The First 10 Minutes: Naruto 360

BlimBlim
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 | 10:20 PM
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Xbox 360

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja will be released today in the US, and on Friday in Europe, and this time we managed to get some videos out before the actual release. Let's hope this will be more often the case! Anyway, for a half linear and half sandbox game like Naruto nothing less than 5 videos will be necessary to show how everything works, but I'm sure the numerous fans of the series won't mind!
Update: All five videos are now online.

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Commented on 2007-10-31 09:36:38

man that game is awesome!!!!
the way they go from ingame to cutscenes is great!

now i know why they did not show any gameplay from the story missions=)

i am totally getting this game, no matter what, its a must have for me=)

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alimokrane

Commented on 2007-10-31 10:09:05

NIce Cliffhanger BlimBlim (secretely curses blim :P). I never watched he anime but I DEFINATELY liked what I saw.

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starfox14now

Commented on 2007-10-31 10:24:04

Ubisoft for Prez!!!
Ubisoft Does what Nipondont!!!

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Damake

Commented on 2007-10-31 10:57:00

woah. ehh..that looked awesome. I really liked the battle, it looked awesome and sounds equally as good, too bad there's way too many good games coming before the end of the year as it is, can't even get all them but If I'd have the money for this I'd happily pay :)

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jesus05

Commented on 2007-10-31 11:04:19

Surprisingly good.

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Stac

Commented on 2007-10-31 11:55:06

Gameplay is good! But the voice acting killed the game's overall aspect.

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Mikeey_kakashi

Commented on 2007-10-31 12:05:45

this is out on friday. it's only wednesday :(

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Majinme

Commented on 2007-10-31 12:23:52

There were supposed to be japanese voice-overs as an option right? Does anyone know if that made it in to the final game?

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starfox14now

Commented on 2007-10-31 12:53:51

Confirmed as a "Downlodable Content" planned shortly after the release.
You should just do a Strait Side-quest Play, and do the Main Stuff only, or do it again when the Jap VA arrives.

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AngelDj

Commented on 2007-10-31 13:22:46

WTF? When naruto casts kagebunshin the map changes!! It's like a fighting game but with a little story... Didn't like it at all. I thought it was going to be different.

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Skarp

Commented on 2007-10-31 14:25:44 In reply to starfox14now

Posted by starfox14now

Confirmed as a "Downlodable Content" planned shortly after the release.
You should just do a Strait Side-quest Play, and do the Main Stuff only, or do it again when the Jap VA arrives.

do you have any sources? I've never heard of this until now.

EDIT: nevermind, I just found one. That's fucking awesome!

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fr0sty

Commented on 2007-10-31 14:39:46 In reply to Stac

Posted by Stac

Gameplay is good! But the voice acting killed the game's overall aspect.

Hopefully there will be an in-game option to include japanese voice overs.

Most developers are realising that us brits and many others prefer the original dialogue and for a game of this calibur, they`d be stupid not to include it.

I have to say that after watching this short film, I`m now drooling at the prospect of playing this very soon.

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aang001

Commented on 2007-10-31 14:47:55

More than likely picking it up today. I wandered whether I would due to the bad Eng voices, but if anything you can always have a few drinks before playing and laugh your head off at the butchering of anything that was Japanese. Like "Rayman" instead of Ramen ect. Though most of the time your cringing as anyone speaks while sheading girlly tears for them to stop speaking! Hoping for that patch today. And that they have more than one or two dl characters. Like in the 30 range. 8-13 characters for such a series doesnt cut it.

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szaromir

Commented on 2007-10-31 14:53:26

GY guys, I love how you always state "impressions later' and never actually write them. :)

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Xion4360

Commented on 2007-10-31 16:10:29

great but how about atleast a couple VF5 vids as promised?

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aang001

Commented on 2007-10-31 16:57:01

I now have the game but having difficulty connecting to ubi servers for the excusive content. Get back to you on if the J voices are there or not.

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starfox14now

Commented on 2007-10-31 17:37:40 In reply to aang001

Posted by aang001

I now have the game but having difficulty connecting to ubi servers for the excusive content. Get back to you on if the J voices are there or not.

The Euroland version has the promise of JAP VA on the Launch date.
Said By Ubi Germany PR.

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R0oK

Commented on 2007-10-31 17:43:42

That would be really sad if that game launched without the Japanese voices... The English ones are so awful.

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Xion4360

Commented on 2007-10-31 17:57:24 In reply to R0oK

Posted by R0oK

That would be really sad if that game launched without the Japanese voices... The English ones are so awful.

as long as they are added later, but to the fans, good or bad, they just want the voice acting to match the anime, and it does do that it seems

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prodygee

Commented on 2007-10-31 22:43:07

Holy cr@p, I don't follow this anime (except for loads of others), I do know that the fights (when there are :P - I hear there're only fillers)are beautifully animated. And this looks very powerful, it sounds good too except for the voices, but there'll come Japanese voices as Downloadable Contant (after 2 months sigh)

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vspectra06

Commented on 2007-10-31 22:45:24

Thanks blim.

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azupanda

Commented on 2007-10-31 23:43:46

Pretty cool, sadly I don't like Naruto. Also, terrible dub . I think I'd rather play the game with the original Japanese voice overs with some English subs. Gahhh terrible. Naruto gives me a headache.

Can you be other characters in the game or are you stuck playing as Naruto?

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mkk316

Commented on 2007-11-01 00:14:13 In reply to azupanda

Posted by azupanda

Yes, you are stuck being Naruto for the story portion of the game. Obviously, you can be whom ever you want in vs.

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Jollipop

Commented on 2007-11-01 00:41:29 In reply to Xion4360

Posted by Xion4360

as long as they are added later, but to the fans, good or bad, they just want the voice acting to match the anime, and it does do that it seems

Depends many of the lessor common characters aren't voiced by the same people who do the US anime.

Jiraiya being one of them.

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azupanda

Commented on 2007-11-01 01:40:10 In reply to mkk316

Posted by mkk316

Yes, you are stuck being Naruto for the story portion of the game. Obviously, you can be whom ever you want in vs.

Brings up another question that I'm sure is answered somewhere, but oh well. Online vs. mode?

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