Archive for posts tagged: Naruto

Most fans of the Naruto anime might see the box art for Powerful Shippuden and think they’ve died and gone to chibi hell. Naruto has always been a series that doesn’t take itself too seriously, which lends itself nicely into a game where everybody’s activated Big Head Mode and the males can wear a swan tutu without a shred of dignity being lost. Read More »

I’ll admit that I’m a fan of the Naruto series. Sometimes I wish I weren’t, but I’ve followed the manga faithfully for several years; reading each new chapter as it came out. That said, I really didn’t like the story mode for Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3. And considering how the story mode is such a key component of the Ultimate Ninja series, that’s a pretty big blow against this game. Read More »

I really liked the first season of Naruto. Unlike the only other anime I knew at the time, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto didn’t fall into the trap of making one event span over twenty episodes. The narrative flowed in a natural way, and every action undertaken by the characters revealed something about them. Disappointingly, these tactics haven’t made their way into Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations in any way. Read More »