Bandai Namco has offiicially announced at E3 that the latest iteration of Naruto game franchise, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, arrives September 2015 and hits various platforms PS4, Xbox One, and PC. A gameplay demo was also showcased at the big event.
The Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 gameplay video is already out online where brawler fans can take a glimpse at intense battle scenes between Team 7's Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura versus Madara Uchicha including several exciting characters developments for the game.
Check out the E3 footage in this link here.
In addition, Shonen Jump shared that special Madara variants, Rikudo Madara, also known as Six Paths Madara, and Jinchuriki Madara will be joining the roster of playable characters in the newest entry to the game series.
CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama also confirmed another playable character who is Hinata's younger sister, Hanabi Hyuga.
"When we were making the Playstation 2 games, Hanabi wasn't shown that much in the manga," told CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama. "She was there, but there wasn't much about her. Because there weren't that many female characters in the Ultimate Ninja series, CyberConnect2 proposed to Shueisha to add Hanabi into the game. We showed Shueisha how we wanted to present her in the game and the moves she would use now, because Hanabi was in The Last: Naruto the Movie and Kishimoto-Sensei presented her characteristics and what she is like in the movie.
"Also, the anime series has episodes where Hinata and Hanabi together in some storylines. We drew upon the ideas from Hanabi as she is seen from now to create her character for the game. Hanabi is more cute in this game than on PS2. She will have attacks like you've seen on TV," Matsuyama added.
The developer's boss also touched on battle mechanics where a life bar is shared among all playable characters within a team purporsely that a three-man team can have a convenient match against a duo.
"Since some players will have a two person team and others a three man cell, we wanted to balance this by only having one life gauge between all characters. If you activate Awakening mode that stays active when you switch leader characters too. It's possible to have a Tailed Beast Ball combo attack where Shukaku attacks first then Kurama can come out right away," said Matsuyama.
The official and more definite release date of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is now set September 2015 and it is expected that an exact date will be announced by the game publisher in a few more months.
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