Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge was released in June on Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC with very positive reviews. Now, Tribute Games has revealed that the side scroller beat ‘em up sold over 1 million copies during its first week.
According to the Tribute Games tweet, the cooperative hit managed to sell 1 million copies, which the studio says “calls for a world-class pizza party with tubular topping!”
Speaking about the achievement, Tribute said, “We feel humbled to have so many people sharing our love for turtles,” before concluding, “Thank you again to all of you around the world and to Dimension X!”
💥Cowabunga! We are honored to have so many people sharing our love for turtles! One million copies sold during its first week requires a world-class pizza party with tubular topping! 🍕 Thanks again to all of you around the world and Dimension. X! pic.twitter.com/x7kkJS6fbF
– Tribute Games (@TributeGames) July 13, 2022
This is even more impressive because Shredder’s Revenge is a first-day title for Xbox Game Pass, which means many gamers won’t have paid the full price for the title.
At the release, Tribute Games narrative designer Yannick Belzil said it was “extremely exciting” for TMNT’s original voice actors to return to their roles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.
“These characters are a bit engraved, thanks to their performances. So for me, and for all of us, I felt legitimized in some way to have their voices in the game, ”Belzil said.
With the success of Shredder’s Revenge, fans of the game or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series could now be looking for another turtle-shaped itch to scratch. They may want to get their hands on the upcoming Cowabunga collection that will be released for PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S later this year.
In other news, Nintendo has agreed to acquire Dynamo Pictures, a Tokyo-based visual content producer, and the acquisition will close on October 3 in an effort to “strengthen the visual content planning and production structure in the group.” Nintendo “.