Publisher: Bandai
| Media type: UMD |
| Genre: Beat'em Up |
| Players: 1 - 4 |
| Ad Hoc Mode: 2-4 Players |
| Infrastructure Mode: none |
Put your fighting spirits to the test with intense and frantic battles on PSP.
- Relive the Shippuden storyline and continue through an all new adventure.
- Team up with a partner to unleash a devastatingly powerful Jutsu team attack on your opponents.
- Interrupt an enemy's Ultimate Jutsu to help or hinder another player.
Note: online functionality not available on PSP-E1000 series.
Presentation
Mesmerising manga
While Naruto's roots are firmly placed in the original manga series, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 takes a lot of its look from the successful anime series. Featuring the same slickly animated style and visuals, the game is bright, colourful and constantly dynamic.
From the menu screen you're immersed into the vibrant tone of Naruto, with a choice of Practice mode, Free Battle for a customisable fight with any of the available characters on the 13 battle maps, the story-driven Master Road and other assorted modes to check your records and settings.
The fights reveal nicely animated visuals which act and sound like their cartoon counterparts. Everything moves at an astonishing pace, with dramatic zooming and panning to keep track of the characters, as well as intensifying the action. Special moves light up the arenas, bathing them in colour and flashes, while Ultimate Jutsu attacks are accompanied by impressive cutscene animations which can be watched individually when you collect them during your quest. It all works together to make a satisfying and faithful recreation of the source material.
Gameplay
The ninja way
There is always something going on in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3. As a beat 'em up that allows you to fight on multiple levels, up to four characters can brawl simultaneously in an arena, making for some fraught and fun gameplay. Battles can bounce between foreground and background, upper stages and ground floor all in the space of seconds, adding unpredictability to the smooth and fast fights.
Should you want a little more purpose than just beating your foes into submission, the Master Road throws you into a mission based story where there are a mixture of over 80 conflicts and side scrolling platform style objectives where you must fulfil a certain goal such as reaching the end of the level in time or defeating a number of enemies. These offer a break from the regular fighting action, and there are even some challenging restrictions during the main battles to keep you guessing.
Power-ups, bonuses and collectibles can all be gained, keeping the incentive to progress, although it's the large combos and special moves which steal the show. Sandstorms, energy barriers (which can separate combatants), extendable tails, flying dragon sculptures... all these and more will emerge during a bout, with entertaining and engaging results.
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