The overworld is really interesting, I'm glad at least one of the 4 games were like this. If it was filled with more to do, that would have been even better, but I understand there were probably all sorts of limitations back then.

Gameplay is enjoyable, but it kept getting refined in the sequels, so this one feels a bit rough around the edges. The button prompt during the Ultimate Jutsus carry over from the previous Ultimate Ninja series and it was fine here, but glad they dropped in the sequels.

My biggest gripe is no cutscenes for the story mode. It's basically just reading on screen text.