Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 5

is the fifth installment in the Ultimate Ninja series. It has been featured in an issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, where both the appearance of the time-skip version of Sasuke Uchiha and the usage of assist characters have been confirmed. It was scheduled to be released sometime in December 2007, as well as feature 62 playable characters. It has been confirmed by Viz to be released in North America in December 2009; there is no official release date for Europe and Australia.

Game Modes
This game is not the last and according to Viz Media, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 and Narutimate Ultimate Accel 3 are both scheduled to follow this game's North America release
 * Master Mode - Go through the Story Mode With some characters available during adventure, starting from The Rescue Gaara arc to the Sai and Sasuke arc. After you finished Master Mode, you can play through Sasuke's Storyline.
 * VS. Battle - Find a Friend or fight the CPU in a Battle. You Can Set The CPU Difficulty Level In The Option Screen Below.
 * Practice - Practice Combos and Jutsu with CPU or a Friend. In This Mode There Is Infinite Time, Health, And Chakra.

Playable characters
Parenthesis indicate character is playable in additional forms.


 * Naruto Uzumaki (time skip, Demon fox)
 * Sasuke Uchiha (time skip, Sharingan)
 * Sakura Haruno (time skip)
 * Kakashi Hatake
 * Rock Lee (time skip, Drunk)
 * Neji Hyuga (time skip)
 * Tenten (time skip)
 * Might Guy
 * Shikamaru Nara (time skip)
 * Choji Akimichi (time skip, Super)
 * Ino Yamanaka (time skip)
 * Asuma Sarutobi
 * Shino Aburame (time skip)
 * Kiba Inuzuka (time skip)
 * Hinata Hyuga (time skip)
 * Kurenai Yuhi
 * Gaara (time skip, Shukaku)
 * Kankuro (time skip)
 * Temari (time skip)
 * Chiyo (with Sasori's parents)
 * Itachi Uchiha
 * Kisame Hoshigaki
 * Deidara
 * Sasori (Hiruko, with Third Kazekage, true form)
 * Sai
 * Yamato
 * Jiraiya
 * Tsunade
 * Shizune
 * Orochimaru
 * Kabuto Yakushi
 * Jirobo (cursed seal)
 * Kidomaru (cursed seal)
 * Sakon and Ukon (cursed seal)
 * Tayuya (cursed seal)
 * Kimimaro (cursed seal)
 * First Hokage
 * Second Hokage
 * Third Hokage
 * Fourth Hokage
 * Hanabi Hyuga
 * Konohamaru Sarutobi
 * Anko Mitarashi
 * Haku
 * Zabuza Momochi