The fights against the AI opponents often feature quick time events that accompany large action set pieces from the anime that would be harder to represent in regular game play. Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 streamlines the story mode somewhat and doesn’t feature the exploration segments other games had and instead features a gauntlet of cinematic fights with scenes from the anime interspersed between the climatic battles to progress the story. Each one has been similar in presentation although unique in the arc of the Naruto story they tell and generally they all move and advance the story forward. The game play is refined of course and it’s great to have it all in one bursting package, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that all of this couldn’t have just been a DLC package for Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 for example.Įven though this is an issue that all of the games have carried in some manner, one definitive thing that has set all of these games apart is the story mode.
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Loyalists who have played and/or own the other Ultimate Ninja Storm games on Switch will notice and recognise half of the roster, their animations and voice lines as they’re almost entirely lifted from previous entries. However, an issue from this being a culmination of all the previous games assets comes in if you have already played other games in the series, particularly on the Switch as they released little over a year ago.
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Classic bouts and dream matches aplenty in NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™: Ultimate Ninja® STORM 4 ROAD TO BORUTO The level of content and fan service is the biggest endorsement of this game, people who haven’t played any of the other games in the franchise will be in heaven with the level of possibility to recreate classic anime moments and even dream combinations and fights. There are special team composition dependant supers, for example, if you make a team of all the Akatsuki members, you’re rewarded with a unique super animation where the whole squad comes together to lay a lengthy beat down. The amount of content is staggering and that’s not to mention the finish cut in images that you can customise from character to character. The ability to build on the formula of previous games is possible because the Ultimate Ninja Storm games in a sense are a culmination of almost all of the assets from other games in the franchise, because of this, the game features a bulky roster of over 60 characters each with their own super attacks, combo animations, voice lines and a multitude of costumes.
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When fighting with a character that maybe prefers to play a more zoning based play style, you can swap to a closer range brawler like Neji or Pain when the opponent tries to pressure you. In this new game, I think they’ve given their most interesting change yet, the ability to swap between your two other assist characters at will. In previous games, the simplicity of the controls had earned the Ultimate Ninja Storm games criticism as being too simplistic to really be taken seriously and though that criticism may still stand, I applaud the team at CyberConnect2 for always innovating the formula and adding extra depth to the combat through limitations of substitutes from Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 onwards, defined assist character roles in the 2nd and 3rd games and overall balances to the cast. In the 3D arena style combat, attacks can come from all angles. The controls are also simple to boot, amidst the cinematic camera angles and bombastic super animations most of the action is limited to a few key buttons and so no complex combos or inputs will test your memory.
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The Ultimate Ninja series began on Playstation 2 with the orignal release in 2003, back then the gameplay was in a 2.5D perspective, so as a longtime fan it’s incredible to see how far it’s come with the 3D arena based gameplay of the Ultimate Ninja Storm series. The Ultimate Ninja Storm games have a tried and tested formula spanning across 4 mainline entries and countless spinoffs. Joining the other games in the series on the Switch, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™: Ultimate Ninja® STORM 4 ROAD TO BORUTO brings a continuation and conclusion of the Naruto story and with the Road to Boruto expansion included in the base package, the story continues onwards into the story of Boruto (Naruto’s interestingly named son) and his adventures in the Ninja world. The latest in the Ultimate Ninja Storm series spanning over a decade finally hits the Nintendo Switch.