Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 announced for PS2

24 July 2009

Posted by:Josh

Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja 5 releasing this November 2009 for PS2
Namco has announced Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 as the fifth installment in the best-selling series for the PlayStation 2. It will be released in November 2009 in Europe. No American or Australian release date has been announced.

The second title based on the NARUTO SHIPPUDEN anime, NARUTO Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 takes the player on a heart-pounding adventure from the point of Naruto’s return to Konoha to end of the second Sasuke Rescue Arc. Our hero will find himself once again taking on an ever more devious and powerful succession of enemies, relying on his faithful friends and incredible ninja skills to win the day.

Players who follow the story in Master mode will find the familiar gameplay has been greatly enhanced with new fighting styles for Naruto, brand new 3-man cell gameplay making full use of special abilities, and the ability to boost character stats for the first time as well as add equipment and upgrade Jutsus.

During battle players will also be able to select a partner character to join them in battle, which will increase your chance of victory. Selecting the right partner will give players the chance for special team-based Jutsus and Ougis adding more tactical decisions to the gameplay. You can also play as other characters to see the world from their eyes!

With a versus mode containing over 60 playable characters and 24 battle stages, NARUTO Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 boasts the largest content of all the games in the series so far. Players will be able to select from amongst their favourite characters and do battle either against the AI or take on a friend in punishing one-on-one ninja combat. Players will also have a lot to find and unlock with countless collectibles and an in-game shop.

The game is being developed by CyberConnect 2 and will features both Japanese audio as well as localization in five other languages.

Categories: News, PS2 News

JQ

Who ever proposed this game ps2 exlucive is the ultimate vision of hell. JQ
Niyi

This game was exclusive to the PS2 anyway and the Japanese version was called Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 2.

Anyway, the logo looks AWESOME!

Also I knew this game was going to come out in the end of the year.
AndyDick

well JQ it’s not ps2 exclusive anymore, narutimate accel 3 is gonna be on the psp NOT ps2… dough I’m kinda disappointed because there’s a huge chance they might remove a lot of characters.
Fookie Doo

Is this true? I heard it was only going to be released in Europe. Who has confirmed this?
http://www.videogamesblogger.com Ferry

Fookie: Is this your first time visiting here or something? We only post official news, and unofficial news gets clearly marked as a rumor.

Ultimate Ninja 5 was confirmed to us through email in a NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe press release. So while that confirms Europe and other PAL regions for now, the previous games in the series always made it to America/Canada as well. I don’t see any reason to think it would be different now.
Niyi

Yeah, there will only be 39-43 characters in Narutimate Accel 3.

But at least Tobi and CS2 Sasuke will be in it.
Joe White

Hey will the new naruto shippudden game be on playstation 2? or ps3?
Fookie Doo

Ferry: So u got an email? Is the information on the website?
Niyi

On the PS2.
http://www.videogamesblogger.com Ferry

Fookie Doo: The email we got referred to two official websites (naruto-videogames.com and namcobandaigames.eu), but none show any info on the game yet. My guess is we got tipped off early.