Naruto: Rise of a Ninja is an motion journey game for the Xbox 360 with excessive emphasis on preventing and platforming mechanics, like with most Naruto games, it features cel-shaded graphics. The sport was developed by Ubisoft Montreal, making it the primary Naruto sport to be developed by a non-Japanese firm. The game is specifically based on the English dubbed version of the anime. The sport was launched in 2007. A sequel titled Naruto: The Broken Bond was launched in the next yr. Naruto: Rise of a Ninja consists of two major gameplay modes: The first is a 3D action-journey mode that takes place from the beginning of the collection to the top of the Invasion of Konoha arc (episodes 1-eighty of the anime) where you discover the atmosphere, and do predominantly platforming and racing based mostly duties to earn money for upgrades and progress the story. It features gameplay just like that of a 3D platformer, like leaping acrobatically from rooftop to rooftop or racing by way of checkpoints. On this mode when combat is initiated the game swaps to a extra conventional 2D fighting game set-up of combos and special moves, many of that are acquired as the game progresses. The second is based solely around the fight portion of the sport and is essentially a one-on-one combating mode that enables for on-line versus multiplayer through Xbox Live titled "The Forest of Death". By defeating different opponents, players rank up and eventually achieve factors to complete the examination. If the participant is defeated, they must start from the underside of the desk yet again, but the points are still kept. Offline play and two-participant versus mode are additionally out there. Downloadable content material also provides two new arenas to play in and extra achievements for each character played in the Forest of Death. Choji, Temari, the Third Hokage and Jiraiya got here bundled in packs of two: Choji and Temari, Third Hokage and Jiraiya. Each bundle also came with two new maps/arenas. Shikamaru is free, however gamers should be registered to Ubisoft and hyperlink their Xbox Live to their Ubisoft account. The DLC is now not out there on the Xbox Marketplace. Rise of a Ninja was released in 2007. Ubisoft has also released a free 60MB obtain, which includes a Japanese voice option, the flexibility to vary the in-recreation voices to Japanese, while nonetheless retaining the English subtitles. The game received "favorable" critiques in keeping with video sport evaluate aggregator Metacritic. Naruto: Rise of a Ninja was nominated for Best Game Based on a Movie Or Tv Show at 2007 Spike Video Game Awards, however misplaced to The Simpsons Game. Toole, David (July 16, 2008). "Naruto: The Broken Bond E3 2008 Stage Show Demo". North, Dale (December 1, 2007). "Destructoid overview: Naruto: Rise of a Ninja". EGM workers (December 25, 2007). "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja". Electronic Gaming Monthly. p. Fahey, Rob (November 25, 2007). "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja". Miller, Matt (December 2007). "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja". Ng, Amanda (January 15, 2008). "Review: Naruto: Rise of a Ninja". Davis, Ryan (October 30, 2007). "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja Review". Graziani, Gabe (October 31, 2007). "GameSpy: Naruto: Rise of a Ninja". Sandoval, Angelina (November 11, 2007). "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja - 360 - Review". Goldstein, Hilary (October 29, 2007). "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja Review". Kolan, Patrick (October 30, 2007). "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja: AU Review". Reyes, Francesca (December 2007). "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja". Official Xbox Magazine. p. Text is offered underneath the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; extra terms might apply. By using this site, you conform to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit group.