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Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm is a video game for the PlayStation 3 due to be released on 15 October 2008. It will be the newest installment in the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series. The game was first unveiled in 2007, under the code name Naruto PS3 Project.
Gameplay
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From the media released so far for the game, Ultimate Ninja Storm retains much of same gameplay from the Ultimate Ninja series, such as having the same controls as the previous installments. However, the game setting will be in 3D instead of the usual 2D background.[3]
It has been confirmed in an interview with the game's director Hitoshi Matsuyama that the game will not feature online play, but will have some downloadable content.[4]
A downloadable demo of the game was released through Episode 2 of Sony's Qore service on July 3rd, and will be available to all PlayStation Network users two weeks later, July 17th, 2008. The demo allows you to play Naruto Uzumaki and Kakashi Hatake, and also allows the player to choose either the English or the Japanese voicecasts.
A new feature during battle is the "mash" mode. If both players activate their special move at the same time they go into mash mode. During mash, both characters will have to press the corresponding buttons as fast as possible in order to knock out their opponent.
Another new feature is "Awakening Mode". While similar to the transformations of the previous Ultimate Ninja titles, this mode (according to gameplay videos) can only be activated when a character has less than 1 health meter remaining. The moment a characters' health drops below 1 bar the chakra meter recieves an "Awakening Lamp". Building a characters chakra to MAX will light the lamp and enable Awakening Mode with a button press, making the character significantly more powerful with a new/extended move list and look (eg. "One Tailed Naruto Mode"). Ultimate Ninja Storm will have free roaming similar to Naruto: Rise of a Ninja.
Playable characters
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There are currently 23 characters confirmed in the game. On the official internet page it states that the game will include 25 characters, not counting their transformations.
- Naruto Uzumaki (One-Tailed Naruto) [3]
- Sakura Haruno [3]
- Sasuke Uchiha (Cursed Seal lvl 2) [3] [5]
- Kakashi Hatake (Sharingan)[3]
- Rock Lee [3]
- Neji Hyuga [3]
- Tenten [6]
- Might Guy [6]
- Shikamaru Nara[3]
- Choji Akimichi[3]
- Ino Yamanaka [5][7]
- Kiba Inuzuka[5]
- Shino Aburame[3]
- Hinata Hyuga [5]
- Gaara [3]
- Kankuro
- Temari [5]
- Orochimaru[3]
- Jiraiya [3]
- Tsunade
- Third Hokage
- Itachi Uchiha
- Kisame Hoshigaki [5]