Product Description

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 PS2 The ultimate ninja battle returns! Battle the best in the land with intense, anime-style head-to-head ninja fighting with over 30 playable characters and 16 unique stages. Choose from more than 60 exciting missions, test your skills with challenging mini-games or play through the anime storyline - and even unlock an original story - in the all-new mode, Ultimate Road. Earn money and points to unlock tons of bonus content as you unleash your chakra and ascend the ranks on your way to becoming the greatest ninja of all!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7895 in Video Games
• Brand: Namco
• Model: 10065
• Published on: 2007-06
• Released on: 2007-06-12
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .56" h x 5.45" w x 7.53" l, .34 pounds

Features

• 1-2 Players
• Over 30 Playable Characters
• Analog Control
• Vibration Function
• Digital Control

Customer Reviews

Control a ninja and become the best!
With this great game, you can unleash your ninja wrath on your friends or the computer with all new characters and in all new stages! It's quite a great change from the first game! You should really go and pick it up if you're a fan, and at least try it out if you don't know about the Naruto series.

The graphics are really nice and they fit quite well because of the anime series. The voiceovers are nicely done too, and you'll even be able to recognize Naruto's Believe it in the game! Do not forget that the game contains a lot of hidden features that will unlock over time, like videos, sound clips, audio clips, characters, and much much more!


The sound fits with the stages and the mood in harmony, the characters all have their move and specials, which means each one of them can be tricky in certain situation. The basics are simple and you get to grasp the controls quite quickly. Around half an hour is what you need to get the hang of it.

The game overall is great, everything in it falls perfectly into place, you'll like the game even more if you're a fan, but still, everyone should enjoy it! ^^

Narutokay Hero
The second Ultimate Ninja title from Bandai is a fighting game based on the Naruto anime series. Ultimate Ninja utilizes some story elements from the series concerning the Chunin exam up to the events involving Tsunade. It's too bad that Namdai didn't include a feature for dual voice tracks as this game is stuck with the North American dub from the TV series. The dub work isn't bad, but it will irk some fans that prefer the Japanese voice work. Music in Ultimate Ninja 2 has improved upon the last game, but it lacks the tracks from the TV series, but it still does a fine job of carrying the ninja action. The game includes a good variety of super moves and jutsus are available at the player's disposal. Most characters will have his or her signature moves in the form of leveled super attacks. When using the super attacks, the player needs to tap buttons in order to dish out maximum damage. It's also possible to reduce damage when the player is on the receiving end of the attacks in a bid of power struggle which adds a bit competitive edge to using them. These attacks are just as crazy and flashy as the ones in the anime. The number of playable characters has been increased since the last Ultimate Ninja game to over 30 characters to choose from, a number of which requires the player to unlock through progressive playthroughs. A few characters are just alternates with a slight change and the increased selection of playable characters does provide some new balancing issues over the previous game where certain characters will dominate fights. The cel-shaded graphics looks a bit rough around the edge, but they capture the likeness of the characters from the anime and the animations are well done. During the story mode's progression, the player will be able move around village while taking on various adventures, missions and mini-games. By overcoming these challenges, some of which have limitations or restrictions on the style of the fight, they will reward ninjas with points to improve the characters' abilities and also earns money. The village also includes a market where the player unlock collectible bonuses from the store. There's quite a number of stuff to purchase and it provides a nice incentive to replay through some of those mini-games in order to improve customized characters. Like most fighting games, there's the practice and versus modes, but the game lacks any sort of online features which really would've added to the game's value. Ultimate Ninja 2 continues to improve the series, but it still lacks the depth and balance of other more serious fighting games. The title remains true to the anime's style and there's a lot to enjoy for fans of Naruto. Even for more casual players, the over-the-top ninjas can provide a fun experience without the need for extensive Naruto knowledge.

Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2....Still Ultimate? Believe it!!!!...........
It's cool when developers try to improve upon a good formula for a game. Oftentimes, developers go by the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' motto and rely on spicing up the graphics & maybe a new story to sell the same ol' same ol'. To the casual players of the first game, that might seem what Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2 is all about. Yet, to us Naruto fans who've lived & breathed Ultimate Ninja for the last year, we see a whole slew of improvement over the original. Not only are the graphics and overall presentation of the game even better the second time around, there's more than 30 characters to choose from as well as new items to use against your opponents(such as poison, bombs & more)-new stages-Ultimate Road, which takes the place of the scenario mode from the first game and follows the Chunin Exam storyline-character customization-cool mini-games that fit the Naruto universe well(such as treeclimbing, handstand races)-alternate outfits-new voiceover work and animation-lots of unlockable goodies-trailers of Naruto Uzumaki Chronicles 2 & Naruto:Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow(both coming this fall)-and more challenge this time around(to which I say "Practice, practice, practice!"). In my honest opinion, it's twice as fun as the original which goes to prove that there's still games to get excited about in what's left of the PS2's lifecycle.

Thanks to this game, I'm all psyched up for the next Naruto game to come out...Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes(also developed by CyberConnect2) for the Playstation Portable. Ninja Art Portable Gaming Goodness for the palm of my hand, believe it! Look for my review on that game next month.