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Naruto the beginning of a fun series on Xbox360

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: November 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was, before the game arrived on the market, a fan of naruto and naruto shippuden.
The moment I found out this game was going out on Xbox360, I was impatient and very excited about it.
After playing it for two complete days, I finished the story mode, except for some details like the village satisfaction and all the mini-games.
To my disapointement, the game goes only until the 80th episode. This is a bit sad, as I would have loved to try the rasengan and see all the cinematics that follow.
It is also disapointing to see that there are not many moves in this game, not many chakra jutsus. The most you havbe is 3, for naruto and sasuke if I am not mistaken.
This game is a lot of fun, a nice game play, maybe with a little bit too sensitive controller, but otherwise a lot of fun.
My neg points go to the fact that they could have gone even further with the episodes, a missing Playstation 3 adaption and now current Playstation 3 project, no rasengan, only twice the use of invocation and that's about it.

Pretty fun, definitely entertaining!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Got this as a gift for someone, who said it was pretty fun though a little repetitive at times. Pick up coins...deliver ramen...pick up coins...deliver ramen...hear annoying voice...pick up coins...sexy jutsu. But that it was definitely a much better game than he had expected.

Rise of a Ninja

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you like Naruto and have a 360, definitely buy this game. Also, if you watch the original japanese anime rather than the CN dub, *make sure* you go download the japanese voices off of xbox live - they're free! Do this before you play through, it'll make it all the better.

Great Game

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

I really like this game, there are a lot of different types of mini-games packed into it, although tedious at times, can be pretty fun. The gameplay and controls itself are pretty cool I really liked how they make Naruto move in the game with the sprinting and sprint jumps he's able to acquire pretty early on in the game. The fighting parts of the game are alright too, although I wouldnt say anything new really, pretty basic in that department. The way to initiate jutsu's is cool and the overall graphics of the game arent too bad, reminds me of those DBZ Budokai games mixed with RPG.

Fun, but short. Watch out for higher-level enemies...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The first Naruto game i played. and overall, a very fun game. i'd seen a few episodes, and then to play out those events, was cool. but i think the game ended too soon. maybe adding more episodes and more side quests would have made it better. learning to fight is pretty difficult too! the AI controlling your enemies is pro, and without some practice, you'll be more aggravated than a baby without a teet.

game play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

the game play is very smooth & colorful, it takes awhile to get use to the combos & special attacks, but over all its a great game to own.

A well thought out Anime video game you say?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: November 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Every single video game I have ever played that is based off of an anime has generally been a disappointment. Not so with Rise of the Ninja. Honestly, this is probably one of the most well thought-out video games in existence. Someone actually sat down and made a video game that totally and completely simulates the "Naruto" experience. You are not playing a standard type of video game that just-so-happens to have the Naruto characters in it. You're playing a video game that was designed around the events of the series itself - from the graphics to the gameplay. And they did an amazing job, from the way you form hand signs to the way you focus chakra to run up buildings and over water. If you are not a fan of the series then I would still recommend this game since it is visually unique, a ton of fun and the core of the game is a really nifty fighter. However, if you are a fan of the series then you need to own this. Don't have an Xbox 360? Then buy one.

Both my girlfriend and I are not hardcore anime people, but at some point we both became fans of this series (we don't remember how) and neither one of us (she hates video games) could put this game down. It's like Naruto heaven. They built and rendered the ENTIRE Village Hidden in the Leaves. Really. The whole thing. And not just the horizontal portion either...you can literally explore the city from the little alley ways, to the tops of buildings without loading. It's amazing. All of the characters from the first 80 episodes, all the jutsu, the weapons and ninja goodness are all there. You really experince the storyline of Naruto from the beginning, and they don't leave out anything important.

I normally do not buy video games 'new' since I am a not a hardcore gamer, however I bought this one new.....and it was worth every penny. I haven't had this much fun playing a video game since I was a wee lad.

Not a Gamer - Love This Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: November 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm not huge on video games (the last one I actually finished was Gauntlet Dark Legends for PlayStation2) and I get really frustrated playing most other games on the 360, but my husband bought this and being a pretty big fan of the Naruto anime, I wanted to give it a shot.

I loved the Naruto experience watching everything from the very beginning as he goes through the process of gaining popularity with his villagers, learning basic jutsu, meeting his village friends, teammates and other enemies.

I'm not very good, but I still enjoy playing this game. Normally when I'm not very good at a game it's because I feel frustrated and defeated. Not so with Naruto. Not to say it's a super-easy game. My husband plays a lot of video games and managed to finish this game in about 12 hours over a couple weeks (it will probably take me much longer)but he looked forward to playing this game as much as he looked forward to playing Halo and when he finally finished he basically said "wow, I wasn't expecting it to be this fun."

I don't have much to compare it to in the world of video games since I'm no pro, but to me, the graphics looked awesome - I loved watching the old clips from the show as I went through the game and there's plenty of fun just speeding around collecting coins and doing personal missions. I did watch my brother play through Twilight Princess on the Wii and would say the story and activities would put it in the same category and feel of that game - maybe not as much depth, but just as much fun.

The only downside (and I'm not sure if I just haven't figured it out yet) is that I had previously read that this game was going to be released in the USA with the option of having the Japanese voices and English subtitles. I watch the show in Japanese so it would have been great to hear those familiar voices while playing but we couldn't find that option anywhere in the menu so I don't think those rumors are true (unless someone knows a secret code!**EDIT** the Japanese voice over has since been released on XBox Live - I highly recommend it - it's awesome, but not everything is in Japanese) :)

One of the best XBOX 360 Games so far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I all I can say is wow, maybe I am biased because I enjoy the Naruto Anime Series, but this game is awesome so far. I just recieved it yesterday and played it for two hours, but I felt like I actually watching the anime series. It is a brilliant mix of fighting, RPG and story line. Though I own Halo 3 and Command & Conquer, I will not be playing them for quite a while, since I am very into this game.

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja.........

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Nintendo and Sony have seen their fair share of Naruto games on, both, console & handheld so it's nice to see Microsoft getting some of that love now. To be honest, it's one of the reasons I bought an Xbox 360(the other being the game Blue Dragon). Naruto: Rise of a Ninja is one of the most stunning games I've seen on the system. Everything in the Naruto universe is so richly detailed. At times, it's breathtaking.

While I was looking forward to an all-new experience with the game(like the completely original storyline in Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2), Rise of a Ninja plays it safe and follows the first season of the anime starting with the tale of the Nine-tailed Fox and how it could have destroyed Konoha Village were it not for the efforts of the Fourth Hokage who trapped the demon within the body of a young child whom we all know as Naruto.

Most of the game and it's playstyle is nothing that Naruto vets haven't seen before. Yet, one thing that sets it apart from the rest is its' fighting system. To perform your jutsu, you have to do a series of hand gestures like they do in the anime(by using a series of thumb gestures on the Xbox 360's analog sticks) to execute them. The fighting can get downright intense at times but, considering the lack of opponents & the variety of them to face in the game, it left me wanting more. Although using your jutsu to accomplish certain tasks in the game proves to be quite fun.

Considering this is the first American made Naruto game, I think the fine folks that developed the game did an excellent job. One that Japanese developers should take note of and implement into future Naruto titles. This is, definitely, a title all Xbox 360 owners should add to their library. Believe it!

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