Details on Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 from Namco Bandai

By Spencer . April 19, 2007 . 5:51pm

I just finished up a call with Andrew Davis the localization specialist at Namco Bandai Games handling Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2. I’m sure most of you know about the story and the gameplay from our previous playtest. So I’m going to get right to covering the answers to the reader submitted questions and new details. The target release date for Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 is June 12th, so expect it to hit store shelves around then. Andrew mentioned that the one of the localization challenges was coordinating 9,000 different audio files and how these connect to the “choose your own special attack” system where you learn additional jutsus from other characters. Unlike Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, Cursed Seal Sasuke and Nine Tailed Naruto are not going to be separate characters. Instead they are going to be incorporated with the regular characters like the Japanese release. So Naruto’s third level ougi and Sasuke’s third level ougi activates their transformations. Ryne11 informed us that a trailer has been floating around with Japanese voices and English text, but there is no Japanese voiceover option in the game.  Andrew explains, "I think I saw that trailer. I don’t think it was actually one of our official trailers taken from a press build. (It was) from one of our temporary internal QA builds and we don’t, unfortunately, offer a Japanese voice track. We would like to look into doing this. There are lots of technical limitations that involve adding new programming that wasn’t in the Japanese version. You have to add subtitles to the areas that weren’t subtitled before and it makes it extremely difficult." Sorry everyone! But Andrew also said, "Personally, I would like to look into that in the future if we can (find a way to do it)." Perhaps another Naruto game in the future will be built from the ground up to support dual languages.

 

Are there any new secret characters that weren’t in the Japanese version?

 

"We won’t be having any secret characters that weren’t in the Japanese version. We did make a few changes. The secret techniques in the Japanese version had either the button pounding or the analog stick twisting, but we also liked the system in the first game where you press buttons in a certain order. We worked with the developer to put that into some of the secret techniques. Now there is a bit more variety, there are all three input systems, and I think that makes it a bit more fun."

 

Something I noticed that Andrew said during the call when he was introducing the game was there were only 32 characters, opposed to the 33 in Naruto: Narultimate Hero 2. So I asked a question about it and discovered that Dotou from the Naruto movie will not be in the game. Andrew explains why, "We didn’t know when the movie was going to come out here. So to be safe we did have to cut out the character. And we found out only way too late that the movie was going to be released around this time. It would have been great to keep him in. That was unfortunately a scheduling issue." Sorry again! But if you enjoyed the first Ultimate Ninja game the second one is a lot better, even if it’s minus one character. More characters and the single player mode is longer with the original storyline featuring Kakashi.



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88 Responses to “Details on Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 from Namco Bandai”

Jason *Jaxel* Axelrod Says:

They should just get rid of the Twirling and Mashing systems all-together; those two systems break controllers by putting too much stress in specific areas. The main difference between Narutimate Hero 1 and Narutimate Hero 2 is the inclusion of the BOUNCE system. In Narutimate Hero 2, it was the first game where you could “bounce” characters off the ground into a launcher. This bouncing system is actually why Narutimate Hero 2 is considered the most unbalanced game in the series. It wasn’t until Nartimate Hero 3 where they created the BOUNCE-TECH system that gave players a way to avoid the massive damage followups from bounces. The incorporation of the Tech system is what made Narutimate Hero 3 the most balanced game in the series.

But seeing as the speed Namco Bandai is going, hopefully it wont be long till Narutimate Hero 3 and Narutimate Accel come to America. Narutimate Hero 3 is also the game that added a lot of smoothness and “fun” to the game by the simple process of removing the “hop” from air-shurikens. In NH1 and NH2, when you throw a shuriken in the air, your character does a small “hop” that removes safety and actually makes the game feel slower and sluggish. Once they removed it, the game changed by making air-combat a more viable form of play.

Jason *Jaxel* Axelrod Says:

Oh yes, since they are taking out Dotou from the movie, are they also taking out the Ice Cave Cliffs stage and the Ice Palace (the most beautiful stage in Narutimate history)?

YoungestUchiha Says:

that would suck but they probably will maybe they will add an new stage.

ryne11 Says:

Oh well. I like the dub anyway. Who needs japanese?
No Doto? :(

I thought that Nine-tailed Naruto WAS a seperate character in the second one. I must be mistaken. Oh well

I preordered it, so yay

X) Says:

…Yeah!No Dotu[It's jst a drag that they have/had to delete the battle grounds that come with him!]

xxnike629xx Says:

It sucks that they took out the JPN voice option. Technical limitaiton?! Yea ok..

I think it’s more like them being lazy.

Jaxel Says:

There are actually THREE Naruto’s in Narutimate Hero 2…

Uzumaki Naruto
One Tail Kyuubi Naruto
Konoha no Aoi Mouju Uzumaki Naruto

YoungestUchiha Says:

Is the sound 4 in the game or will we have to wait for the third game to play as them because if I have to wait to the third game im gonna be pissed. But the game will still be awesome

BlueMako Says:

iirc, wasn’t NT Naruto ALWAYS a seperate character in this game?

ryne11 Says:

“Is the sound 4 in the game or will we have to wait for the third game to play as them because if I have to wait to the third game im gonna be pissed. But the game will still be awesome”

They are in Orochimaru’s Ougi

Too bad they can’t leave in the ice stage. That was always my favorite

ohhh ahhh Says:

in my oppinion they should leave the jap special systeam, its alot simpler to use. The whole pressing combenations of buttions get 1 old and 2 borring. Its fun to know you out mashed/rotated your opponent, i 4 one hope they leave it in 3.

devil king Says:

Not having Dotou is just messed up!!

alton Says:

this sucks that there cutting out dotou they should just leave him in there for the fans sake is there any way to protest to get them to put him back in there

kyuubi naruto Says:

“There are actually THREE Naruto’s in Narutimate Hero 2…

Uzumaki Naruto
One Tail Kyuubi Naruto
Konoha no Aoi Mouju Uzumaki Naruto”

It is not one tailed Kyuubi Naruto in this game. This version of naruto he is thinking of is actual only naruto leaking out the kyuubi chakra (like the first time he experienced it fighting haku). One tailed Kyuubi Naruto is only in NH3.

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Seph:The Chosen One Says:

ok im telling now..in Narutimate Hero 2(jap version) OTK naruto also maito naruto,curse seal and anbu kakashi,awaked hinata were seprate people..so..really the fused them together..so like..in narutimate hero 1 with kyuubi and curse seal sasuke there were fused but they un fused them in ult ninja..then in narutimate hero 2 they were(with maito anbu and awakened) seprated..but in ult ninja 2 they fused them..lol so they keep swiching..

madara uchiha Says:

hey can anybody tell me if u can get the chidori as a jutsu and if u can can u charge it up???

George Says:

Ialready have naruto ultimate ninja 3 it is so good you can play as more than 40 ninja and the hokages!!!!!!!!

George Says:

well not 40 hokages but of them

George Says:

well not 40 hokages but u can play as to hokages if you want to about naruto ultimate ninja 3 just tell me.

George Says:

anyone if u want about naruto ultimate ninja 3 just ask me

AMTHero14 Says:

If Dotou is out and almost every character shown on the english version of the anime (Tsunade will be shown and heard the saturday after this one), then why have the game come out in june, why not make it in may?

madara uchiha Says:

hey can someone plz tell me if kakashi can charge up chidori or raikiri like in nh3 ?????????????????/

Akatsuki Says:

the movie comes out 6-6-07

??????? Says:

[C(=QU=+KILOSHT]) = RESERVE A COPY OF NARUTO ULTIMATE NINJA 2

having pot rost for dinner Says:

think it is cool that they are not just using the same supermove sequences they did in the first one and i think the game is aculaly coming out soon

Note.
if you want to see game play go to youtube and they will show you game play and one of the clips says the real date that it is coming out but i am not telling;)hehe so look it up for your self

Qwesten man Says:

Is one tail kyuubi Naruto in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 game or not? If so is he a seperet character or not pleas anser someone.

one tail kyuubi Naruto for ever ya

narutosonic Says:

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0_0 \ thats naruto i no its horrible but still the game is going to be awsome
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neji almost dies Says:

i heard there is a rpg that you go around the leaf village and you do stuff im not sure if it is in 2 or 3 so dont get your hopes up

S.O.A.K. Says:

NUN2 has got to be the greatest game of 2007. buy this or you puppy will implode.

George Says:

if you want to know about naruto ultimate ninja 3 just ask me

James Says:

I am totally not getting this game, when I just now hear that Dotou will not be in the game. See that stupid company the namco bandai got me all happy for nothing, I was so looking foward to playing Dotou. Well I am not going to play Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2 if Dotou is not going to be in it. I mean common sense the company should of just left him in there for the fans. Now I have to just get the Japanese version if I want to play him. Screw the American version.

haku is relly a girl Says:

george is the rpg neji almost dies talks about, is it true

George Says:

no it is not true but what is dotou

YoungestUchiha Says:

George yes you can run around in nh2 like in rpg you an talk to people and everything. kind of like how you can fly around in budakai 3 exept better.

Naruto Maniac Says:

In NUN2 Can You Use Rasengan And Chidori As Down Down Circle Moves Or Are They Only In Specials

Akatsuki Says:

i dont think so

jorge Says:

there is also naruto ultimate ninja 3 coming out i think in 2008 im not sure did you guys know that

narutofan Says:

So when are they planning to bring the third ultimate ninja to the US.??????????????? they better i just hope the ps2 isint too old by then

jorge Says:

they dont say what day is going to come out it just says is for the ps2 and i think the year is going to be out is 2008

Rasengan502Chidori Says:

this game looks tight but who do u think is stronger naruto or sasuke i always thought sauke was but thinking about it when thet fight the only way he won waz because he had the help of the curse mark but naruto waz born with the nine tail fox demon n him

tmoney Says:

who do ya think f@#$’in sasuke uchiha.

jorge Says:

i think naruto is stronger than sasuke who else thinks that

haku is relly a boy Says:

i hate naruto he is so freacken annoyin and in nun1 he dident stop saying belive it (i almost broke the tv cuz i got so pissed off at his catch phraze

George Says:

naruto 3 is way better than naruto 2 i have the japanise version for ps2 u can go super fast in the game and it has way better grafix andu can play to 45 player in the gameit is so cool

jorge Says:

yeah i seen how the game is going to be and they move really fast plus it looks really cool too

charlie Says:

i have a question so did neji really die in the fight between him and kodoumaru

YoungestUchiha Says:

No he didn’t die he just past out he got medial attention. No one in the battles with the sound 4 died. Anyway did you people hear about the waterful rescue mission movie. Sine they still have a month before the game omes out they should put those ninja’s in their they look awesome. They should also put Dotu in there.

charlie Says:

oh its cool that he didnt die his one of my favorite characters the movie is next saturday isnt it it looks cool

jorge Says:

so are the sound four ninja going to be in the game

ninjafreak Says:

hey I was wondering is dotou in the game??? because if he is that would be awsome!

jorge Says:

no they took dotou out

ninjafreak Says:

I thought they would have him because the naruto movie comes out june 6 and the game comes out june 12

charlie Says:

yeah but they didnt know when the movie was coming out

tmoney Says:

any one know if naruto shippuuden is ever coming to america, it dosen’t really matter though cause if it’s not then i guess i’ll just keep on watching it on youtube with subs. last thing i got to say is older naruto and older sasuke kick ass in naruto shippuuden.

Stupid Retards Says:

idk

SasukeUchiha Says:

This game came so late and when he came there is no dotou, personally i like naruto shippuden: narutimate accel, there is all narutimate hero 3 caraters and new shippuden ones, i finished this game and unlocked every character and if you want my opinion get narutimate accel in first place, don’t get that one, it is a mistake!

tmoney Says:

can narutimate accel play on an american ps2 because it looks awsome but if it can’t play on an american ps2 than i can’t play it

Carnage Says:

You can’t play a japanese game on an american ps2 u need swap magic or a modchip. For the transformation into kyuubi and curse mark how long will the naruto and sasuke stay in the form forever or until u make them exit the form.

jorge Says:

i have a question but is not about this game do you guys know how much 5229 yen is i really need to know so please answer

tmoney Says:

man i really hope that naruto narutimate hero 3 aka naruto ultimate ninja 3 comes to the US if it dosen’t then im thinking about making a pation to convince them to bring the game to the states

come on for naruto ultimate ninja 3! :)

Naruto-Kun Says:

For the transformation into kyuubi and curse mark how long will the naruto and sasuke stay in the form forever or until u make them exit the form.

Naruto Maniac Says:

If You Have Narutimate Hero 2 Then Can You Tell Me If You Can Run On Water And Run Up Trees And Buildings In RPG Mode ?

Naruto-Kun Says:

i am gay i want to do a boy

Kyuubi Says:

In Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2 how long does the transformation into kyuubi naruto and curse mark sasuke last forever, until u cancel it, or for a set period of time please answer this.

Naruto-Kun Says:

Narutimate Hero 2 is there a limit to how long u can stay as kyuubi naruto and curse mark sasuke or does it last as long asu want it to please answer this.

jorge Says:

i think naruto and sasuke stay in their kyubi and curse mark forms until one of them wins i think their is no limit to their tranformations but im not sure

Naruto-Kun Says:

Thank you

Naruto Maniac Says:

Can Yall Please Tell Me Can U Run Up Buildings And Water In RPG Mode

Naruto Maniac Says:

If You Have Narutimate Hero 2 Then Can You Tell Me If You Can Run On Water And Run Up Trees And Buildings In RPG Mode ????

jorge Says:

yes you can run on water and i think you can run up trees but i dont know about buildings

Naruto-Kun Says:

hey everyone i want you to know that i am gay

S.O.A.K. Says:

My Shino is going to pwn everyone. Just look on youtube under SHINO by KUROI (my other alias)

itachi uchiha Says:

i think A.N.B.U kakashi will have the charged up chidori when battleing but im not sure about naruto with his rasengan (spiraling sphere) or sasuke with his chidori.

jorge Says:

is this game going to be on stores on tuesday or do i have to wait till wednesday to get this game

Kakashi Hatake Says:

wow i think they should leave doto and the ice stages in they should its apart of the naruto saga

Kakashi Hatake Says:

you guys no that in movie 4 naruto DIES

jorge Says:

how does naruto die oh and does anyone have tha naruto game yet

brayan Says:

when is narutoultimate hero 3 coming out in english

W.E.B. the Fith Says:

God, i cant wait until the third comes out, i saw the story mode, awsome, but they’ll probably just put it on the PS3

SoundFourNinja Says:

I don’t think naruto or sasuke are more powerful than each other but even in power not in popularity

SoundFourNinja Says:

When will the shippuuden come to america we dont have that long to catch up to japan about 2 years. Naruto looks much better. I cant wait to see deidara battle with gaara. by the way what is the correct way to pronounce his name?I call him die-dar-a

SoundFourNinja Says:

i cant wait to see deidara in action

lirahoshikage Says:

i dont think the third one will come out to the us it said that it was a japanese only game which is bougus and gay man SHUT UP!!!!!!!! but yeh if it does it will come out on ps2 in the summer or fall of 2008 i know what everyone is thinking i cant wait either ive been watching videos on youtube of it and it looks awesome!! go to wikipedia and you can see al the characters you can play as in the third one and accel

narutofushion Says:

the third one is going to be awesome!! bandai namco games made a HUGE mistake when when taking out doto! i was really sad!! but the third is a must get game!!! if it comes out all three, ign.com, wikipedia.org, and gamespy.com say thats its a japenese only game that sucks badly i think all of you can wait until 2008 to get the third on if not go on youtube and watch some they have the sound four in some battles i think…yeh they do^_^!!

ninjafreak Says:

guys naruto ultimate ninja 3 is coming to america. the reason why it says japan only because its a long time from the release date. naruto clash of ninja 4 says that its for japan only because it comes out in 2008 just like naruto ultimate ninja 3 say just till next year

TSUNADE Says:

this game is kinda ok but number 3 better

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