You can do low blocks in both of the Naruto 360 games. You have to hit down and block and the same time.
The bad thing abotu those games is how the fighting is by far the best aspect but it's totally undocumented. They don't tell you how to do most of the techniques, which is why alot of people don't know that you can low block. They also tell you the incorrect way of doing a replacement jutsu, which is a critical feature of the game. Outside of that, the games are alot of fun. The fighting system at it's core is one of the better ones in a fighting game, but man they didn't balance the game for crap.
You've got characters who can endlessly loop stun moves like Tayuya and Shikamaru. A critical part of the game requires either distance from your opponent or you knocking them on the ground long enough so that you can do a super move. They give Itachi the best long rang abilities, turbo speed shurikens, a two hit combo that knocks you on the ground for like 5 seconds (which is basically instant death in this game) and then a super that's one of the fastest to execute in the entire game that gives him like 8 auto blocks even at it's weakest level.
Other than that, the games is alot of fun. More fighting games need to copy the idea of teleporting out of a combo or a mid combo parry. It adds an element to the gameplay that always keeps you on your toes. I don't know any other game where you can punch someone, they teleport behind you and try to do a combo, you teleport out of the first hit of that combo and knock them in the air and go for an air combo, they teleport behind you on the first hit and do an air dash to catch you for an air combo, you teleport out of that and then throw them on the ground. None of that is easy to do and requires pretty sharp timing to pull off so it gets crazy.
But the balancing is so poor that it's hard for me to call it underrated. The Wii games don't get a fair shake imo. They don't have any mid fight minigames which makes them better fighters by default imo. The balancing pretty good and the speed is nice. The only bad thing is that they aren't online so unless you're a little kid or you're in a dorm you'll only be able to fight the computer.
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