8 Insanely Different Versions Of The SAME Video Game

8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters

It's not uncommon for fighting video games to differ slightly depending on what platform you play them on.

Well, clearly no one told Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters this, as the NES, Genesis, and SNES versions might as well be completely different games.

For a start, the rosters outside of the classic pizza-loving turtles wildly differ, with the NES packing a measly seven fighters into the roster against the Genesis's eight and the SNES's TEN. However within the fighters is a world of difference, with each installment getting unique characters based on the comics showcasing that a lot of love went into every iteration.

Hell, even April O'Neil squares up for a few rounds!

The plots diverge heavily as well; in the NES version the turtles battle between themselves to see who is best to take on The Shredder, whereas in the SNES version the Turtles notice that a tournament of power is taking place and that Shredder has entered. Thinking they could defeat him for good, they all sign up.

It's the Genesis version then that actually does something interesting with its plot, as here the battles take place in Dimension X, with the Turtles defeating powerful warriors to locate their Master Splinter who has been rat-napped by Krang.

The differences are so many, especially when you consider the impact the different controller layouts have on gameplay, that the team could have easily released this as three separate games and milked the concept for all it's worth.