Ever heard of Naruto? The self-confident begginer ninja who aims to be the leader of his hidden village? Of course you did,well,in most cases.The anime got adapted in many video games,which were pretty mush a success,even the newer ones.I recently got my hands on the PSP game that came out a while ago (there is a Heroes 2 out),and i waited to finish it before writting a review.
If you watched the anime,there isn’t too much to talk about,if you didn’t,the story follows a teen Ninja called Naruto,and his dream to become a Hokage,the leader of the Leaf Village.In his journey,he meets many interesting characters,have various battles…..The game’s Story Mode (alternativly called Heroes Mode) isn’t really a trustfull copy of the original story,but anyway…
The Heroes Mode is divided in 4 parts:
- Survival Excersise – Follows the events in Season 2,in the ”44th Battle Training Zone” aka The Forest of Death. Boss: Kakashi/Might Guy
- Leaf Hurricane – Nothing really. Boss: Gaara of the Sand
- The Legendary Sannin – Sannins are legendary Ninja warriors,who have exceptional skills:
- Orochimaru
- Jiraiya
- Third Sannin (forgot her name)
Each with it’s own skill.
- – Follows some part of the story involving Kisame and Sasuke’s (Naruto’s clan member) brother Itachi.
Now,the first mode has 5 stages,and every mode after that has a stage more,with the last stage being a boss fight.
Other modes are:
- CPU – A 1 on 1 fight
- Naruto’s House – Look at the things you won
- Parameter Power Up – Each time you win a fight,you get points.Use those points to power up you’re characters.
- Options – ‘Nuff said.
- Hokage Test – I forgot the name of it.The Ninjas are ranked from the lowest (Academy Student/Gennin) through the medium (Chunnin) to the highest (Junnin,Hokage,Sannin).Do different missions under different conditions in order to level up.
The game has a total of 20 characters:
- Naruto
- Sasuke
- Sakura
- Ino
- Choji
- Shikamaru
- Kiba
- Shino
- Hinata
- Rock Lee
- Neji Hyuga
- Tenten
- Gaara of the Sand
- Kakashi
- Might Guy
- Kisame
- Itachi
- Jiraiya
- Orochimaru
- The third Sannin
Every character battle with a different style,and has different moves.In the show,every ninja has his own special Jutsu tehnique,and so does in the game,of course.All the most familiar are in,such as Chidori,Rassegan,Lighting Blade,…And can be performed while you’re Chakra is at MAX power.Those moves take out a lot of health,and have special cinematics when they are used.
The places are right from the show,while thier number is pathetic.A total of 6-8 fields are available,which is,not enough.
Just like in the show,in the story mode you take a 3 member team (Team 7,Team Guy,Team 10,Team 8…) and before the battle,you can use the special abilities of the character that you chosen,like ”Leaf Hurricane : Lower an enemy’s health by 33%.” and similiar tehniques.After that,you choose the fighting order,who battle first,and who last.Once the character is beaten,the second one jumps right in,but there is no changes while in battle.So happens with you’re opponents,since they also fight in teams.
That almost covers it.The rest is up to you to find.Belive me!
