Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm (PS3) | 
| From: Electronic Arts
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1027
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Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: life-simulation-games
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 3296580806102
ASIN: B0019R01S4
Release Date: November 7, 2008
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enjoyable anime fighter January 8, 2009
lets get this straight, this is a fighting game. not an adventure game. the graphics and sound are amazing and in places beat the anime.
the game has a story mode which basically tells you the story from 1-135. however, some memorable/important parts are missed such as the fight between zabuza and haku, and also the sound four. the sound four are in the game as support, and will be usable as support characters as DLC in the future, but zabuza and haku are just omitted from the story. annoying.
next, the story mode 'adventure mode', is quite annoying, you have to run around and collect scrolls around konoha to upgrade characters, CONSTANTLY. thankfully, once done, you never have to see it again; with that said you have to play through this mode to unlock all the characters.
if you've seen the trailers, you'd imagine the whole game is told through gorgeous cutscenes, WRONG! there are maybe a total of 5 in the game, and they look amazing, its a shame that the story isn't told with them. for the most part, you'll be running around konoha, talking to people and they'll give you a mission. whilst loading you'll read a scroll telling you what's going on in the story. the missions consist of, tree climbing, tree hopping, and fighting. the first two get boring, QUICK.
however, the meat of the game is in the fighting and this is enjoyable. 1 button to attack, 1 to use chakra, 1 for projectiles. the fights take place of a 3d plain and each character plays differently meaning you have to plan accordingly and use your characters, projects and jutsus accordingly.
1 button to attack sounds poor, but trust me, this game IS fun. you'll be playing it with your friends for a long time. unfortunately there is no online play, but maybe that will be included in the next game.
One more thing to add: 4.3gb is required to play the game i think.
The best anime based game yet(No foolin')! December 21, 2008
I'll be honest, I was already in love with this game long before it came out based on the extremely limited but fun demo released several months before the game got released, and the full game was everything I could have hoped it would be... almost.
I'll start with what's good, because boy is it good. A fighting game first and foremost, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm's first stand out feature is obviously it's deeply striking visuals, which are easily the best anime based graphics ever seen in a game, with vibrant, detailed, colourful representations of each character from the Naruto series(With a handful of exceptions, but I'll get to that) set against an admittedly limited number of combat arenas that look equally stunning and contain a surprising degree of depth and variety in how to play the game. The game looks incredible, and this is before you see it in action... and that is where it truly shines brightest. The animation is fluid in a way no game with this visual style has ever come close to, with flips and attacks and combos all being carried out with such unprecedented grace it's almost a thing of beauty to see the game in action.
The gameplay, too, is equally fantastic, with an initially simplistic one attack button system giving way to a surprisingly deep combat system that, when you try it against a skilled opponent after mastering things for yourself, can be incredibly intense to play. The variety of dodges, jumps, counters, items, and combos on offer forces you to not only rely on just charging in and attacking constantly, but actually how and where you attack your opponent from in the completely free roaming 3D combat arenas, where battles can go completely airborne or vertical up walls and cliffs in an instant. It's quite a ride. The controls also have enough of an edge of familiarity about them from the PS2's Ultimate Ninaj series that veterans will feel right at home, but also have enough new material to sink their teeth into.
Another excellent touch was how completely individual each character in the game feels. In pretty much every other Naruto game, almost each character carries out the same generic series of punches and kicks in their combos, with only their Jutsus to distinguish them... not so here. Each character has an utterly unique style about them, from Shikamaru's combos that rely almost entirely on ninja tools and traps rather than straight hits, to Kabuto's 'Chakra knife' that sees him twist and dive around an opponent to strike individual body parts to disable them a piece at a time to Kiba's slashing attacks where Akamaru(His dog) is an independently moving character who partcipates in your attacks as he freely runs around your feet awaiting orders. It all feels so utterly authentic it hurts. And this is before you get to the absolutely spectacular cinematic Jutsus and transformations that alter your character's fighting style completely. It's a real joy to play.
Getting away from the combat, there is also of course the free roaming Konoha hub world that you are free to explore at will in between 'missions'(Be they fights or one of many decent mini games that you can challenge). While it is impressively open and detailed, there isn't a huge amount to do around Konoha beyond collecting scrolls and hidden items(That you can use to buy various new upgrades and extras for the game among other things) that randomise and respawn at different points as the story progresses. It looks fantastic, sure, but for the most part you'll simply be running back and forth looking for characters to initiate the next mission. It is a lot of fun using Naruto's shadow clones to propel across Konoha's skyline like a cannonball though.
Which brings me to the story mode itself, which is where things get a tad iffy. While it does a fine job of recreating almost every battle from the anime's main story, there are a few glaring omissions, mainly the rarity of actual cutscenes in the story. For the most part, battles are preceded by first person 'journal entries' but Naruto telling you what is going on, with the only cutscenes being centred around the first and last battles of each story arc. Saying that though, those cutscenes in there are amazing to behold, with most completely overshadowing the events they portray as they appeared in the anime series itself(Tsunade's battle with Orochimaru being a prime example of this). It's just a shame there are so few of them. Other glaring ommissions are on the character front, with Zabuza and Haku excised from the story completely, and a lot of characters reduced to 'supporting character only' status(Where you call them into battle to assist you at any time without actually being able to play as them). It's harsh, but even with that, the story mode still took me around 12 hours or so to work through. And the game has a whole ton of side missions and quests with their own self contained side stories(Mostly played for comedic value) to work through, so it will last a while.
The bad doesn't stop there though, as the most glaring omission of all from this game is the lack of any sort of online multiplayer. Online is more or less an essential requirement for any multiplayer enabled game these days, and while, yes, beat em ups don't have the best reputation with online modes, there's simply no excuse for excluding the feature, and that's the sole reason this game only gets 4 out of 5 from me. With online, it would have been perfect. Add to this the fact the game requires(Unadvertised on it's box) a 4.5 GB install on your HDD and things take a pretty hard hit and no mistake.
One last sticking point is the way the downloadable content is being handled with this game. While it is admirable to have new missions, costumes and support characters up for download every month, the fact that these downloads are merely unlocking content ALREADY IN THE GAME that we can't access(The first and second Hokage support characters are in the story mode, but we'll never get the chance to use them ourselves as they were only available as a pre-order incentive with the US version of the game. Low low tactics). It feels exceptionally cheap.
On the whole though, this game is still an immense amount of fun despite some issues. It is the most fluid, amazing looking anime game yet made, and provides an unparalelled Naruto experience.
Try it out and be amazed... if you can get past what's missing from the game.
 Beleive it!!! November 12, 2008
After playing the demo from the playstation store i simply had to buy this game. I recommend all naruto fans to buy this game considering you have a ps3 that is. Its unquestionably the best naruto game out there amazing graphics, sound and animation makes this feel just like the anime.
 stear clear-honest review October 28, 2008
0 out of 17 found this review helpful
dont be fooled by the over the top graphics this isnt a good game, and its definatly not a next gen fighter
the controls are terrible only one button attacks so all u do is button mash circle
jutsus are extremely limited naruto has rasengan and over load rasengan, sasuke has chidori and corrup chidori which make the game dull
they leave out very important characters for example the sound 4 which are vital to the story arc this game covers
no online0 which lets face it is required for next en fighting games to be successful
no lastnig appeal as i said since only 1 button attacks the combos are very limited, jutsus are all similar so after you use each character 2-3 times youl know all of their 5 combos and be bored of using them
basically the morale of this review is the game is basiacall a bad old play statione one fighting game disguised in good graphics and not all but most of the people that say its good arent very bright-the only thing they can say about the game is the graphics but nothing else positive about it
anyway sorry for rambling on a bit but i really cant understand hw so many people are willing to spend over 300 on a next gen console to play a dull,repetitve game simply because of pretty pictures
Naruto moves to the PS3 September 21, 2008
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
by Louise Logan .
I'M a hudge Naruto fan its a great series i have all the games graphic novels also the Naruto speacil limited boxsets dvds i'm waiting to get boxset 10 thats the big fight between Naruto and Sasuke.
now Naruto has moved from PS2 TO PS3 i down Loaded Naruto ultimate ninja storm and its amzaing its just like the tv show, you can walk on water walk on walls and use your best moves also use your team mates to help out thats baced on the demo.
the demo you can change the voice to either english or Japanses what ever you prefer, true Naruto fan prefer the Japanese voice to the english voice
the demo is short but it gives to a taste what the game is like you either play Naruto Vs Kakashi or Kakashi vs Naruto and you have Sakura and Sasuke for back up and might Guy to help Kakashi.
use your speacil techniques like Naruto's shadow clone justu his Rasgan or his nine tail fox power. Kakashi lighten blade or double lighten blade his ninja hound dogs and when your either playing Naruto or Kakashi when you punch them on the face they go flying like in the naruto series when might Guy is telling somthing important to Lee he punches him if he's not listening and Lee gose flying .
i enjoyed playing the demo im going to pre-order mine plus Naruto boken bonds for the XBOX 360 i recomned this game for Naruto fans also down load the demo on the Playstation networkits free, if your not a naruto fan and dont know much about the show avoid this game.
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