'Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2' Announced for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC

Squidward wants a piece of the action.

Developers Ludosity and Fair Play Labs and publisher GameMill Entertainment have announced Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, a sequel to 2021's hit four-player Super Smash Bros. Melee-like multiplayer brawler. It's due out later this year for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (via Steam). https://nickelodeonallstarbrawl.com

GameMill promises, in short, bigger, better, and more: more characters, more stages, and more modes, plus a new campaign, full crossplay for all platforms, voice acting for every playable character, new mini-games, improved graphics, and more. Take a look at the announcement trailer and the first screenshots below.

In the single-player campaign, you'll be aiming to stop Danny Phantom bad guy Vlad Plasmius from conquering the Nickelodeon universe. Gameplay (in all modes) will also now include new Supers, which as the name suggests are ultra-powerful moves that can swing the match in your favor if used strategically.

From today's announcement:

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 lets you duke it out with the biggest and best fighting character roster yet, including all new characters like SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Squidward Tentacles, Jimmy Neutron, and more! Choose your favorite brawlers, master their unique move sets, and use all-new powerful Supers to land the finishing blow with friends or across a unique, roguelike player campaign!

A Totally New Fighting Game Experience: Rebuilt and reimagined from the ground up, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 redefines what a Nickelodeon fighting game can be with new and revamped visuals, audio, animations, modes, stages, mechanics, taunts and move sets, competitively tuned for all levels of play. 

New & Improved Brawlers: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2’s roster is bigger and better than ever, with even more variety in how each unique character plays. Battle with brand new Nickelodeon fighters as well as returning fan favorites! 

Hit Hard With Supers: Power up your fighters with incredible new Supers, which can deal devastating blows to opponents. 

Single-Player Campaign: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 will launch with a unique campaign featuring roguelike elements. Put your skills to the test as you fight to stop Danny Phantom archvillain Vlad Plasmius from taking over the Nickelodeon universe! 

Voice Acting for All Playable Characters: Feel the energy and excitement of every attack with a fully voiced cast of fighters, including the talents of Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Bill Fagerbakke (SpongeBob SquarePants).

Minigame Mayhem – Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 introduces all-new minigames to play alone or with friends. Compete for global leaderboard high scores in Pinch the Blimps, Whack-a-Bot, and Irken Armada Bootcamp Survival.

Full Cross-Platform Play – Battle it out with up to four players on any platform with seamless cross-play, utilizing enhanced netcode for consoles and PC.

Pre-Order Bonus and Pricing

Pre-Order Bonus – Exclusive Patrick Elastic Waistband Costume

Base Game – $49.99

Digital Deluxe – $69.99 (contains Season Pass content at discounted bundle price)

Ultimate Edition – $79.99 (contains Digital Delux content and one extra costume per character)

Season Pass – $24.99 (contains all four new downloadable content Brawlers and an exclusive SpongeBob Quickster costume)

Four Individual Downloadable Content Brawlers – $6.99 (includes three skins)

Nickelodeon characters confirmed Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 in today's announcement include: Jimmy Neutron (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius); SpongeBob SquarePants, Squidward Tentacles, Patrick Star, and Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants); Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles); Jenny 'XJ-9' Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot); Rocko (Rocko's Modern Life); Nigel Thornberry (The Wild Thornberrys); Garfield; Reptar (Rugrats); Helga G. Pataki (Hey Arnold!); Stimpson J. Cat, aka Stimpy, and Ren Hoek (The Ren & Stimpy Show); Zim (Invader Zim); Avatar Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender); Avatar Korra (The Legend of Korra); Lincoln Loud and Lucy Loud (The Loud House). Levels inspired by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jellyfish Fields and the Flying Dutchman (from SpongeBob), CatDog (complete with Winslow), and Wild Thornberrys, as well as Captain Magma and Bank Geeks alt costumes for Squidward were also revealed - KRAKATOA!

See how many characters you can pick out in the trailer at the top of this page. And stay tuned for much more on Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2!

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Originally published: July 27, 2023 at 20:35 BST.

Source: IGN; H/T: ComingSoon.net; Additional source: Destructoid.

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Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for July 28, 2023 | Nickelodeon

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for July 28, 2023 | Nickelodeon

Stream the classic and the all new CG-animated Rugrats series on Paramount+! Try it FREE at ParamountPlus.com!

Rugrats, provided to Creators Syndicate by Nickelodeon, based off the popular animated television series has been created for children and family's to laugh and enjoy together.

Follow these comics and their take on real episodes of the show and their own spin on hilarious adventures.

Read more Rugrats comic strips!: https://www.creators.com/features/rugrats

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Paramount and Nickelodeon Animation’s Ramsey Naito on the Subway Grit That Inspired ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ and Sending ‘SpongeBob’ Beyond Bikini Bottom

It seemed like the end of the road for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The iconic kids franchise had inspired a half-dozen movies of various quality, with the live-action 2016 adventure Out of the Shadows suffering from the kind of withering reviews and bad box office returns that derail a film series.

But Paramount and Nickelodeon Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brian Robbins and Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount Animation president Ramsey Naito had an offbeat idea for how they could make the Turtles cool again.

That involved tapping Seth Rogen and his producing partner Evan Goldberg, the duo behind Superbad and This is the End, to give the characters an adolescent flair. It didn’t matter that the pair’s main experience with animation, the very R-rated Sausage Party, was made for moviegoers of voting age and not for the pre-teens who are the biggest fans of Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael.

“It was all about figuring out who is the coolest person we can get to bring something different to it, so it just didn’t seem like an imitation of what had come before?” Naito told Variety. “We needed someone to push this franchise forward with multiple movies and shows. And instantly it was clear that was Seth Rogen.”

Ramsey Naito. Credit: Beth Coller.

Robbins quickly called Rogen and discovered he was a fan of the show dating back to childhood. Before the two Paramount executives could get through their pitch to the comic, he was finishing their sentences and selling them on his plans for the series.

On Aug. 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem hits theaters, and the studio is so optimistic that it’s already developing a sequel and two seasons of a streaming spin-off show. But those are just a few of the projects that Naito, an Oscar-nominated producer of Boss Baby, has been cooking up since joining Nickelodeon in 2018. She took over at Paramount Animation three years later. In her roles, Naito has been breathing new life into kids and family staples like Smurfs, as well as producing Transformers One, an animated spin-off of the live-action films.

Naito spoke to Variety about working with Rogen and Goldberg, her plans to expand the cuddly PAW Patrol cinematic universe and the challenges of making animated movies that appeal to kids, as well as their parents.

You were at Nickelodeon in the 1990s. Why did you decide to return?

I’d been working in animation for a long time, and when I heard Brian was going back to Nickelodeon, I was so excited because he was one of the creators who really helped define the brand. When he asked me to join him, I jumped at the chance. When we started, we were in production on roughly nine animated projects. Cut to today and we’re in production on nearly 70 across streaming, movies, and TV. Brian told me to focus on making Nickelodeon a world class studio where we can tell great stories and be the home of the best talent. And that’s been my guiding light.

Seth Rogen said that he was worried the design of the Turtles would be too radical and edgy. Were there similar concerns at Paramount and Nickelodeon?

No. We felt like the roots of the Turtles had this essence of subway grit and graffiti that you used to really see in New York. And we wanted some of that teenage testosterone — that sort of skateboarding flair. We wanted to pay tribute to the original comic book. But one of the early references on the film was one of those teenage doodles that people used to do in class back in the days where you took notes in three-hole binders. People don’t really use those anymore, but older folks know what I’m talking about. Ultimately, what Seth and Evan and [director] Jeff Rowe have created is an animated masterpiece.

When it comes to building a franchise, how do you balance the need to keep making sequels with the potential that if you do too many shows or movies, the audience will become exhausted?

It’s different for each title, but we are generally trying to stagger theatrical installments, so they come out 18 months to two years apart. Then we’ll have digital and TV series serving as bridges between movies, so these characters remain in the zeitgeist. We know we have to be careful about the concepts we decide to embrace for theatrical and make sure they are big and juicy and that there’s hooks in them. That’s a huge challenge. 

It’s something that we’re aware of with PAW Patrol, where we are planning multiple theatrical releases and spin-offs. And in the case of Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie where the pups have superpowers, we are leaning into different genres. We are leaning into taking out characters into new worlds. With these franchises we need to event-ize every new chapter.

Can you elaborate on Brian’s recent comment in [Variety's] cover story where he said “we’re not going to release an expensive original animated movie and just pray people will come”? Does that mean you are just going to make franchises?

We are absolutely committed to making original animated films and are in development on a handful of projects. Brian and I believe we are nothing without fresh voices, faces and narratives and it’s our responsibility to add new perspectives, modern characters, and vernacular to our culture of storytelling. Originals speak authentically to today’s audience, must be handled with care, and make their own mark in our legacy library… and hopefully stand the test of time. That said, we’re not a one-size-fits-all kind of studio and our budgets are designed to support the scope of our storytelling.

What types of animated movies are working theatrically?

We want to appeal to moms and dads and kids all at the same time, and often that means focusing on the comedy. That’s what we did with Seth and Evan on Turtles or Chris Miller, who directed Puss in Boots and is now doing our Smurfs movie. We are trying to strum every cord. We are trying to attract older audiences who grew up with Turtles or SpongeBob, while also inviting in new ones.

One thing, I love about the slate at Paramount Animation is that we embrace a ‘no house style’ in the most authentic way. All of the movies we’re making look radically different. We work with different animation vendors on every single movie and that means that all of them look unique. So Turtles looks different than PAW Patrol or Transformers One, and all of those films look radically different than our Smurfs movie. It’s important for us as a studio to make films that express the creators’ visions.

What are your plans for SpongeBob SquarePants? Are you making more movies?

We’re developing more spinoffs and a series of movies for streamers, as well as a theatrical release, Search for SquarePants. The next one is going to be set in the deep sea, somewhere the series has never gone before. And the plan is that, like Avatar 2 or Wakanda Forever, we’re going to be immersed in this extraordinary underwater world. I think it’s going to be incredible to see.

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Originally published: July 28, 2023.

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Nickelodeon to Premiere PAW Patrol x Rubble & Crew Crossover Special on July 31

Nickelodeon will premiere the brand new PAW Patrol x Rubble & Crew crossover special "Charger Visits the Pups" on Monday, July 31, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. (ET/PT), as part of Pup-Mania Mondays!

In "Charger Visits the Pups," Rubble's cousin Charger visits Adventure Bay just in time to help out when a Humdinger-caused geyser destroys Mr. Porter's cafe! Then later in "Pups Save a Shiny Ride," Mayor Humdinger hatches a plan to sabotage a Shiniest Ride Contest, so it's up to the Paw Patrol to save the day.

‘PAW Patrol,’ ‘Rubble & Crew’ Celebrate Franchise’s 10th Anniversary with Season Renewals, Crossover Event

Nickelodeon and Spin Master Entertainment are doubling down on global preschool powerhouse PAW Patrol in its 10th anniversary year with season renewals of the top-rated series and its hit spinoff Rubble & Crew. The award-winning animated series PAW Patrol has been greenlit for Season 11 (26 half-hour episodes), while Rubble & Crew has been renewed for Season 2 (26 half-hour episodes).

The news comes just ahead of the first-ever PAW Patrol and Rubble & Crew TV crossover event on Monday, July 31, as brand-new episodes of both series premiere back-to-back beginning at 11 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

The 11th season of PAW Patrol will follow the paw-some pack of pups — Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Skye, Rocky, Zuma, Everest and Tracker  — as they take on exciting new missions around Adventure Bay. Whether it’s exciting aerial adventures or fired-up rescues, new pup pals and action-packed episodes are on the way.

In the upcoming second season of Rubble & Crew, Rubble, his friends and his family return to construct more pup-tastic builds, as the pups continue to help expand and grow their new town of Builder Cove.

The PAW Patrol and Rubble & Crew crossover event on Monday, July 31, features the following brand-new episodes:

• 11 a.m. (ET/PT) – PAW Patrol “Charger Visits the Pups/Pups Save a Shiny Ride”: Rubble’s cousin Charger visits Adventure Bay just in time to help when Mr. Porter’s café gets destroyed by a geyser.
• 11:30 a.m. (ET/PT) – Rubble & Crew “The Crew and Marshall Build a Fire Station”: Rubble and his family construct Builder Cove’s first-ever fire station, complete with an inspection by Marshall. When Speed Meister’s sneaky sabotage traps Marshall’s fire truck, the pups must work together to put out a blazing fire.

On Paramount+, a daring six-part special event, PAW Patrol: Moto Pups, will be available to stream starting Friday, August 11.

Synopsis: When the Ruff-Ruff Pack stops by Adventure Bay to cause some wheel trouble, the PAW Patrol needs some cool new moto moves and their purr-fect new friend, Wild Cat, to help save the day.

This special appears alongside the currently available specials: PAW Patrol: Super Charged; PAW Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue; PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue; and the recently added PAW Patrol: Mission PAW, which follows the pups on a royally epic, five-part adventure.

Since launching on Nickelodeon 10 years ago on August 12, 2013, PAW Patrol has consistently ranked as a top-rated preschool series, reaching over 350 million households globally in over 180 territories and in 35 languages. The property’s first-ever spinoff Rubble & Crew, debuted earlier this year on February 3 and follows fan-favorite character Rubble and his pup family as they use their awesome construction vehicles to build and repair whatever the town of Builder Cove needs in high-stakes adventures.

The 10-year milestone celebration will culminate on Friday, September 29, when PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie brings the pups back to the big screen for an exclusive theatrical release. From Spin Master Entertainment, Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures, the CGI-animated film will feature new voice talents, including Mckenna Grace, Taraji P. Henson, Christian Convery, Ron Pardo, Lil Rel Howery, Chris Rock, Serena Williams, Alan Kim, Brice Gonzalez, North West, Saint West, Christian Corrao, Luxton Handspiker, Nylan Parthipan, Callum Shoniker, James Marsden, Kristen Bell and Finn Lee-Epp, alongside returning cast members Marsai Martin, Ron Pardo and Kim Kardashian.

Press release:

NICKELODEON AND SPIN MASTER ENTERTAINMENT RENEW PRESCHOOL POWERHOUSE PAW PATROL® AND HIT SPINOFF RUBBLE & CREW® FOR NEW SEASONS IN 10th ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF GLOBAL FRANCHISE

     

PAW Patrol Greenlit for 11th Season, Rubble & Crew Renewed for Season Two

Anniversary Celebration Continues with First-Ever Crossover Event Premiering 

Monday, July 31, on Nickelodeon

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BURBANK, Calif., July 27, 2023 -- Nickelodeon and Spin Master Entertainment are doubling down on global preschool powerhouse PAW Patrol in its 10th anniversary year with season renewals of the top-rated series and its hit spinoff Rubble & Crew. The award-winning animated series PAW Patrol has been greenlit for an 11th season (26 half-hour episodes), while Rubble & Crew has been renewed for season two (26 half-hour episodes). This news comes just ahead of the first-ever PAW Patrol and Rubble & Crew TV crossover event on Monday, July 31, as brand-new episodes of both series premiere back-to-back beginning at 11 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

The 11th season of PAW Patrol will follow the paw-some pack of pups--Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Skye, Rocky, Zuma, Everest and Tracker--as they take on exciting new missions around Adventure Bay. Whether it's exciting aerial adventures or fired-up rescues, new pup pals and action-packed episodes are on the way. In the upcoming second season of Rubble & Crew, Rubble, his friends and his family return to construct more pup-tastic builds, as the pups continue to help expand and grow their new town of Builder Cove. 

The PAW Patrol and Rubble & Crew crossover event on Monday, July 31, features the following brand-new episodes:  

• 11 a.m. (ET/PT) – PAW Patrol "Charger Visits the Pups/Pups Save a Shiny Ride"
• Rubble's cousin Charger visits Adventure Bay just in time to help when Mr. Porter's café gets destroyed by a geyser.
• 11:30 a.m. (ET/PT) – Rubble & Crew "The Crew and Marshall Build a Fire Station"
• Rubble and his family construct Builder Cove's first-ever fire station, complete with an inspection by Marshall. When Speed Meister's sneaky sabotage traps Marshall's fire truck, the pups must work together to put out a blazing fire.

On Paramount+, a daring six-part special event, PAW Patrol: Moto Pups, will be available to stream starting Friday, Aug. 11. When the Ruff-Ruff Pack stops by Adventure Bay to cause some wheel trouble, the PAW Patrol needs some cool new moto moves and their purr-fect new friend, Wild Cat, to help save the day. This special appears alongside the currently available specials: PAW Patrol: Super Charged; PAW Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue; PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue; PAW Patrol: Cat Pack; and the recently added PAW Patrol: Mission PAW, which follows the pups on a royally epic, five-part adventure.

Since launching on Nickelodeon 10 years ago on Aug. 12, 2013, PAW Patrol has consistently ranked as a top-rated preschool series, reaching over 350 million households globally in over 180 territories and in 35 languages. The beloved property's first-ever spinoff Rubble & Crew debuted earlier this year on Feb. 3 and follows fan-favorite character Rubble and his pup family as they use their awesome construction vehicles to build and repair whatever the town of Builder Cove needs in high-stakes adventures.  

The 10-year milestone celebration will culminate on Friday, Sept. 29, when PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie brings preschoolers' favorite pups back to the big screen for an exclusive theatrical release. From Spin Master Entertainment, Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures, the CGI-animated film will feature new voice talents, including Mckenna Grace, Taraji P. Henson, Christian Convery, Ron Pardo, Lil Rel Howery, Chris Rock, Serena Williams, Alan Kim, Brice Gonzalez, North West, Saint West, Christian Corrao, Luxton Handspiker, Nylan Parthipan, Callum Shoniker, James Marsden, Kristen Bell and Finn Lee-Epp, alongside returning cast members Marsai Martin, Ron Pardo and Kim Kardashian.

About Spin Master

Spin Master Corp. (TSX:TOY) is a leading global children's entertainment company, creating exceptional play experiences through its three creative centres: Toys, Entertainment and Digital Games. Spin Master Entertainment creates and produces compelling multiplatform content, through its in-house studio and partnerships with outside creators, including the preschool franchise PAW Patrol and numerous other original shows, short-form series and feature films. 

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 44th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands.

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Originally published: July 27, 2023 at 03:53 BST,

Original source: Animation Magazine; Press release via PR Newswire.

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Erik Burnham Discusses 'TMNT: Saturday Morning Adventures' and Karai Spinoff

Erik Burnham sat down during SDCC 2023 to discuss TMNT: Saturday Morning Adventures and an upcoming Ninja Turtles project.

Writer and artist Erik Burham is no stranger to the world of comics. In recent years, he's received critical acclaim for his work on IDW Publishing's Ghostbusters series. He is also known for his work in the TMNT franchise and is currently the writer of one of IDW's most nostalgic series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures, which revives one of the earliest (and arguably most popular) eras of the beloved Heroes in a Half-Shell.

CBR spoke with Burnham at San Diego Comic-Con 2023, where the creator discussed his current work on the Saturday Morning Adventures series and why readers should be interested. He also took time to talk about his upcoming series that takes place in the mainstream Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe and focuses on an unlikely fan-favorite character in the franchise.

CBR: What can you tell us about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures?

Erik Burnham: Saturday Morning Adventures is based on the massive 1987 cartoon series that introduced the Ninja Turtles to the world. That's how I learned about them, and that's how a whole lot of people became familiar with them before comics became as ubiquitous as they are now. The series is the same brand of goofy fun that is three parts adventure to four parts humor and breaks the fourth wall with bad puns. It's just a good time that's suitable for all ages.

You seem to be very enthusiastic about this series.

You have no idea how much fun I'm having. My favorite part of my work day is when I get notes back from the editors or from Nickelodeon, and they highlight a pun that I've put into the script. And the note is, "Oh, God, why? Why would you do this?" But they don't tell me no, and they don't tell me to stop no matter how much they groan through the text, and I absolutely love that.

Which of the Ninja Turtles is your favorite to write, and why?

It started as Michelangelo and moved to Donatello in Saturday Morning Adventures. Now it's kind of evolved into Raphael because he gets to have most of the fourth-wall-breaking action. That turned into a replacement story in Issue #8, which revolved around him getting into trouble for breaking the fourth wall, and it's a lot of fun. So Raphael is definitely my favorite Ninja Turtle to write, at least when it comes to Saturday Morning Adventures.

I understand that you are working on an upcoming project that revolves around the fan-favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain Karai. What can you tell me about this new series?

The new series is called Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan, and the idea came about a year ago when the Ninja Turtle writers were having an online Zoom Summit about the Armageddon Game. It was mentioned that Karai was going to take over the Foot Clan, Shredder was going to be out of the picture, and she was going to start fresh in Japan. I suggested doing a story about a mission that occurs during the new status quo. At that point, ideas were coming in from everybody. It just kept getting bigger, and it was moving farther and farther away from my initial pitch. It's now become almost like an event mini-series, and it has been a blast to work on so far.

Will Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan be darker than your work on Saturday Morning Adventures?

I can't write anything without a little bit of humor and a few lighter moments, but Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan is 100% darker than Saturday Morning Adventures. It's a half shade darker than the regular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book but a lot lighter than The Last Ronin. It leans a little toward the dark end of the spectrum, and people will die. Remember, Karai is technically a villain, so there will be some villainous stuff going on.

What kind of Ninja Turtles fans do you think will be most interested in Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan?

Hopefully, all of them, but specifically those who have been following the IDW title from the start. Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan grows out of that and is very much the same vibe and tone, so hopefully, it'll grab them. I'm trying to make it relatively accessible even though it does have a lot of connections to the Armageddon Game, Secret History of the Foot Clan, and the long history of the IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title. Longtime fans will hopefully appreciate and enjoy Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan, but we're trying to make it appealing to new readers as well.

How is Karai's Foot Clan different from Shredder's?

I think part of what Karai wants to find out is how her Foot Clan can be different. She has always wanted to bring back the past, and we saw that when she resurrected Shredder. But instead of running the clan the way it was done in the past, he evolved. However, Karai didn't evolve quite as much, and this is about her evolution and finding out what the Foot Clan will be like under her rule. It might be more altruistic. It might be more mercenary. We'll all see as the story unfolds.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures is on sale monthly from IDW Publishing.

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Primark, Pizza Hut and Paramount Team for 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem' Collab

Primark and Pizza Hut – in collaboration with Paramount Consumer Products – are serving up their freshest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles partnership yet.

The fashion retailer has revealed that it will be ‘shell-ebrating’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem with the release of a limited edition adult leisurewear collection featuring everyone’s four favourite turtles and their favourite food, XXL pizza slices from Pizza Hut.

The six-piece leisurewear collection features nostalgic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphics alongside a retro Pizza Hut logo applied across tonal tees, super-soft hoodies, shorts, socks and bucket hats.

A second collection will drop in early November just in time for Christmas gifting.

Pizza Hut is also getting in on the action by launching a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-inspired pizza aptly named ‘The Big New Yorker.’ The pizza – as featured in the movie itself – is the biggest pizza available at Pizza Hut yet, coming in at a whopping 16 inches. The thin, crisp bottom crust is cut into six XXL, foldable New York style slices to give an authentic taste of NYC.

“We’ve always had a close link to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and are so excited to be launching this collaboration,” commented Hazell White, head of brand and innovation at Pizza Hut. “We love the nostalgic and retro nod in Primark’s limited-edition collection and can’t wait to see people wearing it. We love the collaboration so much that we have launched the same pizza in the movie in our stores at a budget-busting £13.99.”

Sarah Jackson, director of licensing at Primark, continued: “We are thrilled to partner with Pizza Hut and Paramount Consumer Products on the release of this limited edition adult leisurewear range. We are known for delivering unexpected collaborations and we think the nostalgic prints will really resonate with many of our customers who grew up watching Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo.”

The collection will launch with a special weekend long event at Primark’s flagship Birmingham store on 29-30 July, before landing in Primark stores globally from 31 July. The launch event will include sampling of Pizza Hut’s new ‘Big New Yorker’ thinner, foldable pizza, a DJ featuring music from the early 90’s Hip-Hop inspired movie soundtrack and experiential activities such as a virtual graffiti wall.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem leaps into cinemas on July 31! Watch the trailer here!

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Visit London Aquarium For Free If You Share a Name With a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle on July 31

On the off chance you share a name with one of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you can visit London Aquarium for free on one day only.

Visit London Aquarium for free if you share a name with a teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Image: London Aquarium)

COWABUNGA! To celebrate the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, written by Seth Rogan and featuring a stellar cast including Rose Byrne and Jackie Chan, SEA LIFE London Aquarium will welcome in the mutant turtles’ namesakes for free.

So, if you are a Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello or a Raphael, you can check out aquatic life on Monday, July 31 without paying a shell-ing and say hello to the aquarium’s sea turtles, Boris and Dougie and a gaggle of terrapins.

Catherine Pritchard, SEA LIFE London Aquarium’s General Manager, said: "We're so excited to celebrate the return of these legendary turtle brothers who have captured the hearts of audiences for years, and what better way to do it than to invite guests who share their names with the heroes to come face to face with our real-life sea turtles and terrapins at the aquarium.”

To take advantage of sharing a name with a pizza-eating mutated animal, just bring a form of ID with you, such as a passport, birth certificate or photo ID card.

Produced by Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayham tells the story of the four turtle brothers who go on a mission to be accepted as normal teenagers by New Yorkers through acts of heroism. The film is released in cinemas on July 31! Watch the trailer here!

And if you're in London, make sure to pay a visit to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - The Lair Experience in Waterloo!

SEA LIFE London Aquarium address: Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7PB

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'Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2' Pricing, Pre-Order Bonus and Editions Revealed

Publisher GameMill Entertainment and developers Ludosity and Fair Play Labs have announced platform fighting game sequel Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch this fall.

Here is an overview of the game, via GameMill Entertainment:

About

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 lets you duke it out with the series’ biggest and best fighting character roster yet, including all-new characters like Squidward Tentacles, Jimmy Neutron, and more to be announced. Choose your favorite brawlers, master their unique move sets, and use brand-new powerful Supers to land the finishing blow. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 will launch with its own single-player campaign featuring roguelike elements, voice acting for all playable characters, and full crossplay on all game systems.

Key Features

• A Totally New Fighting Game Experience – Rebuilt and reimagined from the ground up, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 redefines what a Nickelodeon fighting game can be with new and revamped visuals, audio, animations, modes, stages, mechanics, taunts and move sets, competitively tuned for all levels of play.
• New and Improved Brawlers – Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2‘s roster is bigger and better than ever, with even more variety in how each unique character plays. Battle with brand-new Nickelodeon fighters, as well as returning fan favorites!
• Hit Hard With Supers – Power up your fighters with incredible new Supers, which can deal devastating blows to opponents.
• Single-Player Campaign – Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 will launch with a unique campaign featuring roguelike elements. Put your skills to the test as you fight to stop Danny Phantom archvillain Vlad Plasmius from taking over the Nickelodeon universe!
• Voice Acting for All Playable Characters – Feel the energy and excitement of every attack with a fully voiced cast of fighters, including the talents of Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Bill Fagerbakke (SpongeBob SquarePants).
• Minigame Mayhem – Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 introduces all-new minigames to play alone or with friends. Compete for global leaderboard high scores in Pinch the Blimps, Whack-a-Bot, and Irken Armada Bootcamp Survival.
• Full Cross-Platform Play – Battle it out with up to four players on any platform with seamless cross-play, utilizing enhanced netcode for consoles and PC.

Pre-Order Bonus and Pricing

• Pre-Order Bonus – Exclusive Patrick Elastic Waistband Costume
• Base Game – $49.99
• Digital Deluxe – $69.99 (contains Season Pass content at discounted bundle price)
• Ultimate Edition – $79.99 (contains Digital Delux content and one extra costume per character)
• Season Pass – $24.99 (contains all four new downloadable content Brawlers and an exclusive SpongeBob Quickster costume)
• Four Individual Downloadable Content Brawlers – $6.99 (includes three skins)

Watch the announcement trailer and view the first screenshots from the game here!

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Originally published: July 28, 2023.

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Here’s What’s New In 'Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2'

A bigger roster, cross-play, and much more

Image: Ludosity, Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment

Beloved characters from SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, and other enduring Nickelodeon shows will square off, platform-fighter style, in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 later this year. The sequel to Fair Play Labs and Ludosity’s 2021’s Super Smash Bros.-inspired fighting game promises to be bigger and better than its predecessor.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 will improve on the original game with voice acting for all of its characters, cross-play on all platforms, and a visual overhaul, according to publisher GameMill Entertainment. New characters Squidward Tentacles, Jimmy Neutron, and still-to-be-announced additions will further flesh out the roster. There’s something for solo players too: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 will include a roguelike story campaign and a bunch of minigames to keep players busy.

For some insight into what else is new in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Polygon spoke with Fair Play Labs studio director Diego Rodriguez via email. Read on for their conversation.

Polygon: Can you talk about what’s new here from a core gameplay perspective? What do you think will surprise players about the change from Brawl to Brawl 2, in terms of updated mechanics?

Rodriguez: This is actually a difficult question to answer because this is an entirely new game! We’ve changed almost every aspect of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 1 in small to big ways and we hope all of them come as a good surprise for players, but to list a few of the changes:

• We’ve completely redone how movement works by changing to analog inputs compared to digital inputs from the first game, meaning things feel smoother and more responsive when moving around… which opens up a whole new world in terms of gameplay and strategy.
• We’ve also added more options like horizontal attacks, defensive rolls and dodges.
• We added something that is not very common to the platform fighters — a meter mechanic. This introduces a more in-depth system to the game in general. Using this meter you can modify attacks, do ultimates, boost damage, slime cancel and much more unique stuff!
• Finally, something that stands out compared to the first game is the character design. On NASB 2 we put a lot of effort into making each character feel unique so we can cater to different types of gameplay.

Any favorite Supers you can share, just as a taste of what’s to come?

Honestly all of the Ultimate attacks are really cool. I really love Jimmy’s and April’s but my favorite is Zim just because I’m a HUGE Zim fan! Prepare for doom through the ultimate tool of destruction… minimoose!

I hope everyone looks at the move of their favorite characters and thinks, “Wow, that’s cool!”

Image: Ludosity, Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment

What was your approach to selecting the roster this time? Any surprises you think fans won’t expect? Anyone NOT returning from the first Brawl?

This is probably one of the hardest decisions we made when we started to design the game — a lot of thought came into it. We looked a lot at the reaction on the roster of the first game, what were the more requested characters by the community and also what we can achieve with the vast list of amazing Nick characters, and of course we had Nick input as well.

There were a lot of options and possibilities, but we had to choose and we are very happy with the final roster.

Surprises? Yes! The funny thing is that from all the lists of possible characters the fans are making, none we have seen have guessed completely right. Just wait a bit and you will know who made it and who didn’t!

What’s your approach to implementing VO? Is it all original or do you sample from Nickelodeon shows?

All VO is recorded exclusively for the game. After the character is designed, animated and integrated, we write down the script for every character. This script includes all moves, general feelings, responses, reactions, campaign and single player lines. We try to use lines from the shows or lines that we think that character could say.

After our first pass of the script, a Nickelodeon writer double checks and adds more lines to the script, after Nickelodeon’s approval it goes into recording.

Can you talk about the roguelike elements of the single-player campaign? Anything you can compare it to so folks have an idea of what to expect?

I don’t think we can directly compare it to anything that is out there, at least not that I know of. Of course, if you are familiar with roguelike games, you will understand right away how the campaign works, but we made quite a few adaptations so it could work with the platform fighter mechanic, since first and foremost, this is a platform fighter.

I don’t want to spoil it too much, but basically we have a main storyline and you start with SpongeBob. As you progress, you unlock characters which you can use in the campaign, and each character has his/her unique story lines. The structure is the same on roguelike games — you progress through a series of battles, and if you lose, you keep some of your progress (characters unlocked, currencies, etc.) and use it to further your progress on your next try until you reach the end. And of course, in the middle we have cool opponents, bosses and other elements unique to the campaign.

One of the bigger complaints players had about NASB was the perceived value for the cost — would you say you’ve taken that to heart for NASB2? Is this a game you plan to support beyond the announced season pass?

Absolutely. We’ve put a lot of care into building a much bigger and more polished experience for NASB 2 and we hope players notice. There are quite a lot of changes and additions, for example: more costumes, better animations, better sound, VO at launch, better netcode, campaign, more gameplay modes, and more! But most of all we hope players have fun playing the game and feel they are getting a great value for it.

All I can say right now is that we are very excited about the season pass!

What were some of the bigger lessons learned in developing the first Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl — and in seeing players’ reactions to it?

There were a lot of lessons from the first game. I think the most important one was to have VO at launch, which we do have this time around. But overall, we learned a lot and tried to apply as much as we could to NASB 2 to make it a great game — down to small gameplay changes, crossplay and online, and how we approach single player content.

Players’ reactions to the first game was incredible. Seeing all the people hyped about the game and enjoying it so much on release was amazing. We are very happy with the reception and all the feedback we got on how to make the game better.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 is slated to release later this year for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (via Steam). Find out more here!

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Originally published: July 28, 2023.

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