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Hi no Neko
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Cool. I saw one of the Naruto fighting games at Ushicon a few years back, it looked very awesome. I look forward to it coming stateside.
Now all I need is a console. XP |
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Necros Antiquor
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Well, that settles it. With Sony holding the Naruto game license, we'll never see the two excellent Gamecube fighting games. And I was so hopeful once the anime license was announced...
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MephistoSan
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You mean 3 gamecube games, although you really only need the 3rd one, because It's just an enhanced version of the other 2, with more characters. |
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Ohoni
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Who cares about the PS2 games? Only the Nintendo games are any good (Gekitaisen for the GC, Naruto RPG and the second sidescroller for the GBA).
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jmays
ANN Associate Editor
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To clarify: Sony doesn't actually hold the video game license; Bandai does, but it sounds like they will create games for Playstation and PSP.
It doesn't sound exclusive, so if Viz wanted to get a Naruto game on Gamecube, they probably could. |
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VOX
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Whatever man. The PS2 games are good. I guess it just depends on your preference of fighting game styles though. I know people who consider the GC ones crap. Personally I like them both but I hate those GBA ones. |
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midori kou
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Well, technically speaking, weren't the games originally on PS2 in Japan? I don't think bandai would take the time to make versions for other consoles if it hadn't been done in Japan. =\
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Isaaru
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naw. The Ps2 games are better, and far more unique in gameplay. Much more reliance on tact and stratedgy and less on blind luck and combo attacks. Though the GC games are fantastic for parties, the Ps2 game is a far better. |
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VOX
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The wording of this anouncement is really confusing. They make it sound like they are only going to create new games for the U.S. which would be ridiculously retarded considering the quality of the games they already have made. All they need to do is translate them and bring them over and they can have them out really quickly on at least 3 consoles (4 if you count that new DS one). They could have that stuff out over here by Christmas which wouldn't be too far after the premier on Toonami. |
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jmays
ANN Associate Editor
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Yeah, I thought the same thing at first. But then there's this:
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ferrarimanf355
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I can only hope one of three things:
That Namco's recent merger with Bandai means that Namco's actually the one developing the games They bring over some of the Japanese games They make a game for the Xbox or Xbox 360, Japanese markets be damned. Hey a guy can dream, right? 
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spider-moose
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thats for bandai Japan tho different branches of the same company Bandai USA is run differently, if it says Bandai for over here, that means Bandai USA will be making the games for it they are all still merged, but this deal was probably made before the merger has well, they just announced it now |
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JustinSane
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Video games..Great!
But just what we need....more redundant card games, who plays that crap anyway? |
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Isaaru
Posts: 375 Location: the oppressed colonies in outer space |
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me. though its usually 2 starters (for me and friend who also loves this stuff), and 10 packs. If we like it, we buy more. But that rarely happens. |
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MugenKeiji
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Well to be fair, Bandai only has the rights to the Sony console versions of Naruto which would be the Narultimate Hero games and the upcoming non-celshaded Action/RPG. The Naruto games on Nintendo consoles are in care of Tomy who at this point doesn't have a publisher in Western territory and it'll be some long legally complicated publishing thing for Bandai to go through for bringing the Tomy developed Naruto games into the states...though it'd be nice to try.
On the basis of Soul Calibur and Tekken? No thanks, while I have no qualms against Soul Calibur, I'd rather not Naruto play like Tekken. Look just because Namco has experience making fighting games doesn't mean that it would be great if they worked a franchise that children are most likely to play. Naruto games should be simple to pick up but take a long time to master and the Tekken/Soul Calibur engines are too intimidating for that audience. I can't speak up for CyberConnect2 in Narultimate Hero, but Eighting's experience with fighters seems to be a shoe-in for Gekitou Ninja Taisen...having played both because of a close friend of mine. Secondly, I'd like to note that despite the XBox360's stronger appeal to the Japanese market, developers are more likely to cater to the PS3 because of the Sony name unfortunately. XBox360 seems to aim at an older than expected audience for Naruto and the current XBox hasn't sold enough units to accomodate a decent Naruto game from either party.
Depends on which game it was, if it featured 4 Players (though 2 is possible, usually 4 players at a con) had anime cel-shading and someone was being cheap with Akamaru then it was most likely Gekitou Ninja Taisen EXCLUSIVELY on Nintendo GameCube, published by the toy company TOMY and developed by Eighting, known for countless vertical arcade shooters and the Bloody Roar games. If the game you saw had 2 players, fighting on a 2 1/2-D plane (like Smash Bros), manga cel-shading and special moves that involving serious button tapping (or stick rotation) then it was Narultimate Hero EXCLUSIVELY for the PlayStation 2, published by the even bigger toy company BANDAI and developed by CyberConnect2 known for the .hack games. I played both games, though the GameCube game was more attractive because the character's moves were varied and your Jutsu moves had a 100% hit rate if they connected in contrast to the PS2 game where your opponent can defend against your moves before they become continuous. On the other hand, the PS2 game had a more varied and creative set of characters to be unlocked (ANBU Kakashi, Hot-Blooded Hinata, Might Suit [Green Beast] Naruto) which the GameCube game was lacking...and honestly I think Akamaru, Karasu and Izumi where wasted space. Speaking of characters, it's a give or take on who you'd want to play as or which fighting system is more suited to you, and if you're in it for the characters that could be the deciding factor to buy the game. If you want Anko, Iruka, the ability to control Lee and Gai as they unlock their gates and Akamaru then get the 3rd GameCube game, if you want Kisame, Shizune, ANBU Kakashi, Dotoh (what are the odds...)and Kabuto then get the PS2 game...You only care about Itachi? He's in both games. It's just a matter of making adjustments over one fighting system and getting better at it. I just hope Tomy is working on a Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 but not for the GameCube...the Nintendo Revolution, so that they can fit more characters on the disc, like the Sound 4, Kimimaro, popular Leaf Jounin and Special Jounin...except Ebisu and some of the characters from the PS2 game but like Ferrariman said, a guy can dream. |
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