I'll go an extra mile to play this game again. Wow!

I'm telling you, if you haven't played this 1-2 player game, then you are in for real joy. This is not your average head-to-head fighting game. Upon introduction of this version from the Ultimate Ninja series, Ninja Storm introduces a ninja roster of 25 popular characters that battle it in out in full 3 Dimensional enviroments. Two choices of free roaming worlds allow you to explore either Forest of Death or Hidden Leaf Village.

The head-to-head battles are extremely fun because the makers of this game have given the players super abilities like walking across water and running up walls while releasing tricky Jutsu attacks. You can even recruit other active characters to help you win in extreme action sequences. You can pick up important items such as ancient scrolls while participating in various tasks such as deliveries, races, and full assault battles that are launched by your opponents.

Game Warnings are the usual: Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes

I played this game on several occasions, yet never got enough of it.

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Impresive visuals, shallow combat

I became a big fan of Naruto when i watched the first episode of the series in 2007. Since then i noticed that a lot of merchandising came up with this hit series. a lot of it where video games. As a gamer, i Know that 99% of the time an anime franchise is ported to a video game franchise, the latter will be a bad one. I like so much this series that i decided to break my own rule and bought this game. Although it wasn't a bad game it didn't live up to my expectations. As a game, it's too shalow the combat mechanics are very simple, wich is good, but this aspect wasn't developed enough to add depth into combat, making you feel you're playing the same way even if you change characters. This, being a fighting game, is a core issue.
Other issues are loading times, wich are too long, and the missions and other stuff you can do in leaf village. This missions aren't always entertaining and might become boring but necessary to continue with the game.
Having said that, some strong points of this game are it's visuals and boss fights. Visuals are stunning. they feel almost like your're watching the actual anime. Fights capture the spirit of the series and navigating through leaf village is a bliss.
Boss fights might be the best moments in the game because they reproduce very well key moments of the story combined with combat and quick time events, showing you ALWAYS spectacular moves and techniques. This moments are so great that they actually give me goosbump of excitement.
In the end, i can't say that Naruto Ultimete Ninja Storm is the game i was looking for, but with all it's pros and cons togeather makes it a good game as a whole. I'd recomend it only to fans of the series.

worth every cent!

the game itself is not much more than a rerun of the previous Naruto games to the PS2, since PS2 is gone, the company took all the previous games (from the first serie) and mashed it together into this, and the result is surpringly good. i do miss some characters, and the camera in the mission-mode is slower than a snail. but the new fighting system where you can run around EVERYWHERE, even on walls, in full 3D view instead of the normal platform look, so freakin great!

Grate Game, Better than i thought it would be.

This Game has a very good free roam side to it. it isn't just kicking and fighting head to head all the time, you have to do some running around and info collecting before you can even start doing head to head combat. there are also stages where you race, you can play hide and seek and of course the longer you play the stronger your characters get based on the objects you buy for them and the skills you acquire through out the game. Think of a little Zelda Mixed with a good Head to Head combat game, with easy player move-ability around the battle field.

Upgraded from a Genin to a Chunin...

I've been a Naruto fan ever since his appearance in Japan, including his travel stateside. But one thing I've never been a fan of has been the Naruto video games. I've played them all, but cared for none. I was a little hesitant to buy Ultimate Ninja Storm, even after seeing the jaw-dropping trailer for it. I finally found a great deal on Ebay, and from opening cinema to closing credits, I was impressed. The action handles much better than the previous games, and the fast-paced fights can span an entire stage, yet you never lose yourself. The graphics are definitely next-gen,and the special attacks are amazing, but the game still has its downside. I didn't appreciate having to run around the village taking on mundane tasks just to get to the next chapter in the story; if this had been included, but NOT necessary to advance the story, the game would have been much better. I don't remember Naruto taking a break from finding Sasuke to go play hide and seek with Konohamaru & co. back in the Leaf Village or running around breaking down doors of hard-working Konoha citizens for ramen ingredients. And why does every game feel obligated to stop after the Chasing Sasuke Arc? I know the rest afterwards up until Shippuuden was filler, but they could still add SOMETHING more, even if it is more filler. But since those are just about the only complaints I can think of compared to the paragraphs I could write about the previous entries, I guess the Naruto game series has upgraded to being a Chunin in my bingo book, but it still has a long way to go before it can become a Jounin.