Hmm... Looks pretty good, but personally... I thought it looked more like a cartoon in stills than motion.

Still, it's a Naruto game, so I'm not really interested anyways.

BPMβ

@akzidenzgrotesk: The tech being used for SF4 is much more advanced but you would have to understand a few basic things about Cell shading to realize that. Long story short... the details in the silhouette is what you should be focusing on, not the flat color. SF4 has the quality of hand sketched comic book illustrations than the smoother lines found in cell-based animation. If you want to really test a 3D engine, try to get it to do this style:

+ Watch video

I recommend you watch Kemonozume. It may be one of the best anime styles you'll ever see :)

okenny :)

@FullyShadow: I agree

Luna

ok, I'm sold. add the original japanese dub and it'll make the game even sweeter. if not, I'll just import it.

Luna

I'm not buying into anything until I get confirmation there is dual audio. Remember, Ubisoft almost messed up when they published a Naruto game for the Xbox 360. Luckily, they made up for it as a downloadable content via Xbox Live. In this case, there shouldn't be a downloadable content because of the massive disc space of the blu-ray.

Kyouya

those are some bad ass c.shaded graphix!!!!

this is definitely a good year to be a gamer!! anyone else agrees!?

FullyShadow

the "believe it" in the headline was totally unnecessary. I'd replace it with "Dattebayo"

Luna

@mizzle:

That's all in-game footage

LittleBigPlaneteer

Wow pretty awesome prerendered trailer. Show me some in game footage.

mizzle

looks like DBZ:Burst limit has some graphical competition for best anime cell shading graphics

featherblade360

@Sabastian_Chadwick_McGirt: and so the descent into madness begin. I'm bowing out of this argument early :) Good luck to who ever wants to repeat themselves for the next 200+ posts :(

okenny :)

Why the shit is this technology being used for a Naruto game instead of SFIV?

(No offense to Naruto fans)

akzidenzgrotesk

@okenny :): I agree, as it stands right now this is the best, even better than Valkyrie Profile (Which looked pretty good to begin with), and this coming from someone who doesn't like Naruto, but the sheer beauty of it might actually... you know... make me buy it.

zoesch

It seriously looks like an anime cartoon, unbelievable. I'm not a fan of Naruto so I probably won't buy this game...but I am intrigued nonetheless.

PaulHunter

Stop making Naruto games.

Gurren Lagann instead! kthnxbye

theswitcher

@djHEAT: WAS. Pre 128 and Early Shipuuden... It's gotten so slow. (Not Going to comment on the Localized American mess, although voice acting and lines are getting better post WE HATE BELIEVE IT)

ph15h needs followers

Wow. I'm lucky I can still comment with a foot in my mouth, but I guess I'm unlucky to have to put my foot there in the first place.

Vorpal

LiC

Wow that is very impressive. I hope the gameplay stacks up too. Remember boys and girls that a 100,000 sports car that drives like a 1,000 used P.O.S is still crap.

They seem to have the animation and graphics right. Now to find out about the rest.

Figcoinc

@Psudonym:

I just got done comparing this trailer to the E3 07 trailer for Rise of a Ninja on 360.

Ultimate Ninja Storm utterly destroys Rise of a Ninja.

Sabastian_Chadwick_McGirt

THIS!!! This is how Street Fighter 4 should have looked!

Damn you Capcom!!!

hondo

Wow. That looks really good. Looks better than the actual anime. But I wish they would make something else besides a Naruto fighting game. But I guess a fighting game is an obvious choice. Just like how there's no good Dragon Ball game that's NOT a fighting game.

cantbeatmegaman

This is the best anime-to-3d I've seen yet. I may just have to get this for the eye candy.

Gwydeon

Pezdispenser

That looks stunning. Hopefully they'll develop a control scheme that makes pulling off those dodges and moves feel equally as fluid. First Street Fighter IV, Soul Caliber IV, now this. So many good looking fighting games coming out. I haven't played a fighting game since VFIV came out so I'm past overdue for one.

Clamchop

@CallMeRotten:
Naruto IS a great show, what do you want?

djHEAT

Damn! Those fight scenes look as good (if not better) than the ones in the show.

ostartero

I think all of them were real, just some of them could have actually been from an illustrated cut-scene.

Lokno

Games will only look better and better given more time. With techniques like cell shading, they get better in iterations... You compare this to Valkyrie Profile and you see that's the case. A year from now we will be talking about how shitty this looks compared to the next thing. I'm happy to see these techs being realized with such richness. Here's to hoping that more things on all platforms will start to experiment with pixel shaders more.

okenny :)

Pretty impressive. I hope the gameplay holds up, the last few reincarnation was just blargh.

Fyren

@coktoe:

Same here, no idea what or who Naruto is. One thing I can say though, that looked frickin' amazing. Looks like they've worked out how to use the cell - maybe Sony weren't bullshitting.

Luckyjim

Bullclip... Aw, who am I kidding, it looks great.
How it plays is a different matter.

Erwin

Ill definitely have to keep track of this game. It looks amazing!

Zangetsu89

Geez, it's pretty sad when a video game looks 10x better than the anime it comes from. And I thought the DBZ games looked pretty good....this puts them all to shame

Mrmoo2002

@BlackDove: I see what you are sayign as far as comparable graphics go. I just see the dust coming up as little bit better on the ::GASP:: PS Triple. Almost makes em want to go get a PS3 now...Almost.

ThatsMrOffDutyNinja

now hopefully they'll quickly make multiple iterations of this one and get up to speed with the manga... which prolly won't be well after the series is finished (le sigh).

the graphics look really nice though. would like to see a couple more games with this kind of style.

phrequency

Wow.I'm 32 and know nothing about Naruto save that it does indeed exist.This is a sweet trailer though and if the game comes together I'll buy on day one.Rick Hunter in a Veritech would totally wail on Naruto though.

coktoe

Yes, now you must truly Bu-lieve it! :P

Takamoto

@BlackDove: dude! It looks better then the year old 360 version... why wouldn't it? If you can't see that then something is seriously wrong!

okenny :)

I want to see a Bleach game done like this. My head would asplode if something like that came down the pipe.

Balance_In_Life (PSN)

Impressive indeed.

Certainly comparisons with the Ubisoft title will rightfully come up. I'll place my vote that this new title is a marked improvement.

Psudonym

@ph15h needs followers: oops... didn't wanna sound evil. *adds in* but i'll check this one out if there's a demo.

ph15h needs followers

Watching it a second time,I'm seriously blown away here

LittleBigPlaneteer

Boy I've said it before, please don't let me down you little egotistic ninja.

Balmung576

@LandMineLandSnake: When will they learn to spend less money on filler and more on the actual story bits. That way we'll get better animation hehe. But seriously, it *is* a rather sad day for the animated version...

Chupakun

Looking great when is the release date?

siamgx

@IntelSilver: Geewillickers... and lemme throw in a Jinkies.

But yeah. Shit looks nice. Pretty, even. I don't really like Naruto fighting games because they were too simple to be a indepth fighter and not Simply Fun enough to be something more.

ph15h needs followers

Holy shit, those were all in-game gameplay. Someone in the other thread said they'd buy a PS3 if that was the case, they better keep to their word :P

I haven't even seen Naruto, but this looks great.

LittleBigPlaneteer

This looks friggin crazy! I'm only a passing Naruto fan, but I am going to buy this game so hard. The animations look so fluid.

Let's get a one piece game done like this on PS3 now.

I'm fucking serious. DO IT.

CaptLtrl

@Morpork: Though I hate to say I know this: no, they're not. They're still on that Ranmaru nonsense.

It was a moment of weakness on Saturday, killing time until Samurai Jack.

Maldron

Whoa.... That's amazing.

Sir_Stovetop

Sweet jeebus! I couldn't give two craps about Naruto but that is some damn fine work, now if they can only use it on a better show. Hah!

CallMeRotten

OOOOOOOH MY GOD.... now THATS cell shaded, fucking done right, I can't believe how smooth everything looks...

ffmusicdj

Don't see why they'd pull the screens, some of them were already in gameinformer.

Anyway. It looks great, but the line's still clearly there. The motions are smooth, but they feel somewhat empty to gaze upon.

Maldron

Looks really nice.

I'm a little confused as to why they haven't moved onto Shippuuden though. I'm assuming that's not aired in the US yet?

Morpork

I must admit, i was amongst the disbelievers when i initially saw the screens, but this looks like it's going to be one darn fine looking game. There's something magical about seeing the style of 2D animation represented in a 3D plane like this, these must be amongst the first truly 'next-gen' visuals i've seen in a game.

qizarate

This has more detail than the anime :O

LandMineLandSnake

HOLY CRAP BATMAN

IntelSilver

People say it looks better than that Xbawks cel shaded game as well, but I look at both em trailers and I see almost the same quality.

Too much radiation on my eyes from staring at the monitor since age 6 I guess.

BlackDove

@Luna:

I wish I was being sarcastic, that would have been a good joke. Nuts.

Luckyjim

KeroseneClimax

@Fyren: Well, since it's a PS3 game, you could just import it if you want the original Japanese.

ハリセンボン

@mizzle: Though impressive, yeah, we can't really be sure of anything yet. I dunno how objective someone with the handle "LittleBigPlaneteer" can be, but as a PS3 owner, I'm excited... with reservations until I see real shots and confirmed game video, etc.

@Luna: Why yes, you're right, English on an English-language blog is totally uncalled for. WAPANESE GO HOME. :(

Grave

damn, fast forwarding the clock on your pc doesn't make the countdown go any faster.

featherblade360

Arg, wtf, I clicked the wrong article!

LionheartAce

Nice, well, either GTA IV or MGS4. Either of those games deserves a the prize if you ask me. They're not generic by any means.

LionheartAce

@droopy: ...dude, imagine a Samurai Jack game using this engine...

...oop, think I just pooped a little.

GundamAC197: Proud new Wii60 Owner!

@JokesJokes:

Yeah, they really recreated the look of anime well.

Fbu

My jaw is still dropped...it's the little things, like the motion lines/blur when they punch and kick, and the color palette (notice how the backgrounds have that look of the show, where you can tell they were drawn separately from the animated cells?)

That was AWESOME. Gonna have to find a friend with a PS3, now...

GundamAC197: Proud new Wii60 Owner!

@LittleBigPlaneteer: It could be. But until I see it, either in person or in an impressions piece on an independent site, its just a trailer.

mizzle

MMMMmmmmmm... just imagine Legend of Zelda done in this style.

mariospants

Wow. If I had the cash, I might just buy a PS3 just for that! It really looks amazing, and I've never seen/read/played an episode/chapter/game of Naruto before.

Hell, I could probably get used to how incredibly obnoxious Naruto is! Believe it!

Mink_Car

@Maldron: Fuck yeah Samurai Jack

droopy

I'm not a Naruto fan at all, but this animation looks really incredible.

JokesJokes

Habeeb it

CyN1caL

wow... now if the gameplay can hold up then this could be a reason to buy a PS3

mangomonkeyboy

@Fyren: I'd say 70% out of 100%

Luna

@Luckyjim: "Looks like they've worked out how to use the cell - maybe Sony weren't bullshitting.".... It's impossible to tell if you were being sarcastic... (Cell Processor, Cel-Shading)

Luna

No need to mention about dual audio. It is the biggest disservice if this game cannot go dual audio.

The lack of JP audio is automatically minus 20% out of 100%.

I know many, many will agree. Yes, some games voice-overs are great; a la Lost Odyssey. Naruto, as well as all other JP Anime/Movie, games should have the original audio.

Put the BD to use, there is no excuse anymore.

Fyren

Really looking forward to this title more than I was for the xbox 360 version. Seriously they just nailed the visuals.

PAULINK

That's gotta be the prettiest cel-shading I've ever seen in a game.

I know it will never happen for the us in the U.S. but, hopefully they'll make a 'Jump Ultimate Stars' for PS3 using this type of cel-shading. I would not hesitate to import THAT!

As for this game... I'll have to wait for reviews before I even consider this game.

Eclectified

@theswitcher: Its a shame Gurren Lagann is already over.
But still, this game's visuals are OMFG-worthy. I'm impressed enough that now I'm actually willing to buy a Naruto product.

TheCleaningGuy

Scuba Steve

sohpi

the cinematics part of the game looks promising. At least, we can expect close to anime-quality cinemas in between battles.

reptile168

@GundamAC197: Proud new Wii60 Owner!: Unfortunately it used this: [cache.g4tv.com] [www.gamershell.com]
And it sucked.

Erwin

Wow, I'm sure I like many people here hate Naruto games, but that... was impressive. I liked the piano in the music. It would have been nice sans annoying 80s montage guitar riffs.

Biguhtree

Looks great, too bad I hate naruto

Kyle81

@Grave: I hate the dub with a burning passion (Naruto sounds like he's trying to take a crap). that doesn't mean I hate all dubs. I like DBZ, Tenchi, Battle Angel, and a certain one that's too embarassing to mention. and besides doesn't the word "Kotaku" come from Japanese (or something out of Brian's head)

Luna

mattjop1033

....who...that is freaking bad arse..

Raziel Dune

Looks pretty darn good. Then again, with how the Xbox Naruto did I'm not sure that really means in terms of selling systems -- that version looked great as well.

muu

I have a burning hate passion for Naruto. Hate it. But I have to get this game.

godrifle

CyberConnect 2? They also do the .hack series! It would be so awesome if they adapted this engine to the next .hack! This game looks awesome, but I'm not really a Naruto fan, so I'd love to see them use it with something else.

jayntampa

BRB, have 2 change my pants.

I don't hate Naruto, but I abandoned it after the filler episodes... wasn't even able to go back to it after Shipuuden.

But this game... holy sh*t! It looks at least better than several filler episodes!

Incredible!

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

The screenshots WERE technically bullshit, but... the actual gameplay footage is a hell of a lot closer than I expected it to be, heh. The most impressive aspect to me is the effects animation. Good models and all but it's been done, just this is slightly better. It's the things like the anime-streak motion blurs and the hand-drawn-looking fire and lightning, etc.

Poojipoo

Waiting 4 a next GEN .hack game I know it will come sooner or later but I must first wait for the anime

Ruisu

@Maldron: A fellow Samurai Jack fan!? +1 Friend

Cogito

ForgotMyKeys

i want a BLEACH game to look this good...

hate Naruto, not because its bad, the manga is pretty good actually, but those FILLERS! >.<, and that fanbase!...ugh

i also second the idea of using Gurren Lagann

GREY GECKO

I know nothing of the cartoon nor the game but that looks lovely.

More games should use that are style.

Most Wanted

@Erwin: Ack. I heard it was bad, but I never saw screens...now my eyes hurt.

GundamAC197: Proud new Wii60 Owner!

This does NOT look as good as the screen shots from yesterday.

Paused and compared to the "screenshots" it isn't even disputable.

A big thing would be the use of traditional blurs...which were not used in the pics yesterday. In those pics they actually had rendered streaking colors as though they had been traditionally animated that way.

So yeah, I am calling bullshot on those pics yesterday.

That being said, this is still very, very good.

However, its still likely all cuts-cenes. And until I see actual game-play I will hold off judgment on just how good this is actually going to be.

But I have always held the Ultimate Ninja games on the PS2 as the best Naruto games there are. With the 360 version being a second and highly flawed game with awesome graphics and a great city hub element.

Lackshmana

I really never wanted to buy a PS3. But this and MGS4....I don't know now.

cayton

I know this comment section is already a little long, but if anybody else besides me likes 'Avatar' please agree with me whe I say 'Avatar' is a more deserving game than this.

drywaller79

This looks simply insane. That is what cel-shaded was supposed to look like this while time. PS3 only? Looks like I might be making the jump soon.

cybereality

Wow, that really was gorgeous. I hope the gameplay is as good as the visuals, I'd love to play a game that looks like that.

WarlordPayne

@Poisonous Taoist:

Big difference between ubisoft and Namco/Bandai. Did I say Big? I meant astronomical

LittleBigPlaneteer

No joke but seriously that looks better than the actual anime because they been using cheap azz animators since the fillers up to now.
I'm starting to think maybe they should use this games engine to make the damn anime!

damienchowder

I quit watching Naruto after a few things happened with the plot that turned me off, but I think this trailer is amazing, and that this PS3 Naruto game could end up being really fun.

The thing is, the same thing happened with the Xbox 360 Naruto game. Several months before its release, an amazing trailer is released, promising a fun, polished challenge. What we ended up with was a shiny piece of crap, much like Ubisoft's other kid's games (The entire "Imagine ____z" series on the DS). You know what? I'm not falling for it a second time.

Poisonous Taoist

@cayton:
Angel on your left shoulder: "Yes, Buys a PS3, and enjoy MGS4"
Devil on you right shoulder: "Yes, GET a PS3, rob a bank or gamestop, just GET a PS3" XD

Luna

No no... the line is still there. The game looks way better. (ESPECIALLY over the recent eps of Naruto... in japan of course).

Lets spend a whole episode opening a door!

MetaKz

I hope it is like rise of the ninja where you could go anywhere in the village. I HOPE its better than rise of the ninja where we have more characters to play. Looks good, will wait till we see more vids before final judgment.

Azriel77

...totally forgot I was watching a videogame halfway through the trailer. That's dang purty. Dust and particle effects are amazing, though only icing on the massive cake of the sublime cell shading. ***** (5 stars)

Highlander Wolf

This is a must buy then.

neoraul20

awesome naruto game on ps3!? damn my savings account is so going to waste...(mgs4, little big planet, star wars unleashed, socom, and now naruto) i still haven't gotten my ds3 yet. sony, you awesome and expensive bastard you.

islandknight

I don't know. It seems like they just put a brighter color palette, and good god the bloom lightning. They still have a long way to go, I can't believe you guys are falling over heels for this.

Digitalguardian VII: Revival! A Commenter's Comeback!

This will take PS3 sales up way beyond the 10K a week current in Japan. Believe it!

Maximus9

Happy to some more cell shaded games, I've always liked them for some reason :) Nice to see this for PS3 as well.

jacksons98

@jayntampa: What'd be MORE awesome is if the gameplay in .hack didn't blow... OK, so I haven't played past the first game, so it may have gotten better after that, but... Man, it was horrible... I haven't spent that much time watching my useless character get slowly killed since the original final fantasy... Damned Ghosts and paralysis...

Let's hope the game PLAYS well...

bobtheduck

These graphics are much more impressive to me than Killzone 2. Its not just throwing as many pixels and bullet effects on the screen as possible, its using advanced shading and coloring techniques to make it look good.

This games art director is doing his job.

geoffcbassett

That is definitely the closest cell shading to anime I've ever seen! That was a great trailer and hats off to CyberConnect2.

Tenchuu

As with most screenshots vs. video comparisons, the differences between the animation and the game become more apparent. With just the (possibly touched up) screenshots it's almost impossible to tell the difference. However, as soon as the game starts moving, the combination of jaggies and aliasing issues with the texture differences and the odd dynamic shading/lighting changes make it hard not to see the difference. Not that it doesn't look great, but there's still some improvement needed before they can say that the line has disappeared.

Blah8

I can't stand the show...but I must own this game....

Dreadfish

I'm a Naruto fan AND a PS3 owner. Looks like I win.

Jaimz11785

I'm in disbelief. That looked absolutely amazing.

It can't be real.

Big World

I haven't seen a single episode of Naruto but this makes me want to buy this game. How can it look so good?

Aflack: Likes slushies

This looks fantastic but then again i'm a huge Naruto anime fan (sub obviously, i'm a purist and need my anime with jap voices).

Namco Bandai Really know how to do cell shading. This is like their 3rd game or something this gen using it and its only getting better and better.

Still, can we get some actual gameplay with hud footage? Seriously, i don't see how it would hurt or why they need to be so secretive.

Tiberian

So wow France raises the bar and Japan steps up to the plate. This is looking good.

I must agree this new era cell shaded is awesome. Can't wait for both this and Valkrie of the Battlefield.

Not-Witzbold

Hahaha, oh my lord, I hope Ubisoft feels sore after that comment about Rise of a Ninja being impossible on the PS3.

:)

I cant wait for this game, looks like Sony Gamer's day will be overly epic.

luxusa

Never watched Naruto and so very much doubt I'd ever play this, but...

THIS is Next Gen.

Kazzahdrane

fest! just an ole awesome 2000er!

sorry, thats some inside lingo... but i couldnt help it because that was just that exciting. i was thinking about it at work all night tonight. i have to say, 2008 is looking to get me more excited about games than i have since the demise of the dreamcast. first street fighter IV leading a pack of impressive looking fighting games (kof XII), and then sonic unleashed not looking like more of sonic 2006. now if sega just unveiled a new streets of rage, id quit life and just game for the rest of my days.

like many others, im not even a naruto fan, but the 360 game had me really intrigued, and this one looks even better. besides jet set radio, i cant think of any time where i absolutely loved cel shading, but if more games start looking like this, thats going to change. i cant help but think how cool sf IV would have looked in this style more so than in its own. but oh well, hopefully capcoms sees this and we get sequels to powerstone and rival schools in this style.

shouryuuken

So is this like a spiritual successor to Ninja Taisen series? Or is that still going? Or,.. whut?

Channing

@Kazzahdrane: I agree with you man... THIS is next-gen!!! WOW!

rhugghed

Ok, whatever graphics engine they are using should be used in every anime or cartoon style game that comes out now.

rebone

@Digitalguardian VII: Revival! A Commenter's Comeback!: Does it really matter if some of us can't tell which fancy ass techniques are used? A good deal of us seem to be in agreement that it looks good. So whether or not it's the bloom lighting or brighter color palette, it's easy on the eyes and appealing for us to watch. I don't understand why "just because it only uses this, it's clearly not good enough to fawn over." How should a 60 fps (hopefully) anime based cel-shaded game look in action?

ForgotMyKeys

This looks really great, but i hope Cyberconnect2 continues with the Narutimate hero/accel series, im really a fan of those games, cant wait to accel 3 to have Hidan and Kakuzu as characters, although they still havent appeared in the anime, so probably that game wont came soon!

zetopazio

I believe it easy. Bandai Namco made Eternal Sonata (Trusty Bell), and they can easily use the same technology for anime games.

peacefuloutrage

Wow...that is awesome graphics. Now I don't know if I like that type of game, but really nice. Need more game/different games of that quality.

nxp3

Oooooh. Thats purdy.

Its just too bad I don't own a PS3. Maybe when it comes down to a price that's slightly lower than filling up my car's gas tank, then I'll get it.

Salen

That is fantastic. Kudos to them.

katboi

Can't say it looks any different than the Xbox 360 version to my eyes... but then, the Xbox 360 version looked freakin' incredible, so that's okay! And the gameplay was pretty great too---fighting was simple, but interesting, and world-exploration was a really good time.

That Fuzzy Bastard

Gimme now please! Goddamn, that game looks awesome!

Buttah

Wow, it's Bandai-Namco. If they could use this kind of tech for something that I might actually play (like maybe a Tales game) then it would be awesome.

Still, if I had a ps3 I still might pick this up just to make with the "oooh aaaaah."

TomSkylark

shit. i need a PS3. too much awesome happening on that console right now.

exeprime

@That Fuzzy Bastard:

There is no 360 version. Rise of the Ninja was done by Ubisoft. This game is a PS3 exclusive done by Bandai Namco.

Buttah

I've personally never watched the show, but this game looks incredible. They say "the line between the Naruto TV animation and gaming will truly disappear" They did a damn good job. Thats cell shaded done right

Dizzle

That didn't look like a chidori at the end... Double up with the rasengan~!

IrNoThnk

Holy Shit. This is unbelievable. Can we please get a Dragonball Z game that looks this good?

Zombie_Crunch

Great thing i´m going to buy a PS3, it looks awesome!...

Daisuash

@stormcrow85: I figured it out, the password is TIGER TIGER DRAGON

ReginaldTheSeventySecond

The site just went live but you need a password. Does anyone have it?!

danielwjenkins

I'm surprisingly impressed. Never expected it to work so well. Makes me almost want to get it. Maybe. Possibly...

Shadowmist

hey the site is live any one know the password

stormcrow85

This looks incredible!! I can't load up the website though, I really want to see the full list of features for this title.

@That Fuzzy Bastard: Where is this 360 version you speak of? I can't find a trailer for it?

ReginaldTheSeventySecond

I'm a little reluctant about Naruto games after the massive disappointment that was Rise of a Ninja, but this looks absolutely amazing. I hope they have decent gameplay and *gasp* some semblance of depth to go with them shiny moving pictures.

Demonbird

@ReginaldTheSeventySecond:Brilliant! Thanks!

danielwjenkins

Meh, looks the same as the 360 Naruto game to me. Maybe a bit more washed out with the colors.(ie. more faded looking, not as bright)

Not saying the 360 game looked bad, but I dont see why everyone is all over this title like its amazing or something, still looks like another boring ass anime based game.(of which there has never been a good one)

RuneX

Evidently only two of those five pics earlier were ingame, they have great cellshading going on in there, but drawn animation will stick out. Two things one has to give credit to them, good facial animation and clever way to filter textures at distance, gives nice feel to the backgrounds.

ara

I loved Rise of the Ninja.. this will be a hit with me!

yairube

Holy-

KM91

@Channing: No, this is the next in the long line of PS2 Naruto games by Cyber Connect, known in Japan as the Narutimate series, and in the states as Naruto: Ultimate Ninja. The Narutimate games always blue the Taisen games out of the water.

Suzaku

@Morpork: CyberConnect 2 has already done two Shippuuden games for the PS2, Narutimate Accel 1 and 2. Both are pretty great.

Since they're jumping to the PS3, they likely want to do something "from the start" that can also be marketed to the English market.

CyberConnect 2 does *great* cel-shading, even their PS2 Naruto games looked pretty unbelievable, especially the "ougi" attack sequences.

+ Watch video

Suzaku

holy crap. If there was one game that would get me interested in buying a PS3 right now... it's this one. I'm serious, this is the game. I never thought Id see cell shading like that.

*wants***

drbrownt0wn

It's finally happened. Those bastards have finally made a game look like a cartoon. Kudos good sirs, kudos.

sergotron

I haven't been this excited about a cel-shaded game since JSRF. Mind you, I was still excited about JSRF MORE, but still, this is impressive.
And I HATE Naruto.

Mujah

Freeze frame at 0.58: Neji loses his head after Sasuke hits him with Chidori.

kammfboy

dynamitefaces

If only they could make a Dragonball game look this good. I'd seriously buy a PS3 just for a Dragonball game that looked that flawless.

gsrce

Sasuke cut neji's head on second 58.... OMFG! TEH VIOLENCE!!!!! :O :O :O

ShaoranWright