Best Naruto Game (for me)

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OK, just re-played the demo for TBB and the demo for UNS...

The fighting system for TBB just seemed... strange... Jumping was made almost useless, and the main way to win was to knock your opponent far away and then do a jutsu on the (unevenly placed) thumbsticks (which all are the same), and then wait for the bars to fill up. Then some jutsus went into really akwardly-controlled first-person minigames (Shikamaru, Orochimaru) that completely killed any seriousness and made me laugh, while others were just cutscenes with buttons, and some were just plain cutscenes. Also, combos are controlled by two buttons. The swap-out feature was nice and somewhat reminiscent of GNT4. Everything just felt kind of akward...

On UNS, although it is criticized for having one main hit button, you can actually end up laying out some somewhat different combos (although STILL very limited) if you try. Stangely enough, for everything that TBB makes a button-push, UNS makes it a combo, and vice-versa. I didn't like the fact that your teammates are helper-only, but they still make combat and combos more interesting. The graphics are AMAZING, but I'm still not used to the PS3 buttons so the finishing moves (which all control relatively similar in execution) were somewhat difficult to get the max value out of. The in-game transformation feature is nice, and once again reminiscent of GNT4, if somewhat different. The use of items seemed strange, but made it slightly more interesting. I didn't like the multi-colored health bars, but I'm sure I'll be able to find out what that's about if I get it...

Unfortunately, neither of those games has 4-Player multiplayer...

So far, I am liking UNS better than TBB by a little... The combo system is weak, but the things that you do that aren't combos are pretty well-implemented... I will look at the roster list for all three games, mabye I'll end up getting UNS and CoN:R3 or 4 eventually... On the plus side, if I buy UNS, there will be no UNS2 for at least a year, because UNA is coming out for PSP...

May give CoN:R3/4 and TBB a rent, but I think I'll probably end up buying N:UNS...

Any last warnings/compliments about the game would still be appreciated...

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