You can always rely on anime games to come out with Madden-style annual updates. Namco Bandai and CyberConnect 2 have announced Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Herores 2: The Phantom Fortress for PSP this June. The fighter will feature twenty characters from the popular series. According to IGN, "Phantom Fortress' story mode will have Naruto and his pals battling through a flying fortress that has descended on Hidden Leaf Village." There will also be more than just fights: there will be quizzes and mini-games.
Just like the previous iteration of the franchise, the game will take advantage of ad-hoc multiplayer (no infrastructure, we're sad to report). Game Sharing returns -- a huge plus of the original. Stay tuned for more.
GDC08: Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2 incoming
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2-20-2008 @ 11:41AM
soul899er said...
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!! Ive been searching on google to see cause i heard rumors and its really true! YAY!! xD
Im a Big Narutard lol
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2-20-2008 @ 12:02PM
Alien said...
Well the first one was a good performer for Namco-Bandai so its not unexpected ... now where is our Soulcalibur game ? :P
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2-20-2008 @ 12:24PM
soul899er said...
yeah the first one was ok.... but the Japanese version was better cause it had more characters, and it had Naruto's Rasengan, also it had Sasuke's Uchiha Blue shirt costume, and the specials were edited in the US version
2-20-2008 @ 5:27PM
cafecito said...
In fact, didn't the FIRST japanese Naruto game have that tower thing and the minigames? So I guess this is gonna be like, the REAL localization of Narultimate Portable.
At least it looks like this one has an actual plot goin on.
2-20-2008 @ 1:01PM
EndGamE said...
sounds like an interesting game. i like fighting games, but i've never played one based off an anime. if it's anything like tekken, i know i'll like it.
i also second #2, Alien's comment about a PSP soulcalibur game. that would roxorz my soxorz.
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2-20-2008 @ 2:46PM
Btard said...
well so far im disappointed..
It looks EXACTLY like the first one..
And im hoping they put more characters but it seems the main ones have the same moves as the first...
Oh well luckily i wont have to buy it
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2-20-2008 @ 8:12PM
soul899er said...
everything is the same except, certain specials and the extra characters which are Sarutobi Sandaime, Shizune(Tsunades buddy with short black hair and pet pig), and Kabuto, oh and OTK Naruto and C2 make appearances but only in the specials and they will (i think) change the Narutos Sexy Jutsu, cuz in the US version his Sexy Jutsu is censored so that instead of doing the Sexy Jutsu he farts, which was funny but got useless
2-20-2008 @ 2:51PM
rabe7notthebest said...
yay piracy for the mother ****ing win
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2-21-2008 @ 8:52AM
heneli627 said...
... this game has been out in japan for a long time, and it's not that special, mainly same game as the first one just edited special and about 4 or 5 new chars
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2-21-2008 @ 7:00PM
amon666 said...
WOW!!! 1 new move!!!
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4-08-2008 @ 10:27PM
asuma08 said...
This is basically the Japanese version, only translated. Way to be lazy Namco-Bandai.
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