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(More customer reviews)Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution III is the first Naruto game on the Wii that features characters from the Shippuden section of the Naruto Anime/Manga. The game contains more than 35 characters from this story arc and should definitely please most people with the selection of characters. Beyond the characters included the game storyline goes through the Akatsuki capturing Gaara arc of Shippuden which is essentially the first 30 or so episodes of Shippuden (or in the manga the volumes 28-31, Manga chapters 245-280). The game brings to life the story by (only includes English audio) incorporating the English voice actors from the show and either stating the exact same lines as we heard them in the anime, or slight modifications and alterations to the places where some of the conversations or fights took place.Actually all but one fight actually occurred.The story in the game is pretty faithful to the manga/anime so it should please people who like to play through the actual events as they took place.
The mechanics to this fighting game are, in my opinion, spot on in all but one respect.The difficulty of the game can be described as easy fights, then a really difficult fight, then a few challenging fights, then a really difficult fight, then a few challenging ones, and so.It seems that they paced out these difficult ones to ensure that a player is actually growing and learning the controls and is able to morph themselves into changing their playstyle for different conditions to win. For example a really early fight that is really difficult is mainly difficult because it is one character versus two characters (and if one character is tagged out they can recover their health) so the key here is that the game wants to make sure that the character is dodging attacks and/or taking advantage of doing many of the jutsus that character knows. The only other weird mechanic in this game, that was new to me (since I come from playing the Ultimate Ninja series of games) is that the substitution jutsu takes about 75% of the chakra bar. So unlike in the other games the substitution jutsus cant really be spammed or heavily relied upon.
The game supports four controls styles (gamecube controller, wiiremote, wiiremote and nunchuk, and classic controller). The controls are fortunately all listed in the tiny game manual and the ability to take part in a tutorial mode, will make sure that you learn to use your specific controller style.I prefer the gamecube controller for the sake of a more traditional experience, but the Wiiremote offers a bonus with some motion controls that can extra power to attacks.
Graphically, the game excels with the cutscenes that are directly from the anime with english dubbing and these can be viewed once unlocked.Battles take place fullscreen but the menu seems to be in a sort of boxed format.The battle experience and screen is clean, moves are fluid, and special jutsus are really flashy.It seems to take advantage of the Wii well and the 3D backgrounds with the 2D cel-shaded models of characters is a great style.The menu presentation could have been worked on as there are alot of jagged/white lines on the characters.Of course we cant really criticize it since we are only concerned with the fighting in the game.
Finally a few more things to note, there is online wi-fi play for those who are interested.Local multiplayer also includes support for up to four players on the field at once.This works well and I hope to see it implemented in future games.It can get hectic trying to keep track of a character and/or figuring out who to target (the target button will change the color of an onscreen arrow that indicates which direction you are facing and fighting). I loved the mode playing it with other people.One thing of caution, one can win by just button mashing, but truly the skilled will win consistently because of the implementation of doing guarding, dodging, and substitution jutsus.
Clash of Ninja Revolution III is definitely a great game in the Clash of Ninja Revolution series and I hope to see it continue deeper into the Shippuden arc of Naruto.It was my first Clash of Ninja Revolution game and was pretty easy to pick up and play within hours. It is actually pretty addictive since, at the time of writing this, Ive already spent more than 30 hours playing it. I dont really have any criticisms beyond the slight menu presentation aspect, but everything else is spot on.A definite buy for fighter fans.
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Product Description:
Wii's most explosive fighting game is back, better than ever, building off of its previous successes and implementing the much anticipated Wi-Fi gameplay!Now you can face off against competitors from all across North America over the internet.Featuring an all-new storyline and updated cast of characters from the NARUTO Shippuden series, NARUTO Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 is sure to re-ignite your passion for an ultra competitive, ninja fighting experience - only on Nintendo Wii.After two and a half years, a lot has changed in the Hidden Leaf Village!After years of training, a more mature Naruto has returned home, only to find out that his friend Gaara has been kidnapped by the sinister Akatsuki organization!
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