Topic: Naruto : Shinobi Retsuden DS

[Artisto16]

To say this is on the DS, it actually looks quite interesting. The style of the game is like the Clash of Ninja series. The characters and their animations look great, but I'm not a fan of the infinite plane backgrounds (like in Tekken). There aren't a whole lot of selectable characters, but the roster is big enough for a DS game (definately bigger than Clash of Ninja 1). Characters include:

Naruto
Sasuke
Sakura
Kakashi
Neji
Rock Lee
Shikamaru
Gaara
Temari
Gai
Itachi
One-tailed Kyubi Naruto
Curse Seal 2 Sasuke

The stances are a little squaty like in the 3d Mortal Kombat games, but it's forgivable. This one seems like a translated version wouldn't spoil anything, but they just had to put in Kyubi Naruto and CS2 Sasuke, but oh well. Oh, and here's a video of it in action:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fzsWJsu4eTg&mode=related&search=

Any thoughts?

[Mashiro]

Is this the first one coming stateside that is based on the Gekitou Ninja Taisen games (or Clash of Ninja here in the states)? I heard it was ok and it looks to be halfway decent in the video.

If I didn't own GNT1-4 already I would probably get it.

[Artisto16]

I'm not sure if this game is coming to the US market just yet. This is the first one done like this on the DS though (in Japan). There's a likelyhood that this may be localized once the US show gets close enough in the storyline so there are no spoilers (at least that's what I'm hoping).

Oh, even though you have the Japanese Naruto GC games, this might still be a possibility for you, as it is for the DS, so you can get your GNT style on while on the go.

[Mashiro]

Yeah I know =) I love the GNT series but I usually only play it when my fellow Naruti fanatic friend is over.

[Nephilim]

the games engine was also used one another anime series too for ds, was the same game just with different attacks
i remember seeing a video on utube