SMITE players were stunned today when Hi-Rez revealed it would be crossing over with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, adding new skins to the game that allow the player to battle with their favorite of the turtles. Naturally, Hi-Rez went all in on the nostalgia, even including the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song in the reveal trailer.
SMITE has a history of crossing over with some pretty bizarre franchises, having already done collaboration events with the likes of RWBY and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Though these crossovers add a certain degree of silliness to the game, fans seem to love them and Hi-Rez is keeping them coming.
For this event, players will be able to gain access to four new skins, each representing a different Ninja Turtle. There is also an alternate skin for each Turtle available through the prestige track. These skins are called Radical skins and more closely resemble their early animated appearances.
Each of the Ninja Turtles has a skin that can be used with a specific character. For Leonardo, players will have the abilities and powers of Osiris. Donatello is represented by Sun Wukong, another bo staff user, while Raphael is a skin for Loki. Finally, players wanting to play Michelangelo will use the powers of Mercury, using his skateboard to keep up with the God of Speed's insane movement capabilities. Reception to these choices are mixed, with some players questioning why Kuzenbo, the actual Japanese Turtle God, wasn't used as the base for at least one of the Ninja Turtles.
In general, fans are very excited about this inclusion, though some are starting to notice a pattern. The last major cross over event held in SMITE was with Avatar: The Last Airbender, another franchise owned by Nickelodeon. This connection has prompted many to jokingly speculate that SMITE signed some sort of deal with Nickelodeon, and that more characters from that network might make their way into the game soon. Some popular requests in the video's comment section include Spongebob and Drake and Josh, but fans are going wild with other predictions as well.
Though they aren't featured in the reveal video above, Shredder and Splinter are also confirmed to be coming to the game, as SMITE shared images of the two characters on Twitter. Players are speculating that Shredder will be a Ravana skin while Splinter will be a Hachiman skin, but SMITE will reveal that information on Wednesday's TMNT update show at 3 PM ET.
SMITE is crossing over with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.