Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution

Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution is an upcoming game which is being developed by CyberConnect2 and will be published by Namco-Bandai games for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC platform. The North American release is scheduled for September 2014.

Gameplay
Summing playable and support, there will be 118 characters in the game, including a new addition to the roster drawn by Masashi Kishimoto. The new character designed by Kishimoto is a mecha version of Naruto, which has a two-stage awakening: a three-tails transformation and a Mecha-Kurama transformation. Other characters may also have two-stage awakenings. The game will continue the story from the previous game, as well as feature a separate original story involving Mecha-Naruto. between two or three characters will be available. The game will also feature a revamped support system. There will also be a Ninja World Tournament mode, that places the player in a battle against three CPUs, the goal is to collect as many orbs battle during combat, as well as new environment interactions. Another new feature, is a brand new storyline which encompasses the past of the Akatsuki and will allow the player to recruit (and even fight) the known members into the Akatsuki, with several new designs exclusively created for the game by Masashi Kishimoto, as well as 46 minutes of newly animated footage to go along with the storyline. The game also introduces new mechanisms of Guard Break and Counterattack, one of the slots Items can be replaced by an attack that "breaks" the guard of his opponent, a stroke is executed by holding the opponent and knocking him down and leaving him unconscious for a moment, taking a break for the player to carry out a coup that further damage the opponent. In relation to counterattack, the player will be able to overthrow it, making it, in that brief instant, helpless and preventing the use of the player's support. Another novelty is that there will be an anime cutscene entitled The Far Reaches of Hope, which will show Kushina Uzumaki interacting with Team Minato.

Development
For this game, the development team requested help from an expert at fighting game to create a new battle system. For this they wanted to have more movements that required more imputs. Because there are more than one hundred characters, there was a lot of testing and adjusment to find the best result in making the game. The team decided to focus on the fighting system over the hack and slash segments introduced in previous games. Ideas for Mecha Naruto started when the staff had discussion about including a new mode. Masashi Kishimoto was the main responsible for Mecha Naruto upon being suggested by the staff to include a new character. Kishimoto decided on adding a character that would bring a big impact to worldwide level which resulted in Mecha Naruto. CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama was surprised when seeing the new character.

Kishimoto had also previously showed the staff designs he created for some Akatsuki members which led to the staff to see it as a perfect opportunity to use them in the game. It was then when they contacted Studio Pierrot, in charge of the series' animated version and proposed to them the possibility of showing a new story involving these Akatsuki members that would please fans from the series. Although the game is a spin-off from the previous Storm game, the characters and story have been supervised by Kishimoto. Matsuyama commented the new scenario's final might be tearjerker for some players.

The game will be released in North America and Europe in September 2014. In Europe, the game will ship in two special editions alongside the standard version. The "Rivals" day one edition will include two exclusive costumes "which will not be sold separately at a later date." Naruto will be dressed as Sasuke, while Sasuke will be dressed as Naruto. The "Samurai Edition" will include a 17cms Naruto Samurai Figurine, produced exclusively for the game and a metal case. Matsuyama expects the game to sell over 1.5 million copies of the game worldwide.

Playable Stages

 * The Wasteland at Dawn
 * Great Ninja War Battlefield (Awakening-only: Battlefield of Lava)
 * Konohagakure (Destroyed, Part I, Part II, Reconstruction)
 * Lightning Desert (Normal, Destroyed)
 * Forest of Quiet Movement (Day, Evening, Night)
 * Amegakure (Lower, Upper)
 * Forest of Death
 * Konohagakure Forest (Day, Evening, Night)
 * Five-Seal Barrier Cliff
 * Deidara's Hideout
 * Valley of the End (Clear Sky)
 * Training Field (Day, Evening)
 * Uchiha Hideout (Normal, Destroyed)
 * Orochimaru's Hideout (Normal, Destroyed)
 * Sunagakure Gate
 * Storm Cloud Ravine
 * Crashing Waves Coast

Teams
Parenthesis indicates what are the members of the teams:
 * "Best Friends" (Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha)
 * Brotherly Love (Sasuke Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha)
 * Eternal Rivals (Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy)
 * Hidden Cloud Ninja (Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage)
 * Kekkei Tōta (Mū and Ōnoki)
 * Love Relayed (Fourth Kazekage and Gaara)
 * Past Mizukage (Second Mizukage and Fifth Mizukage)
 * Naruto in Hand (Mecha-Naruto, Hinata Hyūga, and Naruto Uzumaki)

Combination Ultimate Jutsu
This is the list of select teams of characters that have a Combination Ultimate Jutsu when paired with each other:
 * Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno ( Summoning Three-Way Deadlock‎)
 * Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha (Wind and Lightning Release: Hurricane Lightning)
 * Naruto Uzumaki and Konohamaru Sarutobi
 * Sasuke Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha (Amaterasu: Dual Layer)
 * Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha
 * Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy (Eternal Rival)
 * Gaara, Kankurō, and Temari (Scorching Heat — Sand Binding Coffin)
 * Deidara and Sasori (Collaboration: Ultimate Art)
 * Hidan and Kakuzu
 * Pain and Konan (Fiery Paper Star of God)

External Link

 * Official Japanese Website