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
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.
 * Naruto Uzumaki
 * Sasuke Uchiha
 * Sakura Haruno
 * Kakashi Hatake
 * First Hokage
 * Second Hokage
 * Third Hokage
 * The Yellow Flash
 * Tsunade
 * Orochimaru
 * Jiraiya
 * Itachi Uchiha
 * Kisame Hoshigaki
 * Konohamaru
 * Shizune
 * Kabuto Yakushi
 * Anko Mitarashi
 * Shino Aburame
 * Hinata Hyuga
 * Kiba Inuzuka
 * Kurenai Yuhi
 * Shikamaru Nara
 * Ino Yamanaka
 * Choji Akimichi
 * Asuma Sarutobi
 * Rock Lee
 * Tenten
 * Neji Hyuga
 * Might Guy
 * Kankuro
 * Gaara
 * Temari
 * Kidomaru
 * Sakon
 * Tayuya
 * Jirobo
 * Kimimaro
 * Hanabi Hyuga
 * The Green Beast
 * ANBU Kakashi
 * Butterfly Choji
 * Half-transformed Gaara
 * Drunken Lee (Loopy Lee in the US dub)
 * One-Tail Naruto
 * Stage 2 Sasuke
 * Stage 2 Kimimaro
 * Stage 2 Tayuya
 * Stage 2 Sakon/Ukon
 * Stage 2 Jirobo
 * Stage 2 Kidomaru
 * Cursed seal Anko by using Twin Snakes Mutual Death on Orochimaru