Naruto:Narultimate Hero

[ProtoJoe]

Naruto fans will not have to wait very long for this uber popular Naruto video game for the Playstation 2 to make its way stateside, it has been announced that Narultimate Hero and possibly its successor, Narultimate Hero 2 will be crossing the ocean for an English release sometime this Fall. The game, which is being brought over by Bandai, is surprisingly rated #23 on the top 50 games to look forward to in 2005 by GMR Magazine. Being that the Naruto anime has not been licensed in America it is almost unprecedented for a game of this magnitude to come over without an English voice cast, but it is looking like we can expect Bandai's own in-house studio to provide voices for the game, perhaps with the option of a bi-lingual feature.

Naruto is currently the second most popular manga in America, behind only Rurouni Kenshin and it is expected to be even more popular then the cult status of Dragon Ball Z. Thanks to HokageIzlude you can view a scan from the magazine by clicking here. As it states: "Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, Gaara, Hokage. All these names may be unfamiliar to you, but the only one you need to know is "Naruto." Based on Shonen Jump's newest manga series, Naruto: Narultimate Hero, is finally on its way to the States and may include not just one, but both of the exceptional Super Smash Bros. style beat-em-ups currently released on PS2 in Japan." I simply just can not wait at all.

-www.narutofan.com

PS:I have Narultimate Hero 2, but its in japanese, and its UBER BAD!! its worth learning japanese to play, but its not that hard to understand, its really a GOOD game!                    

[TriniXaeno]

what is the gameplay like for it??

smash bros like fuh real?

drop some screen shots on we mc!                    

[Kayode]

It's more like a slower Bloody Roar...with DDR-activated super moves.                    

[Imperial_X]

Cursed Seal Chidori looks cool.

And you get to see Kakashi use Four Chidori in a row.  He uses the final two in both his hands;one to launch you and one to strike you out the sky like that move Hyo has in Rival Schools.

Tsunade is B-B-B-B-B-B-B-BAWWWWW!!!!!!

Itachi is cool.

Gai is still a rapist.
Truly a nice game too.  I put up with stuff I wouldn't  tolerate with Budokai 2 and the like only because its Naruto, but I still enjoy playing that.  The characters are too cool.                    

[Rampage]

whey i definitely hadda get this game yes. can't wait to do the sharingan
and i watch some of the gameplay videos, they does actually say "sharingan" and they does zoom in on the eye an thing. very bad                    

[ProtoJoe]

Yea this is like, UBER bad. The game play is like, the dragon ball z buduki games. The button controls are basic, there is only one button to attack, one to jump, one to charge your chakra, and one to throw your projectile weapon. But whats the best part, is that the skill level of the characters is SO close to the real thing! Like, Itachi is the ultamaite cheap man, he does de the body swap like, all three-four times in a row, so it does be real hard to beat him. Most of the fights have conditions to win by, certain time, certain amout of health left, etc. There is another part of the game, since its japanese, its kina hard to navigate, but I thing it translates in to naruto's room, or house or somthing. But, basically, you get money during the game, and there is a shop where you can buy stuff, like, figurines, cards, videos, all kina stuff, and they can all be viewed in this room. Its really cool, takes a while to move about,( I have the japanese one). But, if ever I pass by hq or sommin, i go bring it.                    

[Kayode]

I prefer the other Naruto fighting game.                    

[AngryBastard]

yeah i also saw some clips there is a lot of cool stuff in this game....
another reason to modify the ps2
the jutus in this look spectacular....
"i wish i had more hands, so i could give this game four thumbs up"