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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3........, March 31, 2008
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
We're finally treated to the third game in the Naruto Ultimate Ninja series on the PS2 in as many years and, boy, is it something. There over 40 playable characters in the game with an option to choose between English and Japanese VO. You can customize your characters with whichever ultimate jutsu you choose, you'll be able to turn some of your favorite characters into more powerful ninja and summon giant creatures as allies to help you in battle, interact with characters residing in the leaf village and accomplish over 55 missions in Ultimate Contest mode, engage in battle royale matches in 20 unique stages using either close combat or ranged weapons. The game itself takes place up to the Sasuke Retrieval Arc. It's definitely a bigger monster to contend with this time around.
Ultimate Contest is the biggest part of UN3 wherein a festival is thrown together by Lady Tsunade for the sake of visitors from the hidden village of Sand. The main event is a battle royal in which each ninja gets a crystal. When ninja fight, the winner gets the loser's crystals. The two who finish with the most crystals get to battle for the right to create a new Hidden Leaf Village regulation. You run around Hidden Leaf Village completing simple quests and challenging other characters to fights, which is somewhat similar to the game Naruto Rise of a Ninja(although UN3 came out long before that game did in Japan so, technically, it thought of the idea first). There are also a handful of minigames you'll be asked to compete in as well.
The game has top-notch production values. The graphics look simply stunning in this game(sometimes making you wonder if this isn't a PS3 game).
There isn't much that can be said bad about this game. Note, much that can be said. Meaning there is a few things that isn't so good. My biggest gripe with the game is the unlockables. Most of them are nothing you hadn't unlocked before in the previous games & that, to me, is disappointing. At least, they should give us a some new content to unlock to make it all the more pleasing to play.
Overall, Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3 is a game all Naruto fans should get. It's definitely the best of the series thus far. I'm not sure casual fans would be interested, honestly, not unless they're into anime & manga.
Sadly, I hear this is the last game in the series for the PS2. The series is moving onto the PS3. I do hope & pray they give it alot bigger scope on the system and continue its' success with newer and better content. PSP owners can rejoice, though, as a new game is on the way for the PSP. Look for my review when it hits the shelves.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3, March 27, 2008
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This is simply the best game of the series(in America) so far. It has exactly 42 playable characters and adjustable secret techniques. Once you have all of the characters and have beaten story mode there is still re playability. There is hero's history mode, Narutimate challenge, and plain old one-on-one v.s. mode battles. There are more items, more stages, and more special jutsu than ever! The cut scenes in story mode are also greatly improved. Every single thing about this game is 10 times as better than ultimate ninja 2.Let me explain how to change your characters secret techniques: Depending on the character you choose you can pick your favorite secret techniques for your character to use before you start the battle. For example, when you use Sasuke Uchiha, you get a host of secret techniques to choose from for the level 1, 2, and 3 secret techniques. But with a character like ANBU Kakashi, you only get one secret technique. That ends my review, a great game about a great Anime.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best Naruto Game of the series thus far!, August 2, 2008
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
I played four Naruto games from the Gamecube and the Playstation II thus far, (Naruto Clash of Ninja I & II and Ultimate Ninja II & III) and the best one is this one, Naruto Ultimate Ninja III. The game is updated with more characters (including all the hokages, including Yondaime) which can be unlocked throughout playing the Storyline of the game. There are over forty characters that you can play as, and so many more things to do. The environment you play in is more interactive, but some of the playing fields from NUNII are slightly different, but otherwise still awesome. I really enjoyed this game, which is more challenging than the last one in the series. If you are new to Naruto games in particular and own a PSII, than definitely try this game.
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