Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
From the media released so far for the game, Ultimate Ninja Storm retains much of same gameplay from the Ultimate Ninja series, such as having the same controls as the previous installments. However, the game setting will be in 3D instead of the usual 2D background.

It has been confirmed in an interview with the game's director Hitoshi Matsuyama that the game will not feature online play, but will have some downloadable content.

In words of Hitoshi Matsuyama, "Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm will break the barrier between anime and video game.

A downloadable demo of the game was released through Episode 2 of Sony's Qore service on July 3rd, and is now also available to all PlayStation Network users. The demo allows you to play as Naruto Uzumaki and Kakashi Hatake, and also allows the player to choose either the English or the Japanese voicecasts.

A new feature during battle is the "mash" mode. If both players activate their special move at the same time they go into mash mode. During mash, both characters will have to press the corresponding buttons as fast as possible in order to knock out their opponent.

Another new feature is "Awakening Mode". While similar to the transformations of the previous Ultimate Ninja titles, this mode can only be activated when a character has less than 1 health meter remaining. The moment a characters' health drops below approximately 1 bar the chakra meter receives an "Awakening Lamp". Building a characters chakra to MAX and continuing to build chakra will light the lamp and enable Awakening Mode, making the character significantly more powerful with a new/extended move list and look (ex. "One Tailed Naruto Mode") or merely raise their parameters / grant new abilities (ex. Kakashi's "Sharingan Mode" auto substitution). Ultimate Ninja Storm will have free roaming similar to Naruto: Rise of a Ninja.

=Playable characters=

Here are the 25 playable characters included in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm.

Ultimate Jutsu: Naruto's Ninja Handbook, Nine-Tailed Rasengan
 * Naruto Uzumaki-(Jinchūriki Form) (One-Tailed Transformation) (Gamabunta Summoning Technique)

Ultimate Jutsu: The Great Sakura
 * Sakura Haruno(Inner Sakura))

Ultimate Jutsu: Cursed Mark Chidori, Cursed Mark Level 2 Chidori
 * Sasuke Uchiha-(Sharingan) (Curse Seal lvl.1) (Curse Seal lvl.2)

Ultimate Jutsu: Double (Lightning Blade)
 * Kakashi Hatake-(Sharingan)


 * Rock Lee-(Eight Chakra Gates) (Drunken Fist)


 * Neji Hyuga-(Byakugan)


 * Tenten-(Weapon Mode)


 * Might Guy-(Eight Chakra Gates)


 * Shino Aburame-(Destruction Bug Host Technique)


 * Kiba Inuzuka-(Food Pill, Man Beast Combination Transformation: Double-Headed Wolf)


 * Hinata Hyuga-(Byakugan)

Ultimate Jutsu: Sand Tsunami: Giant Sand Burial
 * Gaara- (Brutal Sand Mode) (1/2 Shukaku) (Shukaku)

Ultimate Jutsu: (Summoning Jutsu) - Hurricane Wind Blade Dance
 * Temari-(Heavenly Dance Mode)

Ultimate Jutsu: Puppet Master Jutsu - Iron Maiden Explosion
 * Kankuro-(Puppet Dance Mode)


 * Jiraiya-(Gamabunta Summoning Technique, Sannin Mode)


 * Orochimaru-(Manda Summoning Technique, Sannin Mode)

Ultimate Jutsu: Dance of the Larch, Cursed Mark Level 2: Bracken Dance w/ Dance of the Clematis: Flower
 * Kimimaro-(Curse Seal lvl.2)


 * Tsunade-(Katsuyu Summoning Technique, Sannin Mode, Mitotic Regeneration Mode)

Ultimate Jutsu: Reaper Death Seal
 * Third Hokage-(Enma Summoning Technique) (Hokage Mode)


 * Ino Yamanaka


 * Choji Akimichi-(Expansion Jutsu) (Butterfly Choji))


 * Shikamaru Nara


 * Kisame Hoshigaki-(Samehada)


 * Itachi Uchiha-(Mangekyo Sharingan, Tsukuyomi Mode)


 * Kabuto Yakushi-(Super Recovery Mode)

Links
Official English Website