Naruto Ultimate Ninja: Storm

by Namco

Product Features

• Experience Jaw-Dropping Cinematic Quality HD Graphics - Witness the cinema-quality animation comes to life in high definition. The line between Naruto animation and game graphics will truly disappear!
• Roam Freely On Dynamic Multi-Dimensional Battle Grounds - Prepare to battle on robust, multi-dimensional battle grounds. Take advantage of the unique characteristics of each battle field! Battle is no longer limited to flat ground surfaces.
• Unleash Your Ninja Dream Team - Form your own three-man dream squad to battle your opponents! Unleash your allies to defend you in battle, or order them to perform cooperative attacks against your opponents!
• Discover A Brand New Mission Based Adventure Mode - Challenge a total of 100 compelling missions in Ultimate Mission Mode and experience the original animated TV series storyline up through the Sasuke Retrieval Arc!
• Unleash Massive Secret Techniques on An Unprecedented Scale - Using the power of the PlayStation 3, you can now destroy your enemies with bigger, meaner, stronger and more cin¬ematic secret techniques than ever before!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00189MNKM
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 4, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,035 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #34 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Action > Fighting
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Edition: Standard

The dawn of a new era. At last, the line between Naruto Animation and Gaming will truly disappear. The head-to-head fighting game franchise based on Naruto arrives on PS3 for the first time to reign supreme in the next generation of video gaming. Armed with gorgeous cinematic quality HD graphics, a revolutionary next-gen battle system, interactive multi-dimensional battle grounds and seamlessly explorable world of Naruto, Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm will capture the heart of any Naruto fan. Your dream to live and breath the show will come true! Master 25 Fully Transformable Warriors - Behold your characters transforming into powerful superior warriors in battle. All characters will possess amazing power that will expand the very scale of a battle to the next level.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best "Ultimate Ninja" Title Yet, January 18, 2009

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Harold Baguinon - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Naruto Ultimate Ninja: Storm (Video Game)

Pros: Super fun, beautiful cel-shaded graphics, over-the-top techniques, choice of English or Japanese audio track (with English subtitles), follows the Naruto storyline before Shippuuden in the Story Mode, unique characters, extremely fun boss fights.

Cons: Simple one-button combination attacks, mini-games in Story Mode get repetitive, traveling around Konoha to pick up scrolls gets tedious, simple mechanics cause fights to be similar even when using different characters.

Comments: The Pros and Cons explain the basic gist of the game. This PS3-exclusive is the sixth installment of the Narutimate/Ultimate Ninja series for home consoles (ignoring portable and card games), and it does well to fit in. The control scheme is almost identical to past games in the series, changing L1 and R1 to teammate-assist attacks, and switching item use to the directional pad (forcing movement to be analog-stick-only). Ultimate Ninja Storm puts the series into 3D rather than the previous two-planes 2D system. This allows full three-dimensional movement across a battlefield, making fights seem more action/adventure-game-oriented not unlike the Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden series of games. The game is filled with tons of extras, from music and video collectibles to figurines and more special moves. All this is earned in the Story Mode by completing missions and purchasing items using earned in-game cash. Most of the missions are battles, but there are three types of mini-games that show up as missions as well: hide-and-seek, race, and chase; they are fun at first, but after the 3rd time, it gets a bit old. (There is actually a fourth mini-game, as a Boss Fight, but it remains fun). Because the game stops at the Naruto VS Sasuke match before the Naruto Shippuuden series, none of the "post time-skip" versions of the ninja are available as characters. This game is a whole lot of fun, and highly recommended to any fan of the series, especially those who enjoyed the Ultimate Ninja games. The simple mechanics keep this fighter from being on the same level as "real" fighters like Tekken or Street Fighter, and the repetitive mini-games and town-exploring could have been tweaked a bit. If you hate Naruto (the series), then obviously this game is not for you. A game for the fans; overall a 4 out of 5.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As Awesome As the Rasengan!, April 18, 2009

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Tristan A. Hayes (Southwestern, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Naruto Ultimate Ninja: Storm (Video Game)

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm is the first Naruto game for the PS3. Personally, it has been because of this game that I have become hooked to Naruto and the Naruto Universe. The game features some of the most graphically impressive fights Ive seen for the fighting genre and has renewed my interest in that genre.

Plotwise, Ultimate Ninja Storm goes through about the first 135 episodes of the Naruto universe. It would have been better if it could have gone through the entire Part 1 of Naruto (about 220 episodes) but being that the English dub version of it is finally reaching its end, it would have been impossible.

The single player mode has modes ranging from fetch quests, treasure hunts, specialized fights with requirements (such as win the fight, while not going into awakening mode, and wining with one health bar or more remaining and perform 3 substitution jutsus). There are also other modes such as race up the tree (an aspect of the show which is for chakra control), in this case it is a mode in which you just race up the tree exceptionally fast, you can use powerups that cause fireballs to come down the mountain on your opponents. There is also another mode in which you face a giant boss fight (against a huge toad, Chief Toad from the show), and finally the other mode is that you get to jump from tree to tree in a forest. There are powerups here that allow you to get through the forest faster.

That is all that is to the single player experience. It is a requirement to go through about 60% of this mode. There are many more missions beyond that, but only the hardcore Naruto fan would go through it to get all the unlockables (character costumes, more jutsus, dioramas, music etc).

The fighting is the main aspect of this game. Unfortunately there is not any online multiplayer but there is offline multiplayer. Fights consist of the traditional normal type set ups, except here most of the moves are just mapped to the X or square button for simplicity. A guide of all of the moves is provided on the pause menu for all players, and with practice, virtually every move can be carried out. There is a chakra bar in fights, which is just your meter for performing advanced level moves (such as Naruto's special skill, the Rasengan, a huge burst of chakra at an opponent). It is also needed to be full, in order to do the special skills. The special skills all take you to a different vantage point and screen in which you have to mash the sequence that appears on your side of the screen. The opponent also receives a chance to mash buttons too and whoever can overtake more control of this bar will gain the advantage; if it is the opponent then they will sleazily dodge it with a log ala substitution jutsu style, or if it is the player, they will launch their killer attack, like the 3rd Hokage's forbidden jutsu, Reapers Death Seal. These are perhaps the best and graphically impressive moves and makes it worth it to play as every character. One final aspect of battle, you can also use support players who you can employ to launch an attack and catch you when you are blasted away. Finally fighting can take place on a 3d field, in which you can fight on the normal ground as well as on the walls.

Pretty much the main cast of our favorite genin are available to play with as well as their sensei's, the the legendary sannin are also available to play as. Support characters are also available to play as and are released as DLC.

The entire voice cast of the show has seemed to reprise their roles here with voiced scenes moves. There is limited voice acting in the story mode, but then there are maybe about five FMVs, and these are all fully voiced. Graphically, this game is shocking in how beautiful it is. It is hard to describe the style pseudo 3D, 2.5D cel shading but it works.
There isn't much more to crave for from this game except for a sequel. I implore you, if you are or aren't a Naruto fan, then you must still get this game!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch Graphics!!!, December 25, 2009

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RomerauxRockz (New Orleans ,Louisiana) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm, is a solid fighting game in my opinion! The graphics on this game are truley a sight to behold!! IT blew my mind at first sight!!! It has an appropriate roster of characters (less than 30), and is pretty fun to play period! The only rant I have is that Zabuza and Haku aren't in it, I mean come on!! They were two of the most crucial characters of the show!! But i'll live lol 5/5

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