This page details pre-release information and/or media for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project.
EGM Previews#
Issue 28 (November 1991)#
The HUD portrait (Donatello in this case) is showing teeth.
Issue 29 (December 1991)#

Aside from Don's HUD portrait being the same as in the previous preview, Leonardo's HUD picture has his mouth open and also showing teeth.
Japanese Advert#

From Famitsu #155. An infinity symbol is used for the number of lives, something which isn't possible in the final game, though the symbol is still present in the ROM:
The low scores indicate that the screenshots were taken after using the stage select. It's likely that an option to set infinite lives was present in this build.
The Game Power#
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Watch on YouTubeA Japanese program from December 10, 1991.
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The title screen has no Japanese text or cityscape, the 2 looks a bit unpolished, the symbol "®" hasn't appeared on screen, and the selections are the same as in the US version.
(Source: Kinjo Game Channel)