LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The rumors have been confirmed, but they were only the tip of the iceberg! TOMY Corporation and D3Publisher of America, Inc. (D3PA) today announced the upcoming release of NARUTO™: Clash of Ninja™ MVZ (working title) for Wii™ -- a head-to-head fighting game with content created exclusively for the North American market! Anticipated to ship in Fall 2007, NARUTO: Clash of Ninja™ MVZ is based on episodes from VIZ Media’s hit anime series SHONEN JUMP™ NARUTO and will include characters that have never been featured in the hit Clash of Ninja game series. The game will take advantage of the Wii Remote™ in fast-paced ninja action for up to four players in nine different gameplay modes.
“For some time we have wanted to give NARUTO fans in North America something they could not find anywhere else, and in NARUTO: Clash of Ninja MVZ we have a game with original, exclusive content that will amaze them," said Mark Shinohara, executive vice president, TOMY Corporation. “For TOMY, 2007 and the release of NARUTO: Clash of Ninja MVZ will mark a significant milestone in not only our relationship with D3PA, but in TOMY’s expansion in the video game industry."
“NARUTO proved to be a significant brand on the Nintendo GameCube™ in 2006 staying near the top of the sales charts from the release of the first Clash of Ninja in March 2006, to the release of the second Clash of Ninja game in September 2006 and through the holiday season," said Careen Yapp, vice president of licensing and business development, D3PA. “NARUTO: Clash of Ninja MVZ will take advantage of this exciting new entertainment platform and will reach out to a whole new audience for NARUTO."
The next generation in NARUTO games will include all new character animations, new special attack animations and for the first time new interactive environments. Developed by Eighting, NARUTO: Clash of Ninja MVZ takes advantage of the Wii system by allowing players to launch attacks with the Wii Remote using Ninja-like movements, and features special mini-games created exclusively for use with the Wii Remote.
NARUTO: Clash of Ninja MVZ will include 14 characters -- including some that have yet to be featured in the Clash of Ninja game series. The fast-paced ninja action for up to four players will have nine different gameplay modes including Story Mode, Single Player and Multiplayer modes.
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Originally posted by: thatguy
That very strange. It actually looks like a new game exclusively for the US. I can't see what advantage this offers for them, when we don't have the last two CoN games here, though this could be a mix of the two, minus basically half the characters, which still doesn't make sense. There's no need to skip over CoN 3 or CoN 4 consider theres still over 100 episodes of filler before Shipuuden, right? Maybe this is an in-between game, to nail down some Wii features that will be involved in 3 and 4. Heck, there's more than 14 characters in CoN 2, so fourteen just makes no sense, unless they plan to make this a value game, and then use parts they developed for this on the other two titles.
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Originally posted by: thatguy
That very strange. It actually looks like a new game exclusively for the US. I can't see what advantage this offers for them, when we don't have the last two CoN games here, though this could be a mix of the two, minus basically half the characters, which still doesn't make sense. There's no need to skip over CoN 3 or CoN 4 consider theres still over 100 episodes of filler before Shipuuden, right? Maybe this is an in-between game, to nail down some Wii features that will be involved in 3 and 4. Heck, there's more than 14 characters in CoN 2, so fourteen just makes no sense, unless they plan to make this a value game, and then use parts they developed for this on the other two titles.
There are only 85 episodes of filler. (136-220) Get your facts straight.
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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
The number of characters is throwing me off. CON3 has 24 characters and CON4 has 30. This game has 14? That doesn't make sense to me at all.
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GNT 3 has 29 characters and GNT 4 has 39 characters.
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Originally posted by: thatguy
Sorry, I meant that there were over 100 episodes until we reached where Japan was, I didn't mean to put that they were all fillers.
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it's our retailers. They probably think that nobody's buying 'Cube games as much anymore, and it'll cost them more to try to restock on them.
