Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (2003) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja

For the first time in the PS2, explore the incredible world of Naruto Uzumaki on the console. Players can select from 14 key characters taken straight from the anime, including Naruto Uzumaki, the young…

70 23 October 2003

What Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is a fighting game developed by CyberConnect2 and released in 2003. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, known in Japan as the Naruto: Narutimate Series , is a series of fighting video games, based on the popular manga and anime series Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto. It was developed by CyberConnect2, and published by Bandai and later Bandai Namco Entertainment. The first game was released in 2003 for the PlayStation 2, and was followed by four more titles for the system, as well as five spinoffs for the PlayStation Portable. A follow-up for the PlayStation 3, titled Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, was the first to feature three-dimensional battles, and began the long-running Storm sub-series. While starting out as a series exclusive to the PlayStation family of systems, the…

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Naruto series

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is the sixth of 86 entries we hold in the Naruto series. The next entry was Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 in 2003. 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.

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How it was received

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 69, across 60 votes.

What it launched against

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja launched on 23 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Cheats and codes

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