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Official Naruto: Rise of a Ninja thread - Dattebelieve it!

Linkzg said:
reading the new chapters of HxH got him off his ass.
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Let's hope the authors next vacation won't be for ten years.

God I hope I don't get every achievement for this game in one night. I want it to last!
 
Since it's only Naruto in the story mode, does it even address the
Orochimaru/Sandaime fight
?
 
Deadly Monk said:
Oh just wait for Part 2. The story has been getting better every week for the past couple of months. Kishimoto is speeding things up.
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For now.

Kishi has taken a lot of potential storylines and just gave up before they became anything.

- Possible Konoha Civil War: Ignored
- Jiraiya hunting Orochimaru: ruined when Sasuke killed him
- Team Sasuke, Team 7, Team Kurenai, Akatsuki, and Kabutomaru all hunting each other in the forest: one fight between Deidara and Sasuke and then everyone leaves.

Right now Jiraiya and Pain is interesting and I'm betting that Pain kills him and takes his body (especially considering the revelations of the Toad Sage that just came out), but Kishimoto might try to shoehorn Sasuke in for no reason.
 
Embargo is lifted in 30 minutes, I'll have 2 videos up showing the beginning of the game.
I can't believe they used some video footage straight from the anime, they did not even post process it a bit to remove the cross coloration/rainbowing. It doesn't look too good in 720p...
Anyway, fun game.
 
Ya, I am not a fan of the rip scenes from anime parts. I like how DBZ: Budokai redid the scenes ingame. At least everything is not using the anime.
 
Let's find some coins! Who came up with that idea?

Hate the voice over! yuk!

Love the gfx and the art but the gameplay isn't interesting yet.

I'm 2 hours in or so.
 
ShockingAlberto said:
- Team Sasuke, Team 7, Team Kurenai, Akatsuki, and Kabutomaru all hunting each other in the forest: one fight between Deidara and Sasuke and then everyone leaves.

Right now Jiraiya and Pain is interesting and I'm betting that Pain kills him and takes his body (especially considering the revelations of the Toad Sage that just came out), but Kishimoto might try to shoehorn Sasuke in for no reason.[/spoiler]
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Actually,
Team Sasuke and Akatsuki (Kisame, Itachi, the plant guy) are headed for a conflict, and team Kurenai/7 are headed for the same location also. Kabuto says he will strike when the time is right, probably against Sasuke or Itachi. That's a 16-man battle royale.
 
Didn't post again since last night because I spent more than six or seven hours on the game last night, and I went bed right after - according to the timer on my save, about 3 and a half hours of that was in single player - I don't care what people say about collecting the coins, but that kind of stuff is addictive to me as a completist! I loved it in Crackdown, and here again it sidetracks me from my missions, especially with how huge and beautiful Kohona looks in this game!

I also spent some hours online, and now I mostly got my tactics down pact - there are some sneaky bastards online, who looked to have the game even earlier than I got it, and had some really nasty tactics, but after a while, I started to come up with my own "nasty tactics" and started handing it to them, going on streaks without any losses until I decided to go back to single player, which I had barely touched before going online... which had me last I checked before going to bed as still in the top ten in the world, even while I was playing hours and hours of single player...

And I must say that Ubi did a brilliant thing with the way you execute your jutsus in this game - so original, and so perfectly done to the series that it's a surprise that they're the latest ones in making a Naruto game, yet came up with a system that is so much more faithful to the anime than anything else out there - it was the first thing that hooked me into the game when it was first shown playable to tell you the truth - it gives you the feel that you are really memorizing the jutsu and having to make the space and time to do it, just like they explain in the anime itself, instead of just having to press two buttons or something like that like the other Naruto fighters have - brilliant Ubi, brilliant!

Thanks to my addiction to collecting the coins, I didn't end up going too far into the game story-wise, which I think I'm about only a fifth of the way in, if I calculate it right, and I still have a lot of the side quests to do still - it's just the way how I'm playing the game, no doubt you can rush through the main story and finish it faster...

Again, I am really impressed with the quality of this game - the gigantic Konoha and the outside areas are huge, gorgeous and have no aliasing, slowdown or tearing, and are really sharp and clean texture-wise, and the fighting is a blasting, constant 60fps with zero slowdown whatsoever...

My only super-minor complaint is the same as mentioned - I love how they seamlessly incorporated the actual anime for cutscenes here and there, but it's a shame that it's not hi-def, so the scenes don't look too sharp - again, nothing too major, because they barely show up - next time I hope they upscale it even better, but hey, it's TV-quality on an HD machine...

So glad I bought the game right away, and no doubt I will support the game in the future and its sequels, which I'm pretty sure the game will have - I really hope it sells well too, as I expect it will... really a top-quality made game that deserves its sales, which I've never seen for an anime game...
 
Skilotonn said:
Didn't post again since last night because I spent more than six or seven hours on the game last night, and I went bed right after - according to the timer on my save, about 3 and a half hours of that was in single player - I don't care what people say about collecting the coins, but that kind of stuff is addictive to me as a completist! I loved it in Crackdown, and here again it sidetracks me from my missions, especially with how huge and beautiful Kohona looks in this game!

I also spent some hours online, and now I mostly got my tactics down pact - there are some sneaky bastards online, who looked to have the game even earlier than I got it, and had some really nasty tactics, but after a while, I started to come up with my own "nasty tactics" and started handing it to them, going on streaks without any losses until I decided to go back to single player, which I had barely touched before going online... which had me last I checked before going to bed as still in the top ten in the world, even while I was playing hours and hours of single player...

And I must say that Ubi did a brilliant thing with the way you execute your jutsus in this game - so original, and so perfectly done to the series that it's a surprise that they're the latest ones in making a Naruto game, yet came up with a system that is so much more faithful to the anime than anything else out there - it was the first thing that hooked me into the game when it was first shown playable to tell you the truth - it gives you the feel that you are really memorizing the jutsu and having to make the space and time to do it, just like they explain in the anime itself, instead of just having to press two buttons or something like that like the other Naruto fighters have - brilliant Ubi, brilliant!

Thanks to my addiction to collecting the coins, I didn't end up going too far into the game story-wise, which I think I'm about only a fifth of the way in, if I calculate it right, and I still have a lot of the side quests to do still - it's just the way how I'm playing the game, no doubt you can rush through the main story and finish it faster...

Again, I am really impressed with the quality of this game - the gigantic Konoha and the outside areas are huge, gorgeous and have no aliasing, slowdown or tearing, and are really sharp and clean texture-wise, and the fighting is a blasting, constant 60fps with zero slowdown whatsoever...

My only super-minor complaint is the same as mentioned - I love how they seamlessly incorporated the actual anime for cutscenes here and there, but it's a shame that it's not hi-def, so the scenes don't look too sharp - again, nothing too major, because they barely show up - next time I hope they upscale it even better, but hey, it's TV-quality on an HD machine...

So glad I bought the game right away, and no doubt I will support the game in the future and its sequels, which I'm pretty sure the game will have - I really hope it sells well too, as I expect it will... really a top-quality made game that deserves its sales, which I've never seen for an anime game...
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I hope by Nasty tactics you dont mean cheapness? is the fighting game balanced?
 
Skilotonn said:
Didn't post again since last night because I spent more than six or seven hours on the game last night, and I went bed right after - according to the timer on my save, about 3 and a half hours of that was in single player - I don't care what people say about collecting the coins, but that kind of stuff is addictive to me as a completist! I loved it in Crackdown, and here again it sidetracks me from my missions, especially with how huge and beautiful Kohona looks in this game!

I also spent some hours online, and now I mostly got my tactics down pact - there are some sneaky bastards online, who looked to have the game even earlier than I got it, and had some really nasty tactics, but after a while, I started to come up with my own "nasty tactics" and started handing it to them, going on streaks without any losses until I decided to go back to single player, which I had barely touched before going online... which had me last I checked before going to bed as still in the top ten in the world, even while I was playing hours and hours of single player...

And I must say that Ubi did a brilliant thing with the way you execute your jutsus in this game - so original, and so perfectly done to the series that it's a surprise that they're the latest ones in making a Naruto game, yet came up with a system that is so much more faithful to the anime than anything else out there - it was the first thing that hooked me into the game when it was first shown playable to tell you the truth - it gives you the feel that you are really memorizing the jutsu and having to make the space and time to do it, just like they explain in the anime itself, instead of just having to press two buttons or something like that like the other Naruto fighters have - brilliant Ubi, brilliant!

Thanks to my addiction to collecting the coins, I didn't end up going too far into the game story-wise, which I think I'm about only a fifth of the way in, if I calculate it right, and I still have a lot of the side quests to do still - it's just the way how I'm playing the game, no doubt you can rush through the main story and finish it faster...

Again, I am really impressed with the quality of this game - the gigantic Konoha and the outside areas are huge, gorgeous and have no aliasing, slowdown or tearing, and are really sharp and clean texture-wise, and the fighting is a blasting, constant 60fps with zero slowdown whatsoever...

My only super-minor complaint is the same as mentioned - I love how they seamlessly incorporated the actual anime for cutscenes here and there, but it's a shame that it's not hi-def, so the scenes don't look too sharp - again, nothing too major, because they barely show up - next time I hope they upscale it even better, but hey, it's TV-quality on an HD machine...

So glad I bought the game right away, and no doubt I will support the game in the future and its sequels, which I'm pretty sure the game will have - I really hope it sells well too, as I expect it will... really a top-quality made game that deserves its sales, which I've never seen for an anime game...
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Picking it up in a few hours and i hear the fighting is kind of shallow? Do the characters have a limited move pool? either way nice to see yet another positive review.
 
Kabuki Waq said:
I hope by Nasty tactics you dont mean cheapness? is the fighting game balanced?
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Yeah, by nasty tactics I mean using cheap tactics - but I guess I forgot to mention that I jumped into the ranked matches cold turkey - as in, with no experience with the fighting game besides the first fight in the game - and as I finally got the basics down and my jutsus, their tactics were useless - it was basically a warning for those jumping in online the first time and getting stomped, then saying that the fighting sucks or something...

Once you got your dodging, combos and jutsus down pact, you can actually plan and win your fights well - the engine isn't Virtua Fighter of course, just like any other anime fighter, but it's solid, and everything comes out and works when I want it to, and that's basically all I wanted...

I own Naruto: Ultimate Ninja for the PSP (Narutimate Hero Portable) - asked for it as a gift - and while that game is no doubt fun and love the ideas it has, I do have problems with it being not as responsive as I'd like - whether it's more of the PSP's buttons at fault, I don't know, but at times it feels like the game can't keep up with what I input...

FootNinja said:
Picking it up in a few hours and i hear the fighting is kind of shallow? Do the characters have a limited move pool? either way nice to see yet another positive review.
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Like I wrote above, it's no Virtua Fighter 5, but it's solid and responsive - every combo comes out properly, and so does every jutsu - I surely would not call it shallow - it's enjoyable and it works, and that's all I wanted for this game - plus it's online...

I can get my deeper fighting experiences by popping in SF:AC, DOA4 or VF5 no problem...

And the characters have a sizable amount of combos, I think about 15 each, and you can also freely make your own as well - I have a few that include either the kunais and the kunai dash as well...
 
Friday is taking ages to come arond, i'm looking foward to playing this quite a bit. Online you can play against friends normally right? like lobby system or at least meet each other somehow before a round?
 
got my UK copy today and played about an hour. its quite fun but i find the fighting pretty awful, certainly the least fun part of the game. The graphics are beautiful, the camera is.. acceptable.. just and generally its fun.
 
ShockingAlberto said:
For now.

Kishi has taken a lot of potential storylines and just gave up before they became anything.

- Possible Konoha Civil War: Ignored
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Actually, the fact that
Jiraiyas lasts words to Tsunade were of warning about Seed
means that it will be a major story soon. He could've said many, many other things you know.

Yay, only a few hours left! And well, I have other games to pick up too but yay!
 
Deadly Monk said:
Actually, the fact that
Jiraiyas lasts words to Tsunade were of warning about Seed
means that it will be a major story soon. He could've said many, many other things you know.

Yay, only a few hours left! And well, I have other games to pick up too but yay!
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Thats exactly what I thought when I heard him say that to her and her response. Also considering
Sai is still yet to be mentioned ever since setting out with kakashi's guides makes me think the root is probably recruiting outsiders into it too. Unless he's been sent to take care of other threats.
 
I was gonna post the link to the official Shippuden thread, but I think most of us talking about it hang out there anyway :lol

Snaku said:
Can't wait to finish watching the rest of the show, and move onto Shippuden. On what episode does filler hell begin?
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136. You could also get away with skipping the Tea Country arc, 102~106, but it's short enough that it isn't really painful.
 
german pr for japanese voices:

Ubisoft said:
Ubisoft, einer der weltweit größten Hersteller und Publisher von Computer- und Videospielen, gab heute bekannt, dass Naruto: Rise of a Ninja für Xbox 360™ zum Launch am 2. November die original japanischen Synchronstimmen von Naruto™ unterstützen wird. Diese wird es als herunterladbaren Inhalt kostenlos auf dem Xbox Live Marktplatz geben.
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so, the voices will be available at launch, november 2nd
 
In vs. mode, how big are the fighting areas? Can you run around and hide?
 
Got my copy after an annoying hold up at gamestop, got 10% off though thanks to the coupon from CAG woot.

Game starts off really slow/boring so far (kinda like the show), but im digging it.

EDIT:

Wow why am I having so much fun collecting coins lawl?
 
FIREBABY said:
Thanks. The wait for my 360 to return is killing me right now. How are the controls, and is the camera a hinderence on the adventure parts of the game?
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The controls are pretty good, at first I thought they felt pretty loose but I was just being picky. Camera's been fine so far (made me miss one jump in a mission in the beginning once but no biggie since then.)
 
Docpan said:
This game looks amazing. I'll wait for the JP audio DLC, though. The English dubbing is intolerable.
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Actually this is my first time listening to the dub extensively and I have to say this anti dub stuff is the usual otaku elitist crap.

Everyone's voice with the exception of Konohamaru's teacher Ebisu (or however it's spelt) is pretty damn good. Sure the Japanese voices are better, but the dub is far from "intolerable".

And oh yeah the game is gonna lose some of its touch when you have naruto saying dattebayo and then a second later a villager saying hey whats up in english.
 
Spruchy said:
Actually this is my first time listening to the dub extensively and I have to say this anti dub stuff is the usual otaku elitist crap.

Everyone's voice with the exception of Konohamaru's teacher Ebisu (or however it's spelt) is pretty damn good. Sure the Japanese voices are better, but the dub is far from "intolerable".

And oh yeah the game is gonna lose some of its touch when you have naruto saying dattebayo and then a second later a villager saying hey whats up in english.
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Alot of the voices in the dub are good like rock lee, sasuke ect. But the ones that are bad make me cringe for example naruto, who just so happens to be the main character so you have to hear him alottt.

I don't think its elitist crap i think its people who hate to see something they love get fcked up in any way shape or form.


Also great vids blim :)
 
Some lines naruto delivers are cringe worthy but most of the time when its normal stuff its pretty good.

But each to his own I suppose.
 
FootNinja said:
nah not big enough to hide. They aren't particularly huge or small from what i've played.
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is the fighting strictly one on one?
 
Spruchy said:
Some lines naruto delivers are cringe worthy but most of the time when its normal stuff its pretty good.

But each to his own I suppose.
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Naruto in Japanese is pretty cringe-worthy too, heh. Even more so than the English voice in a lot of regards. I rewatched the Sasuke Retrieval arc last night and seeing it again made me realize how badly cast some of the characters are in Japanese.
 
Shouta said:
Naruto in Japanese is pretty cringe-worthy too, heh. Even more so than the English voice in a lot of regards. I rewatched the Sasuke Retrieval arc last night and seeing it again made me realize how badly cast some of the characters are in Japanese.
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Gai is perfectly cast for the Japanese voices.

PERFECT
 
Spruchy said:
Some lines naruto delivers are cringe worthy but most of the time when its normal stuff its pretty good.

But each to his own I suppose.
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The only thing that really bugs me is "shadow replication jutsu!" lol
 
Online in this game is so awesome! You play 2 matches in the forest of death, win both of them in a row you enter the tower. When your in the tower it actually has the match board from the show saying your character's name vs your opponent. Its pretty sweet, someone used some cheap gaara move on me where the sand would come below me dunno how to block it. It was a really intense fight though and it was kind of like the show, same stage and everything it was a really great moment when I dodged gaara's desert coffin...all this naruto goodness in HD. I really like this game if you couldnt tell.
 
the Fighting online has me completely addicted >_>

Made it to 7th rank which made me pretty happy and now im going back to get #1 :)

probably wont happen but thats the addicting part :(
 
I am not a Naruto fan - it's not that I'm a hater, I just haven't had the opportunity to watch it, or feel that I can't just jump in and watch it without getting the DVDs and watching from the start.

This game looked so great, but up until I read reviews, I was going to let it go by. Best news: I didn't have to be versed in the show to play the game.

GameFly shipped the game today, so I'm all ready to play it and definitely looking forward to it.
 
El_TigroX said:
I am not a Naruto fan - it's not that I'm a hater, I just haven't had the opportunity to watch it, or feel that I can't just jump in and watch it without getting the DVDs and watching from the start.
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You're better off reading it than watching it anyway.
 
Wait so this game is out? I want it. I just saw the launch trailer, and other than being a bit spoiler-irific for thsoe who haven't watched all the episodes, it was awesome. They even used my favourite Naruto battle theme =)
 
I just got it and played through the first 15 minutes or so. Seems pretty good so far.

I thought you could download Shikimaru already. I went to the download section and didn't see anything except a coming soon.
 
Shouta said:
Naruto in Japanese is pretty cringe-worthy too, heh. Even more so than the English voice in a lot of regards. I rewatched the Sasuke Retrieval arc last night and seeing it again made me realize how badly cast some of the characters are in Japanese.
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heh, I thought I was the only one who thought that. I mentioned that to some of my friends, and before I even finished, they were already getting the rope out:lol
 
My thoughts, cross-posted from another forum.

The game is good, especially if you like the license, but in a lot of ways it's very lazy. The story is very abridged, there's a lot of running down the same paths over and over, and there needed to be a few more skills for Naruto. It's like they did the bare minimum for it to be considered "good" - so, it's enjoyable, but it could have been so much better.

The abridged story matters for gameplay reasons, as there are things that Naruto did in the show that easily could have and should have replaced some of the collectathon segments. For some reason, on the way to the land of the Waves, you fight six bandits, but the Demon Bros. are just scenes from the show. And you fight generic bandits, but don't fight the actual bandits from the show in the Wave Country that Naruto actually fights.

It's just...this should have been the piece de resistance of Naruto games and it's incomplete. Still fun, still glad I bought it, but I'm left requiring a Rise of Ninja 2.
 
I've played a few hours and I'm having fun with it. Konoha is so big. I'm living out my otaku dream just running around checking everything out. I like that the coin collecting is there since it gives you more reason to explore Konoha.

I think my biggest complaint right now is that the game doesn't support 4:3. I don't have a wide screen TV.
 
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