Naruto: Ninja Council 3

Naruto: Ninja Council 3 is the third instalment in the Ninja Council series for the Nintendo DS. The game is essentially Naruto: Saikyō Ninja Daikesshū 4 DS, though its character-related content such as Kimimaro, the Sound Four's special attacks and their alternate forms themselves are changed or removed. The game comes with the Naruto CCG card "Proof of Existance" as an added bonus.

It was released in Europe as Naruto: Ninja Council European Version but with major cuts, several characters removed, some techniques of certain characters removed (most notably Naruto's Rasengan) and a quarter of the missions cut out. However, unlike in the American version, difficulty was not changed (e.g. one mission requiring the player to kill 15 bats in the Japanese and European version was changed to only 10 bats in American one).

Gameplay
Naruto: Ninja Council 3 has similar gameplay to the last two games in the series. The missions take place on a small map. The touch screen serves as both a map and as a place to perform different techniques. Animals and ninja are your typical opponents in the game. On certain missions, you have to fight bosses, which are usually the antagonists from the series. During missions, the player has to defeat the opponent under various conditions (e.g. having your health cut in half, protecting an ally, use a certain move to K.O., etc).

Trivia

 * This is one of the few video games where blocking attacks properly can inflict damage to the attacker, which is not a normal case in other video games with a blocking mechanic.
 * The Sound Four have no special jutsu in the American version.
 * When Naruto performs his Naruto Uzumaki Combo in both this game and its other counterpart, more than one clone of his performs the spinning heel drop finisher from various angles.
 * The back of the box features Iruka, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, Ebisu, Konohamaru, Hayate Gekko, Shizune and Anko Mitarashi, but they are not playable.