The Sleeper HIT of Fall is this game.

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja

this game is getting nothing but praise from every game site on the interwebs. even the editors who have no interest in the anime(i cant stand anime shows) love the game.

not only is it an open world platformer, but it also has a full online fighting game with intricate leaderboards, and never ending tournaments.

also, this is probably the most beautiful cell shaded game i have ever seen.

naruto: rise of a ninja is not recieving nearly enough hype....so hype it!!

IGN previews online fights

Gamespy previews adventure they call it an RPG adventure, but everything I have seen in videos make it more similar to jak2 or 3

Although this game does look very cool, no matter how many positive comments I hear about it from editors, I just can't shake that gut feeling that says " It's a Naruto game, don't hype it. It's a Naruto game, don't get too excited"

I've never wanted to try a naruto game... but this one actually looks really goodejstrup

Although this game does look very cool, no matter how many positive comments I hear about it from editors, I just can't shake that gut feeling that says " It's a Naruto game, don't hype it. It's a Naruto game, don't get too excited"

MetroidPrimePwn

As long as it has a japanese voice im in. If not, no effing way.jigglebilly1983

It has them.

Oddly an anime game has become one of my most anticipated titles of the year. :?

Rise of a Ninja (Xbox 360) and Path of the Ninja (DS) are something I look forward to.

[QUOTE="MetroidPrimePwn"]

Although this game does look very cool, no matter how many positive comments I hear about it from editors, I just can't shake that gut feeling that says " It's a Naruto game, don't hype it. It's a Naruto game, don't get too excited"

Awinagainov

I know, I just really cannot shake that feeling. But I'll still keep an eye on Naruto: Rise of a Ninja. It does look like a nice game.

Even were it to be a AAA, I still wouldn't buy it. It's Naturo.

im honestly not very impressed with this game i like my japanese import ps2 version with all the shuppiden chars

wow Naruto? How many of you are under the age of 10 here? I feel dirty just posting here...
Koalakommander

World in Conflict already has that one covered.ball_of_air

No, Naruto sucks. The game isn't going to be any better than the anime.

Everybody keeps ****ing up, and the boy/girl relationships go noware. And only the first two sessions are worth watching, than it's useless because it keeps doing playbacks, and than the ****ing dumb fillers.

They just never learn their lession, and nothing important really happens.

The sleeper HIT of Fall, is going to be BWii if you ask me. I never played the original, but how can you go wrong with a well made, online, real time shooting game?

wow Naruto? How many of you are under the age of 10 here? I feel dirty just posting here...
Koalakommander

25 actually I have nothing to be ashamed of, what does it matter if I like a cartoon or not? I know I'm not alone b/c there are quite of few developers on my team that also watch and look forward to the game, and some of them are older than myself.

Nope......That title is reserved for The Witcher.froidnite

True.

[QUOTE="Koalakommander"]wow Naruto? How many of you are under the age of 10 here? I feel dirty just posting here...
-RPGamer-

25 actually I have nothing to be ashamed of, what does it matter if I like a cartoon or not? I know I'm not alone b/c there are quite of few developers on my team that also watch and look forward to the game, and some of them are older than myself.

I like some anime as well. But Naruto?

As far as I'm concerned, the only good animes were back in the 90's. Now there's things like Naruto, Bleach and InuYasha.

Zack and Wiki and The Witcher seem more like "Sleeper Hits" to me at least.

EDIT - This game isn't being released in Japan :? So when Microsoft actually gets a good Japaense appealing game they don't push the publisher to release it there?

wow Naruto? How many of you are under the age of 10 here? I feel dirty just posting here...
Koalakommander

You have "The Bouncer" in your sig. :| What do you know about quality or "adultness"?

WasuUUUP GAMEHEADS!?!?!? hey, all you try to remember that this game is NOT a typical fighting game. Its more of an ACTION/ADVENTURE/RPG-element/with FIGHTING element.....AND its FREE ROAMING....think about it. This might actually be good. Heck, anythings better than the typical button mashing fighting genre bull#%@! peace youz :)

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]

[QUOTE="Koalakommander"]wow Naruto? How many of you are under the age of 10 here? I feel dirty just posting here...
Thompsonwhore

25 actually I have nothing to be ashamed of, what does it matter if I like a cartoon or not? I know I'm not alone b/c there are quite of few developers on my team that also watch and look forward to the game, and some of them are older than myself.

I like some anime as well. But Naruto?

As far as I'm concerned, the only good animes were back in the 90's. Now there's things like Naruto, Bleach and InuYasha.

I didn't like Naruto much until some of my coworkers on my team asked me to watch it. I thought it would be a more modern version of DBZ (which I think sucks), but it wasn't.

And there is good anime out there if you bother keeping up with things not just on tv (as in actually importing something, or even some local releases).

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]

[QUOTE="Koalakommander"]wow Naruto? How many of you are under the age of 10 here? I feel dirty just posting here...
Thompsonwhore

25 actually I have nothing to be ashamed of, what does it matter if I like a cartoon or not? I know I'm not alone b/c there are quite of few developers on my team that also watch and look forward to the game, and some of them are older than myself.

I like some anime as well. But Naruto?

As far as I'm concerned, the only good animes were back in the 90's. Now there's things like Naruto, Bleach and InuYasha.

Well actually, InuYasha ended a long time ago (with the absolute worst ending to anything I have watched, read, or played). It was fine for me for the first couple of episodes. Then it started getting repetitive and by episode # I have no freaking idea, I just wanted it to end, but was compelled to finish it since I watched it for so long. Unfortunately, I didn't know that it would take more than another hundred episodes for it to end.

[QUOTE="Thompsonwhore"][QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]

[QUOTE="Koalakommander"]wow Naruto? How many of you are under the age of 10 here? I feel dirty just posting here...
-RPGamer-

25 actually I have nothing to be ashamed of, what does it matter if I like a cartoon or not? I know I'm not alone b/c there are quite of few developers on my team that also watch and look forward to the game, and some of them are older than myself.

I like some anime as well. But Naruto?

As far as I'm concerned, the only good animes were back in the 90's. Now there's things like Naruto, Bleach and InuYasha.

I didn't like Naruto much until some of my coworkers on my team asked me to watch it. I thought it would be a more modern version of DBZ (which I think sucks), but it wasn't.

And there is good anime out there if you bother keeping up with things not just on tv (as in actually importing something, or even some local releases).

Well I watched one episode of Naruto and I couldn't stand it. Maybe it's just me, but I'm tired of all the animes that can't seem to decide whether they're a serious action show or a cutesy, good-moraled, slapstick comedy routine. Add in all the cheesy dialogue, cliche speeches about what it takes to be strong and then end it all with the melodramatic good guys always win and there you have modern anime.

And to top it all off, don't forget the swords with strange powers, superhuman speed and strength, the ability to jump a hundred feet in the air and the weird sty1es and colors of hair.

Well I watched one episode of Naruto and I couldn't stand it. Maybe it's just me, but I'm tired of all the animes that can't seem to decide whether they're a serious action show or a cutesy, good-moraled, slapstick comedy routine. Add in all the cheesy dialogue, cliche speeches about what it takes to be strong and then end it all with the melodramatic good guys always win and there you have modern anime.

And to top it all off, don't forget the swords with strange powers, superhuman speed and strength, the ability to jump a hundred feet in the air and the weird sty1es and colors of hair.

Thompsonwhore

You watched one of two hundredtwenty of the first naruto series (not including the now running shuppiden series).

Do you honestly believe that one episode is going to give you a well rounded opinion on the content in the series? Less than 0.5%?

:?

[QUOTE="Thompsonwhore"]

Well I watched one episode of Naruto and I couldn't stand it. Maybe it's just me, but I'm tired of all the animes that can't seem to decide whether they're a serious action show or a cutesy, good-moraled, slapstick comedy routine. Add in all the cheesy dialogue, cliche speeches about what it takes to be strong and then end it all with the melodramatic good guys always win and there you have modern anime.

And to top it all off, don't forget the swords with strange powers, superhuman speed and strength, the ability to jump a hundred feet in the air and the weird sty1es and colors of hair.

-RPGamer-

You watched one of two hundredtwenty of the first naruto series (not including the now running shuppiden series).

Do you honestly believe that one episode is going to give you a well rounded opinion on the content in the series? Less than 0.5%?

:?

To say that one episode is not going to be representitive of the others you may as well say that a Metal Gear Solid, Halo or Unreal Tournament game isn't going to be representitive of the rest. That an episode of InuYasha isn't going to be representitive of the rest.

Of course seeing one episode of Naruto is enough. Unless the series suddenly turns mature, violent, serious and realistic and I just saw the episode where they're just a wandering band of ninjas with rediculously looking fighting and cheesy dialogue.

But I doubt I'm wrong. The series does stick to it's core throughout, doesn't it?

To say that one episode is not going to be representitive of the others you may as well say that a Metal Gear Solid, Halo or Unreal Tournament game isn't going to be representitive of the rest. That an episode of InuYasha isn't going to be representitive of the rest.

Of course seeing one episode of Naruto is enough. Unless the series suddenly turns mature, violent, serious and realistic and I just saw the episode where they're just a wandering band of ninjas with rediculously looking fighting and cheesy dialogue.

But I doubt I'm wrong. The series does stick to it's core throughout, doesn't it?

Thompsonwhore

Let's do some math.

Halo 1/3, or 33%.
MGS 1/3 (aside from spinoffs and remakes), or 33% (soon to be 23%).

Naruto 1/220, or 0.45%.

Let's also consider the duration of making said content. Games are a much longer ordeal with much greater production value invested per iteration.

The conparison of an episode of an anime to that of an iteration of a game is piss poor. The analogy is horridly unbalanced. And I have not watched a single anime in all my years of enjoying them where I have ever liked all the episodes. Naruto is no different, some of them are just filler content, some just have bad direction. Having said that, the ones Iliked far outweigh the ones I don't.

So no one is not enough.

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="Thompsonwhore"]

Well I watched one episode of Naruto and I couldn't stand it. Maybe it's just me, but I'm tired of all the animes that can't seem to decide whether they're a serious action show or a cutesy, good-moraled, slapstick comedy routine. Add in all the cheesy dialogue, cliche speeches about what it takes to be strong and then end it all with the melodramatic good guys always win and there you have modern anime.

And to top it all off, don't forget the swords with strange powers, superhuman speed and strength, the ability to jump a hundred feet in the air and the weird sty1es and colors of hair.

Thompsonwhore

You watched one of two hundredtwenty of the first naruto series (not including the now running shuppiden series).

Do you honestly believe that one episode is going to give you a well rounded opinion on the content in the series? Less than 0.5%?

:?

To say that one episode is not going to be representitive of the others you may as well say that a Metal Gear Solid, Halo or Unreal Tournament game isn't going to be representitive of the rest. That an episode of InuYasha isn't going to be representitive of the rest.

Of course seeing one episode of Naruto is enough. Unless the series suddenly turns mature, violent, serious and realistic and I just saw the episode where they're just a wandering band of ninjas with rediculously looking fighting and cheesy dialogue.

But I doubt I'm wrong. The series does stick to it's core throughout, doesn't it?

Honestly, if you gave up on it after one episode you made a huge mistake. I hated the first three episodes I watches, but it continued to grow on me. Now, it's my favorite show by far, and you would be surprised how much deeper and more emotional it is than similar shows (DBZ, Bleach, etc...).

I'd really recommend you give it another chance.

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja

this game is getting nothing but praise from every game site on the interwebs. even the editors who have no interest in the anime(i cant stand anime shows) love the game.

not only is it an open world platformer, but it also has a full online fighting game with intricate leaderboards, and never ending tournaments.

also, this is probably the most beautiful cell shaded game i have ever seen.

naruto: rise of a ninja is not recieving nearly enough hype....so hype it!!

IGN previews online fights

Gamespy previews adventure they call it an RPG adventure, but everything I have seen in videos make it more similar to jak2 or 3

Awinagainov

meh.....Naruto wont get higher then AA here and i wont be suprised if it only gets an A score