Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 is currently a Japanese, North American and Australian only game. The game was released in America on the 25th of March and Australia on the 18th of September. The game has roughly 42 Characters, giving it the biggest character roster in any other. It features a new story mode, more maneuverability for characters, and newer music.

Ultimate Ninja 3 also offers a different sort of story mode from Ultimate Ninja 2. This is called the Hero's History. It replays every major fight from the beginning of the series (Naruto vs. Kakashi-the training), to the end of Part 1 (Naruto vs. Sasuke-the final battle). Although it skips a lot of dialogue and transition scenes (scenes such as the Chunin exam preliminaries and most of the cutscenes that one grew accustomed to in UN 2) are completely gone. It's a good way to get 'quick action' in the game for those who get bored easily of the endless tirade of cutscenes in UN 2, and it is a good way to get a lot of unlockable characters.

Another interesting feature is called the Ultimate Path. This is an RPG style part of the game, which allows you to go on missions and unlock several characters, as well as learn different jutsu. Before you can do this, however, you have to enter into a tournament in which you need to defeat many characters in order to get their crystals. After this is done, you can roam freely and level up different characters which you have unlocked.

Characters and original Ultimate Jutsu

 * Naruto Uzumaki (Nine-Tailed Rasengan)
 * Sasuke Uchiha (Ominous Chidori)
 * Sakura Haruno (Ninja Art: Snow Cherry Blossom Dance) or Sakura Blizzard Jutsu
 * Kakashi Hatake (Lightning Blade: Single Slash)
 * First Hokage (Secret Wood Style Jutsu: Deep Forest Emergence)
 * Second Hokage (Water Style: Water Hardened Drill)
 * Third Hokage (Sealing Jutsu: Triangle Seal)
 * The Yellow Flash (Flying Thunder God Jutsu)
 * Tsunade (Summoning Jutsu for Katsuyu)
 * Orochimaru (Summoning Jutsu for Manda)
 * Jiraiya (Summoning Jutsu for Gamabunta)
 * Itachi Uchiha (Visual Jutsu: The Sun God)
 * Kisame Hoshigaki (Water Style: Clinging Grand Whirpool Jutsu)
 * Konohamaru (Charge! Konohamaru Ninja Squad!)
 * Shizune (Chakra Sword: Great Cross Slash)
 * Kabuto Yakushi (Dead Soul Jutsu)
 * Anko Mitarashi (Twin Snake Sacrifice Jutsu)
 * Shino Aburame (Parasitic Insects: Hailstorm)
 * Hinata Hyuga (Heaven’s Dance of Hazy White)
 * Kiba Inuzuka (Man-Beast Transformation Combo)
 * Kurenai Yuhi (Evil Illusion: Tree Capture Death)
 * Shikamaru Nara (Shadow Crushing Palm Jutsu)
 * Ino Yamanaka (Memorial Flower Sending)
 * Choji Akimichi (Butterfly Bomb)
 * Asuma Sarutobi (Flying Sparrow)
 * Rock Lee (Loopy Fist)
 * Tenten (Floating Blade Wall)
 * Neji Hyuga (Eight Trigrams: 361 Style)
 * Might Guy (Dashing Up Burning Spirit!)
 * Kankuro (Secret Black Move: Iron Maiden)
 * Gaara (Playing Possum Jutsu) for Shukaku
 * Temari (Summoning: Blade Dance)
 * Kidomaru (Spider Bow: Fierce Rip)
 * Sakon (Left Dust Strike, Right Severing Kick)
 * Tayuya (Demon Flute: Trio Requiem)
 * Jirobo (Arhat Fist)
 * Kimimaro (Clematis Dance, Flower)
 * Hanabi Hyuga (Gentle Fist Instruction)
 * The Green Beast (Green Impact)
 * ANBU Kakashi (Hazy Moon)

Level 2 characters
There are also bonus characters that you can obtain once you have unlocked all 42 characters. These appear by having the character's image selected in VS. Mode and pressing select. On a battle, they will also turn into this kind of stage if you used the specific jutsu for each of the below characters.


 * Butterfly Choji (Butterfly Bomb)
 * Half-transformed Gaara (Wind Style: Sandstorm Devastation)
 * Drunken Lee (Loopy Lee in the US dub) (Loopy Fist)
 * One-Tail Naruto (Nine-Tailed Rasengan)
 * Stage 2 Sasuke (Ominous Chidori)
 * Stage 2 Kimimaro (Clematis Dance, Flower)
 * Stage 2 Tayuya (Demon Flute: Trio Requiem)
 * Stage 2 Sakon/Ukon (Left Dust Strike, Right Severing Kick)
 * Stage 2 Jirobo (Arhat Fist)
 * Stage 2 Kidomaru (Spider Bow: Fierce Rip)
 * Cursed seal Anko by using Twin Snakes Mutual Death on Orochimaru