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 has been confirmed to be released in North America between November 2009 and March 2010; there is no official release date for Europe and Australia.

Game Modes

 * 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 (timskip, demon fox)
 * Sasuke Uchiha (timsekip, cursed seal)
 * Sakura Haruno (timsekip)
 * Kakashi Hatake
 * Rock Lee (timsekip, drunk)
 * Neji Hyuga (timsekip)
 * Tenten (timsekip)
 * Might Guy
 * Ino Yamanaka (timsekip)
 * Shikamaru Nara (timsekip)
 * Choji Akimichi (timsekip, Super)
 * Asuma Sarutobi
 * Shino Aburame (timsekip)
 * Hinata Hyuga (timsekip)
 * Kiba Inuzuka (timsekip)
 * Kurenai Yuhi
 * Gaara (timsekip, Shukaku)
 * Kankuro (timsekip)
 * Temari (timsekip)
 * Chiyo (with Sasori's parents)
 * Itachi Uchiha
 * Kisame Hoshigaki
 * Deidara
 * Sasori (Hiruko, with Third Kazekage, true form)
 * Sai
 * Yamato
 * Jiraiya
 * Tsunade
 * Shizune
 * Orochimaru
 * Kabuto
 * 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
 * Anko Mitarashi
 * Haku
 * Zabuza Momochi