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This is a game I grew up playing, and even back then I knew this was such a small package. The main story of this game can be beaten in 10-20 minutes due to it only covering the Land of Waves arc of the series, and a very abridged version at that. You have one fight against all the characters in the game (except Naruto, since you play as him), with fully voice acted cutscenes of the characters' PNGs moving around; simple, but charming.
Besides the main story, the main feature is the one player mode in which you, again, fight each character of the game, just without any sort of story. Doing so with each character unlocks their bio which taught me that Naruto is a Libra. Apparently if you do the One Player mode with every character twice, something is unlocked with Naruto and Kakashi... but I'm not doing that, I'm sorry. It wouldn't really take that long in the grand scheme of things, but this game got outclassed in the same year it came out, no less twenty-one years later. I also don't even actually know if that unlocks anything. Since this game was outclassed so fast, information is limited.
Oh yeah, apparently this game and Clash of Ninja 2 came out in the same year? In Japan, this one came out in April 2003, while the sequel came out in December 2003. Even in NA, this one released in March 2006, and 2 in September 2006. That's so crazy to me. I can't even think of how or why that happened.
Even though I did play this as a kid and am nostalgic for it, I remember Clash of Ninja 2 much more. And from what I recall and have heard, there's really no reason to not just jump straight to that one. It also covers the Land of Waves arc (with a new kind of battle, too), and goes beyond that to possibly the most well-known arc of the series, the Chunin Exams.
It might be weird to give this three and a half stars given all that I've said has been a bit negative, but just because there's not much reason to play a game doesn't mean it's bad, yeah? I find the gameplay to be shallow, but quite fun, and there's a quaint feel to it all. Like I said, I grew up with the show, more specifically the English dub, so the voices, quotes, settings, music, graphics.... it all just feels so comfortable to me.
Edit: Everyone is calling this a button masher 😠I actually tried to use some strategy. Am I stupid?
This is a game I grew up playing, and even back then I knew this was such a small package. The main story of this game can be beaten in 10-20 minutes due to it only covering the Land of Waves arc of the series, and a very abridged version at that. You have one fight against all the characters in the game (except Naruto, since you play as him), with fully voice acted cutscenes of the characters' PNGs moving around; simple, but charming.
Besides the main story, the main feature is the one player mode in which you, again, fight each character of the game, just without any sort of story. Doing so with each character unlocks their bio which taught me that Naruto is a Libra. Apparently if you do the One Player mode with every character twice, something is unlocked with Naruto and Kakashi... but I'm not doing that, I'm sorry. It wouldn't really take that long in the grand scheme of things, but this game got outclassed in the same year it came out, no less twenty-one years later. I also don't even actually know if that unlocks anything. Since this game was outclassed so fast, information is limited.
Oh yeah, apparently this game and Clash of Ninja 2 came out in the same year? In Japan, this one came out in April 2003, while the sequel came out in December 2003. Even in NA, this one released in March 2006, and 2 in September 2006. That's so crazy to me. I can't even think of how or why that happened.
Even though I did play this as a kid and am nostalgic for it, I remember Clash of Ninja 2 much more. And from what I recall and have heard, there's really no reason to not just jump straight to that one. It also covers the Land of Waves arc (with a new kind of battle, too), and goes beyond that to possibly the most well-known arc of the series, the Chunin Exams.
It might be weird to give this three and a half stars given all that I've said has been a bit negative, but just because there's not much reason to play a game doesn't mean it's bad, yeah? I find the gameplay to be shallow, but quite fun, and there's a quaint feel to it all. Like I said, I grew up with the show, more specifically the English dub, so the voices, quotes, settings, music, graphics.... it all just feels so comfortable to me.
Edit: Everyone is calling this a button masher 😠I actually tried to use some strategy. Am I stupid?