Today Ubisoft announced an all-new, original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game being developed by Game Arts, the studio behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The game is being released as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the first TMNT comic and is not tied directly to a movie, tv show or comic book.

"We're really excited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first TMNT® comic and we have a number of radical 'Shell-ebration' events planned for 2009,” said Gary Richardson, CEO of Mirage Studios. "The awesome new video game that Ubisoft will release in 2009 is an important part of celebrating this Turtles milestone with fans around the world.”

"There is no better tribute to the Turtles than the creation of a brand-new game that will help to launch the next 25 years of success,” said Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft. "It's our pleasure to partner again with Mirage as part of the worldwide birthday celebration for the Turtles.”

The game is scheduled to release in the fall of 2009. Details are slim but it looks like we can expect some 4-player Brawl-like brawling. More details about the game can be found in the January 2009 copy of Nintendo Power magazine. Radical!