Developer/Publisher: Bandai
Genre Shinobi Formation Battle
Platforms: iOS, Android
Worldwide Release Date: Now! In some countries. Like the U.S. But not all countries. Not yet.
Price: Free! With IAP
Official Website: http://naruto-blazing.net/en/
Useful Information: http://narutoblazing.gamea.co/
Reddit Page: https://www.reddit.com/r/NarutoBlazing
What is it?
Mobile F2P gacha game featuring your favorite storylines and characters from the Naruto anime/manga series of the same name! Think: One Piece Treasure Cruise… but Naruto. It looks like this:
Does the game follow the story of the anime?
Yes, pretty much starts from the beginning of Naruto (and NOT Naruto Shippuden, despite the name of the game). Story currently ends with Shukaku fight.
Is there co-op? Multiplayer? Can I play with my friends?
Yes, you can co-op any mission, and you will be playing co-op a lot. It’s very well implemented, and only the host of the co-op pays the energy costs. So, in theory, you can play nonstop as long as someone is looking for co-op.
Is there PVP?
It’s coming soon.
Are there clans/guilds?
No. I don’t know if it’s a planned feature at this point.
How pay to win is it? Are IAPs necessary?
So far, not at all. You can get the best characters and max them out without paying a cent. However, we will see how the game unfolds.
Okay, I’m in! Who should I keep? Who is good?
Here’s the reddit tier list: https://www.reddit.com/r/NarutoBlazing/wiki/tierlist
S tier: Zabuza (not out yet), Gaara, Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Haku.
Notable others: Kabuto (best healer by far), Shikamaru (immobilize is awesome on bosses), Shizune (healer), Neji (insane damage), Sakura (healer)
Itachi: Itachi isn’t very good, I’m sorry.
Rock Lee: Lee is not in the game yet. Yes, we all want him.
Okay I got a [fill in bad character here]. Should I re-roll until I get a good character?
Yes, you should re-roll until you get a good character from the S tier list. People generally aim for Gaara or Kakashi, but all in this tier can reach 6-star and are good to start with. Generally you want at least one 6-star capable character plus a good support character (ideally Kabuto for healing).
How do I re-roll?
Right now, I can only speak for iOS, and you have to reinstall the game to re-roll. Might be a faster way on Android - see the rerolling section at the bottom of this post. You should use the first free pull you get, then do co-op until you get enough pearls to do a 10-pull drop. If you don’t get anything good in that 10-pull, restart the process.
Useful Tips:
- The Attack and Health Boosts you get from story missions are permanent attack or health boosts to your character, up to a limit. Use them on your best character – no need to save them for anything. You’ll get tons.
- You can “store” attack and health boosts on your 1/2-star characters and then feed them to your main character to save money or to save inventory space. Just feed boosts to the 2-stars and then feed the 2-stars to your main team members.
- You gain experience for your characters through eating ramen from the daily Emergency Cup missions. You get bonus XP for feeding the same color ramen to your character, e.g., red ramen to red element characters. Colors vary by day.
- You need scrolls to “awaken” (evolve) your characters. You get scrolls from the daily Emergency Scroll missions. Colors vary by day.
- After you do your 3 discounted 10-unit pulls, it’s very much worth it to expand your inventory. Boosts, scrolls, units, etc all fill the same inventory slots. I went up to 100.
- If you have more than one copy of a character, you can feed one copy to another. This strengthens the cards and you unlock additional skills/talents. There is a limit though. It also increases your Luck, which increases your chances for drops.
Android Re-rolling (Courtesy of the subreddit, I found the process a bit more involved on my S7 but I had done some funky stuff with my SD card)
JP Folder = jp.gree.narutoblazing
Global Folder = com.bandainamcoent.narutoblazingna
Rooted
After you are done with the initial downloading of files in-game & decide to reroll, exit game and force closed it
Use a file manager (such as ES File Manager) & head to /data/data/<folder name> directory
Delete the shared_prefs folder
Boot the game, it will skip the initial downloading part and start a new account
Non-Rooted
After you are done with the initial downloading of files in-game & decide to reroll, exit game and force closed it
Use a file manager (such as ES File Manager) & head to /android/data directory (make sure it isn't the SD card/storage directory but your internal memory/data)
Rename the folder to anything so that it's different (easiest way is to just add a '1' at the end)
Go to your device's app setting and clear the data of the game
Go back to the directory and rename the folder back to what it was originally
Boot the game, it will skip the initial downloading part
