| | |  | NEW ARRIVALS | Home » » Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 | | | | | | | Description: | | The tornado of fierce ninja action that is Naruto Shippuden returns to the PlayStation 3 and hits Xbox 360 for the first time! Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 brings the worldwide hit manga franchise to life in completely new ways. With refined fighting mechanics, a rich story mode with deep replay value, and the first online play ever in the Naruto franchise, the game is nothing less than the most electrifying fighting-adventure game ever. | | | Features: | |
• Leading manga franchise worldwide: Interest in the property is higher than ever where vibrant Naruto communities of North American fans flourish
• Tremendous 3D battles with over 40 characters: Engage in dramatic boss battles using special fighting techniques
• Play the game like living inside the manga world: Stunning graphics and real time animations show off 18 interactive and destructible levels
• Each mode will allow the players to live the action from the point of view of one of the three main characters, offering completely different experiences
• Take on the world with your finely honed skills. Includes an exclusive card system which allows players to show their ninja style
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.25 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.26 pounds | | Release Date:
| October 19, 2010 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 81 reviews |
| | | Game Information: | | | Platform:
| PlayStation 3 | | Media:
| Video Game | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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31 of 33 found the following review helpful:
 The Best Naruto Fighter of Them AllOct 20, 2010
By Tristan A. Hayes
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 is the continuation of the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series on the PS3. This game continues in the likeness of the first game bringing CyberConnect2's outstanding graphical engine for the series to the Shippuden storyline. Apart from the visuals, the game prides itself on going through the Naruto storyline up to and through the Pain Arc (that is through episodes 1-175 or through Naruto manga chapters 245-450 of the manga). This is a wise stopping point as the next game would be able to introduce the myriad of new ninjas that were shown at the next arc. I will not spoil the exact details of the storymode fights for that is to be discovered and enjoyed by the player spoilerfree.
The games story mode follows in similar fashion to the first game in which there are a mix of selected fights from the manga/anime that are on transforming battlefields with large scale attacks as well as a mixture of regular fights. Although not every scene from the manga and anime is covered in terms of fighting, those that are pretty good. The game does a good job of splitting it up between not just fighting fights with Naruto and what not. The village in the game has been completely redone from the first and looks gorgeous. You can also travel on foot through locations other than the Hidden Leaf Village. It actually looks like a recreation of how it appears in the anime.
The game has a cast of over 40 characters with the main team ninjas available in the beginning, along with Sasuke, and the ninjas from the Village Hidden in the Sand. You can unlock characters through the story or the use of satisfying conditions and gaining storm points (in game credit earned from everything, can be used to unlock titles and more). Characters can also have their attacks (ninjutsus) customized. The game has an online mode that is available right from the start. It is a great inclusion for one can show off their skills to friends through private matches or playing through public matches (ranked and unranked) with anyone.
The game has titles that can be unlocked (which seems to be over 150) as well as cards to deck out the players online profile, there are trophies included, voice chat is allowed online as well. Finally the game has Japanese Voice Acting as well as English Voice Acting so one can change it. The English voice acting is pretty interesting for several of the characters have yet to be dubbed so players will have a surprise (if they didnt look in advance) to hear their select characters talking. The music in the game is very fitting just like the first and I found carries emotion in like regard to the anime. Lastly there are close to 20 battlefields that can be unlocked and selected for online play. There is also offline multiplayer for two players.
All in all this is the Ultimate Naruto game that fans have been waiting for, and for people who may or may not have an interest in Naruto there is a demo available on the Playstation Network to download the game, and the game does the story mode well enough that people who had never seen or read Naruto before could get interested in it. This is one Naruto game that one would not want to miss.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great game for Ultimate Ninja fansJan 18, 2011
By A. Dent
"Aragorn"
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 is a simple, fun and easy to play fighting game for those who are already fans of Naruto but new gamers should find it a fun to play game too.
This is the latest in the Ultimate Ninja chain and takes place in the Naruto Shippuden era of the show, beginning with Naruto's return to the village and ending a little after Pain destroys the village. The story may not appear to familiar to someone who has only seen the American version of the show because it is farther ahead of the show's timeline.
The story mode has you a lot more involved as character then the last game. You travel and speak to characters and agree to take missions instead of last game's method of simply accessing the menu and picking a mission. This makes the story mode of the game more interesting and more interactive but it also means that you end up having to run back and forth. The map is bigger compared to the last game and you can travel to other lands beyond the Hidden Leaf Village. Unfortunately if you were looking forward to jumping on rooftops and smash open lamps for money, it's not a viable strategy in this game. This game expects that you have to stay on the ground. Another improvement over the previous edition is that you can customize your battle items before you fight in story mode. And, of course, the graphics are also a lot better.
The fighting style and controls are generally similar to the first game. This game comes with a lot more characters than the other game. You unlock characters by getting storm points instead of through the story. You get storm points by winning battles and completing missions. When you get a certain amount of points, you unlock a new character. The Ultimate Jutsu doesn't have the mini game any more but it is more difficult to connect. In awaking mode you are powerful but you can't use Ultimate Jutsu or supports.
Online is a new feature where you can challenge real people with skill and experience, instead of the easy-to-beat computer. You also have an online ranking that is based of the fights you win. Something that is a con to me, but you might like it, is that your power is based on skill. You can't get more powerful as you rank up, just more experienced.
To summarize, the one major improvement over the previous version is, of course the online mode. This should keep the game interesting for a lot longer than than Ninja Storm 1. Other improvements include: more characters, larger map, more complex story and better graphics.
My rating is 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5.
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Truly AwesomeApr 25, 2011
By Sennin
I am a big Naruto fan and had a lot of expectations on this game. If anything this game exceeded my expectations. The controls are so easy - and characters are fun to play with. The online part is excellent as well. Beware of Spammers though (cough cough Diedara, Itachi players). This game has a lot of replay value. Trying out different characters and learning their jutus - is just perfect. I read that this game does not have DLC as I would really like to play as Danzo, Raikage, Mizukage, etc. There is a little loading time issue but that does not impact your experience.
Must buy for hardcore fans. But if you are just looking for fighting game with variety of combos, this may not suit you.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Best Naruto Game So FarDec 01, 2010
By Meng Vue
"Meng"
This is probably the best Naruto game so far.
Not perfect, but very polish.
9/10 so that would be 4.5/10.
The reason why I don't give it a perfect score was because it miss some elements that could have made a great Naruto game.
-No extra costume for the characters.
-Took wall fighting from the first NUNS out, which is not really a good move.
-Characters wasn't really balance.
-No more ninjutsu clash like the first game, sad, it was so fun in the first game, why remove it?
Overall, this game is really awesome, but only a few of those thing I list missing from the game.
Storymode is a lot better than the first game.
Also, the graphic is also a lot better as well.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 If you're not a complete fanboy, you won't like this game...Jul 13, 2011
By Susan A. Simone
There are many fans of the series claiming "This is the greatest anime game of all time!". This game is FAR from it.
Where to begin? Let's start with the Story Mode.
It's a bit better than the first one in terms on being able to continue on with the story without collecting scrolls or playing Hide and Seek with Konohamaru. But that's not saying much.
Many fans claim that the cutscenes are exactly like the anime. While they do look simply amazing, they don't play out exactly like the anime as most fans want you to believe. Many people also like to claim that this is a way of it being more "interesting". Some of these things would count as what-ifs. For example, when 4-Tailed Naruto fired a beam, instead of Orochimaru defending himself, it actually hit him.
The boss battles are not very good. Sure the Naruto Vs Pain, Jiraiya Vs Pain, and Naruto Vs Sasuke were all done well, others felt odd and out of place. The 2 that come to mind are the Gaara Vs Deidara boss battle and the 4-Tailed Naruto Vs Orochimaru. Many fans claim these make you feel like you're actually Naruto fighting Orochimaru, or Gaara fighting Deidara. But see, these boss battles are nothing but Naruto characters with machine guns. Gaara fires bullets of sand, Naruto fires multiple beams. Which, in the anime, Naruto had to power-up in order to fire just one beam.
Going from place to place in the story mode is god awfully painful. You just walk. That's it. No more chakra sprinting, no more shadow clone jutsu throwing yourself across the ENTIRE villiage, nothing. You do have a jump though...but it has no purpose. I am not even kidding. I even tried constantly jumping to see if maybe you went any faster. Nope. Same speed.
Now to get on to the gameplay.
It's your regular button masher. On the Playstation 3, you just push O to punch. No extreme combos here with different button combonations. Just O. Yeah. Could they be anymore lazy? Ok, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. What else can you do? You can throw shuriken/kunai by pressing square. With triangle you can use chakra. Holding it can charge your chakra. If you tap it once, and then tap one of the other buttons, you can do a little combo. Triangle + Circle does your special. Triangle + Square makes your shuriken/kunai bigger and stronger. Triangle + X allows you to either dash toward or away from your opponent. You can also do an Ultimate, or Ougi attack by pressing Triange + Triangle + Circle. So I guess we are seeing a bit of differenciality here. Now we'll get into awakening modes. Awakening modes in Storm 2 are 10x more cheap than they were in the previous Storm game. Here, you can no longer use your Ultimate attack on them. And that makes things tough, because in this game your limited on what you can do, and some people's awakening modes are HUGE, so you can't punch them either.(well you could try, but good luck with that). Also, clashes have been taken out of this game. Fans who badly wanted to see Shippuden Naruto clash together his giant Rasengan with Sasuke's Chidori will have to wait for Storm 3.
And now, the last topic I'm going to review over is...online...dear god.
Don't go online. I mean it. It's filled with nothing but 12 year old kids spamming the heck out of you with their favorite Naruto characters. It's nothing but a button-mashing spam fight to see who's the cheapest gamer. Even if you win the fight, it still proves nothing about your skill as a gamer.
I'm sure there's something in this review I missed, but overall, the game is 'Ok', but it's in no way the "greatest anime game of all time". Fans of the series who have not bought this game yet, I'd reccomend sticking with Storm 1 or Broken Bonds until Storm 3 comes out. No, not Storm Generations(*ahem* STORM 2 DLC *cough cough*), Storm 3.
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