Product Description

The hit series currently airing on Cartoon Network is appearing for the first time on Nintendo DS! Ninja Action for 1-4 players in over 60 action-packed missions based on storylines from the TV series. Battle your way to the top as Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, or many of the newly added characters using the DS stylus to master the ninja arts. Train like a ninja and perfect your techniques as you progress through the ranks. Are you Hokage material? Believe it!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5424 in Video Games
• Brand: D3 Publisher
• Released on: 2007-05-22
• ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .75" h x 5.25" w x 4.75" l, .20 pounds

Features

• Over 25 playable characters from the show!
• Borrow special moves from other characters to create a custom attack strategy!
• Use the touch screen or microphone to unleash special jutsu attacks!
• Challenge your friends in 4-player wireless head-to-head battle!
• Over 60 missions to complete set in 15 different environments.

Customer Reviews

Good but could get frustrating
This game has over 25 characters (27) and has 60+ missions. its fun using the mic and touch screens for characters specials.i always use nejis byakugan attack! the missions could get frustating though. other than that this game is awesome!

Believe It!!!
This is a great game. I'm only up to the B rank missions right now but the jist of the game is this: you start off with D rank missions and move up to higher missions with higher difficulties. Along the way you'll unlock different characters (27 in total) and different jutsus. I love the attention to detail. Each character has their own distinct fighting style and not just a cheap copy of moves when performing regular attacks. They also use the real character's voices. Allowing you to use other character's signature jutsus is also a nice feature. I've only got 1/2 the characters unlocked right now but I'm loving this game and I can't put it down. Definitly a must-buy for Naruto fans.

Fun but Short
This game has no direct storyline but focuses instead on missions. Some missions can get frustratingly difficult, while others are surprisingly easy. You start the game with only D-rank (or easy) missions and after completing all of them move on to C, B, A, and S rank missions.

The array of jutsu and use of the stylus in this area is very impressive. One of the most fun parts of the game is deploying various jutsu such as Neji's byakugan and Sasuke's pheonix flower jutsu.

The list of characters is also varied, so any Naruto fan can play their favorite character, etc. The characters each have different qualities. For example, Rock Lee is faster then, say, Sakura. This gives a more realistic quality to the game. The graphics are not in 3-D, but are quite good all the same. The audio is ok, and sound effects are fine.

The one larger downside of the game is its length. I finished it in around six or seven hours, which is quite short. Despite this, even after beating it, I find the game quite fun all the same. You can replay levels with different characters and change the difficulty level (easy, normal, and hard) to change various levels as well.

Overall, any Naruto fan or newbie to the whole series, would find this game worth while.