Ultimate Ninja Storm is looking fantastic and could be one of the best Naruto games ever produced.
Before the main, story-driven Ultimate Mission Mode was started up, I watched the opening cutscene which depicts the story's prologue, documenting the events that led up to the sealing away of the great Nine Tailed Fox into Naruto (the game will follow the initial story arcs of the anime series). The scene, just like everything else in Ultimate Ninja Storm, is done with the in-game engine and looks incredible. The fluidity and style of the animation is really something to be noted and CyberConnect2 deserves a lot of credit for it.
Ultimate Mission Mode will be the primary single-player component of Ultimate Ninja Storm. Unlike previous CyberConnect2 Naruto titles, Ultimate Mission Mode will offer players all of Hidden Leaf Village to freely roam and explore, and the village will also act as the game's main hub for missions and other goodies. The locale is rendered with an impressive amount of detail and -- from the looks of things -- is very open, allowing you to run and jump off almost anything in the environment.
Talking to residents of the Hidden Leaf Village will reveal new missions, give you access to shops and unlock other sorts of content. During the demonstration, I watched as Naruto talked to a food stall worker about (you guessed it) ramen, which unlocked a mission that could be played at any time during Ultimate Mission Mode. The nice thing about these missions is that you'll be able to play them however many times you want, giving you the opportunity to refine your score. Missions are organized by difficulty and a special category is assigned to story-related missions, which are often punctuated by dialogue and cutscenes.
Although I only saw a small slice of the Hidden Leaf Village and Ultimate Mission Mode, this aspect of Ninja Storm looks like a great compliment to the main battle dynamic of the title, which will otherwise be taking up the majority of your time. Adding an exploratory element to the otherwise linear fighting game genre really helps to keep things fresh and exciting. It's definitely a huge improvement over the Ultimate Ninja Heroes formula we saw on Sony's portable.
Next up on the agenda was checking out a boss battle that pitted the powerful Tsunade against the vicious Orochimaru. Similar to the boss battle I've seen in the past involving Naruto and Gaara, the fight had Tsunade attacking from a ledge while Orochimaru's demon snake Manda towered over her. He would attack directly, fling rocks at the ledge or burrow his tail underground and force it up underneath Tsunade, causing damage upon contact. Once again the battle ended with a QTE and the entire affair had extremely appealing visuals. Seeing Tsunade face off against the beast with the help of Katsuyu and Gamabunta was an awesome spectacle indeed.
Lastly, I had the chance to go hands-on with Temari and Gaara himself. Temari was fun to use if only because -- as Naruto fans might already know -- she wields a giant fan in battle. There's nothing quite like the feeling of executing a combo with a giant fan and causing massive bursts of wind to pummel an opponent into the ground. Gaara was also extremely entertaining because using sand to wage war is slick. Although his Jutsu techniques make him quite vulnerable before move execution, catching someone with a combo can be devastating because the waves of sand become overwhelming very quickly. Fans of the series will not be disappointed with how Gaara handles.
Although I've said it before, I'll definitely say it again: I can't wait to get my hands on a
Irgendwann wird er Naruto sich nicht mal anschauen - wie fast jeder hier auf CW. Schau dir die Umfrage an,auch für LoT sind Anime's nur für den Vertreib von Langeweile da - weder wichtig noch irgendwas. 
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