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I belatedly realized that directly linking to leaks may not have been a good idea. I'm not 100% sure if it's against the rules after a work is officially revealed, but I'm removing all relevant links to be on the safe side.


** The first time came in late April 2020, when Creator/GeorgeGomez shared a screen capture of several Creator/{{Stern}} employees having a meeting over Zoom. [[https://twitter.com/__twip__/status/1252722203516383233 Looking closely at the edge of Dwight Sullivan's screen revealed a banner that appeared to show the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo.]] This was eventually proven true, with [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ebw2AfYUwAUePa0?format=jpg&name=orig better pictures of the banner]] coming out after the game's release.
** The second time was right before the proper reveal: Kaneda, a prominent pinball leaker and podcast host, posted several details about the game to his Website/{{Facebook}} account, including [[http://archive.is/McWE3 pictures]] [[http://archive.is/rbtas of the]] [[http://archive.is/aDmMZ playfield]], [[http://archive.is/AgHcl the Limited Edition cabinet]], and [[http://archive.is/LahEm a overhead picture of the same edition's playfield]]. [[http://archive.is/2ANLN He also revealed]] that the game would forgo using the original cartoon's voice actors in favor of [[NotQuiteStarring soundalikes]].
* ExecutiveMeddling: In [[https://soundcloud.com/loserkidpinballpodcast/ep-37-talkin-turtles-with-dwight-sullivan this]] episode of Loser Kid Pinball Podcast, programmer Dwight Sullivan noted that the game was originally planned to use the actual theme song from the 1987 cartoon before Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} (which owns the franchise) insisted they use a cover version.

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** The first time came in late April 2020, when Creator/GeorgeGomez shared a screen capture of several Creator/{{Stern}} Stern employees having a meeting over Zoom. [[https://twitter.com/__twip__/status/1252722203516383233 Looking closely at the edge of Dwight Sullivan's screen revealed a banner that appeared to show the Teenage ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo.]] This Turtles'' logo. After the game was eventually proven true, with released, [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ebw2AfYUwAUePa0?format=jpg&name=orig better pictures of the banner]] coming out after the game's release.
banner was proven to be real]].
** The second time was right before the proper reveal: Kaneda, a prominent pinball leaker and reveal at the end of May 2020, when podcast host, host Kaneda posted several details about the game to his Website/{{Facebook}} account, including [[http://archive.is/McWE3 pictures]] [[http://archive.is/rbtas account. These included pictures of the]] [[http://archive.is/aDmMZ playfield]], [[http://archive.is/AgHcl the playfield, the Limited Edition cabinet]], cabinet, and [[http://archive.is/LahEm a overhead picture of the same edition's playfield]]. [[http://archive.is/2ANLN playfield. He also revealed]] revealed that the game would forgo using the original cartoon's voice actors in favor of [[NotQuiteStarring soundalikes]].
soundalikes]].
* ExecutiveMeddling: In [[https://soundcloud.com/loserkidpinballpodcast/ep-37-talkin-turtles-with-dwight-sullivan this]] episode of Loser Kid Pinball Podcast, programmer Dwight Sullivan noted that the game was originally planned to use the actual theme song from the 1987 cartoon before Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} (which owns the franchise) insisted they use a cover version.version.
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At the time I wrote this, Kaneda had seemingly retired. He's since returned.


** The second time was right before the proper reveal: Kaneda, then a prominent pinball leaker and podcast host, posted several details about the game to his Website/{{Facebook}} account, including [[http://archive.is/McWE3 pictures]] [[http://archive.is/rbtas of the]] [[http://archive.is/aDmMZ playfield]], [[http://archive.is/AgHcl the Limited Edition cabinet]], and [[http://archive.is/LahEm a overhead picture of the same edition's playfield]]. [[http://archive.is/2ANLN He also revealed]] that the game would forgo using the original cartoon's voice actors in favor of [[NotQuiteStarring soundalikes]].

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** The second time was right before the proper reveal: Kaneda, then a prominent pinball leaker and podcast host, posted several details about the game to his Website/{{Facebook}} account, including [[http://archive.is/McWE3 pictures]] [[http://archive.is/rbtas of the]] [[http://archive.is/aDmMZ playfield]], [[http://archive.is/AgHcl the Limited Edition cabinet]], and [[http://archive.is/LahEm a overhead picture of the same edition's playfield]]. [[http://archive.is/2ANLN He also revealed]] that the game would forgo using the original cartoon's voice actors in favor of [[NotQuiteStarring soundalikes]].
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* ContentLeak: The game was leaked ''twice'' before its official announcement at the tail end of May 2020:
** The first time came in late April 2020, when Creator/GeorgeGomez shared a screen capture of several Creator/{{Stern}} employees having a meeting over Zoom. [[https://twitter.com/__twip__/status/1252722203516383233 Looking closely at the edge of Dwight Sullivan's screen revealed a banner that appeared to show the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo.]] This was eventually proven true, with [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ebw2AfYUwAUePa0?format=jpg&name=orig better pictures of the banner]] coming out after the game's release.
** The second time was right before the proper reveal: Kaneda, then a prominent pinball leaker and podcast host, posted several details about the game to his Website/{{Facebook}} account, including [[http://archive.is/McWE3 pictures]] [[http://archive.is/rbtas of the]] [[http://archive.is/aDmMZ playfield]], [[http://archive.is/AgHcl the Limited Edition cabinet]], and [[http://archive.is/LahEm a overhead picture of the same edition's playfield]]. [[http://archive.is/2ANLN He also revealed]] that the game would forgo using the original cartoon's voice actors in favor of [[NotQuiteStarring soundalikes]].
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* ExecutiveMeddling: In [[https://soundcloud.com/loserkidpinballpodcast/ep-37-talkin-turtles-with-dwight-sullivan this]] episode of Loser Kid Pinball Podcast, programmer Dwight Sullivan noted that the game was originally planned to use the actual theme song from the 1987 cartoon before Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} (which owns the franchise) insisted they use a cover version.

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