Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3

is the sixth installment in the Ultimate Ninja series, announced as an exclusive title for the PlayStation Portable on July 17 2009. It is to be released in Japan on December 10, 2009. Namco Bandai has anounced a North-American realease for Spring 2010. The game will feature 4-player local multiplayer battles, as well as characters from Naruto Shippuden's sixth season, including Sasuke and the members of Hebi. It will also feature a group jutsu, like Naruto and Jiraiya perform Rasengan at the same time and it will also feature a story mode like the one in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: Phantom Fortress. It said to have over 40 playable characters. Characters will not be playable in their pre-timeskip forms.

Confirmed characters
Parenthesis indicate character is playable in additional forms.


 * Asuma Sarutobi
 * Chiyo
 * Choji Akimichi
 * Deidara
 * Gaara
 * Hidan (Cursed Technique)
 * Hinata Hyuga
 * Ino Yamanaka
 * Itachi Uchiha
 * Jiraiya (Sage Mode)
 * Jugo
 * Kabuto Yakushi (Orochimaru possession)
 * Kakashi Hatake (young)
 * Kakuzu (Thread mode)
 * Kankuro
 * Karin
 * Kiba Inuzuka
 * Kisame Hoshigaki
 * Konan
 * Kurenai Yuhi
 * Might Guy
 * Naruto Uzumaki (one-tailed transformation, four-tailed transformation)
 * Neji Hyuga
 * Obito Uchiha
 * Orochimaru (white snake)
 * Pain (Animal path)
 * Pain (Asura path)
 * Pain (Deva path)
 * Rock Lee
 * Sai
 * Sakura Haruno
 * Sasori (Hiruko, true form)
 * Sasuke Uchiha (cursed seal)
 * Shikamaru Nara
 * Shino Aburame
 * Shizune
 * Suigetsu Hozuki
 * Temari
 * Tenten
 * Tobi
 * Tsunade
 * Yamato
 * The Yellow Flash