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Naruto: Powerful Shippuden

NARUTO Powerful Shippuden includes a Story Mode as well as an Endless Battle Mode so players can choose to either follow a progressive storyline or just pull out the punches for a sprightly ninja showdown. The…

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Naruto: Powerful Shippuden is an adventure developed by Inti Creates, released 29 November 2012 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Naruto: Powerful Shippuden is

Naruto: Powerful Shippuden is an adventure game developed by Inti Creates and released in 2012. It was published by Namco Bandai Games. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

NARUTO Powerful Shippuden includes a Story Mode as well as an Endless Battle Mode so players can choose to either follow a progressive storyline or just pull out the punches for a sprightly ninja showdown. The action-packed gameplay allows players to earn experience points to power up their vivacious characters and also use the touch screen to strengthen special attacks. Fans will recognize their favorite characters from the NARUTO franchise such as Kakashi, Sakura, Gaara, and many more; all can be called upon as support characters in the midst of battle. With familiar friends at their sides and ninja moves up their sleeves, players will embark on the journey of becoming a powerful Leaf…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Naruto series

Naruto: Powerful Shippuden is the 57th of 86 entries we hold in the Naruto series. The next entry was Naruto Online in 2013. Its critic score of 70 is 3 points above the series average of 67. The highest-rated entry is Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy at 85.

See all 86 Naruto games in release order →

How it was received

Naruto: Powerful Shippuden holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Naruto: Powerful Shippuden launched on 29 November 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Game Dev Tycoon. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Game Dev Tycoon.

Official trailer

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When did Naruto: Powerful Shippuden come out?
Naruto: Powerful Shippuden was released on 29 November 2012 for Nintendo 3DS.

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