PS3 / 360
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Developer: CyberConnect2
Genre: Fighting / Adventure
ESRB Rating: T for Teen
Number of Players: 1 - 2
Japanese Release Date: October 21, 2010
US Release Date: October 19, 2010

It was recently revealed to that Namco Bandai Games and CyberConnect2 have a new iteration of Ultimate Ninja Storm in the works! The fighter was the most beautiful anime game to ever grace our world! The visuals were jaw-dropping! It truly blurred the line between anime and video games!

The first edition of Storm covered episodes 1-135 Naruto and featured intense 1-on-1 combat and a gigantic Hidden Leaf Village to roam around in freely. It was quite the fun to play, but by no means was it a perfect game.

Thanks to their work on Storm 1, Namco Bandai Games and CyberConnect2 have a solid foundation for the sequel. If they follow our 10 suggestions, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 has the potential to be one of the best games in the history of gaming!

 
10: Keep the Presentation, Improve the Load Times

There have been talks that Storm 2 will lose some of its beauty because the game is slated to be on 360 in addition to the expected PS3. The concern is justified seeing how the PS3-exclusive Storm had graphics vastly superior to both 360-exclusives, Rise of a Ninja and The Broken Bond. However, the 360 has shown time and again that it too is capable of beautiful graphics. 



Being multi-platform, the question is can the developers pull off both PS3 and 360’s versions to be equally as beautiful and fluid as Storm 1? Or will one of the versions suffer? 



In addition, the load times of Storm were really a downer. After a 12-minute install, we would expect the game to load lightning fast. Storm 2 needs to improve on load times, while keeping the same beauty and fluidity as the first.

 
 
9. No Downloadable Content

Most people would say “are you crazy!?!” We would say no. Think about it – the first Storm had downloadable content, but only support characters. It wasn’t too exciting to wait weeks for a download, only to not really use it. Downloadable content doesn’t work well with these types of games. The only games that it does work with are and those which allow the players to create and share content that can be playable (like
LittleBigPlanet). Unless CyberConnect2 has a huge surprise like customizable arenas and characters in store for us, we would say no to this. It creates false hope.

 
 
8. Multiplayer Mini-games

The first Storm had a couple of mini-games such as tree hopping, tree climbing, the giant boss battles, and find
Konohamaru. These games were fun at first, but became boring quick because they were a solo mission. Making all the mini-games multiplayer is a must. In addition, a little more variety is needed. Bringing back Nice Guy’s Exercises and Tenten’s Target Practice Dojo from Ultimate Ninja 3 would be nice inclusions.

 
 
7. Better Music 

In Ubisoft’s Naruto games for Xbox 360, the thing that stood out most was it’s music. The music that was right from the show! Ubisoft’s Naruto games were a true joy to listen to and brought excitement of Naruto right to our ears! 



The in-game music for all of the Ultimate Ninja games are decent, but not extraordinary. The music from the anime would be a great addition to UNS2. If the developers took best tracks from both Naruto and Naruto Shippuden and include it in UNS2 they would have what would arguably the best compilation of music in any game out there!



We understand that there may be some licensing fees associated with including the anime music. If that task is too expensive, fine, include music from the past Ultimate Ninja games, but allow us to use our own music! The PS3 and 360 are both capable of playing MP3s, so why not let the fans decide what they want to hear for themselves!

 
6. More Ultimate Specials

The ultimate special jutsus were beautiful in Storm. Absolutely gorgeous! The problem was that for most characters there was only one. There should be at least two or three for each character to increase the variety. There may be a button limitation to this, so like with normal jutsus the idea of being able to equip an ultimate special move would work well here. We wouldn’t mind seeing some of the ones from the first game make their way to the second, but a new ultimate jutsu each character in addition to the first would enhance the gameplay experience.

 
 
5. Co-Op Free-Roam with Some Variety

The free-roam aspect of Storm 1 was a nice addition, but it was lacking in a couple areas. 

First of all, the environment was limited to the Hidden Leaf Village. UNS2 should expand to several environments – the Leaf, Sand, Akatsuki Hideout, and other places Naruto and company have traveled to. And these environments need to reflect the people correctly. The Leaf Village, for example, is a lively village, but in Storm 1 it looked somewhat deserted.



The second thing Storm 2 needs is less repetitiveness. In Storm 1, we had to do the same missions over and over. It was tiresome, annoying, and felt pointless to collect thousands of stupid scrolls and play the same mini-games over and over. UNS2’s free-roam needs to be a full blown adventure like a Mario or Sonic game where you travel different places, beating up enemies. Collecting scrolls and playing the mini-games would be a great complement to that to increase your life and abilities, but only if it’s included in moderation. It should not be the focal point.



The third thing Storm 2 needs is co-op! At least two friends should be able to play together. It’s really boring to play alone all the time. Of course single player should be an option, but there is a definite need for a second player to be able to jump in at any time. One could be Naruto and another could be Sakura, Kakashi, Sai, Sasuke, etc. It would be wise to not force players to always play as Naruto.

 
4. Four Player Battles

1-on-1 fights are great, and Storm’s system is one of the most fun out there, but if one or two more people can join in how much better does it get, right?! Think about Smash Brothers Brawl – one on one is decent, but if you two or even one people join in, it’s freaking intense! 



You may be thinking Storm’s mechanics are nothing like Smash Brothers right? It’s true the 3D environment of the Storm engine possesses a challenge, but 4-player in Storm 2 can be pulled off nicely using split screens. Games like Halo make use of split screens quite well. 

 
 
3. Interactive Environments

We’d like to see the landscape change after ginormous attacks like
Rasenshuriken. Not only that, we think being able to pick up things from the ground and throw them at opponents would be helpful. If an opponent throws a kunai and misses, we should be able to pick it up and throw it right back!

 
 
2. Characters
Naruto fans are all about the characters. We might not use Ino or Anko, but they should be in there. Include as many characters as possible. They need to be all playable. Here is a Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 character roster we would love to see:

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    Leaf Ninja

  1. Naruto Uzumaki
  2. Sage Mode Naruto
  3. Sakura Haruno
  4. Kakashi Hatake
  5. Sai
  6. Asuma Sarutobi
  7. Ino Yamanaka
  8. Shikamaru Nara
  9. Choji Akamichi
  10. Rock Lee
  11. Tenten
  12. Might Guy
  13. Neji Hyuga
  14. Kurenai Yuhi
  15. Hinata Hyuga
  16. Kiba Inuzuka
  17. Shino Aburame
  18. Shizune
  19. Tsunade
  20. Jiraiya
  21. Sage Mode Jiraiya
  22. Yamato
  23. Hashirama Senju (1st Hokage)
  24. Tobirama Senju (2nd Hokage)
  25. Sarutobi Hiruzen (3rd Hokage)
  26. Minato Namikaze (4th Hokage)
  27. Obito Uchiha
  28. Kakashi Hatake (13-years old)
  29. Anko Mitarashi
  30. Danzo

  31. Sand Ninja

  32. Gaara
  33. Temari
  34. Kankuro
  35. Granny Chiyo

  36. Akatsuki

  37. Pain
  38. Konan
  39. Tobi / Madara
  40. Deidara
  41. Kisame
  42. Itachi
  43. Hidan
  44. Kakuzu
  45. Zetsu
  46. Sasori (true)
  47. Sasori (as Hiruko)

  48. Sound Ninja

  49. Orochimaru
  50. Kabuto Yakushi
  51. Kabuto Yakushi (infused with Orochimaru)



  52. Team Hawk / Team Hebi

  53. Sasuke Uchiha
  54. Suigetsu Hozuki
  55. Karin
  56. Jugo

  57. Others

  58. 5th Mizukage,
  59. Oonoki (3rd Tsuchikage)
  60. Ei (4th Raikage)
  61. Killer Bee
  62. Yugito Nii
 
 
1. Online

Is any explanation needed for this? Playing against friends all over the world is a MUST. Without online, Naruto
Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 will be a failure. Ignore all other suggestions, but do not ignore this one. There is absolutely no excuse. Include leaderboards, trophies, achievements, and whatever other gimmicks PSN and Xbox Live have. This is the key to unlimited replay value.

  • tylertag238

    yes i just heard that their having the garra arc and sai/sasuke arc this game is going to be amazing i make sure i do research saiyan

  • Sasuke222

    I agree to all of this except for the music part I loved the music in ultimate ninja.

  • Martin Williams

    I hope this game won’t have any split screens while playing vs. mode

  • Naruto

    put in downloadable stuff but after the game is totally finished. it should go to the kage summit arc and then all the new arcs that are coming in 2010 can be downloadable. they can charge ppl for the extra stuff but they gotta make a good game to the kage summit arc first

  • naruto222

    put in all characters of naruto that would be awsome

  • naruto222

    but the characters that are named in the spoiler list are okay if they put all of them in then it wil become the best naruto game

  • shadowpawn

    YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS awsome

  • shadowpawn

    There should be different costumes too, and you can buy stuff like weapons and clothes :)

  • Naruto

    ya different costumes should be downloadable! i want naruto to have his old blue and orange clothes and his night clothes to be in it. the night clothes will be funny hehehehehe

  • Anonymous

    yyes

  • an33s

    they r right online should be in this game

  • Rory

    Yugito Nii would be great as it would give us 3 playable Jinchuuriki’s (Team Jinchuuriki!) also, Sage Naruto should be very possible since even if the anime hits a season of filler (26 episodes = half a year) we still get Sasuke v Killer Bee + Sage Arts 101 with Fukasaku + Naruto for Janurary. So with Feb – July taken by filler that still leaves a good 2 months (8 episodes of Naruto before the prospective release span).

    This means that until Sasuke v Itachi is a definite [Thanks to Accel 3]

    I don’t want to get my hopes up for having Killer Bee or even Sage Naruto yet but if no filler occurs before or during the Pain’s Invasion Arc, we would probably get the story going til Nagato’s demise (A nice rounded story with a relatively clean finish point.) But don’t forget, those character models and animations are a pain (lol) so let’s not get too hyped for SAGE MODE!! just yet :D

  • Rory

    Oops that was really long winded and I just realized…
    Storm 1 covered Eps 1 – 135 (Minus the Land of Waves Arc + All the important Sound Ninja fights)
    Storm 2 definitely Eps 1-53, 72-89, 113-141 [Sasuke has Kirin :D ]
    So… 53+17+28= 98 so the Hunt for 8-Tails, Sage Arts Training and Pain Invasion Arcs
    should bring the total to around 135
    See what I’m getting at here? With their graphics engine having already been made, CC2 should be able to get this far.

  • NarutoGammer16

    WOW!!! This game is going to be sooo frickin’ wicked!!! I just got UNS1 for Christmas and it’s awesome!!! I totally agree with all of the additions with the multi-players stuff! I was just saying today that we should be able to roam around with someone rather than Naruto!! Also that we should be able to go and roam the Naruto WORLD!! That is so cool! This game is going to cover alot of the series, isn’t it? As far as they suggest that they’re going, that means they’ll have the Sasuke vs. Itachi fight, right? OH HELLZ YEAH!!! I CANT WAIT!!!

  • Anonymous

    what about ninetail naruto aww

  • Austin

    i think you should be able to download the characthers from the first storm game and you can create your own person and download somebodys elses custom charachters

  • Anonymous

    @Naruto
    I fully agree with you mate i wana fight danzo as itachi or madara :)

  • Anonymous

    nice

  • L

    this beter be true
    i mean many pepole have fooled me but this time i want proof a vid somthing
    to make me belive so far i only say its true by 15% im a big fan of naruto and this is my fav naruto game
    SO THEY BETTER BE TELLING THE TRUTH

  • edward

    this is so fake this guy is only suggesting improvements dont fall for it anybody can right this

  • Saiyan

    These are only suggestions. At this point in time, we do not know what features Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 will contain.

  • hidandakillah

    I’m happy as long as there’s online matches and all those characters. they should even put those from the fillers like dat Sora guy.

  • XSCALESX

    MAN THIS GAME IS GONNA BE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKING COOL!!!!!!

  • Sherlock

    I agree to all these. I loved UNS but if we were to fill in everything here, just god dammit, gief dowloadable content for Sweden! Didn’t get anything at all from UNS.

  • Anonymous

    This is gonna be an amazing game. i hope they’ll see ur suggestions

  • GamerDude

    this is game is gonna be awesome. especially if it had online…

  • Anonymous

    Some one should write to the makers And tell them to look at this website and talk to the people, Or just the gaming institution. IF THIS IS TRUE HELL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YYYEESSS

  • Anonymous

    Dude i Love UR suggestions but WHEN u say pain as a character it would hot 2 play as all 6 bodies

  • Anonymous

    i hope this game has sauske new sharigan and naruto’s rasenshuriken

  • Anonymous

    ME WANT AMATERASU!!!!

  • Anonymous

    COSTUM CHARACTERS AWESOME!!!!!! I wanted a naruto game where I could create or customize a character

  • NarutoFan

    What MUST be changed from Ultimate Ninja Storm to UNS2 is the damn support characters. Weither u can choose not to use a support character or not because i hate facing the computer when it used its support characters.

  • fantasyfreak

    I thought I saw a glimpse of Sasuke in an Akatsuki cloak in the trailer, which makes me really positive and confident that they´ll get at least that far when it comes to the story, which is a-okay with me..:)

  • 893deidara

    alot of people say they want hidan and kakuzu , of course they will be in it if you watched the trailer you see sasuke in akatsuki cloak so i would say that jogo karin and suigetesu will be in this game and maybe tobi and pain also.i cant wait for this game to come out im so hyped.

  • 893deidara

    @fantasyfreak
    imagine if eight tail killer bee is in this game that would be so cool

  • 893deidara

    @Anonymous
    how far do you think the story mode will go up to. and if you created an character what would you call him, i wll call my created character hikazi you know its an japanese name or i will just my own name

  • raven

    dont forget this game needs way more costumes im sick of playing with charaters in the same clothing and im not just talking about color change im talking about different outfits like orochimarus jonin outfit or jairaiyas, kakashis anbu, itachis anbu,naruto sage mode jacket,and etc.

  • sasuke0615

    this game well be awsome i already saw the 2 trailers so i hope tht we could free roam with two or three players that would be cool

  • http://myspace.com/gerbilsandwich5 richie

    i totally gree,i loved the music!

  • http://www.fnefc.com narutofan101

    This game is going to be SOOOOOO AWSOME
    BUT 1 THING THEY SHOULD FIX IS THE MAIN MENU IT GOT BORING AFTER A WHILE IN UNS1

  • naruto_rasengan

    they should have it up to the naruto vs sasuke by august

  • naruto_rasengan

    this game is going to be soo awwwwwwwwwwwwwsssssssssssssssssssooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  • Dmonfox399

    Well the Village is a 1:1 Ratio everything u’ve seen in the anime/manga will be there, U can leave the hidden leaf and go co-op whilst roaming from village to village and co-op online still yet to know what that is but , Sage naruto and taka sasuke have been confirmed this game also sage jiraiya i really want Killer Bee, the game will most likely go upto the sasuke vs danzo fight, and this is goin to be the best fucking game ever!!!!

  • fruit_punch_samurai

    Dmonfox399 :Well the Village is a 1:1 Ratio everything u’ve seen in the anime/manga will be there, U can leave the hidden leaf and go co-op whilst roaming from village to village and co-op online still yet to know what that is but , Sage naruto and taka sasuke have been confirmed this game also sage jiraiya i really want Killer Bee, the game will most likely go upto the sasuke vs danzo fight, and this is goin to be the best fucking game ever!!!!

    well the guy in the vid said its going to pain vs naruto, so danzo vs sasuke is simply impossibleXD butthat woul kick ass:D maybe in uns3 hehe

  • IVAN

    i hope you could play 4 player battle. it would be funner than waiting ur turn…

  • IVAN

    i really hope they can put all this on the game but i don’t think they’ll be able to put the music…. its too expensive

  • UCHIHA_99

    @Sasuke222
    i agree they should not change the music

  • Anonymous

    i wish they have ino

  • SaGe SasUke

    i believe that theyshould add those character becuz it will fill the rating

  • Beast Mode

    i want sage mode naruto’s transfoormation to turn into 6 tails kyuubi and regular naruto to turrn into 4 tails kyuubi, also sasuke to turn in to CSL2 and akatsuki sasuke to have mangekyo sharingan or susanoo or something

  • DUGGIE

    the most important thing in the game to me is the online, and the characters

  • ivan

    the one i want the most are 4 and 5

  • ivan

    i meant the ones

  • sage

    @Naruto
    yea i wouldn’t mind buying arcs from psn such as 5 kage summit although i’ve never seen it but i’ve heard abt it and it sounds coo

  • elementmanga

    alll sound good and should add but characters are awsome but what about other character forms

  • LeoZeo

    I agree with nost apart from 4 and 9. Downloadable Content could work really well. My main hope (although very unlikely) is to be able to download arcs from after the confirmed Pain arc. This could expand on characters, stages, bosses, story…it would be amazing and keep this game alive for ages! I wouldn’t mind paying for them! About 4 player batles….no. Yes, it works in SSBB, but this is a different game. First problem is lock-on. This is just awkward to have to change targets in such fast paced battle like those in Storm/2, but it would have to be inplemented because of the 3D battlefield. Secondly, 1-on-1 can be really intense! Bringing more people in may sound like ‘fun’, but really the intense battles is where the fun is, and more than 2 players is just a bother. Imagine a great battle of you and a friend, and you win by 1% health. You cheer, but then get taken out by the people just watching on the sidelines. NOT FUN. Right, that’s my ramble finished, sorry for the essay XD

  • Saif

    @LeoZeo

    Arcs can be downloaded, this could earn them great advantage by not making a seprate game for arcs
    This could work well actually,
    However
    About 4 player
    Doesnt seem so good,
    It would be messy,
    Imagine, 4 players took pain as thier 2 supports and as thier player,
    And evry1 call upon pain
    And we would get 12 pains
    Lol it would be messy,
    Would spoil the fun,
    I would like to have trophies
    Like sage of ages
    Is the one who had won like 2000 online battles
    Trophies like that can make game more better :)

  • LeoZeo

    @Saif
    Trophies/Achievements would be nice. 100% the first one without the knowledge that it had none! Kinda annoyed but still didn’t matter too much, just wanted to 100% it!

  • Ren and Stimpy

    OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was online and Namco Bandai confirmed that KILLER BEE is in the game. This is SO awsome!!!!!

  • KakashiFTW

    I would really like all those characters (especially Anko and Team Minato) in the game, but that list is a little unrealistic. Zetsu would be an interesting character, but he doesn’t do much fighting (as of yet).
    Also Killer Bee’s gonna be awesome if he’s in it!

  • KakashiFTW

    I would also like co-op. I have a sibling and we both love to play Naruto games together but often have to take turns for the story mode and missions.

  • Storm2FTW

    I’m pretty sure Killer Bee’s gonna be in it, I mean,
    Who doesn’t like Killer Bee?!
    He totally kicked Sasuke’s ass and tricked the Akatsuki into thinking they captured him. Priceless!
    Can’t wait for his boss mode!

  • Antonio

    You know what to say man! Just a couple more things:
    - The battles should allow us to be more like ninjas and plan our strikes, like hiding and planning the next move (like Shikamaru vs Temari, Chuunin exam)
    - The battles should allow us to walk through the whole world, not only within that limited space. Like, when fighting in the Akatsuki hideout we should be able to run to the leaf village and fight all over the place. If this happened, the battles should become longer (it would be more intense and exciting).

  • anon.

    @ivan then you shouldn’t buy this game because non of those are in it

  • HollowImpulse

    @sage
    Iv’e been thinking the same things for along time. Downloadable story add on packs would be so badass awesome (:P).
    Along with with unlockable jutsu and characters within the add on packs like Sasuke’s blaze technique and the 5 Kages from the Kage Sumit arc.

  • HollowImpulse

    @Saif
    Lol that would be a cool feature, and Fuuton guy for using Rasenshuriken during the Kakuzu and Hidan arc. on Kakuzu for the first time.

  • Saif

    @HollowImpulse
    Yeah, and every1 would buy these add on contents,
    Like if they give us sasuke vs kages arc as a add-on ,
    Then i hardly think of any1 who would leave such a add-on, evn if its n0t free and worths $10
    People would buy it as they would get sasuke with susano plus kages and danzo, thats gona get game producers l0ng term money profit…
    Just imagining it makes me brrrr….. Shakeyyy ;) wish it wud be true

  • Storm2Fan

    I reckon alternate outfits for All Six paths is when they were alive!
    (With the exception of Deva Path and Second Animal Path…)

  • wakaflockaflame

    you cant forget about sora 3 and 4 tailed

  • ivan

    @anon.
    so what i just like the suggestions bitch. fuck off.

  • ivan

    @anon.
    dont tellme wat to do anal bitch. fuck u!

  • Alex

    yeah i agree with all of it specially the part were we can play online n our own ps3 music also with the downloadable content u can add more arcs to the story and more costumes like kakashi and itachi in anbu black ops outfits and also like fantasy costumes like the pics or drawings you see online like were u see hinata in anbu black ops outfit or like naruto in a hokage outfit and also more characters u can buy later. like the other guy said sorry 4 the essay XD

  • Deidara

    I would like co op the way in tekken 6

  • Reaper7590

    I Think That some of the older characters, like Zabuza Momochi, and Haku, should be playable characters too, those could make excellent downloadable content, but only if they could be playable characters. Since this is the first Naruto Shippuden game to be released in america, They should try to make as many characters available to the naruto fans. There’s alot of people in naruto that could make good fighters, that may miss out, Naruto’s sensi Iruka Umino was a fun character to use, as mentioned before, Zabuza Momomchi, the First, and second hokage could appear, Hanabi Hyuga The four sound ninja (during the sasuke retrival arc) ANBU Kakashi, and Teenage Kakashi, Some of the Instructors from the leaf, Some of the Uchiha Clan Memebers, Neji’s Father, Shizune, Tobi, etc, These are some of the characters i think could be a great addition to the game, wether they are unlocked throughout the game, or DLC characters, as long as they are playable in the game, that would be great.

  • Oblivion000

    Wow, so much things you guys thought of, not to say i also haven’t thought of these. @Antonio I doubt that they would do that whole go all over the ninja world thing, it just, doesn’t seem suited for now. I mean, look how long they should have put that in stuff like Dragonball Z, but nothing seems to happen with that.
    About the add-ons you guys are talking about though, those would be kinda huge add-ons, they’d take a while to make, and even if they could do it quickly, it’s not gonna be a small file size. However it would be nice to play as characters like Naruto after he masters the Kyuubi’s powers. Well anyways, sorry for the essay, as many before me have said. :P
    I guess i’ll be playing against alot of you when the game comes out, PSN: Oblivion000.
    Latz.

  • Jetg360

    What about practice mode damn it ?!

  • Anonymous

    0_o first comment??

  • Anonymous

    2 second comment –.–

  • Anonymous

    Why not try to do moves like the rasengan an chidori in the air . Plus why not some clashes to make it a little more intresting.

  • Anonymous

    Im a 14 yrs old nd i know if they cold do that then the game will really be exciting as it is now.

  • Anonymous

    how do u change the pic

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bryce-Pelous/100000747053876 Bryce Pelous

    i love the character suggestion

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