Narutovideo games have appeared for various consoles from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime. Most of them are fighting games in which the player directly controls one of a roster of various characters as featured in the series' Parts I and II. The player pits their character against another character controlled by the game's AI or by another player, depending on the mode the player is in. The objective is to reduce the opponent's health to zero using basic attacks and special techniques unique to each character derived from techniques they use in the Naruto anime or manga.[1] The first Naruto video game was Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō, which was released in Japan on March 27, 2003, for the WonderSwan Color.[2] Most Naruto video games have been released only in Japan. The first games released outside Japan were the Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen series and the Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu series, released in North America under the titles of Naruto: Clash of Ninja and Naruto: Ninja Council.[3][4]
In 2023, Bandai Namco announced that Naruto video games have sold over 32.52 million units worldwide.[5]
The Naruto: Clash of Ninja series (known in Japan as Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen) is a series of video games developed by Eighting and published by D3 Publisher and Takara Tomy.
North American and European versions have different story. The original story from the japanese version (with a new storyline added) was published in Europe as Ninja Destiny 2 European version.
Features 16 playable characters (including 3 extra characters for North American and European versions).
Released in Japan as Naruto Shippuden: Shinobi Retsuden 2.
Released in Europe as Ninja Destiny 2 European version and takes the story from Naruto: Shinobi Retsuden (with a new story added), features 7 exclusive characters.
Content of North American & European versions was extensively altered to match the airing of the English-dubbed version of the anime in English-speaking territories. Certain characters, missions and cutscenes were either altered or removed entirely.
Initially an exclusive for the PlayStation 3, later re-released as a part of the compilations Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy/Legacy released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch.
Remastered version of three Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm games (Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, and Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: Full Burst).
A physical western release, titled Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy, contains the three games as well as Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: Road to Boruto, and was made available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows (not released on Nintendo Switch) on August 25, 2017.
Fortnite x Naruto: Shippuden collaboration kicked off on November 16, 2021 and made iconic team 7 skins available (Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi) in the game.
it's also Fortnite's first crossover with an anime franchise.
a second collaboration "Naruto Shippuden Rivals" was released on June 23, 2022 that added skins for Itachi, Orochimaru, Hinata, and Gaara.