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Recently we’ve been playing around with an English build of Naruto Ultimate Ninja (i.e. the North American version of Naruto: Narultimate Hero). To bring everyone up to speed about the game, it is a 2D fighting game created by CyberConnect2 (.hack series) where Konhoa’s best ninjas face off on the battlefield. Let’s start talking about scenario mode, which is one of the single player modes in the game. You start out by picking a character from the series and you will follow them through a series of six story based fights. At the beginning Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Rock Lee and Shikamaru are open to play. Before battles take place your character of choice will have a small chat session against the opponent. This takes place on a comic book / manga background and then you’re brought into combat. The style of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is one of the factors that makes the game so neat. It uses cel shading, but the result makes the characters look like they’re out of the manga. When you jump into combat you can start punching away by using the circle button. Every character has a three hit combo, with a launching attack to throw an opponent in the air. Once airborne Kakashi (or whoever you choose) can hit the opponent and slam them back to earth with style. Each character also has a few signature techniques such as Naruto’s sexy justu combo, Sasuke’s phoenix fireball combo and Lee’s leaf whirlwind combo that take off a little chakra to use. When you use a chakra combo the action freezes for a few seconds while you watch a combo execute. However, this doesn’t really compare to checking out the full out multi tiered chakra attacks in the game. This is where the game’s style shines. I could write about how cool the attacks are, but I thought you guys would rather watch the specials in action. Below are two videos that showcase Naruto: Ultimate Ninja’s gameplay.
This video starts off at the beginning of Neji’s scenario. So you can see some of the beginning menus and watch a fight between Lee and Neji. Eight trigrams Sixty Four palms!
This video is a fight between Sasuke and Kakashi. Before the battle I highlighted some of the other fighting arenas that are available in the game. Also this fight shows off how the partner attacks come into play. Watch closely at the end when Sasuke is using the Sharingan, once activated he fights with Kakashi’s moves such as the Thousand Years of Pain technique.
That looks good. Does anyone know when this takes place in the series?
wtf did they make hakke rokushou yonshou called!? cause itsa extremely lame! and its not palms, its strikes! oh well, his voice is Ok though, but that move name…. gargh
i agree with kagenaruto they made it sound gay, oh and its hakke rokujuuyon shou no what he said
well it sounds good to me they gave it a name you can easily remember and that is actually the literal translation for Hakke Rokujuuyon sho because its translates to 8 trigrams 64 palms the dubbers actually did the right thing, but i didnt know neji had 128 strikes in this game
I think somethings alittle strange with this game because sasuke already knows chidori it’s allowying you to do the 128 strikes and it has the same style as the 3rd japanese game and I remember the second japanese game in story mode didn’t have that many levels to fight in and you where slapped with what ever charater the story line said you where with ,not picking a “saga”. Then the fact you have orochimaru playable in this game which would have to be from the forest of death to the death of the third so that means when they release this people will know what happens to the third before they get there in the anime
they made the games from where the manga is. not the anime. this game came out in japan before Nauto fought Gaara. then the manga was just passed the fight the 3rd and Orochimaru had. after this i do believe they based it off the anime to prevent such spoilers again. since this was made from the manga series, it explains why the original and this had shukaku and the 2 hokages blocked out
quesion: i thought sasuke had 3 chidoris and it sucks that he doesnt call the namr
What about vocies? is it possible to switch them into japanese?
Alright to answer everyone’s questions:
Symphony - it takes place around the Chunnin Exam preliminary matches at least for the story mode, but as the above video shows Sasuke knows Chidori
Kakeh - you’re right on the money with how the Ultimate Ninja games are set up, they are based on the manga.
seg - this is a preview build so Sasuke *may* call out Chidori or something like that, or maybe there hasn’t been a translation for Chidori yet so that’s why Sasuke doesn’t call anything out. 3 chidoris huh? Let me get back to you on that one.
Hayama - No Japanese voices are in the game, while Namco Bandai really wanted to add them in it just wasn’t possible.
First off i like 2 say this should be a good game graphics and stuff looks good and if it’s anywhere similar 2 SSM then i will be happy. Second if it is a good game it doesn’t matter what they call a move or wat the character sounds like. and third i will like 2 direct this 2 anyone whom it may concern… we will already know all the characters introduced in the game because they are the characters in the series that has been introduced so far. that’s why they had the characters that they did in clash of ninja. and just 2 let u know the last one was directed 2 Jiofreed
also i would like 2 add does it matter if it is called “Chidori” or “8 trigrams 64 palms” it is so stupid that people are using the Japanese names for games WHEN U DON’T LIVE IN JAPAN IT WOULD MAKE SENSE 2 DO IT THERE BECAUSE IS JAPAN!!! NOT AMERICA!!! i can understand that it’s a game made in japan but u don’t do other games like that… ex:yugioh… i bet most of the people here do not call Kaiba, seto kaiba… that’s like me walking 2 the white house and saying, “hey Bush George… how r u” and yes this DOES PISS ME OFF!!!
som epeople don’t understand that Viz directly translates the script and jutsus. what Neji says is what it really means/ the Fan subs like to change them a bit while keeping thier meaning so it won’t sound wierd. and Chidori trasnlates to 1000 birds, did you really want Viz to translate that and add it to this game?
Neji sounds kind of wierd when he says palms I don’t know what it is but he does. I’m very courious about who the new two people are going to be. Sasuke does say “I will not lose!” he still tecnecally said something. Did the byukugan ever do anything to affect the character like sharingan?
i believe it comes out 06/26/2006 yay 10 more days :) can’t wait
dude that game was tight all though I wish they had more than 14 characters that would make the game a lot better.
really….sweet!!!! cause i read a review saying 26…just goes to show you cant trust reviews
I’m not sure where the 20th came from, but the news straight from Namco Bandai is Naruto: Ultimate Ninja comes out on the 26th.
well i went on http://www.walmart.com and it said it was realsed in that store the 21..
Alright I want to quell some of the rumors so I’m going to chime in and say that the release date is the 26th. The offical beta that we got and all of the news straight from Namco Bandai tell us (i.e. Siliconera) that the game is coming out on the 26th. Often times retailers have incorrect or not up to date release information so let’s stick to what the Publisher says.
In case anyone is wondering, one of the unlockable characters is curse seal mark sasuke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcRnfllPNdg&search=narutimate%20hero%20ougi%20sasuke%203 third chidori(though this is narultimate hero 2). the game comes out 26th not 20th but 26th spencer said it himself. every time kakashi gets hit it’s more like a screech then a yell is that just the video?
the game comes out eventually OK god stop fighting
ojnce i get it ill tell u lol
I that walmart is putting the game out on the june 21, is it true? I need to know!
for the record manga is on volume 10 and jiraiya has just been introduced(after kicking ebisu’s butt) chidori has only been seen used by kakashi…just thought I’d point that out sorry to ruin the fun
gamestop and ebgames says that it comes out in 6/26/06 and walmart says 6/21/06 and target.com says 6/28/06 and so does best buy. i see june 20th on othe sites too. i am so confused!!!!
to bad it doesn’t come out today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 =(
NOTICE!!!!!!!!!!!
RELEASE DATE IS JUNE 26TH 2006!!! ok that is the exact date spencer said so him(her)self walmart, target, and best buy are all wrong but it might be that date that the game will come to that store
its the 26th because thats what it says on the official website (www.naruto.namcobandaigames.com)
I called walmart they said they would ship it on the 21 not have it on stores on the 21
this just in walmart says its coming out the 26th…so when does it come out class???26!!!
SPOILERS******
the 14 chars are in the video but 2 of them r missing
which is suposably cursed sasuke and…someone else…maybe hokage…shutup it possible
cursed sasuke is already in the game when you do the chidori 3 times. He can’t be extra character. Who can be the extra characters?
i heard someone say that the extra characters are anko konohamaru…
http://www.gamefaqs.com and http://www.gamespot.com say 6/26/06
those are guesses the only ones who acually know who their going to be are the game designers…though I do believe anko will be one but probably not konohamaru
one of the unlockable characters is curse mark sasuke and I have proof. go to this web site http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i202/Askora/newsletterpart.jpg
anounomys, cursed sasuke is not in the video…. during chidori u can c his face is normal…OPEN UP YOUR EYES!!
wow….i hope that the 3erd hokage might be in it….but i bet its anko….people are….how do u say…..upseasd with her!!!!!!
Y!!! BECAUSE SHE HAS BIG TITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow….i hope that ITACH might be in it..because it shows him alot…..but i bet its anko….people are….how do u say…..upseasd with her!!!!!!
Y!!! BECAUSE SHE HAS BIG TITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry i put the 3erd because i was waching ouchimaru kill him….
Sorry to burst you guys bubbles, but the company ships the game on june 26. That doesnt mean that the store will have it. They may get it next week Tuesday. I know for a fact that Gamestop and EBgames is getting it on the 27.
The other ulockable character in demon naruto. It said so in the guide book.
if you buy the naruto collector (the ultimate guide to the ultimate ninja!) in the naruto ultimate ninja section it says 13 playable characters including guy, iruka, and asuma.
pickles Iv’e read naruto collector and it dosen’t say anything about that.
i reserved it so im not really in a rush, my sis just wanted the key chain
i might get on the 27th i reserved and will call me when they have it.
yep just for the key chain. Yea i reserved mine with ebgames and they are going to call me too. It sucks that the stores get them on the 27 (which is my sis’ birth day : ) )
I wonder do all the stores get it on the 27 none will have it on th 26
um dude i soooooooo wanted anbu kakashi but dreams never come true o well maybe they might make the english naruto ultimate ninja 2
all stores get it on the 27/28. I got the Prima Guide for the game. The 2 characters that are extra are: (drumroll plz lol) CS1 Sasuke and Kyuubi Naruto lvl 1!!!
uhh no walmart gets it 26th….do some research on ALL sites before you do stuff like this……..26!!!
im talking about in the stores, all sites ship the release on june 26 if u purchase it online
np. i dont know why ppl would buy it online when it would take 7-10 days to ship to their address, unless they get faster shipping, but it would come up to about 80+ dollars. We just gotta wait for either Tuesday or Wednesday.
2…. more…… DAYSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! till i get the game. to bad not on release date.=(
yeah gotta get it gotta get it but im gonna call in to walkmart just incase they DO have it on the 26th..if they do ill let u guys know
Walmart’s not going to have it. Gamestop is the only place that will have it on the 26th. The Sasuke vs. Kakashi took place early in the series and Neji vs. Rock Lee happened in a flashback that Gai had while Rock Lee was fighting Gaara that’s the answer to Symphony’s question. This game also comes out at Best Buy for 10$ less than reular price: 29.99. These clips where tight!
And for the answer to Cole’s qeustion they are going to make a Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2, and they are going to release Naruto: Clash of the ninja 2 sometime in September
gamestop isnt going to get it on the 26 at least not around the east coast beacause i called the store and they said that they will be getting the game around 27/28 as I stated before.
oh and bye the way sasuke506, if gamestop were to get it first then so would ebgames because the two companies merged. Your info is most likey wrong.If you want proof, go to ebgames.com then go to gamestop.com. The two pages are the same and they even tell you that the two merged on the site.
dang best buy’s website ships it on the 28th which probabaly means it iwll be there 29/30 but the price is $30 instead of $40 but gamestop gets it 27/28 soooo i dont know which to doooo wahhhhhhh. hmmm im gonna get it at gamestop i just can’t wait 4 days!!
For Sasuke2006 i’ve already checked the website .In fact I’ve been on pins and needles for 2 months waiting for the release of this game I think I know more than you. If you’re so sure of your answer prove it to me. Then we will know who is right and who is wrong. Sasuke: You are going to challenge me when youcan only manipulate sand? You are a fool. Gaara: As long as I have sand Ican do anthing. You’re the one who’s the fool!!!
By the way Sasuke2006, Best Buy released there’s on the 25th check the sunday paper. They’re sold out though. On the FIRST DAY!! We have to wait till the next shipment comes in. The Best Buy website says the 28th which is wendseday , but the store that has it is a dfferent store than they are referring to. Unfortunetly, my Dad says I have to wait till the next shipment be cause ” HE wants me to save $10 instead of goin to Gamestop on the 26″ he also says he dosent me to waste HIS money that he gave me. Except I earned it by doing backbreaking work. How wrong is that?Any way it seems your infermation and there’s are both incorrect. Sasuke: I’m an avenger! On the path I walk I have to do whatever it takes to gain power……..Even if it means selling my flesh to the devil.
Byakugan vs. Sharingan Neji vs. Gaara, Curse sealed Sasuke vs. Nine Tailed Fox Naruto, Orochimaru vs. Kakashi
yea i know about best buy, you would have to sleep outside to get one
i’ve been waiting for two months as well, anyway im just waiting to get the call to come pick it up tomorrow at ebgames, but w/e
…………….. 1…………………….day till i get naruto ultimate ninja!!!! shadow clone jutsu!!!!
I kept calling Best Buy to see if they had the shipment,but the only one I got to talk to was a costumer service guy. No one answered in the videogame department, and at the other Best Buy they aren’t going to get it for another week or two.I need some advice on whart to do about this problem. My only other option is to call Walmart. Itachi: Little brother your pathetic! If you want to kill me settle for hating me instead.Hate me…..and live like the coward you are! Without honor!
or you could buy it online because it seems like best buy may take a while to sell it. Im not sure about walmart. Pickles- Did gamestop/ebagmes tell you that its coming out tomorrow? I called them and they said either Tuesday or Wednesday.
ya probaly tuesday which is tommorow and today was my last day of school…IM FREE
I got out of school on june 14 : ) . Yea so anyway i called them and they said tomorrow. The guy said that you should get a phone call telling you, if you reserved it.
I get it july 8th for my birthday(12 days from now) course I’m not to patient so I REALLY want to play NOW!!!!!!!!!
awww, well i hope you dont die of ambition. Has anyone seen the x-play preview for the game because it’s funny!!!
i hope they hurry up and translate narutimate hero 2+3 before i get bored with ultimate ninja
Unlike my parents it seems to me that all of you understand how great this game will be. My father even said ” this game looks boring!” while I was watching the japanese clips at YouTube. If no one here has been there I’ll give you directions on how to get to the site. Type in http://www.Youtube.com after the page comes up youll see a search engine in the top right hand corner. Type in something like Sasuke vs. Neji or something else that deals with Naruto. A page will appear with clips from the T.v show and Naruto: Narutimate Hero ( Japanese version of Ultimate Ninja) click on the clip you want to see. You can thank me later!
What x-play preview? Do you mean the trailer,Sasuke2006?If you do I’ve already seen it a couple of times.
usually i just type narutimate and it gives a bunch of videos 300+ or you could just type naruto: ultimate ninja but there are like 60+ videos on that search. I know how you feel sasuke506. My mom sometimes judges the game by it’s cover and says that it is wack. Thats why i dont ask her for games, but for money to go and buy the game myself : )
sry i cant get the like but i can tell you how to get there.
1- go to http://www.g4tv.com
2-type Naruto: Ultimate Ninja in the search box on the top right of the page.
3-when the search page comes up just click on Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Preview
4-Another window will come up with the review for the game.
5-Have fun watching it because the woman in the vid (Morgan Webb) makes funny jokes about the game during the review and on Naruto!!!
The next shipment comes out late Tuesday evening or early Wednseday mornig which is unfair. I’m also ticked off because the guy I talked to over the phone said qoute ” It’s going to come in the 26th” and instead it comes out one day later! I CAN’T TAKE THE SUSPENSE IT’S TAKING WAY TOO LONG!!!
which store? Now you know how i feel because first the date was 20th then it became 26th and gamestop/ebgames says the shipment would be tomorrow and if it’s not i may die. Today is going by fast and i want to get the game already.
i bought the game guide so i wasnt as anxious as i was last week
My mom just called and said Walmarts going to have it tommorow, and if you take the page form the news paper that says it costs 29.99$ they will match the price! I don’t know about you guys,but I’m going to get it early tommorow morning so I can stay busy all day long. Us hardcore gamers have to be in shape!!
LoL are they going to give you the keychain though. That maybe be why the cost is so low if they dont give it to you. Did you watch the x-play preview? The store will open at around 10:30 i think so i will be there early tomorrow. I want to unlock as much as I can tomorrow. I wish this game was had online compatability so I could play you guys!! : (
Sasuke2006, I ment to ask you in my last post where’d you get the guide from?
You were right Sasuke2006!That video was funny! “Ninja,Ninja,Ninja!”
Does anyone here know how far the story mode in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja goes? I hope it goes far into the Chunin exames!!
i believe its toward the end of the chunin exams because they have the stage in the game where the 2nd round of the 1 on 1 battles were. I got the book at ebgames but they had it like 2-3 days after it came out.
That video is funny. She called Sakura a clingy girlfriend.
It was also funny when she was talking about Naruto’s catch phrase.
“Believe It” What am I supposed to believe? She said that children being ninjas make her hope for infertility!! LOL
I wonder if in the stoy mode will go far enough so that Sasuke and Gaara fight. That fight and Lee vs. Gaara are the fights I’m looking forward to!
hold on let me check the guide book……………yes gaara vs. lee and gaara vs. sasuke are in the scenario mode(story mode), but they dont take place in where the battles took place in the anime.
In that other video I can’t beleive that Curse marked Sasuke lost to Nine tailed Naruto.
So that means that Neji and Naruto are going to fight too right?
yes and they fight at the place where they fought in the anime
People say this game is simalar to Melee. From the videos I can tell how.
I don’t think I’ll ever get bored with this game!
Yep they say its a mix between powerstone and smash brothers.
Who here thinks that the Sharingan would win over the Byakugan?
Speaking with you today really made this day go by so much faster and tomorrow will be here in no time.
Yea it would, especially Mangekyou Sharingan. You wouldnt even have to touch your opponent.
The gameplay,graphics,item pick up,and modes rival Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi. But that game got boring after a while.The only difference is that Naruto won’t get boring
Yea thats true. I dropped Tenkaichi in like 2 weeks but i played it recently to maybe have a feel of naruto since it is the closest thing to it right now on the ps2 i think.
Like Itachi Kakashi’s Sharingan makes people see things that aren’t real as shown in the Zabuza sega when he made Zabuza see another of himself in Kakashi. Except Kakashi’s isn’t as effective.
Do you want to know anything else while i have the guide in front of me?
To make this game even better they should bring characters from different universes like Luffy,Zolo,Fox,Sanji,Mario,Luigi,Kirby,and Sonic
yea or in the first naruto movie if you saw it he used it on some lady who wouldnt cooperate with him.
thats wat Battle Stadium D.O.N is for but we probably wont get that in like 2 years.
Yes, the names of the ultimate moves for Sasuke and Naruto and how to unlock the two extra characters.
What do you think the gameplay in D.O.N will be like?
I think that it might be kind of odd to use a move like Kamehameha against a chidori.
And it kind of reconstructs the image of each series.
Sasuke:
LVL1 Ougi-Barrage
LVL2 Ougi-Sharingan
LVL3 Ougi-Sasuke’s Special Technique(3 Chidori’s)
Naruto:
LVL1 Ougi-Clone Jutsu
LVL2 Ougi-Summoning1
LVL3 Ougi-Summoning 2
Cursed Mark Sasuke
Earn Chunin rank in Mission mode.
Kyuubi Naruto:
There really isnt a description to unlocking him in the book.
It may feel awkward for all who have played each series in their individual games. The controlls would have to be unified.
There’s one thing I don’t get is why they didn’t release the Playstation 3 and Wii before Christmas so that more people would buy it. Releasing it in the middle of 06 dosen’t make any since to me. People are probably still recooperating from last Christmas. No ones really going to buy it now. No one wants to spend all their money on a system.Plus the systems cost like 300 to 400 dollars.Dosen’t make since
PS3 cost 699 for 20GB and 799 for 60GB and yea that doesnt make sense. Now i have to get a summer job : (
I already know how to unlock the other characters.
But in the D.O.N story mode I think that they should bring each character together piece by piece.
LOL its not to hard and i think that even a monkey may know how since all you have to do is finish the saga modes for the characters. They should have made it a bit more challenging like the first budokais.
At the end of the Lee vs. Gaara battle if you collect manga you’ll see that Lee unlcks four gates,uses the reverse Lotus, uses the forward Lotus and Gaara was protected bye a thin sand armour.And the attcks barely touched Gaara. That’s unbeleivable!
Wow, they should have put that in the anime instead, but the anime put the viewers in suspense since the sand could not catch up to Gaara, but he turned his gourd into sand to protect him. I meant to ask you, why is your name in blue?
In Naruto: Ultimate Ninja I’d really love to pintSasuke and Neji against each other since they don’t fight in the anime at all. I think that’s a fight we are all looking forward to.
June 2nd, 2006 at 5:42 pm
wow
neji has an ok voice