Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-1362555-20140809080356/@comment-1362555-20140827235518

Fernando Pandha wrote: It would be great if they were reincarnated like in the IDW comics. Imagine this, Splinter found the book, and that triggered his past life memories.

They already have the IDW comic origin's element of the Turtles and Splinter being mutated in a lab, so you may be on to something.