Naruto: The Broken Bond

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• Relive the Series: Adventure outside the Leaf Village to discover imaginatively detailed environments and enjoy the original voice-acting from the series in Japanese & English.
• Play as Sasuke: Experience the series not only as Naruto, but also witness Sasuke's self-destructive quest for power first-hand.
• Tag Team Battles: An all-new feature, players can now team up with multiple characters from the NARUTO universe when in combat and throughout their heroic adventure.
• "Online Multiplayer: As the ONLY NARUTO game you can play online, you can now

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001FEO72M
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 18, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,812 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Building on the success of NARUTO: Rise of a Ninja, this new action adventure takes the story to a deeper level within the NARUTO Universe. Forced to relive bitter memories, Naruto's best friend Sasuke strikes out on a self-destructive quest for power. Now with the help of his friends, Naruto must confront Sasuke and save him before it's too late.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Bond is sort of Broken..., November 20, 2008

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ObiWanShinobi (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Naruto: The Broken Bond (Video Game)

Given how totally awesome Rise of a Ninja was, I was eagerly anticipating this game. There are some changes in this here sequel tho'...and I gotta say, not all of them are good. However like it's predecessor, for Naruto fans it's still a big slice of ninja heaven.

Honestly this one is not as well thought out as the last one was. While Rise of Ninja was literally the "Best Way to Make a Game Out of the First 80 episodes of Naruto"... there are some things about Broken Bond that I could have lived without. This still falls into the category of a "Must Own for Any Self-Respecting Naruto Fan," but it's not as flawless as the pervious offering.

But there is some new stuff that's good. For instance you are given the opportunity of using more characters for the main quest instead of just Naruto. Which makes sense given the story, and makes things more interesting in both the quest and fighting gameplay. The fighting controls also seem to feel a bit less stiff. Also, they straight up give you the option of playing the game with the Japanese voice cast, which apparently for some people higher up on the Otaku Nerd food chain than myself is an absolute necessity. The basic mechanics of utilizing Jutsu to progress through the game, etc are still the same (which is good).

My main beef with this game is this:

In Rise of a Ninja each mission was different and was planned to help advance the story. With Broken Bond each mission is just a fetch quest with some fighting. And it's crazy repetitive. And after a while it gets kind of annoying. Like to the point where the word "insipid" isn't too far off. The context of earning the respect of the Hidden Leaf villagers helped to answer the question of "Why Am I Doing This Again?" in Rise of a Ninja. You're going to be asking yourself that question a lot more in Broken Bond...and most of the time your just not going to get an answer.

Additionally, they broke from using the actual series animation in some of the cut scenes. Some folks might like that better. I didn't. While the graphics engine makes for a great visual representation of the series animation - I wasn't feeling it cut scene wise. That's just me.

That aside, this is still a great game. All of the goodness from the 60 or so episodes from the second part of the series is in there. The epic battles are still awesome, graphics are still great, and when the game isn't making you backtrack for some inane fetch quest - it's fun-as-all-git-out.

While I recommended buying an Xbox 360 just to play Rise of the Ninja, or playing it even if you aren't a Naruto fan - I wouldn't make the same suggestions with this game. If you own an Xbox 360 and are a Naruto fan, then yes, you should totally own this.

All and all this is still a great Naruto game.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good game, November 3, 2010

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eclipse - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Naruto: The Broken Bond (Video Game)

An awesome game that's worth the money. A fair amount of characters and the story line is very interesting. Also plenty to do after the main story is done. A fun game to play with frends.

5.0 out of 5 stars Naruto: The Broken Bond, January 8, 2012

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T. Ferguson - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Naruto: The Broken Bond (Video Game)

I ordered the game for christmas, fast delivery. The game is great, I will be ordering more in the future.