Naruto: Rise of a Ninja

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja is a fighting adventure role-playing video game for the Xbox 360, developed by Ubisoft Montreal, making it the first Naruto game to be developed by a non-Japanese company.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) For the first time, Naruto has been made into a adventure game. Previous Naruto games were mostly fighting games.
 * 2) Really tight and responsive controls.
 * 3) Excellent story mode that covers the first 80 episodes.
 * 4) The game even contains full voice acting. Ubisoft later released a update that contained the Japanese voices.
 * 5) There are even fun moments from the anime that people forgot.
 * 6) A huge, vast world to explore. The Konoha Village is very large and you could spend hours exploring it.
 * 7) A decent selection of characters to choose from.
 * 8) Tons of replay value.
 * 9) You can even play online with other players too.
 * 10) The combat is really fun.
 * 11) Extremely gourgeous graphics for a Naruto game.
 * 12) There are even some cutscenes that show clips from the anime series.
 * 13) The music is awesome. Some of the songs are from the anime itself.
 * 14) There are even tons of side missions you can do after you have finished the story mode.
 * 15) This game showed that Western developers can develop a good anime game.
 * 16) The sequel, Naruto: The Broken Bond is even better.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The combat, while fun, can be clunky at times.
 * 2) The platforming sections can be bad at times.
 * 3) Like certain Xbox 360 games, The game is not compatible with Xbox One.

Reception
The game recieved extremely positive reviews from Naruto fans and critics.