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.


 * Naruto Uzumaki-(Jinchūriki Form) (One-Tailed Transformation) (Gamabunta Summoning Technique)


 * Sakura Haruno(Inner Sakura))


 * Sasuke Uchiha-(Sharingan) (Curse Seal lvl.1) (Curse Seal lvl.2)


 * Kakashi Hatake-(Sharingan)


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


 * Neji Hyuga-(Byakugan)


 * Tenten


 * Might Guy-(Eight Chakra Gates)


 * Shino Aburame


 * Kiba Inuzuka-(Food Pill)


 * Hinata Hyuga-(Byakugan)


 * Gaara-(1/2 Shukaku) (Shukaku)


 * Temari


 * Kankuro


 * Jiraiya-(Gamabunta Summoning Technique)


 * Orochimaru-(Manda Summoning Technique)


 * Kimimaro Kaguya-(Curse Seal lvl.2)


 * Tsunade-(Katsuyu Summoning Technique)


 * Third Hokage


 * Ino Yamanaka


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


 * Shikamaru Nara


 * Kisame Hoshigaki


 * Itachi Uchiha-(Mangekyou Sharingan)


 * Kabuto Yakushi

Links
Official English Website