A failure to the Clash of Ninja Series
Pros: Some new characters
With the addition of TenTen, Temari, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shino, Kisame, and Itachi, this game helps build a somewhat decent assortment of characters to play with.
Somewhat better graphics
The graphics from Clash of Ninja 2 to this game has been upgraded. In CON2, Gaara's sand looked like pointy beige construction paper. The shurikens used in the previous clash of ninja games were not proportional to the character (they were rather big.)
New ways to fight! Stage transition, Y-Cancel, Reflect shurikens, shield break, 2 specials! There are new ways to play with your favorite characters. There are boxes to hide behind, new stages to play in, the ability to reflect shurikens thrown at you, and your opponent can no longer block forever. New game modes and mini games
There are a few mini games for leisure such as the shuriken throw, shadow clone game, and rasengan training. There is also the addition of two player survival mode and 2 player vs CPU which was also fun.
Cons: I can beat the computers with one hand
The CPU's skill level in this game is watered down. The computers pose no challenge at all. Anyone who can button mash with B would be able yo beat all the computers. In order to have fun in versus mode you need to play against your friends because the computers are complete douche bags.
Where is Kiba, Chouji, Kabuto, and the Third Hokage?! You figured by now they would have at least completed all the 3 man squads. Important characters like Kabuto and the Third Hokage (who actually had something to do with story mode) were taken out. Zabuza and Haku who were also fun characters to use were pulled out of the game because at this point in the story, they were dead. Just because a character died earlier, that is no excuse to pull them out of a game. The number of characters are 20, which is horribly low. Clash of Ninja 3 in japanese has more characters than this game.
What happened to the 3 man cell battle and Oboro mode?
Seriously, I was looking forward to the 3 man cell battle. I think the creators shouldn't have wasted time with crappy mini games. I play Clash of Ninja to fight,not to swing a wii remote in circles for fun, or spending time trying to find the real Naruto out of clones. Oboro mode was also very fun. With all the new characters in this game, it would have been fun to try them in Oboro mode. Handicaps anyone? If the creators intended on making the computers so damn stupid, they should have at least put the handicaps in this game. The handicaps were a fun way to challenge yourself whenever you felt the computers were too easy. Broken Substitution Jutsu...
Would it make sense in the T.V show for a ninja to do a substitution jutsu and re-appear right in front of the person? IN THE SAME SPOT?! Of course not! So why would they let that happen in the game. Sometimes when the substitution jutsu is activated, you appear right in front of the person leaving yourself vulnerable for an attack. Sometimes you end up teleporting in front of them with your back facing them which makes the situation worse.
Ahhhh Someone, turn down the shuriken noise!! Seriously, I liked the sound of two shurikens clashing into each other to cancel each other out, but not anymore. That annoying sound is made anytime you jump in the air and throw shurikens at the ground. You also hear it anytime you throw a shuriken period. Whenever TenTen does her special when she jumps in the air and throws a barrage of shurikens at her opponent, I feel like stapling my ears together and jumping out the window.
Balance in characters?! Yeah right. Temari is the cheesiest character of cheesyness. Itachi is also up there with her. On top of that giving people the ability to reflect shurikens makes nejis rotation uesless. It also messes up characters like TenTen and Sakura who's strategy is to chip away the opponents health with shurikens.
Shopping anyone?
I guarantee you in a few hours you will unlock everything. So why bother playing? The shop feature was important in giving players the motivation to continue playing the game. 8 bit pixelated shadows
Okay, now lets be serious about this. This is the damn wii. We were supposed to upgrade in terms or shadows and graphics. The shadows of the characters look like 8 bit nintendo mario graphics. Ahhh The lagg!! When playing with 4 players, the frame by frame tends to slow down. On top of that all the stages are small. They should have made at least a few stages that had no crates, and some stages where characters can really travel.
Incomplete storymode
There were a few key fights that were left out. There was Shino's fight with Kankurou, Third Hokages fight with Orochimaru, and Naruto's fight with Kabuto. So characters like Kabuto and the Third Hokage get pulled out for people like Hinata and Ino, who had absolutely nothing to do with the story from here on out. That just doesn't seem fair to me. In conclusion, this game is pretty much garbage. I suggest burning your copy of this game and go back to Clash of Ninja 2. I would recommend buying Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 which has 40 characters. Honestly, I don't know what America was thinking making this game, and I am definitely not looking forward for a sequel.