"Just got the game when I got my PS2 for my birthday. I was really disappointed when I got the PS2 instead of the iPod Touch, but hey, it beats t-shirts."
SHORT REVIEW:
This game is really good compared to the older versions, since has more and different gameplay. I would describe it as a mixture of Final Fantasy and Tekken together. The only complaint I have about the creation of the game is that the American people should've waited for more of the story to have been shown to them, since the length of the main scenario in this game was EXTREMELY short.
Rating: 6/10
Fun to play, but gameplay feels a tad bit limited to me and as I said, the main scenario was too short.
Movement in Battle:
Comparison Review:
POSITIVES = I didn't expect a game that's based before Narutimate Accel 2 to be better than it.
-It actually has better gameplay than the next one, such as more melee combos and first to final jams for the master battles. Also, you can use items in the master battles this time.
-Finishing some requests from other main characters actually lets you unlock other character's moves and use it for ANY character in free battle; like Itachi using Sakura's Heruclean Earth Smash or something.
-The 100 man battle this time also includes Jiraiya as the final opponent.
-Instead of just finding the dummies that pose as some of the other characters needed to be unlocked, you actually have two new options: Instead of dummies, you get the "No-face Gangsters" that disguise themselves as other characters. Also, you don't just use Naruto to fight them, but some of your other comrades. BUT, you do not unlock them that way. Instead, you go to Hero Mode, where you relive the First Naruto Arc when he was 12 years old. During some scenarios or after battles, you unlock those characters. Those unlockable characters range from Young Uzumaki Naruto, to the First Hokage, to Kimimaro.
-The game lets you start off at the actual training of Naruto with Jiraiya, with an event based on the Tree Felling Village Scenario.
- Spoiler:
-Modes such as Shop are here, which are very helpful and convenient.
NEGATIVES =
-All the scenarios joined together only range from Naruto's training (filler scenario) up to defeating Itachi on the way to the Akatsuki Cave.