Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations is heading its way to the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 in Japan, North America, and Europe in the Spring of 2012. CyberConnect2 been mentioned the game will have an improved online mode. At Saiyan Island, we’re always excited to share our opinions on what we would love to see in the latest Storm game. Below is a list of our top 10 suggestions for online in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations!

10. Lobby Room w/ Text Chat

Exchanging virtual blows of friendship – that’s the reason we play online with our fellow Naruto fans! However, sometimes it feels like we’re just playing a more skilled CPU. There isn’t any pre-game interaction, and it’s something we felt Storm 2 sorely needed. There have been times where we’ve waited that little dust cloud roll around for 5-10 minutes before a player match is made. Until we go to the character selection screen, we need a lobby room to text chat with our potential opponents to not only pass the time, but interact with Naruto fans who we would otherwise never have met!

09. Personalized Camera Views

The camera for Storm 2 was pretty good at keeping both characters in focus, for the most part. The host (player 1), has the behind the character view, and as player 2 there would be a more wider view. Essentially the camera is the same as player 1, except player 2 sees their character out in the distance. Some may love the player 2 camera angle, but we personally hate it! After playing the single player story mode, which puts players in the player 1 host slot, going online and acting as player 2 is annoying! For a local match CyberConnect2 has got it exactly right, but for online, players should be given the option to select their camera view. Either behind the character like Storm 2’s player 1 or a wide view like Storm 2’s player 2.

08. Mini-Games

Before Storm 2, almost all of the games in the Ultimate Ninja series had mini-games. We would love to see them return in Generations and with online capability. Check out our prior article, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations Mini-Games Wish list, for the full details.

07. In Game Taunts

Sometimes the opponent is just so terrible you want to say something to them, but you can’t because voice chat is off. Well, we at Saiyan Island propose in-game taunts! And not just any taunts, but hot-blooded character-specific words of torment! In other words, if it’s a battle between Neji and Lee, Lee could say something along the lines of "Hard work overcoming a genius, now this is a true match of ability".

How could this be accomplished? Well, we’re sure the talented folks at CyberConnect2 can come up with a few hundred ways to do so. The easiest way would be to pre-record phrases for each character. So if Lee sees Neji, he could say what we mentioned above in-game on our command.

The way we envision it for true customization is the voice actors for the game/series record hundreds of commonly used words in the Naruto series, and then the player can join together different words to make phrases. For example, say the voice actor for Sasuke records the 7 words – “destroy” “leaf,” “Naruto,” “you,” “will,” “the” and “I”. As the player in some kind of customizing menu, we can then make the phrase “I will destroy the Leaf” or with those same words “The Leaf will destroy you, Naruto” and assign the buttons we will press to activate those words. Then during a battle, players can move the PS3’s L3 button, for example, to the left and Sasuke can speak his taunt.

06. Spread Out Ranks

In Naruto Storm 2, 9,999,999 BP is the maximum score one can attain in the online mode. However, at about 965,000 BP, one can attain the max rank, Hero. Between 965,000 and 9,999,999 there is a whole lot of nothingness. While it’s still fun to play Storm 2, there is really no actual sense of achievement or motivation to continue playing. We feel the ranks should be spread out! In Storm 2, at 2500 BP one can become a Genin, and not too many people stay there for long. In order to have more diverse ranking between players, up the stakes so maybe it takes 10,000 BP to be Genin. As for Hero, only those who get to 9,999,999 can call themselves one. It’s true getting to 9,999,999 BP is an impossible feat for most, but it will add a whole new level of interest to the game. After all, would Naruto want to be Hokage if everybody could become one so easily?

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