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Naruto: The Broken Bond

Game

Naruto: The Broken Bond is a 2008 Xbox 360 action-adventure game from Ubisoft Montreal, the sequel to Rise of a Ninja. It follows the anime through the Search for Tsunade and Sasuke Retrieval arcs with a fresh tag-team combat system.

Genre: Action-Adventure
Platform: Xbox 360
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Year: 2008
North America Release Date: 2008-11-18
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Story

The Broken Bond covers the events of anime episodes 81 through 135, dramatizing the hunt for Tsunade to heal the village and the mission to bring Sasuke back before he defects to Orochimaru, told through in-engine 3D cinematics rather than pre-rendered cutscenes.
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Gameplay

Players explore a hand-painted, watercolor-styled version of the Naruto world and fight through a new tag-team system across a roster of 30 characters, with an overhauled online mode and ranking system built on top of the original game's foundations.
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Reception

The game landed a Metacritic score around 80, with IGN awarding 8.3 out of 10 and GameSpot 7 out of 10. It picked up D.I.C.E. Award nominations for Adventure Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Adapted Story.
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This content is original writing by Daddy Jim Headquarters based on the Naruto anime series, manga, and official materials. Episode and chapter references are cited where applicable.

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  • Manga chapter pages: Jump Comics volume covers, credited to Shueisha and Masashi Kishimoto.

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