
Basic attacks and combos are essentially done with one button, offering variations depending on the direction of the analog stick.

The combat, meanwhile, continues to be predicated on Ultimate Ninja Storm’s hybrid system, which combines some fighting game mechanics with the sensibilities of the third-person action genre. Watch Video: Watch video: Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 review | Technobubble Whether it be special arts for Team 7 or the always entertaining team combo of the first three Hokages, there’s no shortage of character combos to try out. The huge roster also makes for several dream teams, some of which get a nod from the game through secret team finishers with special cut-ins that that can be triggered when you put the right combinations together. The jampacked lineup includes the various village kages and jinchurikis as well as variants for several characters such as Naruto’s Shinobi World War and different sage modes, for example. There’s also the matter of the Naruto-based fighting game series, which finally gets its closure with the release of “Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4.”īoasting a massive character list that draws from the long history of the franchise, Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is pretty much a love letter - or is it love scroll? - for Naruto fans. Of course, while the manga has ended its run about the bromance between Naruto and Sasuke for some time now, the long-running anime still has to wrap up. If someone started reading Naruto back then when they were 12, that person would be a bonafide grown man or woman these days.

Follow Technobubble poobah Jason Hidalgo’s shenanigans on Twitter it really been nearly two decades since the Naruto manga first published in Japan? Think about it. Technobubble covers games, gadgets, technology and all things geek.
