The Xbox 360-exclusive Naruto: Rise of a Ninja takes place in a world where ninja are the ultimate power. Infused with the spirit of a once fearsome Nine-Tailed Fox demon, Uzumaki Naruto is a ninja-in-training who is learning the art of ninjutsu with his classmates Sakura and Sasuke. The trio studies under the instruction of their teacher, Kakashi, who helps the group face a series of dangerous and daunting tests and challenges. Through their adventures, the young ninjas learn the importance of friendship, teamwork, loyalty, hard work, creativity, ingenuity and right versus wrong.
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Ubisoft told us that their Xbox 360-exclusive Naruto: Rise of a Ninja will have the voices by the official Naruto Japanese cast available post-launch as free downloadable content on Xbox Live Marketplace.
The voice cast includes:
* Junko Takeuchi as Uzumaki Naruto
* Kazuhiko Inoue as Hatake Kakashi
* Chie Nakamura as Haruno Sakura
* Noriaki Sugiyama as Uchiha Sasuke
* Kujira as Orochimaru
* Akira Ishida as Sabaku no Gaara
Now let’s join the Fight Game Design Director Massimo Guarini and Animation Director Khai Nguyen in this second dev diary that shows the adventure-RPG’s Fight Design in action. Watch how Ubisoft looks to recreate the fast-paced ninja combat and unique style of the popular anime.
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja is an Xbox 360-exclusive game being developed at Ubisoft Montreal. Not only is it the first time a Naruto game is developed by a non-Japanese company, but the game itself is specifically based off the English dubbed version of the anime, with the option to use the original Japanese voice actors in the game.
Rise of a Ninja takes place in the world of Naruto, where ninja are the ultimate power. Let’s join the game Designer Phillipe Therien and Lead Programmer Francois Massein in this first dev diary that shows the adventure-RPG’s Character Progression in action.
The next dev diary will be about the Fighting System, so we’ll hopefully find out more about the online Versus multiplayer via Xbox Live. The release date in America is on October 23rd and in Europe on November 1st, 2007.
The Xbox 360-exclusive Naruto: Rise of a Ninja takes place in a world where ninja are the ultimate power. Infused with the spirit of a once fearsome Nine-Tailed Fox demon, Uzumaki Naruto is a ninja-in-training who is learning the art of ninjutsu with his classmates Sakura and Sasuke. The trio studies under the instruction of their teacher, Kakashi, who helps the group face a series of dangerous and daunting tests and challenges. Through their adventures, the young ninjas learn the importance of friendship, teamwork, loyalty, hard work, creativity, ingenuity and right versus wrong.