The offical Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 Hype Thread! G.S 7/10

North American Boxart:

Release Dates

Europe- October 15, 2010

North America- October 19, 2010

Japan- October 21, 2010

For Playstation 3 and Xbox 360

Screenshots

(Yep it's Lars Alexandersson from Tekken 6 :o)

Trailers

Announcement Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNQc9NiAJB0

Boss Battles and Story Mode footage trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pLwdPUAUi0

E3 2010 Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5F-BLLChoM

Gamescom 2010 Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BE7_E3R2s4&feature=related

A new challenger "Lars Alexandersson" trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caqVYPlkiUk

PS3 version vs Xbox 360 version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrGmzs2wFOE

Gamespot feature trailer

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/narutoshippudenultimateninjastorm2/video/6266696/naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-2-feature-trailer?tag=videos%3Btitle%3B1

Genre:

Fighting

Single Player

Offline: 1-2 players

Online Multiplayer(1 v 1 fighting)

Sequel to Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm (AE (7.5) Playstation 3 Exclusive)

Comments:This is my very first hype thread, if I should add/edit anything please say thanks.

Questions:

Who will be your main character online?

(Naruto all the way for me )

If you are in Europe will you be getting the collector's Edition?

(I don't live in Europe, but I would if i did!)

Review Scores

Famitsu 39/40

Meritasion 8.5/10

Eurogamer Italy 8/10

Everyeye.it 8/10

Gamekult 7/10

IGN 8/10

Gamer.no 9/10

TheSixthAxis 9/10

PS Focus 9/10

Eurogamer Portugal 9/10

Meristation 8.5/10

3DJuegos 8.5/10

SpazioGames 8.3/10

Vandal Online 8/10

Video Gamer 7/10

Games Master UK 6.2/10

Level7.nu 6/10

Gameblog.fr 6/10

Xbox 360 Achievements 8.6/10

Multiplayer.it 8.5/10

MSXBOX-World 8/10

OXM 6/10

Current Metacritic

Playstation 3 Version 77%

Xbox 360 Version 79%

I'm hyping AA, the game is going to be AWESOME. :D I'm amazed at how close it is to the manga.

Jesus, Vanquish/New Vegas/Naruto all coming out on the same day.

I should make a thread about it.

Probably A. Hopefully story mode is less tedious and online is great.

As for main character?

I always use Guy. In every Naruto fighting game, I've used Guy though I'm alright with others.

Man I cannot wait for this game to release!! I love the anime!

It's game about Naruto, so it's destined to suck. :P

My personal bias aside, A.

I think he got the copy early or something, but a guy on youtube reviewed the game. Some minor spoilers in boss fights (Doesn't ever show endings to them)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lInoYy12jxQ

He gave it an 8.5, it looks like the story mode is much better than the last one.

Guess it will get 8 or 8.5 from the demo it looked better the first one also now it got online and better story mode.

I hope the gameplay is deep enough and somewhat balanced.Keiji993

That's not something you'll get from a casual fighting game.

Best looking anime/manga based game EVER.SoraX64

Dragon Ball online might give it a run for its money, but as it stands it's the best looking. :D

I'm hyping AA. The demo was great, but the only thing holding me back is that the guy that got a copy early told me that he beat it in 8 hours and I'm not sure it would be worth spending $65. I would probably play it over again and try to get some achievements and play online, but I'll see.

Best looking anime/manga based game EVER.SoraX64

I like naruto (used to love it until kishi started to ***** up the story more and more).

Still, I have no hype for this game.

If it gets an 8 here I would be surprised.

[QUOTE="SoraX64"]Best looking anime/manga based game EVER.tagyhag

Dragon Ball online might give it a run for its money, but as it stands it's the best looking. :D

Cough Cough

I'll say it gets an 8.0.

Also, the cel-shading is very nice.

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]

[QUOTE="SoraX64"]Best looking anime/manga based game EVER.Kashiwaba

Dragon Ball online might give it a run for its money, but as it stands it's the best looking. :D

Cough Cough

Yeah that game looks MUCH better (It's Ghibli so it's not fair :P) But as far as I know, it's not anime/manga based.

wow didint think people cared and were excited as me. I personally think it will be a 8-8.5. Though I see this scoring a 7.5.

[QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]

Dragon Ball online might give it a run for its money, but as it stands it's the best looking. :D

tagyhag

Cough Cough

Yeah that game looks MUCH better (It's Ghibli so it's not fair :P) But as far as I know, it's not anime/manga based.

Hmmm true there is no Manga or anime for Ni No Kuni :P.

Hmmm true there is no Manga or anime for Ni No Kuni :P.

Kashiwaba

Then again they could always make a movie out of it.

Though I rather they work on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter first, that story is so heartfelt. :oops:

Lol Naruto. It's like the COD of manga/anime. The artstyle in this game looks nice, though, really close to the manga's.. If only they could make a One Piece game like this :PArbiterisl33t69

That's Dragon Ball...

As for this game score... what was the score the original got?? Well, I'm guessing it'll be the same.

[QUOTE="Arbiterisl33t69"]Lol Naruto. It's like the COD of manga/anime. The artstyle in this game looks nice, though, really close to the manga's.. If only they could make a One Piece game like this :PGreenGoblin2099

That's Dragon Ball...

As for this game score... what was the score the original got?? Well, I'm guessing it'll be the same.

Minato flammecoat ftw :P

I don't know why Kishi decided to chop it off at the Pain vs Kyuubi fight. It makes Naruto look awesome. Sage Naruto is a pimp. I always use Naruto. Sage Mode is a fine addition. Whoever oposes Frog Katas is suicidal, I think its actually overkill. :P

Sasuke might be intesresting to use now if this game allows him to use Susanoo and Amaterasu.

Etiether way, I want this game to be the best Naruto game yet. So an 8.5 its what I want it to score. But innevitably, it'll score a 7.0 or 7.5.

I'm still going to spend $60 bucks regardless of scores.

I was excited for this but then I played the demo. I don't get the combat. It seems like you basically have one attack and one combo.Senor_Kami

Read.

No Zabuza, no buy.

But seriously, I'll check the reviews first. Not a fan of the 'style'. It seems pretty simplistic & I don't really like the 'very-3D' plane. How do you play local multiplayer with the camera & distance between fighters? Also, as much as I love Tekken, I don't like Lars being in there, though I thought I could just look at him as a different character with the same name... That was until I saw him with a damn mini-gun.

Lol Naruto. It's like the COD of manga/anime. The artstyle in this game looks nice, though, really close to the manga's.. If only they could make a One Piece game like this :PArbiterisl33t69

Hated on because it's mainstream, i.e good enough to be really popular?

[QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]

[QUOTE="Arbiterisl33t69"]Lol Naruto. It's like the COD of manga/anime. The artstyle in this game looks nice, though, really close to the manga's.. If only they could make a One Piece game like this :PWesrcks13

That's Dragon Ball...

As for this game score... what was the score the original got?? Well, I'm guessing it'll be the same.

Well, then that's what this is getting unless they improve something... still think it looks amazing, but I'm staying away from it as I have no idea WTF is going on with the anime (stopped at 1st season lol)

No Zabuza, no buy.

But seriously, I'll check the reviews first. Not a fan of the 'style'. It seems pretty simplistic & I don't really like the 'very-3D' plane. How do you play local multiplayer with the camera & distance between fighters? Also, as much as I love Tekken, I don't like Lars being in there, though I thought I could just look at him as a different character with the same name... That was until I saw him with a damn mini-gun.

Twin-Blade

Sasuke might be intesresting to use now if this game allows him to use Susanoo and Amaterasu.

tonitorsi

Susanoo will be pretty interesting to play as. I hope they have the summons

How do you play local multiplayer with the camera & distance between fighters?

Twin-Blade

When I played Storm 1 (Which was alot) against my friends offline the camera had no problems at all for us. I really liked the gameplay because of the camera, alot of the people I played it with didn't like Naruto or whatever but, they liked the original storm because of how well the camera was. No one really felt cheated out of a "bad angle" or anything, IMO this is how the new Dragonball Z games should be if they want to be good again.

[QUOTE="Wesrcks13"][QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]

That's Dragon Ball...

As for this game score... what was the score the original got?? Well, I'm guessing it'll be the same.

GreenGoblin2099

Well, then that's what this is getting unless they improve something... still think it looks amazing, but I'm staying away from it as I have no idea WTF is going on with the anime (stopped at 1st season lol)

Well one of the complaints was lack of online mode. I also hear the story mode is better then from the firstpart after seeing how boss fights play out I can see why. Also they added more characters. Now is this enough for that 8 well guess we will see. It also depends if the reviewer likes this type of gameplay.

Thank go for japanese voices! I can't stand the english ones!:evil: Hyping it AA. The demo was freakin' sweet.

[QUOTE="tonitorsi"]

Sasuke might be intesresting to use now if this game allows him to use Susanoo and Amaterasu.

ZIVX

Susanoo will be pretty interesting to play as. I hope they have the summons

I like naruto (used to love it until kishi started to ***** up the story more and more).

dercoo

The story has been getting better and better, I don't know what you're talking about.

Back to the subject:

The fighting system is like DBZ Legends on crack, loved the original. This is an automatic buy since Deidara=sempai is in it :D

I'm maining: Deidara, Kisame, Ten-Ten, and Suigetsu.

I predict AAA - 9.0. Believe it!

Can't wait til my little bro gets this for Christmas :P.

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

I like naruto (used to love it until kishi started to ***** up the story more and more).

AtlanticRock

The story has been getting better and better, I don't know what you're talking about.

Back to the subject:

The fighting system is like DBZ Legends on crack, loved the original. This is an automatic buy since Deidara=sempai is in it :D

I'm maining: Deidara, Kisame, Ten-Ten, and Suigetsu.

Sharagan doing literally aything the user wants now.

Ninja's fighting like super sayans

and recently 100K clones of zetsu.

Its becoming more and more like dragon ball z.:?

[QUOTE="AtlanticRock"]

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

I like naruto (used to love it until kishi started to ***** up the story more and more).

dercoo

The story has been getting better and better, I don't know what you're talking about.

Back to the subject:

The fighting system is like DBZ Legends on crack, loved the original. This is an automatic buy since Deidara=sempai is in it :D

I'm maining: Deidara, Kisame, Ten-Ten, and Suigetsu.

Sharagan doing literally aything the user wants now.

Ninja's fighting like super sayans

and recently 100K clones of zetsu.

Its becoming more and more like dragon ball z.:?

The sharingan that only 3 characters have that many characters in the series know how to fight against. It doesn't do everything, Izanagi is a forbidden move that only two people are able to do it and it was from experimentation that they can do it.

The Mangkyo Sharingan which all 3 of those said charcaters have which all do different abilities corresponding to the character.

Ninja's fighting like super saiyans... this is nothing new to the series. The very first episode Naruto did the forbidden technique(mass ninja clones) + had a chakra beast within since the start. He's been doing DBZ like antics since the fight with Haku, so I don't see why you're angry now.

100 Clones of Zetsu, this is the worst thing to be mad about. Madara clearly has been planning his "Moon Eye Plan" since his first fight with Harashima, so to combat 5 Great Ninja Nations, he'd need an army. Til now we haven't seen Zetsu use any of his jutsu but from the beginning I knew he was a threat since he never fought and was so mysterious. No one on Akatsuki was weak. These are all S-Level Ninjas, their abilities and skills were meant to take down Jinnchuriki's. So Zetsu's 100 Clones is nothing short of what I expected of him.

Lastly, becoming more and more like DBZ? It's been like that from the beginning, which is what attracted me to the series. More like DBZ? No, more like surpassed DBZ in every way. I only like DBZ up to the Freeza Saga, once they get back to earth and the Android saga begins it starts to go downhill. Cell Saga was great, but once Gohan kills him, that's it. Buu is the worst thing to ever happen to DBZ, terrible villain and HORRIBLE storyline.

Naruto is a character based series, I have a connection to almost every character. Everyone from the ramen guy to Yahiko to Mizukage are all special and interesting.

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Visually, Naruto games have always been awesome.

Lets hope this game takes some real skill to play.

This is GS though, haters of most things anime, I'm guessing A here.

It's going to be a decent game but I can already tell the online battles will be a charging ultimate attack fest considering how simplistic the combat is in anime games including the first Ultimate Ninja Storm.FlamesOfGrey

The combat in Ultimate Ninja Storm is anything but simplistic. If you learn the mechanics to the fighting system and how to REALLY utilize your support characters, you can be untouchable.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 Character Trailer

^^^how can you not get hype off that EPIC trailer?

I'm hyping AA