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Game2p.com's Naruto fansite
Posted by SasukeNC on Apr 20 2008 Ultimate Ninja Storm to the PlayStation 3 this fall. Only a few weeks after releasing Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 for the PS2, Namco Bandai has announced CyberConnect2 (the development team behind the previous Ultimate Ninja games) will be bringing Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm to the PlayStation 3 this fall. Because of the jump to the PS3, the game will feature some the most advanced graphics ever seen in a Naruto game including "fluid animation, incredible visual detail and an advanced facial expression system." According to Namco Bandai, the graphics will actually surpass traditional hand-drawn animation. Another new feature to be introduced with the move to the PS3 are new 3D fighting environments for the battles. Each battle will be one-on-one (with the option of two supporting characters) and players will be able to pick from 25 Naruto characters. A two-player Versus mode will also be included. Outside of the fighting, the game will be a free-roaming sandbox version of the Hidden Leaf Village and the Forest of Death where players will be able to take on over 100 missions. "Naruto's PlayStation 3 system debut truly blurs the line between gaming and animation to deliver the most immersive and authentic interactive experience the franchise has ever seen," said Todd Thorson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations with Namco Bandai Games America, Inc. "Players will marvel at the game's jaw-dropping graphics, fast-paced 3D fighting and new open-world exploration as they experience a classic Naruto storyline with all of their favorite characters and environments." 
In the original one shot of "Naruto," Naruto Uzumaki is the son of a powerful fox demon, whose spirit was sealed away by nine powerful warriors. Only one person, the current chief of the village of the demon fox spirits on Mt. Oinari with a large resemblance to the Third Hokage from the current series, survived, and he took on the duty of raising Naruto. Naruto, however, is mischievous and a trouble maker, pulling multiple pranks on others with each passing day. The village chief, angry, sends Naruto on special training to the human world to find a human friend he can trust, otherwise he would not be welcome to the village any longer.
While in the human world, Naruto meets the artist Kuroda, who trusted no one after his father's death, struggling to finish an important painting. After Kuroda's assistant, Takashi, is killed and the painting is stolen, Naruto is framed and arrested. Kuroda, however, sympathizes with Naruto enough to legally take all punishments that would have been given to Naruto. Naruto, attempting to repay Kuroda, searches for Takashi's murderer, eventually finding out that Matsushima, who hired Kuroda to make the painting, and his body guard plotted the whole affair and framed Naruto. Naruto defeats both of them with ease, and the two get arrested, with no one believing their stories about Naruto's abilities. Although Naruto befriends Kuroda, however, Kuroda is too busy to follow Naruto to Mt. Oinari, and thus Naruto leaves to continue his quest. The original Naruto had a significant theming on friendship and trust. At the beginning of the story, neither Naruto or Kuroda trusted anyone, but by the end both befriended and trusted each other. Despite its high results in the reader poll after getting released, Kishimoto thought "[the] art stinks and the story's a mess!" Kishimoto also revealed that he was originally working on Karakuri for the Hop Step Award when, unsatisfied by the rough drafts, decided to work on something different instead, which later formed into Naruto. Noticeably, in the original Naruto, scrolls and stickers are used for the lesser jutsu, rather than using hand signs to initiate jutsu. When an interviewer asked Kishimoto if he had any message for his Anglophone audience, Kishimoto said "I feel sometimes that Naruto is too Japanese, with all the chakra and hand signs, but as you read it you'll find that it's fun." |
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