNES TMNT Tournament Fighter fans!You Asked for the deets about the Online Play in the#TMNTCowabungaCollection:Game Speed: Hi-Speed 1Game Time: 60Rollback Net Code: Yespic.twitter.com/ewVt3aT8Bn
— Konami (@Konami)June 21, 2025
TMNT: Tournament Fighterslaunched on NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis in 1993, though all three platforms hadverydifferent games. Generally considered the best (and inarguably the most enduring) of the three versions, the SNES edition is still played today by a dedicated community, who are no doubt stoked to hear that they will now have a modern, copy of the one-on-one classic for future-proofing. It seems that only the SNES version ofTournament Fighterswill support online play, a decision that what one would assume hopes to avoid further diluting the already niche player base.
Alongside the three versions ofTournament Fighters,The Cowabunga Collectionalso includes the titles listed below. When you add to this the recently released Dotemu brawlerTMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, it has certainly been an awesome year for fans of Leo, Don, Mikey, and Raph. Man, I love being a turtle.
TMNT: The Cowabunga Collectionlaunches August 30 on PlayStation, PC, Xbox, and Switch platforms.
