Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections

Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections is the seventh instalment of the Ultimate Ninja Storm series developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Namco-Bandai games for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam.

Gameplay changes
Here have been some of the confirmed gameplay changes so far, carried over from Storm 4 's engine:


 * Ninja items with the D-pad are now infinite in usage.
 * Hitstun times are now more generalized across the cast.
 * The counter returning from Storm Revolution now inflicts a crumple instead of a ground slide.
 * Hitting a victim during crumple state, ground slide (mainly with a chakra dash) or with a tool throw when they are downed causes a re-stand state.
 * Damage scaling is implemented, but the game is unable to properly register it at times if the combo is desynced enough.
 * Mid-ranged tilt moves are removed, and a replaced with a second chakra technique/jutsu/U2, and for some characters, they now also have essentially 3 chakra techniques usable on-hand.
 * Online lobby invites are no longer possible, as well as the removal of online tournament mode.

Playable Characters

 * Part I (One-Tailed Form)
 * Pyjamas (Costume)
 * Part II
 * Beginning (Four-Tailed Form)
 * Sage Mode (Six-Tailed Form)
 * School (Costume)
 * Five Kage Summit (Nine-Tails Chakra Mode)
 * Armour (Costume)
 * Shinobi World War (Nine-Tails Chakra Mode)
 * Cowboy (Costume)
 * Gondolier (Costume)
 * Kimono (Costume)
 * Lederhosen (Costume)
 * Matador (Costume)
 * Pirate (Costume)
 * Warrior (Costume)
 * Sasuke Costume
 * White Robe (Costume)
 * Tailed Beast Mode (Kurama Mode)
 * Six Paths Sage Mode (Kurama Mode)
 * The Last (Tailed Beast Sage Mode)
 * Seventh Hokage
 * Road to Boruto (Kurama Mode)
 * Baryon Mode


 * Part I
 * Black Outfit (Sharingan Mode)
 * Blue Outfit (Curse Mark Stage 2)
 * Initial Uniform (Sharingan Mode)
 * Part II
 * Beginning (Curse Mark Stage 2)
 * Black Outfit (Curse Mark Stage 2)
 * Taka (Mangekyō Sharingan)
 * Mangekyō Sharingan (Armoured Susanoo)
 * Kimono (Costume)
 * Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan (Humanoid Susanoo)
 * Naruto Costume
 * Napoleon (Costume)
 * School (Costume)
 * Warrior (Costume)
 * Rinnegan (Complete Body — Susanoo)
 * The Last (Complete Body — Susanoo)
 * Boruto Era
 * Wandering Shinobi (Complete Body — Susanoo)
 * Supporting Kage

(Fast Writing Mode)
 * Part I (Maiden's Anger Mode)
 * Part II
 * Beginning (Herculean Mode)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces (Strength of a Hundred Seal)
 * School (Costume)
 * Warrior (Costume)
 * The Last (Costume)
 * Boruto Era (Costume)
 * Casual Outfit
 * Allied Shinobi Forces
 * Boruto Era (Costume)


 * Part I (Shadow Imitation Mode)
 * Genin Uniform
 * Chūnin Uniform
 * Part II (Strategy Mode)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces
 * Boruto Era (Costume)


 * Part I (Covered with Flowers Mode)
 * Part II (Hundred Scattered Flowers Mode)
 * Beginning
 * School (Costume)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces
 * Boruto Era (Costume)


 * Part I (Berserker Rage Mode)
 * Part II
 * Beginning (Expansion Mode)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces (Butterfly Mode)
 * Boruto Era (Costume)


 * Part I (Fang Mode)
 * Part II (Food Pills Mode)
 * Beginning
 * Allied Shinobi Forces
 * Boruto Era (Costume)


 * Part I (Beetle Mode)
 * Part II (Beetle Mode)
 * Beginning
 * Allied Shinobi Forces
 * Boruto Era (Costume)


 * Part I (Byakugan Mode)
 * Part II (Twin Lion Fists Mode)
 * Beginning
 * School (Costume)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces
 * Road to Ninja (Costume)
 * The Last (Costume)
 * Boruto Era (Costume)


 * Part I (Brutal Sand Mode)
 * Chūnin Exams
 * Sasuke Recovery Mission
 * Part II
 * Beginning (Shukaku)
 * Five Kage Summit (Kazekage Mode)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces (Kazekage Mode)
 * Fifth Kazekage (Costume) (Kazekage Mode)


 * Part I (Wind Covered Mode)
 * Chūnin Exams
 * Sasuke Recovery Mission
 * Part II (Heavenly Fan Dance Mode)
 * Beginning
 * Five Kage Summit
 * Allied Shinobi Forces
 * Boruto Era (Costume)

(Eight Gates Mode) (Byakugan Mode)
 * Part I (Puppet Dance Mode)
 * Chūnin Exams
 * Sasuke Recovery Mission
 * Part II
 * Beginning (Salamander Mode)
 * Five Kage Summit (Scorpion Mode)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces (Scorpion Mode)
 * Boruto Era (Costume)
 * Part I
 * Part II
 * Beginning
 * Allied Shinobi Forces
 * Boruto Era (Costume)
 * Part I
 * Part II
 * Allied Shinobi Forces

(Angry Mode, Attracted Mode (against Sasuke)) (Water Arm Mode) (Curse Mark Mode) (Determination Mode) (Byakugan Mode)
 * Part I (Ninja Tool Summon Mode)
 * Part II (Ninja Tool Summon Mode)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces (Bashōsen Mode)
 * Boruto Era (Costume)
 * Casual Outfit
 * Akatsuki Cloak (Costume)
 * Prisoner Outfit
 * Casual Outfit
 * Akatsuki Cloak (Costume)
 * Casual Outfit
 * Akatsuki Cloak (Costume)
 * Part II (Costume)
 * The Last


 * Young Kakashi (White Light Blade Mode)
 * Part I (Sharingan Mode)
 * Anbu (Costume)
 * School (Costume)
 * Part II
 * Beginning (Mangekyō Sharingan)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces (Mangekyō Sharingan)
 * Double Sharingan (Complete Body — Susanoo)
 * New Era (Costume)

(Isobu) (Wood Release Mode)
 * Young Obito (Sharingan Mode)
 * Tobi Suit (Unmasked)
 * Masked Man (Sharingan Mode)
 * Akatsuki Cloak (Sharingan Mode)
 * Shinobi World War (Sharingan and Rinnegan Mode)
 * Unmasked (Sharingan and Rinnegan Mode)
 * Six Paths (Sword of Nunoboko)
 * Anbu (Costume)
 * Part II

(Flying Swallow Mode) (Strict Sensei Mode) (Complete Body — Susanoo)
 * Parts I-II (Eight Gates Mode)
 * Allied Shinobi Forces (Eight Gates Mode)
 * Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki (Eight Gates Released Formation)
 * Alive
 * Reanimation
 * Allied Shinobi Forces

(Water Release Mode) (Hokage Mode) (Red Habenero Mode) (Sage Mode) (White Snake Mode) (Herculean Mode, Creation Rebirth) (Chikamatsu Ten Puppets Mode) (Raikage Mode) (Gyūki) (Black Lightning Mode) (Mizukage Mode) (Tsuchikage Mode) (Samurai Mode) (Salamander Mode) (Kazekage Mode) (Raikage Mode) (Mizukage Mode) (Tsuchikage Mode) (Matatabi) (Isobu) (Son Gokū) (Kokuō) (Saiken) (Chōmei) (Rinne Sharingan and Byakugan Mode)
 * Alive (Chakra Blades Mode)
 * Sage Mode (Wood Release: Wood Human Technique)
 * Hokage Cloak (Costume)
 * Alive
 * Reanimation
 * Alive
 * Reanimation
 * Hokage Cloak (Costume)
 * Flak Jacket (Yellow Flash Mode)
 * Hokage Cloak (Yellow Flash Mode)
 * Reanimation (Nine-Tails Chakra Mode)
 * Casual Outfit
 * Flak Jacket (Costume)
 * Parts I-II
 * Sannin Era (Costume)
 * Parts I-II
 * Sannin Era (Costume)
 * Akatsuki Cloak
 * Parts I-II
 * Sannin Era (Costume)
 * Alive
 * Reanimation (Costume)
 * Five Kage Summit
 * Raikage Cloak
 * Raikage Hat (Costume)
 * Casual Outfit
 * Samehada
 * White Robe (Costume)
 * New Era (Costume)
 * Mizukage Hat (Costume)
 * Tsuchikage Hat (Costume)
 * Five Kage Summit (Costume)
 * Alive (Costume)
 * Reanimation
 * Alive (Costume)
 * Reanimation
 * Alive (Costume)
 * Reanimation
 * Alive (Costume)
 * Reanimation
 * Alive/Flak Jacket (Costume)
 * Reanimation
 * Alive
 * Reanimation
 * Alive
 * Reanimation
 * Alive
 * Reanimation
 * Alive
 * Reanimation
 * Alive
 * Reanimation
 * Alive
 * Reanimation


 * Alive (Costume)
 * Reanimation (Rinnegan Mode)
 * Reanimation Resolved (Complete Body — Susanoo)
 * Black Robe (Costume)
 * Six Paths (Rinne Sharingan and Limbo: Border Jail)

(Angel Mode) (Complete Body — Susanoo) (Samehada Fusion Mode) (Jashin Ritual Mode) (Shinzo Mode) (C2 Dragon Mode) (Human Puppet Mode)
 * Pain (God Mode)
 * Reanimation (Six Paths Mode)
 * Anbu
 * Akatsuki Cloak
 * Akatsuki Cloak (with Hat)
 * Reanimation
 * Akatsuki Cloak
 * Akatsuki Cloak (with Hat)
 * Pre-Akatsuki
 * Akatsuki Cloak
 * Pre-Akatsuki
 * Akatsuki Cloak
 * Reanimation
 * Pre-Akatsuki
 * Akatsuki Cloak
 * Akatsuki Cloak (with Hat)
 * Reanimation
 * Pre-Akatsuki
 * Akatsuki Cloak
 * Reanimation

(Curse Mark Stage 2) (Curse Mark Stage 2) (Curse Mark Stage 2) (Curse Mark Stage 2) (Curse Mark Stage 2) (Demon Mode) (Ice Mode) (Released Seal Mode)
 * Casual Outfit (Chakra Scalpel Mode)
 * Snake Cloak (Snake Mode)
 * Sage Mode (Twin Demons Mode)
 * Alive
 * Reanimation (Costume)
 * Alive
 * Reanimation
 * Masked
 * Unmasked
 * Reanimation
 * Hokage Hat (Costume)

(Sage Mode) (Sharingan Mode) (Mecha-Kurama Form)
 * Casual Outfit
 * Scientific Ninja Tool
 * Naruto Outfit
 * Kāma (Kāma Mode)
 * Casual Outfit
 * Chūnin Exam

(Six Paths Mode) (Complete Body — Susanoo) (Kāma Mode) (Kāma Mode) (Frustrated Mode) (Combustible Powder Mode) (Sage Mode)

Customisation
Players are able to customise their characters with various items unlocked throughout the game.

Items

 * Head
 * White Cat Ears
 * Black Cat Ears
 * White Bunny Ears
 * Black Bunny Ears
 * Demon Horns
 * Paper Flower
 * Paper Shuriken
 * Blue Butterfly
 * C3 Doll
 * Halo
 * Tobi's Mask
 * Tobi's War Mask
 * Haku's Mask
 * Kakashi's Anbu Mask
 * Itachi's Anbu Mask

Combination Ultimate Jutsu
All Combination Ultimate Jutsu techniques featured in Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 return in Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections along with some New Combination Ultimate Jutsu. This is the list of select teams of characters that have new Combination Ultimate Jutsu when paired with each other:
 * Naruto Uzumaki (Seventh Hokage), Hinata Hyūga (Boruto Era) and Boruto Uzumaki (Uzumaki Twin Striking Palms)
 * Sasuke Uchiha (Boruto Era), Sakura Haruno (Boruto Era) and Sarada Uchiha (Uchiha Cherry Blossom Thunderclap)
 * Naruto Uzumaki (Seventh Hokage) and Kawaki (Rasengan: "Ensemble")
 * Kawaki and Boruto Uzumaki (Kāma) (Rasengan: "Unison")
 * Jigen, Koji Kashin, Delta, and Boro (???)

Boss Battles
This is the list of confirmed returning boss battles from previous instalments, as well as new ones, featured in this game:


 * Naruto Uzumaki vs. Shukaku
 * Naruto Uzumaki vs. Sasuke Uchiha (Part I, Valley of the End)
 * Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno vs. Kakashi Hatake
 * Naruto Uzumaki vs. Sasuke Uchiha (Orochimaru's Hideout)
 * Sasuke Uchiha vs. Itachi Uchiha
 * Naruto Uzumaki vs. Pain
 * Naruto Uzumaki vs. Kurama
 * Sasuke Uchiha/Itachi Uchiha vs. Kabuto Yakushi
 * Hashirama Senju vs. Madara Uchiha
 * Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha vs. Obito Uchiha
 * Naruto Uzumaki vs. Sasuke Uchiha (Part II, Valley of the End)
 * Sasuke Uchiha vs. Naruto Uzumaki

Playable Stages

 * Training Field
 * Day
 * Evening
 * The Great Naruto Bridge
 * The Forest of Death
 * Chūnin Exams Prelims Stage
 * Chūnin Exams Finals Stage
 * Lookout Tower
 * Konohagakure Forest
 * Day
 * Evening
 * Inn Town
 * Grassy Waves Prairie
 * Day
 * Night
 * Forest of Quiet Movement
 * Day
 * Evening
 * Night
 * Valley of the End
 * Past
 * Part I
 * Rainy
 * Clear
 * Part II
 * Final Battle
 * Giant Mushroom Forest
 * Konohagakure
 * Part II
 * Destroyed
 * Ruined
 * Under Reconstruction
 * After the Great Ninja War
 * Road to Boruto
 * Sunagakure
 * Sunagakure Gate
 * Five Seal Barrier Cliff
 * Akatsuki Hideout
 * Orochimaru's Hideout
 * Normal
 * Destroyed
 * Forest of Dead Trees
 * Sulphur Stone Temple
 * Amegakure
 * Upper
 * Lower
 * The Uchiha Hideout
 * Normal
 * Destroyed
 * Storm Cloud Ravine
 * Mount Myōboku
 * Site of Planetary Devastation
 * Five Kage Summit Venue
 * Great Snowfield of Iron
 * Samurai Bridge
 * On
 * Under
 * Waterfall of Truth
 * Day
 * Evening
 * Tailed Beast Ruins
 * Mountain Graveyard
 * Lightning Desert
 * Crashing Waves Coast
 * The Wasteland at Dawn
 * Great Ninja War Battlefield
 * Hidden Snake Grotto
 * Foot of God Tree
 * Moonlit Battlefield
 * Obliterated Battlefield
 * Alternate Dimension
 * Zone of the First Orb
 * Kaguya's Dimensions (Kaguya enabled only)
 * The Hokage's Mansion
 * Chūnin Exam - Third Round Hall (Road to Boruto)
 * Otherworld Divine Tree (Road to Boruto)
 * Mountainous Region
 * The Zero Hideout
 * Normal
 * Destroyed
 * Shinobi World Tournament

Special Story Mode-Only Stages

 * Ninja Heroes Cyberspace
 * Uchiha Clan Territory

Preorder Exclusive and Non-Standard Edition DLC

 * Preorder Exclusive
 * 3 costumes
 * Naruto Uzumaki (The Last Battle)
 * TV Anime 20th Anniversary Costume (Naruto and Sasuke)


 * Non-Standard Edition
 * 7 costumes
 * Kakashi Hatake (Double Sharingan) (Maskless)
 * Genin Outfit (Minato and Kushina) (Ultimate Digital and Premium Collector's Editions only)
 * Wedding Outfit (Sakura, Ino and Tenten) (Ultimate Digital and Premium Collector's Editions only)

Season Pass

 * 1 purchase bonus costume
 * Naruto Uzumaki (Great Ninja War - End)
 * 5 characters
 * 5 BGM tracks
 * Far Away
 * GO!!!
 * Blue Bird
 * Silhouette
 * Wind

Trivia

 * The feature to customise the appearance of playable characters, first introduced in Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution, finally makes a reappearance after being omitted in the previous game.
 * It is unknown where in the timeline the Special Story takes place - it appears to at the least follow after Boruto: Naruto the Movie, though Boruto is clearly shown with his Kāma.
 * The developers were accused by the English voice actors from the game to have re-dubbed over their lines with AI.
 * This game marks the first playable appearance of Dark Naruto, albeit is a skin for Naruto.