Post by: S-U-P-E-R on January 28, 2006, 08:29:16 AM
Naruto: Clash of Ninja and Naruto: Ninja Council are being co-published by Tomy and D3Publisher, who were nice enough to invite us out to Naruto Community Day! This includes hands-on with the first English releases of Naruto games, interviews and Q&A, and delicious ramen.
Naruto: Clash of Ninja releases on March 7 (MSRP $39.99) and features eight core characters from the TV show; Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Lee, Iruka, Kakashi, Haku, and Zabuza, plus "Sharingan" Kakashi and "Kyuubi" Naruto as secret versions. This is in fact the same game as the first Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen released in Japan; a head-to-head fighting game with great gameplay.
In English!
Naruto: Ninja Council releases simultaneously (MSRP $29.99) and is a side-scrolling action game developed by ARC System Works (known for their Guilty Gear series). Previously released in Japan as Naruto: Ninjutsu Zenkai! Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu, features graphics and gameplay somewhat similar to Gunstar Super Heroes (awesome). Playable characters are Naruto and Sasuke (and an unlockable third character) and plenty of other characters challenge them as bosses and mini-bosses, dialogue (and comedy!) included.
There are plenty more Naruto games to come (including Clash of Ninja 2 this fall) as long as sales are good (that doesn't include Jump Superstars, being a veritable licensing nightmare, sadly). So why not skip right to Clash of Ninja 3 or 4 right away? The answer, of course, is marketing; as characters are introduced in the TV show here in America, the games have to be released to match (and that means it's going to take about 130 episodes to reveal all of the characters that appear in Naruto 4).
Gaze upon the U.S. box art!
Post by: KDR_11k on January 28, 2006, 10:06:53 AM
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on January 28, 2006, 02:03:08 PM
Anyway, characters are obviously and easily tierable as far as I could tell from a couple hours, but it's definitely not broken all to hell like ZatchBell or something. I will probably tell my friends to get/try Naruto 1 so maybe they'll get into the import scene after trying it, or at least know what they're doing if they come over and play 4 with me.
I wonder if I should review the English Clash of Ninja when it comes out?
As for Zosha's reviews, the numbers seem right on, but her comments about the gameplay seem button-smashing-nublet-ish to me. Also, hilarious that the game is like three years old already.
Post by: Tuxedo.Bond on January 28, 2006, 04:36:49 PM
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on January 28, 2006, 05:00:03 PM
Fun factoid they dropped on me: Rock Lee's voice actor recorded all the lines for the game before he even did any for the show
Post by: KDR_11k on January 29, 2006, 06:03:29 AM
Post by: Bill Aurion on January 29, 2006, 06:45:59 AM
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Nope, rerecorded starring the US voice cast.
Game ruined... >=|
Post by: Pale on January 29, 2006, 07:46:31 AM
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Nope, rerecorded starring the US voice cast.
Game ruined... >=|
Haha, whatever.
Post by: NotRimmer on January 29, 2006, 03:31:04 PM
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I dunno, probably. It felt like Zabuza and Rock Lee for top tier (even though he can't open gates yet), S. Kakashi for second, ?? for Haku and K. Naruto... if Sasuke was supposed to be really good in this one, I didn't see it (his teleport kick was still getting owned). It still felt like GNT3 - (more like a demo disc for it omglol) but it didn't seem like I was able to replacement jutsu after landing like you can in the later GNTs. I don't think anybody had secondary super moves in this game yet, either.
Anyway, characters are obviously and easily tierable as far as I could tell from a couple hours, but it's definitely not broken all to hell like ZatchBell or something. I will probably tell my friends to get/try Naruto 1 so maybe they'll get into the import scene after trying it, or at least know what they're doing if they come over and play 4 with me.
I wonder if I should review the English Clash of Ninja when it comes out?
As for Zosha's reviews, the numbers seem right on, but her comments about the gameplay seem button-smashing-nublet-ish to me. Also, hilarious that the game is like three years old already.
This is my favorite part of her review:
If you’re looking to import a serious 3D fighting game though, you’re best off grabbing Soul Calibur II instead
lol
Post by: Infernal Monkey on January 29, 2006, 03:59:19 PM
Post by: Bloodworth on January 29, 2006, 04:27:27 PM
Post by: p1ck on February 03, 2006, 09:44:22 AM
Post by: Pale on February 03, 2006, 10:51:44 AM
not worth the can of worms.
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on February 03, 2006, 10:56:55 AM
Post by: p1ck on February 03, 2006, 11:14:37 AM
Post by: ThePerm on February 03, 2006, 06:57:53 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on February 03, 2006, 10:17:44 PM
Post by: p1ck on February 05, 2006, 02:03:45 PM
