Ultimate Ninja 3 preorder news

[Gold_guardian]

Wierd but true, Namco-Bandai is experimenting with a unqiue way to give out preorder bonuses. Instead of getting them from the gamestore you get them from a website instead.

Considering that the preorder bonus is a kickass random figure from the Naruto series 4 set it's a pretty sweet deal. Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Haku, Itachi and Jiraiya which one will you obtain?

The only thing is it seems you have to have Preordered from EB games/ Gamestop so I might be out of luck having preordered from Amazon.ca :(

For more details on how to get your preorder bonus check out
http://www.hokagesroom.com/link.html?i=SrUaOC

[Gold_guardian]

Good news, I just found out it dosn't matter which store you preordered it now, you can still get the bonus item mailed to you anyhow!

Pretty sweet since Canadian's like me usually miss out on this sort of thing.

[Gold_guardian]

So of the six figures is their any one in particular you guys are hoping for?

Me? I'm hoping a Jiraiya shows up in my mailbox Xd

[GyBaNO]

This really is a good deal.

I really wouldn't mine him or Kakashi.

[Gold_guardian]

This really is a good deal.

I really wouldn't mine him or Kakashi.


Just remember to be sure to claim your preorder online since so far only 118 people have done it going by the online counter :(

This really does seem like a way for Namco to cheapen out on the expenses. They offer a preorder bonous but only have to pay for a fraction of the amount that is usally given out since alot of people simply forget or are too lazy to claim what's rightfully theirs.

[Gold_guardian]

This is a public service announcement

I have heard disturbing reports from friends of mine down in the states and from message boards about people going to preorder the game and putting down $49.99 on it.

Why is this disturbing? Because the game’s MSRP is only $39.99 which means if you paid more then that you are being ripped off. Canadian’s need to be especially aware as some online places are selling for $44.99 which is BS considering the current strength of our dollar.

EB games/Gamestop might be one of the prime culprits as the ones around here still have the last couple Naruto games (Ultimate Ninja 2 and Uzumaki chronicles 2) listed for $49.99 and haven’t adjusted them for the exchange rate.

So fellow games stay sharp and don’t let them take extra hard earned money out of your pockets if you can help it. Remember knowing is half the battle.

[MKVarana]

I haven't been following things with this, so forgive me if this is an old question.

Did the announce whether or not the English release will come with the OAV that the Japanese version had?

[Gold_guardian]

I haven't been following things with this, so forgive me if this is an old question.

Did the announce whether or not the English release will come with the OAV that the Japanese version had?

It hasn't been annonced offical as far as I know but it's doubtfull since the game is being listed as one disk and the ova was on a seperate disk in Japan

Not that we'd be missing out on much since I've seen that OAV myself and it was garbage for the most part.

By the way a new trailer was released today on Youtube. It's soo corny that it's worth the watch just for a laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX38qJWFHlI&eurl=http://www.hokagesroom.com/dropbox/un3trailer2.html

Man can't they make better commercials then this? It's almost like they aren't even trying lol.

[Gold_guardian]

I finally got my hands on this game yesterday and was playing my heart out on it.

I managed to beat both the ultimate road and ultimate challange modes for the most part unlocking all 42 characters for use. Now I just need to unlock all the ultimate and custom jutsu's that you can learn.

I've got to say some parts of the game are better then others.

A few of the minigames like the gambling ones are fun but the other ones like the tree climbing thing are pure garbage left overs from past ultimate ninja games and they need to dye in a fire.

I'm not sure what purpose Shuriken mode servies but so far it seems pretty useless and Summoning mode blows since it's either too strong or it leaves you near helpless, plus it lasts way to long considering the game blantently tells you one tactic against them is to simply outlast them.

But I've got to say that the main meat of the game, the actual fighting was pure bliss. Having your ultimate jutsu only last 1 cutseen instead of four makes the fights both quicker and more intence.

The balance in story mode is also a bit more fair so far for the most part as thought I had to redo a couple battles for the most part none of them where too frustrating unlike the problem I had with ultimate ninja 2 where the clear requirements for a few non optional battles where INSANE.

I still don't like how the ai is given some cheap constant power ups like a speed boost, attack boost or defence boost in some battles. It's just makes those fights really cheap and annoying.

Having to "date" the characters a couple of times to unlock things is fun, It would be nice if they made that mode a bit deeper for Ultimate Ninja Accel. A full blown Dating sim sidemode could be hillarious if done right.

All in all I'd give the game a solid 7/10 for now. It's just too bad their isn't more meat to the game as I've cleared most of it in just a day and getting people together to play multiplayer isn't so easy as an adult at times :(