The thing that I am looking forward to the most in Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm is the new 3d gameplay. I was a little bit worried about the transition from 2d to 3d but from the demo that came out it looks like that the game wil
l be the next great Naruto game. There are different elements to the fighting. Besides having the new 3d way of fighting instead of 3d you now have the ability to ninja dash. You can do this by taping the x button twice. This will help you to dodge attacks and get away from your opponent to try and plan out your next strategy. The controls have been reworked to fit your needs during battle. You can't destroy things in the enviroment to get items anymore. Instead you have to use the directional buttons to 
use items. Each character has their own items to use. Some of them have the same items. It depends on the character. The items include paper bombs, ramen, kunai rain, food pills, paper bombs, burst kunai, make out paradise, defense breaking tags, and more. These items are designed to help you in battle. 
The chakra system has been changed as well. In the previous games you could only use the chakra gauge for charging your chakra, using justu, and unleashing secret techiniques. This time you can use it to charge your chakra, use justu, preform ninja dashes, throw more powerful shruiken, and unleash your ultimate justu. Like the ninja dash and the 
new item system the new chakra system is really easy to control. Holding the triangle button down charges your chakra. Pressing triangle and then right after pressing either square, circle, or x does the chakra dash, chakra shruiken, or ninjustu. It's triangle then square for chakra shruiken, triangle then x for the chakra dash, and triangle circle for the justu attacks. Also if you press triangle twice and then 
press circle the you will use your ultimate justu. The controls are pretty simple and from the demo they feel fluid. You don't have alot of air combat moves anymore like in the older games. You only have one air move where you only have to tap the circle button. By doing this you can knock your opponent down and can easily charge your chakra or 
try to get some distance from your opponent. A new feature is the ability to call on support characters. If you want to charge your chakra but can't you can call on your support characters to keep your opponent busy while you do so. If you want to deal more damage or to interupt your opponent's attack you can call on your support to help you 
out. There are over thirty characters including support characters. I think that's a good amount of characters so far. The game doesn't have online. It does have normal two on two multiplayer. However it does have DLC. Support characters have been confirmed for DLC. I hope that the developers add new playable characters through DLC. The game features a free roam mode with over a hundred missions. In free roam mode you can take on missions ranked S. A, B, C, and D and interact with other characters while you do so. You can also use abilities in the free roam 
mode to help make your way around the world. You can use the Naruto Cannon to help you cross over to different buildings faster and you can use Nauto's Rasengan to break through objects in the world that you couldn't get to before. In free roam you can explore the Hidden Leaf Village. The developers have tried to make the village into a living breathing world that looks exactly like the 
anime. The game's story will go the first one hundred and thirty five episodes taken from the show. Through the beginning of Naruto through the end of the Sasuke Retrieval Ark. You can play the game in either the english or the original japannese voice overs. Different parts of the game will have giant boss battles including Naruto vs Shukaku. In those battles there are moments 
that are like the God of War gameplay where you have a certain amount of time to press a specific button that leads to a dramatic cequence. Also in before battle you can customize your team. You can choose what ninjustu you what for your character and support characters. You can also choose what ultimate justu you want your main character to use during battle. The ultimate justus have a mini game for each one during battle. These include 
button taping and button incantations. Whoever is the fastest in these mini games either the attacker or the defender gets either pulls off the ultimate justu(the attacker) and deals great damage or interupts the ultimate justu(the defender) all together. The graphics for this game are impressive. The graphics come closer to the look of the anime than any other Naruto game thanks to the power of the 
Playstation 3. The graphics sometimes look better than the show ! Even with all of that I still think that the new 3d combat is what fans are going to buy this game for. It is fun, has a fast paste to it, and It is something that hasn't been done in a Naruto game before. The new 3d combat is definitly a step forward for Naruto games and that's why I choose 3d combat as the thing that I am most looking forward to in this game. The game developers have done a real good job in developing this game and I can't wait to play it. I can't wait for Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm.
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