naruto: rise of a ninja

Naruto’s Turning Japanese

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Ubisoft promised. Ubisoft delivered. The Japanese language track for Naruto: Rise of the Ninja popped up on Xbox LIVE late last week. The English version doesn’t feature all the original dub actors, meaning that the character has different voices between cut scenes and in-game audio. The Japanese track is apparently consistent. What’s more, Ubisoft is making this language track available free of charge, filling us with warm fuzzy feelings. Hugs all around! Japanese Audio [Siliconera] More »

Question Time: Games You Thought You’d Hate, But Didn’t

1:00PM Logan Booker | First, a confession. I’ve been playing Naruto: Rise of a Ninja on Xbox 360 the last couple of days. I can assure you this was not part of the original plan. No, the plan was to just give it a go, because I believe everything deserves a fair chance. Except maybe chloroform or blunt head trauma. I don’t have anything against anime – I think it’s great, actually – but I could never summon the desire to give a flying crap, or half a flying crap, about Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z and, of course, Naruto. More »