![]() With the final Revolution game and the entire EX series incorporating Naruto: Shippūden, the second part of the Naruto series, many of the characters have been substantially redesigned, and the selection correspondingly limited. As a result, the character selection generally increases with each installment due to the inclusion of more of the Naruto plotline, with some exceptions. New games in the series include more of the Naruto plotline in a story mode, and it tends to stay true to the source material. The player directly controls a character taken from the Naruto series, and uses their unique abilities to battle and defeat an opponent. New games have introduced additional modes that appear in subsequent games. ![]() The first half of the original series and the entire Revolution trilogy are available in North America and Europe, (although the first Clash of Ninja wasn't released in the latter) the first two Revolution games are available in Australasia and all games in the series except the Revolution trilogy are available in Japan.Įach installment of the series has had numerous methods of play with varying types of modes. ![]() The two Wii series share the same gameplay mechanics, but differ with respect to content and characters, with the international Revolution series being based on a localized version of the Naruto anime series. The series began with four GameCube games, with the first two available internationally and the last two released exclusively in Japan, before splitting into two parallel Wii-exclusive follow-up series: the Gekitō Ninja Taisen EX tetralogy released exclusively in Japan and its international counterpart, the Clash of Ninja: Revolution trilogy. They are developed by Eighting and published by D3 Publisher and Tomy. Naruto: Clash of Ninja, released in Japan as Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! ( NARUTO ( ナルト ) 激闘忍者大戦!), is a series of 3D cel-shaded fighting games based on the manga and anime series Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto. You can bump up the replay value even further if you have a friend or a family member to play with or if you can take advantage of the game’s multiplayer.Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! Special ![]() You can breeze through story mode and unlock all the characters but you will still have fun popping in the disc from time to time and enjoying a quick match with CPU-controlled opponents. In terms of replayability, Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen Special has the advantage of being a fighting game, which means replayability is high when you compare it to RPGs and platformers. The Super Moves come out as cut-scenes, but unlike the extremely long and over-the-top FMVs in the Ultimate Ninja series, the ones here are short enough that they won’t ruin the flow of the matches, while still looking impressive enough to warrant their use. That is not to say that the game is too casual – the complexity is there even with the simple controls – there are guard cancels, attack priorities, and startup times that need to be taken into consideration if you want to play on a higher, more strategic level. It’s not the most complex of controls so if you graduated from the school of Tekkens and Dead or Alives, you will find Naruto Shippuden Gekitou Ninja Taisen Special a little bit lacking on the gameplay depth department. Gameplay-wise, it retains the Clash of Ninja mechanics, where there is a single button for attacks, another for special attacks, one for throws, and the another for Super Attacks. On the other hand, you DO get access to updated (at the time) versions of characters, new transformations, and additional characters that have never made an appearance on the Gekitou Ninja Taisen/Clash of Ninja series of fighting games before, such as Sage Mode Naruto, Minato Namikaze as the Fourth Hokage, the Raikage, and Killer Bee. However, one glaring flaw is that there’s no sign of pre-timeskip versions of the characters, so you won’t be able to play as young Naruto or Sasuke – you’d have to go back to a previous installment of the game franchise to do so. The game has a sizable roster, with a total of 44 characters available to players after getting access to all the unlockable content. It uses cel-shading so the Wii’s limitations when it comes to 3D rendering isn’t a factor, and while the game doesn’t really look anywhere near the anime, it does the franchise justice and the characters and environments do look good. Visually, Naruto Shippuden: Gekito Ninja Taisen Special is a feast.
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