TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Won’t Have DLC [IGN]

During this week’s episode of Xbox Expansion Pass, narrative designer Yannick Belzil made it clear that Tribute Games won’t be creating any additional costumes for the Turtles for the upcoming beat ’em up revival. He indicated that the team’s perfectionism puts them at odds with their limited resources.

“For alternate costumes, it really was not thought of during production because we’re very proud of our animations, and the animations are really detailed, and they’re filled with character” Belzil said. “They’re really animated with minute details, which means that making them takes a long time.”

“I always thought that it’d be cool if the Turtles could be in trench coats and hats the way they were incognito in the old cartoons,” Belzil continued. “But again, that would take a whole lot of time, and especially with our animators – like, they’d want the trench coat to be flowing, and you’d want it to be dynamic.”

Though they may not be very interested in creating additional costumes for existing characters, Belzil hinted that the team, if given enough resources, would be more likely to “work on a newer playable character rather than create an alterate skin.”

Luckily for TMNT enthusiasts, Shredder’s Revenge will launch with seven playable characters, including all four of the beloved Turtles alongside series mainstays Splinter, April O’Neil, and Casey Jones, so there should be plenty of variety in this love letter to the 90s arcade classics.

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge launches June 16 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Billy Givens is a freelance writer at IGN.