

The story is played out with you slowly making your way up the 100 levels of the castle. Still, as a piece of fan service, Naruto is *ahem* serviceable. Most of the characters feel like they were thrown in to make fans smile, as they have all of five lines in the entire game. What follows is overly predictable and has little ambition, but gets the job done. The goal is to destroy eight seals that hold the ghost castle together, and to locate the Princess of Dusk, who is supposedly behind this whole thing. Eventually, his friends and allies start showing up two by two to join his party. Naruto wastes no time in rushing headlong into the castle alone.

When they get back, they discover that the castle, Mujenjo, is steadily sucking the life out of the town’s residents. While on a mission with two of his ninja buddies, they discover a strange castle has appeared in their village. Instead, it offers a brand new chapter in the Naruto universe, albeit one that stands alone and will undoubtedly never be mentioned in the show. You might be surprised to learn that UNH2 doesn’t follow the old standby of mimicking a story from the anime. Does this one manage at least that, or does it drop out of ninja school due to gross incompetence?

Licensed games are always hit and miss, but a lot of these anime based fighting games turn out to be decent. It offers a brand new storyline and plenty of portable action. Ninja Heroes 2 is a fighting game based on the ridiculously popular anime. I must say I rather like the show now, and the game was a welcome addition to my massive collection of PSP games. With that in mind, I found the first ten or so episodes of the show online and watched away. That might seem odd to you, but I get bored easily and I’ll play anything once. Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom FortressĪnyway, before I decided to review this game, I had never watched a single episode of Naruto in my life.
