View Full Version : Naruto: Rise of a Ninja


Malloc-X
10-30-2007, 08:41 PM
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Naruto is one of the most popular animes in the world and it is surely a favorite here on AnimeSynergy. There are has been a few Naruto games on the ps2, gamecube and psp but this is by far the best. This adventure game follows the first 80 episodes of the anime. For those of you who don’t remember the 80th episode is just after Orochimaru defeated the 3rd Hokage.
You start of the adventure mode playing as Naruto, whose aim is to win the love of the citizens of Konoha because most of them blame him for the death of the 4th Hokage. The game starts of pretty slow but don’t be discourage, after about an hour or so things really start getting interesting.


Gameplay


There are 2 modes to choose from, the story mode or the fighting mode. In the fighting mode you choose a character and battle the other characters. The fighting in Rise of a Ninja is similar to other Naruto fighting games. It’s easy to pick up and play, the combos and jutsus are easy to pull off. It’s nowhere as deep as Tekken or Virtua fighter. There are only 11 playable characters, they come with about 12 combos and around 3 jutsu. When performing a jutsu a kinda mini game is started which has both attacker and defender competing to determine the amount of damage dealt from the attack. Naruto's Shadow Clone Jutsu creates numerous copies of our hero, which then assault the enemy. As each clone attacks, a button command appears on screen. This determines which strikes land and which miss. Get a perfect series of hits and you deal some serious damage to a foe.


Final thoughts


This game is a must play for Naruto fans, and If you’re not a fan of the series this is still a game I recommend you play. I’m definitely bringing this game to our next trading day. Once you get past the first hour in the adventure mode you will really start to enjoy the game.

henderson
10-30-2007, 09:18 PM
i think i would need a bit more seeing that the manga is so far and so many cool villains has been added to the story line.

Infidel
10-30-2007, 11:57 PM
saw it being played today, I hope to get my hands on it this weekend

Blindz
10-31-2007, 01:51 AM
so malloc, lend me ur xbox for a wkend so me can play it nuh

death_knight
11-01-2007, 02:01 PM
hopefully i can get to play this game this weekend. how come there was no demo for it though :( that sucks.

death_knight
11-04-2007, 09:28 PM
Played that game from this morning about 10am to about 5pm this afternoon. it is an excellent game. Excellent digital adaption to paper / computer generated anime. The jutsu system is genius and fluid.. the actual movement controlls felt a bit dodgy to me though.. like there were delays.. or something. but i love the game. The use of the anime video clips in game were GENIUS :kakashi. It felt nostalgic seeing everything from the days of naruto stealing the forbidden scroll and defending iruka sensie against mizuki to the trio's first encounter with orochimaru. Trust me awesome game. Awesome game.. the first game i really got into on xbox 360.. in all honestly probalby the first game i ever sank into since playing psi ops on the orignal microsoft xbox.

Naruto rise of the ninja on xbox 360 = Excellent stuff.

Haseo09
11-10-2007, 08:14 PM
wow just saw this game yesterday now i want it 2 bad it onlty goes 2 episode 80 it would have been better if it went on longer

Malloc-X
11-10-2007, 08:19 PM
wow just saw this game yesterday now i want it 2 bad it onlty goes 2 episode 80 it would have been better if it went on longer

thats why games have sequels

Haseo09
11-14-2007, 05:23 PM
true plus theres supposed 2 be some xbox live downloads 4 it soon so it should be better

sora-sora
11-27-2007, 04:42 PM
yeah me i like it from what ive seen so far it looks like its a pretty good game im gonna buy it