Sound is another department that is pretty underwhelming. They look like a shrunken-down version of what was in the previous versions, and unfortunately, the result just isn't as outstanding as you would hope. And the same thing goes for the environments. Of course, characters still look good, but they are not as detailed or stylized as they could be. Unfortunately, the shrunken screen provides little room for the extreme detail that is needed to pull of this signature look. It's pretty obvious that the developers tried to translate the 3D cel-shaded look of the two previous Ultimate Ninja games to the PSP, but it just didn't work out. In the visual department, however, I have to say that this one is very average.
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(DragonBall Z, anyone?) It's a smart move to leave the story out of this title because fans of the series will already know it, and non-fans can play through it just as another generic fighting game. Many times anime games get so caught up in their stories that they sometimes don't realize they've been telling and re-telling the same story for ten years. And although this may sound like a bad thing, I would really list it as a positive. Another big difference between this game and the two previous Ultimate Ninja games is that this one is completely devoid of any story. And although it's pretty apparent at first, once you really get into the game you won't notice the missing attacks as much. First of all, you don't have as many attacks. However, there are a few key differences that are important to note.
One thing I really appreciated about Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes was that the core gameplay I've come to love and appreciate from the Ultimate Ninja Series is still, for the most part, intact. And trust me, these scrolls are hard to get! But get enough scrolls and do well enough on your promotion test (though these are no picnic either), and you just may work your way up to a hokage-level ninja! The scrolls you earn in Hero Mode are the only way to unlock different promotion tests. You can start this mode at anytime to establish yourself as a genin (the lowest-rank ninja), but it's progressing in this mode that becomes difficult. And getting these scrolls is the key to unlocking the second mode: promotion test mode. Completing these challenges not only progresses you through the game, but it also benefits you in one extremely crucial way: For every challenge you complete you'll get a varying number of scrolls. You can also decide the fighting order of your ninjas and whether you want to use any pre-game status -altering jutsus. Once you decide on your team, you can go on one of several challenges of varying skill level and length.
But there are plenty of unlockable characters such as Itachi and Gaara. Now when you first start up the game, all the usual suspects will be there from Hinata to Shikamaru, not to mention Naruto himself. What this mode entails is engaging in lengthy tournaments using a team of three ninja heroes that you put together yourself. There are two main modes to gameplay: Hero mode and promotion test mode.
And now I can say with confidence that Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes sticks to the formula enough to still be recognizable as an Ultimate Ninja game, but has enough distinctive features to warrant it's own spot in your game case. Even once I started playing the game, I still held to the opinion that this game was nothing more than Naruto: Ultimate Ninja "Lite." However, as I played the game, I noticed there was much deeper gameplay involved. I am extremely familiar with the Ultimate Ninja franchise and was thinking that this game was probably going to be a truncated version of a pre-existing entry in the series. I'll be the first to admit that when I picked up Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes, I wasn't expecting too much.
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