Straight from Konoha, the most saucy and fun cartoon Ninja arrives on Playstation 2 to allow you to fight alongside him
Introduction
The leitmotif of the game is that of the award-winning comic that, after having depopulated in Japan, invaded the West, becoming here too an incredible success both in the "comic" and in the "cartoon" version. The deeds of the ninja-fox-a-nine-tailed have fascinated many young people, where the episodes broadcast on the Mediaset “boys' network” are more and more followed and exciting every day.
Naruto Ultimate Ninja is a fighting game with lots of quality tweaks in the battles, features hard to find in games of the same genre such as the ability to get help in battle from support characters who donate items to the fighters. The battlefield is very wide and it is possible to destroy various objects to obtain very useful tools in battle.
gameplay
The game allows you to change levels during a fight allowing a tactical change. It is possible to face various missions: from simple training exercises to grade A missions.
There are two bonus characters to unlock by completing missions. It is possible to choose the language, but the dubbing of the characters is in English or Japanese. The game also contains a myriad of bonus content including images and music related to the world of Naruto.
Through the story mode of twelve characters out of fourteen playable, you face the story of each hero in a set of five battles each; completing the stories of the main characters you get other stories and therefore other playable characters.
Player Support Characters:
Naruto: Iruka
Sasuke: Kakashi or Naruto
Sakura: Sasuke, Kakashi
Kakashi: Gai or Iruka
Rock Lee: Gai
Shikamaru: Asuma
Hinata: Shino
Neji: Tenten
Gaara: Temari
Haku: Zabusa
Zabusa: Haku
Orochimaru: Kabuto
Ninja available
It is possible to complete the history of:
Naruto uzumaki
A young boy from the village of the leaf, chaotic and very impulsive who grew up in solitude, and for a long time unaware of the reason: In the young Naruto the nine-tailed fox is in fact sealed, a terrible demon that almost destroyed the village of the leaf. Naruto dreams of the title of Hokage to earn the respect and affection of the people. Naruto has low school earnings but trains hard to achieve his dream. Naruto is on a team with Sasuke and Sakura with whom he is madly in love.
Sasuke Uchiha
The young Sasuke is the only survivor of the Uchiha clan, the most powerful of the village of the leaf, brutally exterminated by his own member named Itachi, his brother. Sasuke's goal is to avenge his clan by killing his brother and restore his clan. The two brothers are among the most powerful heirs of the sharingan, an eye that allows you to anticipate, copy the moves of your opponent, and if well trained, cause serious mental damage.
Sakura Haruno
The young Sakura is a particularly intelligent girl and very skilled in controlling her chakra. Her ambition is to become a Kunoichi, a female ninja, but she doesn't particularly apply herself to training, thinking more about Sasuke Uchiha with whom she is deeply in love.
Kakashi hatake
A jonin (Elite Ninja) from the village of the leaf. It also has the sharingan even though it is not a member of the Uchiha clan. Kakashi knows an infinite number of techniques thanks to his sharingan, thus hurling his opponent's techniques against it. The only technique he hasn't copied is Lightning Slash.
Rock Lee
A young ninja teamed up with Neji and Tenten, one year ahead of Naruto's team. Rock Lee is the only ninja who has ever managed to graduate without the magical and illusory arts. A martial arts champion and like Naruto, in love with Sakura.
Shikamaru Nara
A particularly lazy ninja whose specialties are the logic games with which he obtained a quotient of 200, and the technique of shadow control.
Hinata hyuga
A young girl of the Hyuga clan, which is distinct in the main house of which she is a part, and the cadet house. They have the Byakugan which allows them to see in detail whatever they want.
Neji Hyuga
A young man of the Hyuga clan, he is part of the cadet house, he feels a strong envy towards his cousin Hinata born in the main house. Neji places the utmost importance on destiny and feels a certain anger towards it as well.
Gaara
A ninja from the village of sand whose past is very similar to that of Naruto, but Gaara will be seized by hatred that will lead him to perform inhuman actions. He is the bearer of a sand demon who allows Gaara to handle the sand for his own techniques based on it.
Haku
A young masked boy, adopted by Zabuza. Haku feels a strong affection for Zabuza, protecting him even at the cost of his own life. The young Haku has a particular innate ability that allows him to perform various techniques that cannot be imitated.
Zabusa Momochi
A villain ninja from the village of the fog, known as the ninja demon of the fog. It is an expert on silent assassination. It uses a huge sword as its primary weapon.
Orochimaru
One of the three legendary ninja trained by the third Hokage. Orochimaru has abandoned the village of the leaf, founding the village of sound. It has set its sights on Sasuke for his own evil ambitions. Orochimaru is unrivaled in the ability to exploit the magical and illusory arts.
Graphics, Sound and Final Considerations
As for the graphic aspect, Naruto Ultimate Ninja, in full Bandai style, reaches the sufficiency and exceeds it abundantly. What is certain is that an originality of choices cannot be required from such a game that is no longer found even in large productions.
We have mentioned the scenario that is decidedly large, but we must add that it is not adequate to the characteristics of our cute ninja, Naruto and his companions in fact they would need a larger space to fully use the countless techniques faithfully reproduced. The characters faithfully follow the graphic style of the manga and make the gamer, fan of the series, feel “in the family”.
The sound part is certainly the best feature of the title, the music is the classic and beautiful one of the Japanese anime version, the dubbing of the voices is impeccable, the sound effects well sampled.
In short, Naruto Ultimate Ninja is a title that all Naruto fans cannot ignore, not only because it makes us relive the emotions of the story Naruto and company, but above all because among the countless titles that have now appeared on every console, this one developed by CyberConnect 2 for Namco Bandai, is one of the best mixes between the original manga story and the gameplay experience in a video game.
