

These have been solved through a patch in the Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen download (both trial and full version). The game though was slightly criticized for giving players an abridged story, and many characters not being in the story as well.Įxclusive Shikamaru download (which was free) caused games to freeze when hitting a trip wire or log, while also rendering the Japanese voicepack non-functional.


In addition to winning the best fighting game award at E3 2007, it was also praised for having a simple but fun and fast fighting engine.

One main example of praise is from IGN, awarding the game 8.4/10 and stating 'the first great Naruto game' (despite giving praise to past games in the Naruto franchise). Its Metacritic aggregate score is 78, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The game has met generally good reviews from critics. Shikamaru is free, but you must be registered to Ubisoft and you link your Xbox Live to Ubisoft account. Each pack is 500 Microsoft Points which is $6.25. Each bundle also comes with two new maps/arenas. Currently, the game has 37 achievements with a maximum of 1075 Gamerpoints.īased almost directly on the first three arcs of the anime, the story follows most of the missions of Naruto Uzumaki and squad 7 Like the battle with Haku and Zabuza and The forest of death chuunin exam., from his time at the Ninja academy to his big blow-out battle with Gaara of the Desert.Ĭhoji, Temari, the Third Hokage and Jiraiya come bundled in packs of two: Choji and Temari, Third Hokage and Jiraiya. Downloadable content also adds two new arenas to play in, and also additional achievements for each character played in the Forest of Death. The game supports downloadable content five new characters have been made available (Shikamaru, Choji, Jiraiya, the 3rd Hokage, and Temari). Offline play, and two-player versus mode are also available. If the player is defeated, they must begin from the bottom of the table all over again, but the points are still kept. You start off choosing a character, and defeating other opponents to rank up and eventually gain points to complete the exam. Like with most Naruto games, it features cel-shaded graphics.The game also allows online versus multiplayer via Xbox Live, titled "The Forest of Death", enabling you to play with your friends. It features gameplay similar to that of a 3D platformer, like jumping acrobatically from rooftop to rooftop or racing through checkpoints, as well as having one-on-one brawls much like the Naruto: Clash of Ninja series. The main story mode alternates between these two modes, and takes place from the beginning of the series to the end of the Invasion of Konoha arc (episodes 01-80 of the anime), with included sidequests. The game itself consists of two major gameplay modes: one-on-one fighting and RPG, where Konoha serves as a main hub to access various missions players can go on.
