The second downside is that since each character’s story only follows them, Naruto novices will no doubt be lost. The first is that the story arc covers all of the Naruto and Naruto Shippuden story arcs so there are spoilers that are inevitable if you haven’t seen all of the Naruto Shippuden episodes. Now there are two downsides to this new approach. Fan favorites like Zabuza and Haku, Master Jiraiya, and even Madara and Killer Bee are all given their own storylines that you can play. Once you beat one character’s story arc you will unlock other characters to play with. This system makes total sense and actually helps add to the story for Naruto veterans. So you won’t be stuck fighting enemies in the game who never actually fought in the anime. The story then follows your character and only tells the story from their perspective. At first you have to choose between young Naruto, Naruto after he returns from his three years of training with Jiraiya, or Saske. When playing story mode you select which character you follow through the storyline. At first this was a let down for me, but the more I played the game the more I realized that CyberConnect made the right choice with Generations. Instead Generations’ single player game plays a lot more like a traditional fighting game. There are no quests or side quests to complete and you won’t be running around a 3D version of the Hidden Leaf Village. The biggest change for Generations is the removal of the open exploration format found in Ninja Storm 2. The quicktime events are completely absent in this version, so some of the action scenes found in the cartoon aren’t able to be replicated to their fullest, but none the less the game is a real looker. You can look at all the screen shots you want, but the Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations truly looks better in motion. The game maintains its cell shaded style that looks better than the actual anime. The game is simply stunning to look at and watch. I praised Ninja Storm 2 for its outstanding graphics and nothing has changed with this version. So the question is, does Generations pack enough new content to make past Ninja Storm players come back for more? The answer is a definite yes. Now CyberConnect and Namco are back at it with the third release in the Ultimate Ninja Storm series, entitled Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations. I went on to give the game a score of 87 which I stand by after several dozen more hours put into the game. But the developer, CyberConnect 2, managed to do the impossible creating a really good fighting game based on the entire Naruto Shippuden universe. After all this was a fighting game based on popular anime, these types of games are hard to pull off. Going into the game I had very low expectations. A little over a year ago I reviewed Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2.
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