As of today,  Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob have four new brothers. Or four new pets, depending on how you look at it. Nickelodeon has acquired the global rights for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for $60 million. Considered one of the most successful franchises in the past 25 years, the Turtles have had a successful run in comics, cartoons, movies, toy lines, and of course video games.[nextpage]

 
You can pretty much be sure that a new game is in the works, as a new movie, produced by Scott Mendick (“Where the Wild Things Are”), and a new CG-animated cartoon are in production for a 2012 release. The Ninja Turtles have been in a string of video games since the NES, with their first game published under the Konami/Ultra label. Over the years, over 15 different