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Naruto: Ultimate Ninja

Game

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is a PlayStation 2 fighting game by CyberConnect2, known in Japan as Naruto: Narutimate Hero. Combat plays out on a free moving 2D plane in the spirit of Super Smash Bros, complete with stage hazards and characters that can fall off the edge.

Genre: Fighting
Platform: PlayStation 2
Developer: CyberConnect2
Publisher: Bandai, Namco Bandai Games
Release Year: 2003
Japan Release Date: 2003-10-23
North America Release Date: 2006-06-26
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Gameplay

Fighters move freely across a 2D plane rather than being locked to a strict side on stance, dodging stage hazards and open pits while trading jutsu, shuriken, and kunai. Each combatant can call in a support character mid battle, adding a layer beyond the core one on one exchange.
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Story Mode

An arcade style story mode splits into twelve character specific campaigns that loosely retell manga events from the Introduction arc through the Invasion of Konoha, occasionally departing from canon for the sake of pacing. The Japanese release ships with twelve playable characters; the North American and European versions add Nine Tailed Naruto and Curse Mark Sasuke as bonus fighters, though both lose their transformation abilities in the process.
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Release & Reception

Bandai published the game in Japan on October 23, 2003 as Narutimate Hero, with Namco Bandai bringing it West starting with a North American release on June 26, 2006. Metacritic lists a 75, a generally favorable score, with individual reviews spread between 5 and 9 out of 10.
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