wraggster
April 26th, 2007, 00:42
For the past couple of years, D3 Publisher has been taking care of the localization and publishing rights to the handheld versions of the Naruto series. Naruto: Ninja Council and Naruto: Ninja Council 2 were solid, fun Game Boy Advance experiences, but it's time to move on: Naruto: Ninja Council 3 is the first game in the series that will hit the US, and we've been given an early hands-on test with the near-final build. Even if you don't follow the Naruto series you might like what's coming down the pike.
Though there's already editions of the series in Japan that are further along than Naruto: Ninja Council 3, D3 Publisher's keeping with the characters and the storyline that's already established for the US audiences -- the anime series is several jumps ahead of what we get, and these guys don't want to ruin any surprises or reveals.
Naruto: Ninja Council 3, developed by Aspect, is a brawler/fighter hybrid where players romp through more than sixty different missions of kick, punch, and jumping action. Some missions are a simple matter of defeating the onslaught of enemies, others require more specific criteria: in one mission, for example, you'll have to try and get a gigantic boulder from the bottom of the game map to the top...all the while trying to avoid getting hit and keeping the enemies from punching the massive rock back down to the ground.
Full Article (http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/782/782902p1.html)
Though there's already editions of the series in Japan that are further along than Naruto: Ninja Council 3, D3 Publisher's keeping with the characters and the storyline that's already established for the US audiences -- the anime series is several jumps ahead of what we get, and these guys don't want to ruin any surprises or reveals.
Naruto: Ninja Council 3, developed by Aspect, is a brawler/fighter hybrid where players romp through more than sixty different missions of kick, punch, and jumping action. Some missions are a simple matter of defeating the onslaught of enemies, others require more specific criteria: in one mission, for example, you'll have to try and get a gigantic boulder from the bottom of the game map to the top...all the while trying to avoid getting hit and keeping the enemies from punching the massive rock back down to the ground.
Full Article (http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/782/782902p1.html)