Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3

is the seventh installment in the Ultimate Ninja series, announced as an exclusive title for the PlayStation Portable on July 17, 2009. It was released in Japan on December 10, 2009. Namco Bandai has released the North-American version on May 11, 2010 and has released the European version on May 14 2010. The game features 4-player local multi-player battles, as well as characters from Naruto Shippūden's sixth season, including Sasuke and the members of Hebi. It also features a team jutsu, like Naruto and Jiraiya perform Rasengan at the same time. It includes a story arc designed by Cyberconnect2 that is unique to this game, as well as a regular one that follows the Naruto Shippūden storyline and one that follows Sasuke's story. It has 50 playable characters, however pre-timeskip characters are not available.

Demo
A demo of the game has been released on 5/4/10 and it's available on PSN (PlayStationNetwork). The demo features 4 playable characters (Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Pain and Konan), 3 stages and 2 game modes. One of them is Free Battle Mode and the other one is Wireless Battle Mode. In Free Battle Mode the player can fight against CPU. In Wireless Battle Mode the player can fight another friend via Ad-Hoc.

Characters
Parenthesis indicate character is playable in additional forms.
 * Asuma Sarutobi
 * Chiyo
 * Chōji Akimichi (Super Expansion Jutsu Mode)
 * Deidara (C2 Mode, riding on a clay bird)
 * Gaara (Kazekage Mode)
 * Hidan (Cursed Technique)
 * Hinata Hyūga
 * Ino Yamanaka
 * Itachi Uchiha (Tsukuyomi Mode)
 * Jiraiya (Sage Mode)
 * Jūgo
 * Kabuto Yakushi (Orochimaru possession)
 * Kakashi Hatake (Young)
 * Kakuzu (Thread mode)
 * Kankurō
 * Karin
 * Kiba Inuzuka
 * Kisame Hoshigaki
 * Konan (Angel Mode)
 * Kurenai Yūhi
 * Might Guy (Eight Inner Gates Mode)
 * Minato Namikaze (Yellow Flash Mode)
 * Naruto Uzumaki (One-Tailed Transformation, Pre-Four-Tailed Transformation, Four-Tailed Transformation, Student)
 * Neji Hyūga
 * Obito Uchiha
 * Orochimaru
 * Pain (Deva Path, Animal Path, Asura Path)
 * Rock Lee
 * Sai
 * Sakura Haruno
 * Sasori (Hiruko, True Form)
 * Sasuke Uchiha (Cursed seal, Student)
 * Shikamaru Nara (Tenryaku Mode)
 * Shino Aburame
 * Shizune
 * Suigetsu Hōzuki
 * Temari
 * Tenten
 * Tobi (Lightning Fast Mode)
 * Tsunade
 * Yamato

Trivia

 * Three of the Six Paths of Pain are playable while the other three can be used as support characters.
 * Kabuto with Orochimaru's remains never fought in the anime and showed little of his power in the manga.
 * Naruto's house is a restored feature from the previous Ultimate Ninja games.
 * This is the first Ultimate Ninja game to feature up to 4 player battles.
 * The combinations can be 1p vs 1p, 1p vs 2p , 1p vs 3p , and 2p vs 2p.
 * A Special Game Only Arc is included between the "Sasuke Reunion" and "The Formation of Hebi" Arcs. It revolves around Naruto trying to stop Shinga from using a forbidden seed, called the "Demon Shinki".
 * Although Kabuto and Kabuto with Orochimaru's remains are the same, they're featured as two different people.