Naruto: Ninja Council 3

Naruto: Ninja Council 3
(ナルト- 最強忍者大結集4 DS, Naruto: Saikyō Ninja Daikesshū 4 DS​)
Video game info
Playable on	Nintendo DS
Series	Ninja Council
Previous	Naruto: Ninja Council 2 European Version
Next	Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Council 4
Release Date
Japanese	April 27, 2006
English	May 22, 2007
Debut
Jutsu Burning Slap of Youth
Tools None in this Game

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 Final Valley stage, Naruto and Sasuke's transformed forms, Gaara, Temari, Kankurō, and Shikamaru's outfits, 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 Existence" 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).

Playable Characters

• Naruto Uzumaki (also playable in Nine-Tails form) ^{(Japan only)}
• Sasuke Uchiha (also playable in Level 2 Cursed form) ^{(Japan only)}
• Sakura Haruno
• Kakashi Hatake
• Shino Aburame
• Kiba Inuzuka (assisted by Akamaru)
• Hinata Hyūga
• Shikamaru Nara
• Ino Yamanaka
• Chōji Akimichi
• Rock Lee
• Tenten
• Neji Hyūga
• Might Guy
• Gaara
• Temari
• Kankurō
• Hiruzen Sarutobi (playable only as a support character)
• Jiraiya
• Tsunade
• Orochimaru
• Kabuto Yakushi
• Sakon (also playable in Level 2 Cursed form) ^{(Japan only)}
• Jirōbō (also playable in Level 2 Cursed form) ^{(Japan only)}
• Kidōmaru (also playable in Level 2 Cursed form) ^{(Japan only)}
• Tayuya (also playable in Level 2 Cursed form) ^{(Japan only)}
• Itachi Uchiha
• Kisame Hoshigaki
• Kimimaro (also playable in Level 2 Cursed form) ^{(Japan only)}

Stages

• Hidden Leaf Village
• Ninja Academy
• Ichiraku Ramen
• Kikyo Castle
• Hidden Sand Village
• Uchiha district
• Chunin Exams arena
• Hot Springs
• Forest Of Death
• Railway
• Snowy mountain
• Coal complex
• Lava mountain
• Leaf forest
• The Final Valley (Japan only)

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.
• 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 endings are different in both versions. In the Japanese version, the game ends after the Naruto vs Sasuke fight, while in the American version, the game ends after the final Sasuke vs Itachi fight. The Naruto vs Sasuke fight in the American version was replaced with a gallery.

External Links

• Naruto: Saikyō Ninja Daikesshū 4 DS official site (archive)
• Naruto: Ninja Council 3 official page (archive)