A prime example of milking the Naruto franchise.
If you're fimiliar with the previous versions of Ninja Council, prepare to be disappointed big time. The previous 3 (or 2 in this case) were based on platforming with some 1 on 1 battles for bosses. This game is entirely mission based, you start from doing D ranked missions all the to S rank. While this game is easy for the most part, some missions will cause frustration due to hazards in a level or little time to complete a mission.
I'm sure most have heard of a game called Jump Super Stars (or Ultimate Stars) before. This game is a very dumbed down version of that game (which also features Naruto as a playable character) you only attack with ONE button making it a easy game to play. This is a bad idea because matches involve no strategy at all. To make things worse, Tomy added alot of playable characters from the anime in this game, it's too bad all of them play EXACTLY the same.
Another thing that might piss you off is how broken this game is. Certain characters like Naruto have jutsu's that are highlighted in blue, these jutsu's cover the entire screen meaning there's nowhere to hide and are unblockable at the same time. Sakura also has a healing ability that might prolong multiplayer matches. You can also mix and match jutsu's from other characters, but that gets old fast. I forgot to mention that weapons in this game are USELESS, don't even bother picking them up.
The music in this game isn't that bad, but most of it is forgettable, it'll also get repetitive at some point due to redoing a mission many times or trying to beat all 60+ missions. One good thing about this game is it feature voices from the anime while performing a jutsu.
RENT or BUY?
I recommend neither. Not only is this game an embarrassment and rip-off, it was created for the sole purpose of making a quick buck off Naruto fans. Another thing is the US version of this game is missing 8 characters, a few jutsu's and 1 stage.