Hothead is one of the seven playable characters in the NES version of TMNT: Tournament Fighters and is the only character in that version that does not have an incarnation in another version of the game. he is an adaptation of the character Warrior Dragon from TMNT Magazine and TMNT Adventures.
History[]
Although not given his Archie continuity version's real name of Chu Hsi, Hothead is still described as a firefighter who unwittingly unleashed the spirit of an ancient samurai dragon. Other than being an ally of the Ninja Turtles, not much else is revealed about him.
Hothead is depicted quite similarly in-game to his action figure counterpart, only with yellow skin like in TMNT Magazine and Adventures. In contrast, on the game's cover. he is closer in design to the Chu Hsi incarnation, but his skin is red.
Powers and abilities[]
- Super strength: Hothead possesses much more physical strength than the rest of the cast, at the expense of speed.
- Fire breath: Hothead is capable of emitting flame from his mouth, befitting his existence as a dragon.
Trivia[]
- The game by default disallows a mirror match of two Hotheads to fight one another, due to Hothead's massive sprite size being a strain on the NES' hardware - the game flickers slightly as-is just having one of him. As "justification", the issue of Nintendo Power magazine that covered the game claimed that the reason Hothead could not fight himself was because his "Dragon spirit would not allow such a battle to take place". A glitch in the game did make it possible to force this battle into existence, as could game enhancers such as Game Genie, but the match would be incredibly unstable. An option in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection allows for native Hothead mirror matches, with a sprite flickering toggle as another option.