What did this series of games do wrong to end up falling into oblivion and overshadowed by Ultimate Ninja Storm?

>wrong
that series of games was always shit
the only good naruto games are the ones in gamecube

gamecube did not sell well and ultimate ninja got all the budget and attention. They were only going to make new clash games if they could be lazy which they were able to do until the wii era.

Clash of Ninja and those PS2 Bleach games are the peak of anime arena fighters. Since then it has all gone downhill.

GameCube had all the good anime games of that era.

Ninja Storm graphics and simple controls made it more appealing to fans of Naruto. Arena fighters were big back then thanks to Tenkaichi, with the whole selling point being that you could re-live fights from the series in 3D.

>>713765116
ultimate ninja was carried by CC2's animation staff which to this day is one of the best in the industry. clash of ninja always had a much better fundamental underlying game

Why did America never get the best one?

>>713765329
we got revolution 2 instead

>>713765329
Naruto started getting dubbed in 2005
The Gamecube would've been old news by the time the dub got to this point.

>>713763165 (OP)
I wanted Clash of Ninja but when I asked my mom for it she got me Ultimate Ninja since a PS2 was all I had. How'd it differ from the UN series?

>>713763424
That's the one he posted you retard.

>>713763165 (OP)
The Uzumaki Chronicles games were pretty good

>>713763165 (OP)
Clash of Ninja appealed more to gamers
Ultimate Ninja and storm subsequently appealed more to fans. I loved both series to death. I had every Naruto game on GBA, Xbox, gamecube, Wii, DS and PS2. I was disappointed in storm games at first because the gameplay was less frantic but storm 2/3 and their online modes rekindled my interest. You know remember laggy users spamming Minato throws online, Storm 2 Sasori, shippuden Kiba in NUNS3 pre-nerf

>>713768536
Storm 2 and after getting rid of the fully 3d village exploration was a mistake

>>713763165 (OP)
Tomy was only allowed to release games on Non-PS systems

They also didn't market it like Bandai namco. And arena games were a novel new thing at the time

>>713763424
Not true. Played the fuck out of ninja council

>>713770939
God I miss Tomy. They experimented a lot with Naruto games. the RPG series was cool
meanwhile Bandai namco is just storm, storm 2 ,storm 3
with only one 2d series (ultimate ninja) and a musou in PSP I guess?

>>713763165 (OP)
>>713765329
I played the shit out of these when i used to be a Naruto fan many years ago. I have no idea why I stopped being a fan of this series btw. Still feel nostalgia for these games. And Yeah, they were bastly superior compared to those ultimate slop series.

>>713771048
They really spoiled us with the how a lot of the output could feel so different from each other. It really bums me out that nowadays a lot of anime tie in games are just the same 3D fighter over and over again.

What was the PS2 game where its like an open world and you can level up naruto's double jump, rasengan, clones, etc?
I have serious nostalgia for it.

>>713771984
you mean uzumaki chronicles? i think

>>713771970
because arena and mousu are very cheap and fast to make.
Only Dragon ball has huge budgets but even then it gets fucked (see sparking zero)
A naruto 2d game could be extremely popular if well done
Clash of ninja is still played professionally in few groups

Don't mind me, just the begger Naruto game series walking through
Admire my superiority

>>713763165 (OP)
>mfw I just shit myself

>>713763165 (OP)
How in the ever loving fuck after all these years there are still no Naruto RPG where you make your own OC and starts in one of the villages until it ends at ninja war 4. It's freaking easy money. The ninja world is one of the most popular fanfiction settings already, and the power set and factions are diverse enough to satisfy every players.

>>713772265
Ya it would be nice if they gave some of the open world love to other series even though I know they never will. Even though I don’t care for the series I think they fumbled with the MHA game. That setting would be so good for an semi open world rpg like that 1 Naruto Xbox game

>>713772536
shinobi striker exists, but its just a worse xenoverse

>>713763165 (OP)
ultimate ninja and clash of ninja were both good games, but one had to live and the other had to die. Its unfortunate, we need to go back to multiple companies making games for the same ip again.

>>713772408
Ranking Naruto 2D game franchises
>Clash of Ninja
>Broken Bond
>Ultimate Ninja

>>713772536
Unfortunately they have, but made it a shitty online only multiplayer game and set in the fuckin boruto universe.

>>713771048
literally the same with Atari for Dragon ball, they made all the good games and left after tenkaichi.

>>713773030
They had the formula right there with xenoverse and chose to ignore it

What did CC2 mean by changing engine for next naruto games? I think CC2 naruto graphics are pretty much the peak for naruto or any anime game. Like it literally looks just like the anime.

Remember that time Lars from Tekken was in Storm 2?

>>713765329
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>>713765329
The absolute best Naruto game by far.

whats the difference between all those clash games? there's like 8 of them

>>713765329
Sex with Tayuya

>>713774445
more character, balance changes, more game mechanic changes, moreorless.

>>713774445
Nothing. They are all the same game. The numbers are just tricking you. They don't mean anything.

>>713774614
>>713774659
Oh that's it? Thought there'd be more since there's different naming like revolution and Gekitō Ninja Taisen

They should have just kept the clash of ninja naming, but it'd be final fantasy at that point considering there's 11 games of it

>>713765329
It's exclusive to japan so even europoors didn't get it

There are official Naruto games for the PS1.
Yes, the first one.

>>713774909
cool cover

ubisoft naruto

Would Arcsys do a better job with naruto?
I don't want a tag team fighting game tho

>>713763165 (OP)
Kino. It was the stepping stone into Storm. It was an important then side scroller brawlers.

>>713775498
>It was the stepping stone into Storm
IIrc it was Ultimate Ninja Impact. It was kinda like a prequel storm.

is Rise of a Ninja better than storm?

>>713769120
I hated that about the first Storm game.

>>713774115
Always confused why he was in it buy if Tekken really was the inspiration for all of these games then I get it.

>>713775498
>>713775621
*an important stepping stone

I can't type worth shit.

>>713775668
You can’t compare the two. Rise and Broken Bond have rpg aspects while Storm is basically all flashy fights. There’s an open world aspect to Storm games but it’s very rudimentary, no real platforming or movement based abilities because walk to the next NPC, click through some dialogue then go to the flashy fight.

I recommend the 360 Naruto games to anyone looking for a solid, nostalgic Naruto experience. The fights in Storm are fine, somewhat more technical than the 360 games so they’re both worth at least trying.
Don’t get Storm 4 on Steam though, desu e DLC is broken and basically bricks the whole game now.

>>713776157
Cyberconnect2 excels at graphics and making somewhat fun casual gameplay but anything else they really suck at

>>713774909
Kino

>>713775847
Why would tekken be an inspiration for arena games

>>713775847
Kishimoto designed that Lars outfit for Tekken 6. So they added hin to Storm 2 with that outfit specifically

>>713774115
weird design

>>713765269
Ultimate Ninja and Clash of ninja both had broken unbalanced stuff
UN was simpler mechanically

>>713763165 (OP)
>>713765329
>>713770939
>>713772408
Great games

>>713763165 (OP)
It was on Nintndo so of course the bamco kabal with Harada gladly killed it off to push their cinematic arena button masher copypaste slop.

>>713763165 (OP)
Funfact: Here in the PAL region we got this 2nd entry as but it was just named Naruto Clash of Ninja and it also gave you 400 Star Points for your Nintendo account which usually was only for first party games.

>>713775274
The fights were just as shallow and boring as the bamco arena mashers but goddamn if the overworld wasn't fun to traversal and complete objectives in. They really fucking nailed the look and feel of the village, how it is that very specific spot of some modern technology like vending machines while still looking almost medieval in architecture. Loved the racing ones the most.

>>713774909
it was basically a Ludo game
and now I'm wondering how the fuck did I beat it in my middle school without knowing japanese at all

>>713763165 (OP)
The intro to this fucking rules. Reminds me of everything I used to love about Naruto.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lUrBkgNd3s

>>713774909
It feels so wrong that Naruto started in 1999.

>>713763165 (OP)
Didn't release CoN4 overseas. Me and every Narutofag I knew had to buy that shit through play-asia

>>713774115
Remember when Naruto wore Goku's outfit in 3?

I AM... AN AVENGER
https://youtu.be/V09bVbYMLhA

I miss path of the ninja 2. Online was broken with the ANBU, Tenten and Kiba

>>713788459
Jesus christ dude this was one of the videos I had on my hard drive back when I was in my peak Narutard phase, probably something they had up for download in places like IGN or Gametrailers. Those certain animation bits with accompanying sounds had existed in my brain for years and it all just connected after watching that bit. I never even had the game, I only had magazines that were raving about the games and how they required region locking circumventing devices to even play, it all seemed just so mysterious and intriguing.

Goddamn anime used to feel so cool back in the day. Admittedly I was a wee lad back then, but still.

>>713765329
Just found out the other day there's a fan-patch version of this called Super Clash of Ninja 4, has anyone given it a shot?

>>713791395
Not a fan. Adds and changes mechanics, shakes up vanilla's balance. Mileage depends on whether or not you like the Wii games.

>>713765329
>4
>THAT early of an arc shown on the cover

wtf
were the games just the same arcs over and over again?

>>713763424
But that's Gekitou Ninja Taisen 2 for the Gamecube anon...
Narutimate Hero was also fun, but then again I stopped giving a fuck about Naruto after the early arcs.

>>713792482
Basically.
1 only went up to Zabuza, 2 went up to the chunin exams.

i hate bolt so much its unreal

>>713779275
The fact Kishimoto designed Lars' Tekken outfit at all is already peak crossover nonsense, but seeing it actually pop up in Storm 2 made it feel weirdly canon. Dude just showed up dressed like a PS2-era OC dipped in lightning. Honestly though, that design had more personality than half the characters in post-Pain Naruto.

>>713785685
yea. i feel like most anime games dont have much to do in them besides the actual fighting which makes sense but its nice when devs try to immerse you in the world and give you other stuff to do. i dont even think most anime games these days let you walk around in an open world

>>713794376
no comon that design is retarded, boruto tier almost

>>713770939
>>713771970
Hell fucking Ubisoft at least experimented and actually captured the essence of the show with Rise of a ninja. Bandai are some of the laziest hacks with all the arena fighters they shit out. There's so many animes that could be great outside of arena fighters and gacha games.

>>713788459
Soul intro

>>713772408
This and Tekken 3 are my all time favorite fighting games.

>>713795095
even outside of anime, bandai doesn't put effort in video games at all

The ninja storm games were great for playing through the story, hair the time they were better than the anime.

>>713765329
I love this one. Shame we never had a shippuden equivalent with all the arcs

>>713792482
they were released yearly, this one i think released 2006? shippuden didn't start yet or was early

>you now remember Dragon Blade Chronicles
Or maybe not. It seems everyone memoryholed that thing

>tfw i got this a few days ago
>now there's a thrread about it
GET OUT OF MY HEAD

Looking at all of these boxarts my god Naruto part 1 has so much better designs, outside of a few moments primarily all of them from pain invasion to the itachi fight post timeskip naruto sucks dick

>>713785302
I liked GNT4 more than Smash.

I had to Code Breaker all the characters open, though. Ain't got time for that (especially in Japanese).

>>713795095
This series makes me COOM just because it's the very definition of "better than it has any right to be." Frenchy Ubisoft made a better single player Naruto game than Bandai Namco. Granted it was from their best studio at the time (Ubisoft Montreal) but nonetheless you'd not expect that (especially since I think by this point Ubisoft's reputation for low quality was starting to creep into the mainstream consciousness).

>>713763165 (OP)
I played the ever loving shit out of this game trying to rack up retarded combos and fighting shadow people for cash.

>>713798408
Ubisoft didn’t start producing nothing but shit until around ac brotherhood-farcry 4
Ac2, splintercell chaos theroy, pop sands of time, rayman 2-3, farcry 3 all came out pretty close to each other and were extremely beloved games
Their naruto games are at the tail end of this era

>>713798647
Oooh also driver San Francisco and rainbow six vegas
Yo 2000s ubisoft was kind of great desu looking at this track record

i love hinata

>>713763165 (OP)
It didn't do anything wrong. Tomy, the devs that made the games, shutdown after making GNT Special. Their Shippuuden games still aren't as good as GNT4, they still gave me the competitivefag itch more than the Storm games did.

It maked me realize if Tomy survived a bit longer, Pain would've been a playable character. It hurts.

>>713799135
hinata best girl
Are you the Hinataposter from the Toonami threads?

>>713800110
we have toonami threads?

>>713800397
They're mainly on /co/, last time I checked. Which wasn't for a while, as I don't have Cartoon Network (and Adult Swim by extension) at the moment.

>>713789312
Man that song was a banger, i loved that game too