I Played EVERY Naruto: Ultimate Ninja STORM Game In 2022 

Which Ultimate Ninja game is your favorite? Is it a Storm game or one of the originals?

The reason storm 3 didn't encompass the entire story was because at the time, the story was not over. The manga didn't end till a few years later, and it would have been weirder to end the story in the middle of the Juubi fight, which was the longest stretch of the war arc.

Getting to play the Itachi vs Sasuke fight as a like a 13 year old kid in ultimate ninja storm 2 is still vividly one of the most thrilling moments I've had playing video games. The QTE battle to end it is absolutely perfect.

Storm 4 was the peak of Naruto games for me, I was known as THE WEEB kid in my class but if there's one thing that even a normie knows about anime, its Naruto I'll never forget that one moment during 2nd break when I had almost half the class watching me play Naruto VS Sasuke's last fight in the story mode cause this game was JUST THAT HYPE when it comes to animation and presentation

I will still always miss the fully open world exploration of Storm 1. Being able to explorer and traverse the entire village with no real restrictions just made the world feel so much more alive, compared to having locked-down linear paths. Storm 2 and onwards felt like steps backwards considering what the "net-gen" games should have been in terms of the way the world was explored. If there ever was to be one giant game to cover the entirety of the Naruto story from beginning to end, it would be an absolute *must* for the entire world to be openly explorable (even if the villages themselves require some loading upon entering of leaving)

About the Armor Break mechanic in Storm 4: In addition to some characters’ outfits becoming damaged and changing, when a character is affected by the Armor Break status, their attack power increases slightly in exchange for lower defense power. You basically do more damage but also take more damage.

18:37 Interesting you say this about the Storm 1 and 2 substitution jutsu. The whole reason it was changed to the 4 bar method was because people would just endlessly spam substitution jutsu in Online Battles. It was a serious problem. This was the game changer that made Storm 4 able to work in some competitive scenes.

Man the first Ultimate Ninja Storm game is 14 years old but graphically speaking you could never tell, it looks beautiful in this video

For me Storm 1 will remain the most Unique one from the series, my reasons: Intro of characters before the encounter, unique jutsus that didn't came back to the other Storm games, longer and diverse movesets for almost any character, Awakenings in Storm 1 have also Ultimate Jutsus, Jutsus Clashes and Wall Fighting... and I can go on and on to state it why Storm 1 gameplay was the most unique one from the Storm Series, just try to Imagine Storm 4 gameplay with Storm 1 gameplay features, In my opinion that will be the Perfect Storm game. I wish that Storm 5 will have more anime vibe and dynamic details like Storm 1.☯️✌

Having friends over and playing storm 2 and 3 on my PS3 are some of my fondest memories of my high school life. The insanity that happened while playing was bonkers. Thank you for this video!

So i grew up playing these games in high school and played the online modes at the height of their prime, I can tell you without a doubt that the SUBSTITUTION LIMIT bar was ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. There were people online who would only stand still hold block and spam substitution, and hit you once until they slowly killed you. That's why they put the bar up, because people were exploiting this online. It actually fixed multiplayer battles.

You should consider covering the Bleach: Heat the Soul games on PSP, they were Japan exclusive and I think many people would be very interested in learning about them.

Ahh, great games. Played all of these titles throughout my teenage years. Love em. I was super shocked to hear your take on the substitution system changing up. As an OG player of Ninja Storm 2 online, it was impossible for anyone to pull off any combos because we all just spammed subs since there was no consequence to mashing the shoulder button other than a tiny amount of chakra being used. The revamp of limited uses for subs was a breath of fresh air in Generations and games moving forward. Anyways, awesome video!

An out of nowhere recommendation: what do you think in covering all the PAC-MAN 3D games, like the Pac-Man World games and that Ms PAC-MAN game released for the PS1?

Storm 1 was visually the most beautiful, love running on the walls, and loved pressing the buttons super quick to do ultimate jutsu rather than the later ones where it just happens

These games were my absolute JAM for a few years, used to battle my friends all the time. My clearest memory though, is how hard some of the QTE mashing segments were in 2/3. One night whilst trying to battle Sasuke's chidori at 1am, my father wondered why I was still up and I sheepishly had to ask him to beat it for me.

To be honest the storm series is one of the best Naruto games but that's in my opinion,I can't really wait to see more content 💯

Something i loved about Storm 2 that was a nice callback to UN4, is that during the Pen Pal side things to increase character affections, you can actually get a letter from Aoi from the beginning of UN4. So, it's nice to see that to show that its Ultimate Ninja Canon. Also, just gotta say, when it comes to the Generations story mode animated cutscenes, I LOVE Killer Bee's, he's one of my favorite characters ever cuz of his rapping rhythm and rhyme way of talking, and i love how his cutscenes are him rapping about the next guy he fights in his story, and after he beats them, they become beat up background dancers for his Rap Tour

I don't know if he saw this in his playthrough of storm 2. There are special events with the letter system that let you get contacted by the main support chatacters from the filler arcs in UN4, UN Heroes 2 and 3. Which I thought was really cool because I fell in love with all three. Really well written characters for non Canon Naruto.

Ultimate ninja storm 2 and 3 also had actual team ultimates, However it only worked with specific characters like Sasuke, Itachi, Or Itachi and I think Shisui? Etc.

Ultimate Ninja Storm 1 holds a special place in my heart. During quarantine I completed the story mode 100% (did the same thing is Storm 4) by getting all the collectibles and S rank on all the story missions. One thing I loved doing was dashing around the hub world finding secrets and side missions. All the little details like the character specific dialogue and being able to select awakened characters at the start of battle (after beating the game) added up to create a charming fun story experience. The cinematic ultimate attack cutscenes can be lengthy but I prefer them over the shortened ones in later games because they just look so cool. This game will always have a special place in my heart. The only thing I wish was in the game was online mode because the replayability for me after finishing 100% dramatically decreased due to no online multiplayer. Regardless I feel like Storm 1 has so many cool features and details that later Storm games don’t have. I’ll forever love Storm 1. Also thanks for another great video, I love these and can’t wait to see more!

Quick note, the cutscenes at the end of Storm 3 (and onwords) battles occur after *any* ultimate jutsu that will end up killing the enemy. Basically, if you see "Ultimate Jutsu Finish Chance!" and you land it, you'll get the cutscene.

Love these games, and the amount of characters in storm 4 is incredible!

I remember buying Storm 4 on sale for almost nothing, it was my first time watching/playing anything Naruto and I was kinda lost BUT LOVED IT!! the intro with hashirama and madara was amazing! The fights and story stunned me. Storm 4 is the reason I am a Naruto fan now, thank you Storm 4.

Generations is my favorite Storm game. For both its gameplay and its story mode. It has exactly what I want in a story mode. Cutscenes and fights, straight to the point. None of that free roam bs. Save that for the extra/side modes like UN3 and UNS4 did.

A little correction to 36:56. The armor break does have an impact on gameplay beyond just visual. The character with broken armor takes a little more damage but also has their dealt damage increased a little too.

Am i the only one who watch this video on 2024😅

Wow, you and I have opposite opinions on Generations substitutions. I LOVE that it's a mind-game, rather than who can spam the sub button faster. My friend and I got so good at subbing in Storm 2 that every single combo was preceded by each of us subbing 10 times till we were out of Chakra. It slowed the game to a crawl and made online unplayable. Fighting games are all about mind games, so I'm really struggling to see why that's a negative for you. I really loved Generations. It felt like they perfected the engine from Storm 2. You could combo into ultimates similar to S3 style, and it was before they shortened combos and removed the side combo. You could even cancel tilts into ultimates. It was so much fun

Thank you so much for making these videos, seriously, all the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Games (The PS2 and Storm Games) were part of my life and I was feeling nostalgic about them today when I found your video, it was awesome to watch someone playing them and giving their honest opinion about the games too.

Storm Generations gotta be my favorite one. Yeah its not like the other storm games like 1,2,3 etc but its what got me into the storm franchise. Combos were stupidly broken, people were competitive, and did people remember the op ult cancels and the infinite tilts? Like damn those tilts with Minato, danzo, and kabuto were dumb broken. They'd literally take your whole hp in one go if you didn't have a substitution bar. EDIT: Infinite tilt cancel would look something like this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OcDg-ZUB6og.html

Good video. I just wanted to mention that General Store Bandai was in Storm 2, and in both Storm 2 and 4, it has a physical store you can enter and shop in during both the story/adventure depending on which game you're playing, and a physical store in Boruto's tale that you can enter and shop in.

The storm series 1-3 are on sale for like 5 bucks on ps store. Definitely worth going back to after all this time

The reason why Storm 4 OP sounded a lot like a anime opening is because its made by the band that already did Naruto Shipudden opening - 16 Silhouette, which is regarded as one of the best Naruto opening

THE WAIT IS OVER. HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY BRO . LOVE THIS SERIES OF GAMES

This sounds weird coming from me because I tend to be a sucker for 3 dimensional movement in my anime games but I always loved the 2D Ultimate Ninja games more. I played the hell outta Ultimate Ninja 2 and 3 back in the day.

The substitution changing is great imo. It adds more strategy in a good way so you don't just infinitely sub and it makes the game a lot more fair. Naruto fights are about outsmarting your opponent and capitalizing on it. Not just two characters dodging until one gets hit.

Great job on this series. I'm not generally a big fan of arena fighters and the trend of "make every shonen anime into a shallow fighting game" has gotten quite old to me, but I love the UNS games. CC2 did a pretty good job throughout the UN series as a whole and I'd love to see them take a crack at a 5th UNS game. I put a lot of hours into the early games on the PS2 and Gamecube and I go back to 4 every now and then because it's pure fun.

its really odd you dont mention jutsu clashes especially with this series making it a big deal as to why it was removed after storm 1 hence storm 2 having less stuff as far as gameplay goes and showing in reception wise

45:33 Well you got exactly what you wanted^^

Thank you for covering all these games! It was awesome, love your vids

Love your quality content mate! keep it up!

Absolutely love the Ultimate Ninja Storm games, just the best cinematic anime story games. Gameplay is fun but where its at is the way it tells the story, top tier animation. Except for storm 1, that game was very unfinished and really just a proof of concept. So much padding and friction in the story mode, no cutscenes outside of climatic battles. And those unlockable dioramas tell me that they definitely had more planned for the story mode but ran out of time, so they took the unfinished cutscenes and turned them into unlockables in the form of dioramas, which i think is very cool. Maybe im wrong but based on Storm 2 with just the sheer quality of that story mode, I think thats what they wanted in Storm 1 but couldnt do it, so we just got those 3 giant monster fights which were excellent.

Great retrospective. I love these types of video and you’ve done a sick job. Subbed. I’m just wondering to anybody in the audience, I usually see Storm games played in a slower and more methodical way than I do. My experience with these games is one of couch PVP with my best friend, the only other person I know who plays them. When we play it’s incredibly fast paced and appears chaotic but we’re very tactile in our approach. I tried online but I’m in Australia and the lag doesn’t allow the style of play I’m used to, I’m wondering if this is why others I’ve seen slow down their style?

Nice work reviewing all the games! I recently got all the Naruto ninja storm games on sale on pc, and they look amazing!! You did great with all the videos!

Lets Go! I've been waiting for this! I love the Ninja Storm games.

I played Naruto Online for two years. It's interesting, but man are people competitive... It's basically Naruto, but with MMORPG elements and all the good and bad stuff that comes with them.

I was waiting for this. Thanks for covering all these games! I really hope you cover the CLASH OF NINJA series next!! Including Clash of ninja revolution special the last and best one that only released in Japan with sage mode Naruto

great video, you deserve way more subs, i love these storm games, i remember the hype back in 2010 when storm 2 came out, an i almost forgot lars was in storm 2, it's been so long since i played that game.

What a really awesome video you made!! Just watching this has REALLY piqued my interest into these games. Can't wait to try one of them out and see what I think of them!!😁😎

10:16 Comepletely agree, I freaking love these things, I miss them from the PS2 era.

I want to see the original 2D fighter come back. Imagine all the things they did in those games but with more powerful hardware.

far the best and detailed review on youtube. very good video thanks it was so helpful for me

Great video man just love this series I watch all the ones you did of the I played series keep it up man can’t wait till you get to the Xbox or wii naruto games

In my opinion Storm 3 had far better quick time events than Storm 4. 3's had you hitting and using more buttons that generally were the ones that would perform a similar action in gameplay, but 4's felt like it was just only mash B and spin the stick. Also, I really missed the different awakening types that 3 had in 4, I don't believe there was any instant awakening in 4, but I know Suigetsu, Minato, and Nagato had instant awakenings in 3. I used to bully my brothers with instant awakening Nagato.

After your tekken video I was eagerly waiting for this one. Love your videos because they are so relatable

Great job on these videos dude. I've been subbed for a while now, and all your videos are interesting to watch even if I haven't played the games myself.

Storm 2 will always hold that spot. Even back then tho, I remember wishing Clash of Ninja series got more love. I really enjoyed that series and it was also my entry into Naruto games back when they first came out for gamecube. That should've been around 04. I was in grade school then. Clash of Ninja Revolution was pure 🔥 and only Storm 2 rivaled it as a fun Naruto game.

Man, generations was the best, gameplay-wise my favorite of the series.

Now this is the time for some popcorn, been waiting for this for so long ❤️

Been looking forward to this one!

"You're name should be ""Naruturd"", you idiot" - Mecha-Naruto Daaamn he got you dude

With how indepth these vids are I'd love to see how you would do every Mario game (minus those educational games)

You actually did it. *You madman. You've earned a sub.*

Love the video! Thank you

As someone who was playing all the storm games i think overall 3 is the best one I am on 4 at the time of this comment but I think of your a fan of naruto or heck even a Newcomer 2-4 is the best way to see Naruto if the Filler is to much for them :D

Honestly these games are just so good that you don't have to be a fan of Naruto to like them. I like Naruto but even if I hated Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 and 4 the mechanics are just so good. The characters could be replaced with Seinfeld characters and I'd still be happy.

I have so many good memories of playing Storm 3 Full Burst with my best friend during breaks when I was in high school. Now I play Storm 4 with my brother and cousin from time to time. Despite being a massive Naruto fan I never really got the chance to play trough all of these games by myself, now that I have a switch I think am gonna get Legacy of Trilogy and Storm 4, cause I really do want to experience these by myself. Great video man.

its here!!! Newer viewer here, love this "every game" series

Great video Niosai, another banger, but HARD disagree on the substitution nitpick. I actually agree with you about it when it comes to fighting CPUs, but in PvP, it's much better than the HELL that was Storm 2; it's sad you couldn't try it out and see for yourself how brutal & outright horrible the old substituting was, mashing the triggers nonstop to get a single sub in a 90 second fight, imagine how the entire fight would be, you can get sent off by a full combo simply because you couldn't mash faster on the triggers, a real disappointment and a gut punch to the longeivty of the PvP back then. The new revamp on the sub bar is miles better and more convenient for the overall fight; it makes the fight a cat & mouse game about who's gonna run out of subs first, but with skill and some tricks you can pick up from high level players here in YT, you can empty your opponents without spending much of your own bar, it can get a lot of fun, but the ongoing lag that still occurs 6 years since Storm 4 launched is still haunting storm players with how it messes up their combos or their current strats, it's what killed the longeivty of Storm 4, a very bad network service that just slowly killed the game. Now, with the rumors about Storm 5 being real, this is a good opportunity for the game to address the faults of Storm 4, most notably the overall fighting system and the sub bar.

Preparing for NARUTO X BORUTO Ultimate Ninja STORM CONNECTIONS!!!

Thank you for this video. I just subbed. Excellent in depth look at this series.

Been waiting on this one :)

Thanks for the video and it's a bit funny to see your point of view (not being there when all these games dropped) but trust me, the fanbase had not a great history with the studio making those Storm games. This might sound crazy with all those awesome special jutsus, amazing animations and cool cutscenes BUT CC2 (the studio) got REALLY lazy with the roster. Like they would not add fan favorite characters and rather make 10 versions out of the same character. They never updated any of the lesser important characters moveset wise. You would have characters like Shikamaru, Shino, Asuma, Kiba, Yugo (pretty much 80% of those Storm 2 roster) never getting any updated movesets, even tho they had new stuff in the manga/anime. You've these awesome ninjas but they stayed the same for like 8 years... This really pissed the fanbase off

I HEAVILY disagree with you on the Substitution Jutsu change. The complaints you bring up are relevant to the CPU fights, and even thought I had no issues with CPU fights in this aspect, your opinion is understandable. However, that opinion only covers CPU fights. In Player vs Player fights, specially online, the old Substitution Jutsu system was HELL. You had to play online in Storm 2 at the time to understand the frustration of people just spamming the Substitution Jutsu multiple times in one fight, and then just charge their chakra again to continue the spamming. The Substitution Jutsu change was a very welcome addition in the Naruto community at the time Storm Generations came out.

Great video, I would love to see a video like this with the clash of ninja series

This is SWEET dude 👌🏽👌🏽

26:15 I'm so glad you mentionmed it, I thought I was crazy, the music is stupid loud for no reason, but even when you lower it it feels oddly mixed.

This is what i've been waiting for🤩

Another great video Niosai! Love the commentary keep up the good work! Gonna get 500k subs end of the year

I was just wondering when this was gonna drop too🤣🤣 good shit thanks bro i love these games been looking forward to this one

Great stuff as always

Dude awesome that you played this is in 2022! My nostalgia level is through the roof!!

Great video (I'm halfway in rn), but yeah one thing you forgot to mention is just how many characters they added by even generations, as well as varations of characters which function as whole new characters. It was the biggest thing about the iterations at least for me who mainly played with friends

Finally got the time to watch this. This is a really good video, these are great to watch!! Also, the new game they ARE making and IS confirmed by CyberConnect2 is Fuga 2. It is a sequel to Fuga: Melodies Of Steel that is part of the Little Tail Bronx series. CC2's first game was Tail Concerto on the PS1 and it is my favorite game of all time. I HIGHLY recommend checking these games out, it is worth it.

Been waiting for this video lol

Coming home from work and seeing this uploaded made me day 10x better. Longest 2 weeks of my life but I'm excited to watch it while I eat some chinese food lol

I'd like you to know I have watched way more of these than I really need to, hope it's helping. You're doing a great thing here.

Great video as always. I'd like to suggest you do EVERY Prince of Persia game. It is a nice evolution throughout the games

i was so surprised to see a mention of ultimate ninja blazing. i remember downloading that game when it first came out and it came with me through all of middle school and almost all of high school. i was so sad when it shut down but i wasnt really surprised. even though the ultimate jutsus were ripped from storm 4, i loved seeing them in game and it felt special

I came across one of your contents. I like this approach it gives nostalgia and what it's like to play the series especially for people who haven't got into these. Because truth to be told not all people have the opportunity back then as much now to play. Wanna play psp games during those times not all afford one to play especially as a kid and living in 3rd world country but now with the technology of emulators and capable smart phones for Emulation that are budget , you can. And pc parts nowadays can handle some of this without breaking your wallet. It means a lot to people , you doing this. Thanks for bringing back the childhood series that I wasn't able to do spend much because of my family background . But now I'm an adult , I can afford to

Thanks bro for uploading this video

45:32 - 45:40 The fact that he predicted Storm Connections like that is nuts

It was cool, listening to your hopes for the next storm game, and now we have storm connections coming and it’s pretty much going to be exactly what you said

Loving your content ❤️

Love checking in on this page. So much nostalgia. I bought legacy and just hadn’t touched it but this will make me go thru em. Still waiting on Gundam games or mega man NT warrior

wow that ending. I think they listened to you and gave us storm connections with storm 4 gameplay XD I am excited to hear your review for the game once it release in november

Enjoyed your review! Just wish you mentioned more details about how cinematic the ultimate jutsu’s were in Storm 1, which was downgraded in Storm 2 and blown out of the water again as the series progressed to Storm 4. Besides that, thank you for this extensive review. This was a great watch.

I'm not sure if you notice but starting from Generations, the substitution gauge system is balanced out with the combo cancel system (by pressing triangle+cross or Y+A during any of your attack). I haven't seen you used it anytime so I'm just pointing it out.

I played both the mobile and online game! The mobile game was pretty fun, but I didn't play it enough to rank up my characters. The chibi models were nice and the ultimate jutsus sometimes had clips from the show. Naruto online had you create a character (or use the model of one from the show) and go on missions in a 3 by 3 square battle formation. Both were pretty fun at the time lol

I remember getting UNS2 as my first one when i was about 8 or 9ish and playing it over and over. I got the first, third, and fourth one later on, but my nostalgia for that 2nd one is unmatched as my first introduction to Naruto in the first place while trying to find a Dragon Ball game with my sister at gamestop and getting Naruto instead.