Perhaps inspired by the breakthrough success of Monster Hunter, Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive puts players in four man teams. The strange thing is you can’t play story mode with friends.

Namco Bandai released two new character videos ahead of the game’s March 22nd release.

Designed with ad-hoc multiplayer in mind, Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive has some common elements Monster Hunter. But, really it’s more like Dynasty Warriors with characters from the Narutoverse.

It looks as though you’ll be relying a lot on that Giant Rasengan.

Naruto meets… Monster Hunter? That’s one way to describe Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive.

Namco Bandai updated the homepage for their Monster Hunter meets Naruto PSP game and set July 15 as the release date.

God Eater was a warm up. Later this year, Namco Bandai will apply the Monster Hunter formula to the Naruto license.

Namco Bandai announced more details about about their two Naruto projects at Jump Festa.