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Watcher becomes Player

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've been watching my friends and family play video games since Atari and the original Nintendo (both of which I still have around here somewhere). I've always thought about getting into gaming myself, but I could just never get the hang of it ... no matter how hard I tried. When I read about Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3, I knew that I would at least get it for my boyfriend to play (and me to watch).

Once I got the game home, having checked out the games official website and reading the book that comes with the game, I actually wanted to give it a try myself ... and I did! The game is a lot of fun and a true treat for any Naruto fan!

Best of the series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3 makes huge jumps, not just in gameplay but in graphics and content as well.

The story mode for this installment has now been split into 2 different modes both drastically different but both great fun. The "Heros History" mode allows you to play through the main story line of the anime series, although doesn't go into as much detail as Ultimate Ninja 2, but instead goes further through the story mode right up to the Sasuke Retrieval Ark. While theres no way to run around and explore in this game mode there is the brand new addition of Full cutscenes for most fights as opposed to in game graphics bringing more life to the game. The second mode is called "Ultimate Contest" and starts with you being able to freely explore a section of the leaf village and a few other places. The main aim at the beginning of this mode is simply to beat as many people as possible to get their "Crystals" in which you fight different characters from the show but in a more flexible way rather than a linear route. After you complete the contest part of the game you're free to explore the village and do missions.

One of the best additions to this game is the huge selection of characters you now have including almost every single character from the anime and a few extra people like the Hokages. Once you've collected all the characters you end up with over 40 playable characters all with very unique ways of attacking and everyone of them having at least one special move to use, unlike Ultimate Ninja 2 which left some characters without one. Another improvement with the characters is that they now all have their own fighting style instead of one generic style with a few additions, now all character shave a style reminiscent of the anime series.

One of the disappointments for this installment is there hasn't really been any change when it comes to extras, you still to buy cards, music, figurines and pretty much everything else you got in Ultimate Ninja 2. Apart from figurines and videos put in for the new characters it's pretty much redundant and the only really purpose is to complete some of the S-rank missions.

All in all this game is the best in the series and one of the best anime based games out there. Well worth the money and will appeal to Naruto fans and general gamers alike.

9.5/10

Naruto Strikes Again In Yet Another Action-Packed Game!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3 is another great Naruto game. It is the sequel to Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2 and the best in the series so far. The storyline is short and easy, but the missions can get very challenging. The graphics are moderately good for a PS2 game and the wide variety of characters is also a plus. If you have a PS3 (like me) you may want to wait to buy (or also buy) Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm.

The Greatest So Far

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Take Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 and combine it with Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2. Sprinkle in a huge character roster of over 40 and add in awesome ultimate techniques. That gives you Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3. It has a story mode that has bits and pieces of the story from the anime, and also an original storyline in the RPG mode where your ultimate goal is to collect crystals and wipe out the competition to put your own rule into play in the Leaf village. Everyone goes crazy over this and a variety of interesting rules are thrown out there, but on top of course is Uzumaki Naruto. It's loads of fun; there are many stages, more moves, more characters, and ougis; lots and lots of them. As well as items and level systems that let you get more special moves and you can also customize your own justu. With that, you can really be the ultimate ninja; it's just like Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2 but to a much fuller extent. It also has a unique Japanese voiceover system, not to mention the old collectibles figures ryo and videos. Much more of that this time around. That's Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 in a nutshell for you!

The third instulment of the ultimate ninja series is finally here.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Audio-

The music in the game seems right along the line of the previous two titles, a nuisance at best. Good part, though, is you can turn the background music off at will. You can also switch between the Japanese and English voices at will, a plus for the subbies, no doubt. The sound effects are all great. Each hit sounds like it strikes with impact and all the special attacks sound just as they do in the anime, which is great. My only real complain would have to be constantly hearing "Yo!" every time I hit a button on the menu. It got old fast in the last game, and I'm still not liking it in this one. It's nice to give it an oriental feel at first, but after so long it quickly gets annoying.

Video-

I don't know what games some of these reviewers have been playing, but Cell Shading is far more often terrible then it is good. It takes a lot of effort to make it look good, and most companies aren't willing to put that much work into it. Luckily, Bandai made sure this game didn't end up that way. The Ultimate Ninja games are the best looking cell-shading I've ever seen, and this game is no exception. This time around the special effects have been juiced up considerably. Everything from the simplest Chidori to the largest Hokage-level explosion looks great! As with the previous games, every fight is marked with Manga-style goodness. From Japanese words appearing onscreen with effects, to the shading of the characters and the environment. It takes the best elements of the anime series and combines it with the manga to create this awesome fusion. Sometimes you'll be watching an Ultimate Justsu and swear you must've triggered a high-render cutscene, but that's actually just how good the characters and moves look.

Gameplay-

Naturally this is one of the most important aspects, and rightly so. Ultimate Ninja 3 follows along the same line as it's predecessors. Combat is fast and furious. Countering attacks with the substitution Jutsu is basically the same as before, requiring precise timing. Fights are similar to the likes of Super Smash Bros and some other fighting games past. It takes place on a two-dimensional plane in a three-dimensional environment. You can teleport form the foreground to the background and back at will, and there are multiple levels on each (fighting along rooftops, in trees, etc...) Certain objects in the background are destructible, and when broken drop items that can be used in battle. Sometimes these items will increase your health or chakra (energy) levels, sometimes they will give you access to special weapons you can throw at your enemies. One are this game has improved on a lot is with these items. There are many more kinds that you can use that can not only be used as weapons, but many can increase your stats, or decrease your opponents. Even if you're losing the match, these items can shift the tide of battle dramatically, and add a new level of depth to gameplay.

As with previous games your character has special attacks, called Jutsu, and super attacks, known as Ultimate Jutsu. Normal Jutsu is more effective in this game then in the previous ones, and you can pick which jutsu you want to use at the selection screen if you want. You can only use two Jutsu in one fight, but you can pick between that character's normal two, or one of a set of others from other characters. Only certain jutsu are available for other characters to use, and they need to be unlocked for you to do so. Also, this game features the new Jutsu clash. When certain jutsu collide with each other, it will instigate a power struggle between the two players. I've never actually gotten it to work, but I hear it's very cool looking. This time around you can only use one Ultimate Jutsu per battle. You can pick which one you want at the character select screen. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it rather stinks that you no longer have all of your characters Ultimate Jutsu at your disposal at will, it's nice that you can pick the one with the effects you like. If you play as Sasuke, for instance, you can chose the Ultimate Jutsu that activates his Sharingan, rather then start the Ultimate Jutsu sequence in battle and fail intentionally to get it. Also, there are quite a bit more Ultimate Jutsu in this game over the previous installment, which is a plus. Some Ultimate Jutsu induce a powered-up state, much like in Ultimate Ninja 2. Power-Ups are temporary, and give you infinite Chakra for a limited time (though you can use Ultimate Jutsu while Powered-Up). Some actually transform your character. Transformations are permanent power increases, and while they don't give you infinite chakra, you can still utilize Ultimate Jutsu while transformed. Also note that many transformed states have their own normal jutsu attacks, and you can sometimes pick to start the battle in your transformed state (after you've unlocked all the characters). Some transformations and Summoning Jutsu initiate Giant Battles. Yes, you can now play as giant characters like the Shukaku demon in it's full form, Manda the giant snake that Orochimaru can summon, etc... The only problem with Ultimate Jutsu is that this time around you have to unlock them, just about all of them. To do that, you have to play through both single player modes, and spend a lot of time dating pretty much every other character in the game (including the guys) to unlock the hidden items needed to use the Jutsu, and then you have to level up the characters by fighting as Naruto in the Ultimate Contest mode. It's a very long, very boring process.

Extra Content-

Here's where the game's lacking. While the Single player modes are fun, you can complete them in little more then a day or two. Once that's done, it's just a matter of doing tedious, monotonous tasks just to unlock the remaining Ultimate Jutsu and the handful of characters you'll have left by then (if you didn't already use the code). Versus mode is a lot of fun with friends, but not much good on it's own. The game also would've benefited from the use of things like Alternate Costumes, and a tag-team mode. There's really not much there to motivate you to playing this game again. It might even only be worth a rental, if you don't want to unlock all the characters and moves, or if you aren't a big enough fan to think you might want to play it again in the future. They also got rid of those nice little `intro' sequences they used to have for versus mode. It wasn't much, but it was interesting to see how different characters reacted to meeting one-another in battle, and it made the mode seem more cinematic, if only slightly. It was a nifty little add-on that they got rid of for no apparent reason.

Overall, I'd say this is a excellent game for the fans, a great game for anyone who's got friends to play with, and at least worth the rental for the rest.

I had heard it was the best...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well, I had always heard that this was the best of the game series, but I wasn't too overjoyed with it myself. Maybe I'm bias to the characters or something of the sort.

Don't get me wrong, the game IS the best of Part1 Naruto, and I'm happy to see they left the Japanese voices intact. Trust me, I switched it immdiately (no "believe it" for me, thank you).

As for the game...there is an RPG mode that can be quite fun but also quite annoying at the same time. There is the mode that lets you play through game versions of story event highlights which unlocks various characters...
...You can customize your character anyway you like it. Personally, I don't like the over-customizablity. Bias again? I don't really know.

I don't know, mabye it was because I played the 4th and 5th game before the 3rd...I was expecting something great when people continually bashed those games and stated that this one was the best.
...Playing it though, I find that I really didn't see a grand difference in some parts. Mabye I'm just bias to having more Akatsuki members, which is likely. Or maybe I just really REALLY like the 5th game and the whole partnership system.

Well, I'll just blurt it out. This game is the greatest of the ones released in the US so far. If/when the 4th and 5th come out, It'll change for me, but that's my preference. I don't find this one incredibly difficult in any way and I have basically ignored the customization to an extent on my part.... especially since you tend to have to to lame quests for random people (I'm not gonna have to find wood for Kankuro am I? that was lame...he was just in a forest. >.<)
...As usual I like the mass of character selection and that they all fight differently--something that always annoyed me in other fighting games. The whole, if a character is slow, he is actually SLOW in this game (Chouji, I'm refering to you!). Well, it's all good; might not be the greatest, but perfect for Naruto fans and fighting game fans alike. If you dont' like either, why are you here?

Get It...You Won't Regret It

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS UNBELIEVABLE. Of course the game gets better and better every time a new addition comes out, and this one is definitely the best! THe gameplay is incredible. You can play with 40 people, including all the hokages and a few new people! In VS. DUEL, the traditional places are still there, but they look so much better. THere are also three new places: the place where Naruto and Sasuke fought, a grassy, moonlit plain, and a spider forest (Kimimaro)(I think that's it). THe graphics took a big leap from Ultimate Ninja 2. It's so clear and it has a lot more detail from every noodle to every rock in the entire game. There are also a lot of fun things to do, Like in Ultimate Contest, Ultimate Road in UN2, you have much more movement. You can jump on top of building and break things and the missions there give a lot more money and a lot of experience for those characters you like to put on speed and defense high. If you are like me and watch Naruto ahead of the U.S. version or the manga, you might have seen the OVA in which there was a jonin-genin showdown and they had to find these crystals to make a new law for Konoha. THat is what the beginning of Ultimate Contest is for. You MUST be careful here or else your crystals will be taken! This just scratches the surface! Get the game to find out all the things that are too much to review about!!!

Great for new gamers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Let me preface my remarks by first stating that I am new to the series. I am a fan of Naruto though, and I have played other Naruto games, most notably the Uzamaki Chronicles series. That being said, this is an excellent game in terms of graphics, variety, depth and fun factor. The game has at least 40 playable characters, once you unlock them all and it took me about two weeks to do that. I play about three hours a day after work, and I am not all that experienced with the fighting games, so I'm sure experienced gamers would take less time. The Heroes history (my favorite) game goes with the storyline up to the Sasuke retrieval arc and that is a definite plus. The cut scene videos are excellent in sound quality, content and timing. That made the game very entertaining for me.

You can unlock music tracks, cards and figurines along the way and the Ultimate contest is fun too. You get to walk around and beat everybody up along the way sort of battle royale style, and take their crystals. Good stuff. I love the secret technique summoning jutsus in this one. You can also customize your character if you want as you unlock techniques. I don't know about replay value though, once you beat levels you may not want to revisit them, but I have fun playing against friends as well. Overall, it's a great game for Naruto fans and "Street Fighter" style fighting game fans.

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 is the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Turn your favorite ninjas into powerful characters with unique jutsus and summoning abilities. Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3 bases 40 playable characters off the hit television show. From interacting with characters in the Ultimate contest mode to play the major events up to story arc 1 this game will give you the best experience. Whether your dueling it out between Naruto and Sasuke in their clash of destiny this game is simply spectacular.

The graphics are state of the art and with more manueverability in the game play you sure don't want to miss this game. So go to your nearest game store and pick up a copy today.

I was expeting better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The quality of this game would depend on what you are looking for to begin with. The graphics are great, and you can play as more than thirty characters in VS mode. Unfortunately, there isn't much else to do besides fight one on one battles and do tedious missions that usually involve running across the tiny village to speak with one person, and then doing a quick battle that requires no real effort. There isn't really a storyline besides the contest that Tsunade announces. She asks you to collect a bunch of crystals for points, most of which can be picked up off the ground or achieved by beating the same people over and over again. I finished this part of the game in a couple hours. Then there is the Hero's History mode, where you are supposed to fight all of the great battles up until Sasuke disappears. They actually skipped over a lot until the chase with Shikamaru's team. Even then, it's not all that difficult. I was expecting to be slaughtered by Haku alone, and I just kept kicking him until he died!

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