I'm not a Naruto fan, but CyberConnect2 makes awesome Naruto games, as i learnt. This one is their first awesome on the PS3 :D
To an untrained eye, it looks like a cartoon or a 2d game, probably the best effect of that kind togheter with Valkyria Chronicles and Street Fighter 4. The level of detail is incredible, for example Naruto has an alternative uniform, being his pajama. One of his moves is slightly altered (look wise) in this case, as one of his clones will be sleeping in the background during the whole thing. Also the facial expressions really look good, and have a feel very close to the anime ones. Dubbing is good, but only if you consider the japanese voices, otherwise it's a typical lousy videogame dubbing. That's sad, but at least i got used to it and try to use all my games with the original dubs or language.
The story is a bit repetitive, no doubt. However the increasing difficulty and the, you know, the story itself make the whole experience worth it.… more »

I'm not a Naruto fan, but CyberConnect2 makes awesome Naruto games, as i learnt. This one is their first awesome on the PS3 :D
To an untrained eye, it looks like a cartoon or a 2d game, probably the best effect of that kind togheter with Valkyria Chronicles and Street Fighter 4. The level of detail is incredible, for example Naruto has an alternative uniform, being his pajama. One of his moves is slightly altered (look wise) in this case, as one of his clones will be sleeping in the background during the whole thing. Also the facial expressions really look good, and have a feel very close to the anime ones. Dubbing is good, but only if you consider the japanese voices, otherwise it's a typical lousy videogame dubbing. That's sad, but at least i got used to it and try to use all my games with the original dubs or language.
The story is a bit repetitive, no doubt. However the increasing difficulty and the, you know, the story itself make the whole experience worth it. Grabbing all the stuff that gets dropped in the village after every mission is tedious, but for some reason i felt like i really had to do that. Weird.
On the gameplay side, you need to know this is mostly a button masher. You won't really be able to win just punching around, but the system is really simple to use and pretty much every move is doable by everybody. You better grab the demo off the PSN, just in case.
There are a bunch of free expansions aviable for download, that add (well, they actually unlock, not add) new missions, support charachters and other goodies. You totally want those, especially since we are talking about roughly 1mb if you sum all of them.
Speaking of the story, this won't go into the Shiippuden part. Nope. For that, you'd better off with the US version of Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden that came out like last month or in may here in Europe for the PS2 (old gen, but looks sweet). However what's in this game is still a good story, a good amount of incredibly well done charachters and plenty of fun. If any of your friends is a Naruto fan, this will be most likely the only game you'll play togheter. And you'll have fun :D