When Naruto: Rise of a Ninja was released last year for the Xbox 360 I was initially pretty skeptical. After seeing the way the Naruto franchise was being whored out with sequel after sequel -- very quickly becoming the new DBZ in that regard -- I just assumed it would end up being a half-assed, sub-par game: as licensed titles have a tendency to be. But damn if the footage in its trailers didn’t look nice.
After reading Dale’s overall positive review, however, I was willing to give the game a shot. In the end, it turned out to be a fun, if way too short, ride, and it did have some really nice looking cel-shaded graphics. Seeing as it only covered up to episode 80 in the show’s timeline, though, it was painfully obvious that a sequel would be forthcoming at some point. That time may be nigh, if a recent news update from Dutch gaming site InsideGamer is accurate.
According to a spotty translation of the text, it would seem that Ubisoft has titled the sequel Naruto 2: Broken Bond and has it set for a November 14 release. Based on the title, and where the original game left off, Broken Bond will probably cover all the way up to Naruto and Sasuke’s big flashback-filled fight.
Until we get an official announcement from Ubisoft, though, we’ll need to take this news with a very tiny grain of salt (who would bet against another Naruto game coming out?) and seeing as how E3 is right around the corner, it’s a pretty safe bet that some concrete details will be announced then. Do you have any interest in yet another Naruto game being released?
[Via NeoGAF]
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12:13 AM on 07.06.2008
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I'll buy it or rent it, depends on my situation.
+10 to Narutardness
why cant they bring out the games faster
just cause the current arc of the show isnt upto date
i want it to be shippuden
arrgghh
Because the game will spoil the story for everyone who's watching it on TV? Because people will stop watching the anime if they know what's going to happen? Because people won't buy the game if they don't want the story spoiled for them? Because the game is more relevant when it reflects what's going on in the series on TV?
When asked that very question all Mokona would respond with was "Puu!"
Hearing "believe it" over and over again would trigger me to punch a baby.
Also, they've stopped using "believe it" in the English dub, for those not in the know. So yeah, stop bitching about it.
lol iv played the start of the game so many times
it puts me off buying other naruto games to avoid doing the same things with a few new twists
spoilers never put me off anything
and the game is hardly an exact recreation of the anime, i like it when i know whats going to happen
it ruins nothing
haha who watches the dub
hos voice is so annoying
I haven't played the game and I would give it a shot but the show is just absolute garbage.
Bleach is getting up there too