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 will be released in Europe on November 27, 2009 and Australia December 3, 2009. It is unkown if the game will have a North-American release.

Game Modes
Furthermore, 2nd mode characters will be another feature, such as Naruto, Sasuke, Sasori, Gaara, and Lee
 * 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, Cursed Seal)
 * 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