Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 4

"Best Fighting Game Of Today"

This is another naruto game that has not been released in japan yet. This game will not be coming to America or Europe. You need a freeloader or action replay to play this game on an American or European gamecube system.

Story:
This game takes play about a young boy named Naruto who is trying to be the top ninja in his village. Naruto as a baby was sealed with the evil Kyuuba which lead to him being rejected by all in the leaf village where Naruto lives. Naruto finally at the age of twelve gets friends and gets in a ninja team. His team leader is Kakashi and his teammates are Sakura and Sasuke. Orochimaru is after the sharingan that Sasuke has and convinces Sasuke to join up with him so Orochimaru and steal Sasuke's sharingan and become stronger.

Gameplay:
They gameplay is pretty much like any other fighting game. You have the strong attacks, weak attacks, and throws. You get to sidestep around and punch the heck out of each other. This game has a nice verity of 39 different characters to choose from and all have different combos and moves. Even when your down though you can always push the X button and try to land a special which always turns the tide of the battle. Anyone can be good at this game from the button masters to a person who plays this game constantly. Well until you pull out the long combos.

Sound:
This game has a nice but repetitive sound track. All the songs and tunes are from the show and are pretty good, but you hear the same ones over and over again, so there are nothing new once you get a few hours into the game. Of course all the voices are from the jap. anime, but unless you speak japanese you won't understand them because you can't change the language.

Graphics:
They graphics could be better even though all graphics can be improved. The graphics are doable though and I don't think they are bad at all. I think this game is improved from all of the other Gekitou Ninja Taisen games.

Multiplayer:
There are very few words that could explain the multiplayer in this game. The multiplayer is so good that I could cover my self in peanut butter and run around skipping to show tunes all day. The feature that really makes this game a game is the 4 way battle mode. Grab your friends and get ready to be in one of the biggest smashers your will ever be in for quite awhile.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/27/06