A trip to the Hot Topic at the Glendale Galleria or any of the other Los Angeles area malls will confirm that the Naruto Anime series isn’t nearly as popular as it was just a couple of years ago. Exclusivity however, is just how the real fans like it. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations is made for those fans with plenty of content and even more with codes found on the Naruto Shippuden trading card game. Luckily, there is also a lot to love about this fighting adventure for the more casual fans of Naruto.
Ninja Storm Generations features over 20 locations, many notable to battle the 70 playable characters and 15 support only characters. Many of the characters are repeated as younger and older versions of themselves, because the Generations title refers to the game’s bridging of volumes of the anime series. Though animated subtly differently from the series, the game does a good job of catching up less die-hard fans on the anime.
Things are a little changed-up since the last Ninja Storm on PlayStation 3. Instead of being able to run around Hidden Leaf village, players now have a well designed menu. The main menu offers a story mode, free battle, online battle, shop and collection. The free battle mode even allows for a readymade tournament for those that prefer local matchmaking over online. The online does work well but I did have some occasional trouble finding matches.
Ninja Storm Generations works a little differently than many other fighting games and some changes have been made to previous Ninja Storm titles. In addition to a health gauge, players also have a “Chakra Gauge” which is required for “Jutsu” or special moves and the powerful last-ditch transformation, “Awakening.” The Chakra can be built up throughout the battle or stolen from your opponent after a sufficient beat down.
The basic controls are similar to other fighting games with some differences in addition to the ability to use items in battle. The R2 button will allow you to guard and the L2 counters. The shoulder buttons call your teammates for a special move. There is no actual substitution. Circle will strike (either hit or kick) and Square is your shuriken or missile attack. X is the jump button and Triangle is used to build or collect Chakra. These buttons are contextual and combos using them make sense.
Article comments
1 - ManateePower
I have Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja: Storm 2 for the Xbox360, and I really like the game, but i really want to be able to play through all the stuff before Shippuden, and then farther through the anime than Storm 2 did. I also read the manga, so I don't watch the anime as much because its pretty far behind the manga, but I hope it goes far enough to get the the next battles that I think should be a final boss battles, (potential spoilers ahead, i'm not sure where the manga is so far) 5 kage vs. Madara, Sasuke and Itachi vs. snake sage Kabuto, and the best one tailed beast mode naruto killer bee Kakashi and Guy vs. Tobi and all of the rest of the tailed beasts. yeah that would be a pretty awesome end to the story mode I think.
2 - Light
I just bought Naruto Shippuden: Storm generations it really is a fun game making it funner with all new characters and abilities. The only downfall i have is a personal thing but i kinda was hoping to be able to run freely around your village. other than that it is a really good game