Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja 5

Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 5 (ナルト- 疾風伝 ナルティメットアクセル2, Naruto Shippūden: Narutimetto Akuseru 2) is the fifth instalment in the Ultimate Ninja series.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) A really great story that covers the first 2 Shippuden arcs.
 * 2) Includes over 50 characters. It includes the Shippuden versions of the Konoha 12, 4 of the Akatsuki members and even the characters from part 1, like Zabuza, Haku and the Sound Four
 * 3) Extremely fun fighting system comparable to the Super Smash Bros series.
 * 4) The controls are extremely tight and responsive.
 * 5) Some characters can even do jutsu they haven’t done in the manga and anime series, like Zabuza doing Rasengan and Kiba doing Primary Lotus.
 * 6) The world of Konoha is huge. You could spend hours exploring it and discovering new secrets.
 * 7) Extremely good graphics for a PS2 game.
 * 8) While this game didn’t release in North America, the game has been released in Europe, so there is a English translation of the game.
 * 9) You can recreate almost every major fight from the manga and anime series in this game, due to the huge amount of characters and stages.
 * 10) Each character plays rather uniquely and has their own special attacks.
 * 11) The soundtrack is amazing and feels like it came straight out of the anime.
 * 12) The cutscenes look beautiful and resemble movie cutscenes.
 * 13) Excellent replay value.
 * 14) Tons of content.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) This game sadly never came out in North America, meaning you had to import if you wanted to play this game.
 * 2) Like most fighting games, some characters are overpowered and underpowered.
 * 3) The intro of this game can be scary.
 * 4) The game did not age well compared to Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 as it runs on PS2.