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Legend11 on 14 October 2007

This game will be amazing, I didn't even know they had planned to have online matches in it.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/827/827134p1.html

Naruto: Rise of an Online Ninja
Full details on the Xbox Live tournament mode.
by Hilary Goldstein
October 12, 2007 - Online fighters are not new to the 360. That doesn't mean there isn't room to expand on the traditional formula. While gamers will find that standard 1v1 quick matches in Ubisoft's Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, it's the tournament mode that will have gamers coming back for more. Rise of a Ninja offers an open tournament in the Forest of Death Exam.

An open tournament means that instead of a bracketed competition that limits you to eight or sixteen players, the Forest of Death Exam is more freeform. Anyone can enter these ranked matches, so that you are never sitting around waiting for a tournament to begin. The Exam is always in session. And, assuming even a modest amount of gamers pick up Ubi's new fighter, there should always be someone to smack around.

When you first enter the Exam, you must prove yourself worthy to fight in the Tower of Death. You must win two consecutive matches in the Forest of Death before you can gain entrance to the tower. These fights take place against other users -- pretty much anyone and everyone who is online.

If you can win two matches in a row, you will enter the Tower of Death. To ascend up the Tower, you'll need to win a total of three more matches. Any loss will drop you out of the Tower, having failed the Exam. If you fail, you're going to have to start in the Forest of Death and prove yourself again. As you can tell, failure is not an option. Each level of the Tower you enter (one per match win) offers a short cut-scene and then another battle. You will only fight against an opponent in the same level of the Tower. So to climb up the tower, you will need to knock others off.

Once you make it to the top, your goal is to remain King of the Tower. That means you'll have to keep winning, taking on all comers. Again, you're only fighting those who are at the same level of the Tower as you, so you are fighting others who have passed the Exam. The longer you survive, the more points you rack up.

You earn points in battle, not just for defeating an opponent, but for performing moves. Land a jutsu, execute successful combos, and your point total grows. Climbing up each run of the Tower also gives bonuses:
  • Forest of Death - +10 pts
  • Tower Lvl 1 - +50
  • Tower Lvl 2 - +250
  • Tower Lvl 3 - +250
  • Tower Lvl 4 - +1000
Naruto's online leaderboards track the number of consecutive victories in the Tower as well as overall score. And, perhaps more importantly, there are fourteen Achievements connected to success in the Forest of Death Exam.
  • Genin - 15 Pts - Obtain the rank of Genin by earning 1250 pts in the Forest of Death Exam.
  • Chunin - 30 Pts - Obtain the rank of Chunin by earning 3750 pts in the Forest of Death Exam
  • Jounin - 40 Pts - Obtain the rank of Jounin by earning 7500 pts in the Forest of Death Exam
  • Naruto Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Naruto
  • Sasuke Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Sasuke
  • Sakura Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Sakura
  • Kakashi Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Kakashi
  • Kiba Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Kiba
  • Neji Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Neji
  • Zabuza Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Zabuza
  • Haku Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Haku
  • Orochimaru Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Orochimaru
  • Gaara Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Gaara
  • Secret Character Forest of Death Exam - 15 Pts - Complete the Forest of Death Exam as Secret Character

Online combat is silky smooth. Now, to be fair, we did play on a test server without thousands of people also playing in matches. But, fighting against testers in Montreal, we had no latency or lag issues, no slowdown. Naruto: Rise of a Ninja is a beautiful game, with colorful combat. It looks like the anime come to life. Actually, it looks better than the anime come to life. While we would have loved a spectator mode to round out the online portion, the Forest of Death Exam looks worthwhile.

 

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja ships exclusively for Xbox 360 on October 30.



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outlawauron on 14 October 2007

looks really neat. I think im gonna look more into this one.



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MeowTheMouse on 14 October 2007

coming to psp also isnt it ?
too bad we nintendo fans will be missing this one :P
not a naruto fan but the games are good



I LOVE GIGGS on 14 October 2007

I don't love this games very much ...
but it lokes great ...
hope to increase 360 in jaban ...



Kasz216 on 14 October 2007

Looks like a good game... too bad Naruto is annoying, Sasuke is super emo and Sakura is completly useless and the definition of the "female add on" character.

The lazy guy is pretty cool though, as are the weird bowl haircut guys. The Anime fan base will likely make sure there's always enough people on for that game. Might be worth looking at.



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Legend11 on 14 October 2007
I LOVE GIGGS said:
I don't love this games very much ...
but it lokes great ...
hope to increase 360 in jaban ...

I don't think it'll be going to Japan because Ubisoft only has a Naruto videogame license for outside of Japan (kinda sad considering this would likely how to move some 360s in Japan or at least give them another good game that would appeal to them).  Maybe they'll find a way to work out something because the game deserves to be released over there.



W29 on 14 October 2007

This game is tight. I'm definetly getting this game when it launches. I'm a somewhat Naruto series fan. Never played the Naruto games before. But this sure is getting me into playing them. And they added Xbox Live!!!! YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Sure is going to fire up the Xbox 360 in Japan.

sidenote:need this game and Naruto: Ultimate Heroes for the PSP.



W29 on 14 October 2007
Legend11 said:
I LOVE GIGGS said:
I don't love this games very much ...
but it lokes great ...
hope to increase 360 in jaban ...

I don't think it'll be going to Japan because Ubisoft only has a Naruto videogame license for outside of Japan (kinda sad considering this would likely how to move some 360s in Japan or at least give them another good game that would appeal to them). Maybe they'll find a way to work out something because the game deserves to be released over there.


 Shoot....I said in my original post that it would do some big things in Japan. Well if it does good over here Ubisoft might do a translation and make it avaliable for the Japanese.



Dodece on 14 October 2007

This game is getting overlooked, and there is going to be some shock in the peanut gallery when it lands. Not only do I think this game is going to sell remarkably well. I also think it is a hardware moving title. We talk about licenses a lot on these forums, but this is a big license right now in North America. Further more it looks to be a license done right.



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Danny355 on 14 October 2007

This doesnt excite me at all. Seems to have a lot of cut scenes to make up for what looks like really jerky movement and uninteresting gameplay.