This game was pretty cool. For fan's of the NARUTO series, It's not the best NARUTO game EVER, but it did pretty well...
GAMEPLAY: The gameplay was a bit of a letdown. The battle's were epic and simple, making combo's easy. Many people complain about the simplicity and call it a "button masher". I didn't really think so. The combo's were pretty simple to pull it off. I'm just not the kind of guy who want's to press like twelve button's to pull off an over - complicated combo. A mixing of directional button's, circle's and square's was honestly enough for me. Plus, the story mode was original with the minigame's but they were honestly kind of boring and the "BATTLE SCROLL'S" kept on popping up!
PERCENTAGE: 68%
GRAPHIC'S: The graphic's rocked! I'm not saying that their PS3 next - generation style kind of graphic's, but for a simple PLAY - STATION - PORTABLE - game, the graphic's were solid! Like many people are saying, the CEL shaded style graphic's were pretty awesome and made the game looked smooth!
PERCENTAGE: 85%
MUSIC: Yes, the music. For the stage's, it was epic background music. Not even close to comparable though, to the NARUTO: ULTIMATE NINJA 1 game. That background music was just sick.
PERCENTAGE: 73%
STORY: Ah, yes, the story. The story of a MANGA or ANIME has always shook my rump! Well, that was kind of weird/strange/eccentric/unnusual.
Anyway's, the story was a dark and decieving story. Although it was a great idea, there HONESTLY wasn't ANY twist's in the story, which didn't help for the game. There were no cliffhanger's, there were no soap opera like gasp's. There were ABSOLUTELY NO "Oh my gosh! That was unexpected!" saying's. It was a simple story that wasn't very compelling.
PERCENTAGE: 53%
OVERALL: This game was pretty awesome, and addictive. I didn't give the tagline "HIGHLY - ADDICTIVE" because it was only normally addictive, lol.
I reccomend it to ALL NARUTO and FIGHTER fans alike, because, if you like beat - em - up's, and NARUTO game's, this game could be your's!